| Principal Translations |
| tail n | (animal: end part) | cola nf |
| | | rabo nm |
| | The dog yelped when the guy stepped on his tail. |
| | El perro chilló cuando el hombre le pisó la cola. |
| tail n | figurative (rear) | parte trasera loc nom f |
| | The truck hit the tail of the car. |
| | El camión chocó con la parte trasera del vehículo. |
| tail n | (end section of an aircraft) (aviación) | cola nf |
| | The airline's logo was on the tail of the aircraft. |
| | El logo de la línea aérea estaba en la cola del avión. |
| tails n | (reverse face of a coin) | cruz nf |
| | If the coin lands on heads, I win; if it's tails, you win. |
| | Si sale cara, yo gano; si sale cruz, ganas tú. |
| tails interj | (coin: reverse face up) | cruz interj |
| | Do you want heads or tails in the coin toss? Tails! |
| | ¿Cara o cruz? ¡Cruz! |
| tail adj | (rear) | trasero/a adj |
| | | de atrás loc adj |
| | The tail part of the car was damaged when it was hit by another car from behind. |
| | La parte trasera del auto recibió daños cuando fue impactada por otro auto. |
| Additional Translations |
| tail adj | (coming from behind) | de cola loc adj |
| | The sailboat benefited from a strong tail breeze. |
| | El velero se benefició del fuerte viento de cola. |
| tail n | (end part of a comet) (astronomía) | cola nf |
| | The tail of that comet is visible with the naked eye. |
| | La cola de ese cometa es visible a simple vista. |
| tail n | (bottom of a shirt) (ropa) | faldón nm |
| | The tail of his shirt was hanging out of his pants. |
| | El faldón de su camisa sobresalía de sus pantalones. |
| tail n | (trailing part of a kite) | cola nf |
| | The kite had a long beautiful tail. |
| | La cometa tenía una cola larga y hermosa. |
| tail n | figurative, slang (person doing surveillance) | seguimiento nm |
| | (España, figurado) | sombra nf |
| | The police put a tail on the gangster to find out who his associates are. |
| | La policía hizo un seguimiento al gángster para descubrir a sus socios. |
| | La policía le puso una sombra al gángster para localizar a sus socios. |
| tail n | vulgar, offensive, informal, mainly US (sex with a woman) (con mujer) | polvo nm |
| | | ligue nm |
| | Rob is so immature; all he ever talks about is "getting some tail." |
| | Rob es tan inmaduro, solo habla de "conseguir un polvo". |
| tail n | vulgar, offensive!, informal, mainly US (women as sexual object) (AR, vulgar) | concha nf |
| | (ES, vulgar) | chorba nf |
| | Steve is such a misogynist; he talks about women as "tail." |
| | Esteban es un misógino, le dice a las mujeres "conchas". |
| tail n | US, informal (buttocks) (eufemismo) | trasero nm |
| | (ES: coloquial; AmL: vulgar) | culo nm |
| | | nalgas nfpl |
| | I slipped in the mud and landed on my tail. |
| | Me resbalé en el lodo y caí sobre el trasero. |
| tails npl | (tailcoat: men's dress coat) | frac nm |
| | He was dressed in top hat and tails. |
| | Él estaba vestido de sombrero de copa y frac. |
| tail [sb/sth]⇒ vtr | informal (follow) (persona) | seguir a vtr + prep |
| | | seguir⇒ vtr |
| | The spy tailed the official to find out whom he was working with. |
| | El espía siguió al funcionario para averiguar con quién trabajaba. |