Angol | Spanyol |
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don't look a gift horse in the mouth (a phrase referring to unappreciatively questioning of a gift or handout too closely) phrase [UK: dəʊnt lʊk ə ɡɪft hɔːs ɪn ðə maʊθ] [US: ˈdoʊnt ˈlʊk ə ˈɡɪft ˈhɔːrs ɪn ðə ˈmaʊθ] | no se le ve el colmillophrase |
don't shoot the messenger (the bearer of bad news should not be held accountable for the bad news) phrase | no disparen al mensajerophrase no maten al mensajerophrase |
dot the i's and cross the t's (Take care of every detail) verb | |
doubting Thomas (one who requires proof) noun [UK: ˈdaʊt.ɪŋ ˈtɒ.məs] [US: ˈdaʊt.ɪŋ ˈtɑː.məs] | Tomás el incrédulonoun |
down in the dumps (sad) adjective | de bajónadjective en horas bajasadjective murrioadjective |
down in the mouth (sad) adjective [UK: daʊn ɪn ðə maʊθ] [US: ˈdaʊn ɪn ðə ˈmaʊθ] | cariacontecidoadjective |
drag through the mud verb | |
draw the short straw (to be selected to do an undesirable task) verb | |
dressed to the nines (very fancily or formally dressed) adjective [UK: drest tuː ðə naɪnz] [US: ˈdrest ˈtuː ðə ˈnaɪnz] | de oro y azuladjective de punta en blancoadjective de tiros largosadjective hecho un brazo de maradjective |
drive someone up the wall verb | |
drop in the bucket (an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem) noun [UK: drɒp ɪn ðə ˈbʌkɪt] [US: ˈdrɑːp ɪn ðə ˈbʌkət] | nimiedadnoun |
easier said than done (easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish) adjective [UK: ˈiː.zɪə(r) ˈsed ðæn dʌn] [US: ˈiː.ziər ˈsed ˈðæn ˈdən] | del dicho al hecho hay mucho trechoadjective es fácil decirloadjective es más fácil decirlo que hacerloadjective que se dice prontoadjective una cosa es predicaradjective y otra dar trigoadjective |
eat the rich (expression of contempt towards the rich, capitalism and widespread poverty) phrase | cómete a los ricosphrase |
eight thousand (cardinal number) noun [UK: eɪt ˈθaʊz.n̩d] [US: ˈeɪt ˈθaʊz.n̩d] | ocho milnoun |
eighty-three (83) numeral [UK: ˈeɪ.ti θriː] [US: ˈeɪ.ti ˈθriː] | ochenta y tresnumeral |
electroconvulsive therapy [electroconvulsive therapies] (biomedical therapy using electrical current) noun | terapia electroconvulsivanoun |
elephant in the room (problem that is obvious but ignored) noun | |
end of the world noun [UK: end əv ðə wɜːld] [US: ˈend əv ðə ˈwɝːld] | fin del mundonoun |
endosymbiotic theory (the theory that concerns the origins of mitochondria and chloroplasts) noun | hipótesis endosimbióticanoun |
enemy of the people (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) noun | enemiga del pueblonoun enemigo del pueblonoun |
even though (although) conjunction [UK: ˈiːv.n̩ ðəʊ] [US: ˈiːv.n̩ ˈðoʊ] | a pesar de queconjunction aun cuandoconjunction aun siconjunction aunqueconjunction |
every man is the architect of his own fortune (each person is the chief cause of their success or failure) phrase | |
everyone and their dog (a large number of people) pronoun | ciento y la madrepronoun |
exception that proves the rule (occurrence of counterexample) noun | |
eye of the beholder (subjective perception and judgement) noun | ojo del observadornoun |