
gato
[1] , a
1 (Zool, gen) cat , (especificando el sexo)
tomcat/she-cat
"El gato con botas" "Puss in Boots"
MODISMOS dar a algn gato por liebre to con sb *
te han dado gato por liebre you've been had o conned * , you've been done *
MODISMOS cuatro gatos
no había más que cuatro gatos there was hardly anyone o a soul there
este programa sólo lo ven cuatro gatos hardly anyone watches this programme, this programme is only watched by a handful of people
no son más que cuatro gatos en la oficina there's only a handful of people in the office
MODISMOS aquí hay gato encerrado there's something fishy (going on) here
MODISMOS jugar al gato y al ratón con algn to play cat and mouse with sb, play a cat-and-mouse game with sb
MODISMOS lavarse como los gatos to give o.s. a quick wash
MODISMOS llevarse el gato al agua to win the day, pull it off *
MODISMOS estar para el gato (Chile)
* to be in a terrible state *
esta gripe me tiene para el gato I'm in a really terrible state with this flu *
MODISMOS ser gato viejo to be an old hand
REFRANES el gato escaldado del agua fría huye : once bitten twice shy
REFRANES de noche todos los gatos son pardos : everything looks the same in the dark
♦
gato callejero stray cat, alley cat (esp EEUU)
♦
gato de algalia civet cat
♦
gato de Angora Angora cat
♦
gato montés wild cat
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gato romano tabby cat
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gato siamés Siamese cat
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defender →
B2
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pie →
1
2 (Esp)
*
(=madrileño) native of Madrid native of Madrid
3 (Méx)
*
(=criado) servant
1 (Téc)
[+de coche] jack
(=torno) clamp, vice, vise (EEUU)
(=grapa) grab, drag (EEUU) (Méx)
[+de arma] trigger
♦
gato de tornillo screw jack
♦
gato hidráulico hydraulic jack
2 *
(=ladrón) sneak thief, petty thief
3
(=baile) a popular Argentinian folk dance a popular Argentinian folk dance
4 anticuado, para el dinero money bag
5 (CAm)
(=músculo) muscle
7 (Cono Sur)
(=bolsa de agua) hot-water bottle
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gata
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