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1 mouth
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plural - mouths; noun1) (the opening in the head by which a human or animal eats and speaks or makes noises: What has the baby got in its mouth?) boca2) (the opening or entrance eg of a bottle, river etc: the mouth of the harbour.) desembocadura, boca, entrada
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verb(to move the lips as if forming (words), but without making any sound: He mouthed the words to me so that no-one could overhear.) decir con los labios- mouthful- mouth-organ
- mouthpiece
- mouthwash
mouth n boca1 SMALLANATOMY/SMALL boca3 (person to feed) boca2 (say without making sound) decir con los labios■ he just mouthed the words, he didn't sing simplemente movía los labios, no cantaba1 (speak without making sound) mover los labios\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLby word of mouth de palabradown in the mouth deprimido,-anot to open one's mouth no abrir la boca, no decir ni pío, no decir esta boca es míashut your mouth! ¡cierra el pico!to be all mouth ser un fantasmato have a big mouth ser un bocazasto keep one's mouth shut mantener la boca cerrada, no decir nadato make somebody's mouth water hacerse a alguien la boca aguamouth organ armónicamouth ['maʊð] vt1) : decir con poca sinceridad, repetir sin comprensión2) : articular en silencioshe mouthed the words: formó las palabras con los labiosmouth ['maʊɵ] n: boca f (de una persona o un animal), entrada f (de un túnel), desembocadura f (de un río)n.• boca s.f.• boquilla s.f.• desembocadura s.f.• desembocadura de un río s.f.• embocadero s.m.• embocadura s.f.• labio s.m.• pico s.m.
I maʊθ1) (of person, animal) boca fshut your mouth! — (colloq) cállate la boca! (fam), cierra el pico! (fam)
watch your mouth! — ( be careful) ojo con lo que dices!; ( response to obscenity) qué boca!, no digas palabrotas!
down in the mouth — alicaído, bajo de moral
to be all mouth — (sl) ser* un fanfarrón (fam)
to have a big mouth — ser* un bocazas or (Andes, Méx) un bocón or (RPl) (un) estómago resfriado (fam)
to make somebody's mouth water: it made my mouth water se me hizo agua la boca or (Esp) se me hizo la boca agua; to shoot one's mouth off — (colloq) ( boast) fanfarronear (fam)
II maʊða) ( silently)it's him, she mouthed — -es él -me/le dijo articulando para que le leyera los labios
b) ( say) (pej) decir*to mouth platitudes — decir* lugares comunes
Phrasal Verbs:[maʊθ]1.N(pl mouths) [maʊðz] (Anat) boca f; [of bottle] boca f, abertura f; [of cave] entrada f; [of river] desembocadura f; [of channel] embocadero m; [of wind instrument] boquilla f•
to open one's mouth — (lit, fig) abrir la boca- he's all mouth and- be down in the mouth- shoot one's mouth off- keep one's mouth shutshut your mouth! ** — ¡cállate ya!
- stop sb's mouth- put words into sb's mouthbig 1., 6)2.[maʊð]VT (insincerely) soltar; (affectedly) pronunciar con afectación, articular con rimbombancia"go away!" she mouthed — -¡vete de aquí! -dijo moviendo mudamente los labios
3.[maʊθ]CPDmouth organ N — (esp Brit) armónica f
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I [maʊθ]1) (of person, animal) boca fshut your mouth! — (colloq) cállate la boca! (fam), cierra el pico! (fam)
watch your mouth! — ( be careful) ojo con lo que dices!; ( response to obscenity) qué boca!, no digas palabrotas!
down in the mouth — alicaído, bajo de moral
to be all mouth — (sl) ser* un fanfarrón (fam)
to have a big mouth — ser* un bocazas or (Andes, Méx) un bocón or (RPl) (un) estómago resfriado (fam)
to make somebody's mouth water: it made my mouth water se me hizo agua la boca or (Esp) se me hizo la boca agua; to shoot one's mouth off — (colloq) ( boast) fanfarronear (fam)
II [maʊð]a) ( silently)it's him, she mouthed — -es él -me/le dijo articulando para que le leyera los labios
b) ( say) (pej) decir*to mouth platitudes — decir* lugares comunes
Phrasal Verbs: -
2 obviedad
obviedad sustantivo femenino
1 obviousness
2 obvious remark, platitude, bromide: ¡menuda sarta de obviedades nos vino a decir!, he just came out with a stream of platitudes ' obviedad' also found in these entries: English: platitude
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