ser un cuero

cuero de cocodrilo — Cono Sur crocodile skin

dejar a alguien como un cuero — (Col fam) to humiliate somebody

en cueros (vivos) — (fam) ( desnudo) stark naked (colloq)

no darle a alguien el cuero — (CS fam)

no me da el cuero para comprarlo — I can't run o stretch to that much

sacarle el cuero a alguien — (CS fam) to tear somebody to pieces (colloq)

ser un cuero — (Chi, Méx fam) mujer she's a real stunner (colloq); hombre he's a real hunk (colloq)

dejar a alguien como un cuero — (Col fam) to humiliate somebody

en cueros (vivos) — (fam) ( desnudo) stark naked (colloq)

no darle a alguien el cuero — (CS fam)

no me da el cuero para comprarlo — I can't run o stretch to that much

sacarle el cuero a alguien — (CS fam) to tear somebody to pieces (colloq)

ser un cuero — (Chi, Méx fam) mujer she's a real stunner (colloq); hombre he's a real hunk (colloq)

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estirarse la piel — * to have a facelift

piel de naranja — [por celulitis] orange-peel skin

piel grasa/seca — oily o greasy/dry skin

estirarse la piel — ( del rostro) to have a facelift

dejarse la piel — (fam) to work one's butt off (AmE colloq), to slog one's guts out (BrE colloq)

se me/te pone la piel de gallina — I/you get gooseflesh o goose pimples

tener (la) piel de gallina — to have gooseflesh o goose pimples

pieles de patata — (Esp) potato peelings

piel grasa/seca — oily o greasy/dry skin

estirarse la piel — ( del rostro) to have a facelift

dejarse la piel — (fam) to work one's butt off (AmE colloq), to slog one's guts out (BrE colloq)

se me/te pone la piel de gallina — I/you get gooseflesh o goose pimples

tener (la) piel de gallina — to have gooseflesh o goose pimples

pieles de patata — (Esp) potato peelings

Ex: Much the commonest grains were rib, the various moroccos, sand, and pebble; while plain (ungrained) cloth was never rare.

a mi parecer — in my opinion o view

somos del mismo parecer — we are of the same opinion o view

cambiar o mudar de parecer — to change one's mind

parece una foca — * she's huge o enormous *

aunque no lo parezca — surprising though it may seem o más frm appear

así parece — so it seems o más frm appears

• al parecer, a lo que parece — apparently, seemingly

• parece como si + subjun —

• parece que + indic —

parece que va a llover — it looks as though o as if it's going to rain, it looks like rain

• según parece — apparently, seemingly

• parece ser que + indic —

parece ser que van a aumentar las temperaturas — it seems o más frm appears (that) it's going to get warmer

parece ser que ha habido algún problema — it seems o más frm appears (that) there has been a problem

te llamaré luego, si te parece bien — I'll phone you later, if that's all right with o by you

• parecer que, me parece que se está haciendo tarde — it's getting rather late, I think

todo parece indicar que... — everything appears o seems o (frml) would seem to indicate that...

hazlo como mejor te parezca — do it however o as you think best; (+ subj)

me parece raro que... — it seems odd o I find it odd that...

según parece or al parecer todo va bien — it looks as though everything's going well, everything seems to be going well

así parece or parece que sí — it looks like it o it would seem so

parece mentira que tenga 20 años — it's hard to believe o I can't believe that he's 20

parecerse A alguien/algo — ( en lo físico) to look o to be like somebody/something; ( en el carácter) to be like somebody/something

soy del parecer de que... — I believe o (frml) I am of the opinion that...

todo parece indicar que... — everything appears o seems o (frml) would seem to indicate that...

hazlo como mejor te parezca — do it however o as you think best; (+ subj)

me parece raro que... — it seems odd o I find it odd that...

según parece or al parecer todo va bien — it looks as though everything's going well, everything seems to be going well

así parece or parece que sí — it looks like it o it would seem so

parece mentira que tenga 20 años — it's hard to believe o I can't believe that he's 20

parecerse A alguien/algo — ( en lo físico) to look o to be like somebody/something; ( en el carácter) to be like somebody/something

soy del parecer de que... — I believe o (frml) I am of the opinion that...

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cambiar de chaqueta or (Chi) darse vuelta la chaqueta — (fam) to change sides

cambiar de chaqueta or (Chi) darse vuelta la chaqueta — (fam) to change sides

Ex: First, I should make it clear that I have not provoked him in any way: my skirts are always far below my knees and I usually wear a jacket.

juega como yo — he plays like me o like I do

como este hay pocos — there are few like this o him

tiene ventajas, como son la resistencia y durabilidad — it has advantages, such as o like strength and durability

hazlo como te dijo ella — do it like * o the way she told you

toca como canta — she plays like * o the same way as she sings

no es como me lo imaginaba — it isn't as o like * I imagined it

• tal como, tal como lo había planeado — just as o the way I had planned it

hazlo como quieras — do it however you want o like

• como sea — at all costs

había como cincuenta — there were about o around fifty

vino como a las dos — he came at about o around two

sentía como tristeza — she felt a sort o kind of sadness

como no tenía dinero — as o since I had no money

• tal (y) como están las cosas — the way things are, as things stand

• de tanto como, tienen las manos doloridas de tanto como aplaudieron — they clapped so much their hands hurt

• como no, como no lo haga en seguida... — if he doesn't do it at once..., unless he does it at once...

siguió leyendo, como si no hubiera oído nada — he kept on reading, as if o as though he hadn't heard

sentí como si fuera a caerme — I felt as if o as though I was about to fall

como si no hubiera pasado nada — as if o as though nothing had happened

se comporta como si me odiara — he behaves as if o as though he hated me

como si fuera a llover — as if o as though it was going to rain

a como dé o diera lugar — at any cost

en algunos lugares como Londres — in some places such as o like London

bailó como nunca — she danced as o like she'd never danced before

así como — (frml) as well as

como él solo/ella sola: es egoísta como él solo he's so o he's incredibly selfish!; como mucho/poco at (the) most/at least; como nadie: cocina como nadie nobody cooks like her; como que...: conduce muy bien - como que es piloto de carreras he drives very well - well, he is a racing driver, after all; y no me lo dijiste - como que no lo sabía! and you didn't tell me about it - that's because I didn't know about it!; como ser (CS) such as, for example; como si (+ subj) as if, as though; ella está grave y él como si nada or como si tal cosa — she's seriously ill and he doesn't seem at all o in the least worried

no voy - como quieras — I'm not going - please yourself o as you like

como era temprano, nos fuimos a dar una vuelta — since o as it was early, we went for a walk

cansado como estaba, me ayudó — tired though o tired as he was, he helped me

en algunos lugares como Londres — in some places such as o like London

bailó como nunca — she danced as o like she'd never danced before