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  • 81 escalera de caracol

    spiral staircase
    * * *
    (n.) = winding stair, spiralling staircase, spiral staircase, winding staircase
    Ex. This also provides access to the progression of Yeats's ideas from the first to the final printed galleys of 'The Winding Stair'.
    Ex. Some homes are grand, with stately brick, spiraling staircases, ornate fences and multiple entrances.
    Ex. Balustrades, spiral staircases and weathervanes are just a few of the products they make.
    Ex. Kids will love the experience of climbing centuries-old winding staircases, or striding along the castle ramparts.
    * * *
    (n.) = winding stair, spiralling staircase, spiral staircase, winding staircase

    Ex: This also provides access to the progression of Yeats's ideas from the first to the final printed galleys of 'The Winding Stair'.

    Ex: Some homes are grand, with stately brick, spiraling staircases, ornate fences and multiple entrances.
    Ex: Balustrades, spiral staircases and weathervanes are just a few of the products they make.
    Ex: Kids will love the experience of climbing centuries-old winding staircases, or striding along the castle ramparts.

    * * *
    spiral staircase

    Spanish-English dictionary > escalera de caracol

  • 82 escamoso

    adj.
    1 scaly (fish), ostraceous, squamous.
    2 squamate, flaky, scaled, scaly.
    3 lepidic.
    * * *
    1 scaly
    2 (piel) dry, flaky
    * * *
    ADJ [pez] scaly; [sustancia] flaky
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    1)
    a) (Zool) scaly
    b) < piel> flaky
    2) (Col fam) ( susceptible) touchy; ( enojado) angry, mad (esp AmE colloq)
    * * *
    = flaky.
    Ex. This recipe will teach kids the basics of mixing up a flaky crust -- the first and most important step in baking an apple pie.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    1)
    a) (Zool) scaly
    b) < piel> flaky
    2) (Col fam) ( susceptible) touchy; ( enojado) angry, mad (esp AmE colloq)
    * * *

    Ex: This recipe will teach kids the basics of mixing up a flaky crust -- the first and most important step in baking an apple pie.

    * * *
    A
    1 ( Zool) scaly
    2 ‹piel› flaky
    B ( Col fam)
    1 (susceptible) touchy
    2 (enojado) angry, mad ( AmE colloq)
    * * *
    escamoso, -a adj
    1. [pez, reptil] scaly
    2. [piel] flaky, scaly
    * * *
    adj
    1 ZO scaly
    2 piel flaky
    * * *
    escamoso, -sa adj
    : scaly

    Spanish-English dictionary > escamoso

  • 83 estar resfriado

    v.
    to have a cold, to have the snuffles, to have the sniffles.
    * * *
    (v.) = have + a cold
    Ex. Sometimes kids with this language disorder sound like they have a cold or like they're talking through their noses.
    * * *
    (v.) = have + a cold

    Ex: Sometimes kids with this language disorder sound like they have a cold or like they're talking through their noses.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estar resfriado

  • 84 exasperar a Alguien

    (v.) = drive + Alguien + up a wall, drive + Alguien + to despair, get on + Posesivo + nerves, drive + Alguien + mad, drive + Alguien + insane, drive + Alguien + crazy, drive + Alguien + nuts, drive + Alguien + potty
    Ex. Your exaggerated coughs and annoyed looks and the oh so dramatic flailing about of your hands and arms when he lights up drive him up a wall.
    Ex. Ironically, Weber later changed his attitude and stated that 'a passion for bureaucracy is enough to drive one to despair'.
    Ex. But the old printers were men who got on each other's nerves and lost their tempers; who had moments of disastrous clumsiness; and who improvised and botched without hesitation whenever their tools or materials did not precisely meet the needs of the moment.
    Ex. This is a superb translation of the memoirs of the wife of Sado, the crown prince of Korea, who was driven mad and became a serial killer.
    Ex. As 'The Police' put it in their song, now a long time ago: 'Too much information running through my brain - Too much information driving me insane'.
    Ex. Those who are 'perfectionists' in such things will want to drive you crazy worrying about 'what if two people go out together' or 'it won't be accurate because some users go out for a smoke and then come right back in' or 'what about kids who run in and out' and so forth.
    Ex. Jack's father and wife drove him nuts.
    Ex. I can understand why he wants to go -- he's normally very active and being stuck indoors during the day is driving him potty.
    * * *
    (v.) = drive + Alguien + up a wall, drive + Alguien + to despair, get on + Posesivo + nerves, drive + Alguien + mad, drive + Alguien + insane, drive + Alguien + crazy, drive + Alguien + nuts, drive + Alguien + potty

    Ex: Your exaggerated coughs and annoyed looks and the oh so dramatic flailing about of your hands and arms when he lights up drive him up a wall.

    Ex: Ironically, Weber later changed his attitude and stated that 'a passion for bureaucracy is enough to drive one to despair'.
    Ex: But the old printers were men who got on each other's nerves and lost their tempers; who had moments of disastrous clumsiness; and who improvised and botched without hesitation whenever their tools or materials did not precisely meet the needs of the moment.
    Ex: This is a superb translation of the memoirs of the wife of Sado, the crown prince of Korea, who was driven mad and became a serial killer.
    Ex: As 'The Police' put it in their song, now a long time ago: 'Too much information running through my brain - Too much information driving me insane'.
    Ex: Those who are 'perfectionists' in such things will want to drive you crazy worrying about 'what if two people go out together' or 'it won't be accurate because some users go out for a smoke and then come right back in' or 'what about kids who run in and out' and so forth.
    Ex: Jack's father and wife drove him nuts.
    Ex: I can understand why he wants to go -- he's normally very active and being stuck indoors during the day is driving him potty.

    Spanish-English dictionary > exasperar a Alguien

  • 85 excursión del colegio

    (n.) = school trip
    Ex. Lots of kids are missing out on exciting school trips because teachers are increasingly worried about accidents.
    * * *

    Ex: Lots of kids are missing out on exciting school trips because teachers are increasingly worried about accidents.

    Spanish-English dictionary > excursión del colegio

  • 86 faltar a clase

    (v.) = play + hooky, skip + class, play + truant, bunk off, bunk + classes, skive, bunk + school
    Ex. She admitted to having been the ringleader of the girls who played hooky.
    Ex. Some students, whose motivation is not too strong, resist the temptation to skip classes if they know that they will be examined at the end of the course.
    Ex. They were like two peas in a pod but the only problem was that they did not like school and often played truant.
    Ex. Kids are bunking off school with their parent's permission, according to a new report.
    Ex. Bunking classes might soon become a thing of the past in schools across the city thanks to radio frequency identification (RFID).
    Ex. He sat on walls, with the others when they skived school, swigging the very cheapest, tartest cider straight from two-litre bottles.
    Ex. Poverty means they are more likely to bunk school, enter crime and die younger.
    * * *
    (v.) = play + hooky, skip + class, play + truant, bunk off, bunk + classes, skive, bunk + school

    Ex: She admitted to having been the ringleader of the girls who played hooky.

    Ex: Some students, whose motivation is not too strong, resist the temptation to skip classes if they know that they will be examined at the end of the course.
    Ex: They were like two peas in a pod but the only problem was that they did not like school and often played truant.
    Ex: Kids are bunking off school with their parent's permission, according to a new report.
    Ex: Bunking classes might soon become a thing of the past in schools across the city thanks to radio frequency identification (RFID).
    Ex: He sat on walls, with the others when they skived school, swigging the very cheapest, tartest cider straight from two-litre bottles.
    Ex: Poverty means they are more likely to bunk school, enter crime and die younger.

    Spanish-English dictionary > faltar a clase

  • 87 falto de sueño

    (adj.) = sleep-deprived
    Ex. America is raising a nation of sleep-deprived kids, with only 20 percent getting the recommended nine hours of shut-eye on school nights.
    * * *

    Ex: America is raising a nation of sleep-deprived kids, with only 20 percent getting the recommended nine hours of shut-eye on school nights.

    Spanish-English dictionary > falto de sueño

  • 88 flechazo

    m.
    1 arrow shot.
    2 distance traveled by an arrow, bowshot, distance travelled by an arrow.
    * * *
    1 (disparo) arrow shot
    2 (herida) arrow wound
    3 figurado (enamoramiento) love at first sight
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=acción) bowshot; (=herida) arrow wound
    2) * (=amor) love at first sight

    fue el o un flechazo — it was love at first sight

    3) * (=revelación) revelation

    aquello fue el flechazo — then it hit me, that was the moment of revelation

    * * *
    a) (fam) ( enamoramiento)
    b) ( herida) arrow wound
    * * *
    = love at first sight, crush.
    Ex. This shows how quickly he lost his heart to his beloved, and that he believes in love at first sight.
    Ex. Many kids experience a genuine early crush, but others feel that all their friends are lovestruck and they want to fit in.
    * * *
    a) (fam) ( enamoramiento)
    b) ( herida) arrow wound
    * * *
    = love at first sight, crush.

    Ex: This shows how quickly he lost his heart to his beloved, and that he believes in love at first sight.

    Ex: Many kids experience a genuine early crush, but others feel that all their friends are lovestruck and they want to fit in.

    * * *
    1 ( fam)
    (enamoramiento): le ha dado el flechazo he has been struck by Cupid's arrow ( literor hum), he's smitten o besotted
    fue un flechazo it was love at first sight
    2 (herida) arrow wound
    * * *

    flechazo sustantivo masculino
    a) (fam) ( enamoramiento):



    flechazo sustantivo masculino
    1 (lanzamiento de flecha) arrow shot
    2 (herida) arrow wound
    3 (enamoramiento repentino) love at first sight
    * * *
    1. [con saeta] arrow shot;
    [herida] arrow wound
    2. Fam [amoroso]
    fue un flechazo it was love at first sight
    * * *
    m fig
    love at first sight
    * * *
    flechazo n love at first sight

    Spanish-English dictionary > flechazo

  • 89 frase graciosa final

    (n.) = punchline [punch line]
    Ex. Young kids like listening to these shaggy dog stories, but don't usually 'get it', while parents generally groan over the punch lines.
    * * *
    (n.) = punchline [punch line]

    Ex: Young kids like listening to these shaggy dog stories, but don't usually 'get it', while parents generally groan over the punch lines.

    Spanish-English dictionary > frase graciosa final

  • 90 ganarse el pan

    familiar to earn one's bread and butter
    ————————
    to earn one's living
    * * *
    * * *
    (v.) = get + Posesivo + bread, earn + Posesivo + bread, earn + Posesivo + bread and butter
    Ex. Incentives to earn more than a living were few, and if a man could get his bread by less than a whole week's work, he might well take the rest of the time off.
    Ex. After the death of her father in 1767 she obtained permission to learn millinery and dressmaking with a view to earning her bread.
    Ex. These little kids have been left alone in the homes, missing the absence of their family members who are busy earning their bread and butter.
    * * *
    (v.) = get + Posesivo + bread, earn + Posesivo + bread, earn + Posesivo + bread and butter

    Ex: Incentives to earn more than a living were few, and if a man could get his bread by less than a whole week's work, he might well take the rest of the time off.

    Ex: After the death of her father in 1767 she obtained permission to learn millinery and dressmaking with a view to earning her bread.
    Ex: These little kids have been left alone in the homes, missing the absence of their family members who are busy earning their bread and butter.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ganarse el pan

  • 91 ganarse el pan de cada día

    (v.) = get + Posesivo + bread, earn + Posesivo + bread, earn + Posesivo + bread and butter
    Ex. Incentives to earn more than a living were few, and if a man could get his bread by less than a whole week's work, he might well take the rest of the time off.
    Ex. After the death of her father in 1767 she obtained permission to learn millinery and dressmaking with a view to earning her bread.
    Ex. These little kids have been left alone in the homes, missing the absence of their family members who are busy earning their bread and butter.
    * * *
    (v.) = get + Posesivo + bread, earn + Posesivo + bread, earn + Posesivo + bread and butter

    Ex: Incentives to earn more than a living were few, and if a man could get his bread by less than a whole week's work, he might well take the rest of the time off.

    Ex: After the death of her father in 1767 she obtained permission to learn millinery and dressmaking with a view to earning her bread.
    Ex: These little kids have been left alone in the homes, missing the absence of their family members who are busy earning their bread and butter.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ganarse el pan de cada día

  • 92 ganguear

    v.
    1 to snuffle, to speak through the nose.
    2 to speak through one's nose, to snivel, to speak with a twang, to snuffle.
    * * *
    1 to speak with a twang
    * * *
    VI to talk with a nasal accent, speak with a twang
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to talk through one's nose
    * * *
    = talk through + Posesivo + nose.
    Ex. Sometimes kids with this language disorder sound like they have a cold or like they're talking through their noses.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to talk through one's nose
    * * *
    = talk through + Posesivo + nose.

    Ex: Sometimes kids with this language disorder sound like they have a cold or like they're talking through their noses.

    * * *
    ganguear [A1 ]
    vi
    to talk through one's nose
    * * *
    to speak nasally, to speak through one's nose
    * * *
    v/r speak through one’s nose

    Spanish-English dictionary > ganguear

  • 93 gemir

    v.
    1 to moan, to groan (person).
    El fantasma gime The ghost moans.
    El viento gime The wind moans.
    2 to howl (viento).
    3 to moan at.
    Me gime Ricardo Ricardo moans at me.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SERVIR], like link=servir servir
    1 (quejarse) to moan, groan
    2 figurado (aullar) to whimper
    * * *
    verb
    to groan, moan
    * * *
    VI (=quejarse) to groan, moan; (=lamentarse) to wail, howl; [animal] to whine; [viento] to howl, wail

    - sí -dijo gimiendo — "yes," he groaned

    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    a) persona to moan, groan
    b) animal to whine
    c) (liter) viento to moan
    * * *
    = moan, whine, groan, wail, blubber, snivel, bay, whimper.
    Ex. The article 'Don't you weep, don't you moan: a sermon on entrepreneurship for acquisitions librarians' urges librarians to become entrepreneurial, to market their services, and to become visible.
    Ex. Nothing you can do about that so no use whining.
    Ex. Young kids like listening to these shaggy dog stories, but don't usually 'get it', while parents generally groan over the punch lines.
    Ex. At this the Queen wept and wailed; but being a clever woman she thought out a plan whereby to save her son.
    Ex. 'I hate you!' were the only words that stumbled from his trembling mouth as he blubbered and stomped away.
    Ex. Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.
    Ex. If the Holocaust cannot be discussed freely then stop baying about freedom of speech.
    Ex. My baby is 2 months old, he spends most of his waking time either whining or whimpering, only occasionally seems content.
    ----
    * gemir como alma en pena = wail like + a banshee.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    a) persona to moan, groan
    b) animal to whine
    c) (liter) viento to moan
    * * *
    = moan, whine, groan, wail, blubber, snivel, bay, whimper.

    Ex: The article 'Don't you weep, don't you moan: a sermon on entrepreneurship for acquisitions librarians' urges librarians to become entrepreneurial, to market their services, and to become visible.

    Ex: Nothing you can do about that so no use whining.
    Ex: Young kids like listening to these shaggy dog stories, but don't usually 'get it', while parents generally groan over the punch lines.
    Ex: At this the Queen wept and wailed; but being a clever woman she thought out a plan whereby to save her son.
    Ex: 'I hate you!' were the only words that stumbled from his trembling mouth as he blubbered and stomped away.
    Ex: Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.
    Ex: If the Holocaust cannot be discussed freely then stop baying about freedom of speech.
    Ex: My baby is 2 months old, he spends most of his waking time either whining or whimpering, only occasionally seems content.
    * gemir como alma en pena = wail like + a banshee.

    * * *
    gemir [ I14 ]
    vi
    1 «persona» to moan, groan
    gemía de dolor he moaned with pain
    2 «animal» to whine
    3 ( liter); «viento» to moan
    * * *

    gemir ( conjugate gemir) verbo intransitivo


    gemir verbo intransitivo to groan: gemían de dolor, he groaned in pain
    ' gemir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    pujar
    - quejarse
    English:
    groan
    - moan
    - wail
    - whine
    * * *
    gemir vi
    1. [persona] to moan, to groan;
    gemir de placer to moan o groan with pleasure
    2. [animal] to whine
    3. [viento] to moan
    * * *
    v/i moan, groan
    * * *
    gemir {54} vi
    : to moan, to groan, to wail
    * * *
    gemir vb
    1. (persona) to groan
    2. (animal) to whine

    Spanish-English dictionary > gemir

  • 94 gruñir

    v.
    1 to growl, to snarl, to grunt.
    El viejo amargado gruñe por todo The grouch growls at everything.
    Los perros gruñen en la noche The dogs growl at night.
    2 to growl, to grouch.
    El viejo amargado gruñe por todo The grouch growls at everything.
    3 to growl at, to snarl at.
    Me gruñó el oso The bear growled at me.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ MUÑIR], like link=muñir muñir
    1 to grunt
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VI
    1) [animal] to grunt, growl
    2) [persona] to grouse *, grumble
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    a) cerdo to grunt; perro to growl
    b) (fam) persona to grumble
    * * *
    = growl, grunt, snort, snarl, niggle, groan, grouch (about).
    Ex. 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.
    Ex. 'Humph!' grunted the director, accepting the check with a preoccupied air = "¡Humph!" gruñó el director, aceptando el cheque con un aire preocupado.
    Ex. 'I have always attended those conferences,' he snorted.
    Ex. Wind raged over the sea; waves snarled and showed their teeth.
    Ex. The House of Commons passed the week in niggling without result over a profusion of theoretical issues.
    Ex. Young kids like listening to these shaggy dog stories, but don't usually 'get it', while parents generally groan over the punch lines.
    Ex. You can choose to grouch about what they don't have OR open your mind up and see what they have to offer.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    a) cerdo to grunt; perro to growl
    b) (fam) persona to grumble
    * * *
    = growl, grunt, snort, snarl, niggle, groan, grouch (about).

    Ex: 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.

    Ex: 'Humph!' grunted the director, accepting the check with a preoccupied air = "¡Humph!" gruñó el director, aceptando el cheque con un aire preocupado.
    Ex: 'I have always attended those conferences,' he snorted.
    Ex: Wind raged over the sea; waves snarled and showed their teeth.
    Ex: The House of Commons passed the week in niggling without result over a profusion of theoretical issues.
    Ex: Young kids like listening to these shaggy dog stories, but don't usually 'get it', while parents generally groan over the punch lines.
    Ex: You can choose to grouch about what they don't have OR open your mind up and see what they have to offer.

    * * *
    gruñir [I9 ]
    vi
    1 «cerdo» to grunt
    2 «perro» to growl
    3 ( fam); «persona» to grumble, grouse ( colloq)
    siempre está gruñendo she's always grumbling o grousing about something
    * * *

    gruñir ( conjugate gruñir) verbo intransitivo

    [ perro] to growl
    b) (fam) [ persona] to grumble

    gruñir verbo intransitivo
    1 (cerdo) to grunt
    2 (persona) to grumble
    ' gruñir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    rezar
    English:
    growl
    - grunt
    - snarl
    - groan
    - grouse
    - snort
    * * *
    1. [perro] to growl
    2. [cerdo] to grunt
    3. [persona] to grumble
    * * *
    v/i
    1 ( quejarse) grumble, moan fam
    2 de perro growl; de cerdo grunt
    * * *
    gruñir {38} vi
    1) : to growl, to grunt
    2) : to grumble
    * * *
    1. (cerdo) to grunt
    2. (perro) to growl
    3. (persona) to grumble

    Spanish-English dictionary > gruñir

  • 95 gruñón

    adj.
    grumpy, cranky, grouchy, gruff.
    m.
    grouch, grumbler, grump, snarler.
    * * *
    1 grumbling, grumpy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 grumbler, grouch
    * * *
    gruñón, -ona
    1.
    ADJ grumpy, grumbling
    2.
    SM / F grumbler
    * * *
    I
    - ñona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq)
    II
    - ñona masculino, femenino (fam) grump (colloq), grouse (colloq)
    * * *
    = grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], curmudgeon, curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], irascible, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], ornery, misery guts, grouch, sour puss, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].
    Ex. That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex. For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex. The most common problem suffered by curmudgeons turns out to be their circumscribed social life.
    Ex. Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex. To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex. He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex. For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex. He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.
    Ex. The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex. My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex. At the other end of the scale are misery guts, who are neither happy with their job role nor their employer.
    Ex. We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    Ex. It is no fun being around you when you are being such a sour puss.
    Ex. We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.
    ----
    * vieja gruñona = grumpy old woman.
    * viejo gruñón = grumpy old man, grumpy old sod.
    * * *
    I
    - ñona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq)
    II
    - ñona masculino, femenino (fam) grump (colloq), grouse (colloq)
    * * *
    = grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], curmudgeon, curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], irascible, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], ornery, misery guts, grouch, sour puss, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].

    Ex: That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.

    Ex: For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex: The most common problem suffered by curmudgeons turns out to be their circumscribed social life.
    Ex: Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex: To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex: He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex: For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex: He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.
    Ex: The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex: My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex: At the other end of the scale are misery guts, who are neither happy with their job role nor their employer.
    Ex: We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    Ex: It is no fun being around you when you are being such a sour puss.
    Ex: We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.
    * vieja gruñona = grumpy old woman.
    * viejo gruñón = grumpy old man, grumpy old sod.

    * * *
    ( fam); grumpy ( colloq)
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); grump ( colloq), grouch ( colloq), misery ( BrE colloq), moaner ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

    gruñón
    ◊ - ñona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq)

    gruñón,-ona adjetivo grumpy

    ' gruñón' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    gruñona
    English:
    grouch
    - grouchy
    - grump
    - grumpy
    - nag
    - nagging
    * * *
    gruñón, -ona Fam
    ♦ adj
    grumpy
    ♦ nm,f
    old grump
    * * *
    I adj fam
    grumpy
    II m, gruñona f fam
    grouch fam
    * * *
    gruñón, - ñona adj, mpl gruñones fam : grumpy, crabby
    gruñón, - ñona n, mpl gruñones fam : grumpy person, nag
    * * *
    gruñón1 adj grumpy [comp. grumpier; superl. grumpiest]
    gruñón2 n moaner

    Spanish-English dictionary > gruñón

  • 96 hablar con

    v.
    1 to talk with, to have a talk with, to speak with, to talk to.
    2 to speak with.
    * * *
    (v.) = check with, speak with, talk with, speak to
    Ex. Publishers attempting to cut through this nomenclature morass can check with the library's administration.
    Ex. He said they try to arrange special visits to cultural institutions and attend concerts, and that the kids have an opportunity to speak with people connected with the event afterwards.
    Ex. She was frequently late for work, and she spent so much time talking with other library pages and other people in the library that she was not getting her work done.
    Ex. The newsletter as a source of scientific communication was gradually displaced as the most important means of scientist speaking to scientist, by the periodical.
    * * *
    (v.) = check with, speak with, talk with, speak to

    Ex: Publishers attempting to cut through this nomenclature morass can check with the library's administration.

    Ex: He said they try to arrange special visits to cultural institutions and attend concerts, and that the kids have an opportunity to speak with people connected with the event afterwards.
    Ex: She was frequently late for work, and she spent so much time talking with other library pages and other people in the library that she was not getting her work done.
    Ex: The newsletter as a source of scientific communication was gradually displaced as the most important means of scientist speaking to scientist, by the periodical.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hablar con

  • 97 hablar con la nariz

    (v.) = talk through + Posesivo + nose
    Ex. Sometimes kids with this language disorder sound like they have a cold or like they're talking through their noses.
    * * *
    (v.) = talk through + Posesivo + nose

    Ex: Sometimes kids with this language disorder sound like they have a cold or like they're talking through their noses.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hablar con la nariz

  • 98 hablar por la nariz

    (v.) = talk through + Posesivo + nose
    Ex. Sometimes kids with this language disorder sound like they have a cold or like they're talking through their noses.
    * * *
    (v.) = talk through + Posesivo + nose

    Ex: Sometimes kids with this language disorder sound like they have a cold or like they're talking through their noses.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hablar por la nariz

  • 99 hacer novillos

    v.
    to play hooky, to bunk off, to play truant, to bunk off school.
    * * *
    familiar to play truant, skip school, US play hooky
    * * *
    [gen]to stay away, not turn up, skive off*; (Escol)to play truant, play hooky(EEUU)*, skive off*
    * * *
    (v.) = play + hooky, skip + class, play + truant, bunk off, bunk + classes, skive, bunk + school
    Ex. She admitted to having been the ringleader of the girls who played hooky.
    Ex. Some students, whose motivation is not too strong, resist the temptation to skip classes if they know that they will be examined at the end of the course.
    Ex. They were like two peas in a pod but the only problem was that they did not like school and often played truant.
    Ex. Kids are bunking off school with their parent's permission, according to a new report.
    Ex. Bunking classes might soon become a thing of the past in schools across the city thanks to radio frequency identification (RFID).
    Ex. He sat on walls, with the others when they skived school, swigging the very cheapest, tartest cider straight from two-litre bottles.
    Ex. Poverty means they are more likely to bunk school, enter crime and die younger.
    * * *
    (v.) = play + hooky, skip + class, play + truant, bunk off, bunk + classes, skive, bunk + school

    Ex: She admitted to having been the ringleader of the girls who played hooky.

    Ex: Some students, whose motivation is not too strong, resist the temptation to skip classes if they know that they will be examined at the end of the course.
    Ex: They were like two peas in a pod but the only problem was that they did not like school and often played truant.
    Ex: Kids are bunking off school with their parent's permission, according to a new report.
    Ex: Bunking classes might soon become a thing of the past in schools across the city thanks to radio frequency identification (RFID).
    Ex: He sat on walls, with the others when they skived school, swigging the very cheapest, tartest cider straight from two-litre bottles.
    Ex: Poverty means they are more likely to bunk school, enter crime and die younger.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacer novillos

  • 100 hojaldrado

    adj.
    1 laminated, foliate, resembling thin cakes.
    2 resembling puff pastry, flaky.
    * * *
    1→ link=hojaldrar hojaldrar
    1 puff
    * * *
    - da adjetivo flaky
    * * *
    = flaky.
    Ex. This recipe will teach kids the basics of mixing up a flaky crust -- the first and most important step in baking an apple pie.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo flaky
    * * *

    Ex: This recipe will teach kids the basics of mixing up a flaky crust -- the first and most important step in baking an apple pie.

    * * *
    flaky
    * * *
    hojaldrado, -a adj
    puff;
    masa hojaldrada puff pastry

    Spanish-English dictionary > hojaldrado

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