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a pelo

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
a pelo loc adv	(caballería: sin silla)	bareback adv
		without a saddle expr
	A Manuel le encantan los caballos e incluso sabe montarlos a pelo.
	Manuel loves horses and even knows how to ride bareback.

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Additional Translations
Spanish		English
a pelo loc adv	(con cabeza sin cubrir)	uncovered, unprotected adv
		bareheaded adj
	Aunque hacía frío, los turistas salieron a caminar por las montañas a pelo.
	ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. The tourists left their hotel uncovered (or: unprotected), despite the looming rain clouds.
a pelo loc adv	(sin ayuda, sin defensa)	on your own expr
		alone adv
		left to your own devices expr
	Como el director estaba de vacaciones, tuvimos que enfrentar la crisis a pelo.
	Since the director was on vacation, we had to tackle the crisis on our own.
a pelo loc adv	(práctica sexual: sin preservativo)	bareback adv
	Muchas parejas prefieren tener sexo a pelo.

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Compound Forms:
Spanish		English
a caballo regalado no se le mira el diente, a caballo regalado no se le mira el pelo expr	(en regalos no se exige)	don't look a gift horse in the mouth, never look a gift horse in the mouth expr
	—¿Puedes creerlo? ¡El auto que me dio mi papá no tiene aire acondicionado! —¡A caballo regalado no se le mira el diente!
	- Can you believe it? The car my dad gave me hasn't got air conditioning! - Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
A caballo regalado no se le mira el diente, A caballo regalado no se le miran los dientes, A caballo regalado no se le mira el pelo expr	(no se exige en lo regalado)	don't look a gift horse in the mouth, never look a gift horse in the mouth expr
Note: Otras variantes: «A caballo regalado no hay que mirarle el diente», «A caballo regalado no le mires el dentado».
	—¿Puedes creerlo? ¡El auto que me dio mi papá no tiene aire acondicionado! —¡A caballo regalado no se le mira el diente!
a un pelo de loc prep	coloquial (a punto de)	a hair's breadth away prep
		very close to prep
	(colloquial)	a cat's whiskers from prep
jalar el pelo, relplace: jalarle el pelo a alguien loc verb + prep	(tirar del cabello)	yank [sb]'s hair, pull [sb]'s hair v expr
	La pequeña estaba llorando porque un niño le había jalado el pelo.
	The little girl was crying because the boy had yanked (or: pulled) her hair.
no verle el pelo a alguien loc verb + prep	coloquial (notar su ausencia) (colloquial)	not see hide nor hair of v expr
se te va a caer el pelo expr	coloquial (vas a recibir un castigo) (be in trouble)	you're really going to get it v expr
		you're in for it v expr
	Si rompes algo en la casa de la abuela se te va a caer el pelo.
	If you break anything at grandpa's house, you're really going to get it.
tomarle el pelo a alguien loc verb + prep	coloquial (burlarse de alguien)	play [sb] for a fool v expr
		trick [sb]⇒, fool [sb]⇒ vtr
		pull [sb]'s leg v expr
	Los niños le tomaron el pelo a Andrés por su equivocación en el examen.
verle el pelo a alguien		pull [sb]'s leg v expr

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