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1 skive off
(BrE colloq) v + adva) ( disappear) escurrir el bulto (fam), escaparse, pirarse (Esp fam)b) ( stay away - from school) hacer* novillos (fam), hacerse* la rata or la rabona (RPl fam), irse* de pinta (Méx fam), hacer* la cimarra or capear (clases) (Chi fam), capar clase (Col fam); (- from work) no ir* a trabajar, capear (Chi) or (Col) capar trabajo (fam)1.VI + ADV (Brit) (=not work) gandulear *, haraganear *; (=disappear) escabullirse, escaquearse *, rajarse (LAm) *2.VI + PREPto skive off school — hacer novillos, hacer la rabona
* * *(BrE colloq) v + adva) ( disappear) escurrir el bulto (fam), escaparse, pirarse (Esp fam)b) ( stay away - from school) hacer* novillos (fam), hacerse* la rata or la rabona (RPl fam), irse* de pinta (Méx fam), hacer* la cimarra or capear (clases) (Chi fam), capar clase (Col fam); (- from work) no ir* a trabajar, capear (Chi) or (Col) capar trabajo (fam) -
2 skive off
v.1 hacer novillos, hacer pirolas, irse de pinta.2 haraganear, relauchar.vi.hacer novillos (familiar) (off school) (Esp.), capar colegio (Colombia), irse de pinta (México), hacerse la rata (R.Plata); zafarse, escaquearse (España) (off work) -
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5 skive
tr[skaɪv]\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto skive off schookl hacer novillosskaɪvintransitive verb (BrE colloq)a) ( not work) holgazanear, gandulear (fam), sacar* la vuelta (Chi fam), hacer* sebo (RPl fam)b) skive off b)Phrasal Verbs:[skaɪv] (Brit)1.VI (=not work) gandulear *, haraganear *; (=disappear) escabullirse, escaquearse *, rajarse (LAm) *2.Nto be on the skive, have a good skive — gandulear, no hacer nada
* * *[skaɪv]intransitive verb (BrE colloq)a) ( not work) holgazanear, gandulear (fam), sacar* la vuelta (Chi fam), hacer* sebo (RPl fam)b) skive off b)Phrasal Verbs: -
6 bunk off
(Brit)1.VI + ADV (from school, work) escaquearse (Sp) *2.VI + PREPto bunk off school — hacer novillos or rabona
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7 capear
capear ( conjugate capear) verbo transitivo 1 (Taur) to make passes at ( with the cape) 2 (Chi fam) ‹ trabajo› to skip, to skive off (BrE colloq);
capear verbo transitivo
1 Taur to fight the bull with the cape
2 Náut to weather fig (una mala situación) to ride out
3 (eludir un trabajo, una responsabilidad) to dodge, shirk Locuciones: figurado capear el temporal, to weather the storm ' capear' also found in these entries: English: brave - ride out - roll - weather - skive off -
8 capar
capar ( conjugate capar) verbo transitivo 1 ( castrar) to castrate 2 (Col fam)
capar verbo transitivo to castrate ' capar' also found in these entries: English: hooky - skive off - truant -
9 capea
Del verbo capear: ( conjugate capear) \ \
capea es: \ \3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativoMultiple Entries: capea capear
capea sustantivo femenino: amateur bullfight using young bulls
capear ( conjugate capear) verbo transitivo 1 (Taur) to make passes at ( with the cape) 2 (Chi fam) ‹ trabajo› to skip, to skive off (BrE colloq);
capear verbo transitivo
1 Taur to fight the bull with the cape
2 Náut to weather fig (una mala situación) to ride out
3 (eludir un trabajo, una responsabilidad) to dodge, shirk Locuciones: figurado capear el temporal, to weather the storm -
10 vuelo
Del verbo volar: ( conjugate volar) \ \
vuelo es: \ \1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativoMultiple Entries: volar vuelo
volar ( conjugate volar) verbo intransitivo 1 [pájaro/avión] to fly 2◊ ¡cómo vuela el tiempo! doesn't time fly!;las malas noticias vuelan bad news travels fastb)se fue volando he/she rushed off; sus clases se me pasan volando her classes seem to go so quickly 3 verbo transitivo 1 ‹puente/edificio› to blow up; ‹ caja fuerte› to blow 2 (Méx, Ven fam) ( robar) to swipe (colloq), to nick (BrE colloq) volarse verbo pronominal 1 2
vuelo sustantivo masculino 1a) ( acción):remontar el vuelo to soar up; alzar or levantar el vuelo [ pájaro] to fly away o off; [ avión] to take off; [ persona] to fly o leave the nest;◊ a vuelo de pájaro (AmL): un cálculo a vuelo de pájaro a rough estimate;lo leí a vuelo de pájaro I just skimmed through itb) (Aviac) flight;vuelo charter/regular charter/schedule flight; vuelo internacional/nacional international/domestic o internal flight; vuelo sin motor gliding, soaring (AmE) 2 ( en costura) ( amplitud):
volar
I verbo intransitivo
1 (un avión, ave, insecto) to fly: la mosca echó a volar, the fly flew off
2 (apresuradamente) volando, in a flash, in a hurry: nos fuimos volando, we rushed off
3 fam (terminarse, desaparecer) to disappear, vanish: todo el dinero que tenía voló en cuestión de meses, he blew all his money in a question of months
II vtr (usando explosivos: una casa, fábrica, etc) to blow up (: una caja blindada, etc) to blow open
vuelo sustantivo masculino
1 (de un ave, avión, etc) flight
vuelo chárter, charter flight
vuelo espacial, spaceflight
vuelo regular, scheduled flight
vuelo sin motor, gliding
2 Cost (amplitud de una falda) tiene mucho vuelo, it's very full Locuciones: cazarlas/cogerlas al vuelo, to be quick on the uptake fam (de importancia) de altos vuelos, high fliers ' vuelo' also found in these entries: Spanish: alzar - cazar - campana - hora - procedente - rasa - rasante - raso - reconocimiento - reserva - simular - simulador - simuladora - sobrecargo - auxiliar - conectar - controlador - destino - desviar - directo - doméstico - enlazar - espacial - nacional - nocturno - operar - pasar - remontar - suspender - zarandear English: airborne - aloft - announce - book - bumpy - cancel - charter flight - connect - delay - delayed - domestic - due - fall away - flight - flight attendant - flight recorder - flight-deck - gliding - hang-gliding - hold up - hop - in-flight - inbound - incoming - instrument - jump at - luckily - nonstop - notify - originate - outward - pin - quick - route - scheduled flight - space flight - steward - takeoff - air - flare - flared - flounce - flying - frill - from - hang - high - log - ruffle - schedule -
11 volado
Del verbo volar: ( conjugate volar) \ \
volado es: \ \el participioMultiple Entries: volado volar
volado sustantivo masculinoa) (Méx fam) ( con moneda):echar un volado to toss o flip a coin
volar ( conjugate volar) verbo intransitivo 1 [pájaro/avión] to fly 2◊ ¡cómo vuela el tiempo! doesn't time fly!;las malas noticias vuelan bad news travels fastb)se fue volando he/she rushed off; sus clases se me pasan volando her classes seem to go so quickly 3 verbo transitivo 1 ‹puente/edificio› to blow up; ‹ caja fuerte› to blow 2 (Méx, Ven fam) ( robar) to swipe (colloq), to nick (BrE colloq) volarse verbo pronominal 1 2
volar
I verbo intransitivo
1 (un avión, ave, insecto) to fly: la mosca echó a volar, the fly flew off
2 (apresuradamente) volando, in a flash, in a hurry: nos fuimos volando, we rushed off
3 fam (terminarse, desaparecer) to disappear, vanish: todo el dinero que tenía voló en cuestión de meses, he blew all his money in a question of months
II vtr (usando explosivos: una casa, fábrica, etc) to blow up (: una caja blindada, etc) to blow open ' volado' also found in these entries: English: flip - flounce - frill - ruffle - stoned -
12 volar
volar ( conjugate volar) verbo intransitivo 1 [pájaro/avión] to fly 2◊ ¡cómo vuela el tiempo! doesn't time fly!;las malas noticias vuelan bad news travels fastb)se fue volando he/she rushed off; sus clases se me pasan volando her classes seem to go so quickly 3 verbo transitivo 1 ‹puente/edificio› to blow up; ‹ caja fuerte› to blow 2 (Méx, Ven fam) ( robar) to swipe (colloq), to nick (BrE colloq) volarse verbo pronominal 1 2
volar
I verbo intransitivo
1 (un avión, ave, insecto) to fly: la mosca echó a volar, the fly flew off
2 (apresuradamente) volando, in a flash, in a hurry: nos fuimos volando, we rushed off
3 fam (terminarse, desaparecer) to disappear, vanish: todo el dinero que tenía voló en cuestión de meses, he blew all his money in a question of months
II vtr (usando explosivos: una casa, fábrica, etc) to blow up (: una caja blindada, etc) to blow open ' volar' also found in these entries: Spanish: aire - alto - bajo - barrenar - cometa - echar - grande - ras - vuela English: blast - blow - blow up - bomb - fly - foolish - fundamental - jet - nonstop - overcome - sail - soar - circle - cruise - full - low - nick -
13 vuela
Del verbo volar: ( conjugate volar) \ \
vuela es: \ \3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativoMultiple Entries: volar vuela
volar ( conjugate volar) verbo intransitivo 1 [pájaro/avión] to fly 2◊ ¡cómo vuela el tiempo! doesn't time fly!;las malas noticias vuelan bad news travels fastb)se fue volando he/she rushed off; sus clases se me pasan volando her classes seem to go so quickly 3 verbo transitivo 1 ‹puente/edificio› to blow up; ‹ caja fuerte› to blow 2 (Méx, Ven fam) ( robar) to swipe (colloq), to nick (BrE colloq) volarse verbo pronominal 1 2
vuela,◊ vuelan, etc see volar
volar
I verbo intransitivo
1 (un avión, ave, insecto) to fly: la mosca echó a volar, the fly flew off
2 (apresuradamente) volando, in a flash, in a hurry: nos fuimos volando, we rushed off
3 fam (terminarse, desaparecer) to disappear, vanish: todo el dinero que tenía voló en cuestión de meses, he blew all his money in a question of months
II vtr (usando explosivos: una casa, fábrica, etc) to blow up (: una caja blindada, etc) to blow open ' vuela' also found in these entries: Spanish: volar English: fly - time - flying - low -
14 escaparse
■escaparse verbo reflexivo
1 to escape, run away, get away: le llamaré antes de que se me escape, I'll phone him before he gets away
2 (una oportunidad, transporte) se me escapó el autobús, I missed the bus
3 (gas, líquido) to leak, escape
4 (salvarse) me escapé de una buena bronca, I escaped a good telling-off ' escaparse' also found in these entries: Spanish: irse - salirse - deslizar - escabullirse - escapar - escurrir - ir English: break away - escape - get away - leak - run off - shave - slip - squeak - break - elude - get - run - skive off - turn -
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16 capa
Del verbo capar: ( conjugate capar) \ \
capa es: \ \3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativoMultiple Entries: capa capar
capa sustantivo femenino 1◊ una capa de nieve a layer o carpet of snow;la capa de ozono the ozone layer; lleva el pelo cortado en or (Esp) a capas she has layered hair 2b) (Taur) cape
capar ( conjugate capar) verbo transitivo 1 ( castrar) to castrate 2 (Col fam)
capa sustantivo femenino
1 (recubrimiento) layer, coat
capa de ozono, ozone layer
2 Culin coating
3 Geol stratum, layer
4 (prenda) cloak, cape Locuciones: estar de capa caída, (desanimado) to be low-spirited (en decadencia) to be losing popularity
capar verbo transitivo to castrate ' capa' also found in these entries: Spanish: barniz - costra - exterior - mano - ozono - película - capote - dorado - envolver - esmalte - espuma - fino - lecho - manga - parecido English: blanket - cape - cloak - cloak and dagger - coat - coating - film - frosting - layer - ozone layer - paint - pall - permafrost - ply - scum - sheet - strip off - swashbuckling - thin - undercoat - black - deposit - doldrums - ozone - prime - skin - thickly - top -
17 escurrir
escurrir ( conjugate escurrir) verbo transitivo ‹ ropa› to wring out, wring; ‹verduras/pasta› to strain, drain; ‹ líquido› to drain (off) verbo intransitivo to drain; ‹ camisa› to leave … to drip-dry escurrirse verbo pronominal 1a) [ líquido]:2 escurrirse de algo to wriggle o get out of sth
escurrir vtr (ropa) to wring out (vajilla) to drain Locuciones: escurrir el bulto, to dodge the issue ' escurrir' also found in these entries: Spanish: bulto - estilar - estrujar English: drain - pass - strain - wring - wring out - skive off -
18 capo
Del verbo capar: ( conjugate capar) \ \
capo es: \ \1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
capó es: \ \3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativoMultiple Entries: capar capo capó
capar ( conjugate capar) verbo transitivo 1 ( castrar) to castrate 2 (Col fam)
capó sustantivo masculino hood (AmE), bonnet (BrE)
capar verbo transitivo to castrate
capo sustantivo masculino gangster
capó sustantivo masculino Auto bonnet, US hood ' capó' also found in these entries: Spanish: capo - ceja - cejilla - cofre English: bonnet - capo - guard - hood - high 'keɪpəʊ, 'kæpəʊ['kæpǝʊ]N (on guitar) cejilla f* * *['keɪpəʊ, 'kæpəʊ] -
19 pinta
Del verbo pintar: ( conjugate pintar) \ \
pinta es: \ \3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativoMultiple Entries: pinta pintar
pinta sustantivo femenino 1 (fam) ( aspecto) look; tiene pinta de extranjero he looks foreign; ¿dónde vas con esa(s) pinta(s)? where are you going looking like that?; echar or tirar (Andes) or (RPl) hacer pinta (fam) to impress 2 (en tela, animal) spot 3 ( medida) pint 4 (Méx fam) ( de la escuela):◊ irse de pinta to play hooky( conjugate hooky) (esp AmE colloq), to skive off (school) (BrE colloq)
pintar ( conjugate pintar) verbo transitivo pinta algo al óleo to paint sth in oils verbo intransitivo 1 2 ( en naipes) to be trumps pintarse verbo pronominal ( refl) ( maquillarse) to put on one's makeup; pintase los ojos to put on eye makeup; pintase las uñas to paint one's nails
pinta sustantivo femenino
1 fam (aspecto) look
2 (mancha, mota) dot, spot
3 (medida) pint
pintar
I verbo transitivo
1 (una superficie) to paint
2 (dibujar) to draw, sketch
3 (una situación) describe: me pintó su viaje con todo detalle, he described his trip in graphic detail
II verbo intransitivo
1 (un bolígrafo, etc) to write
2 (ser importante) to count: ella no pintaba nada allí, she was out of place there
3 (en juegos de naipes) to be trumps ' pinta' also found in these entries: Spanish: menda English: black - come in - half-pint - look - pint - pt - sleazy - wash - gill - half - hooky - oil - speckle - truant - wet['paɪntǝ]N pinta f de leche -
20 rata
rata sustantivo femenino 1 (Zool) rat;◊ hacerse la rata (RPI fam) to play hooky (esp AmE colloq), to skive off (school) (BrE colloq)2 (Col) (Econ, Mat) ( tasa) rate; ( razón) ratio; ( porcentaje) percentage ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (fam) ( tacaño) miser, stingy devil (colloq), tightwad (AmE colloq)
rata
I sustantivo femenino
1 Zool rat
2 pey (persona despreciable) swine, rat
II mf fam (persona tacaña) miser
III adjetivo familiar (tacaño, avaro) mean, stingy ' rata' also found in these entries: Spanish: tamaña - tamaño English: poor - pro rata - rat - hooky - truant['rɑːtǝ]see pro rata
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skive off sth — UK US skive off sth Phrasal Verb with skive({{}}/skaɪv/ verb [I] (also skive off) UK INFORMAL WORKPLACE ► to not go to work, school, etc. when you should: skive off work/school »It s easy to exaggerate an illness in order to skive off work … Financial and business terms
skive off — vb British to avoid work or duty, malinger. Skive is either from the obscure verb in standard English meaning to shave off (pieces of leather), from the Old Norse skifa, meaning to slice, or from another unre corded dialect term. It has been… … Contemporary slang
skive off — Verb. Meaning the same as skive (verb) … English slang and colloquialisms
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skive — UK US /skaɪv/ verb [I] (also skive off) UK INFORMAL WORKPLACE ► to do something else when you should be working: » We realized that we could skive without the management noticing. »He was always skiving off and going to the cinema. skiver noun… … Financial and business terms
skive — [ skaıv ] verb intransitive BRITISH INFORMAL to not be at work or school when you should be there ╾ skiv|er noun count ,skive off phrasal verb intransitive or transitive BRITISH INFORMAL skive off something to avoid going to school or work when… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
skive — [skaıv] v also skive off [i]BrE informal [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: Perhaps from French esquiver to get away secretly ] to avoid work or school by staying away or leaving without permission >skiver n … Dictionary of contemporary English
skive — [[t]ska͟ɪv[/t]] skives, skiving, skived VERB If you skive, you avoid working, especially by staying away from the place where you should be working. [BRIT, INFORMAL] The company treated me as though I were skiving. Derived words: skiver plural N… … English dictionary
skive — UK [skaɪv] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms skive : present tense I/you/we/they skive he/she/it skives present participle skiving past tense skived past participle skived British informal to not be at work or school when you should be there He … English dictionary
