Spanisch | Englisch |
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mae noun {m} {f} | guy [guys](male, man) |
mae noun {m} | dude [dudes](colloquial: man) |
maese noun {m} | master [masters](courtesy title of a man) |
maestra noun {f} | mistress [mistresses](female teacher) teacher [teachers](female who teaches) |
maestro noun {m} | construction worker [construction workers](employee working at a construction site) master [masters](expert at something) teacher [teachers](person who teaches) |
maestro de capilla noun {m} | chapelmaster(director of music in a chapel) |
maestro de ceremonias noun {m} | host [hosts](moderator) master of ceremonies(someone who conducts a program by introducing performers) ringmaster(the person who manages the performers in a circus ring) |
maestro de nada noun | jack of all trades, master of none(person who has a competent grasp of many skills) |
maestro mío; adjective {m} | dear [dearer, dearest](an ironic way to start (often after my) addressing an inferior) |
maestría noun {f} | master's degree(postgraduate degree) masterynoun |
amaestrado adjective | domesticated(selectively bred to live with or around humans) |
amaestrador noun {m} | tamer(one who tames or subdues) trainer [trainers](person who trains another; coach) |
amaestradora noun {f} | trainer [trainers](person who trains another; coach) |
burgomaestre noun {m} | burgomaster [burgomasters](the mayor of a town in certain countries) |
cada maestrillo tiene su librillo phrase | there's more than one way to skin a cat(a problem generally has more than one solution; there is more than one way to achieve a goal) |
Chamaeleon proper noun | Chamaeleon(small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky) |
contramaestre noun | boatswain [boatswains](officer of a sailing ship) |
dar clases a tu maestro verb | teach grandma how to suck eggs(teach an expert) |
Gran Maestro noun {m} | Grandmaster(highest title for chess player) |
Ismael proper noun {m} | Ishmael(eldest son of Abraham) |
la práctica hace al maestro phrase | practice makes perfect(if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it) |
llave maestra noun {f} | master key(a key that opens a set of several locks) skeleton key(key that opens a range of locks) |
mojar la canal maestra verb | tipple [tippled, tippling, tipples](to drink alcohol regularly, but not to excess) |
no intentes dar clases a tu maestro phrase | don't try to teach grandma how to suck eggs(don't teach an expert) |
obra maestra noun {f} | magnum opus(masterpiece) masterpiece [masterpieces](piece of work that has been given much critical praise) pièce de résistance(masterpiece) |