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1 buitre
adj.greedy (informal).m.vulture.* * *1 (ave y persona) vulture* * *1.SM (Orn) vulture2.SMF * (=persona gorrona) scrounger ** * *masculino (Zool) vulture; ( persona avariciosa) vulture* * *= vulture, buzzard.Ex. During this period the compositors worked non-stop, breaking off only to eat, for the almost incredible period of fifty hours: two days and two nights without rest 'in an atmosphere that would poison a vulture'.Ex. Animals profiled include buzzards, moths, leeches, jellyfish, snakes, slugs, and toads.----* buitre cultural = culture vulture.* * *masculino (Zool) vulture; ( persona avariciosa) vulture* * *= vulture, buzzard.Ex: During this period the compositors worked non-stop, breaking off only to eat, for the almost incredible period of fifty hours: two days and two nights without rest 'in an atmosphere that would poison a vulture'.
Ex: Animals profiled include buzzards, moths, leeches, jellyfish, snakes, slugs, and toads.* buitre cultural = culture vulture.* * *1 ( Zool) vulture* * *
buitre sustantivo masculino
vulture
buitre sustantivo masculino
1 Zool vulture
2 fig pey (persona aprovechada y egoísta) vulture
' buitre' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
garra
English:
vulture
* * *♦ adjFames muy buitre [con la comida] he's a greedy pig;[con los amigos, padres] he's a real scrounger; [con las chicas] he's a real lech♦ nm1. [ave] vulturebuitre leonado griffon vulture;buitre monje black vulture2. [persona] [con la comida] greedy pig;[con los amigos, padres] scrounger; [con las chicas] lech* * *m ZO vulture* * *buitre nm: vulture* * *buitre n vulture -
2 palomilla
f.1 grain moth (insect).2 butterfly nut, wing nut (rosca).3 bracket (soporte).4 dyer's alkanet.5 gang, band, mob.6 liver fluke.7 pompano.8 support plate.* * *1 (insecto) moth2 (tuerca) wing nut3 (armazón) bracket* * *SF1) (Entomología) moth; [esp] grain moth; (=crisálida) nymph, chrysalis2) (Téc) (=tuerca) wing nut3) (=soporte) wall bracket, angle iron4) [de caballo] back, backbone5) * And, Cono Sur (=niño vagabundo) urchin, ragamuffin; CAm, Cono Sur, Méx [de niños] mob of kids; (=pandilla) crowd of layabouts, band of hooligans* * *I II1) ( mariposa nocturna) moth; ( crisálida) chrysalis3) (Méx fam) (pandilla, grupo) gangIIImasculino y femenino (Andes fam) ( muchacho - callejero) street kid (colloq); (- travieso) little monkey (colloq), little devil (colloq)* * *= thumb-screw, moth.Ex. Chases with thumb-screws in two of the sides for locking up the forme without the use of quoins were used in France and Germany until the seventeenth century.Ex. Animals profiled include buzzards, moths, leeches, jellyfish, snakes, slugs, and toads.* * *I II1) ( mariposa nocturna) moth; ( crisálida) chrysalis3) (Méx fam) (pandilla, grupo) gangIIImasculino y femenino (Andes fam) ( muchacho - callejero) street kid (colloq); (- travieso) little monkey (colloq), little devil (colloq)* * *= thumb-screw, moth.Ex: Chases with thumb-screws in two of the sides for locking up the forme without the use of quoins were used in France and Germany until the seventeenth century.
Ex: Animals profiled include buzzards, moths, leeches, jellyfish, snakes, slugs, and toads.* * *A1 (mariposa nocturna) moth2 (crisálida) chrysalisCompuesto:( Méx) woodwormB1 (tuerca) wing nut, butterfly nut2 (soporte) wall bracket(muchacho — callejero) street kid ( colloq); (— travieso) little monkey ( colloq), little devil ( colloq)* * *
palomilla sustantivo femenino
1 ( mariposa nocturna) moth;
( crisálida) chrysalis
2 ( tuerca) wing nut, butterfly nut;
( soporte) wall bracket
3 (Méx fam) (pandilla, grupo) gang
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (Andes fam) ( muchacho — callejero) street kid (colloq);
(— travieso) little monkey (colloq), little devil (colloq)
' palomilla' also found in these entries:
English:
moth
* * *♦ adjPerú Fam mischievous♦ nf1. [insecto] grain moth2. [rosca] butterfly nut, wing nut3. [soporte] bracket* * *f C.Am., Méxgang* * *palomilla nf: moth -
3 polilla
f.moth.* * *1 moth* * *SF (=mariposa) moth; (=oruga) grub; [de la ropa] clothes moth; [de la madera] woodworm; [de libros] bookworm* * *1) (Zool) moth2) (Per fam) ( prostituta) hooker (colloq)* * *= bookworm, moth, clothes moth.Ex. This article identifies five types of crawling insects which commonly infest libraries: booklice, bookworms, cockroaches, silverfish and termites.Ex. Animals profiled include buzzards, moths, leeches, jellyfish, snakes, slugs, and toads.Ex. This is necessary in order to overcome the damage caused by clothes moths and carpet beetles to hosiery and upholstery.----* lleno de polilla = mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.].* polilla de la alfombra = carpet beetle.* polilla de la ropa = clothes moth.* * *1) (Zool) moth2) (Per fam) ( prostituta) hooker (colloq)* * *= bookworm, moth, clothes moth.Ex: This article identifies five types of crawling insects which commonly infest libraries: booklice, bookworms, cockroaches, silverfish and termites.
Ex: Animals profiled include buzzards, moths, leeches, jellyfish, snakes, slugs, and toads.Ex: This is necessary in order to overcome the damage caused by clothes moths and carpet beetles to hosiery and upholstery.* lleno de polilla = mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.].* polilla de la alfombra = carpet beetle.* polilla de la ropa = clothes moth.* * *A ( Zool) mothCompuesto:woodworm* * *
polilla sustantivo femenino (Zool) moth;
polilla sustantivo femenino moth
' polilla' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apolillada
- apolillado
- comer
- picadura
- revolotear
English:
moth
* * *polilla nfmoth* * *f ZO moth* * *polilla nf: moth* * *polilla n moth -
4 sanguijuela
f.1 leech (also figurative).2 bloodsucker, leach, leech, scrounger.* * *1 leech, bloodsucker* * *SF leech* * *a) (Zool) leechb) (fam) ( persona) leech, bloodsucker* * *= leech.Ex. Animals profiled include buzzards, moths, leeches, jellyfish, snakes, slugs, and toads.* * *a) (Zool) leechb) (fam) ( persona) leech, bloodsucker* * *= leech.Ex: Animals profiled include buzzards, moths, leeches, jellyfish, snakes, slugs, and toads.
* * *1 ( Zool) leech* * *
sanguijuela sustantivo femeninoa) (Zool) leech
sanguijuela sustantivo femenino
1 Zool leech
2 fam pey (persona) bloodsucker
' sanguijuela' also found in these entries:
English:
leech
* * *sanguijuela nf1. [gusano] leech* * *f ZO, figleech* * *sanguijuela nf1) : leech, bloodsucker2) : sponger, leech -
5 sapo
m.toad.* * *1 toad\echar sapos y culebras familiar to rant and rave* * *ISM1) (Zool) toad2) (=persona) ugly creature3) LAm game of throwing coins into the mouth of an iron toad5) Cono Sur ** (=soldado) soldierIIADJ2) Cono Sur (=hipócrita) hypocritical, two-faced* * *I- pa adjetivo1) (Andes fam) ( astuto) sharp (colloq)2) (Chi fam) ( mirón) nosy (colloq)IImasculino (Zool) toadIIIechar sapos y culebras por la boca — (fam) to curse and swear
- pa masculino, femenino1) (Andes fam) ( astuto)es una sapa — she's very sharp (colloq)
2) (Andes fam) ( delator) informer, grass (BrE colloq)* * *= toad.Ex. Animals profiled include buzzards, moths, leeches, jellyfish, snakes, slugs, and toads.* * *I- pa adjetivo1) (Andes fam) ( astuto) sharp (colloq)2) (Chi fam) ( mirón) nosy (colloq)IImasculino (Zool) toadIIIechar sapos y culebras por la boca — (fam) to curse and swear
- pa masculino, femenino1) (Andes fam) ( astuto)es una sapa — she's very sharp (colloq)
2) (Andes fam) ( delator) informer, grass (BrE colloq)* * *= toad.Ex: Animals profiled include buzzards, moths, leeches, jellyfish, snakes, slugs, and toads.
* * *sapo2A ( Zool) toadtragar sapos ( fam); to grin and bear itB2 ( Chi) (en el billar) flukemasculine, feminineA* * *
sapo sustantivo masculino (Zool) toad
sapo m Zool toad
♦ Locuciones: fam (despotricar) echar sapos y culebras, to curse and swear: echaba sapos y culebras contra su jefe, he was ranting and raving about his boss
' sapo' also found in these entries:
English:
female
- toad
* * *sapo nm1. [anfibio] toad;echar sapos y culebras to rant and rave;RP sapo partero midwife toad* * *m ZO toad;echar sapos y culebras fig curse and swear;tragar(se) sapos fig fam grin and bear it* * *sapo nm: toad* * *sapo n toad -
6 águila ratonera
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