rabo



Inflexiones de 'rabo' (nm): mpl: rabos
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Principal Translations
SpanishEnglish
rabo nm (cola de animal)tail n
 El perro menea el rabo cuando está feliz.
 The dog wags its tail when it is happy.
rabo nm (comida: cola de animal) (meat)oxtail n
 Mi abuela prepara un guiso de rabo delicioso.
 My grandmother makes a delicious stew with oxtail.
rabo nm (rama de hoja o fruta)stem n
  stalk n
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Additional Translations
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rabo nm (ojo: rabillo, ángulo) (figurative: eye)corner n
 Lo miró de refilón por el rabo del ojo.
 He looked at him out of the corner of his eye.
rabo nm AR, CO, MX, VE, coloquial (trasero, glúteos) (US, vulgar)butt, ass n
  (UK, vulgar)arse n
  backside, back end n
 El jefe apremió a los empleados gritándoles ¡Moviendo el rabo que no tenemos todo el día!
 The boss pressured his workers shouting at them: "Move your butts; we don't have all day!”
rabo nm vulgar (pene) (vulgar)dick, cock n
 El más joven de la pandilla le dio a Antonio una patada en el rabo.
 The youngest kid in the gang kicked Antonio in the dick.
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Compound Forms:
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agarrarlas del rabo,
cogerlas del rabo
loc verb
CR: coloquial (tener dificultades económicas)fall on hard times v expr
Aquí torció la puerca el rabo expr AmL: coloquial (esta es la dificultad)this is where things get tricky expr
  here's where things went wrong,
 Aquí torció la puerca el rabo: si la junta no aprueba el presupuesto, tendremos que cancelar el proyecto.
 This is where things get tricky: if the board doesn't approve the budget we'll have to cancel the project.
con el rabo entre las piernas,
con el rabo entre las patas
loc adv
coloquial (con humillación)with your tail between your legs expr
cortarle el rabo a alguien loc verb + prep CR: coloquial (despedirlo de un trabajo)give [sb] the ax, give [sb] the sack v expr
  fire [sb], sack [sb] vtr
de cabo a rabo loc prep (de principio a fin)beginning to end adv
  cover to cover adv
 Juan leyó el libro de cabo a rabo.
 Juan read the book from beginning to end.
 Juan read the book from cover to cover.
de rabo loc adv América, coloquial (de culo) (colloquial, US)on your ass adv
  on your butt adv
  (UK)on your arse adv
  on your backside adv
 Me caí de rabo en el suelo.
 I fell on my ass on the ground.
viejo rabo verde,
rabo verde
loc nom m
peyorativo, coloquial (busca mujeres más jóvenes)dirty old man n
  (male, dated)dirty old man n
 Ese viejo rabo verde va al parque todos los días a mirar a las jovencitas.
 That dirty old man goes to the park every day to watch young girls.
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