elephant

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈɛlɪfənt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈɛləfənt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(el′ə fənt)

Inflections of 'elephant' (n):
elephants
npl (All usages)
elephant
npl (Can be used as a collective plural—e.g. "The poachers are hunting elephant.")
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
elephant n (large pachyderm)elefante, elefanta nm, nf
 An elephant at the zoo gave birth last week.
 Una elefanta del zoológico tuvo cría la semana pasada.
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Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
bull,
bull elephant n		 (male elephant)elefante macho nm + adj
 A bull stared at the hunting group, challenging them to move.
 Un elefante macho miraba fijamente al grupo de cazadores, desafiándolos a moverse.
bull elephant n (male elephant) (elefante)macho nm
 Suddenly, a bull elephant came stampeding through the weeds.
calf,
elephant calf,
plural: elephant calves n		 (baby elephant) (elefante)cría nf
 The elephant looked around warily, guarding her calf.
 La elefante miraba alrededor con cautela, vigilando a su cría.
elephant calf n (baby elephant)cría de elefante grupo nom
  elefantito nm
  cachorro de elefante grupo nom
elephant gun n (hunting rifle)rifle para caza mayor grupo nom
elephant gun n figurative (excessive response)exageración nf
 The police used 'elephant gun' tactics against the demonstrators.
 La policía cometió una exageración con los manifestantes.
  respuesta exagerada grupo nom
 La policía tuvo una respuesta exagerada contra los manifestantes.
  (coloquial, figurado)matar mosquitos a cañonazos expr
 La policía usó la táctica de matar mosquitos a cañonazos contra los manifestantes.
elephant seal (animal)elefante marino loc nom m
  mirounga nm
elephant shrew (animal)musaraña elefante loc nom f
napier grass,
elephant grass n		 (plant)pasto de Napier, pasto de Uganda loc nom m
  hierba de elefante loc nom f
sea elephant (animal)elefante marino loc nom m
the elephant in the room expr (obvious thing being ignored)la verdad que nadie quiere ver, la verdad incómoda loc nom f
  el secreto a voces loc nom m
  el elefante en la habitación, el elefante en la sala loc nom m
white elephant n figurative (unwanted item)cachivache nm
  trasto nm
white elephant sale n (sale of unwanted items)venta de objetos usados nf + loc adj
  (formal)venta de objetos de segunda mano nf + loc adj
  (ES)rastrillo de segunda mano nm + loc adj
 They're having a white elephant sale at the village hall tomorrow.
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'elephant' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
bull - bull elephant - calf - caparison - elephant calf - elephantine - heffalump - howdah - ivory - jumbo - mahout - mammoth - mastodon - pachyderm - trumpet - trunk - woolly mammoth - wooly mammoth
Spanish:
elefante - colocasia - elefante marino - memoria de elefante - mercadillo - palmita - tener buen saque

Collocations: the poaching of elephants (for their ivory), poached elephants (for their ivory), a [herd, stampede] of elephants, more...

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