roost

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈruːst/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/rust/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ro̅o̅st)

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
roost n (birds' perching place)nido nm
 The bird sat upon his roost in the trees.
 El ave se posó en su nido sobre los árboles.
roost⇒ vi (bird: settle, rest)posarse⇒ v prnl
 This species of bird tends to roost in flocks.
roost vi figurative (settle down) (figurado, coloquial)sentar cabeza loc verb
  establecerse⇒ v prnl
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
come home to roost v expr figurative (become a problem) (para mal)al final todo se paga, al final todo vuelve expr
  volverse en tu contra loc verb
 The company's financial problems came home to roost and it nearly went bankrupt.
rule the roost v expr figurative (be in charge of a household)llevar los pantalones expr
 In our family, it's my mother who rules the roost, not my father.
 En nuestra familia mi madre es quien lleva los pantalones, no mi padre.
  llevar la voz cantante expr
 En nuestra familia mi madre es quien lleva la voz cantante, no mi padre.
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'roost' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
Spanish:
dormida - dormidero - aquellos polvos trajeron estos lodos


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