alley

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Inflections of 'alley' (n): npl: alleys
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Principal Translations
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alley n (narrow street)callejón nm
  callejuela nf
 Beware of strange people trying to sell things in alleys.
 Cuidado con los extraños que intentan vender cosas en callejones.
alley n (passage)pasaje nm
 A family of raccoons lives in the alley next to Freddy's apartment building.
 Una familia de mapaches vive en el pasaje contiguo al edificio de Freddy.
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Additional Translations
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alley n mainly US (part of tennis court: sideline)pasillo de dobles loc nom m
 If the ball lands on the inside line of the alley, it is in.
 Si la pelota cae dentro de la línea del pasillo de dobles, entra.
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Compound Forms:
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alley cat n US (stray cat)gato callejero nm + adj
alley cat n dated, figurative, slang (man: womanizer)picaflor nm
 Tiene una mujer encantadora pero él sigue siendo un picaflor.
  mujeriego nm
blind alley n (street: no exit)calle sin salida nf + loc adj
 I had turned into a blind alley and had to put the car in reverse.
blind alley n figurative (situation: no progress)callejón sin salida loc nom m
 This man's ideas are taking us into a blind alley.
 Las ideas del hombre nos están llevando a un callejón sin salida.
bowling alley n (venue for tenpin bowling)bolera nf
  boliche nm
 My gym class went to the bowling alley last week for our unit on bowling.
 Mi clase de gimnasia fue a la bolera la semana pasada.
Tin Pan Alley n historical (pop music genre) (música pop de inicios del siglo XX)Tin Pan Alley loc nom
Tin Pan Alley n historical (place where this music originated)Tin Pan Alley n propio m
Tin Pan Alley n historical (industry that produced this music) (industria)Tin Pan Alley loc nom f
up your alley,
right up your alley (US),
up your street,
right up your street (UK) expr		 slang (the sort of thing you like) (ES, coloquial)de tu rollo loc adj
  (AR, coloquial)tu mambo loc adj
 That new film looks as though it'll be up your alley. You're going to love this new club: it's right up your alley!
 La nueva película es justo de tu rollo.
  como te gusta loc adj
  de lo que te gusta loc adj
 La nueva película es justo como te gusta.
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'alley' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
passageway
Spanish:
callejón - callejuela - pasadizo - bolera - boliche - calleja - callejón de dobles - estar en su elemento

Collocations: [robbed, mugged, attacked, killed] in a dark alley, The [robbery] took place in the alley., in a dark alley at night, more...

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