Spanyol | Angol |
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lobo con piel de oveja noun | wolf in sheep's clothing(someone or something harmful or threatening but disguised as something peaceful or pleasant) |
maniático de la limpieza adjective | fastidious(overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness) |
milpiés noun {m} | millipede [millipedes](elongated arthropod) |
mujer de la limpieza noun {f} | charwoman [charwomen](cleaning lady) |
multipropiedad noun {f} | time-share(property) |
nadie sabe lo que tiene hasta que lo pierde phrase | absence makes the heart grow fonder(When someone or something is far away, one realizes how much one loves or misses them or it) |
no dar pie con bola preposition | off one's gamepreposition |
no encontrar ni pies ni cabeza a verb | make head or tail of(understand even minimally) |
no vendas la piel del oso antes de cazarlo phrase | don't count your chickens before they're hatched(one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur) |
no ver ni pies ni cabeza a verb | make head or tail of(understand even minimally) |
nota a pie de página noun {f} | footnote [footnotes](comment at the bottom of a printed page) |
omnisapiente adjective | omniscient(having total knowledge) |
Pasapiezas noun {?} | bughouse chess(variant of chess) |
pasar por la piedra verb | have one's way with(to engage in sexual intercourse) |
pegarse un tiro en el pie verb | shoot oneself in the foot(to act against one's own interest) |
pijama con los pies noun | sleeper [sleepers](type of pajamas that covers the whole body) |
pipa de piedra noun {f} | crack-pipe(object used for smoking crack cocaine) |
planta del pie noun {f} | sole [soles](bottom of the foot) |
poner a alguien a los pies de los caballos verb | throw under the bus(betray) |
poner el pie verb | set foot(to enter) |
poner pies en polvorosa verb | take to one's heels(to flee or run away) |
ponerse de pie verb | stand up(rise from a sitting position) |
primera piedra noun {f} | cornerstone [cornerstones](ceremonial stone) |
propiedad noun {f} | appropriateness(the quality or condition of being appropriate) estate [estates](property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person) ownership(legal status) premises(land, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place) property [properties](something owned) propriety [proprieties](correctness in behaviour and morals) |
propiedad intelectual noun {f} | intellectual property [intellectual properties](product of someone's intellect) |
propiedad privada noun {f} | private property(belongings owned by individuals) |
propietario noun | proprietor [proprietors](owner) |
propietario noun {m} | host [hosts]noun owner [owners](one who owns) tenant [tenants](law: one who holds property) |
propietario prestamista noun {m} | lienholder(person who has right of property) |
punta del pie noun {f} | tiptoe [tiptoes](tips of one's toes) |
puntapié noun {m} | kick [kicks](hit or strike with the leg or foot) |
que no tiene ni pies ni cabeza adjective | unfounded(not based on solid reasons or facts) |
que tire la primera piedra. phrase | let him who is without sin cast the first stone(only those who are faultless have the right to pass judgment on others) |