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1 chivo expiatorio
m.scapegoat, whipping boy, sacrificial lamb, Aunt Sally.* * *figurado scapegoat* * *(n.) = scapegoat, sacrificial lamb, sacrificial goat, patsy, whipping boyEx. 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.Ex. In this limited respect, we may say that Hume opened the door to phenomenology, but as a sacrificial lamb.Ex. You will be disliked and turfed out as a sacrificial goat once your job is done but there will be many others queuing up for your services.Ex. When the security services carry out acts of terror, they employ patsies who often are petty criminals or people who are mentally backward or mentally unstable.Ex. The coal industry has become the ' whipping boy' of environmentalists who fail to come up with realistic alternatives for energy.* * *(n.) = scapegoat, sacrificial lamb, sacrificial goat, patsy, whipping boyEx: 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.
Ex: In this limited respect, we may say that Hume opened the door to phenomenology, but as a sacrificial lamb.Ex: You will be disliked and turfed out as a sacrificial goat once your job is done but there will be many others queuing up for your services.Ex: When the security services carry out acts of terror, they employ patsies who often are petty criminals or people who are mentally backward or mentally unstable.Ex: The coal industry has become the ' whipping boy' of environmentalists who fail to come up with realistic alternatives for energy.* * *scapegoat -
2 expiatorio
adj.expiatory, piacular.* * *► adjetivo1 sacrificial* * *ADJ expiatory* * *- ria adjetivo expiatory (frml)* * *= sacrificial.Ex. Rock paintings there may perform the same function as the sacrificial aspersion of rocks with blood & chyme.----* chivo espiatorio = whipping boy.* chivo expiatorio = sacrificial lamb, sacrificial goat, patsy, scapegoat.* cordero expiatorio = sacrificial lamb.* rito expiatorio = sacrificial rite.* * *- ria adjetivo expiatory (frml)* * *= sacrificial.Ex: Rock paintings there may perform the same function as the sacrificial aspersion of rocks with blood & chyme.
* chivo espiatorio = whipping boy.* chivo expiatorio = sacrificial lamb, sacrificial goat, patsy, scapegoat.* cordero expiatorio = sacrificial lamb.* rito expiatorio = sacrificial rite.* * *expiatory ( frml)un acto expiatorio an act of atonement, an expiatory act* * *expiatorio, -a adjexpiatory* * *adj expiatory -
3 cordero
m.1 lamb, young sheep less than one year old.2 mutton, lamb.3 Lamb.* * *► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 lamb2 figurado (persona dócil) lamb, angel1 (piel) lambskin2 (carne - joven) lamb; (- crecido) mutton\ser manso como un cordero to be as gentle as a lambCordero de Dios Lamb of Godcordero lechal sucking lambcordero pascual paschal lambla madre del cordero familiar the crux of the matter, the root of the problem————————1 (piel) lambskin2 (carne - joven) lamb; (- crecido) mutton* * *noun m.* * *cordero, -a1.SM / F (Zool) lamb- es como un cordero2.SM (=piel) lambskin* * *1)a) ( cría) lambb) ( carne - de cordero) lamb; (- de oveja) muttonc) ( piel) lambskin2)a) (Relig) lambb) (fam) ( persona dócil) tbcorderito: ser un corderito — to be as good as gold
* * *= lamb.Ex. Using the metaphors of lion, lamb and lemming, a number of salient events of the library profession over recent years are discussed.----* chuleta de cordero = lamb chop.* cordero expiatorio = sacrificial lamb.* costillero de cordero = rack of lamb.* lobo disfrazado de cordero = wolf in sheep's clothing.* paletilla de cordero = shoulder of lamb.* pierna de cordero = leg of lamb.* tan manso como un cordero = as meek as a lamb.* * *1)a) ( cría) lambb) ( carne - de cordero) lamb; (- de oveja) muttonc) ( piel) lambskin2)a) (Relig) lambb) (fam) ( persona dócil) tbcorderito: ser un corderito — to be as good as gold
* * *= lamb.Ex: Using the metaphors of lion, lamb and lemming, a number of salient events of the library profession over recent years are discussed.
* chuleta de cordero = lamb chop.* cordero expiatorio = sacrificial lamb.* costillero de cordero = rack of lamb.* lobo disfrazado de cordero = wolf in sheep's clothing.* paletilla de cordero = shoulder of lamb.* pierna de cordero = leg of lamb.* tan manso como un cordero = as meek as a lamb.* * *A1 (cría) lambcontar corderitos to count sheep2 (carne — de cordero) lamb; (— de oveja) mutton3 (piel) lambskinforrado de corderito fleece-linedCompuesto:suckling lambB1 ( Relig) lambCordero de Dios Lamb of God2 ( fam) (persona dócil) tbcorderito: en clase siempre son unos corderitos they're always as good as gold in classen casa es un corderito he's as quiet as a lamb at home* * *
cordero sustantivo masculino
(— de oveja) mutton
d) (fam) ( persona dócil):
cordero,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino lamb
Recuerda que los anglohablantes emplean diferentes palabras cuando se refieren al animal y a su carne. Oveja, nombre genérico, es sheep; oveja (hembra) es ewe; carnero (macho) es ram y su carne es mutton. Sin embargo, la carne de su cría, cordero, es lamb.
' cordero' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
asada
- asado
- carnero
- cordera
- lechal
- madre
- oveja
- borrego
- brincar
- carne
- chuleta
- costilla
- mamar
- pierna
- sacrificar
English:
ewe
- gorge
- lamb
- lamb chop
- leg
- mutton
- ram
- sheep
- wolf
- go
- haggis
* * *cordero, -a nm,f1. [animal] lamb;Fam2. [carne] lambcordero lechal suckling lamb3. [piel] lambskin4. Rel lambcordero de Dios Lamb of God5. Fam [persona]su marido es un manso cordero her husband is as meek as a lamb, her husband wouldn't say boo to a goose* * *m, cordera f lamb;(carne de) cordero lamb;(piel de) cordero sheepskin* * *cordero nm: lamb* * *cordero n lamb -
4 cordero expiatorio
(n.) = sacrificial lambEx. In this limited respect, we may say that Hume opened the door to phenomenology, but as a sacrificial lamb.* * *(n.) = sacrificial lambEx: In this limited respect, we may say that Hume opened the door to phenomenology, but as a sacrificial lamb.
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5 chivo
m.1 kid, young goat.2 billy goat.3 wages, pay.4 pimp.5 lover of a married woman.6 Guatemalan.7 man economically dependent on a woman.8 illicit business, graft.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: chivar.* * *► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (cría macho) kid, young goat; (cría hembra) kid, young she-goat\estar como un,-a chivo,-a familiar to be crazy, be madchivo expiatorio figurado scapegoat* * *(f. - chiva)noun* * *1. SM1) (Zool) billy goat2) Cono Sur (=rabia) fit of anger- comer chivo4) Caribe (=estafa) fraud; (=intriga) plot, intrigue; (=acto de contrabando) smuggling; (=géneros) contraband, smuggled goods pl6) Caribe (=golpe) punch, blow8) CAm * (=guatemalteco) Guatemalan9) CAm ** (=chulo) pimp10) ** (=maricón) poofter **2. ADJ CAm*1) (=guatemalteco) Guatemalan2)* * *- va masculino, femenino1)a) ( cría de la cabra) kidb) (Ven) ( cabra) goatestar como una chiva — (fam) to be crazy (colloq); ver tb chiva
c) chivo masculino (AmL) ( macho cabrío) billy goat* * *= kid.Ex. Each group was divided into two subgroups consisting of 5 she-goats and their 5 kids, one group for behavioural observations while the other group for physiological and health studies.----* barba de chivo = goatee, goatee, goatee beard.* barbita de chivo = goatee beard.* chivo expiatorio = scapegoat, sacrificial lamb, sacrificial goat, patsy, whipping boy.* * *- va masculino, femenino1)a) ( cría de la cabra) kidb) (Ven) ( cabra) goatestar como una chiva — (fam) to be crazy (colloq); ver tb chiva
c) chivo masculino (AmL) ( macho cabrío) billy goat* * *= kid.Ex: Each group was divided into two subgroups consisting of 5 she-goats and their 5 kids, one group for behavioural observations while the other group for physiological and health studies.
* barba de chivo = goatee, goatee, goatee beard.* barbita de chivo = goatee beard.* chivo expiatorio = scapegoat, sacrificial lamb, sacrificial goat, patsy, whipping boy.* * *chivo -vamasculine, feminineA1 (cría de la cabra) kid3hacerle de chivo los tamales a algn ( Méx fam) (estafar) to cheat sb, take sb for a ride ( colloq) (ser infiel) to be unfaithful to sb, cheat on sb ( AmE colloq)Compuesto:chivo expiatorio or emisarioscapegoatB* * *
Del verbo chivarse: ( conjugate chivarse)
me chivo es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
se chivó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
chivo◊ -va sustantivo masculino, femenino
1
ver tb◊ chiva
2a)
b)
chivo,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 Zool kid, young goat
2 figurado chivo expiatorio, sustantivo masculino scapegoat
' chivo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
chiva
English:
fallguy
- goatee
- scapegoat
* * *chivo, -a♦ nm,fkid, young goat;Famestar como una chiva to be off one's headchivo expiatorio scapegoat♦ nmMéx Fam pay, wages;día del chivo payday* * *m1 ZO kid2 C.Am., Méxwages pl* * *chivo, -va n1) : kid, young goat2)chivo expiatorio : scapegoatchivo nm1) : billy goat2) : fit of anger -
6 fenomenología
f.phenomenology.* * *Ex. In this limited respect, we may say that Hume opened the door to phenomenology, but as a sacrificial lamb.* * *Ex: In this limited respect, we may say that Hume opened the door to phenomenology, but as a sacrificial lamb.
* * *phenomenology* * *phenomenology
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