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1 pigs might fly
(said of something very unlikely to happen: `We might have fine weather for our holidays.' `Yes, and pigs might fly!') cuando las ranas críen pelocuando las ranas críen pelo -
2 yes, and pigs might fly!
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3 pig
piɡ
1. noun1) (a kind of farm animal whose flesh is eaten as pork, ham and bacon: He keeps pigs.) cerdo, puerco2) (an offensive word for an unpleasant, greedy or dirty person: You pig!) cerdo, guarro, puerco, marrano•- piggy
2. adjective(like a pig's: piggy eyes.) de cerdo- piglet- piggyback
- pigheaded
- pigheadedness
- pigskin
- pigsty
- pigswill
- pigtail
- pigs might fly
pig n cerdotr[pɪg]1 SMALLZOOLOGY/SMALL cerdo, puerco, marrano2 pejorative (ill-mannered person) cerdo, puerco, cochino; (glutton) glotón,-ona, tragón,-ona, comilón,-ona3 (difficult thing) mierda4 slang (policeman) madero\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLpigs might fly cuando las ranas críen peloto buy a pig in a poke darle a alguien gato por liebreto make a pig of oneself pegarse un atracón, darse un atracón, ponerse las botasto make a pig's ear of something hacer una verdadera chapuza con algopig farm granja porcinapig iron hierro en lingotespig ['pɪg] n1) hog, swine: cerdo m, -da f; puerco m, -ca f2) slob: persona f desaliñada; cerdo m, -da f3) glutton: glotón m, -tona fn.• cerdo s.m.• chancho s.m.• cochino s.m.• galápago s.m.• gorrino s.m.• guarro s.m.• lechón s.m.• marrano s.m.• puerco s.m.
I pɪg1) (Agr, Zool) cerdo m, chancho m (AmL)a pig in a poke: you've bought yourself a pig in a poke te han dado gato por liebre; pigs might fly o if pigs had wings cuando las ranas críen pelo (fam), la semana de tres jueves (fam); to make a pig's ear of something — (BrE colloq) hacer* algo muy mal or (CS fam) como la mona
2)a) ( obnoxious person) (colloq) cerdo, -da m,f (fam)b) ( glutton) (colloq) glotón, -tona m,f, angurriento, -ta m,f (CS fam)to make a pig of oneself — darse* un atracón (fam), ponerse* morado or ciego (Esp fam)
c) ( policeman) (pej & sl) policía m, mono m (Esp arg & pey), tombo m (Col, Ven fam & pej), paco m (Chi fam & pey), cana m (RPl arg & pey), tira (Méx fam & pey)
II
- gg- transitive verbto pig it — (colloq) (AmE) compartir la cama
Phrasal Verbs:- pig out[pɪɡ]1. N1) cerdo m, chancho m (LAm)- buy a pig in a poke- sell sb a pig in a poke2) * (=person) (dirty, nasty) cerdo(-a) * m / f, puerco(-a) * m / f, chancho(-a) * m / f (LAm); (greedy) comilón(-ona) * m / f, tragón(-ona) * m / fyou pig! — hum ¡bandido!
- make a pig of o.s.3) ** (=policeman) poli * m4) * (=sth difficult or unpleasant)5) (Metal) lingote m2.VT3.CPDpig farmer N — criador(a) m / f de cerdos
- pig out* * *
I [pɪg]1) (Agr, Zool) cerdo m, chancho m (AmL)a pig in a poke: you've bought yourself a pig in a poke te han dado gato por liebre; pigs might fly o if pigs had wings cuando las ranas críen pelo (fam), la semana de tres jueves (fam); to make a pig's ear of something — (BrE colloq) hacer* algo muy mal or (CS fam) como la mona
2)a) ( obnoxious person) (colloq) cerdo, -da m,f (fam)b) ( glutton) (colloq) glotón, -tona m,f, angurriento, -ta m,f (CS fam)to make a pig of oneself — darse* un atracón (fam), ponerse* morado or ciego (Esp fam)
c) ( policeman) (pej & sl) policía m, mono m (Esp arg & pey), tombo m (Col, Ven fam & pej), paco m (Chi fam & pey), cana m (RPl arg & pey), tira (Méx fam & pey)
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- gg- transitive verbto pig it — (colloq) (AmE) compartir la cama
Phrasal Verbs:- pig out -
4 gallina
gallina sustantivo femenino 1 (Zool) hen; (Coc) chicken; ( cuidando la pollada) mother hen; 2
gallina
I sustantivo femenino
1 Zool hen
2 (juego) la gallina/gallinita ciega, blind man's buff
II mf fam coward, chicken
III adjetivo coward: no seas tan gallina y pídeselo de una vez, stop being such a chicken - just go ahead and ask him Locuciones: familiar ¡cuando las gallinas meen!, and pigs might fly!
estar como gallina en corral ajeno, to feel like a fish out of water
la gallina de los huevos de oro, the goose that lays the golden eggs; ' gallina' also found in these entries: Spanish: cacarear - cacareo - carne - carné - empollar - piel - aletear English: chicken - egg - goosebumps - gooseflesh - goosepimples - hen - goose - speckle -
5 pig
adj.cochino, porcino, porcuno.s.1 cerdo, puerco (animal)chancho (Am.)2 comilón(ona), glotón(ona) (familiar) (greedy person)chancho (Am.); cerdo(a) asqueroso(a) chancho (Am.) (persona desagradable)3 madero (muy familiar) (policeman) (España)paco (Andes, español de Panamá), tamarindo (México), cana (R.Plata) (persona desagradable)to make a pig of oneself ponerse hasta las orejas de comidapigs might fly! ¡que te crees tú eso!, ¡y yo soy la reina de los mares! (español de España), ¡y yo soy el presidente de la República! (español de México), ¡y yo soy Gardel! (RP)Pig-iron hierro en lingotes; barra, masa de hierro colado5 lingote vaciado en arena.6 policía infiltrado, cana, porro.7 puerca.vt.1 vaciar en un molde de arena2 vaciar en un molde de arena.vi.1 parir la puerca.2 conducirse o vivir como cochinos. (pt & pp pigged)
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