WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
Principal Translations |
pay through the nose v expr | figurative (spend too much money on [sth]) (figurado, pagar demasiado dinero) | pagar un ojo de la cara expr |
| Our train was cancelled, so we ended up paying through the nose to take a taxi. |
pay through the nose for [sth] v expr | figurative (spend too much money on [sth]) (coloquial) | gastarse un riñón expr |
| (AR, coloquial) | salir un ojo de la cara expr |
| He paid through the nose for that car, and it's nothing but a piece of junk. |
| Se gastó un riñón en un auto que resultó ser una porquería. |
| | pagar un dineral loc verb |
| | pagar una fortuna loc verb |
| Pagó un dineral por un auto que resultó ser una porquería. |
| | gastarse un riñón expr |
| (AR) | salir un ojo de la cara expr |