Compound Forms:
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| basking shark | (animal) | tiburón peregrino loc nom m |
blue shark,
great blue shark | (fish) | tiburón azul loc nom m |
| | (ES, MX) | tintorera nf |
bull shark,
cub shark n | (large aggressive shark) | tiburón sarda loc nom m |
| | | tiburón toro loc nom m |
| card shark n | (expert card player) | tahúr nm |
| | | jugador, jugadora nm, nf |
| card shark n | ([sb] who cheats at playing cards) | tahúr nm |
| | | fullero, fullera nm, nf |
| | | tramposo, tramposa nm, nf |
cardsharp,
card sharp,
cardsharper,
also US: cardshark,
card shark n | (card-playing trickster) | tahúr n común |
| | | fullero, fullera nm, nf |
| | | tramposo, tramposa nm, nf |
| | My friend lost all his money in a poker game with a cardsharp. |
| | Mi amigo perdió todo su dinero en un juego de póker con un tahúr. |
cardsharp,
card sharp,
cardsharper,
also US: cardshark,
card shark n | (skilled card player) | tahúr n común |
| | | buen jugador, buena jugadora adj + nm, nf |
great white shark,
white shark,
great white n | (large fish) | tiburón blanco loc nom m |
Greenland shark,
gurry shark,
gray shark (US),
grey shark (UK) n | (fish: Somniosus microcephalus) | tiburón boreal loc nom m |
| | | tiburón de Groenlandia loc nom m |
hammerhead,
hammerhead shark n | (shark: wide head) | pez martillo loc nom m |
| loan shark n | (moneylender) | prestamista nm |
| | (despectivo) | usurero nm |
| | The local loan shark offers a better lending rate than my bank. |
| | A credit union would help stop people falling prey to loan sharks. |
| | El prestamista local ofrece un tipo de interés sobre el préstamo mejor que mi banco. |
| mako shark n | (type of large carnivorous fish) | tiburón mako nm |
| Note: Nombre científico: Isurus oxyrinchus, Isurus paucus |
| | | marrajo nm |
| | El marrajo es un tiburón de los grandes. |
man-eating shark,
man-eater shark,
man-eater n | (shark that attacks humans) | tiburón que ataca personas nm + loc adj |
| nurse shark n | (type of shark) | tiburón gata loc nom m |
| | | tiburón nodriza loc nom m |
| prickly shark n | (variety of large fish) | tiburón negro espinoso loc nom m |
| Note: Nombre científico: Echinorhinus cookei. |
| requiem shark n | (warm-water shark family) | carcarrínido nm |
| | | tiburón nm |
| shark cage n | (safety enclosure for diving) | jaula de buzo nf |
| shark dive n | (underwater wildlife viewing) | buceo safari loc nom m |
shark infested,
shark-infested adj | (water: full of sharks) | infestado de tiburones loc adj |
| Note: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun |
| | Ni se te ocurra meterte en el mar, dicen que esta zona está infestada de tiburones. |
| shark repellent n | ([sth] that drives sharks away) | repelente de tiburones nm + loc adj |
| shark repellent n | figurative (business: to prevent hostile takeover) | prevención de explotadores, protección contra explotadores grupo nom |
| | (figurado) | repelente de tiburones grupo nom |
| tiger shark n | (carnivorous fish with striped markings) (Ictiología) | tiburón tigre nm |
| | Tiger sharks are not often aggressive towards humans. |
| | Los tiburones tigre no suelen ser agresivos con los humanos. |
| whale shark n | (large fish) | tiburón ballena loc nom m |
whitetip shark,
reef whitetip shark,
white-tipped shark n | (fish: Triaenodon obesus) | tiburón de arrecife de punta blanca loc nom m |
whitetip shark,
oceanic whitetip shark,
white-tipped shark n | (fish: Carcharhinus longimanus) | tiburón oceánico de puntas blancas loc nom m |