dicţionar Englez-Spaniol »

someone's înseamnă în Spaniolă

EnglezăSpaniolă
someone's (the possessive adjective for someone)
adjective
[UK: ˈsəˌm.wənz]
[US: ˈsəˌm.wənz]

de alguienadjective

apple of someone's eye (favourite, a particular preference, or a loved one)
noun
[UK: ˈæp.l̩ əv ˈsəˌm.wənz aɪ]
[US: ˈæp.l̩ əv ˈsəˌm.wənz ˈaɪ]

el ojito derecho de alguiennoun
{m}

la niña de sus ojosnoun
{f}

behind someone's back (secretly)
preposition

a espaldas de alguienpreposition

por la puerta de atráspreposition

break someone's heart (to cause a person to feel grief or sadness)
verb

partir el almaverb

partirle a alguien el corazónverb

breathe down someone's neck (to follow or supervise too closely)
verb

tener a alguien en la miraverb

butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth (benign appearance, suggesting the contrary)
phrase

parecer una mosquita muertaphrase

cat got someone's tongue (why are you not saying anything?)
phrase

¿te ha comido la lengua el gato?phrase

catch someone's drift verb

quedarse con la coplaverb

change someone's mind (to convince someone to make a decision)
verb

hacer cambiar de ideaverb

coming out of someone's ears verb

salirle por las orejasverb

cover someone's ass (ensure that a person is not blamed or punished)
verb

cubrirse las espaldasverb

cuidarse el pellejoverb

get on someone's nerves (annoy or irritate)
verb
[UK: ˈɡet ɒn ˈsəˌm.wənz nɜːvz]
[US: ˈɡet ɑːn ˈsəˌm.wənz ˈnɝːvz]

mojar la orejaverb

poner los nervios de puntaverb

repatearverb

get someone's goat (to annoy or infuriate someone, see also: annoy; infuriate)
verb

dar la tabarraverb

hacer la puñetaverb

sacar la piedraverb

grease someone's palm (to bribe)
verb

untarverb

untar la manoverb

jump down someone's throat (criticise with excessive and unexpected harshness)
verb

arremeter contra alguienverb

echársele encima a alguienverb

make someone's day (make someone happy)
verb
[UK: ˈmeɪk ˈsəˌm.wənz deɪ]
[US: ˈmeɪk ˈsəˌm.wənz ˈdeɪ]

alegrarle el día a alguienverb

darle el gusto a alguienverb

hacérsela buena a alguienverb

make someone's hair stand on end verb

poner el vello de puntaverb

music to someone's ears (good news; pleasing sound or expression)
noun
[UK: ˈmjuː.zɪk tuː ˈsəˌm.wənz ɪəz]
[US: ˈmjuː.zɪk ˈtuː ˈsəˌm.wənz ˈɪrz]

música para los oídosnoun

none of someone's business (matter that someone is not entitled to be involved in)
noun

no es asunto tuyonoun

pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire (do someone's difficult work)
verb
[UK: pʊl ˈsəˌm.wənz ˈtʃe.snʌts ˈaʊt əv ðə ˈfaɪə(r)]
[US: ˈpʊl ˈsəˌm.wənz ˈtʃe.snʌts ˈaʊt əv ðə ˈfaɪər]

sacar las castañas del fuegoverb

pull someone's leg (to tease someone)
verb

buscarle a alguien las cosquillasverb

cizañearverb

meter cizañaverb

picarverb

provocarverb

quedarse con alguienverb

sacar picaverb

tomar el peloverb

12