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21 gallo
m.1 cock, cockerel (ave).gallo de pelea fighting cock2 false note.3 John Dory (fish).4 rooster, cock.5 taco.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: gallar.* * *1 cock, rooster2 (pez) John Dory5 familiar (presumido, bravucón) cocky person, tough guy\alzar el gallo familiar to get on one's high horsebajar el gallo familiar to get off one's high horseen menos que canta un gallo in a flashestar como gallo en gallinero familiar to strut about like a cockotro gallo me (te, le, etc) cantara familiar things would have turned out differentlytener mucho gallo familiar to be very cockygallo de pelea fighting cock, gamecockgallo lira black grousegallo silvestre capercaillie, woodgrouse* * *noun m.* * *ISM1) (=ave) cock, rooster ( esp EEUU); [más pequeño] cockerelgallo de pelea, gallo de riña — gamecock, fighting cock
pata 1., 1), b), pelea, peso 7), c)gallo pinto — CAm (Culin) beans and rice
2) (=pez) john dory3) [en la voz] false notesoltó un gallo — [al cantar] he sang a false note; [al hablar] his voice cracked
5) (Pesca) cork float7) Méx (=serenata) street serenade8) Méx * (=ropa usada) hand-me-down, cast-offlo visten con los gallos del hermano mayor — they dress him in his brother's hand-me-downs o cast-offs
9) And (=flecha) dart10) Col, Méx (Dep) shuttlecock11) And [de bomberos] hose truckIIgallo, -aSM / F Chile guy * /girl¡qué galla tan antipática! — she is so unfriendly!
* * *I II1) (Zool) ( ave) cockerel; ( más grande) roostercomer gallo — (Méx fam) to get up on the wrong side of the bed (AmE colloq), to get out of the bed on the wrong side (BrE colloq)
dormírsele el gallo a alguien — (Méx fam)
entre gallos y medianoche — (Arg) on the spur of the moment
gallo duro de pelar — (Méx fam)
levantarse al cantar el gallo — to be up with the lark
mamarle gallo a alguien — (Col, Ven fam) to pull somebody's leg (colloq)
matarle el gallo a alguien — (Méx fam) to shut somebody up (colloq)
otro gallo cantaría or otro gallo me/te/nos cantara — (fam) things would be very different
pelar gallo — (Méx fam) ( huir) to leg it (colloq); ( morirse) to kick the bucket (colloq)
ser el (mejor) gallo de alguien — (Méx fam) to be somebody's best bet (colloq)
2) (Méx fam) ( bravucón) macho, tough guy (colloq)3) (fam) ( de un cantante) false note; ( de adolescente) (AmL)4) (Méx) ( serenata) serenadeIII- lla (Chi fam) (m) guy (colloq); (f) womanhola gallo — hi, buddy (AmE) o (BrE) mate (colloq)
* * *= cock, rooster, cockerel.Ex. And outside, a cock crowed, for it was now dawn.Ex. Without fail, every time the roosters crowed in the morning, the sun rose afterwards.Ex. The eggs a chicken lays without the help of a cockerel are not fertilised and will therefore never hatch.* * *I II1) (Zool) ( ave) cockerel; ( más grande) roostercomer gallo — (Méx fam) to get up on the wrong side of the bed (AmE colloq), to get out of the bed on the wrong side (BrE colloq)
dormírsele el gallo a alguien — (Méx fam)
entre gallos y medianoche — (Arg) on the spur of the moment
gallo duro de pelar — (Méx fam)
levantarse al cantar el gallo — to be up with the lark
mamarle gallo a alguien — (Col, Ven fam) to pull somebody's leg (colloq)
matarle el gallo a alguien — (Méx fam) to shut somebody up (colloq)
otro gallo cantaría or otro gallo me/te/nos cantara — (fam) things would be very different
pelar gallo — (Méx fam) ( huir) to leg it (colloq); ( morirse) to kick the bucket (colloq)
ser el (mejor) gallo de alguien — (Méx fam) to be somebody's best bet (colloq)
2) (Méx fam) ( bravucón) macho, tough guy (colloq)3) (fam) ( de un cantante) false note; ( de adolescente) (AmL)4) (Méx) ( serenata) serenadeIII- lla (Chi fam) (m) guy (colloq); (f) womanhola gallo — hi, buddy (AmE) o (BrE) mate (colloq)
* * *= cock, rooster, cockerel.Ex: And outside, a cock crowed, for it was now dawn.
Ex: Without fail, every time the roosters crowed in the morning, the sun rose afterwards.Ex: The eggs a chicken lays without the help of a cockerel are not fertilised and will therefore never hatch.* * *sólo los muy gallos se atreven only the real tough nuts dare to do it ( colloq)pelea de gallos cockfightcomer gallo ( Méx fam): hoy parece que comiste gallo you must have got out of bed the wrong side this morning ( colloq), you're a real bear today ( AmE colloq), you're like a bear with a sore head today ( BrE colloq)dormírsele el gallo a algn ( Méx fam): que no se te duerma el gallo, que otro se ganará el ascenso you can't afford to rest on your laurels; if you do, someone else will get the promotionse me durmió el gallo y venció el plazo I forgot about it and missed the closing dateen menos (de lo) que canta un gallo in no time at all, in a flashentre gallos y medianoche ( Arg); on the spur of the moment, hastilygallo difícil or duro de pelar ( Méx fam): resultaron gallos difíciles de pelar they proved to be tough oppositionlevantarse al cantar el gallo to be up with the lark, get up at crack of dawnmamarle gallo a algn (Col, Ven fam); to pull sb's leg ( colloq), to put sb on ( AmE colloq), to have sb on ( BrE colloq)cuando el otro le dijo que era policía, le mató el gallo he soon shut up when the other guy told him he was a policeman ( colloq)otro gallo cantaría or otro gallo me/te/nos cantara things would be very differentpelar gallo ( Méx fam) (huir) to leg it ( colloq), to hightail it ( AmE colloq) (morirse) to kick the bucket ( colloq), to snuff it ( BrE colloq)pelaron gallo del mitin político antes de los cocolazos they legged it o hightailed it out of the meeting before the fighting began ( colloq)ser el (mejor) gallo de algn ( Méx fam): los Pumas son su mejor gallo para las finales the Pumas are your best bet for the finals ( colloq), I'd put my money on the Pumas for the finals ( colloq)Compuestos:fighting o game cockC ( fam) (de un cantante) false note(de un adolescente): soltó un gallo or ( Col) se echó un gallo or ( Ven) se le fue el gallo his voice cracked o went squeakyD (pez) John DoryE ( Méx) (serenata) serenadele llevaron gallo a la novia they serenaded the brideFse viste de puros gallos all her clothes are hand-me-downs ( colloq), everything she wears is secondhandmasculine, feminine* * *
gallo 1 sustantivo masculino
1 (Zool) ( ave) cockerel;
gallo de pelea or (AmS) de riña fighting o game cock;
( más grande) rooster;
otro gallo cantaría or otro gallo me/te/nos cantara (fam) things would be very different
2 (Méx fam) ( bravucón) macho, tough guy (colloq)
3 (fam)
b) ( de adolescente):
4 (Méx) ( serenata) serenade
gallo 2
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (Chi fam) (m) guy (colloq);
(f) woman;◊ hola gallo hi, buddy (AmE) o (BrE) mate (colloq)
gallo sustantivo masculino
1 Zool cock, rooster
gallo de pelea, fighting cock
2 (lenguado) sole
3 Mús fam off-key note
(adolescente) Manuel está cambiando la voz y le salen muchos gallos, Manuel's voice is changing and it's gone all squeaky
♦ Locuciones: fam fig otro gallo nos/me/te cantara, things would be quite different
en menos que canta un gallo, in an instant
' gallo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cantar
- pata
- cacarear
- canto
- capón
- cresta
- misa
English:
cock
- cockcrow
- crest
- crow
- crow's-feet
- hounds-tooth
- rooster
- crow's feet
- man
* * *♦ nmMéx Famser gallo duro de pelar to be a tough nut to crack;Famen menos (de lo) que canta un gallo in no time at all;al canto del gallo at daybreak;Méx Famse le durmió el gallo he let the chance go by;RPentre gallos y medianoche on the fly;Méx Famhaber comido gallo to have got out of bed on the wrong side;Col, Ven Fammamar gallo a alguien to pull sb's leg;Méx Fammatarle el gallo a alguien to shut sb up;Méx Fampelar gallo to kick the bucketgallo lira black grouse;gallo de pelea fighting cock;Carib, Nic gallo pinto rice and beans; Andes, RP gallo de riña fighting cock2. [al cantar] false note;[al hablar] squeak;está cambiando la voz y le salen gallos de vez en cuando his voice is breaking so it goes squeaky sometimes3. [pez] John Dory5. [en boxeo] bantamweight;peso gallo bantamweightesta noche le va a llevar gallo he's going to serenade her tonight♦ adj mFam [bravucón] cocky, full of oneself* * *m1 ZO rooster, Brcock;en menos que canta un gallo in an instant, in no time at all;otro gallo le cantaría si it would be different if;alzar olevantar el gallo fig get on one’s high horse2:soltó un gallo fam his voice cracked* * *gallo nm1) : rooster, cock4)gallo de pelea : gamecock* * *gallo n1. (ave) cock2. (al cantar) false note
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