Spanska | Engelska |
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para no hacerla larga adverb | long story short(Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story) |
parecer estar a la altura verb | look the part(appear suitable for a particular kind of work) |
patatas a la francesa noun {f-Pl} | french fries(deep fried strips of potato) |
pato a la pekinesa noun {m} | Peking duck(dish consisting of duck and pancake) |
pato laqueado a la pekinesa noun {m} | Peking duck(dish consisting of duck and pancake) |
pelillos a la mar verb | let bygones be bygones(to disregard or ignore a past difficulty in a relationship or an offence) |
perro de pastor belga laekenois noun | |
perro para la caza del mapache noun | coonhound(dog breed) |
pinza para la nariz noun {f} | noseclip(device that holds a person's nostrils closed) |
plata labrada noun {f} | silver(items made of silver or other white metal) |
poner toda la carne en el asador verb | pull out all the stops(reserve nothing) |
ponerse a la defensiva verb | bristle [bristled, bristling, bristles](to be on one's guard) |
prenda para la cabeza noun {f} | headgear [headgears](anything worn on the head) |
preparado para lactantes noun {m} | formula [formulae](drink given to babies) |
préstamo a la gruesa ventura noun {m} | bottomrynoun |
prohibida la entrada phrase | no entry(entry is forbidden) no trespassing(phrase forbidding access to a place) |
prueba de acceso a la universidad noun {f} | A level(a non-compulsory examination taken in the final two years in British high schools) |
que atraviesa la ciudad adjective | crosstown((US) extending across a city or town) |
que domina la tecnología adjective | tech-savvy(proficient in the use of technology, especially computers) |
quien no se arriesga no pasa la mar phrase | no pain, no gain(discomfort is necessary to achieve goals) |
recta larga proper noun | long lineproper noun |
reducir a la mitad verb | halve [halved, halving, halves](to reduce to half of original) |
resistencia a la rodadura noun {f} | rolling resistance(force) |
romper una lanza por verb | stand up for(to speak or act in support or defense of) |
sacar a la luz verb | bring to light(expose) |
salir a la luz verb | come out(to be discovered, be revealed) come to light(become known) |
saltar a la palestra verb | come to light(become known) |
saltarse a la torera verb | flout [flouted, flouting, flouts](to express contempt for the rules by word or action) |
San Cristóbal de La Laguna proper noun | San Cristóbal de La Laguna(city) |
se arma la gorda phrase | all hell breaks loose(the situation becomes chaotic) |
sea la luz phrase | let there be lightphrase |
servicio a la francesa noun {m} | |
Servicio a la Rusa noun | |
soy alérgica a la aspirina phrase {f} | I'm allergic to aspirinphrase |
soy alérgica a la penicilina phrase {f} | |
soy alérgica a las nueces phrase {f} | I'm allergic to nutsphrase |
soy alérgico a la aspirina phrase {m} | I'm allergic to aspirinphrase |
soy alérgico a la penicilina phrase {m} |