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1 siempre me toca bailar con la más fea
I (you, etc) always get the short end of the stickSpanish-English dictionary > siempre me toca bailar con la más fea
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2 bailar
v.1 to dance.bailar una rumba to dance a rumbaes difícil bailar esta música it's difficult to dance to this music¿bailas? would you like to dance?sacar a alguien a bailar to ask somebody to dance o for a dancees otro que tal baila (informal figurative) he's just the same, he's no differentMaría ascendió a la cima Mary climbed to the top.2 to be loose.le baila un diente he has a loose toothlos pies me bailan (en los zapatos) my shoes are too big* * *1 to dance2 (hacer girar) to spin1 to dance■ ¿bailas? do you want to dance?, would you like to dance?2 (girar) to spin3 (ser grande) to be too big4 (moverse; cosa) to wobble; (persona) to move about, fidget5 (estar suelto) to be loose\bailar al son que le tocan to swim with the tideir a bailar to go dancingotro,-a que tal baila he's (she's) no differentque me (te, le, etc) quiten lo bailado they can't take the memories away from me (you, him, her, etc)sacar a alguien a bailar to ask somebody to dance* * *verb* * *1. VI1) (=danzar) to dancesacar a algn a bailar — to ask sb to dance, ask sb for a dance
- ¡que me quiten lo bailado o bailao!bailar con la más fea —
bailar al son que tocan —
los políticos bailan al son que le tocan los militares — the politicians toe the line given them by the military
2) [peonza] to spin (round)3) [mueble] to be wobbly, be unsteady4) * [ropa, calzado] to be miles too big *he adelgazado y me bailan los pantalones — I've lost weight and my trousers are miles too big for me *
2. VT1) (=danzar) to dancebailar el vals — to waltz, dance the waltz
2) [+ peonza] to spin3) LAm* (=timar)3.See:* * *1.verbo intransitivo1) (Mús) to danceque me quiten lo bailado! — (fam) I'm going to enjoy myself while I can
2) trompo/peonza to spin3) (fam) ( estar flojo) (+ me/te/le etc)4) (Méx fam)2.bailar vt1) (Mús) to dance2) (Méx fam) (quitar, robar) to swipe (colloq), to pinch (BrE colloq)3.bailarse v pron (Méx fam)* * *= execute + Baile, dance, trip the light fantastic, hoof, shake + a leg.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!'.Ex. I am too old any longer to play games or dance; my social life is restricted; and I cannot, as I used, take much interest in the future of the world, for I shan't live long enough to see what is going to happen in it.Ex. The article is entitled ' Tripping the Light Fantastic with Theodore de Banville'.Ex. Another comedy sketch consists of a routine in which a dancer, invisible except for white hat, gloves and shoes, hoofs merrily until suffering a fatal seizure.Ex. Small wonder then that western dance classes in the city are brimming with corporates learning to shake a leg and get rid of accumulated stress.----* bailar el swing = jive.* bailar jazz = jive.* bailar la danza del vientre = belly-dance.* * *1.verbo intransitivo1) (Mús) to danceque me quiten lo bailado! — (fam) I'm going to enjoy myself while I can
2) trompo/peonza to spin3) (fam) ( estar flojo) (+ me/te/le etc)4) (Méx fam)2.bailar vt1) (Mús) to dance2) (Méx fam) (quitar, robar) to swipe (colloq), to pinch (BrE colloq)3.bailarse v pron (Méx fam)* * *= execute + Baile, dance, trip the light fantastic, hoof, shake + a leg.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!'.
Ex: I am too old any longer to play games or dance; my social life is restricted; and I cannot, as I used, take much interest in the future of the world, for I shan't live long enough to see what is going to happen in it.Ex: The article is entitled ' Tripping the Light Fantastic with Theodore de Banville'.Ex: Another comedy sketch consists of a routine in which a dancer, invisible except for white hat, gloves and shoes, hoofs merrily until suffering a fatal seizure.Ex: Small wonder then that western dance classes in the city are brimming with corporates learning to shake a leg and get rid of accumulated stress.* bailar el swing = jive.* bailar jazz = jive.* bailar la danza del vientre = belly-dance.* * *bailar [A1 ]viA ( Mús) to dancesalir a bailar to go out dancingla sacó a bailar he asked her to dance¿bailas? or ¿quieres bailar? do you want o would you like to dance?bailar suelto to dance (without holding on to one's partner, as at a discotheque)bailar agarrado to dance ( holding on to one's partner)otro que tal baila ( fam); another one who's just as bad¡que me quiten lo bailado or bailao! ( fam); I'm going to enjoy myself while I canB «trompo/peonza» to spintus zapatos me quedan bailando your shoes are miles too big for me ( colloq)Dmientras tanto la firma del contrato queda bailando meanwhile the contract is still up in the air■ bailarvtA ( Mús) to dancebailar un tango/vals to tango/waltz, to dance a tango/waltzme bailaron dos mil pesos I had two thousand pesos pinched■ bailarse* * *
bailar ( conjugate bailar) verbo intransitivo
1 (Mús) to dance;
la sacó a bailar he asked her to dance
2 [trompo/peonza] to spin
3 (fam) ( quedar grande) (+ me/te/le etc):
verbo transitivo
to dance;
bailar
I verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo
1 to dance: no le gusta bailar, she doesn't like to dance
II verbo intransitivo
1 (moverse, no encajar bien) to move, to wobble: esta mesa baila mucho, this table wobbles a lot
♦ Locuciones: baila al son que le tocan, she always goes with the flow o she always adapts to the circumstances
fig fam otro que tal baila, he's just as bad
familiar ¡que nos quiten lo bailado!, nobody can take away the good times we've had!
bailarle el agua a alguien, to flatter o to suck up to someone: siempre le está bailando el agua al jefe, he's always sucking up to his boss
' bailar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- cojear
- dejar
- encasquetar
- hartarse
- hincharse
- inflarse
- poema
- quebrar
- sacar
- son
- sosaina
- agarrado
- claqué
- danzar
- gracia
- lindo
- paso
- público
- tango
- vals
English:
also
- boogie
- dance
- fox trot
- intro
- sit out
- straw
- study
- tap dance
- tight
- waltz
- as
- like
- mood
- partner
- perform
- sit
- wall
- whom
- wobble
* * *♦ vt1. [música] to dance;bailar una rumba to dance a rumba;es difícil bailar esta música it's difficult to dance to this music;Famque me quiten lo bailado: aunque nos pusimos perdidos, que nos quiten lo baila(d)o even though we got lost, it didn't spoil our enjoyment2. [peonza] to spin♦ vi1. [danzar] to dance;¿bailas? would you like to dance?;bailar agarrado to dance cheek to cheek;sacar a alguien a bailar [bailar] to dance with sb;[pedir] to ask sb to dance o for a dance; Fames otro que tal baila he's just the same, he's no different;el padre era un mujeriego y el hijo es otro que tal baila the father was a womanizer and his son's a chip off the old block;bailar con la más fea: siempre me toca a mí bailar con la más fea I always seem to get the short straw;bailar al son que tocan: ése baila al son que le tocan los de arriba he does whatever his bosses tell him to do2. [no encajar] to be loose;le baila un diente he has a loose tooth;los pies me bailan (en los zapatos) my shoes are too big;esta falda me baila this skirt is loose on me o too big for me3. [peonza] to spin4. [variar] [cifras] to fluctuate;los resultados de las encuestas bailan entre el 5 y el 15 por ciento the results of the polls range from 5 to 15 percent* * *I v/i1 dance;bailar al son que le tocan toe the line;bailar con la más fea draw the short straw2 de zapato be looseII v/t dance;se lo bailó Méx fam he swiped it fam ;bailarle a alguien el agua suck up to s.o.;¡que me quiten lo bailado! nobody can take away the good times I’ve had* * *bailar vt: to dancebailar vi1) : to dance2) : to spin3) : to be loose, to be too big* * *bailar vb to dance¿bailas? do you want to dance?bailamos un vals we danced a waltz / we waltzed -
3 feo
adj.1 ugly, homely, bad-looking, ill-favored.2 ugly.* * *► adjetivo1 (persona - nada atractiva) ugly; (- poco atractiva) plain2 (aspecto, situación, tiempo, etc) nasty, horrible, unpleasant, awful3 (acción) horrible, awful4 (indigno) rude, not nice, improper► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 ugly person1 (ofensa) slight, snub\hacerle un feo a alguien to slight somebody, snub somebodyser más feo que Picio to be as ugly as sinsiempre me (te, etc) toca bailar con la más fea I (you, etc) always get the short end of the stick————————1 (ofensa) slight, snub* * *= fea, adj.1) ugly2) nasty* * *1. ADJ1) (=sin belleza) [persona, casa, ropa] uglybailar con la más fea —
2) (=desagradable) [asunto, tiempo] nasty, unpleasant; [jugada] dirtytiene la fea costumbre de irse sin despedirse — he has a nasty habit of leaving without saying goodbye
3) (=de mala educación)está muy feo contestarle así a tu madre — it's very rude o it's not nice to answer your mother like that
está o queda feo comerse las uñas en público — it's bad manners to bite your nails in public
4) LAm [olor, comida] nasty, unpleasant2. SM1) (=desaire)-no puedo ir a tu boda -¿me vas a hacer ese feo? — "I can't come to your wedding" - "but you can't refuse!" o "how can you refuse!"
2) * (=fealdad)hoy está con el feo o de feo subido — he's looking really ugly today
3.ADV LAm * bad, badlyoler feo — to smell bad, have a nasty smell
* * *Ifea adjetivoa) <persona/edificio> ugly; < peinado> unflatteringes un barrio/color feo — it's not a very nice neighborhood/color
ser más feo que Picio or que un pecado — to be as ugly as sin (colloq)
b) <asunto/situación> unpleasant; <olor/sabor> (esp AmL) unpleasantIIes or (Esp) está muy feo hablar así — it's not nice to talk like that
adverbio (AmL) <oler/saber> badIIIsentir feo — (Méx) to feel terrible
vamos, acéptalo, no me hagas ese feo — oh go on take it, I'll be hurt if you don't
es de un feo... — (Esp) he's as ugly as they come (colloq)
* * *= ugly [uglier -comp., ugliest -sup.], unsightly, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unlovely, minging, nasty looking, shanky [shankier -comp., shankiest -sup.].Ex. This is not to say that the library should be cluttered with ugly signs; all notices should be carefully contrived and aesthetically pleasing.Ex. He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.Ex. Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.Ex. The article 'Lovely idea, but unlovely pricing' criticizes the pricing level of a new service aimed at research scientists in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnology companies.Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.Ex. It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.Ex. It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.----* cosas + ponerse feas = things + get rough.* grotescamente feo = grotesquely ugly.* patito feo = ugly duckling.* Patito Feo, el = Ugly Duckling, the.* vieja fea = old hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.* * *Ifea adjetivoa) <persona/edificio> ugly; < peinado> unflatteringes un barrio/color feo — it's not a very nice neighborhood/color
ser más feo que Picio or que un pecado — to be as ugly as sin (colloq)
b) <asunto/situación> unpleasant; <olor/sabor> (esp AmL) unpleasantIIes or (Esp) está muy feo hablar así — it's not nice to talk like that
adverbio (AmL) <oler/saber> badIIIsentir feo — (Méx) to feel terrible
vamos, acéptalo, no me hagas ese feo — oh go on take it, I'll be hurt if you don't
es de un feo... — (Esp) he's as ugly as they come (colloq)
* * *= ugly [uglier -comp., ugliest -sup.], unsightly, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unlovely, minging, nasty looking, shanky [shankier -comp., shankiest -sup.].Ex: This is not to say that the library should be cluttered with ugly signs; all notices should be carefully contrived and aesthetically pleasing.
Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.Ex: The article 'Lovely idea, but unlovely pricing' criticizes the pricing level of a new service aimed at research scientists in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnology companies.Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.Ex: It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.Ex: It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.* cosas + ponerse feas = things + get rough.* grotescamente feo = grotesquely ugly.* patito feo = ugly duckling.* Patito Feo, el = Ugly Duckling, the.* vieja fea = old hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.* * *1 ‹persona/animal/edificio› ugly; ‹peinado› unflatteringes fea de cara she's not at all pretty, she has a very plain facees feo con ganas he's as ugly as sin ( colloq)es un barrio feo it's not a very nice neighborhoodes un color bastante feo it isn't a very attractive o nice colorllevaba una corbata feísima he was wearing the most awful tieser más feo que Picio or que un pecado or que pegarle a Dios or que pegarle a la madre ( fam); to be as ugly as sin ( colloq)siempre me toca bailar con la más fea ( fam); I always get the short end of the stick o draw the short straw ( colloq)2 ‹asunto/situación› unpleasant; ‹olor/sabor› ( esp AmL) unpleasant¡qué feo está el día! ( AmL); what an awful day!me has dado cartas muy feas you've dealt me horrible cardsla cosa se está poniendo fea, vámonos things are getting nasty o ugly o this is getting unpleasant, let's goes or ( Esp) está muy feo hablar así de los amigos it's not nice to talk about your friends like thattiene la fea costumbre de contestar he has an unpleasant habit of answering backfeo2( AmL) ‹oler/saber› badme miró feo she gave me a dirty looksentir feo ( Méx); to feel terriblese siente feo que te traten así it's really terrible to be treated like thatfeo3( fam)1(desaire): hacerle un feo a algn to snub sb2 ( fam)(fealdad): es encantador, pero es de un feo … he's charming, but boy, is he (ever) ugly! ( AmE), he's charming but he isn't half ugly! ( BrE colloq)es de un feo que asusta he's as ugly as sin o as ugly as they come ( colloq)* * *
feo 1,◊ fea adjetivo
‹ peinado› unflattering;
es un barrio feo it's not a very nice neighborhood
‹olor/sabor› (esp AmL) unpleasant;◊ ¡qué feo está el día! what an awful day!;
la cosa se está poniendo fea things are getting nasty o ugly;
es or (Esp) está muy feo hablar así it's not nice to talk like that
feo 2 adverbio (AmL) ‹oler/saber› bad;
feo,-a
I adjetivo
1 (carente de belleza) ugly
2 (turbio) nasty: esto se pone feo, this is looking bad
una herida fea, a bad wound
II m (desaire, descortesía) snub: no le hagas ese feo, don't snub him
♦ Locuciones: ser más feo que Picio, to be as ugly as sin
' feo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
espantosa
- espantoso
- esperpento
- fea
- horrorosa
- horroroso
- monstruosa
- monstruoso
- encima
- espantar
- feroz
- gana
- horrible
English:
hideous
- nasty
- ugly
- ugly duckling
- unsightly
- dull
- homely
- nice
- plain
* * *feo, -a♦ adj1. [persona, animal, traje] ugly;es un pueblo muy feo it's a very ugly town;es fea con ganas she's as ugly as sin;ser más feo que Picio to be as ugly as sin;Famser más feo que pegarle a un padre to be as ugly as sin2. [aspecto, herida] nasty;[tiempo] foul, horrible; [color] unpleasant;está metido en un asunto muy feo he's mixed up in some really nasty business;ponerse feo [situación, tiempo] to turn nasty;la cosa está fea things are looking bad3. [desagradable] unpleasant;[ofensivo] rude;cuando me vio me hizo un gesto feo when she saw me she made a rude gesture;lo que hiciste quedó feo that wasn't a very nice thing to do4. Am [olor, sabor] unpleasant♦ nm,f[persona] ugly person; Famle tocó bailar con la más fea he drew the short straw♦ nm[desaire]hacer un feo a alguien to offend o slight sb;le hizo el feo de no saludarla he snubbed her by not saying hello♦ advAm [oler, saber] bad;tus zapatos huelen muy feo your shoes smell awful* * *I adj ugly; fignasty;la(s) cosa(s) se pone(n) feo(s) fig things are looking grimII m:hacer un feo a alguien fam snub s.o.oler, saber bad* * *feo adv: badly, bad1) : ugly2) : unpleasant, nasty* * *feo adj -
4 tomber
a mí siempre me toca bailar con la más feacaer en coma / entrar en estado de coma(se dit par exemple d'une personne devenue pianiste parce qu'elle est née [" tombée "] dans une famille de pianistes)echar alguien los dientes (en una actividad) / salirle a alguien los dientes (en una actividad).Remarque: les expressions " echar alguien los dientes " ou " salirle a alguien los dientes " signifient littéralement " faire / percer ses dents ".Dictionnaire Français-Espagnol des expressions et locutions > tomber
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5 straw
stro:1) ((also adjective) (of) the cut stalks of corn etc, having many uses, eg as bedding for cattle etc, making mats and other goods etc: The cows need fresh straw; a straw hat.) paja2) (a single stalk of corn: There's a straw in your hair; Their offer isn't worth a straw!) paja3) (a paper or plastic tube through which to suck a drink into the mouth: He was sipping orange juice through a straw.) paja, pajita•straw n1. paja2. pajita / cañatr[strɔː]1 (dried stalk(s)) paja2 (for drinking) paja, pajita1 de paja\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLa straw in the wind un indicio de cómo pueden ir las cosasthat's the last straw! ¡eso ya es el colmo!, ¡lo que faltaba para el duro!the straw that broke the camel's back la gota que colmó el vasoto clutch/grasp at straws agarrarse a un clavo ardiente/aferrarse a una esperanza vanato draw/get the short straw tocarle a uno bailar con la más feato not care/give a straw for something importarle algo un pepino/bledo a unostraw hat sombrero de pajastraw man hombre de pajastraw poll / straw vote SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL sondeo informal de opiniónstraw n1) : paja fthe last straw: el colmoadj.• de paja adj.• ficticio, -a adj.• paja adj.• pajizo, -a adj.n.• paja s.f.• pajita s.f.• pitillo s.m.strɔːa) u c paja fwe'll draw straws for it — el que saque la paja or pajita más corta lo hace
to be the last o final straw — ser* el colmo, ser* lo último
to clutch o grasp at straws — aferrarse desesperadamente a una esperanza
the straw which broke the camel's back — la gota que colmó el vaso or (Méx) que derramó el vino; (before n)
b) c ( for drinking) pajita f, paja f, caña f (Esp), pitillo m (Col), popote m (Méx)[strɔː]1. N1) (Agr) paja f- clutch or grasp at straws- draw or get the short straw2) (=drinking straw) pajita f, caña f, popote m (Mex)2.ADJ (=made of straw) de paja; (=colour) pajizo, color paja3.CPDstraw poll, straw vote N — votación f de tanteo
* * *[strɔː]a) u c paja fwe'll draw straws for it — el que saque la paja or pajita más corta lo hace
to be the last o final straw — ser* el colmo, ser* lo último
to clutch o grasp at straws — aferrarse desesperadamente a una esperanza
the straw which broke the camel's back — la gota que colmó el vaso or (Méx) que derramó el vino; (before n)
b) c ( for drinking) pajita f, paja f, caña f (Esp), pitillo m (Col), popote m (Méx)
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