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callejón

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
callejón nm	(calle estrecha)	alley n
		alleyway n
		passage n
	Era un callejón oscuro y peligroso.
	It was a dark and dangerous alley.
	It was a dark and dangerous alleyway.
	It was a dark and dangerous passage.

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Additional Translations
Spanish		English
callejón nm	(tauromaquia: corredor) (of bullring)	refuge n
	Brincó al callejón para escapar del toro.
	He jumped into the refuge to escape the bull.

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Compound Forms:
Spanish		English
callejón de dobles nm + loc adj	(tenis: área de la cancha) (tennis)	doubles alley, doubles sideline n
	(tennis, UK)	tramlines npl
callejón sin salida nm + loc adj	(vía sin continuación)	dead-end street, dead-end road n
		cul-de-sac n
	No te metas por ahí con el coche, que es un callejón sin salida.
	Don't go that way with your car because it is a dead-end road.
callejón sin salida loc nom m	figurado (situación que no progresa) (figurative)	dead end n
		impasse n
	Nuestra relación está en un callejón sin salida.
	Our relationship is at a dead end.
llegar a un punto muerto, llegar a callejón sin salida loc verb	(no tener salida)	come to an impasse v expr
		reach a stalemate v expr
	La situación económica actual ha llegado a un punto muerto. No hay salida.
	The current economic situation has come to an impasse. There is no way out.

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