Spaniolă | Engleză |
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intolerancia a la lactosa noun {f} | lactose intolerance(inability to metabolize lactose) |
ir a la cabeza verb | lead [led, leading, leads](intransitive: be ahead of others) |
ir a la deriva verb | drift [drifted, drifting, drifts](to move haphazardly without any destination) |
ir a la deriva noun | drift [drifts](anything driven at random) |
ir a la guerra verb | go to war(enter armed conflict) |
ir de la Ceca a la Meca verb | make the rounds(to circulate from one place to another) |
irse a la francesa verb | take French leaveverb |
jarabe para la tos noun | cough syrup(liquid used to ease a sore throat) |
La Laguna proper noun | La Laguna(city) |
la olla le dice a la sartén noun | pot calling the kettle blacknoun |
la realidad supera a la ficción phrase | |
lanzarse a la pelea verb | interpose [interposed, interposing, interposes](to intervene in a dispute, or in a conversation) |
lebrel ruso para la caza noun {m} | borzoi [borzois](breed of dog) |
leer a la rápida verb | peruse [perused, perusing, peruses](look over casually) |
liarse la manta a la cabeza verb | throw caution to the windverb |
llama a la policía phrase | call the policephrase |
llamá a la policía phrase | call the policephrase |
llamada a la oración noun {f} | adhan((Islam) The call to prayer) call to prayer(A public proclamation made five times a day in Muslim societies) |
llamada a las armas noun {f} | call to arms(appeal to undertake a course of action) |
llamaré a la policía phrase | I'll call the policephrase |
llame a la policía phrase | call the policephrase |
llegar a la suela del zapato verb | hold a candle(be even remotely of the same quality) |
llevar a la espalda verb | piggyback(to carry someone on the back or shoulders) |
Mahoma va a la montaña phrase | if the mountain won't come to Muhammad(if one cannot get something done by commanding it) |
mandar a la mierda verb | score off(to scratch somebody out of a list or a group) |
manos a la obra verb | get on(to commence an action) |
más dura será la caída phrase | the bigger they are, the harder they fall(proverb) |
matar a la gallina de los huevos de oro verb | kill the goose that lays the golden eggs(to seek short term gain at the sacrifice of long term profit) |
memoria a largo plazo noun {f} | long-term memorynoun |
memorial a la guerra noun {m} | war memorial(commemorial monument) |
mira larga noun {f} | spotting scope(compact high-power monocular telescope for observing wildlife or targets) |
mojado hasta la médula adjective | soaked to the skinadjective |
mostrarse a la altura verb | hold one's own(demonstrate oneself to be capable) |
nada que valga la pena se logra sin crear conflictos phrase | you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette(phrase) |
no saber de la misa la media verb | know beans about(to know nothing, or almost nothing, about) |
no se hizo la miel para la boca del asno verb | |
ojo a la funerala noun {m} | black eye [black eyes](bruised eye) |
pagar a la inglesa verb | go Dutch(split the cost) |
papas a la francesa noun {f-Pl} | french fries(deep fried strips of potato) |