Una palabra o frase conversacional que se usa en el habla común (p. ej. abuelita).
(coloquial)
That dog started cheating on his girlfriend almost as soon as they started going out.Ese canalla le pegó cuernos a su novia prácticamente tan pronto empezaron a salir.
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Una palabra o frase ofensiva que se usa para degradar a una persona o a un grupo de personas basado en su raza, género, preferencia sexual, etc. (p. ej. cafre).
Una palabra o frase conversacional que se usa en el habla común (p. ej. abuelita).
(coloquial)
Regionalismo que se usa en España
(España)
Rosalia might not be the most beautiful girl in the world, but she's not a dog either.Puede que Rosalía no sea la chica más guapa del mundo, pero tampoco es un callo.
Un verbo transitivo es un verbo que requiere de un objeto directo (p.ej. Yo compré un libro.).
it's dog eat dog in this placeaquí se despedazan unos a otros
to go to the dogs[+person]echarse a perder;[+nation, country]ir a la ruina
dog's breakfastrevoltijo (m)
to have a dog's chance
he hasn't a dog's chanceno tiene la más remota posibilidad
it's a dog's lifees una vida de perros
to be dressed up like a dog's dinnerir hecho un adefesio
to be a dog in the manger[+person]ser como el perro del hortelano
he's a dog in the manger
to put on the dog(US)vestirse de punta en blanco
to be top dogser el gallo del lugar;triunfar
the dog's bollocks(Britain)la hostia (vulgar)
Tony-boy, you are the dog's bollocksTo a wide-eyed teenager, Mott were the dog's bollocks. They had the loudest amps, the longest hair, the hardest rock and the baddest attitude'At Ascot Park. It's near Sunningdale." 'Oh," he says, `I go there. It's the dog's bollocks, isn't it?"
every dog has its daya cada cerdo le llega su San Martín
let sleeping dogs liemás vale no meneallo
2(male)(fox)macho (m)
3(term of abuse)canalla (m);bribón (m)
you dog!¡canalla!;¡tunante!
4(unattractive girl)callo (m) (malayo) (informal)
5(person)
dirty dogtío (m) guarro (informal);tipo (m) asqueroso (informal);you lucky dog!¡qué suerte tienes!;he's a lucky doges un tío suertudo
there's life in the old dog yet(al abuelo) aún le queda cuerda para rato
Wimbledon's Terry Gibson reckons there's life in the old dog yet and he's looking for a new club to prove itThere is obviously life in the old dog yet otherwise we wouldn't have offered him a new one-year contract
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the dogs(Britain)(greyhounds)las carreras de galgos
