WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| jive n | (1940s fast dance style) | jive nm |
| | Jive was a popular style of dance in the 1940s. |
| jive n | US (1940s urban slang) | jerga nf |
| | | argot nm |
| | Jive was a jazz slang that developed in the 1940's. |
| jive adj | informal, US (insincere) | falso/a adj |
| | | poco sincero loc adj |
| | Don't you go believing that man's jive excuses! |
| jive⇒ vi | (dance the jive) | bailar el jive loc verb |
| | So you're a dance instructor? Can you teach me how to jive? |
| | ¿Eres profesor de baile? ¿Puedes enseñarme a bailar el jive? |
| jive [sb]⇒ vtr | informal, US (tease, talk nonsense to) | vacilar a vtr + prep |
| | | cargar a vtr + prep |
| | | burlar a vtr + prep |
| | Are you just jiving me or are you serious? |
| | ¿Me estás vacilando o hablas en serio? |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
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