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comida para llevar noun
{f}

takeout(Food purchased from a takeaway)
noun
[UK: ˈteɪˌk.ɑːwt] [US: ˈteɪˌk.ɑːwt]

comida para perros noun
{f}

dog food(food eaten by dogs)
noun

consejos vendo y para mí no tengo verb

do as I say and not as I doverb

cuberito para la cara noun
{m}

facemask(mask made of common textiles worn over the mouth and nose)
noun

cuchara para miel noun
{f}

honey dipper(kitchen tool)
noun
[UK: ˈhʌ.ni ˈdɪ.pə(r)] [US: ˈhʌ.ni ˈdɪ.pər]

cuerda para tender la ropa noun
{f}

clothesline(rope or cord for drying clothes)
noun
[UK: ˈkləʊðz.laɪn] [US: ˈkloʊðz.laɪn]

dar para mucho verb

go a long way(be helpful for a significant amount of time)
verb
[UK: ɡəʊ ə ˈlɒŋ ˈweɪ] [US: ˈɡoʊ ə ˈlɔːŋ ˈweɪ]

de acá para allá adverb

back and forth(from one place to another and back again)
adverb
[UK: ˈbæk ənd fɔːθ] [US: ˈbæk ænd ˈfɔːrθ]

de ahora para ahorita adverb

urgently(with a sense of urgency)
adverb
[UK: ˈɜː.dʒənt.li] [US: ˈɝː.dʒənt.li]

de un día para otro adverb

overnight(in a very short amount of time)
adverb
[UK: ˌəʊv.ə.ˈnaɪt] [US: ˌoʊv.ə.ˈnaɪt]

de una vez para siempre adverb

once and for all(Finally, permanently, conclusively)
adverb
[UK: wʌns ənd fɔː(r) ɔːl] [US: ˈwəns ænd ˈfɔːr ɔːl]

dejar algo para más tarde noun
{f}

procrastination(act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
noun
[UK: prəʊ.ˌkræ.stɪ.ˈneɪʃ.n̩] [US: proʊ.ˌkræ.stɪ.ˈneɪʃ.n̩]

dejar nada para la imaginación verb

leave nothing to the imagination(to cover or hide very little or nothing)
verb

dejar para después verb

procrastinate [procrastinated, procrastinating, procrastinates](put off; delay something)
verb
[UK: prəʊ.ˈkræ.stɪ.neɪt] [US: proʊ.ˈkræ.stɪ.neɪt]

en condiciones para navegar adjective
{m}

seaworthy(fit for the sea)
adjective
[UK: ˈsiː.wɜː.ði] [US: ˈsiː.ˌwɔːr.ði]

ensanchamiento para autobús noun
{m}

bus bulb(an arrangement by which a sidewalk is extended outwards for a bus stop)
noun

es bueno para la pava phrase

what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander(if something is acceptable for one person, it is acceptable for another)
phrase
[UK: ˈwɒts sɔːs fɔː(r) ðə ɡuːs ɪz sɔːs fɔː(r) ðə ˈɡæn.də(r)] [US: ˈhwʌts ˈsɒs ˈfɔːr ðə ˈɡuːs ˈɪz ˈsɒs ˈfɔːr ðə ˈɡæn.dər]

estaño para soldar noun
{m}

solder [solders](any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together)
noun
[UK: ˈsɒl.də(r)] [US: ˈsɑː.dər]

esto es chino para phrase

it's all Greek to me(I don’t understand any of it)
phrase
[UK: ɪts ɔːl ˈɡriːk tuː miː] [US: ɪts ɔːl ˈɡriːk ˈtuː ˈmiː]

fácil para el usuario adjective

user-friendly(designed to be easy to use)
adjective
[UK: ˈjuːz.ə(r) ˈfrend.li] [US: ˈjuːz.ər ˈfrend.li]

faja para hernia noun
{f}

truss [trusses](bandage and belt)
noun
[UK: trʌs] [US: ˈtrəs]

funda para edredón noun
{m}

duvet(duvet cover)
noun
[UK: ˈdjuː.veɪ] [US: ˈdjuː.veɪ]

gafas para leer noun
{f-Pl}

reading glasses(spectacles to deal with the effects of presbyopia)
noun
[UK: ˈriːd.ɪŋ ˈɡlɑːs.ɪz] [US: ˈriːd.ɪŋ ˈɡlæs.əz]

hablar para verb

talk to oneself(to converse with oneself)
verb
[UK: ˈtɔːk tuː wʌn.ˈself] [US: ˈtɔːk ˈtuː wʌn.ˈself]

hablar para sus adentros verb

talk to oneself(to converse with oneself)
verb
[UK: ˈtɔːk tuː wʌn.ˈself] [US: ˈtɔːk ˈtuː wʌn.ˈself]

hotel para insectos noun
{m}

insect hotel(manmade structure to house insects)
noun

huir del fuego para caer en las brasas preposition

out of the frying pan, into the fire(get from an already bad situation to a worse one)
preposition
[UK: ˈaʊt əv ðə ˈfraɪ.ɪŋ pæn ˈɪn.tə ðə ˈfaɪə(r)] [US: ˈaʊt əv ðə ˈfraɪ.ɪŋ ˈpæn ˌɪn.ˈtuː ðə ˈfaɪər]

ir de acá para allá verb

make the rounds(to circulate from one place to another)
verb

ir de aquí para allí verb

make the rounds(to circulate from one place to another)
verb

jarabe para la tos noun

cough syrup(liquid used to ease a sore throat)
noun
[UK: kɒf ˈsɪ.rəp] [US: ˈkɑːf ˈsɜː.rəp]

lámpara a gas noun
{f}

gaslight [gaslights](lamp which burns piped illuminating gas)
noun
[UK: ˈɡæ.slaɪt] [US: ˈɡæ.slaɪt]

lámpara de araña noun
{f}

chandelier [chandeliers](branched, often ornate, lighting fixture suspended from the ceiling)
noun
[UK: ˌʃæn.də.ˈlɪə(r)] [US: ʃæn.də.ˈlɪr]

lámpara de plasma noun
{f}

plasma lamp(a clear glass container, filled with a mixture of various gases at low pressure)
noun
[UK: ˈplæz.mə læmp] [US: ˈplæz.mə ˈlæmp]

lámpara de vapor de mercurio noun
{f}

mercury-vapour lamp(a gaseous discharge lamp)
noun
[UK: ˈmɜːkjʊri ˈveɪpə læmp ] [US: ˈmɜrkjəri-vapour læmp ]

lámpara incandescente noun

incandescent lamp(a type of lamp)
noun
[UK: ˌɪnk.æn.ˈdesnt læmp] [US: ˌɪnk.ən.ˈde.sənt ˈlæmp]

las reglas están hechas para romperse phrase

rules are made to be broken(it is acceptable to break rules)
phrase

las reglas se hicieron para romperse phrase

rules are made to be broken(it is acceptable to break rules)
phrase

lebrel ruso para la caza noun
{m}

borzoi [borzois](breed of dog)
noun
[UK: ˈbɔːzo.ɪ] [US: ˈbɔːrzo.ɪ]

lo que es bueno para el pavo phrase

what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander(if something is acceptable for one person, it is acceptable for another)
phrase
[UK: ˈwɒts sɔːs fɔː(r) ðə ɡuːs ɪz sɔːs fɔː(r) ðə ˈɡæn.də(r)] [US: ˈhwʌts ˈsɒs ˈfɔːr ðə ˈɡuːs ˈɪz ˈsɒs ˈfɔːr ðə ˈɡæn.dər]

medio para un fin noun
{m}

means to an end(method by which a goal is achieved)
noun

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