Compound Forms:
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American coot,
water hen n | (bird) | gallareta nf |
bachelorette party (US),
hen night,
hen party,
hen do (UK) n | (party for a wife-to-be) | despedida de soltera loc nom f |
| battery hen n | (egg-laying chicken kept in cage) | gallina en batería, gallina de batería, gallina enjaulada nf |
chicken hawk,
hen hawk n | US (hawk that eats chickens) | gavilán nm |
| | | azor nm |
Cornish hen (US),
poussin (UK) n | (young chicken raised for meat) | gallina de Cornualles nf |
| | Cornish hens are just midget chickens. |
| guinea hen n | (female bird) | gallina de Guinea loc nom f |
| hen do n | UK, informal (party for a bride-to-be) | despedida de soltera nf |
| | When are you having your hen do? |
| hen party n | UK (hen night, women-only celebration for bride-to-be) | despedida de soltera loc nom f |
| | She wanted to invite ten of her best friends to her hen party. |
| | Quería invitar a diez de sus mejores amigas a su despedida de soltera. |
| hen party n | informal, US (gathering of women only) | fiesta sólo para chicas nf + loc adj |
hen scratch,
hen scratch (US),
chicken scratch (UK) n | figurative, informal (illegible handwriting) | garabatos, garrapatos nmpl |
| hen teaser n | UK, slang (man who leads women on) | seductor nm |
| | (coloquial) | chulo nm |
henhouse,
hen-house,
hen house n | (shelter for chickens) | gallinero nm |
henpecked,
hen-pecked adj | (persistently nagged by woman) (ES, coloquial) | calzonazos adj inv |
| | (AR, coloquial) | calzonudo adj |
| | | dominado por la mujer loc adj |
| | Richard was so henpecked that he didn't dare voice his opinion, even about what he wanted to eat for dinner. |
| | Richard era tan calzonazos que no se animaba a opinar, ni siquiera sobre lo que quería comer. |
marsh harrier,
also UK: hen harrier n | (bird of prey: Circus cyaneus) | aguilucho pálido loc nom m |
| | | gavilán rastrero loc nom m |
| marsh hen | (bird) | gallinula nf |
| | | gallineta nf |
| | | polla de agua loc nom f |
moorhen,
water hen n | (marsh bird) | polla de agua loc nom f |
| mother hen n | figurative (overprotective woman) (figurado) | mamá gallina loc nom f |
| | Mis instintos de mamá gallina no los he perdido, y eso que mis hijos tienen todos más de 30 años. |
northern harrier (US),
marsh hawk (US),
hen harrier (UK) n | (bird) | aguilucho pálido, gavilán rastrero loc nom m |