Spanisch | Englisch |
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el Día del Perdón proper noun {m} | Yom Kippur(Day of Atonement) |
el día que la vaca vuele phrase | that'll be the day(said in reply to something that one believes will never happen) |
el día que las vacas vuelen preposition | in a pig's eye(very unlikely, probably never) |
el día que las vacas vuelen adverb | when Hell freezes over(never) when pigs fly(never, expressed by an idiom) |
el diablo está en los detalles phrase | devil is in the details(specific provisions of something may be complicated) |
Él dijo noun | he said, she said(conflicting reports from two or more parties on an issue) |
el dinero del avaro adjective | penny wise and pound foolish(thrifty with small amounts of money but wasteful with large amounts) |
el dinero del pobre dos veces se gasta adjective | penny wise and pound foolish(thrifty with small amounts of money but wasteful with large amounts) |
el dinero manda phrase | money talks(it is easier to accomplish goals using money) |
el dinero no crece en los árboles phrase | money doesn't grow on trees(you must work in order to have money) |
el dinero no huele phrase | money does not smellphrase |
el dinero no tiene olor phrase | money does not smellphrase |
el Discurso del Estado de la Unión proper noun {m} | State of the Union(annual address given by the US president) |
el elegido noun {m} | the one(person destined to save the universe or world, also called the Chosen One) |
El enano saltarín proper noun {m} | Rumpelstiltskinproper noun |
el enemigo de mi enemigo es mi amigo phrase | the enemy of my enemy is my friend(it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat) |
el espíritu está presto phrase | the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak(achieving something is made impossible by frailty) |
él está inconsciente phrase | he's unconsciousphrase |
el fin del mundo tal como lo conocemos noun | TEOTWAWKI((acronym) The end of the world as we know it) |
el fin justifica los medios phrase | the end justifies the means(morally wrong actions are sometimes necessary) |
el fin no justifica los medios phrase | two wrongs don't make a right(a wrongful action is not a morally appropriate way to correct or cancel a previous wrongful action) |
el fondo del mar proper noun {m} | Davy Jones's locker(the ocean as a grave for sailors) |
el gato con botas proper noun {m} | Puss in Boots(fairy tale) |
el Génesis proper noun | Genesis(the book of the Bible) |
el hábito no hace al monje phrase | clothes don't make the manphrase the cowl does not make the monk(the superficial trappings of something are unrelated to its true essence) you can't judge a book by its cover(it is not possible to judge things by external appearances alone) |
el hombre noun {m} | the man(the best person for the job) |
el hombre es la medida de todas las cosas phrase | |
el hombre propone y Dios dispone phrase | man proposes, God disposes(things don't always work out as they were planned) |
El Huique proper noun {m} | El Huiqueproper noun |
el infierno está empedrado de buenas intenciones phrase | the road to hell is paved with good intentions(well-intended acts can lead to disasters) |
el infierno está lleno de buenas intenciones phrase | the road to hell is paved with good intentions(well-intended acts can lead to disasters) |
El Juego proper noun | The Game(mind game) |
el Líbano proper noun {m} | Lebanon(Lebanese Republic) |
El libro de Mormón proper noun {m} | Book of Mormon(one of the sacred works of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) |
El libro más sagrado proper noun {m} | Aqdas(Baháʼí central holy book) |
el lobo muere lobo phrase | the fox may grow grey but never good(one cannot change one's own nature) the wolf may lose his teeth but never his nature(one cannot change one's own nature) |