- batuta
- f.1 baton.llevar la batuta (figurative) to call the tune2 conductor's baton, baton, conductor's wand, wand.* * *batuta► nombre femenino1 baton\FRASEOLOGÍAbajo la batuta de ... conducted by ...llevar la batuta to be the boss* * *SF (Mús) baton* * *femenino baton
llevar la batuta — (fam) to be the boss (colloq)
tomar la batuta — (fam) to take charge
* * *= baton.Ex. Instead all they will have is Senators up on stage waving the baton, and using it for their own political gain.----* llevar la batuta = call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost, set + the agenda.* * *femenino batonllevar la batuta — (fam) to be the boss (colloq)
tomar la batuta — (fam) to take charge
* * *= baton.Ex: Instead all they will have is Senators up on stage waving the baton, and using it for their own political gain.
* llevar la batuta = call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost, set + the agenda.* * *batutafemininebatonllevar la batuta (fam); to be the boss (colloq)en casa es mi madre la que lleva la batuta my mother's the one who wears the pants (AmE) o (BrE) trousers in our house, my mother's the boss in our housetomar la batuta (fam); to take chargeel hijo tomó la batuta de la empresa his son took charge of o took over the running of the company* * *
batuta sustantivo femenino
baton;◊ llevar la batuta (fam) to be the boss (colloq)
batuta f Mús baton ♦ LOC figurado llevar (alguien) la batuta, to be (somebody) the boss: aquí es Ángel el que lleva la batuta, Angel is the boss round here
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English:
baton
* * *batuta nfbaton;la Orquesta Filarmónica, bajo la batuta de Karajan the Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Karajan;Compllevar la batuta to call the tune o shots* * *batutaf MÚS baton;bajo la batuta de MÚS under the baton of;llevar la batuta fig fam be the boss fam , rule the roost fam* * *batuta nf1) : baton2)llevar la batuta : to be the leader, to call the tune* * *batuta n baton
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.