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1 fib
fib
1. noun(an unimportant lie: to tell fibs.) bola, trola, mentirijilla
2. verb(to tell a fib: He fibbed about his age.) contar bolas, contar trolasfib n mentirijilla / bola / cuentoEs una palabra familiar; la palabra más usual es lietr[fɪb]1 familiar bola, trola1 familiar contar bolas, contar trolasfib n: mentirilla f, bola f famv.• macanear v.• trufar v.fib*n.• gazapa s.f.• infundio s.m.• mentirijilla* s.f.• mentirilla* s.f.• papa s.f.• trufa s.f.
I fɪbnoun (colloq) mentirilla f, bola f (fam)
II
intransitive verb - bb- (colloq) mentir*, decir* mentirillas or (fam) bolas[fɪb]1.N mentirijilla f2.* * *
I [fɪb]noun (colloq) mentirilla f, bola f (fam)
II
intransitive verb - bb- (colloq) mentir*, decir* mentirillas or (fam) bolas -
2 to tell tales (out of school)
(=inform) chivarse, chismear; (=fib) contar cuentos -
3 bola
bola sustantivo femenino 1 ( cuerpo redondo) ball; ( de helado) scoop; (Dep) ball; ( de petanca) boule; ( canica) (Col, Per) marble; 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); 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 -
4 contar
contar ( conjugate contar) verbo transitivo 1 ‹dinero/votos/días› to count; y eso sin contar las horas extras and that's without including overtime; lo cuento entre mis amigos I consider him (to be) one of my friends 2 ‹cuento/chiste/secreto› to tell; es muy largo de contar it's a long story; ¿qué cuentas (de nuevo)? (fam) how're things? (colloq) verbo intransitivo 1 ( en general) to count; ¿este trabajo cuenta para la nota final? does this piece of work count toward(s) the final grade?; ella no cuenta para nada what she says (o thinks etc) doesn't count for anything 2◊ cuento contigo para la fiesta I'm counting o relying on you being at the party;sin contar con que … without taking into account that … contarse verbo pronominala) (frml) ( estar incluido):su novela se cuenta entre las mejores his novel is among the bestb)◊ ¿qué te cuentas? how's it going? (colloq)
contar
I verbo transitivo
1 (un suceso, una historia) to tell
2 (numerar) to count
II verbo intransitivo to count Locuciones: contar con, (confiar en) to count on (constar de) to have ' contar' also found in these entries: Spanish: acostumbrar - cacarear - confiar - cotillear - cuento - dada - dado - desahogarse - guión - lisamente - película - referir - sin - bola - chisme - chiste - contabilizar - esperar - largo - narración - platicar English: allow for - bank on - bargain for - bargain on - count - count on - count out - crack - depend - expect - fib - figure on - foresee - joke - miscount - narrate - number - plan on - put - reckon - reckon on - recount - rely - repeat - report - retell - secret - spin - story - tell - untold - bank - boast - command - figure - gossip - plan - re-count - tale - to -
5 mentir
mentir ( conjugate mentir) verbo intransitivo to lie;
mentir verbo intransitivo to lie, tell lies
miente como un bellaco, he's a real liar ➣ Ver nota en lie
' mentir' also found in these entries: Spanish: engañar - deber - hacer - macanear - mienta - mintiera English: deceive - good - lie - prevaricate - shamelessly - tell - fib - tooth
См. также в других словарях:
fib — [n] undetailed lie canard, crock*, equivocation, evasiveness, fabrication, fairy tale*, falsehood, falsity, fiction, invention, jazz*, line*, mendacity, misrepresentation, prevarication, spinach*, story, tale, untruth, untruthfulness, white lie* … New thesaurus
fib — [fib] 1. n. a small lie. □ It was just a little fib. I’m sorry. □ Is this another one of your fibs? 2. in. to tell a small lie. □ Stop fibbing and tell me the truth. □ … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
Fib — Fib, v. t. To tell a fib to. [R.] De Quincey. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fib — Fib, n. [Prob. fr. fable; cf. Prov. E. fibble fabble nonsense.] A falsehood; a lie; used euphemistically. [1913 Webster] They are very serious; they don t tell fibs. H. James. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fib — ► NOUN ▪ a trivial lie. ► VERB (fibbed, fibbing) ▪ tell a fib. DERIVATIVES fibber noun. ORIGIN perhaps from obsolete fible fable nonsense , a reduplication of FABLE(Cf. ↑ … English terms dictionary
fib — [fib] n. [16th & 17th c. slang: said to be clipped form of obs. fible fable, redupl. form of FABLE] a small or trivial lie vi. fibbed, fibbing to tell such a lie or lies SYN. LIE2 fibber n … English World dictionary
tell lies — tell untruth, fib, speak lies … English contemporary dictionary
fib — n. to tell a fib * * * [fɪb] to tell a fib … Combinatory dictionary
fib — fib1 [fıb] n spoken [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Perhaps from fable] a small unimportant lie →↑white lie ▪ He s been known to tell fibs . fib 2 fib2 past tense and past participle fibbed present participle fibbing … Dictionary of contemporary English
fib — fib1 [ fıb ] noun count INFORMAL a lie about something that is not important fib fib 2 [ fıb ] verb intransitive INFORMAL to tell a lie about something that is not important … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
fib — I UK [fɪb] / US noun [countable] Word forms fib : singular fib plural fibs informal a lie about something that is not important II UK [fɪb] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms fib : present tense I/you/we/they fib he/she/it fibs present… … English dictionary