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1 to be a feather in somebody's cap
ser un triunfo para alguienEnglish-spanish dictionary > to be a feather in somebody's cap
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2 feather
'feðə
1. noun(one of the things that grow from a bird's skin that form the covering of its body: They cleaned the oil off the seagull's feathers.) pluma
2. verb(to line, cover or decorate with feathers: The eagle feathers its nest with down from its own breast.) emplumar- feathery
- a feather in one's cap
- feather one's own nest
- feather one's nest
feather n plumatr['feðəSMALLr/SMALL]1 pluma1 emplumar2 (oar) alzar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be a feather in somebody's cap ser un triunfo para alguiento feather one's own nest pejorative barrer para casato be birds of a feather ser de la misma calañabirds of a feather, flock together Dios los cría y ellos se juntanyou could've knocked me down with a feather me quedé patidifuso,-afeather bed colchón nombre masculino de plumasfeather duster plumerofeather ['fɛðər] vt1) : emplumar2)to feather one's nest : hacer su agostofeather n1) : pluma f2)a feather in one's cap : un triunfo personaln.• pluma (de ave) s.f.v.• emplumar v.
I 'feðər, 'feðə(r)noun pluma fas light as a feather — ligero or (esp AmL) liviano como una pluma
to ruffle somebody's feathers — hacer* enojar or (esp Esp) enfadar a alguien
you could have knocked me down with a feather — (colloq) casi me caigo de espaldas; (before n)
feather bed — colchón m de plumas
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transitive verb nest I 1)['feðǝ(r)]1.N pluma fwhite 3.2. VT1) emplumar- feather one's nest2) (Rowing) [+ oar] volver horizontal3.CPD [mattress, pillow] de plumasfeather bed N — colchón m de pluma(s)
feather boa N — boa f de plumas
feather duster N — plumero m
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I ['feðər, 'feðə(r)]noun pluma fas light as a feather — ligero or (esp AmL) liviano como una pluma
to ruffle somebody's feathers — hacer* enojar or (esp Esp) enfadar a alguien
you could have knocked me down with a feather — (colloq) casi me caigo de espaldas; (before n)
feather bed — colchón m de plumas
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transitive verb nest I 1)
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