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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026: | Principal Translations |
| cow n | (female bovine) | vaca nf |
| | The cow needed to be milked twice daily. |
| | La vaca tiene que ser ordeñada dos veces al día. |
| cow n | (female of certain animals) | hembra nf |
| | The elephants lived in a group consisting of three cows and their babies. |
| | Los elefantes vivían en un grupo que consistía en tres hembras y sus crías. |
| cow n | pejorative, offensive, informal, UK (unpleasant woman) | cerda nf |
| | | arpía nf |
| | I hate my new teacher. She's such a cow! |
| | Detesto a mi nueva maestra, ¡es una cerda! |
| cow n | pejorative, offensive, informal, US (obese woman) | vaca nf |
| | | ballena nf |
| | She wasn't so fat before, but now she is a real cow. |
| | Antes ella no era tan gorda, pero ahora está hecha una vaca. |
| cow n | pejorative, offensive, informal, US (person who eats a lot) | tragón, tragona nm, nf |
| | | caballo nm |
| | Don't be such a cow. Stop eating. |
| | No seas tan tragón. Para ya de comer. |
| cow n | pejorative, informal, US ([sth] difficult) (figurado) | elefante blanco loc nom m |
| | (MX, coloquial, vulgar) | joda nf |
| | This car's a beauty but it's an absolute cow to maintain. |
| | Este carro es una belleza, pero es un elefante blanco para mantenerlo. |
| Additional Translations |
| cow [sb]⇒ vtr | often passive (intimidate) | intimidar a vtr + prep |
| | | amedrentar a vtr + prep |
| | This politician is steadfast and does not allow his opponents to cow him. |
| | El político está firme y no permite que sus oponentes lo intimiden. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026: Locuciones verbales
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| cow down vi phrasal | US, informal (be intimidated) (ser intimado) | agachar la cabeza expr |
| | | echarse atrás loc verb |
| | Jeff tried to intimidate me but I refused to cow down. |
| | No voy a agachar la cabeza ante ella. ¡No me asusta! |
| cow down to [sb] vi phrasal + prep | US, informal (be intimidated) | dejarse intimidar por loc verb |
| | I'm not going to cow down to her. She doesn't scare me! |
| | No me dejaré intimidar por ella, ¡no me asusta! |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026: Compound Forms:
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| beef cow n | (bovine farmed for meat) | vaca de carne, vaca para carne nf + loc adj |
| | Beef cows, unlike dairy animals, are not milked daily. |
| | A diferencia de las lecheras, a las vacas para carne no se las ordeña todos los días. |
| cash cow n | figurative ([sth] lucrative) (figurado, coloquial) | gallina de los huevos de oro expr |
| | Bottled water is the cash cow of the new millennium - it costs more than gasoline! |
| | El agua embotellada es la gallina de los huevos de oro del nuevo milenio; ¡cuesta más que la gasolina! |
cow parsley,
Queen Anne's lace n | (plant: Anthriscus sylvestris) | perifollo verde loc nom m |
cow pie,
cow patty,
cow flop,
cow chip (US),
cowpat (UK) n | informal (bovine feces) (figurado, coloquial) | torta de vaca loc nom f |
| | (ES, coloquial) | plasta de vaca loc nom f |
| | | bosta, boñiga nf |
| | When Beverly walked across the cow pasture, she stepped in a huge cow pie! |
| | Beverly pisó una enorme torta de vaca cuando paseaba por la zona de pasto de las vacas. |
| cow pony n | (small horse: herds cattle) | caballo vaquero nm + adj |
cowhide [sb],
cow-hide [sb]⇒ vtr | (whip with cowhide) | pegar con cuero a loc verb |
cowshed,
cow shed n | (shelter for cattle) | vaqueriza nf |
| | | establo nm |
| | The farmer heads out to the cowshed early in the morning to milk the cows. |
| dairy cow n | (cow kept for milking) | vaca lechera nf + adj |
| | We kept a dairy cow, and it was my brother's job to milk her. |
have a cow,
have kittens v expr | slang, figurative (become angry or upset) | enfadarse⇒, enojarse⇒ v prnl |
| | (ES: coloquial) | cabrearse⇒ v prnl |
| Holy cow! interj | informal (astonishment) | ¡Santo Dios! loc interj |
| | | ¡Santo cielo! loc interj |
| | | ¡Cielos! interj |
| | | ¡Dios mío! loc interj |
| | Holy cow! What size is that diamond on your finger? Holy cow! I came close to hitting that car in front of me! |
| | ¡Santo Dios! ¿De qué tamaño es ese diamante que llevas en el dedo? |
| holy cow n | figurative ([sth] sacred) | intocable adj mf |
| | (persona) | dios, diosa nm, nf |
| | It is time to stop treating tourism as a holy cow which we must protect and nurture at all costs. |
| | Es hora de dejar de tratar el turismo como algo intocable que debe protegerse y apoyarse a toda costa. |
| mad cow disease n | (BSE: bovine spongiform encephalopathy) | enfermedad de la vaca loca grupo nom |
| | More cattle are to be tested for mad cow disease. |
| | Están testeando más ganado por la enfermedad de la vaca loca. |
| male cow | (bull) | toro nm |
milk cow,
milch cow n | (dairy cow kept for milking) | vaca lechera loc nom f |
| | If you want to live a self-sufficient lifestyle then you ought to buy a milk cow. |
| | Si quieres vivir una vida autosuficiente deberías comprarte una vaca lechera. |
milk cow,
milch cow,
cash cow n | figurative ([sth] profitable) (figurado) | mina de oro loc nom f |
| poor cow n | vulgar, potentially offensive, informal, UK (unfortunate woman) (mujer desafortunada) | ¡pobre mujer! loc interj |
| | Her husband left her to raise five children on her own, the poor cow. |
| | Su marido la dejó con cinco hijos que cuidar, ¡Pobre mujer! |
| sacred cow n | figurative ([sth] considered holy) (figurado) | vaca sagrada loc nom f |
| | He looks upon his car as a kind of sacred cow. |
| | Cuida de su auto como si fuera una vaca sagrada. |
| sea cow n | (manatee) | manatí nm |
| | In Costa Rica they take good care to preserve the sea cows. |
| | En Costa Rica se esfuerzan mucho en preservar a los manatíes. |
| | | vaca marina loc nom f |
| | En Costa Rica se esfuerzan mucho en preservar a las vacas marinas. |
spatterdock,
cow lily n | (plant) | nenúfar nf |
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