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píldora

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
píldora nf	(pastilla de medicina)	pill, tablet n
	El médico le recetó unas píldoras para el dolor de garganta.
	The doctor prescribed some pills (or: tablets) for his throat pain.
píldora nf	(anticonceptiva)	pill, contraceptive pill n
	La píldora es el anticonceptivo preferido por los españoles.
	The pill (or: contraceptive pill) is the preferred contraceptive of the Spaniards.

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Additional Translations
Spanish		English
píldora nf	coloquial (mala noticia, desgracia)	bitter pill n
	La noticia del accidente fue una píldora amarga para él.
	The news of the accident was a bitter pill for him.
píldora nf	poco usado (comentario provocador)	bombshell n
	Menuda píldora acabas de soltar justo cuando se estaban calmando los ánimos.
	That was quite the bombshell you dropped just when things were calming down.

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Compound Forms:
Spanish		English
dorar la píldora loc verb	coloquial (mala noticia: atenuar) (literal)	sweeten the pill for [sb], sugar the pill for [sb] v expr
		sugarcoat⇒ vtr
	El Gobierno intentará dorarles la píldora a los ciudadanos para no causar su descontento con el aumento de los impuestos.
	The government will try to sweeten the pill for the citizens so as to not cause discontent with the tax hike.
	ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. They tried to sugarcoat the downturn in the economy by making claims about huge potential foreign investment.
dorarle la píldora a alguien loc verb + prep	coloquial (adular a alguien)	butter [sb] up v expr
	(informal)	suck up to [sb] vtr phrasal insep
	(UK)	lick up to [sb] vtr phrasal insep
	(colloquial)	brown nose⇒ vtr
	Tomás es un adulador: te está dorando la píldora para ganar tu favor.
	Thomas is a flatterer; he is buttering you up to get in your good books.

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