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1 tortoiseshell
tr['tɔːtəsʃel]1 carey nombre masculino2 (color) color nombre masculino carey1 de carey2 (colour) de color careytortoiseshell ['tɔrt̬əs.ʃl] n: carey m, concha f
I 'tɔːrtəʃel, -təsʃəl, 'tɔːtəsʃel, 'tɔːtəʃəla) u ( material) carey m, concha fb) c ( tortoiseshell cat) gato m pardo
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a) ( made of tortoiseshell) <ornament/earrings> de carey or concha['tɔːtǝsʃel]1. N1) (=shell) carey m, concha f2) (=cat) gato m pardo3) (=butterfly) ortiguera f2.CPD [box, ornament] de carey, de conchatortoiseshell glasses NPL — gafas fpl de carey
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I ['tɔːrtəʃel, -təsʃəl, 'tɔːtəsʃel, 'tɔːtəʃəl]a) u ( material) carey m, concha fb) c ( tortoiseshell cat) gato m pardo
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a) ( made of tortoiseshell) <ornament/earrings> de carey or concha -
2 tortoiseshell
s.carey. -
3 tortoiseshell cat
s.gato pardo. -
4 tortoiseshell glasses
s.gafas de carey. -
5 tortoiseshell inlay
s.enchapado de carey. -
6 tortoiseshell turtle
s.tortuga carey, carey. -
7 concha
concha sustantivo femenino concha nácar (Méx) or (Chi) de perla mother-of-pearlc) (Teatr) prompt box(— del queso) rind; (— del pan) crust; (— de nueces) shell
concha sustantivo femenino
1 Zool shell
2 (material, carey) tortoiseshell
3 LAm vulgar cunt ' concha' also found in these entries: Spanish: caracol - vieira English: seashell - shell - mother - pearl - sea - tortoiseshelln.• concha s.f. -
8 carey
carey sustantivo masculino (Zool) hawksbill turtle; ( material) tortoiseshell ' carey' also found in these entries: Spanish: concha English: tortoiseshell -
9 gato
gato 1
◊ -ta sustantivo masculino, femenino (Zool) cat;gato montés wild cat; aquí hay gato encerrado there's something fishy going on here; le dieron gato por liebre he was conned o had! (colloq); llevarse el gato al agua (fam) to pull it off (colloq)
gato 2 sustantivo masculino 1 (Auto) jack 2 (Chi, Méx) (Jueg) ticktacktoe (AmE), noughts and crosses (BrE) 3 (Méx) ( signo) hash sign
gato sustantivo masculino
1 Zool cat
gato montés, wild cat
gato siamés, Siamese
El gato con botas, Puss in Boots
2 Auto Téc jack
3 familiar man from Madrid Locuciones: familiar buscarle tres pies al gato, to complicate things unnecessarily
aquí hay gato encerrado, there's something fishy going on
dar gato por liebre, to take sb in, to trick sb
al final nos llevamos el gato al agua, we pulled it off in the end
cuatro gatos, a handful of people ' gato' also found in these entries: Spanish: abalanzarse - cachorra - cachorro - cascabel - enroscarse - haber - hidráulica - hidráulico - liebre - linda - lindo - llevarse - mano - perra - perro - rebuscar - siamés - siamesa - sigilo - subirse - acariciar - bigote - castrar - comer - cucho - enroscar - extraviado - macho - mamar - me - pata - pelo - rozar - sacrificar - uña - zarpazo English: atop - bark - bitten - cat - claw - comfortably - console - disorient - disorientate - fur - jack - jack up - look down - neuter - outside - pass - poised - pounce - provide for - rat - respectively - retract - Siamese cat - split - spring - stray - tabby - thank - tomcat - tortoiseshell - whisker - bite - catch - foot - in - Siamese - sleep - tom - wild -
10 pardo
pardo
pardo,-a adj (tostado oscuro) brown (cielo, nubes) dark grey ' pardo' also found in these entries: Spanish: osa - oso - parda English: brown bear - grizzly - grizzly bear - tawny - tortoiseshell
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Tortoiseshell — can refer to: tortoiseshell material, made primarily from the shell of the Hawksbill turtle Tortoiseshell cat, a pattern used in clothing and jewellery tortoiseshell butterflies, brush footed butterflies (Nymphalidae) in the genera Aglais and… … Wikipedia
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tortoiseshell — /ˈtɔtəʃɛl / (say tawtuhshel) noun 1. the horny substance, with a mottled or clouded yellow and brown colouration, composing the plates or scales that cover the marine tortoiseshell turtle, of the genus Eretmochelys, formerly used for making combs …
tortoiseshell — tor•toise•shell [[t]ˈtɔr təsˌʃɛl[/t]] n. Also, tor′toise shell . 1) ram the horny brown and yellow layer on the outer surface of the hawksbill turtle s carapace, used for making combs and ornamental articles 2) any synthetic substance made to… … From formal English to slang
tortoiseshell — I. noun Date: 1632 1. the mottled horny substance of the shell of the hawksbill turtle used especially formerly in inlaying and in making various ornamental articles 2. any of several showy nymphalid butterflies (genera Nymphalis and Aglais) II.… … New Collegiate Dictionary
tortoiseshell — noun 1》 the semi transparent mottled yellow and brown shell of certain turtles, typically used to make jewellery or ornaments. ↘a synthetic imitation of this. 2》 a domestic cat with markings resembling tortoiseshell. 3》 a butterfly with… … English new terms dictionary
tortoiseshell — UK [ˈtɔː(r)təsˌʃel] / US [ˈtɔrtəsˌʃel] noun Word forms tortoiseshell : singular tortoiseshell plural tortoiseshells 1) [uncountable] the hard shell of a type of turtle that is brown and orange and is used for making things, for example jewellery… … English dictionary