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1 like a drowned rat
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2 rat
1. noun1) (a small animal with a long tail, like a mouse but larger: The rats have eaten holes in those bags of flour.) rata2) (an offensive word for an unpleasant and untrustworthy person.) canalla
2. verb1) (to break an agreement, promise etc.) romper (una promesa, un trato, i2etc/i2)2) (to betray one's friends, colleagues etc: The police know we're here. Someone must have ratted.) chivar•- rat race- smell a rat
rat n ratatr[ræt]1 rata2 familiar canalla nombre masculino\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto rat on somebody chivar a alguienlike a drowned rat hecho,-a una sopato rat on a promise romper una promesato smell a rat olerse algo rarorat ['ræt] n: rata fn.• desertor s.m.• postizo s.m.• rata s.f.v.• cazar ratas v.ræta) ( Zool) rata flike a drowned rat — (colloq) como un pollo mojado (fam)
like rats leaving a sinking ship — como alma que lleva el diablo
to smell a rat — oler(se)* algo sospechoso; (before n)
rat poison — raticida m, matarratas m
b) ( person) (colloq) rata f de alcantarilla (fam), canalla mf (fam)[ræt]1. N1) (Zool) rata fhe could smell a rat — se olió algo sospechoso, le olió a gato encerrado
2) (=person)you dirty rat! * — ¡canalla! *
rats! — (Brit) * ¡narices! *
2. VI1) *to rat on sb — (=inform on) chivarse de algn; (=desert) abandonar a algn
2) (=catch rats) cazar ratas, matar ratas3.CPDrat poison N — matarratas m inv
the rat race N — la lucha por la supervivencia, la competencia
rat run * N — (Brit) (Aut) calle residencial usada por los conductores para evitar atascos
* * *[ræt]a) ( Zool) rata flike a drowned rat — (colloq) como un pollo mojado (fam)
like rats leaving a sinking ship — como alma que lleva el diablo
to smell a rat — oler(se)* algo sospechoso; (before n)
rat poison — raticida m, matarratas m
b) ( person) (colloq) rata f de alcantarilla (fam), canalla mf (fam) -
3 drown
1) (to (cause to) sink in water and so suffocate and die: He drowned in the river; He tried to drown the cat.) ahogar2) (to cause (a sound) not to be heard by making a louder sound: His voice was drowned by the roar of the traffic.) apagar, ahogar, cubrirdrown vb ahogarsetr[draʊn]1 (person, animal) ahogar2 (submerge - place) inundar, anegar3 (smother - food) ahogar; (drink) aguar4 (sound, noise, voice, etc) ahogar ( out, -)1 ahogarse, morir ahogado,-a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be drowned ahogarse, morir ahogado,-ato drown one's sorrows ahogar las penasdrown ['draʊn] vt1) : ahogar2) inundate: anegar, inundar3)to drown out : ahogardrown vi: ahogarsev.• ahogar v.• ahogarse v.• anegarse v.draʊn
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1)a) \<\<person/animal\>\> ahogar*to be drowned — ahogarse*, morir* ahogado
b) \<\<landscape/fields\>\> anegar*, cubrir*2) drown (out) ( make inaudible) \<\<noise/cries/screams\>\> ahogar*
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vi ahogarse*, morir* ahogado[draʊn]1. VT1) [+ people, animals] ahogar; [+ land] inundarto drown o.s. — ahogarse
2) (also: drown out) [+ sound] ahogarsorrow 1.his cries were drowned by the noise of the waves — sus gritos se perdieron en el estruendo de las olas
2.VI ahogarse, perecer ahogadoa boy drowned here yesterday — un chico se ahogó or pereció ahogado ayer aquí
* * *[draʊn]
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1)a) \<\<person/animal\>\> ahogar*to be drowned — ahogarse*, morir* ahogado
b) \<\<landscape/fields\>\> anegar*, cubrir*2) drown (out) ( make inaudible) \<\<noise/cries/screams\>\> ahogar*
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vi ahogarse*, morir* ahogado
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