Spanyol | Angol |
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a pedir de boca adverb | swimmingly(in a very favourable manner) |
abocado adjective | quaffable(easy to drink) |
acostado boca abajo adjective | prostrate(lying flat, facedown) |
alicate de boca semirredonda noun {m} | needlenose pliers(a variety of pliers with long, narrow extensions) |
arpa de boca noun {f} | Jew's harp(musical instrument) |
cállate la boca verb | shut up(imperative: "Shut up!", see also: hold one's tongue) |
cerrar la boca verb | shut up(intransitive: to stop talking or making noise) |
cierra la boca verb | shut up(imperative: "Shut up!", see also: hold one's tongue) |
con esa boca comes pan phrase | you kiss your mother with that mouth(rhetorical question used to indicate that the other person's speech has become too obscene or vulgar) |
cubrebocas noun {m} | surgical mask(mask worn to catch bacteria) |
cuida tu boca verb | |
de la mano a la boca desaparece la sopa phrase | there's many a slip twixt cup and lip(in any situation something can always go wrong) |
depresor del ángulo de la boca noun {m} | triangularis muscle(muscle) |
desbocado adjective | foul-mouthed(of a user of bad language) runaway(unchecked; rampant) |
echar espumarajos por la boca verb | froth at the mouth(rage) |
embocadura noun {f} | embouchure [embouchures](use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth when playing a wind instrument) |
en boca cerrada no entran moscas phrase | a closed mouth catches no flies(It's best not to talk too much) a closed mouth gathers no feet(one who does not speak can be sure of not saying anything embarrassing) |
estar en boca de todos noun | talk of the town(a topic or person discussed by many people) |
freno de boca noun {m} | muzzle brake(device on a firearm) |
hablar por boca de ganso verb | parrot [parroted, parroting, parrots](to repeat exactly without showing understanding) talk through one's hat(to speak lacking knowledge) |
irse la fuerza por la boca adjective | all bark and no bite(full of big talk) |
mantener la boca cerrada verb | hold one's tongue(refrain from talking about something, see also: shut up) |
meterse en la boca del lobo verb | paint oneself into a corner(to create a predicament or problem for oneself) |
no se hizo la miel para la boca del asno verb | |
pasaboca noun | finger food(Food that can be eaten with one's hands) |
pasaboca noun {m} | appetizer [appetizers](small, light first course) snack [snacks]noun |
por la boca muere el pez phrase | loose lips sink ships(saying too much or releasing confidential information can have dangerous consequences) silence is golden(proverb) |
quien tiene boca phrase | to err is human(Everybody makes mistakes) |
quitar las palabras de la boca verb | |
sacabocado noun {m} | punch [punches](mechanism for punching holes in paper) |
se te hace la boca agua adjective | mouthwatering(delicious in taste) |
sondeo a boca de urna noun {m} | exit poll(poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a voting station) |
tapaboca noun {f} | surgical mask(mask worn to catch bacteria) |
tener el corazón en la boca noun | one's heart in one's mouth(to be very scared (idiom)) |
textura en boca noun {f} | mouthfeel(texture perceived by mouth) |