birlar

v.

1 to pinch(informal).

2 to rip off, to swipe, to pinch.

Elsa birló las monedas y huyó Elsa ripped off the coins and fled.

3 to trick, to fool, to pull a fast one on, to deceive.

Elsa birló al cajero y robó dinero Elsa tricked the cashier and stole money.

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birlar

► verbo transitivo

1 familiar to pinch, nick

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verb

to pinch

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verbo transitivo (fam) to swipe (colloq), to pinch (BrE colloq)

me birlaron el paraguas — I had my umbrella swiped o pinched

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= swipe.

Ex. A thief has swiped the solid-gold medallion given as a Nobel Prize in Physics to Ernest Lawrence.

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verbo transitivo (fam) to swipe (colloq), to pinch (BrE colloq)

me birlaron el paraguas — I had my umbrella swiped o pinched

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= swipe.

Ex: A thief has swiped the solid-gold medallion given as a Nobel Prize in Physics to Ernest Lawrence.

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birlar [A1 ]

vt

(fam); to swipe (colloq), to pinch (BrE colloq)

me birlaron el paraguas en el bar I had my umbrella swiped o pinched in the bar (colloq)

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birlar (conjugate birlar) verbo transitivo (fam) to swipe (colloq), to pinch (BrE colloq)
birlar v tr fam GB to pinch, US swipe: me han vuelto a birlar la moto, they have swiped my motorcycle again
'birlar' also found in these entries:
English:
knock off
- lift
- nick
- whip
- filch

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birlar vt

Fam to pinch, Br to nick;

me han birlado la calculadora someone's pinched o Br nicked my calculator

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birlar

v/t fam

lift fam , swipe fam

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birlar vt, fam : to swipe, to pinch