Spanyol | Angol |
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llevarse el gato al agua verb | pull off(To achieve; to succeed at something difficult) |
menta de gato noun {f} | catnip(plant of the genus Nepeta) |
mojigato adjective | prudish(exaggeratedly proper) |
mojigato noun {m} | prude [prudes](A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) |
mojigato adjective {m} | prim [primmer, primmest](prudish) sanctimonious(making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically) self-righteous(piously self-assured and smugly moralistic) |
obligatoriamente adverb | compulsorily(in a compulsory manner) mandatorily(in a mandatory manner) |
obligatoriedad noun {f} | obligatoriness(quality of being obligatory) |
obligatorio adjective | compulsory(mandatory, see also: mandatory; obligatory) incumbent(imposed on someone as an obligation, especially due to one's office) mandatory(obligatory, see also: obligatory; compulsory) obligatory(binding, see also: mandatory; compulsory) |
oler a gato encerrado verb | smell a rat(to sense something suspicious) |
pejegato noun {m} | catsharknoun |
pelagatos noun {m} {f} | nobody [nobodies](unimportant person) |
pelagatos noun {m} | good-for-nothing(person of little worth or usefulness) |
pez gato noun {m} | catfish [catfishes](type of fish, see also: sheatfish) |
pie de gato noun {m} | climbing shoe(footwear) |
ponerle el cascabel al gato verb | bell the cat(to undertake a dangerous action in the service of a group) |
purgatorio proper noun {m} | Purgatory(intermediate state after physical death) |
rabo de gato noun {m} | mountain tea(plant) |
rabogato noun {m} | mountain tea(plant) |
reclutamiento obligatorio noun {m} | conscription(involuntary labor, especially military service) |
sabático obligatorio no pagado noun {m} | furlough [furloughs](period of unpaid time off used by an employer to reduce costs) |
servicio militar obligatorio noun {m} | conscription(involuntary labor, especially military service) |
tagatosa noun {f} | tagatose [tagatoses](ketohexose) |
ver menos que un gato de escayola adjective | blind as a bat(nearly totally blind) |
¿te ha comido la lengua el gato? phrase | cat got someone's tongue(why are you not saying anything?) |