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a palo seco

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
a palo seco loc adv	(sin accesorios, directamente)	say [sth] bluntly v expr
		just like that expr
	¿Y me dices que mi madre ha muerto así, a palo seco?
	You're telling me bluntly like this that my mother has died?
a palo seco loc adv	(sin comer) (drink)	straight adv
		on its own expr
	Se bebió tres chupitos de tequila a palo seco, sin comer nada.
	He downed three straight tequila shots without eating anything.
a palo seco loc adv	(embarcación: velas recogidas)	under bare poles expr
	Se ve que la embarcación está a palo seco, tiene todas las velas recogidas.
	You can see that the boat is sailing under bare poles. The sails are all gathered up.
a palo seco loc adv	(sin beber)	dry adv
	Se comió una caja de polvorones a palo seco. No sé cómo no se atragantó.
	He ate a whole box of sugar cookies dry. I don't know why he didn't choke.

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