Spanska | Engelska |
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caja negra noun {f} | black box(recorders in an aircraft) |
caja registradora noun {f} | cash register(machine) |
caja sorpresa de jack noun {f} | jack-in-the-box [jacks-in-the-box](child’s toy) |
caja tonta noun {f} | boob tube(slightly derogatory term for television) idiot box(television (pejorative)) |
caja torácica noun {f} | rib cage [rib cages](part of skeleton) |
caja y espiga noun | mortise-and-tenon joint(joint) |
a bocajarro adjective | point-blank(so close that a weapon may be aimed directly at its target) |
a bocajarro adverb | point blank(directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution) point-blank(in a direct manner, without hesitation) |
a horcajadas verb | straddle [straddled, straddling, straddles](to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something) |
a horcajadas adverb | astraddle(astride) astride(with one’s legs on either side) |
ahorcajarse verb | straddle [straddled, straddling, straddles](to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something) |
bocajarro adverb | point-blankadverb |
carcajada noun {f} | chortle(joyful, somewhat muffled laugh) guffaw [guffaws](a boisterous laugh) |
desencajar verb | dislocate [dislocated, dislocating, dislocates](to put something out of its usual place) misfit(to fit badly) |
encajar verb | dovetail [dovetailed, dovetailing, dovetails](to combine or fit (things) together well) house [housed, housing, houses](contain or enclose mechanical parts) make sense(be coherent) shoehorn(to exert great effort to insert or include something) tuck [tucked, tucking, tucks](fit neatly) |
encajar mal verb | misfit(to fit badly) |
flujo de caja noun | cash flow(stream of funds) |
fuera de la caja preposition | outside the box(beyond convention) |
más allá de la caja preposition | outside the box(beyond convention) |
reírse a carcajadas verb | burst out laughing(suddenly start laughing intensely) |
roca encajante noun {f} | host rocknoun |