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se armó un jaleo

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1 se armó un jaleo

• there was a colossal fight

• there's something in the wind

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > se armó un jaleo
2 jaleo

m.

1 row, rumpus (alboroto).

armar jaleo to kick up a row o fuss

2 mess, confusion.

3 cheering (aplausos, gritos).

4 fuss, babel, racket, row.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: jalear.

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jaleo

► nombre masculino

1 (alboroto) din, racket

■ no se oye nada con este jaleo I can't hear a thing with all this racket

2 (escándalo) fuss, commotion

■ cuando se enteren se va a montar un jaleo tremendo there'll be a terrible fuss when they find out

3 (riña) row

4 (confusión) muddle

■ me he armado tal jaleo que no sé ni dónde estoy I'm so mixed up I don't know whether I'm coming or going

■ menudo jaleo de cuentas tenéis montado you've made a right mess of the accounts

5 MÚSICA Andalusian dance and music

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SM

1) * (=ruido) row, racket

armar un jaleo — to kick up a row

2) * (=confusión) mess, muddle; (=problema) hassle

es un jaleo acordarse de tantos nombres — it's such a hassle having to remember all those names

con tanto botón me armo unos jaleos — I get into such a mess o muddle with all these buttons

se armó un jaleo tremendo — all hell broke loose *

3) * (=juerga) binge *

estar de jaleo — to be having a good time

4) (Mús) shouting and clapping ( to encourage dancers)

5) (Caza) hallooing

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masculino (fam)

a) (alboroto, ruido) racket (colloq), row (colloq)

b) ( confusión) muddle, mess; ( desorden) mess; ( problemas) hassle (colloq)

c) ( actividad intensa)

hemos tenido mucho jaleo en casa — everything's been very hectic at home

con todo el jaleo de la mudanza — with all the upheaval of the move

d) ( riña) brawl

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= fireworks, buzz, rumpus, hoopla, hubbub, ruckus, commotion, racket, palaver.

Ex. 'You know, Tom, if I ever find another job -- and I'm already looking -- there will be some fireworks around here before I leave, I can guarantee you that!'.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Turf wars in the playback software arena: Microsoft Netshow, Windows Multimedia Player, and all that buzz'.

Ex. Then reading of this story aloud to young children as they look at the pictures, needs a firm, quiet voice, until that glorious wordless pictorial passage showing the 'wild rumpus,' when at least one reader discovers it is necessary to give a one-man vocal performance of some rumbustious classical music as accompaniment to the viewing of those pages.

Ex. Amid the hoopla, she hasn't forgotten its roots.

Ex. And arming himself with patience and piety he tarried awhile until the hubbub was stilled.

Ex. Sometime back a heroine created a ruckus by saying that the actor acted fresh with her by biting her lips in a smooching scene.

Ex. She pleaded, futilely, in broken French, until an elderly man, hearing the commotion, came to her rescue.

Ex. He says the library science degree is a racket; that there's nothing taught in library school that can't be better learned on the job.

Ex. Most fashion-conscious shoppers will beaware of the palaver caused last month by the swastika design embroidered on a Zara handbag.

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* ¡qué jaleo! = what a palaver!.

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masculino (fam)

a) (alboroto, ruido) racket (colloq), row (colloq)

b) ( confusión) muddle, mess; ( desorden) mess; ( problemas) hassle (colloq)

c) ( actividad intensa)

hemos tenido mucho jaleo en casa — everything's been very hectic at home

con todo el jaleo de la mudanza — with all the upheaval of the move

d) ( riña) brawl

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= fireworks, buzz, rumpus, hoopla, hubbub, ruckus, commotion, racket, palaver.

Ex: 'You know, Tom, if I ever find another job -- and I'm already looking -- there will be some fireworks around here before I leave, I can guarantee you that!'.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Turf wars in the playback software arena: Microsoft Netshow, Windows Multimedia Player, and all that buzz'.

Ex: Then reading of this story aloud to young children as they look at the pictures, needs a firm, quiet voice, until that glorious wordless pictorial passage showing the 'wild rumpus,' when at least one reader discovers it is necessary to give a one-man vocal performance of some rumbustious classical music as accompaniment to the viewing of those pages.

Ex: Amid the hoopla, she hasn't forgotten its roots.

Ex: And arming himself with patience and piety he tarried awhile until the hubbub was stilled.

Ex: Sometime back a heroine created a ruckus by saying that the actor acted fresh with her by biting her lips in a smooching scene.

Ex: She pleaded, futilely, in broken French, until an elderly man, hearing the commotion, came to her rescue.

Ex: He says the library science degree is a racket; that there's nothing taught in library school that can't be better learned on the job.

Ex: Most fashion-conscious shoppers will beaware of the palaver caused last month by the swastika design embroidered on a Zara handbag.

* ¡qué jaleo! = what a palaver!.

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jaleo

masculine

( fam)

1 (alboroto, ruido) racket ( colloq), row ( colloq), ruckus ( AmE colloq)

2 (confusión) muddle, mess; (desorden) mess; (problemas) hassle ( colloq)

me armo un jaleo con estas calles I get into a muddle o I get confused with these streets

perdón por este jaleo, es que acabo de llegar de viaje excuse the mess, I've just got back from a trip

3

(actividad intensa): hemos tenido mucho jaleo en casa everything's been very hectic at home

con todo el jaleo de la mudanza with all the upheaval of the move

4 (riña) brawl

aquí no quiero jaleos I don't want any brawling here

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Del verbo jalear: ( conjugate jalear)

jaleo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

jaleó es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
jalear
jaleo
jaleo sustantivo masculino (fam)
a) (alboroto, ruido) racket (colloq), row (colloq)

b) ( confusión) muddle, mess;

( desorden) mess;
( problemas) hassle (colloq)
c) ( actividad intensa):

◊ hemos tenido mucho jaleo en casa everything's been very hectic at home;

con todo el jaleo de la mudanza with all the upheaval of the move
d) ( riña) brawl

jalear vtr (animar) to cheer (on)
jaleo sustantivo masculino
1 (ruido) din, racket
armar jaleo, to make a racket
2 (situación confusa) muddle
3 (bronca) row
' jaleo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alborotar
- alboroto
- buena
- bueno
- bulla
- cacao
- escándalo
- folclore
- follón
- lomo
- meter
- montarse
- ruido
- taco
- zarabanda
- armar
- gresca
- pelotera
- quilombo
- revuelta
English:
almighty
- din
- fuss
- racket
- ruckus
- rumpus
- to-do
- ructions
- to

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jaleo nm
Fam
1. [lío] mess, confusion;

había un jaleo enorme a la entrada del estadio it was utter chaos outside the stadium;

no encuentro el documento entre tanto jaleo de papeles I can't find the document amongst all this muddle o jumble of papers;

tengo mucho jaleo en la oficina things are pretty hectic for me at the office just now;

un jaleo de cifras a jumble of figures;

en menudo jaleo te has metido that's a real mess you've landed yourself in;

con este programa me armo mucho jaleo this program is a nightmare

2. [alboroto] row, rumpus;

armar jaleo to kick up a row o fuss

3. [ruido] racket, row;
[aplausos, gritos] cheering;
armar jaleo to make a racket

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jaleo

m

1 ( ruido) racket, uproar;

armar jaleo fam kick up a fuss fam

2 ( lío) mess, muddle

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jaleo nm, fam

1) : uproar, ruckus, racket

2) fam : confusion, hassle

3) : cheering and clapping (for a dance)

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jaleo n

1. (ruido) racket / row

¡no arméis tanto jaleo! stop making such a racket!

2. (problemas) trouble

como se entere tu padre, habrá jaleo there'll be trouble if your dad finds out

Spanish-English dictionary > jaleo
3 armar

v.

1 to assemble (montar) (mueble, modelo).

2 to arm.

El general armó los soldados The general armed his soldiers.

3 to load (fusil, pistola).

4 to cause (informal) (scandal).

armarla to cause trouble

armó una buena con sus comentarios she really went and did it with the comments she made

5 to put together, to assemble, to fit out, to mount.

Ricardo armó la estantería Richard put the shelves together.

6 to create, to bring about, to make, to make up.

Armaron un gran alboroto anoche They created a lot of noise last night.

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armar

► verbo transitivo

1 (dar armas) to arm

■ armaron al pueblo they armed the people

2 (cargar) to load; (bayoneta) to fix

3 (montar - mueble) to assemble; (- tienda) to pitch, put up; (- trampa) to set

4 (preparar) to arrange, prepare; (organizar) to organize

5 familiar (causar, originar) to cause, kick up, create

■ armó un lío tremendo he kicked up a tremendous fuss

6 (embarcación) to fit out

7 (tela) to stiffen

8 TÉCNICA to reinforce

► verbo pronominal armarse

1 (proveerse) to provide oneself (de, with), arm oneself (de, with)

■ se armó de pintura y pincel y se puso a pintar he provided himself with paint and paintbrush and began to paint

2 (producirse) to be, break out

■ se armó un jaleo there was a right row

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FRASEOLOGÍA

armarla familiar to cause trouble, kick up a fuss

armarse de paciencia to summon up patience

armarse de valor to pluck up courage

va a armarse la gorda familiar there's going to be real trouble

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verb

1) to arm

2) assemble, put together

•

- armar un escándalo

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1. VT

1) [+ persona, ejército] to arm (con, de with)

un arsenal suficiente para armar a un comando — enough weapons to arm a commando group

vino armado de brocha y pintura — he came armed with a brush and paint

se desconoce quién ha armado a los terroristas — it is not known who provided o supplied the terrorists with arms
caballero
2) (=montar) [+ mueble, ventana, juguete] to assemble, put together; [+ tienda de campaña] to pitch, put up; [+ trampa] to set; LAm [+ rompecabezas] to piece together, put together; [+ cigarrillo] to roll

tuvimos que desarmar la cama y volverla a armar — we had to take the bed apart and reassemble it o put it back together again

3) * (=organizar)

armar una bronca o un escándalo — to kick up a fuss

armaron un follón tremendo con lo del cambio de horario — they kicked up a real fuss about the timetable change

amenacé con marcharme armando un escándalo y cedieron — I threatened to leave and create a scene, so they gave in

el cuadro que ha armado tanta polémica — the painting which has caused such controversy

por favor, id entrando despacio, sin armar jaleo — go in slowly please, without making a racket

armarla — to stir up trouble

buena la armó con esa declaración — he really stirred up trouble with that statement

pienso armarla hasta que consiga lo que quiero — I'm going to make a real fuss until I get what I want

4) [+ hormigón] to reinforce

5) (Mil) [+ bayoneta] to fix; [+ rifle, cañón] to load; [+ arco] to bend

6) (Náut) to fit out, commission

7) (Cos) [+ chaqueta, solapa] to stiffen

una chaqueta sin armar — a loose jacket

8)

armar un pleito — LAm * to kick up a fuss *, get ready

2.

See:

armarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) (Mil) <ciudadanos/país> to arm, supply... with arms

b) ( equipar) < embarcación> to fit out, equip

2)

a) <estantería/reloj> to assemble; <tienda/carpa> to pitch, put up

b) (AmL) < rompecabezas> to do, piece together

c) (Col, RPl) < cigarro> to roll

d) ( dar cuerpo a) <chaqueta/solapa> to stiffen

3) (fam) <alboroto/ruido/lío> to make

armar jaleo — to kick up o make a racket (colloq)

armaron un escándalo porque... — they caused a real scene o commotion because...

armarla — (fam)

no tengo ganas de armarla otra vez — I don't want to stir things up again (colloq)

buena la has armado! — you've really done it now! (colloq)

la que me armó porque llegué tarde — you should have seen the way he went on because I was late
2.
armarse v pron

1)

a) (Mil) to arm oneself

b)

armarse de algo — de armas/herramientas to arm oneself with something

tendrás que armarte de paciencia — you will have to be patient o (liter) arm yourself with patience

tuvo que armarse de valor — he had to pluck up courage

2)

a) (fam) lío/jaleo

qué lío/jaleo se armó! — there was a real commotion, it was pandemonium

se armó una discusión terrible — a terrible argument broke out

b) (fam) persona < lío>

me armé un lío — I got into a mess (colloq)

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) (Mil) <ciudadanos/país> to arm, supply... with arms

b) ( equipar) < embarcación> to fit out, equip

2)

a) <estantería/reloj> to assemble; <tienda/carpa> to pitch, put up

b) (AmL) < rompecabezas> to do, piece together

c) (Col, RPl) < cigarro> to roll

d) ( dar cuerpo a) <chaqueta/solapa> to stiffen

3) (fam) <alboroto/ruido/lío> to make

armar jaleo — to kick up o make a racket (colloq)

armaron un escándalo porque... — they caused a real scene o commotion because...

armarla — (fam)

no tengo ganas de armarla otra vez — I don't want to stir things up again (colloq)

buena la has armado! — you've really done it now! (colloq)

la que me armó porque llegué tarde — you should have seen the way he went on because I was late
2.
armarse v pron

1)

a) (Mil) to arm oneself

b)

armarse de algo — de armas/herramientas to arm oneself with something

tendrás que armarte de paciencia — you will have to be patient o (liter) arm yourself with patience

tuvo que armarse de valor — he had to pluck up courage

2)

a) (fam) lío/jaleo

qué lío/jaleo se armó! — there was a real commotion, it was pandemonium

se armó una discusión terrible — a terrible argument broke out

b) (fam) persona < lío>

me armé un lío — I got into a mess (colloq)

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armar¹

¹ = arm, gird for.

Ex: If the worst comes to the worst and you are attacked, try to escape rather than fight back, especially if you believe that your assailant may be armed.

Ex: Australia's government girded on Monday for a battle with miners over its plan to slap the industry with a new 40 percent profits tax.

* armar con = arm with.

* armarse de = summon up.

* armarse de munición = arm + Reflexivo + with ammunition.

* armarse de paciencia = arm + Reflexivo + with patience, be extremely patient.

* armarse de valor = muster (up) + (the) courage, pluck up + courage, nerve + Reflexivo, gather up + courage.

* armarse hasta los dientes = be armed to the teeth.

armar²

² = put together, fit out.

Ex: The way in which this scheme is put together in book form often causes some confusion at first.

Ex: To get full use out of them, however, you have to fit them out with accessories.

* armar bulla = kick up + a stink, kick up + a fuss, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row.

* armar el lío = make + trouble.

* armar enredos = make + trouble.

* armarla = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, make + a stink (about), kick up + a row, raise + a stink, make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus.

* armar la de Dios = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons.

* armar la de San Quintín = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row.

* armarse la de Dios = bedlam + break loose, all hell + break loose.

* armarse la de San Quintín = all hell + break loose, bedlam + break loose.

* armar una bronca = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row.

* armar un escándalo = raise + a stink, kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row.

* armar un gran revuelo = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons.

* armar un lío = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row.

* armar un revuelo = create + a storm.

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armar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 (proveer de armas) ‹ciudadanos/país› to arm, supply … with arms

2 (equipar) ‹embarcación› to fit out, equip

B

1 ‹mueble/máquina› to assemble; ‹tienda/carpa› to pitch, put up; ‹aparato/reloj› to assemble, put together

2 ( AmL) ‹rompecabezas› to do, piece together

3 (Col, RPl) ‹cigarro› to roll

4 (dar cuerpo a) ‹chaqueta/solapa› to stiffen

C ( fam); ‹alboroto› to make

sigan jugando pero sin armar alboroto/jaleo carry on playing but don't kick up o make a racket ( colloq)

armaron un escándalo porque no les quise devolver el dinero they caused a real scene o commotion o ( AmE) ruckus because I wouldn't give them their money back ( colloq), they kicked up a terrible fuss because I wouldn't give them their money back ( BrE colloq)

armarla ( fam): no quiero hablar de eso, no tengo ganas de armarla otra vez I don't want to talk about that, I don't want to stir things up again o cause any more trouble ( colloq)

¡buena la has armado! you've really done it now! ( colloq)

la que me armó porque llegué diez minutos tarde you should have seen the way he went on o ( colloq) carried on because I was 10 minutes late

■ armarse

v pron

A

1 (proveerse de armas) to arm oneself

2 (de un utensilio) armarse DE algo to arm oneself WITH sth

lo mejor es armarse de paciencia y esperar the best thing is just to be patient o ( liter) to arm yourself with patience and wait

tuvo que armarse de valor y decírselo he had to pluck up courage o ( liter) arm himself with courage and tell her

B

1 ( fam)

«lío/jaleo»: ¡qué lío/jaleo se armó! nadie se ponía de acuerdo there was a real commotion o it was pandemonium, nobody could agree on anything ( colloq)

se armó una discusión terrible a terrible argument broke out, there was a terrible argument

2 ( fam)

«persona» ‹lío› me armé un lío con tanto número I got into a mess o ( BrE) muddle with all those numbers ( colloq), I got confused with all those numbers

C ( Méx) (enriquecerse) ( fam) to make a fortune, to make a bundle ( AmE colloq), to make a packet ( BrE colloq)

se armó para el resto de su vida he made enough to last him the rest of his life

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armar ( conjugate armar) verbo transitivo
1
a) (Mil) ‹ciudadanos/país› to arm, supply … with arms

b) ( equipar) ‹ embarcación› to fit out, equip

2
a) ‹estantería/reloj› to assemble;

‹tienda/carpa› to pitch, put up
b) (AmL) ‹ rompecabezas› to do, piece together

c) (Col, RPl) ‹ cigarro› to roll

3 (fam) ‹alboroto/ruido/lío› to make;
◊ armar jaleo to kick up o make a racket (colloq);

armar un escándalo to kick up a fuss;
armarla (fam): ¡buena la has armado! you've really done it now! (colloq);
la que me armó porque llegué tarde you should have seen the way he went on because I was late
armarse verbo pronominal
1
a) (Mil) to arm oneself

b) armarse de algo ‹de armas/herramientas› to arm oneself with sth;

◊ armarse de paciencia to be patient;

armarse de valor to pluck up courage
2
a) (fam) [pelea/discusión] to break out;

◊ ¡qué jaleo se armó! there was a real commotion

b) (fam) [ persona]:

◊ me armé un lío/una confusión I got into a mess (colloq)

armar verbo transitivo
1 (dar armas) to arm
2 (ensamblar) to fit o put together, assemble
3 fam (organizar un escándalo, un alboroto) la armaron buena, they kicked up a real fuss
' armar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bulla
- cirio
- Cristo
- jaleo
- lío
- bronca
- camorra
- escándalo
English:
arm
- fuss
- kick up
- pitch
- put together
- rig
- row
- song
- stink
- assemble
- construct
- disturbance
- erect
- kick
- put
- set
- stiffen
- stir

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armar

♦ vt

1. [montar] [mueble, modelo] to assemble;
[tienda] to pitch
2. [ejército, personas] to arm;

armaron a los ciudadanos con fusiles they armed the citizens with rifles;

armar caballero a alguien to knight sb

3. [fusil, pistola] to load

4. Fam [lío, escándalo] to cause;

armarla to cause trouble;

armó una buena con sus comentarios she really went and did it with the comments she made;

¡buena la has armado! you've really gone and done it now!;

armar bronca o [m5] bulla to kick up a row o racket;

armar camorra to pick a fight;

Comp

armar la gorda to kick up a fuss o stink

5. [fundar, sentar] to base, to found

6. Náut to fit out

7. Am [cigarrillo] to roll

8. Comp
Méx Fam
armarla: ¿sabes algo de electrónica? – no, no la armo do you know anything about electronics? – no, I'm no good in that department

♦ See also the pronominal verb armarse

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armar

v/t

1 MIL arm

2 TÉC assemble, put together

3

:

armar un escándalo fam kick up a fuss fam, make a scene fam ;

armarla cause trouble

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armar vt

1) : to assemble, to put together

2) : to create, to cause

armar un escándalo: to cause a scene

3) : to arm

♦ See also the reflexive verb armarse

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armar vb

1. (proporcionar armas) to arm

hay pistolas suficientes para armar a la población there are enough guns to arm the population

2. (montar muebles) to assemble

¿sabes armar la estantería? can you assemble the shelves?

3. (montar tienda) to put up [pt. & pp. put]

armamos la tienda muy rápido we put the tent up very quickly

4. (causar) to make

les pidió que no armaran tanto ruido she asked them no to make so much noise

armar jaleo to make a racket

armar un lío to kick up a fuss

Spanish-English dictionary > armar
4 armarse

armarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (proveerse) to provide oneself (de, with), arm oneself (de, with)

■ se armó de pintura y pincel y se puso a pintar he provided himself with paint and paintbrush and began to paint

2 (producirse) to be, break out

■ se armó un jaleo there was a right row

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VPR

1) [soldado, atracador] to arm o.s. (con, de with)

- armarse hasta los dientes

2) (=proveerse)

armarse de algo — to arm o.s. with sth

los periodistas, armados de prismáticos y teleobjetivos — the journalists, armed with binoculars and telephoto lenses

con este tráfico hay que armarse de paciencia — you need a lot of patience in traffic like this

armarse de valor — to pluck up courage

3) * (=organizarse)

¡que follón se armó! — there was a big fuss

¡menudo escándalo se armó con lo de esa boda! — what a commotion there was with that wedding! *

se está armando una crisis — a crisis is brewing
Dios 3)
4)

armarse un lío >: me armé un lío tremendo con todas las direcciones que me diste — * I got into a real muddle * o mess with all the addresses you gave me

5) CAm to balk, shy

6) CAm, Caribe (=obstinarse) to become obstinate; (=negarse) to refuse point blank; Ven [caballo] to come to a halt

7) Méx * (=enriquecerse) to make a packet *

8)

armarse con algo — Ven to run off with sth

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■armarse verbo reflexivo to arm oneself
figurado se armó de paciencia, he summoned up his patience
figurado se armó de valor, he plucked up courage
familiar se armó la gorda o la de Dios es Cristo, all hell broke loose
' armarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
montarse
- taco
- valor
- armar
- lío
English:
pluck up
- steel
- summon up
- tangle
- pluck

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vpr

1. [con armas] to arm oneself;
Fig
armarse hasta los dientes to arm oneself to the teeth;
Fig
armarse de [valor, paciencia] to summon up;

se armó de valor y le contó la verdad he plucked up his courage and told her the truth

2. Fam [organizarse]
se armó un gran escándalo there was a huge fuss;

con tantas instrucciones, me armé un lío tremendo with all those instructions I got into a terrible muddle;

la que se va a armarse cuando se entere tu padre all hell's going to break loose when your father finds out;

si no paras de una vez se va a armarse una buena if you don't stop that at once, there'll be trouble;

Comp

se armó la gorda o [m5] la de San Quintín o [m5] la de Dios es Cristo o [m5] la de Troya all hell broke loose

3. Andes [enriquecerse] to strike it rich, to come into money

4. RP [consolidarse] to do well for oneself

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armarse

v/r

1 arm o.s.

2

:

armarse de valor pluck up courage;

armarse de paciencia be patient

3

:

la que se va a armar fam all hell will break loose fam, the shit will really hit the fan pop

* * *

vr

armarse de valor : to steel oneself

* * *

armarse vb (producirse) to be

se armó un lío there was trouble

armarse de paciencia to be patient

armarse de valor to pluck up courage

Spanish-English dictionary > armarse
5 lomo

m.

1 back.

a lomos de astride, riding

2 loin (meat).

3 spine.

4 loins, lower back (informal) (of person).

5 blunt edge.

6 back of the book, spine, spine of the book.

7 back of the knife.

* * *

lomo

► nombre masculino

1 COCINA (de cerdo) loin; (de ternera) sirloin

2 ANATOMÍA back

3 (de libro) spine

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FRASEOLOGÍA

ir a lomos de to ride

lomo de cerdo loin of pork

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noun m.

1) back

2) loin

3) spine

* * *

SM

1) (Anat) back; [de cerdo] loin

lomo embuchado — Esp cured loin of pork

2) pl lomos (=costillas) ribs

iba a lomos de una mula — he was riding a mule

3) [de libro] spine

4) [de cuchillo] back, blunt edge

5) (Agr) (=tierra) ridge

6) (Aut)

lomo de burro — * Arg speed hump, speed ramp

lomo de toro — Chile speed hump, speed ramp

* * *

masculino

1) ( de animal) back

venía a lomos de burro — he was riding a donkey

jugar de lomo — (AmC fam) to be lazy o idle

- lomo de burro

2) (Coc) ( de cerdo) loin; ( de vaca) (AmL) fillet steak

3) ( de libro) spine; ( de cuchillo) back

* * *

masculino

1) ( de animal) back

venía a lomos de burro — he was riding a donkey

jugar de lomo — (AmC fam) to be lazy o idle

- lomo de burro

2) (Coc) ( de cerdo) loin; ( de vaca) (AmL) fillet steak

3) ( de libro) spine; ( de cuchillo) back

* * *

lomo¹

¹ = loin.

Ex: The loins were divided into 2 lots: one lot was iced immediately and the other lot was left at room temperature for 6 hours before icing.

* filete de lomo = tenderloin.

* lomo de cerdo = pork loin.

lomo²

² = spine.

Nota: Parte del libro por la que van cosidos o pegados los pliegos o parte de la cubierta que cubre el cosido o pegado de los pliegues u hojas de un libro.

Ex: Thus, for instance, a title statement will be extracted from a title page, and not from the cover or the spine.

* del lomo = spinal.

* grapado por el lomo = saddle stitched.

* lomo articulado = hollow back.

* lomo del libro = book spine.

* lomo suelto = hollow back.

* margen del lomo = inner margin, gutter.

* margen del lomo recortado = stub.

* título del lomo = spine title.

* título del lomo descendente = descending spine title.

* * *

lomo

masculine

A (de un animal) back

venía a lomo or lomos de burro he was riding a donkey

jugar de lomo ( AmC fam); to be lazy o idle

sobarse el lomo ( Méx fam); to work one's butt off ( AmE colloq), to slog one's guts out ( BrE colloq)

Compuestos:

● lomo de burro

( RPl) speed bump, sleeping policeman ( BrE)

● lomo de toro

( Chi) lomo de burro

B ( Coc)

1 (de cerdo) loin

2 ( AmS) (de vaca) fillet steak; (parte superior) sirloin

Compuesto:

lomo embuchado

( Esp) cured loin of pork

C

1 (de un libro) spine

2 (de un cuchillo) back

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lomo sustantivo masculino
a) ( de animal) back;

lomo de burro (RPl) or (Chi) de toro (Auto) speed bump
b) (Coc) ( de cerdo) loin;

( de vaca) (AmL) fillet steak
c) ( de libro) spine;

( de cuchillo) back
lomo sustantivo masculino
1 back
2 Culin loin
lomo (embuchado), cured loin of pork
3 (de un libro) spine
♦ Locuciones: a lomo(s), on the back
familiar de tomo y lomo, bulky, heavy, important: se armó un jaleo de tomo y lomo, there was quite a ruckus
' lomo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
tomo
- filete
English:
back
- idiot
- loin
- spine
- downright
- fillet
- road
- speed

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lomo nm

1. [de animal] back;

a lomos de un caballo/elefante astride o riding a horse/an elephant

Comp
RP lomo de burro Br sleeping policeman, US speed ramp
2. [de cerdo] loin

Comp
Esp lomo embuchado cured pork loin sausage; [de vaca] tenderloin
3. [de libro] spine

4. Fam [de persona] loins, lower back

5. [de cuchillo] blunt edge

6. Comp
Ven Fam
me da lomo I couldn't give a hoot;
Am
hacer lomo a la carga to take responsibility;
Am
tener hecho el lomo a la carga to be battle-hardened;
Méx Fam
sobarse el lomo to work one's socks off;
RP muy Fam
tiene buen lomo she has an amazing bod

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lomo

m back; GASTR loin;

a lomos de burro on a donkey

* * *

lomo nm

1) : back (of an animal)

2) : loin

lomo de cerdo: pork loin

3) : spine (of a book)

4) : blunt edge (of a knife)

* * *

lomo n

1. (de animal) back

2. (de libro) spine

lomo de cerdo loin of pork

Spanish-English dictionary > lomo
6 cacao

m.

1 cocoa.

2 cocoa bean (seed).

3 cacao.

4 lip salve.

5 chaos, mess (informal).

cacao mental mental confusion

tener un cacao mental to be at sixes and sevens

6 cocoa plant, cacao, cocoa.

7 screw-up.

* * *

cacao

► nombre masculino

1 BOTÁNICA cacao

2 (polvo, bebida) cocoa

3 familiar (jaleo) mess, cockup

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FRASEOLOGÍA

tener un cacao mental familiar to be confused, US be screwed up

* * *

noun m.

cacao, cocoa

* * *

SM

1) (Bot) cacao; (=bebida) cocoa

cacao en polvo — cocoa powder

- pedir cacao

- ser gran cacao

- no valer un cacao

2) * (=jaleo) fuss, to-do

- armar o montar un cacao

se armó un buen cacao — all hell broke loose *

- tener un cacao en la cabeza

cacao mental — * mental confusion

* * *

masculino

1)

a) (Coc) (polvo, bebida) cocoa

b) (Bot) ( planta) cacao; ( semillas) cocoa beans (pl)

c) (Esp) ( para los labios) lipsalve

2) (fam) ( jaleo) ruckus (AmE), to-do (BrE)

qué cacao se armó! — all hell broke loose (colloq)

tener un cacao mental — (fam) to be all mixed up

* * *

= cocoa, cacao.

Ex. This devil's food cake is made with chocolate cocoa and sugar and shortening and eggs.

Ex. Every year there are more and more tons of cacao sold to the United States.

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* árbol del cacao = cacao tree.

* barra de cacao de labios = chapstick.

* grano de cacao = cacao bean, cocoa bean.

* haba de cacao = cacao bean, cocoa bean.

* manteca de cacao = cocoa butter.

* semilla de cacao = cacao bean, cacao seed, cocoa bean.

* * *

masculino

1)

a) (Coc) (polvo, bebida) cocoa

b) (Bot) ( planta) cacao; ( semillas) cocoa beans (pl)

c) (Esp) ( para los labios) lipsalve

2) (fam) ( jaleo) ruckus (AmE), to-do (BrE)

qué cacao se armó! — all hell broke loose (colloq)

tener un cacao mental — (fam) to be all mixed up

* * *

= cocoa, cacao.

Ex: This devil's food cake is made with chocolate cocoa and sugar and shortening and eggs.

Ex: Every year there are more and more tons of cacao sold to the United States.

* árbol del cacao = cacao tree.

* barra de cacao de labios = chapstick.

* grano de cacao = cacao bean, cocoa bean.

* haba de cacao = cacao bean, cocoa bean.

* manteca de cacao = cocoa butter.

* semilla de cacao = cacao bean, cacao seed, cocoa bean.

* * *

cacao

masculine

A

1 ( Coc) (polvo) cocoa; (bebida) cocoa

2 ( Bot) (planta) cacao; (semillas) cocoa beans (pl)

3 ( Esp) (para los labios) lipsalve, cocoa butter

B ( fam) (jaleo) ruckus ( AmE), to-do ( BrE)

¡menudo cacao se armó! all hell broke loose ( colloq), there was a hell of a ruckus o to-do

pedir cacao ( Col fam); to give in

tener un cacao mental ( fam); to be all mixed up

tiene un cacao mental que no se aclara he doesn't know whether he's coming or going ( colloq)

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cacao sustantivo masculino
1
a) (Coc) (polvo, bebida) cocoa

b) (Bot) ( planta) cacao;

( semillas) cocoa beans (pl)
c) (Esp) ( para los labios) lipsalve

2 (fam) ( jaleo) ruckus (AmE), to-do (BrE);
◊ ¡qué cacao se armó! all hell broke loose (colloq)

cacao sustantivo masculino
1 Bot cacao
2 (bebida) cocoa
3 familiar (jaleo) mess, muddle
♦ Locuciones: tener un cacao mental, to be confused
' cacao' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cascarilla
- manteca
- mantequilla
English:
cocoa

* * *

cacao nm

1. [polvo] cocoa, cocoa powder;
[bebida] [caliente] cocoa; [fría] chocolate milk
Comp
cacao en polvo cocoa powder
2. [árbol] cacao

3. [semilla] cocoa bean

4. Esp [para labios] lip salve

5. Fam [confusión] chaos, mess;
[jaleo] fuss, rumpus;
se armó un cacao there was total chaos;

se han metido en un buen cacao they've got themselves in a real mess

Comp
cacao mental:
tiene un cacao mental terrible his head's in a real muddle

6. Comp
Ven Fam
ser un gran cacao to be rich and powerful;

pedir cacao Ven Fam [ayuda] to ask for help;
Nic Fam [perdón] to say sorry
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cacao

m

1 cocoa;

no valer un cacao L.Am. fig fam not be worth a bean fam

2 de labios lip salve

* * *

cacao nm

: cacao, cocoa bean

* * *

cacao n (lío) mess / chaos

menudo cacao te has hecho con las fichas you've made a right mess of all the cards

con tanta gente se armó un buen cacao there was complete chaos with so many people

Spanish-English dictionary > cacao
7 lío

m.

1 mess, difficulty, mix-up, problem.

2 bundle.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: liar.

* * *

lío

► nombre masculino

1 (embrollo) mess

2 (aventura amorosa) affair

3 (fardo) bundle

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FRASEOLOGÍA

armar un lío to make a fuss

hacerse un lío (uso literal) to get tangled up 2 (uso figurado) to get muddled up

meterse en un lío to get oneself into a mess

¡qué lío! what a mess!

tener un lío con alguien to be having an affair with somebody

* * *

noun m.

1) mess

2) trouble

3) affair, liaison

* * *

SM

1) (=fardo) bundle; Cono Sur truss

2) * (=jaleo) fuss; (=confusión) muddle, mix-up

ese lío de los pasaportes — that fuss about the passports

en mi mesa hay un lío enorme de papeles — my desk is in a real muddle with all these bits of paper

• armar un lío — to make a fuss, kick up a fuss

• armarse un lío, se armó un lío tremendo — there was a terrific fuss

• hacerse un lío — to get into a muddle, get mixed up

se hizo un lío con tantos nombres — he got into a muddle with all the names

3) (=aprieto)

meterse en un lío — to get into trouble

4) * (=amorío) affair

tener un lío con algn — to be having an affair with sb

lío de faldas — affair

5) (=cotilleo) tale, piece of gossip

¡no me vengas con líos! — less of your tales!

* * *

masculino

1)

a) (fam) (embrollo, confusión) mess

qué lío! — what a mess!

hacerse un lío con algo — to get into a mess with something (colloq)

b) (fam) (problema, complicación)

tiene líos con la policía — he's in trouble with the police (colloq)

no me vengas con tus líos — don't come to me with your problems

qué lío se va a armar! — there's going to be hell to pay! (colloq)

armó un lío — he kicked up a fuss (colloq)

meterse en un lío — to get oneself into trouble

c) (fam) ( amorío) affair

2) ( fardo) bundle

* * *

= mess, jumble, hassle, cock-up, bedlam, snarl, snarl-up, a pretty kettle of fish, a fine kettle of fish, palaver, predicament, rigmarole [rigamarole].

Ex. 'Look, Mel,' said James after the hiatus, 'I'm irritated at the convoluted mess this simple case of filling a vacancy has become'.

Ex. Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.

Ex. The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.

Ex. The repatriation of the emigres was a tragic oversight rather than a war crime, a cock-up rather than a conspiracy.

Ex. In subsequent years, Bethlem became ' Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself.

Ex. His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.

Ex. However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.

Ex. A pretty kettle of fish indeed, out of whom only Tracy is really trying seriously to make a new life for herself.

Ex. Knowing the historical roots of their misfortune may not make it easier for them to escape the fine kettle of fish they are in.

Ex. Most fashion-conscious shoppers will beaware of the palaver caused last month by the swastika design embroidered on a Zara handbag.

Ex. Any attempt to coerce a response without good reason based on that child's present predicament is to place in jeopardy the child's willing engagement now and in the future.

Ex. The government is creating a rigmarole of a process for residents to exercise their constitutional right.

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* armar el lío = make + trouble.

* armar un lío = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row.

* ¡En qué lío cada vez más complicado nos metemos al mentir! = O what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!.

* en un lío = in a (pretty) pickle, in a turmoil, in a twirl.

* estar hecho un lío = be at sixes and sevens with.

* lío amoroso = fling.

* meterse en líos = get into + trouble.

* meterse en un lío = be in trouble, get into + a predicament.

* no meterse en líos = keep out of + trouble.

* ¡qué lío! = what a palaver!.

* tener un lío amoroso = have + an affair, have + a fling.

* * *

masculino

1)

a) (fam) (embrollo, confusión) mess

qué lío! — what a mess!

hacerse un lío con algo — to get into a mess with something (colloq)

b) (fam) (problema, complicación)

tiene líos con la policía — he's in trouble with the police (colloq)

no me vengas con tus líos — don't come to me with your problems

qué lío se va a armar! — there's going to be hell to pay! (colloq)

armó un lío — he kicked up a fuss (colloq)

meterse en un lío — to get oneself into trouble

c) (fam) ( amorío) affair

2) ( fardo) bundle

* * *

= mess, jumble, hassle, cock-up, bedlam, snarl, snarl-up, a pretty kettle of fish, a fine kettle of fish, palaver, predicament, rigmarole [rigamarole].

Ex: 'Look, Mel,' said James after the hiatus, 'I'm irritated at the convoluted mess this simple case of filling a vacancy has become'.

Ex: Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.

Ex: The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.

Ex: The repatriation of the emigres was a tragic oversight rather than a war crime, a cock-up rather than a conspiracy.

Ex: In subsequent years, Bethlem became ' Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself.

Ex: His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.

Ex: However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.

Ex: A pretty kettle of fish indeed, out of whom only Tracy is really trying seriously to make a new life for herself.

Ex: Knowing the historical roots of their misfortune may not make it easier for them to escape the fine kettle of fish they are in.

Ex: Most fashion-conscious shoppers will beaware of the palaver caused last month by the swastika design embroidered on a Zara handbag.

Ex: Any attempt to coerce a response without good reason based on that child's present predicament is to place in jeopardy the child's willing engagement now and in the future.

Ex: The government is creating a rigmarole of a process for residents to exercise their constitutional right.

* armar el lío = make + trouble.

* armar un lío = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row.

* ¡En qué lío cada vez más complicado nos metemos al mentir! = O what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!.

* en un lío = in a (pretty) pickle, in a turmoil, in a twirl.

* estar hecho un lío = be at sixes and sevens with.

* lío amoroso = fling.

* meterse en líos = get into + trouble.

* meterse en un lío = be in trouble, get into + a predicament.

* no meterse en líos = keep out of + trouble.

* ¡qué lío! = what a palaver!.

* tener un lío amoroso = have + an affair, have + a fling.

* * *

lío

masculine

A

1 ( fam) (embrollo, confusión) mess

¡qué lío! ¡esto no hay quién lo entienda! what a mess! this is totally incomprehensible

se hizo un lío con las cuentas she got into a mess o a muddle o she got confused with the accounts ( colloq)

2 ( fam)

(problema, complicación): tiene líos con la policía he is in trouble with the police ( colloq)

no me vengas con tus líos don't come to me with your problems

¡qué lío se va a armar! there's going to be hell to pay! ( colloq), the shit is really going to hit the fan (sl)

armó un lío tremendo porque le sirvieron la sopa fría he created o kicked up a real fuss because his soup was cold ( colloq)

si no obedeces te vas a meter en un buen lío if you don't do as you're told, you're going to get into a lot of trouble o to land yourself in serious trouble

no vengas aquí buscando líos don't come here looking for trouble ( colloq)

3 ( fam) (amorío) affair

tuvo un lío con una periodista famosa he had an affair o ( colloq) a fling with a famous journalist

B (fardo) bundle

* * *

Del verbo liar: ( conjugate liar)

lío es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

lió es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
liar
lío
liar ( conjugate liar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹ cigarrillo› to roll

b) ( atar) to tie (up);

( envolver) to wrap (up);
(en un fardo, manojo) to bundle (up)
2 (fam)
a) ‹situación/asunto› to complicate

b) ( confundir) ‹ persona› to confuse, get … in a muddle

c) ( en un asunto) ‹ persona› to involve

liarse verbo pronominal
1 (fam)
a) [ asunto] to get complicated

b) [ persona] to get confused

2 (Esp fam)
a) ( entretenerse):

◊ nos liamos a hablar y … we got talking and …

b) ( emprenderla):

◊ se líoon a golpes they started throwing punches at each other

lío sustantivo masculino
1
a) (fam) (embrollo, confusión) mess;

◊ armarse/hacerse un lío (con algo) to get into a mess (with sth) (colloq)

b) (fam) (problema, complicación) trouble;

◊ meterse en un lío to get oneself into trouble;

tiene líos con la policía he's in trouble with the police (colloq);
¡qué lío se va a armar! there's going to be hell to pay! (colloq)
c) (fam) ( amorío) affair

2 ( fardo) bundle
liar verbo transitivo
1 (envolver) to wrap up
(un cigarro) to roll
2 (embrollar) to muddle up
(aturdir) to confuse
lío sustantivo masculino
1 fam (desorden) mess, muddle
2 fam (romance) affair
3 (de ropa, etc) bundle
♦ Locuciones: armar un lío, to kick up a fuss
hacerse líos con, to get mixed up
meterse en un lío, to get into trouble
' lío' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
avispero
- barullo
- berenjenal
- buena
- bueno
- enredarse
- follón
- gorda
- gordo
- meterse
- mogollón
- monumental
- petate
- tinglado
- tomate
- trapisonda
- armar
- bochinche
- bronca
- desenredar
- despelote
- enredado
- enredar
- enredo
- menudo
- meter
- pedo
- pelotera
- quilombo
English:
carry-on
- cock-up
- fuss
- hassle
- hot
- hot water
- jam
- kick up
- mess
- misunderstanding
- mix-up
- muddle
- palaver
- pickle
- rigmarole
- scrape
- screw-up
- tangle
- to-do
- trouble
- ungodly
- water
- bundle
- get
- havoc
- mix
- muddled
- rumpus
- stink
- stir
- to
- wad

* * *

lío nm

1. Fam [enredo] mess;

esto de la declaración de hacienda es un lío filling in your tax return is a real pain o Br palaver;

hacerse un lío to get muddled up;

son tantos hermanos que siempre me armo un lío con sus nombres there are so many different brothers, I always get their names muddled up;

estoy hecho un lío, no sé qué hacer I'm all confused, I don't know what to do

2. Fam [problema]
meterse en líos to get into trouble;

me he metido en un lío del que no sé salir I've got myself into a mess that I don't know how to get out of

3. Fam [jaleo] racket, row;

armar un lío to kick up a fuss

4. Fam [amorío] affair;

está casado pero tiene un lío con alguien del trabajo he's married, but he's having an affair with someone from work

Comp

tener un lío de faldas to be having an affair

5. [paquete] bundle

* * *

lío

m

1 bundle

2 fam ( desorden) mess;

lío amoroso fam affair;

estar hecho un lío be all confused;

hacerse un lío get into a muddle;

meterse en líos get into trouble

3 fam ( jaleo) fuss;

armar un lío fam kick up a fuss fam

* * *

lío nm, fam

1) : confusion, mess

2) : hassle, trouble, jam

meterse en un lío: to get into a jam

3) : affair, liason

* * *

lío n

1. (desorden) mess

tiene la habitación hecha un lío his room is in a right mess

2. (problema) trouble

se ha metido en un buen lío she's in big trouble

se va a armar un lío there's going to be trouble

hacerse un lío to get into a muddle

Spanish-English dictionary > lío
8 escándalo

m.

1 scandal, public disturbance, lot of noise, public and noisy disturbance.

2 scandal, big scene, discreditable action, indecency.

3 defamatory talk.

4 noise.

imperat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Imperative of Spanish verb: escandir.

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escándalo

► nombre masculino

1 scandal

■ su comportamiento es un escándalo his behaviour is scandalous

2 (alboroto) racket, fuss, din, uproar

3 figurado (asombro) astonishment, shock

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FRASEOLOGÍA

armar un escándalo to kick up a fuss

causar escándalo to cause a scandal

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noun m.

scandal

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SM

1) (=tumulto) scandal, outrage

¡qué escándalo! — what a scandal!

¡es un escándalo! — it's outrageous o shocking!

precios de escándalo — (=caros) outrageous prices; (=baratos) amazing prices

comportamiento de escándalo — scandalous behaviour

un resultado de escándalo — (=malo) a scandalous result; (=bueno) a great result, an outstanding result

2) (=ruido) row, uproar

armar un escándalo — to make a scene, cause a row o an uproar

3) (=asombro) astonishment

llamar a escándalo — to cause astonishment, be a shock

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masculino

1) (hecho, asunto chocante) scandal

un escándalo financiero — a financial scandal

qué escándalo! qué manera de vestir! — what a shocking o an outrageous way to dress!

- escándalo público

2) (alboroto, jaleo)

no armen or hagan tanto escándalo — don't make such a racket o row (colloq)

cuando lo sepa va a armar un escándalo — when she finds out she'll kick up a fuss o she'll create a scene (colloq)

nada de escándalos dentro del local — we don't want any trouble in here

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= fuss, scandal, rumpus, outrage, disgrace, racket.

Ex. Hernandez decided that if he wished to survive in this restrictive atmosphere his options were clearly the following: don't make waves, do a good job with no fuss of which he could be proud, and try to gain Balzac's respect.

Ex. The subjects referred to recur frequently in the writings of the 'socially committed' -- drugs, sex, racism, student unrest, riots, scandals in government, conservation, the role of women in society are among them.

Ex. Then reading of this story aloud to young children as they look at the pictures, needs a firm, quiet voice, until that glorious wordless pictorial passage showing the 'wild rumpus,' when at least one reader discovers it is necessary to give a one-man vocal performance of some rumbustious classical music as accompaniment to the viewing of those pages.

Ex. The outrage expressed by users of the Internet brought about the passing an act aimed at ridding the Internet of pornography.

Ex. Distribution of any publication that tends to expose an individual to public contempt, ridicule, or disgrace is forbidden.

Ex. He says the library science degree is a racket; that there's nothing taught in library school that can't be better learned on the job.

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* armar escándalo = make + a ruckus.

* armar un escándalo = raise + a stink, kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, kick up + a row.

* de escándalo = outrageous.

* escándalo político = political scandal.

* escándalo público = public scandal.

* escándalos sexuales = sleaze.

* incitar escándalo = arouse + furor.

* obras que revelan un escándalo = exposé.

* persona que desvela escándalos o corrupción = muckraker.

* revelación de escándalos o corrupción = muckraking.

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masculino

1) (hecho, asunto chocante) scandal

un escándalo financiero — a financial scandal

qué escándalo! qué manera de vestir! — what a shocking o an outrageous way to dress!

- escándalo público

2) (alboroto, jaleo)

no armen or hagan tanto escándalo — don't make such a racket o row (colloq)

cuando lo sepa va a armar un escándalo — when she finds out she'll kick up a fuss o she'll create a scene (colloq)

nada de escándalos dentro del local — we don't want any trouble in here

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= fuss, scandal, rumpus, outrage, disgrace, racket.

Ex: Hernandez decided that if he wished to survive in this restrictive atmosphere his options were clearly the following: don't make waves, do a good job with no fuss of which he could be proud, and try to gain Balzac's respect.

Ex: The subjects referred to recur frequently in the writings of the 'socially committed' -- drugs, sex, racism, student unrest, riots, scandals in government, conservation, the role of women in society are among them.

Ex: Then reading of this story aloud to young children as they look at the pictures, needs a firm, quiet voice, until that glorious wordless pictorial passage showing the 'wild rumpus,' when at least one reader discovers it is necessary to give a one-man vocal performance of some rumbustious classical music as accompaniment to the viewing of those pages.

Ex: The outrage expressed by users of the Internet brought about the passing an act aimed at ridding the Internet of pornography.

Ex: Distribution of any publication that tends to expose an individual to public contempt, ridicule, or disgrace is forbidden.

Ex: He says the library science degree is a racket; that there's nothing taught in library school that can't be better learned on the job.

* armar escándalo = make + a ruckus.

* armar un escándalo = raise + a stink, kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, kick up + a row.

* de escándalo = outrageous.

* escándalo político = political scandal.

* escándalo público = public scandal.

* escándalos sexuales = sleaze.

* incitar escándalo = arouse + furor.

* obras que revelan un escándalo = exposé.

* persona que desvela escándalos o corrupción = muckraker.

* revelación de escándalos o corrupción = muckraking.

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escándalo

masculine

A (hecho, asunto chocante) scandal

está implicado en un escándalo financiero he's involved in a financial scandal

¡qué escándalo! ¡qué manera de vestir! what a shocking o an outrageous way to dress!

es un escándalo cómo suben los precios it's shocking o scandalous the way prices are going up

la noticia provocó un gran escándalo the news caused (a) great scandal o outrage

[ S ] precios de escándalo amazing prices

Compuesto:

escándalo público

public indecency

B

(alboroto, jaleo): no armen or hagan tanto escándalo don't make such a racket o row o ( AmE) ruckus ( colloq)

cuando le presentaron la cuenta armó un escándalo when they gave him the bill he kicked up a fuss o stink o he created a scene ( colloq)

nada de escándalos dentro del local we don't want any trouble in here

un borracho que daba un escándalo en la calle a drunk who was causing a commotion o scene in the street

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escándalo sustantivo masculino
1 (hecho, asunto chocante) scandal;
◊ ¡qué escándalo! ¡qué manera de vestir! what a shocking o an outrageous way to dress!

2 (alboroto, jaleo) fuss;
◊ tanto escándalo para nada all this fuss over nothing;

cuando lo sepa va a armar un escándalo when she finds out she'll kick up a fuss;
no armen tanto escándalo don't make such a racket o row (colloq);
nada de escándalos dentro del local we don't want any trouble in here
escándalo sustantivo masculino
1 (ruido, jaleo) row, racket, din: con este escándalo vais a despertar a los vecinos, you'll wake up the neighbours with all this row
2 (inmoralidad) scandal
' escándalo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
armar
- campanada
- carnaza
- espectáculo
- follón
- montar
- organizar
- polvareda
- salpicar
- vergüenza
- boca
- deber
- descubierto
- destapar
- estallar
- luz
English:
breath
- capital
- catch up
- disgrace
- disorderly
- furor
- furore
- fuss
- hush up
- row
- rumpus
- scandal
- scene
- stink
- blow
- carry
- kick
- outrage

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escándalo

♦ nm

1. [hecho inmoral] scandal;
[indignación] outrage;
un escándalo de corrupción política a political corruption scandal;

hubo escándalo generalizado entre la opinión pública there was widespread indignation among public opinion;

¡esto es un escándalo!, quiero que me devuelvan el dinero this is outrageous! I want my money back;

los sueldos de los políticos son un escándalo o [m5] de escándalo politicians' salaries are a scandal o a disgrace;

sus declaraciones causaron escándalo her statements caused a great scandal

Comp
Der escándalo público public indecency;
escándalo sexual sex scandal

2. [alboroto] uproar, racket;

¡dejen ya de armar tanto escándalo! stop making such a racket!;

armar un escándalo to kick up a fuss;

menudo escándalo armó al enterarse she made quite a scene when she found out

♦ de escándalo loc adj
Fam
1. [enorme] enormous;

una goleada de escándalo a real hammering

2. [asombroso] astonishing;

precios de auténtico escándalo really amazing prices

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escándalo

m

1 ( asunto vergonzoso) scandal

2 ( jaleo) racket, ruckus;

armar un escándalo make a scene

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escándalo nm

1) : scandal

2) : scene, commotion

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escándalo n

1. (asunto) scandal

este escándalo arruinará su carrera this scandal will ruin his career

2. (ruido) racket

los niños arman mucho escándalo a la salida del colegio the children make a terrible racket when they come out of school

Spanish-English dictionary > escándalo
9 gresca

f.

1 row.

se armó una gresca there was a fuss o row

2 quarrel, dispute, fight, altercation.

3 uproar, fracas, noise, shouting.

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gresca

► nombre femenino

1 (bulla) racket

2 (riña) row

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FRASEOLOGÍA

armar gresca to kick up a racket

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SF (=bulla) uproar, hubbub; (=trifulca) row, shindy *

andar a la gresca — to row, brawl

armar una gresca — to start a fight

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femenino (fam) ( jaleo) rumpus (colloq); ( riña) fight

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= donnybrook, brawl, ruckus, fracas.

Ex. Feaver mentioned that she and Claverhouse frequently engage in some real ' donnybrooks,' as she put it, which invariably include a lot of amicable bantering, whenever they discuss anything.

Ex. About 75% of all personal acts of violence (murder, assault and battery), 90% of vandalism, 75% of public brawls, & more than 50% of burglaries & thefts are alcohol-related.

Ex. Sometime back a heroine created a ruckus by saying that the actor acted fresh with her by biting her lips in a smooching scene.

Ex. There are, as I see it, approximately three positions one can take on the matter, each with its own adherents in the current fracas.

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femenino (fam) ( jaleo) rumpus (colloq); ( riña) fight

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= donnybrook, brawl, ruckus, fracas.

Ex: Feaver mentioned that she and Claverhouse frequently engage in some real ' donnybrooks,' as she put it, which invariably include a lot of amicable bantering, whenever they discuss anything.

Ex: About 75% of all personal acts of violence (murder, assault and battery), 90% of vandalism, 75% of public brawls, & more than 50% of burglaries & thefts are alcohol-related.

Ex: Sometime back a heroine created a ruckus by saying that the actor acted fresh with her by biting her lips in a smooching scene.

Ex: There are, as I see it, approximately three positions one can take on the matter, each with its own adherents in the current fracas.

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gresca

feminine

( fam)

(jaleo) rumpus ( colloq), ruckus ( AmE colloq); (riña) fight

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gresca sustantivo femenino (fam) ( jaleo) rumpus (colloq);
( riña) fight
gresca sustantivo femenino
1 (riña, pelea) row
2 (alboroto) racket
' gresca' also found in these entries:
English:
free

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gresca nf

1. [alboroto] row;

se armó una gresca there was a fuss o row

2. [pelea] fight;

resultó herido en una gresca he was injured in a fight

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gresca

f

1 ( pelea) fight;

armar gresca start a fight

2 ( escándalo) din, uproar

Spanish-English dictionary > gresca
10 alboroto

m.

1 din (ruido).

2 fuss, to-do (jaleo).

3 lot of noise, brawl, riot, bustle.

4 frolic, noise, hullabaloo.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: alborotar.

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alboroto

► nombre masculino

1 (gritería) din, racket, row

2 (desorden) uproar, commotion, disturbance

3 (sobresalto) shock, alarm

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noun m.

1) disturbance

2) riot

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SM

1) (=disturbio) disturbance; (=vocerío) racket, row; (=jaleo) uproar; (=motín) riot; (=pelea) brawl

armar un alboroto — to cause a commotion

2) (=susto) scare, alarm

3) pl alborotos CAm (=rosetas de maíz) popcorn sing

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masculino

a) (agitación, nerviosismo) agitation; ( excitación) excitement

b) ( ruido) racket

c) (disturbio, jaleo) disturbance, commotion; ( motín) riot

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= fuss, buzz, hype, the, uproar, hoopla, hue and cry, hubbub, spin, commotion, hilarity, rumpus, racket, fracas, hustle and bustle, hurly-burly, riot.

Ex. Hernandez decided that if he wished to survive in this restrictive atmosphere his options were clearly the following: don't make waves, do a good job with no fuss of which he could be proud, and try to gain Balzac's respect.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Turf wars in the playback software arena: Microsoft Netshow, Windows Multimedia Player, and all that buzz'.

Ex. However, given the hype about the networking of public libraries in the US, it is perhaps surprising to note that only 21% have some form of connection to the Internet.

Ex. The film tells of the uproar the librarian created when he extended an invitation to an advocate of theories on black inferiority to address a high school assembly.

Ex. Amid the hoopla, she hasn't forgotten its roots.

Ex. There was no great hue and cry from the coastal community when the two papers appeared in print.

Ex. And arming himself with patience and piety he tarried awhile until the hubbub was stilled.

Ex. In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.

Ex. She pleaded, futilely, in broken French, until an elderly man, hearing the commotion, came to her rescue.

Ex. The author combines southern warmth with unabashed emotion and side-splitting hilarity.

Ex. Then reading of this story aloud to young children as they look at the pictures, needs a firm, quiet voice, until that glorious wordless pictorial passage showing the 'wild rumpus,' when at least one reader discovers it is necessary to give a one-man vocal performance of some rumbustious classical music as accompaniment to the viewing of those pages.

Ex. He says the library science degree is a racket; that there's nothing taught in library school that can't be better learned on the job.

Ex. There are, as I see it, approximately three positions one can take on the matter, each with its own adherents in the current fracas.

Ex. The article ' Hustle and bustle or solemn silence?' argues that changes in society require a re-examination of the library's role.

Ex. No, the hurly-burly of politics holds no enchantment for me, I in fact have a deep rooted scepticism and I am disillusioned about politics.

Ex. The subjects referred to recur frequently in the writings of the 'socially committed' -- drugs, sex, racism, student unrest, riots, scandals in government, conservation, the role of women in society are among them.

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* causar un gran alboroto = make + a splash.

* provocar un gran alboroto = make + a splash.

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masculino

a) (agitación, nerviosismo) agitation; ( excitación) excitement

b) ( ruido) racket

c) (disturbio, jaleo) disturbance, commotion; ( motín) riot

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= fuss, buzz, hype, the, uproar, hoopla, hue and cry, hubbub, spin, commotion, hilarity, rumpus, racket, fracas, hustle and bustle, hurly-burly, riot.

Ex: Hernandez decided that if he wished to survive in this restrictive atmosphere his options were clearly the following: don't make waves, do a good job with no fuss of which he could be proud, and try to gain Balzac's respect.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Turf wars in the playback software arena: Microsoft Netshow, Windows Multimedia Player, and all that buzz'.

Ex: However, given the hype about the networking of public libraries in the US, it is perhaps surprising to note that only 21% have some form of connection to the Internet.

Ex: The film tells of the uproar the librarian created when he extended an invitation to an advocate of theories on black inferiority to address a high school assembly.

Ex: Amid the hoopla, she hasn't forgotten its roots.

Ex: There was no great hue and cry from the coastal community when the two papers appeared in print.

Ex: And arming himself with patience and piety he tarried awhile until the hubbub was stilled.

Ex: In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.

Ex: She pleaded, futilely, in broken French, until an elderly man, hearing the commotion, came to her rescue.

Ex: The author combines southern warmth with unabashed emotion and side-splitting hilarity.

Ex: Then reading of this story aloud to young children as they look at the pictures, needs a firm, quiet voice, until that glorious wordless pictorial passage showing the 'wild rumpus,' when at least one reader discovers it is necessary to give a one-man vocal performance of some rumbustious classical music as accompaniment to the viewing of those pages.

Ex: He says the library science degree is a racket; that there's nothing taught in library school that can't be better learned on the job.

Ex: There are, as I see it, approximately three positions one can take on the matter, each with its own adherents in the current fracas.

Ex: The article ' Hustle and bustle or solemn silence?' argues that changes in society require a re-examination of the library's role.

Ex: No, the hurly-burly of politics holds no enchantment for me, I in fact have a deep rooted scepticism and I am disillusioned about politics.

Ex: The subjects referred to recur frequently in the writings of the 'socially committed' -- drugs, sex, racism, student unrest, riots, scandals in government, conservation, the role of women in society are among them.

* causar un gran alboroto = make + a splash.

* provocar un gran alboroto = make + a splash.

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alboroto

masculine

A

1 (agitación, nerviosismo) agitation; (excitación) excitement

2 (ruido) racket

B

1 (disturbio, jaleo) disturbance, commotion, ruckus ( AmE colloq)

2 (motín) riot

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Del verbo alborotar: ( conjugate alborotar)

alboroto es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

alborotó es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
alborotar
alboroto
alborotar ( conjugate alborotar) verbo intransitivo
to make a racket
verbo transitivo
a) ( agitar) to agitate, get … agitated;

( excitar) to get … excited
b) ‹ muchedumbre› to stir up

alborotarse verbo pronominal
a) ( agitarse) to get agitated o upset;

( excitarse) to get excited
b) ( amotinarse) to riot

alboroto sustantivo masculino
a) (agitación, nerviosismo) agitation;

( excitación) excitement
b) ( ruido) racket

c) (disturbio, jaleo) disturbance, commotion;

( motín) riot
alborotar
I verbo transitivo
1 (causar agitación) to agitate, work up
2 (revolver, desordenar) to make untidy, turn upside down
II vi (causar jaleo) to kick up a racket
alboroto sustantivo masculino
1 (jaleo) din, racket
2 (disturbios) disturbance, uproar
' alboroto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alteración
- armar
- gresca
- mogollón
- organizarse
- barullo
- bochinche
- bronca
- escándalo
- jaleo
- tumulto
English:
commotion
- disturbance
- excitement
- fuss
- hubbub
- pandemonium
- rowdy
- uproar
- up

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alboroto

♦ nm

1. [ruido] din;

había mucho alboroto en la calle there was a lot of noise in the street

2. [jaleo] fuss, to-do;

se armó un gran alboroto there was a huge fuss;

se produjeron alborotos callejeros there were street disturbances

♦ alborotos nmpl
CAm popcorn
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alboroto

m commotion

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alboroto nm

1) : disturbance, ruckus

2) motín: riot

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alboroto n

1. (jaleo) racket

el alboroto en la calle molestó a los vecinos the racket in the street upset the neighbours

2. (disturbio) disturbance / riot

los hinchas provocaron grandes alborotos the fans caused a major disturbance

Spanish-English dictionary > alboroto
11 fandango

m.

1 fandango (baile).

2 bustle, bustling, frolic, gambol.

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fandango

► nombre masculino

1 MÚSICA fandango

2 familiar (jaleo) row, rumpus

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SM

1) (Mús) fandango

2) * (=jaleo) row, rumpus *

se armó un fandango — there was a huge row

3) LAm * (=fiesta) rowdy party, booze-up *

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masculino

a) (Mús) ( baile) fandango

b) (Andes fam) ( fiesta) party ( with dancing)

c) (fam) ( jaleo) fuss

armar un fandango — to kick up o create a fuss

* * *

= fandango.

Ex. Melanie Stanton broke into a gentle laugh as he recalled him executing a shuffling fandango and announcing mischievously, 'Women in the SLA, get ready, here I come!'.

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masculino

a) (Mús) ( baile) fandango

b) (Andes fam) ( fiesta) party ( with dancing)

c) (fam) ( jaleo) fuss

armar un fandango — to kick up o create a fuss

* * *

= fandango.

Ex: Melanie Stanton broke into a gentle laugh as he recalled him executing a shuffling fandango and announcing mischievously, 'Women in the SLA, get ready, here I come!'.

* * *

fandango

masculine

1 ( Mús) (baile) fandango

2 ( Andes fam) (fiesta) party ( with dancing)

3 ( fam) (jaleo) fuss

armar un fandango to kick up o create a fuss

estamos en el fandango de la mudanza we're very busy with o ( colloq) we're up to our eyes in preparations for the move

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fandango nm

1. [baile] fandango

2. Fam [jaleo, bullicio] racket;

montar un fandango to make a racket

3. Andes Fam [fiesta] party, bash

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fandango

m fandango

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fandango nm

: fandango

Spanish-English dictionary > fandango
12 follón

m.

1 bedlam, fuss, carry-on, hoo-ha.

2 muddle, tricky situation.

3 racket, loud voices.

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follón

► nombre masculino

1 familiar (alboroto) rumpus, shindy

2 familiar (enredo, confusión) mess, trouble

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

armar (un) follón familiar to kick up a rumpus

meterse en un follón to get into a mess, get into trouble

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1. SM

1) * (=desorden) mess

¡qué follón de papeles! — what a mess of papers!

2) * (=alboroto) rumpus, row; (=lío) trouble

armar un follón — to make a row, kick up a fuss

hubo o se armó un follón tremendo — there was a hell of a row

3) (Bot) sucker

4) And (=prenda) petticoat

5) Caribe (=juerga de borrachera) drinking bout

6) (=cohete) noiseless rocket

7) Méx * silent fart **

2. ADJ †

1) (=perezoso) lazy, idle

2) (=arrogante) arrogant, puffed-up; (=fanfarrón) blustering

3) (=cobarde) cowardly

4) CAm [vestido] roomy, loose

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masculino (Esp fam)

a) ( trifulca) commotion, ruckus; ( ruido) racket (colloq), din (AmE colloq)

armó or montó un buen follón — ( montar una trifulca) he kicked up a hell of a fuss (colloq); ( hacer ruido) he made such a racket o din (colloq)

b) (situación confusa, desorden) mess

que follón de papeles! — these papers are in such a mess!

el follón este de MEPIRESA — this MEPIRESA business (colloq)

c) ( problema)

no te metas en follones — don't get into trouble

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= muddle, cock-up, bedlam, ruckus, scandal, a pretty kettle of fish, a fine kettle of fish, palaver, rigmarole [rigamarole].

Ex. The author attempts to sort out the muddle in which librarians have found themselves = El autor intenta aclarar la confusión en la que se encuentran los bibliotecarios.

Ex. The repatriation of the emigres was a tragic oversight rather than a war crime, a cock-up rather than a conspiracy.

Ex. In subsequent years, Bethlem became ' Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself.

Ex. Sometime back a heroine created a ruckus by saying that the actor acted fresh with her by biting her lips in a smooching scene.

Ex. The subjects referred to recur frequently in the writings of the 'socially committed' -- drugs, sex, racism, student unrest, riots, scandals in government, conservation, the role of women in society are among them.

Ex. A pretty kettle of fish indeed, out of whom only Tracy is really trying seriously to make a new life for herself.

Ex. Knowing the historical roots of their misfortune may not make it easier for them to escape the fine kettle of fish they are in.

Ex. Most fashion-conscious shoppers will beaware of the palaver caused last month by the swastika design embroidered on a Zara handbag.

Ex. The government is creating a rigmarole of a process for residents to exercise their constitutional right.

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* ¡qué follón! = what a palaver!.

* en un follón = in a (pretty) pickle, in a turmoil, in a twirl.

* meterse en follones = get into + trouble.

* montar un follón = raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus.

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masculino (Esp fam)

a) ( trifulca) commotion, ruckus; ( ruido) racket (colloq), din (AmE colloq)

armó or montó un buen follón — ( montar una trifulca) he kicked up a hell of a fuss (colloq); ( hacer ruido) he made such a racket o din (colloq)

b) (situación confusa, desorden) mess

que follón de papeles! — these papers are in such a mess!

el follón este de MEPIRESA — this MEPIRESA business (colloq)

c) ( problema)

no te metas en follones — don't get into trouble

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= muddle, cock-up, bedlam, ruckus, scandal, a pretty kettle of fish, a fine kettle of fish, palaver, rigmarole [rigamarole].

Ex: The author attempts to sort out the muddle in which librarians have found themselves = El autor intenta aclarar la confusión en la que se encuentran los bibliotecarios.

Ex: The repatriation of the emigres was a tragic oversight rather than a war crime, a cock-up rather than a conspiracy.

Ex: In subsequent years, Bethlem became ' Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself.

Ex: Sometime back a heroine created a ruckus by saying that the actor acted fresh with her by biting her lips in a smooching scene.

Ex: The subjects referred to recur frequently in the writings of the 'socially committed' -- drugs, sex, racism, student unrest, riots, scandals in government, conservation, the role of women in society are among them.

Ex: A pretty kettle of fish indeed, out of whom only Tracy is really trying seriously to make a new life for herself.

Ex: Knowing the historical roots of their misfortune may not make it easier for them to escape the fine kettle of fish they are in.

Ex: Most fashion-conscious shoppers will beaware of the palaver caused last month by the swastika design embroidered on a Zara handbag.

Ex: The government is creating a rigmarole of a process for residents to exercise their constitutional right.

* ¡qué follón! = what a palaver!.

* en un follón = in a (pretty) pickle, in a turmoil, in a twirl.

* meterse en follones = get into + trouble.

* montar un follón = raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus.

* * *

follón

masculine

A ( Esp fam)

1 (alboroto) commotion, ruckus ( AmE colloq)

hubo un follón tremendo a la salida del estadio there was a lot of trouble o an incredible commotion o ruckus outside the stadium ( colloq)

cuando lo intentaron echar, armó or montó un buen follón when they tried to throw him out, he kicked up a hell of a fuss o created a real stink ( colloq)

2

(situación confusa, desorden): en este follón de papeles no hay quien encuentre nada these papers are so jumbled up o in such a mess, it's impossible to find anything ( colloq)

¿sabes algo del follón este de MEPIRESA? do you know anything about this MEPIRESA business? ( colloq)

me armé un buen follón con la última pregunta I got into a real mess with the last question ( colloq)

3

(problema): si te juntas con esa gente, te meterás en follones if you go around with that lot, you'll get into trouble

B ( Chi fam hum) (pedo) fart (sl)

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follón sustantivo masculino (Esp fam)
a) ( trifulca) commotion, ruckus;

( ruido) racket (colloq), din (AmE colloq);
◊ armó un buen follón ( montó una trifulca) he kicked up a hell of a fuss (colloq);

( hizo ruido) he made such a racket o din (colloq)
b) (situación confusa, desorden) mess

c) ( problema) trouble;

◊ no te metas en follones don't get into trouble

follón m fam
1 (escándalo, jaleo) row, fuss, commotion: estáis armando mucho follón, you are making a lot of noise
montó un follón por esa tontería, he kicked up a fuss over that nonsense
2 (lío, confusión, caos) mess, trouble: me vas a meter en un buen follón, you are going to get me into a real mess
tengo un follón de papeles sobre la mesa, the papers on my desk are in a terrible mess
' follón' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
esperar
- taco
- zipizape
English:
cock-up
- hullabaloo
- kick up
- palaver
- rigmarole
- row
- muddle
- stink

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follón nm
Esp Fam
1. [discusión] row;

se armó un follón there was an almighty row;

me montó un follón tremendo porque faltaba dinero he kicked up an almighty fuss o row because there was some money missing

2. [lío] mess;

¡vaya follón! what a mess!;

tengo un follón de libros encima de la mesa I've got piles of books scattered all over my desk;

¡dejad de armar follón! stop making such a row!;

me hice un follón con las listas I got into a real muddle o mess with the lists;

está metido en un follón de dinero he's got into some money trouble;

esta tarde tengo mucho follón, mañana sería mejor I won't have a minute this afternoon, so tomorrow would be better

* * *

follón

m

1 argument

2 ( lío) mess

3

:

armar un follón kick up a fuss

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follón n

1. (alboroto) racket / noise

el follón de la calle the noise in the street

2. (desorden, confusión) mess

tengo un auténtico follón en los apuntes my notes are in a right mess

3. (problema) trouble

no te metas en follones don't get into trouble

Spanish-English dictionary > follón
13 tomate

m.

1 tomato (fruto).

ponerse como un tomate to go as red as a beetroot o (British) beet (United States)

tomate frito = unconcentrated puree made by frying peeled tomatoes

tomate ketchup tomato ketchup

2 hole (informal) (de calcetín).

3 uproar, commotion (informal) (jaleo).

* * *

tomate

► nombre masculino

1 (fruto) tomato

2 familiar figurado (en calcetines etc) hole

3 familiar figurado (jaleo) fuss, commotion

4 familiar figurado (dificultad) snag, catch

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FRASEOLOGÍA

ponerse como un tomate figurado to go as red as a beetroot

tener tomate familiar to be difficult

* * *

noun m.

tomato

* * *

SM

1) tomato

salsa de tomate — tomato sauce

- ponerse como un tomate

2) * [en calcetín, media] hole

3) * (=jaleo) fuss, row; (=pelea) set-to *

al final de la noche hubo tomate — there was a fight at the end of the evening

¡qué tomate! — what a mess!

esto tiene tomate — this is tough, this is a tough one

* * *

masculino

1) (Bot, Coc) tomato

estar/ponerse (colorado) como un tomate — ( de vergüenza) to be/turn as red as a beet (AmE), to be/go as red as a beetroot (BrE); ( por el sol) to be/turn as red as a lobster

- tomate pera

2) (Esp fam) ( agujero) hole

* * *

= tomato [tomatoes, -pl.].

Ex. A government publication can be as small as a single sheet advisory leaflet on tomato growing.

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* ponerse colorado como un tomate = go + bright red.

* ponerse rojo como un tomate = go + bright red.

* salsa de tomate = tomato sauce.

* tomate cherri = cherry tomato.

* tomate de pera = pear tomato, Italian tomato, Roma tomato.

* tomates en rama = tomatoes on the vine.

* * *

masculino

1) (Bot, Coc) tomato

estar/ponerse (colorado) como un tomate — ( de vergüenza) to be/turn as red as a beet (AmE), to be/go as red as a beetroot (BrE); ( por el sol) to be/turn as red as a lobster

- tomate pera

2) (Esp fam) ( agujero) hole

* * *

= tomato [tomatoes, -pl.].

Ex: A government publication can be as small as a single sheet advisory leaflet on tomato growing.

* ponerse colorado como un tomate = go + bright red.

* ponerse rojo como un tomate = go + bright red.

* salsa de tomate = tomato sauce.

* tomate cherri = cherry tomato.

* tomate de pera = pear tomato, Italian tomato, Roma tomato.

* tomates en rama = tomatoes on the vine.

* * *

tomate

masculine

A ( Bot, Coc) tomato

salsa de tomate tomato sauce

agarrar algo para el lado de los tomates ( RPl fam); to take sth the wrong way

estar/ponerse (colorado) como un tomate (sonrojarse) to be/turn as red as a beet ( AmE), to be/go as red as a beetroot ( BrE) (quemarse) to be/turn as red as a lobster

¡toma tu tomate! ( Ven fam); put that in your pipe and smoke it! ( colloq)

Compuestos:

● tomate cherry or cereza

cherry tomato

● tomate de árbol

tree tomato

● tomate (de) pera or ( Arg) perita

plum tomato

B ( fam) (agujero) hole

C ( Esp fam)

1 (complicación, dificultad) difficulty

el examen tenía or traía mucho tomate the exam was a real stinker ( colloq)

2 (jaleo, pelea) set-to ( colloq)

* * *

tomate sustantivo masculino
tomato;
◊ estar/ponerse (colorado) como un tomate ( de vergüenza) to be/turn as red as a beet (AmE), to be/go as red as a beetroot (BrE);

( por el sol) to be/turn as red as a lobster
tomate sustantivo masculino
1 tomato
2 (salsa) tomato sauce
3 fam (agujero en una prenda de punto) tengo un tomate en el calcetín, I've got a hole in my sock
4 familiar (situación confusa, lío) vaya tomate se armó cuando se pelearon, there was a real to-do when they had that fight
♦ Locuciones: ponerse como un tomate, to blush, go as red as a beetroot
' tomate' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
colorada
- colorado
- reventarse
- roja
- rojo
- tiempo
- concentrado
- jugo
- pepita
- refrito
- salsa
English:
baked beans
- bean
- BLT
- hole
- tomato
- French
- ketchup
- puree
- really
- time

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tomate nm

1. [fruto] tomato;

Comp

ponerse como un tomate to go as red as a Br beetroot o US beet

Comp
tomate cereza cherry tomato;
tomate frito = unconcentrated puree made by frying peeled tomatoes;

tomate de pera plum tomato;
RP, Ven tomate (de) perita plum tomato
2. Méx [tomatillo] tomatillo, husk tomato

3. Fam [en calcetín] hole

4. Fam [jaleo] uproar, commotion

* * *

tomate

m

1 tomato;

ponerse como un tomate go bright red, turn as red as a beet, Br turn as red as a beetroot

2 fig

mess

* * *

tomate nm

: tomato

* * *

tomate n tomato [pl. tomatoes]

ponerse como un tomate to go as red as a beetroot

Spanish-English dictionary > tomate
14 bola

f.

1 ball (esfera).

bola de alcanfor mothball

bola de billar billiard ball

bola de cristal crystal ball

bola del mundo globe

bola de naftalina mothball

bola de nieve snowball

convertirse en una bola de nieve (figurative) to snowball

bola de partido match point (en tenis)

2 fib (informal) (mentira).

contar bolas to fib, to tell fibs

3 rumor (informal).

corre la bola por ahí de que te has echado novio they say you've got yourself a boyfriend

4 shoe polish. ( Latin American Spanish)

5 shoeblacking, shoe polish, shoe cream.

6 scoop of ice cream.

7 polishing, shoe polishing.

8 tall story, cock-and-bull story, snow job.

9 lie, porky, porky pie.

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bola

► nombre femenino

1 (gen) ball

2 familiar fib, lie

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FRASEOLOGÍA

no rascar bola (incompetente) to make a mess of everything 2 (gandul) not to do a stroke

bola de nieve snowball

bola de cristal crystal ball

* * *

noun f.

1) ball

2) lie, fib

* * *

SF

1) (=cuerpo esférico) ball; [de helado] scoop; (=canica) marble

van a sacar la bola premiada — they're going to pick the winning ball

del susto se me ha hecho una bola en el estómago — my stomach knotted up with fright

- estar hecho una bola

bola de alcanfor — mothball

bola de contar — abacus bead

bola de cristal — crystal ball

bola de fuego — (Mil) fireball; (Meteo) ball lightning

bola del mundo — globe

bola de naftalina — mothball

bola de nieve — snowball

bola de tempestad, bola de tormenta — storm signal

bola negra — black ball
pie 2), queso 1)
2) (Dep) ball; [de petanca] boule

- andar como bola huacha

- dar bola

se lo he dicho mil veces pero no me da bola — I've told him a thousand times but he doesn't take any notice o a blind bit of notice

¡dale bola! — what, again!

- dar la bola

- dejar que ruede la bola

- escurrir la bola

- ir a su bola

aquí cada uno va a su bola — everyone does their own thing here *

tú (ve) a tu bola — just do your own thing *

- parar bolas

no me paró bolas — he didn't take any notice, he didn't pay attention

- pasar la bola

- pasarse de la bola

- no rascar bola

bola de billar — billiard ball, snooker ball

- tener la cabeza como una bola de billar

bola de partido — Esp (Tenis) match ball

bola de set — Esp (Tenis) set point

3) [en lana, algodón] bobble

para que no le salgan bolas es mejor lavarlo a mano — it's best to wash it by hand to stop bobbles

hacerse bolas — [jersey, abrigo] to get bobbly; Méx * [persona] to get o.s. tied up in knots

4) Esp (=músculo) [del brazo] biceps; [de la pantorrilla] calf muscle

sacar bola — to flex one's muscles

5) ** (=cabeza) nut *, noggin (EEUU) **

tú estás mal de la bola — you're nuts *

- cambiar la bola

6) pl bolas *** (=testículos) balls ***

- en bolas

tíos en bolas — naked men

aquí todo el mundo va o está en bolas — everyone goes round naked o in the nude here

en esta cala está permitido ponerse en bolas — they allow nude bathing on this beach

tras el incendio nos quedamos en bolas — the fire completely cleaned us out *

- hasta las bolas

estoy hasta las bolas de él — I'm pissed off with him ***

me tiene hasta las bolas con sus tonterías — I'm pissed off with his fooling around ***, I've had it up to here with his fooling around *

- pillar a algn en bolas

- ¡qué bolas!

7) * (=mentira) fib

¡vaya bola que nos metiste! — what a fib you told us!

este niño nos quiere meter una bola — that boy's trying to put one past us *

¡qué bola más grande! — what a whopper! *

¿no te habrás tragado esa bola? — you didn't swallow that one, did you? *, you didn't fall for it, did you? *

8) (=rumor)

correr la bola — to spread the word

¿quién ha corrido la bola de que se van a vivir al extranjero? — who's been spreading the word that they're going to move abroad?

9) Méx

dar bola — to polish shoes

10) (Naipes) (grand) slam

media bola — small slam

11) (Náut) signal (with discs)

12) (Tip) golf ball

13) (Mec) ball bearing

14) Méx (=jaleo) row, hubbub; (=pelea) brawl

- se armó la bola

* * *

femenino

1)

a) ( cuerpo redondo) ball; ( de helado) scoop

se hacen bolas con la masa — form the dough into balls

máquina de escribir de bola — golf ball typewriter

b) (Dep) ball; ( de petanca) boule; ( canica) (Col, Per) marble

parar or poner bolas — (Col fam) to pay attention, listen up (AmE colloq)

tener la cabeza como una bola de billar — to be as bald as a cue ball (AmE) o (BrE) as bald as a coot (colloq)

c) bolas femenino plural (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) ( testículos) balls (pl) (colloq or vulg)

estar en bolas — (fam o vulg) to be stark naked (colloq)

estar hasta las bolas — (vulg) to be pissed off (sl)

hacerse bolas con algo — (Méx) to get in a mess over something

pillar a alguien en bolas — (fam o vulg) to catch somebody with their pants (AmE) o (BrE) trousers down (colloq)

d) (fam) ( músculo - del brazo) biceps; (- de la pantorrilla) calf muscle

sacar bola — (Esp) to flex one's muscles

- bola de cristal

- bola de nieve

- bola de partido/de set

- bolas criollas

2) (fam) ( mentira) lie, fib (colloq)

me metió una bola — he told me a fib

contar/decir bolas — to fib (colloq), to tell fibs (colloq)

se tragó la bola! — she swallowed it! (colloq)

3) (Andes, RPl fam) ( atención)

no me dio bola — he didn't take the slightest bit of notice (colloq)

no me da bola — he's not interested in me

4) (Méx fam) ( montón)

una bola de — loads of (colloq)

5) (Méx) revolution, uprising ( esp the Mexican Revolution)

armarse la bola — (Méx)

se armó la bola — all hell broke loose (colloq)

* * *

= fib, fibbing, ball.

Ex. Democracy's most acute failures tend to result from power brokers who tell big fibs about the distribution of power.

Ex. When it comes to fibbing, women are far ahead of their male counterparts, a new survey has revealed.

Ex. People are positively delighted to find that there are motion picture loops on how to throw a ball properly, art slides, and all this sort of thing.

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* bañarse en bolas = skinny dip.

* bola de alcanfor = mothball, moth crystal, camphor ball.

* bola de barro = mudpie.

* bola de cristal = crystal ball.

* bola de cristal con nieve dentro = snow globe.

* bola de hacer punto = knitting yarn.

* bola de molienda = grinding ball.

* bola de naftalina = mothball, moth crystal, camphor ball.

* bola para el control del cursor en pantalla = trackball.

* decir bolas = fib.

* echar la bola a rodar = get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling.

* efecto bola de nieve = snowball effect.

* en bolas = stark naked, in the nod, in the buff.

* hacer una bola con Algo = ball + Nombre + up.

* mantener la bola rodando = keep + the ball rolling.

* mirar la bola de cristal = gaze into + crystal ball.

* parada de bola = fielding.

* * *

femenino

1)

a) ( cuerpo redondo) ball; ( de helado) scoop

se hacen bolas con la masa — form the dough into balls

máquina de escribir de bola — golf ball typewriter

b) (Dep) ball; ( de petanca) boule; ( canica) (Col, Per) marble

parar or poner bolas — (Col fam) to pay attention, listen up (AmE colloq)

tener la cabeza como una bola de billar — to be as bald as a cue ball (AmE) o (BrE) as bald as a coot (colloq)

c) bolas femenino plural (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) ( testículos) balls (pl) (colloq or vulg)

estar en bolas — (fam o vulg) to be stark naked (colloq)

estar hasta las bolas — (vulg) to be pissed off (sl)

hacerse bolas con algo — (Méx) to get in a mess over something

pillar a alguien en bolas — (fam o vulg) to catch somebody with their pants (AmE) o (BrE) trousers down (colloq)

d) (fam) ( músculo - del brazo) biceps; (- de la pantorrilla) calf muscle

sacar bola — (Esp) to flex one's muscles

- bola de cristal

- bola de nieve

- bola de partido/de set

- bolas criollas

2) (fam) ( mentira) lie, fib (colloq)

me metió una bola — he told me a fib

contar/decir bolas — to fib (colloq), to tell fibs (colloq)

se tragó la bola! — she swallowed it! (colloq)

3) (Andes, RPl fam) ( atención)

no me dio bola — he didn't take the slightest bit of notice (colloq)

no me da bola — he's not interested in me

4) (Méx fam) ( montón)

una bola de — loads of (colloq)

5) (Méx) revolution, uprising ( esp the Mexican Revolution)

armarse la bola — (Méx)

se armó la bola — all hell broke loose (colloq)

* * *

= fib, fibbing, ball.

Ex: Democracy's most acute failures tend to result from power brokers who tell big fibs about the distribution of power.

Ex: When it comes to fibbing, women are far ahead of their male counterparts, a new survey has revealed.

Ex: People are positively delighted to find that there are motion picture loops on how to throw a ball properly, art slides, and all this sort of thing.

* bañarse en bolas = skinny dip.

* bola de alcanfor = mothball, moth crystal, camphor ball.

* bola de barro = mudpie.

* bola de cristal = crystal ball.

* bola de cristal con nieve dentro = snow globe.

* bola de hacer punto = knitting yarn.

* bola de molienda = grinding ball.

* bola de naftalina = mothball, moth crystal, camphor ball.

* bola para el control del cursor en pantalla = trackball.

* decir bolas = fib.

* echar la bola a rodar = get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling.

* efecto bola de nieve = snowball effect.

* en bolas = stark naked, in the nod, in the buff.

* hacer una bola con Algo = ball + Nombre + up.

* mantener la bola rodando = keep + the ball rolling.

* mirar la bola de cristal = gaze into + crystal ball.

* parada de bola = fielding.

* * *

bola

feminine

A

1 (cuerpo redondo) ball; (de helado) scoop

se hacen bolas con la masa form the dough into balls

el gato estaba hecho una bolita en el sofá the cat was curled up (in a little ball) on the sofa

se me hizo una bola en el estómago I got a knot in my stomach

tengo una bola en el estómago de haber comido tan rápido I ate too fast, my stomach feels heavy

te vas a poner como una bola you're going to get very fat

algunos tejidos se hacen bolas some materials get o go bobbly

máquina de escribir de bola golf ball typewriter

dorarle la bola a algn ( fam); to sweet-talk sb ( colloq)

2 ( Dep) ball; (de petanca) boule; (canica) (Col, Per) marble

andar como bola huacha ( Chi fam): ando como bola huacha I'm at a loss, I don't know what to do with myself

como bola sin manija ( RPl fam): me tiene como bola sin manija he has me running about from pillar to post

desde que se mudaron los amigos anda como bola sin manija since his friends moved away he's been at a complete loss o he's been wandering around like a lost soul o he hasn't known what to do with himself

echarse la bolita ( Méx); to pass the buck

más calvo que una bola de boliche ( Méx); bald as a coot ( colloq)

parar or poner bolas ( Col fam); to pay attention, listen up ( AmE colloq)

pare bolas, que le estoy hablando pay attention when I'm talking to you

le advertí, pero no me puso bolas I warned him, but he didn't take the slightest notice ( colloq)

(pelado) como una bola de billar ( RPl); as bald as a coot ( colloq), bald as a cue ball ( AmE) o ( BrE) billiard ball

tener la cabeza como una bola de billar to be as bald as a coot ( colloq), to be as bald as a cue ball ( AmE) o ( BrE) billiard ball

3 bolas fpl (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) (testículos) balls (pl) ( famor vulg)

darle por or romperle las bolas a algn ( vulg); to get on sb's nerves ( colloq), piss sb off (sl)

me da por las bolas que me empujen it really gets on my nerves o up my nose when people push me ( colloq), it really pisses me off when people push me (sl)

estar en bolas ( fam o vulg); to be stark naked ( colloq)

estar hasta las bolas ( vulg); to be pissed off (sl)

hacerse bolas con algo ( Méx); to get in a mess over sth

pillar a algn en bolas to catch sb on the hop ( colloq), to catch sb with their pants ( AmE) o ( BrE) trousers down ( colloq)

4 ( fam) (músculo — del brazo) biceps; (— de la pantorrilla) calf muscle

sacar bola to flex one's muscles

se me subió la bola I got a cramp ( AmE), I got cramp ( BrE)

Compuestos:

● bola de cristal

crystal ball

● bola de nieve

snowball

● bola de partido

match point

● bola de set

set point

● bolas criollas

fpl ( Ven) game similar to petanque

B ( fam) (mentira) lie, fib ( colloq); (rumor) rumor*

me metió una bola he told me a fib

contar/decir bolas to fib ( colloq), to tell fibs ( colloq)

¡se tragó la bola! she swallowed it! ( colloq), she fell for it! ( colloq)

corre la bola de que … (the) word is that …, word has it that …, it's going round that …

C

(Andes, RPI fam) (atención): se lo dije pero él no me dio bola or pero él, ni bola I told him, but he didn't take the slightest bit o ( BrE) a blind bit of notice ( colloq)

D

( Méx fam) (montón): una bola de niños loads of o a whole bunch of kids ( colloq)

una bola de libros stacks o loads of books ( colloq)

E

( Méx fam) (brillo): ¿le doy bola? shall I polish o shine your shoes?

F ( Méx) revolution, uprising ( esp the Mexican Revolution)

armarse la bola ( Méx): cuando marcaron el penalty se armó la bola when they scored from the penalty all hell broke loose ( colloq)

¿por qué se armó la bola? — porque no había boletos what was all the fuss about? — there were no tickets left ( colloq)

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bola sustantivo femenino
1 ( cuerpo redondo) ball;
( de helado) scoop;
(Dep) ball;
( de petanca) boule;
( canica) (Col, Per) marble;
◊ bola de cristal crystal ball;

bola de nieve snowball;
bola de partido/de set match/set point
2
◊ bolas sustantivo femenino plural (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) ( testículos) balls (pl) (colloq or vulg);

estar en bolas (fam or vulg) to be stark naked (colloq);
hacerse bolas con algo (Méx) to get in a mess over sth
3 (fam) ( mentira) lie, fib (colloq);
◊ me metió una bola he told me a fib;

contar/decir bolas to fib (colloq), to tell fibs (colloq)
4 (Méx fam) ( montón):
◊ una bola de loads of (colloq)

bola sustantivo femenino
1 ball
(canica) marble
2 fam (mentira) fib
♦ Locuciones: correr la bola, to spread a rumour
(desprevenido) without warning
no dar pie con bola, to be unable to do anything right
vulgar en bolas, (desnudo) naked
' bola' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
billar
- borla
- terráquea
- terráqueo
- efecto
- granizo
- hueco
- ratón
English:
ball
- bowl
- crystal ball
- dip
- dumpling
- mothball
- pellet
- scoop
- snowball
- crumple
- crystal
- fib
- into
- putt
- roll-on
- track

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bola nf

1. [esfera] ball;
[de helado] scoop;
tengo una bola en el estómago my stomach feels bloated;

si sigues comiendo pasteles te pondrás como una bola if you carry on eating cakes, you'll get fat;

Comp

dejar rodar la bola to let it ride

Comp
bola de alcanfor mothball;
bola de cristal crystal ball;

bola de fuego fireball;

bola del mundo globe;

bola de naftalina mothball;

bola de nieve snowball;
Fig
convertirse en una bola de nieve to snowball

2. [pelota] ball;
[canica] marble;
Comp
Esp Fam
no tocar o [m5]rascar bola: se pasó el partido entero sin tocar o [m5] rascar bola he didn't do a single thing in the whole match;

Comp

no dio pie con bola he didn't do o get a thing right

Comp
bola de billar billiard ball;
bola de break [en tenis] break point;
Ven bolas criollas bowls [singular];
bola de juego [en tenis] game point;

bola jugadora [en billar] cue ball;

bola de partido [en tenis] match point;

bola de set [en tenis] set point

3. Fam [mentira] fib;

contar bolas to fib, to tell fibs;

me intentó meter una bola she tried to tell me a fib;

esa bola no me la trago I'm not going to fall for that one

4. Fam [rumor]
corre la bola por ahí de que te has echado novio they say you've got yourself a boyfriend;

¡corre la bola!, nos van a poner un examen mañana they're going to give us an exam tomorrow, pass it on!

5. Fam [músculo]
sacar bola to make one's biceps bulge

6. bola de nieve [planta] snowball tree

7. muy Fam
bolas [testículos] balls;

Comp
Ven Fam
echarle bolas: tienes que echarle bolas al asunto you really need to put some oomph o guts into it;

Comp
Fam
en bolas [desnudo] stark naked, Br starkers;

pillar a alguien en bolas [sin nada, desprevenido] to catch sb out;

¡me has pillado en bolas!, ¡no tengo ni idea! you've got me there, I haven't a clue!;

el profesor nos pilló en bolas the teacher caught us unprepared;

Comp
RP muy Fam
hinchar o [m5] romper las bolas [molestar] to be a pain in the Br arse o US butt

8. Am [betún] shoe polish

9. Chile [cometa] kite [large and round]

10. Méx Fam [grupo de gente] crowd;

en bola [en grupo] in a crowd, as a group

11. Méx [riña] tumult, uproar

12. Cuba, Chile
bolas croquet

13. Fam

Comp
Esp
a mi/tu/su bola: nosotros trabajando y él, a su bola we were working and there he was, just doing his own thing;
Bol, RP
andar como bola sin manija to wander around;
Ven
de bola que sí sure, you bet your life;
Méx
estar o [m5] meterse en bola to participate;
Méx
hacerse bolas to get muddled up;
RP
estar hecho bola to be shattered o Br knackered;
RP
dar bola a alguien to pay attention to sb;

nadie le da bola al nuevo compañero nobody takes any notice of our new colleague;

nunca le dio bola a su hijo she never showed any interest in her son;
Andes, Ven
parar bola a alguien to pay attention to sb;
RP
tener bolas [ser valiente] to have guts;
[ser lento] to be slow o thick
14. ver bolo²

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bola

f

1 ball;

no dar pie con bola get everything wrong;

dejar que ruede la bola fig let things take their course

2 TÉC ball bearing

3 de helado scoop

4 fam ( mentira) fib fam

5

:

bolas pl pop balls pop, nuts pop ;

en bolas fam stark naked

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bola nf

1) : ball

bola de nieve: snowball

2) fam : lie, fib

3) Mex fam : bunch, group

una bola de rateros: a bunch of thieves

4) Mex : uproar, tumult

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bola n

1. (esfera) ball

las bolas de billar son de marfil billiard balls are made of ivory

2. (mentira) lie

no cuentes bolas don't tell lies

bola de nieve snowball

Spanish-English dictionary > bola
15 arma

f.

1 arm, weapon (instrument).

alzarse en armas to rise up in arms

presentar/rendir armas to present/surrender arms

ser de armas tomar (figurative) to be someone to be reckoned with

arma blanca blade

arma de doble filo (weapon with a sharp blade)(figurative) double-edged sword

arma de fuego firearm

arma homicida murder weapon

arma nuclear nuclear weapon

arma química chemical weapon

arma secreta secret weapon

2 weapon (medio).

la vacuna será una poderosa arma contra la malaria the vaccine will be a powerful weapon against malaria

3 gun.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: armar.

imperat.

2^nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: armar.

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arma

(Takes el in singular)

► nombre femenino

1 weapon, arm

► nombre femenino plural armas

1 (profesión) army sing; (fuerzas armadas) armed forces; (empresa militar) military combat sing

2 (heráldica) arms, armorial bearings

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FRASEOLOGÍA

alzarse en armas to rise up in arms

pasar por las armas to execute

presentar armas to present arms

rendir armas to surrender

ser de armas tomar figurado to be formidable

tomar las armas to take up arms

arma blanca knife

arma corta small arm

arma de artillería artillery

arma de doble filo figurado double-edged sword

arma de fuego firearm

arma homicida murder weapon

arma nuclear nuclear weapon

licencia de armas firearms licence (US license)

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noun f.

weapon

- arma de fuego

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SF

1) (Mil) weapon

los guerrilleros entregaron las armas — the guerrillas handed over their weapons

un fabricante de armas — an arms manufacturer

nos apuntaba con un arma — he pointed a gun at us

¡a las armas! — to arms!

¡armas al hombro! — shoulder arms!

alzarse en armas — to rise up in arms

¡descansen armas! — order arms!

¡presenten armas! — present arms!

• rendir las armas — to lay down one's arms

• estar sobre las armas — to be under arms

• tocar (al) arma — to sound the call to arms

• tomar las armas — to take up arms

de armas tomar —

es una mujer de armas tomar — she's not someone you mess around with

- limpiar el arma

- pasar a algn por las armas

- volver el arma contra algn

arma arrojadiza — missile

arma atómica — atomic weapon

arma biológica — biological weapon

arma blanca — cold steel

arma convencional — conventional weapon

arma de combate — assault weapon

arma de doble filo — double-edged sword

arma de fuego — firearm

arma larga — shotgun

arma negra — fencing foil

arma química — chemical weapon

arma reglamentaria — service weapon, regulation weapon

armas cortas — small arms

armas de destrucción masiva — weapons of mass destruction

2) (=medio) weapon

la movilización popular es su arma más fuerte — popular mobilization is its most powerful weapon

su sarcasmo es solo un arma defensiva — her sarcasm is just self-defence

3) (Mil) (=cuerpo) arm

arma de infantería — infantry arm

4) (Mil)

las armas — (=profesión) the military, the armed services

5) pl armas [de escudo] arms

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femenino‡

1)

a) (Arm, Mil) weapon

arma nuclear/convencional/biológica — nuclear/conventional/biological weapon

tenencia ilícita de armas — illegal possession of arms

a las armas! — to arms!

rendir las armas — to lay down one's arms

tomar (las) armas — to take up arms

de armas tomar — formidable, redoubtable (frml)

ser un arma de doble filo or de dos filos — to be a double-edged sword

b) (instrumento, medio) weapon

- arma blanca

- arma de destrucción masiva

- arma de fuego

- arma reglamentaria

2) ( cuerpo militar) arm

el arma de artillería/infantería — the artillery/infantry arm

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= weapon, arm.

Nota: Generalmente usado en el plural.

Ex. Care must be exercised in seeing that these teaching aids do not become weapons to browbeat with.

Ex. The images include paintings, sculpture, prints, photographs, arms and armour, costumes and jewellery, decorative arts and textiles = Las imágenes incluyen pinturas, esculturas, grabados, fotografías, armas y armaduras, trajes y joyería, artes decorativas y textiles.

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* abandonar las armas = put down + weapons.

* alijo de armas = arms cache, weapons cache.

* arma arrojadiza = projectile.

* arma biológica = biological weapon.

* arma bioquímica = bioweapon.

* arma corta = small arm.

* arma de bajo calibre = small arm.

* arma de dos filos = double-edged sword.

* arma de fuego = firearm.

* arma (de fuego) prohibida = prohibited firearm.

* arma de servicio = service weapon.

* arma enajenada = deactivated weapon.

* arma estratégica = strategic weapon.

* arma inutilizada = deactivated weapon.

* arma letal = lethal weapon.

* arma ligera = light weapon.

* arma no letal = non-lethal weapon.

* arma nuclear = nuclear device.

* arma paralizadora mediante proyectil = stun gun, stun gun.

* arma paralizadora sin proyectil = taser.

* arma química = chemical weapon.

* armas de destrucción masiva = weapons of mass destruction.

* arma secreta = secret weapon.

* armas, las = armed force.

* armas letales = lethal weaponry.

* armas no letales = non-lethal weaponry.

* armas nucleares = nuclear weapons.

* camarada de armas = brother in arms.

* coleccionista de armas de fuego = gun collector.

* comercio de armas = arms trade.

* control de armas = arms control.

* control de armas de fuego = gun control.

* cubierta de armas = cannon deck.

* de armas tomar = redoubtable.

* dejar las armas = put down + weapons.

* deponer las armas = put down + weapons.

* depósito de armas = ammunition dump, ammunition compound, ammunition depot, ammo depot.

* disparar un arma = fire + weapon.

* escudo de armas = escutcheon [scutcheon].

* fuerza de las armas = force of arms.

* herida de arma blanca = stab wound.

* herida por arma de fuego = gunshot wound.

* hermano de armas = brother in arms.

* levantar armas = take up + arms.

* levantarse en armas (contra) = take + arms against, rebel (against).

* licencia de armas = firearm licence.

* licencia de tenencia de armas = firearm licence.

* llamamiento a las armas = call to arms.

* país con armas nucleares = nuclear state.

* permiso de armas = firearm permit.

* permiso de tenencia de armas = firearm permit.

* plaza de armas = parade ground.

* ser de armas tomar = be a (real) handful.

* ser un arma de dos filos = be a mixed blessing.

* tomar armas = take up + arms.

* tráfico de armas = trafficking in arms, arms trafficking.

* venta de armas = arms sale.

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femenino‡

1)

a) (Arm, Mil) weapon

arma nuclear/convencional/biológica — nuclear/conventional/biological weapon

tenencia ilícita de armas — illegal possession of arms

a las armas! — to arms!

rendir las armas — to lay down one's arms

tomar (las) armas — to take up arms

de armas tomar — formidable, redoubtable (frml)

ser un arma de doble filo or de dos filos — to be a double-edged sword

b) (instrumento, medio) weapon

- arma blanca

- arma de destrucción masiva

- arma de fuego

- arma reglamentaria

2) ( cuerpo militar) arm

el arma de artillería/infantería — the artillery/infantry arm

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= weapon, arm.

Nota: Generalmente usado en el plural.

Ex: Care must be exercised in seeing that these teaching aids do not become weapons to browbeat with.

Ex: The images include paintings, sculpture, prints, photographs, arms and armour, costumes and jewellery, decorative arts and textiles = Las imágenes incluyen pinturas, esculturas, grabados, fotografías, armas y armaduras, trajes y joyería, artes decorativas y textiles.

* abandonar las armas = put down + weapons.

* alijo de armas = arms cache, weapons cache.

* arma arrojadiza = projectile.

* arma biológica = biological weapon.

* arma bioquímica = bioweapon.

* arma corta = small arm.

* arma de bajo calibre = small arm.

* arma de dos filos = double-edged sword.

* arma de fuego = firearm.

* arma (de fuego) prohibida = prohibited firearm.

* arma de servicio = service weapon.

* arma enajenada = deactivated weapon.

* arma estratégica = strategic weapon.

* arma inutilizada = deactivated weapon.

* arma letal = lethal weapon.

* arma ligera = light weapon.

* arma no letal = non-lethal weapon.

* arma nuclear = nuclear device.

* arma paralizadora mediante proyectil = stun gun, stun gun.

* arma paralizadora sin proyectil = taser.

* arma química = chemical weapon.

* armas de destrucción masiva = weapons of mass destruction.

* arma secreta = secret weapon.

* armas, las = armed force.

* armas letales = lethal weaponry.

* armas no letales = non-lethal weaponry.

* armas nucleares = nuclear weapons.

* camarada de armas = brother in arms.

* coleccionista de armas de fuego = gun collector.

* comercio de armas = arms trade.

* control de armas = arms control.

* control de armas de fuego = gun control.

* cubierta de armas = cannon deck.

* de armas tomar = redoubtable.

* dejar las armas = put down + weapons.

* deponer las armas = put down + weapons.

* depósito de armas = ammunition dump, ammunition compound, ammunition depot, ammo depot.

* disparar un arma = fire + weapon.

* escudo de armas = escutcheon [scutcheon].

* fuerza de las armas = force of arms.

* herida de arma blanca = stab wound.

* herida por arma de fuego = gunshot wound.

* hermano de armas = brother in arms.

* levantar armas = take up + arms.

* levantarse en armas (contra) = take + arms against, rebel (against).

* licencia de armas = firearm licence.

* licencia de tenencia de armas = firearm licence.

* llamamiento a las armas = call to arms.

* país con armas nucleares = nuclear state.

* permiso de armas = firearm permit.

* permiso de tenencia de armas = firearm permit.

* plaza de armas = parade ground.

* ser de armas tomar = be a (real) handful.

* ser un arma de dos filos = be a mixed blessing.

* tomar armas = take up + arms.

* tráfico de armas = trafficking in arms, arms trafficking.

* venta de armas = arms sale.

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arma

f‡

A

1 ( Arm, Mil) weapon

la venta de armas the sale of weapons o arms

tenencia ilícita de armas illegal possession of arms

¡a las armas! to arms!

¡armas al hombro! shoulder arms!

¡presenten armas! present arms!

alzarse or levantarse en armas to rise up in arms

rendir las armas to lay down one's arms

tomar (las) armas to take up arms

de armas tomar formidable, redoubtable ( frml)

pasar a algn por las armas (fusilar) to shoot sb;

(aprovecharse de) ( fam) to have one's way with sb

ser un arma de doble filo or de dos filos to be a double-edged sword

2 (instrumento, medio) weapon

la huelga es la única arma que tenemos strike action is the only weapon we have

la única arma de que dispone este animal para defenderse the only means this animal has of defending itself

la sencillez de la película se revela como su mejor arma the simplicity of the film turns out to be its greatest strength

Compuestos:

● arma atómica

atomic weapon

● arma aturdidora or de aturdimiento

stun gun

● arma biológica

biological weapon

● arma blanca

any sharp instrument used as a weapon

● arma convencional

conventional weapon

● arma de alto calibre

large-bore gun

● arma de bajo calibre

small-bore gun

● arma de destrucción masiva

weapon of mass destruction

● arma de fuego

firearm

● arma de grueso

large-bore gun

● arma de pequeño calibre

small-bore gun

● arma nuclear

nuclear wepon

● arma química

chemical weapon

● arma reglamentaria

regulation firearm

● arma secreta

secret weapon

B (cuerpo militar) arm

el arma de artillería/infantería the artillery/infantry arm

C armas fpl

1 (fuerzas armadas) armed forces (pl)

2

(profesión militar): la carrera de armas a career in the armed services o in the military (services) ( AmE), a career in the services o the armed forces o the forces ( BrE)

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Del verbo armar: ( conjugate armar)

arma es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
arma
armar
arma feminine noun taking masculine article in the singular
a) (Arm, Mil) weapon;

◊ arma nuclear nuclear weapon;

arma blanca any sharp instrument used as a weapon;
arma de fuego firearm;
armas de destrucción masiva weapons of mass destruction;
deponer las armas to lay down one's arms;
tomar (las) armas to take up arms;
no llevaba armas he wasn't carrying a weapon;
de armas tomar formidable;
ser un arma de doble filo to be a double-edged sword
b) (instrumento, medio) weapon

armar ( conjugate armar) verbo transitivo
1
a) (Mil) ‹ciudadanos/país› to arm, supply … with arms

b) ( equipar) ‹ embarcación› to fit out, equip

2
a) ‹estantería/reloj› to assemble;

‹tienda/carpa› to pitch, put up
b) (AmL) ‹ rompecabezas› to do, piece together

c) (Col, RPl) ‹ cigarro› to roll

3 (fam) ‹alboroto/ruido/lío› to make;
◊ arma jaleo to kick up o make a racket (colloq);

arma un escándalo to kick up a fuss;
armala (fam): ¡buena la has armado! you've really done it now! (colloq);
la que me armó porque llegué tarde you should have seen the way he went on because I was late
armarse verbo pronominal
1
a) (Mil) to arm oneself

b) armase de algo ‹de armas/herramientas› to arm oneself with sth;

◊ armase de paciencia to be patient;

armase de valor to pluck up courage
2
a) (fam) [pelea/discusión] to break out;

◊ ¡qué jaleo se armó! there was a real commotion

b) (fam) [ persona]:

◊ me armé un lío/una confusión I got into a mess (colloq)

arma sustantivo femenino weapon: figurado ese argumento es un arma de doble filo, that argument is a double-edged sword
arma biológica, biological weapon
arma blanca, knife
arma de fuego, firearm
arma homicida, murder weapon
arma nuclear, nuclear weapon
♦ Locuciones: ser de armas tomar, to be a person to be reckoned with
armar verbo transitivo
1 (dar armas) to arm
2 (ensamblar) to fit o put together, assemble
3 fam (organizar un escándalo, un alboroto) la armaron buena, they kicked up a real fuss
' arma' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apuntar
- calibrar
- calibre
- conminar
- culata
- descargada
- descargado
- desenfundar
- disparar
- doble
- empuñar
- escabechar
- gatillo
- herir
- hoja
- homicida
- impacto
- incisiva
- incisivo
- mira
- montar
- navaja
- reglamentaria
- reglamentario
- segura
- seguro
- silenciador
- alcance
- cañón
- dardo
- defensivo
- delator
- descarga
- disparador
- espada
- lanza
- manejar
- maza
- patada
- pistón
- portar
- probar
- recargar
- un
English:
accuracy
- aim
- alarm
- automatic
- bang
- barrel
- bore
- cock
- conventional
- cover
- deadly
- disable
- draw
- fire
- firearm
- gun
- hammer
- lethal
- level
- loaded
- magazine
- misfire
- muzzle
- pointed
- recoil
- shoot off
- shot
- sight
- sling
- spear
- train
- weapon
- wield

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arma nf Takes the masculine articles el and un

1. [instrumento] arm, weapon;

alzarse en armas to rise up in arms;

pasar a alguien por las armas to have sb shot (by firing squad);

¡presenten armas! present arms!;

rendir armas to surrender arms;

tomar las armas to take up arms;

velar las armas to undertake the vigil of the arms;

Comp

ser un arma de doble filo to be a double-edged sword;

Comp

ser de armas tomar to be someone to be reckoned with

Comp
arma atómica nuclear weapon;
arma bacteriológica bacteriological weapon;

arma biológica biological weapon;

arma blanca blade, = weapon with a sharp blade;

arma convencional conventional weapon;

armas de destrucción masiva weapons of mass destruction;

arma de fuego firearm;

arma homicida murder weapon;

arma ligera light weapon;

arma nuclear nuclear weapon;

arma pesada heavy weapon;

arma química chemical weapon;

arma reglamentaria regulation firearm;
también Fig arma secreta secret weapon
2. [medio] weapon;

la mejor arma contra la arrogancia es la indiferencia the best defence against arrogance is to ignore it;

renunciaron a la violencia como arma política they renounced the use of violence as a political weapon;

la vacuna será una poderosa arma contra la malaria the vaccine will be a powerful weapon against malaria

3. [cuerpo en ejército] arm;

el arma de infantería the infantry arm

4.
las armas [profesión] a military career, the Army;

eligió la carrera de las armas he chose a career in the Army

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arma

f weapon;

alzarse en armas rise up in arms;

tomar las armas take up arms;

llamar a las arma call to arms;

pasar por las armas shoot;

presentar arma present arms;

de armas tomar fig fam formidable

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arma nf

1) : weapon

2) armas nfpl

: armed forces

3)

arma de fuego : firearm

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arma n weapon

arma nuclear nuclear weapon

arma blanca knife

arma de fuego firearm

arma homicida murder weapon

Spanish-English dictionary > arma
16 armado

adj.

1 armed, carrying weapons.

2 armed, equipped with lethal weaponry.

3 armoured.

4 assembled, put-together.

5 reinforced, frameworked.

m.

1 layout.

2 reinforcement.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: armar.

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armado

► participio pasado

1→ link=armar armar

► adjetivo

1 armed

■ ir armado,-a to be armed

2 (en mecánica) mounted, assembled

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(f. - armada)

adj.

1) armed

2) assembled

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ADJ

1) [persona, lucha] armed (con, de with)

ir armado — to go armed, be armed

- armado hasta los dientes

2) (=montado) mounted, assembled

3) [hormigón] reinforced

4) [tela] toughened

5) LAm (=testarudo) stubborn

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- da adjetivo <lucha/persona> armed

armado de or con algo — armed with something

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= armed.

Ex. Only a man like D'Andrea, willing to use force without stint or limit, could rise to leadership against John Powers & his protected, armed artisans.

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* Armada Invencible, la = Invincible Armada, the.

* armado de/con = armed with.

* asalto a mano armada = heist.

* atraco a mano armada = heist, daylight robbery.

* causas de conflictos armados = warpath.

* conflicto armado = war conflict.

* fuerzas armadas = military forces.

* fuerzas armadas, las = armed forces, the, forces, the.

* hormigón armado = reinforced concrete.

* intervención armada = armed intervention.

* lucha armada = armed struggle.

* mal armado = ill-armed.

* robo a mano armada = highway robbery.

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- da adjetivo <lucha/persona> armed

armado de or con algo — armed with something

* * *

= armed.

Ex: Only a man like D'Andrea, willing to use force without stint or limit, could rise to leadership against John Powers & his protected, armed artisans.

* Armada Invencible, la = Invincible Armada, the.

* armado de/con = armed with.

* asalto a mano armada = heist.

* atraco a mano armada = heist, daylight robbery.

* causas de conflictos armados = warpath.

* conflicto armado = war conflict.

* fuerzas armadas = military forces.

* fuerzas armadas, las = armed forces, the, forces, the.

* hormigón armado = reinforced concrete.

* intervención armada = armed intervention.

* lucha armada = armed struggle.

* mal armado = ill-armed.

* robo a mano armada = highway robbery.

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armado¹ -da

adjective

‹lucha› armed; ‹persona› armed armado DE or CON algo armed WITH sth hormigón, fuerza, brazo

armado²

masculine

( Chi)

1 (armazón) frame

2

(de un traje): tiene armado it's tailored

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Del verbo armar: ( conjugate armar)

armado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
armado
armar
armado
◊ -da adjetivo ‹lucha/persona› armed;

armado de or con algo armed with sth
armar ( conjugate armar) verbo transitivo
1
a) (Mil) ‹ciudadanos/país› to arm, supply … with arms

b) ( equipar) ‹ embarcación› to fit out, equip

2
a) ‹estantería/reloj› to assemble;

‹tienda/carpa› to pitch, put up
b) (AmL) ‹ rompecabezas› to do, piece together

c) (Col, RPl) ‹ cigarro› to roll

3 (fam) ‹alboroto/ruido/lío› to make;
◊ armado jaleo to kick up o make a racket (colloq);

armado un escándalo to kick up a fuss;
armadola (fam): ¡buena la has armado! you've really done it now! (colloq);
la que me armó porque llegué tarde you should have seen the way he went on because I was late
armarse verbo pronominal
1
a) (Mil) to arm oneself

b) armadose de algo ‹de armas/herramientas› to arm oneself with sth;

◊ armadose de paciencia to be patient;

armadose de valor to pluck up courage
2
a) (fam) [pelea/discusión] to break out;

◊ ¡qué jaleo se armó! there was a real commotion

b) (fam) [ persona]:

◊ me armé un lío/una confusión I got into a mess (colloq)

armado,-a adjetivo armed: iba armado hasta los dientes, he was armed to the teeth
atraco a mano armada, armed robbery
hormigón armado, reinforced concrete
armar verbo transitivo
1 (dar armas) to arm
2 (ensamblar) to fit o put together, assemble
3 fam (organizar un escándalo, un alboroto) la armaron buena, they kicked up a real fuss
' armado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
armada
- brazo
- cemento
- conflicto
- contienda
- guardia
- guerrilla
- hormigón
- armar
- concreto
English:
armed
- reinforced concrete
- tooth
- tailor
- up

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armado, -a

♦ adj

1. [con armas] armed;
Fig
armado hasta los dientes armed to the teeth

2. [con armazón] reinforced

♦ nm
[pez] armed gurnard
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armado

adj armed

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armado, -da adj

1) : armed

2) : assembled, put together

3) PRi : obstinate, stubborn

Spanish-English dictionary > armado
17 bronca

f.

1 row (fuss).

armar (una) bronca to kick up a row

buscar bronca to look for trouble

2 scolding, telling-off. (peninsular Spanish)

echar una bronca a alguien to give somebody a row, to tell somebody off

3 snag, problem (informal). (Mexican Spanish)

fue una bronca poder mudarme moving was no picnic

4 quarrel, fight, brawl, dust-up.

5 noisy dispute, free-for-all.

6 big problem, mess.

7 rage.

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bronca

► nombre femenino

1 (lío) row

2 (riña) quarrel; (discusión) argument; (pelea) fight

3 (reprimenda) telling-off

4 (protesta del público) noisy protests plural, jeers plural, jeering

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FRASEOLOGÍA

armar una bronca to kick up a fuss

echar una bronca a alguien to tell somebody off, give somebody a telling-off

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noun f.

fight, quarrel, row

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femenino (fam)

1)

a) (disputa, lío) row

armar or montar una bronca — to kick up a fuss (colloq), to create a ruckus (AmE colloq)

buscar bronca — to look for trouble o a fight

b) (alboroto, bullicio) racket (colloq)

2) (esp Esp) ( regañina) scolding, telling off (colloq)

echarle la bronca a alguien — to tell somebody off

3) (AmL fam) ( rabia)

está con una bronca — he's in a foul mood

me da mucha bronca — it really gets to o bugs me (colloq)

tenerle bronca a alguien — to have it in for somebody (colloq)

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= dressing-down, tongue-lashing, telling-off, telling-off, dust-up.

Ex. 'I just had a royal dressing down by Tilly'.

Ex. Iranian President went to Columbia University expecting tough questions but instead he got a tongue-lashing from the students.

Ex. Similarly, a class that has been involved in a telling-off for any one of the myriad trivial transgressions their flesh is heir to can arrive at the next lesson aggressively uncooperative or giggly.

Ex. Similarly, a class that has been involved in a telling-off for any one of the myriad trivial transgressions their flesh is heir to can arrive at the next lesson aggressively uncooperative or giggly.

Ex. The annual global dust-up over whale hunting is about to kick off again.

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* armar una bronca = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row.

* echar una bronca = tell + Nombe + off, give + Nombre + a dressing-down, give + Nombre + a telling-off, chew + Nombre + up.

* echar una buena bronca = give + Nombre + a good roasting.

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femenino (fam)

1)

a) (disputa, lío) row

armar or montar una bronca — to kick up a fuss (colloq), to create a ruckus (AmE colloq)

buscar bronca — to look for trouble o a fight

b) (alboroto, bullicio) racket (colloq)

2) (esp Esp) ( regañina) scolding, telling off (colloq)

echarle la bronca a alguien — to tell somebody off

3) (AmL fam) ( rabia)

está con una bronca — he's in a foul mood

me da mucha bronca — it really gets to o bugs me (colloq)

tenerle bronca a alguien — to have it in for somebody (colloq)

* * *

= dressing-down, tongue-lashing, telling-off, telling-off, dust-up.

Ex: 'I just had a royal dressing down by Tilly'.

Ex: Iranian President went to Columbia University expecting tough questions but instead he got a tongue-lashing from the students.

Ex: Similarly, a class that has been involved in a telling-off for any one of the myriad trivial transgressions their flesh is heir to can arrive at the next lesson aggressively uncooperative or giggly.

Ex: Similarly, a class that has been involved in a telling-off for any one of the myriad trivial transgressions their flesh is heir to can arrive at the next lesson aggressively uncooperative or giggly.

Ex: The annual global dust-up over whale hunting is about to kick off again.

* armar una bronca = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row.

* echar una bronca = tell + Nombe + off, give + Nombre + a dressing-down, give + Nombre + a telling-off, chew + Nombre + up.

* echar una buena bronca = give + Nombre + a good roasting.

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bronca

feminine

( fam)

A

1 (disputa, lío) row

armar or montar una bronca to kick up a fuss ( colloq), to create a ruckus ( AmE colloq)

buscar bronca to look for trouble o a fight

no vengas hoy a casa, que hay bronca don't come over today, there's a row o an argument going on

2 (alboroto, bullicio) racket ( colloq)

B ( esp Esp) (regañina) scolding, telling off ( BrE)

siempre le está echando la bronca al or a su hijo he's always telling his son off

C

( AmL fam) (rabia): está con una bronca que no ve he's in a foul mood

me da mucha bronca que sea tan injusto he's so unfair, it really bugs o gets me ( colloq)

dice que la maestra le tiene bronca he says the teacher has it in for him ( colloq)

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bronca sustantivo femenino
1
a) (fam) (disputa, lío) row;

armar or montar una bronca to kick up a fuss (colloq);
◊ buscar bronca to look for trouble o a fight

b) (alboroto, bullicio) racket (colloq)

2 (esp Esp fam) ( regañina) scolding, telling off (colloq);
◊ echarle la bronca a algn to tell sb off

3 (AmL fam) ( rabia):
◊ está con una bronca he's furious;

me da mucha bronca it really gets to o bugs me (colloq);
tenerle bronca a algn to have it in for sb (colloq)
bronca sustantivo femenino
1 (disputa, pelea) quarrel, row
2 (abucheo) jeering
3 (reprimenda) telling-off
echar una bronca a alguien, to tell sb off
' bronca' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abrigo
- escaparse
- oler
- jaleo
- nos
- organizarse
- padre
- camorra
English:
aggro
- bad
- bust-up
- coal
- earful
- hell
- row
- strip
- tell off
- telling-off
- bust
- kick
- punch

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bronca

♦ nf

1. [jaleo] row;

armar (una) bronca to kick up a row;

se armó una bronca increíble there was an almighty row;

buscar bronca to look for trouble

2. Esp [regañina] scolding, telling-off;

echar una bronca a alguien to tell sb off, Br to give sb a row;

me echaron la bronca por llegar tarde I got an earful for being late;

el equipo fue recibido con una bronca the team were booed when they came out onto the pitch

3. RP Fam [rabia]
me da bronca it hacks me off;

¡estoy con una bronca! I'm really hacked off!;

el jefe le tiene bronca the boss has got it in for her;

está que vuela de (la) bronca she's foaming at the mouth

4. Méx Fam [problema]
tengo una bronca de dinero I'm in a fix over money

5. Méx Fam [dificultad] snag, problem;

fue una bronca poder mudarme moving was no picnic

6. ver bronco

♦ nmf
Esp Fam
ser un bronca(s) to be a troublemaker, to be trouble

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bronca

f

1 fam

telling off fam ;

echar la bronca a alguien fam give s.o. a telling off, tell s.o. off

2 Méx pop

fight;

armar una bronca get into a fight

3

:

armar bronca ( hacer ruido) cause a rumpus;

se armó bronca tras anunciarse la subida de los impuestos there was an outcry o a rumpus when the tax increase was announced

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bronca nf, fam : fight, quarrel, fuss

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bronca n

1. (regañina) telling off

mi padre me ha echado una bronca my father gave me a telling off

2. (discusión) argument / row

he tenido una bronca con mi hermana I've had a row with my sister

buscar bronca to look for trouble

Spanish-English dictionary > bronca
18 mitote

m.

1 commotion (informal) (alboroto). (Mexican Spanish)

2 trouble, hassle, rumpus.

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SM Méx

1) ( Hist) Aztec ritual/dance

2) (=pelea) brawl

3) * (=jaleo) uproar

4) * (=charla) chat

estar en el mitote — to have a chat

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masculino (Méx) ( baile) Aztec dance; ( jaleo) (fam) trouble

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masculino (Méx) ( baile) Aztec dance; ( jaleo) (fam) trouble

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mitote

masculine

( Méx)

1 (baile) Aztec dance

2 ( fam) (jaleo) trouble

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mitote nm
Méx Fam
1. [alboroto] commotion;

se armó un gran mitote al final de la manifestación there was a big commotion o set-to at the end of the demonstration

2. [fiesta] house party

3. [ceremonia] = Aztec dance performed before sowing or harvesting of crops

Spanish-English dictionary > mitote
19 quilombo

m.

hut.

* * *

SM And, Cono Sur

1) (=burdel) brothel

2) (=choza) rustic hut, shack

3) * (=lío) mess

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masculino (Bol, RPl arg)

a) ( burdel) whorehouse (colloq)

b) (lío, jaleo) mess

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masculino (Bol, RPl arg)

a) ( burdel) whorehouse (colloq)

b) (lío, jaleo) mess

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quilombo

masculine

(Bol, RPl arg)

1 (burdel) whorehouse ( colloq)

2 (lío, jaleo) mess

tiene un quilombo en la cabeza he doesn't know whether he's coming or going ( colloq)

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quilombo sustantivo masculino (Bol, RPl arg) (lío, jaleo) mess

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quilombo nm
RP muy Fam
1. [burdel] whorehouse

2. [lío, desorden]
¡tu mesa es un quilombo! your desk's a Br bloody o US goddamn mess!;

se armó un gran quilombo all hell broke loose

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quilombo

m

1 Arg fam

whorehouse

2 fig

mess fam

Spanish-English dictionary > quilombo
20 sarao

m.

1 party (fiesta).

2 row, rumpus (informal) (jaleo).

3 evening party, soiree, family dance.

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sarao

► nombre masculino

1 (reunión) soirée

2 familiar (jaleo) knees-up; (lío) mess

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

¡vaya sarao! familiar what a mess!

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SM

1) (=fiesta) soirée, evening party

2) * (=lío) fuss, to-do *

* * *

masculino soirée, party

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masculino soirée, party

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sarao

masculine

soirée, party

un sarao benéfico a charity gala evening

* * *

sarao sustantivo masculino soirée, evening party: la fiesta se convirtíó en un sarao y acabó de madrugada, the party turned into an all-night one and didn't end until the early hours of the morning

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sarao nm

1. [fiesta] party

2. Fam [jaleo] row, rumpus;

se armó un sarao enorme cuando llegó la policía there was a huge ruckus when the police arrived

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sarao

m party

Spanish-English dictionary > sarao

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