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  • 1 irritar

    v.
    1 to irritate.
    Su actitud irrita a Ricardo His attitude irritates Richard.
    La loción irrita la piel The lotion irritates the skin.
    2 to annul.
    El documento irrita la apelación The document annuls the appeal.
    * * *
    1 to irritate
    1 to lose one's temper, get annoyed
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=enfadar) to irritate
    2) (Med) to irritate
    3) [+ celos, pasiones] to stir up, inflame
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <piel/garganta> to irritate
    b) < persona> to annoy, irritate
    2.
    irritarse v pron
    a) piel/ojos to become irritated
    b) persona to get annoyed, get irritated
    * * *
    = irk, needle, irritate, rattle + Posesivo + cage, rub + Nombre + up the wrong way, spite, annoy, roil, nerve, gall, rile, peeve, enrage, hit + a (raw) nerve, strike + a nerve, exasperate, touch + a (raw) nerve, raise + Posesivo + hackles.
    Ex. She had been told from time to time that he seemed to derive satisfaction from needling the staff, but she had never been able to pin down specifically what he does that irks them.
    Ex. She had been told from time to time that he seemed to derive satisfaction from needling the staff, but she had never been able to pin down specifically what he does that irks them.
    Ex. Their education must accordingly be designed to prepare them for that future, however much this may irritate the myopics whose only concern is for the present.
    Ex. The author maintains that his poem makes an attempt to rattle the cage and is a gesture toward revolt, a call to abandon any vision of human life that does not embrace the sexual universe.
    Ex. Relations between the two countries would now be difficult as our Prime Minister had rubbed theirs up the wrong way over ridiculous matters.
    Ex. Men's abuse of children is in many instances instrumental in order to coerce or retaliate against women, echoing the Greek myth of Medea who killed her own children to spite her father.
    Ex. Library pests are any humans, large or microscopic beasts, library equipment or installations, or chemical and biological substances that hamper or annoy the reader.
    Ex. Episcopalians were roiled by the approval of a rector outspokenly conservative on such matters as the liturgy, the hymnal and ordination.
    Ex. But there's something which has nerved me before with the forum.
    Ex. It was the American attitude of superiority that galled them the most.
    Ex. Now is not the time for superfluous rantings intended to rile the public.
    Ex. Things like talking over the performances and cutting to commercials in the middle of performances were really peaving the people who watched.
    Ex. On a recent field trip, he drank too much and became enraged with another student by whom he felt insulted.
    Ex. Based on their account, it seems obvious that Beauperthuy hit a raw nerve among some of the medical research leaders of the day.
    Ex. His plethoric prose produced by a prodigious placement of words struck a nerve.
    Ex. Radical intellectuals often seem exasperated by what appears as excessive attention paid to conceptualization.
    Ex. Obama's election seems to have touched a raw nerve in conservative white America, unleashing a torrent of right-wing rage unseen in this country.
    Ex. But be prepared to raise some hackles if you take this approach, because it is essential you do it openly and not behind your boss' back.
    ----
    * irritarse con = get + short with.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <piel/garganta> to irritate
    b) < persona> to annoy, irritate
    2.
    irritarse v pron
    a) piel/ojos to become irritated
    b) persona to get annoyed, get irritated
    * * *
    = irk, needle, irritate, rattle + Posesivo + cage, rub + Nombre + up the wrong way, spite, annoy, roil, nerve, gall, rile, peeve, enrage, hit + a (raw) nerve, strike + a nerve, exasperate, touch + a (raw) nerve, raise + Posesivo + hackles.

    Ex: She had been told from time to time that he seemed to derive satisfaction from needling the staff, but she had never been able to pin down specifically what he does that irks them.

    Ex: She had been told from time to time that he seemed to derive satisfaction from needling the staff, but she had never been able to pin down specifically what he does that irks them.
    Ex: Their education must accordingly be designed to prepare them for that future, however much this may irritate the myopics whose only concern is for the present.
    Ex: The author maintains that his poem makes an attempt to rattle the cage and is a gesture toward revolt, a call to abandon any vision of human life that does not embrace the sexual universe.
    Ex: Relations between the two countries would now be difficult as our Prime Minister had rubbed theirs up the wrong way over ridiculous matters.
    Ex: Men's abuse of children is in many instances instrumental in order to coerce or retaliate against women, echoing the Greek myth of Medea who killed her own children to spite her father.
    Ex: Library pests are any humans, large or microscopic beasts, library equipment or installations, or chemical and biological substances that hamper or annoy the reader.
    Ex: Episcopalians were roiled by the approval of a rector outspokenly conservative on such matters as the liturgy, the hymnal and ordination.
    Ex: But there's something which has nerved me before with the forum.
    Ex: It was the American attitude of superiority that galled them the most.
    Ex: Now is not the time for superfluous rantings intended to rile the public.
    Ex: Things like talking over the performances and cutting to commercials in the middle of performances were really peaving the people who watched.
    Ex: On a recent field trip, he drank too much and became enraged with another student by whom he felt insulted.
    Ex: Based on their account, it seems obvious that Beauperthuy hit a raw nerve among some of the medical research leaders of the day.
    Ex: His plethoric prose produced by a prodigious placement of words struck a nerve.
    Ex: Radical intellectuals often seem exasperated by what appears as excessive attention paid to conceptualization.
    Ex: Obama's election seems to have touched a raw nerve in conservative white America, unleashing a torrent of right-wing rage unseen in this country.
    Ex: But be prepared to raise some hackles if you take this approach, because it is essential you do it openly and not behind your boss' back.
    * irritarse con = get + short with.

    * * *
    irritar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹piel/garganta› to irritate
    el humo le irritaba los ojos the smoke was irritating his eyes
    tiene la garganta irritada his throat is sore o inflamed
    2 ‹persona› to annoy, irritate
    1 «piel/ojos» to become irritated
    2 «persona» to get annoyed, get irritated
    se irritó por lo que le dije he got annoyed o irritated at what I said
    nunca se irrita con las críticas de sus adversarios she never gets annoyed at her opponents' criticisms
    * * *

    irritar ( conjugate irritar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹piel/garganta› to irritate;

    ◊ tiene la garganta irritada his throat is sore o inflamed


    irritarse verbo pronominal
    a) [piel/ojos] to become irritated


    irritar verbo transitivo to irritate
    ' irritar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    crispar
    - enfermar
    - picar
    - provocar
    - chocar
    - fastidiar
    - reventar
    English:
    gall
    - irk
    - irritate
    - needle
    - rile
    - roil
    - rub
    - annoy
    - vex
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [enfadar] to irritate, to annoy
    2. [piel, garganta] to irritate;
    me irritó la garganta/piel it gave me a sore throat/a rash;
    el humo me irrita los pulmones smoke irritates my lungs
    * * *
    v/t tb MED irritate
    * * *
    : to irritate
    * * *
    irritar vb to irritate

    Spanish-English dictionary > irritar

  • 2 cabrear

    v.
    1 to annoy.
    Su risa cabrea a María Her laughter Maryoys Mary.
    2 to get sick of.
    Me cabrea tanto aguacate I get sick of so much avocado.
    * * *
    1 familiar to annoy, make angry
    1 familiar to get angry, get worked up
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (fam) ( enfadar) to make... mad (colloq), to piss... off (sl)
    b) (Chi fam) ( hartar)

    cabrear + inf: me cabreó comer tanta palta — I got fed up with o sick of eating avocado all the time

    2.
    cabrearse v pron
    a) (fam) ( enojarse) to get mad (colloq)
    b) (Chi fam) ( hartarse)

    cabrearse de or con algo/alguien — to get fed up with something/somebody, get sick of something/somebody

    * * *
    = rile, peeve, enrage, piss + Nombre + off, raise + Posesivo + hackles.
    Ex. Now is not the time for superfluous rantings intended to rile the public.
    Ex. Things like talking over the performances and cutting to commercials in the middle of performances were really peaving the people who watched.
    Ex. On a recent field trip, he drank too much and became enraged with another student by whom he felt insulted.
    Ex. And he isn't one to squander an opportunity to take credit for an operation that will piss off Washington.
    Ex. But be prepared to raise some hackles if you take this approach, because it is essential you do it openly and not behind your boss' back.
    ----
    * cabrearse = throw + a hissy fit, throw + a fit, incense, wax + indignant, spit + feathers, get + (all) worked up (about), get + naffed off, get + hot under the collar.
    * cabrearse con Alguien = vent + Posesivo + spleen (on).
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (fam) ( enfadar) to make... mad (colloq), to piss... off (sl)
    b) (Chi fam) ( hartar)

    cabrear + inf: me cabreó comer tanta palta — I got fed up with o sick of eating avocado all the time

    2.
    cabrearse v pron
    a) (fam) ( enojarse) to get mad (colloq)
    b) (Chi fam) ( hartarse)

    cabrearse de or con algo/alguien — to get fed up with something/somebody, get sick of something/somebody

    * * *
    = rile, peeve, enrage, piss + Nombre + off, raise + Posesivo + hackles.

    Ex: Now is not the time for superfluous rantings intended to rile the public.

    Ex: Things like talking over the performances and cutting to commercials in the middle of performances were really peaving the people who watched.
    Ex: On a recent field trip, he drank too much and became enraged with another student by whom he felt insulted.
    Ex: And he isn't one to squander an opportunity to take credit for an operation that will piss off Washington.
    Ex: But be prepared to raise some hackles if you take this approach, because it is essential you do it openly and not behind your boss' back.
    * cabrearse = throw + a hissy fit, throw + a fit, incense, wax + indignant, spit + feathers, get + (all) worked up (about), get + naffed off, get + hot under the collar.
    * cabrearse con Alguien = vent + Posesivo + spleen (on).

    * * *
    cabrear [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ( fam) (enfadar) to infuriate
    me cabrea tener que hacer su trabajo it really annoys me o it infuriates me having to do her work
    2
    ( Chi fam) (cansar) cabrear + INF: me cabreó comer tanta palta I got fed up with o sick of eating avocado all the time
    ■ cabrear
    vi
    ( Chi fam): cabrea comer siempre lo mismo you get so fed up with o sick of eating the same thing all the time
    1 ( fam) (enfadarse) to get angry, get mad ( colloq)
    no te cabrees keep your shirt o ( BrE) hair on ( colloq), don't lose your rag ( colloq)
    2 ( Chi fam) (cansarse) cabrearse DE or CON algo/algn; to get fed up WITH sth/sb, get sick OF sth/sb
    * * *

    cabrear ( conjugate cabrear) verbo transitivo (fam) ( enfadar) to make … mad (colloq), to piss … off (sl)
    cabrearse verbo pronominal (fam) ( enojarse) to get mad (colloq)
    cabrear verbo transitivo familiar to make angry
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    cabrear a alguien to piss sb off;
    me cabrea su actitud his attitude really gets my goat o Br gets up my nose
    * * *
    v/t pop
    bug fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > cabrear

  • 3 enervar

    v.
    1 to sap, to weaken.
    2 to exasperate (poner nervioso).
    3 to enervate, to devitalize, to weaken.
    Ricardo enerva a María Richard enervates Mary.
    4 to unnerve, to make nervous, to make uneasy, to overexcite.
    La emoción enerva a María The excitement unnerves Mary.
    * * *
    1 MEDICINA to enervate
    2 familiar (irritar) to irritate, exasperate, get on one's nerves
    1 familiar to get flustered, get worked up
    * * *
    VT (=debilitar) to enervate, weaken; (=poner nervioso a) to get on sb's nerves
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( irritar) to irritate
    b) ( debilitar) to enervate
    * * *
    = jar, nerve, rile, grind on + Posesivo + nerves, raise + Posesivo + hackles.
    Ex. She analyzes how her memory was jarred by this massacre.
    Ex. But there's something which has nerved me before with the forum.
    Ex. Now is not the time for superfluous rantings intended to rile the public.
    Ex. We can often see in someone's face, or hear in his response to us, the times when we are grinding on his nerves.
    Ex. But be prepared to raise some hackles if you take this approach, because it is essential you do it openly and not behind your boss' back.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( irritar) to irritate
    b) ( debilitar) to enervate
    * * *
    = jar, nerve, rile, grind on + Posesivo + nerves, raise + Posesivo + hackles.

    Ex: She analyzes how her memory was jarred by this massacre.

    Ex: But there's something which has nerved me before with the forum.
    Ex: Now is not the time for superfluous rantings intended to rile the public.
    Ex: We can often see in someone's face, or hear in his response to us, the times when we are grinding on his nerves.
    Ex: But be prepared to raise some hackles if you take this approach, because it is essential you do it openly and not behind your boss' back.

    * * *
    enervar [A1 ]
    vt
    1
    (irritar): me enerva la música a todo volumen really loud music gets on my nerves o drives me mad o irritates me ( colloq)
    la enerva ver todo en desorden seeing everything in a mess really annoys her
    2 (debilitar) to enervate
    * * *

    enervar verbo transitivo
    1 fam (poner nervioso) to exasperate, try one's temper: la falta de puntualidad le enerva, a lack of punctuality really gets on his nerves
    2 (debilitar) to enervate, unnerve
    * * *
    1. [debilitar] to sap, to weaken
    2. Fam [poner nervioso] to irritate
    * * *
    v/t fml
    1 ( debilitar) weaken, enervate fml
    2 ( irritar) irritate, get on the nerves of
    * * *
    1) : to enervate
    2) fam : to annoy, to get on one's nerves
    ♦ enervante adj

    Spanish-English dictionary > enervar

  • 4 enojar

    v.
    1 to anger (irritar). (especially Latin American Spanish)
    2 to make angry, to irritate, to anger, to make mad.
    Nosotros contrariamos a su padre We annoy his father.
    * * *
    1 to anger, annoy, make angry
    1 to get angry ( con, with), get annoyed ( con, with), lose one's temper ( con, with)
    \
    enojarse por algo to get angry about something
    * * *
    esp LAm
    1.
    VT (=encolerizar) to anger; (=molestar) to upset, annoy
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo (esp AmL) to make... angry; ( en menor grado) to annoy
    2.
    enojarse v pron (esp AmL) to get angry, get mad (esp AmE colloq); ( en menor grado) to get annoyed, get cross (BrE colloq)

    enojarse con algo — to get angry/annoyed with somebody

    * * *
    = cause + anger, cross, irritate, antagonise [antagonize, -USA], rub + Nombre + up the wrong way, rattle, roil, gall, rile, peeve, enrage, exasperate, raise + Posesivo + hackles.
    Ex. The decision to introduce payments for ILL in Australia has caused much concern and a lot of anger.
    Ex. There's more to it than that - he becomes vicious, cutting people up behind their backs if they cross him in any way.
    Ex. Their education must accordingly be designed to prepare them for that future, however much this may irritate the myopics whose only concern is for the present.
    Ex. Researchers expect librarians to be factually knowledgeable, welcoming, helpful and supportive rather than 'weird', 'snooty' or 'easily antagonized'.
    Ex. Relations between the two countries would now be difficult as our Prime Minister had rubbed theirs up the wrong way over ridiculous matters.
    Ex. The rumours of his departure rattled the talented youngster a little bit.
    Ex. Episcopalians were roiled by the approval of a rector outspokenly conservative on such matters as the liturgy, the hymnal and ordination.
    Ex. It was the American attitude of superiority that galled them the most.
    Ex. Now is not the time for superfluous rantings intended to rile the public.
    Ex. Things like talking over the performances and cutting to commercials in the middle of performances were really peaving the people who watched.
    Ex. On a recent field trip, he drank too much and became enraged with another student by whom he felt insulted.
    Ex. Radical intellectuals often seem exasperated by what appears as excessive attention paid to conceptualization.
    Ex. But be prepared to raise some hackles if you take this approach, because it is essential you do it openly and not behind your boss' back.
    ----
    * enojarse = become + chagrined, grow + irritable, lose + Posesivo + temper, get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist, get + Posesivo + knickers in a bundle, get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle, get + angry.
    * enojarse con Alguien = vent + Posesivo + spleen (on).
    * enojarse por = be irritated by/at.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo (esp AmL) to make... angry; ( en menor grado) to annoy
    2.
    enojarse v pron (esp AmL) to get angry, get mad (esp AmE colloq); ( en menor grado) to get annoyed, get cross (BrE colloq)

    enojarse con algo — to get angry/annoyed with somebody

    * * *
    = cause + anger, cross, irritate, antagonise [antagonize, -USA], rub + Nombre + up the wrong way, rattle, roil, gall, rile, peeve, enrage, exasperate, raise + Posesivo + hackles.

    Ex: The decision to introduce payments for ILL in Australia has caused much concern and a lot of anger.

    Ex: There's more to it than that - he becomes vicious, cutting people up behind their backs if they cross him in any way.
    Ex: Their education must accordingly be designed to prepare them for that future, however much this may irritate the myopics whose only concern is for the present.
    Ex: Researchers expect librarians to be factually knowledgeable, welcoming, helpful and supportive rather than 'weird', 'snooty' or 'easily antagonized'.
    Ex: Relations between the two countries would now be difficult as our Prime Minister had rubbed theirs up the wrong way over ridiculous matters.
    Ex: The rumours of his departure rattled the talented youngster a little bit.
    Ex: Episcopalians were roiled by the approval of a rector outspokenly conservative on such matters as the liturgy, the hymnal and ordination.
    Ex: It was the American attitude of superiority that galled them the most.
    Ex: Now is not the time for superfluous rantings intended to rile the public.
    Ex: Things like talking over the performances and cutting to commercials in the middle of performances were really peaving the people who watched.
    Ex: On a recent field trip, he drank too much and became enraged with another student by whom he felt insulted.
    Ex: Radical intellectuals often seem exasperated by what appears as excessive attention paid to conceptualization.
    Ex: But be prepared to raise some hackles if you take this approach, because it is essential you do it openly and not behind your boss' back.
    * enojarse = become + chagrined, grow + irritable, lose + Posesivo + temper, get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist, get + Posesivo + knickers in a bundle, get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle, get + angry.
    * enojarse con Alguien = vent + Posesivo + spleen (on).
    * enojarse por = be irritated by/at.

    * * *
    enojar [A1 ]
    vt
    ( esp AmL) to make … angry; (en menor grado) to annoy
    me enojan mucho estas injusticias I get very angry at these injustices, these injustices make me very angry
    esto enojó al gobierno francés this angered the French government
    ( esp AmL) to get angry, get mad ( AmE colloq); (en menor grado) to get annoyed, get cross ( BrE colloq)
    no te enojes conmigo don't get angry with o mad at me, don't get annoyed o cross with me
    se enojó porque le habían mentido he got annoyed/angry because they had lied to him
    * * *

     

    enojar ( conjugate enojar) verbo transitivo (esp AmL) to make … angry;
    ( en menor grado) to annoy
    enojarse verbo pronominal (esp AmL) to get angry, get mad (esp AmE colloq);
    ( en menor grado) to get annoyed, get cross (BrE colloq);
    enojarse con algn to get angry/annoyed with sb
    enojar verbo transitivo to anger, annoy
    ' enojar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    sublevar
    - arrechar
    - calentar
    - chorear
    - contrariar
    - enfadar
    - exaltar
    - excitar
    English:
    anger
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    [irritar] to anger; [molestar] to annoy;
    consiguió enojar a todo el mundo con sus impertinencias she managed to annoy everybody with her cheeky remarks
    * * *
    v/t
    1 ( molestar) annoy
    2 L.Am. ( encolerizar) make angry
    * * *
    enojar vt
    1) : to anger
    2) : to annoy, to upset
    * * *
    enojar vb to annoy

    Spanish-English dictionary > enojar

  • 5 exasperar

    v.
    to exasperate, to infuriate.
    * * *
    1 to exasperate
    1 to get exasperated
    * * *
    1.
    VT to exasperate, infuriate
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to exasperate
    2.
    exasperarse v pron to get worked up o exasperated
    * * *
    = outrage + Posesivo + every fibre, roil, drive + Alguien + (a)round the bend, rile, enrage, exasperate, grind on + Posesivo + nerves, raise + Posesivo + hackles.
    Ex. And yet the thought of what he was being asked to do to salvage the jeopardized budget outraged his every fiber.
    Ex. Episcopalians were roiled by the approval of a rector outspokenly conservative on such matters as the liturgy, the hymnal and ordination.
    Ex. If there is one behavior that most parents, caregivers and teachers would readily admit drives them around the bend it's whining.
    Ex. Now is not the time for superfluous rantings intended to rile the public.
    Ex. On a recent field trip, he drank too much and became enraged with another student by whom he felt insulted.
    Ex. Radical intellectuals often seem exasperated by what appears as excessive attention paid to conceptualization.
    Ex. We can often see in someone's face, or hear in his response to us, the times when we are grinding on his nerves.
    Ex. But be prepared to raise some hackles if you take this approach, because it is essential you do it openly and not behind your boss' back.
    ----
    * exasperar a Alguien = 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.
    * exasperarse por = become + carried away by.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to exasperate
    2.
    exasperarse v pron to get worked up o exasperated
    * * *
    = outrage + Posesivo + every fibre, roil, drive + Alguien + (a)round the bend, rile, enrage, exasperate, grind on + Posesivo + nerves, raise + Posesivo + hackles.

    Ex: And yet the thought of what he was being asked to do to salvage the jeopardized budget outraged his every fiber.

    Ex: Episcopalians were roiled by the approval of a rector outspokenly conservative on such matters as the liturgy, the hymnal and ordination.
    Ex: If there is one behavior that most parents, caregivers and teachers would readily admit drives them around the bend it's whining.
    Ex: Now is not the time for superfluous rantings intended to rile the public.
    Ex: On a recent field trip, he drank too much and became enraged with another student by whom he felt insulted.
    Ex: Radical intellectuals often seem exasperated by what appears as excessive attention paid to conceptualization.
    Ex: We can often see in someone's face, or hear in his response to us, the times when we are grinding on his nerves.
    Ex: But be prepared to raise some hackles if you take this approach, because it is essential you do it openly and not behind your boss' back.
    * exasperar a Alguien = 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.
    * exasperarse por = become + carried away by.

    * * *
    exasperar [A1 ]
    vt
    A «persona» to exasperate; «lentitud/actitud» to exasperate
    ese niño exaspera a cualquiera that child is absolutely exasperating
    su torpeza me exaspera I find his clumsiness exasperating, his clumsiness exasperates me
    B «conflicto/síntomas» to exacerbate
    to get worked up
    * * *

    exasperar ( conjugate exasperar) verbo transitivo
    to exasperate
    exasperarse verbo pronominal
    to get worked up o exasperated
    exasperar verbo transitivo to exasperate
    ' exasperar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    crispar
    English:
    exasperate
    - madden
    - aggravate
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to exasperate, to infuriate;
    ¿qué es lo que más te exaspera de él? what is it you find most exasperating o infuriating about him?;
    la actitud del equipo exasperó a los aficionados the team's attitude exasperated o infuriated the fans
    * * *
    v/t exasperate
    * * *
    irritar: to exasperate, to irritate
    * * *
    exasperar vb to exasperate

    Spanish-English dictionary > exasperar

  • 6 levantar ampollas

    (v.) = blister, rile, raise + Posesivo + hackles
    Ex. In the morning my shower started to splurt out boiling water, scalding my head so badly it has blistered.
    Ex. Now is not the time for superfluous rantings intended to rile the public.
    Ex. But be prepared to raise some hackles if you take this approach, because it is essential you do it openly and not behind your boss' back.
    * * *
    (v.) = blister, rile, raise + Posesivo + hackles

    Ex: In the morning my shower started to splurt out boiling water, scalding my head so badly it has blistered.

    Ex: Now is not the time for superfluous rantings intended to rile the public.
    Ex: But be prepared to raise some hackles if you take this approach, because it is essential you do it openly and not behind your boss' back.

    Spanish-English dictionary > levantar ampollas

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