- bola
- f.1 ball (esfera).bola de alcanfor mothballbola de billar billiard ballbola de cristal crystal ballbola del mundo globebola de naftalina mothballbola de nieve snowballconvertirse en una bola de nieve (figurative) to snowballbola de partido match point (en tenis)2 fib (informal) (mentira).contar bolas to fib, to tell fibs3 rumor (informal).corre la bola por ahí de que te has echado novio they say you've got yourself a boyfriend4 shoe polish. (Latin American Spanish)5 shoeblacking, shoe polish, shoe cream.6 scoop of ice cream.7 polishing, shoe polishing.8 tall story, cock-and-bull story, snow job.9 lie, porky, porky pie.* * *bola► nombre femenino1 (gen) ball2 familiar fib, lie\FRASEOLOGÍAno rascar bola (incompetente) to make a mess of everything 2 (gandul) not to do a strokebola de nieve snowballbola de cristal crystal ball* * *noun f.1) ball2) lie, fib* * *SF1) (=cuerpo esférico) ball; [de helado] scoop; (=canica) marble
van a sacar la bola premiada — they're going to pick the winning ball
del susto se me ha hecho una bola en el estómago — my stomach knotted up with fright
bola de alcanfor — mothball
bola de contar — abacus bead
bola de cristal — crystal ball
bola de fuego — (Mil) fireball; (Meteo) ball lightning
bola del mundo — globe
bola de naftalina — mothball
bola de nieve — snowball
bola de tempestad, bola de tormenta — storm signal
pie 2), queso 1)bola negra — black ball
2) (Dep) ball; [de petanca] boule- andar como bola huacha- dar bolase lo he dicho mil veces pero no me da bola — I've told him a thousand times but he doesn't take any notice o a blind bit of notice
¡dale bola! — what, again!
aquí cada uno va a su bola — everyone does their own thing here *
tú (ve) a tu bola — just do your own thing *
- parar bolasno me paró bolas — he didn't take any notice, he didn't pay attention
- pasar la bolabola de billar — billiard ball, snooker ball
bola de partido — Esp (Tenis) match ball
bola de set — Esp (Tenis) set point
3) [en lana, algodón] bobblepara que no le salgan bolas es mejor lavarlo a mano — it's best to wash it by hand to stop bobbles
hacerse bolas — [jersey, abrigo] to get bobbly; Méx * [persona] to get o.s. tied up in knots
4) Esp (=músculo) [del brazo] biceps; [de la pantorrilla] calf musclesacar bola — to flex one's muscles
5) ** (=cabeza) nut *, noggin (EEUU) **tú estás mal de la bola — you're nuts *
6) pl bolas *** (=testículos) balls ***- en bolastíos en bolas — naked men
aquí todo el mundo va o está en bolas — everyone goes round naked o in the nude here
en esta cala está permitido ponerse en bolas — they allow nude bathing on this beach
tras el incendio nos quedamos en bolas — the fire completely cleaned us out *
- hasta las bolasestoy hasta las bolas de él — I'm pissed off with him ***
me tiene hasta las bolas con sus tonterías — I'm pissed off with his fooling around ***, I've had it up to here with his fooling around *
- pillar a algn en bolas7) * (=mentira) fib¡vaya bola que nos metiste! — what a fib you told us!
este niño nos quiere meter una bola — that boy's trying to put one past us *
¡qué bola más grande! — what a whopper! *
¿no te habrás tragado esa bola? — you didn't swallow that one, did you? *, you didn't fall for it, did you? *
8) (=rumor)correr la bola — to spread the word
¿quién ha corrido la bola de que se van a vivir al extranjero? — who's been spreading the word that they're going to move abroad?
9) Méxdar bola — to polish shoes
10) (Naipes) (grand) slammedia bola — small slam
11) (Náut) signal (with discs)12) (Tip) golf ball13) (Mec) ball bearing14) Méx (=jaleo) row, hubbub; (=pelea) brawl* * *femenino1)a) (cuerpo redondo) ball; (de helado) scoopse hacen bolas con la masa — form the dough into balls
máquina de escribir de bola — golf ball typewriter
b) (Dep) ball; (de petanca) boule; (canica) (Col, Per) marbleparar or poner bolas — (Col fam) to pay attention, listen up (AmE colloq)
tener la cabeza como una bola de billar — to be as bald as a cue ball (AmE) o (BrE) as bald as a coot (colloq)
c) bolas femenino plural (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) (testículos) balls (pl) (colloq or vulg)estar en bolas — (fam o vulg) to be stark naked (colloq)
estar hasta las bolas — (vulg) to be pissed off (sl)
hacerse bolas con algo — (Méx) to get in a mess over something
pillar a alguien en bolas — (fam o vulg) to catch somebody with their pants (AmE) o (BrE) trousers down (colloq)
d) (fam) (músculo - del brazo) biceps; (- de la pantorrilla) calf musclesacar bola — (Esp) to flex one's muscles
2) (fam) (mentira) lie, fib (colloq)me metió una bola — he told me a fib
contar/decir bolas — to fib (colloq), to tell fibs (colloq)
se tragó la bola! — she swallowed it! (colloq)
3) (Andes, RPl fam) (atención)no me dio bola — he didn't take the slightest bit of notice (colloq)
no me da bola — he's not interested in me
4) (Méx fam) (montón)una bola de — loads of (colloq)
5) (Méx) revolution, uprising (esp the Mexican Revolution)armarse la bola — (Méx)
se armó la bola — all hell broke loose (colloq)
* * *= fib, fibbing, ball.Ex. Democracy's most acute failures tend to result from power brokers who tell big fibs about the distribution of power.Ex. When it comes to fibbing, women are far ahead of their male counterparts, a new survey has revealed.Ex. People are positively delighted to find that there are motion picture loops on how to throw a ball properly, art slides, and all this sort of thing.----* bañarse en bolas = skinny dip.* bola de alcanfor = mothball, moth crystal, camphor ball.* bola de barro = mudpie.* bola de cristal = crystal ball.* bola de cristal con nieve dentro = snow globe.* bola de hacer punto = knitting yarn.* bola de molienda = grinding ball.* bola de naftalina = mothball, moth crystal, camphor ball.* bola para el control del cursor en pantalla = trackball.* decir bolas = fib.* echar la bola a rodar = get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling.* efecto bola de nieve = snowball effect.* en bolas = stark naked, in the nod, in the buff.* hacer una bola con Algo = ball + Nombre + up.* mantener la bola rodando = keep + the ball rolling.* mirar la bola de cristal = gaze into + crystal ball.* parada de bola = fielding.* * *femenino1)a) (cuerpo redondo) ball; (de helado) scoopse hacen bolas con la masa — form the dough into balls
máquina de escribir de bola — golf ball typewriter
b) (Dep) ball; (de petanca) boule; (canica) (Col, Per) marbleparar or poner bolas — (Col fam) to pay attention, listen up (AmE colloq)
tener la cabeza como una bola de billar — to be as bald as a cue ball (AmE) o (BrE) as bald as a coot (colloq)
c) bolas femenino plural (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) (testículos) balls (pl) (colloq or vulg)estar en bolas — (fam o vulg) to be stark naked (colloq)
estar hasta las bolas — (vulg) to be pissed off (sl)
hacerse bolas con algo — (Méx) to get in a mess over something
pillar a alguien en bolas — (fam o vulg) to catch somebody with their pants (AmE) o (BrE) trousers down (colloq)
d) (fam) (músculo - del brazo) biceps; (- de la pantorrilla) calf musclesacar bola — (Esp) to flex one's muscles
2) (fam) (mentira) lie, fib (colloq)me metió una bola — he told me a fib
contar/decir bolas — to fib (colloq), to tell fibs (colloq)
se tragó la bola! — she swallowed it! (colloq)
3) (Andes, RPl fam) (atención)no me dio bola — he didn't take the slightest bit of notice (colloq)
no me da bola — he's not interested in me
4) (Méx fam) (montón)una bola de — loads of (colloq)
5) (Méx) revolution, uprising (esp the Mexican Revolution)armarse la bola — (Méx)
se armó la bola — all hell broke loose (colloq)
* * *= fib, fibbing, ball.Ex: Democracy's most acute failures tend to result from power brokers who tell big fibs about the distribution of power.
Ex: When it comes to fibbing, women are far ahead of their male counterparts, a new survey has revealed.Ex: People are positively delighted to find that there are motion picture loops on how to throw a ball properly, art slides, and all this sort of thing.* bañarse en bolas = skinny dip.* bola de alcanfor = mothball, moth crystal, camphor ball.* bola de barro = mudpie.* bola de cristal = crystal ball.* bola de cristal con nieve dentro = snow globe.* bola de hacer punto = knitting yarn.* bola de molienda = grinding ball.* bola de naftalina = mothball, moth crystal, camphor ball.* bola para el control del cursor en pantalla = trackball.* decir bolas = fib.* echar la bola a rodar = get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling.* efecto bola de nieve = snowball effect.* en bolas = stark naked, in the nod, in the buff.* hacer una bola con Algo = ball + Nombre + up.* mantener la bola rodando = keep + the ball rolling.* mirar la bola de cristal = gaze into + crystal ball.* parada de bola = fielding.* * *bolafeminineA1 (cuerpo redondo) ball; (de helado) scoopse hacen bolas con la masa form the dough into ballsel gato estaba hecho una bolita en el sofá the cat was curled up (in a little ball) on the sofase me hizo una bola en el estómago I got a knot in my stomachtengo una bola en el estómago de haber comido tan rápido I ate too fast, my stomach feels heavyte vas a poner como una bola you're going to get very fatalgunos tejidos se hacen bolas some materials get o go bobblymáquina de escribir de bola golf ball typewriterdorarle la bola a algn (fam); to sweet-talk sb (colloq)2 (Dep) ball; (de petanca) boule; (canica) (Col, Per) marbleandar como bola huacha (Chi fam): ando como bola huacha I'm at a loss, I don't know what to do with myselfcomo bola sin manija (RPl fam): me tiene como bola sin manija he has me running about from pillar to postdesde que se mudaron los amigos anda como bola sin manija since his friends moved away he's been at a complete loss o he's been wandering around like a lost soul o he hasn't known what to do with himselfecharse la bolita (Méx); to pass the buckmás calvo que una bola de boliche (Méx); bald as a coot (colloq)parar or poner bolas (Col fam); to pay attention, listen up (AmE colloq)pare bolas, que le estoy hablando pay attention when I'm talking to youle advertí, pero no me puso bolas I warned him, but he didn't take the slightest notice (colloq)(pelado) como una bola de billar (RPl); as bald as a coot (colloq), bald as a cue ball (AmE) o (BrE) billiard balltener la cabeza como una bola de billar to be as bald as a coot (colloq), to be as bald as a cue ball (AmE) o (BrE) billiard ball3 bolas fpl (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) (testículos) balls (pl) (famorvulg)darle por or romperle las bolas a algn (vulg); to get on sb's nerves (colloq), piss sb off (sl)me da por las bolas que me empujen it really gets on my nerves o up my nose when people push me (colloq), it really pisses me off when people push me (sl)estar en bolas (fam o vulg); to be stark naked (colloq)estar hasta las bolas (vulg); to be pissed off (sl)hacerse bolas con algo (Méx); to get in a mess over sthpillar a algn en bolas to catch sb on the hop (colloq), to catch sb with their pants (AmE) o (BrE) trousers down (colloq)4 (fam) (músculo — del brazo) biceps; (— de la pantorrilla) calf musclesacar bola to flex one's musclesse me subió la bola I got a cramp (AmE), I got cramp (BrE)Compuestos:● bola de cristalcrystal ball● bola de nievesnowball● bola de partidomatch point● bola de setset point● bolas criollasfpl (Ven) game similar to petanqueB (fam) (mentira) lie, fib (colloq); (rumor) rumor*me metió una bola he told me a fibcontar/decir bolas to fib (colloq), to tell fibs (colloq)¡se tragó la bola! she swallowed it! (colloq), she fell for it! (colloq)corre la bola de que … (the) word is that …, word has it that …, it's going round that …C(Andes, RPI fam) (atención): se lo dije pero él no me dio bola or pero él, ni bola I told him, but he didn't take the slightest bit o (BrE) a blind bit of notice (colloq)D(Méx fam) (montón): una bola de niños loads of o a whole bunch of kids (colloq)una bola de libros stacks o loads of books (colloq)E(Méx fam) (brillo): ¿le doy bola? shall I polish o shine your shoes?F (Méx) revolution, uprising (esp the Mexican Revolution)armarse la bola (Méx): cuando marcaron el penalty se armó la bola when they scored from the penalty all hell broke loose (colloq)¿por qué se armó la bola? — porque no había boletos what was all the fuss about? — there were no tickets left (colloq)* * *
bola sustantivo femenino
1 (cuerpo redondo) ball;
(de helado) scoop;
(Dep) ball;
(de petanca) boule;
(canica) (Col, Per) marble;◊ bola de cristal crystal ball;
bola de nieve snowball;
bola de partido/de set match/set point
2◊ bolas sustantivo femenino plural (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) (testículos) balls (pl) (colloq or vulg);
estar en bolas (fam or vulg) to be stark naked (colloq);
hacerse bolas con algo (Méx) to get in a mess over sth
3 (fam) (mentira) lie, fib (colloq);◊ me metió una bola he told me a fib;
contar/decir bolas to fib (colloq), to tell fibs (colloq)
4 (Méx fam) (montón):◊ una bola de loads of (colloq)
bola sustantivo femenino
1 ball
(canica) marble
2 fam (mentira) fib
♦ Locuciones: correr la bola, to spread a rumour
(desprevenido) without warning
no dar pie con bola, to be unable to do anything right
vulgar en bolas, (desnudo) naked
'bola' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
billar
- borla
- terráquea
- terráqueo
- efecto
- granizo
- hueco
- ratón
English:
ball
- bowl
- crystal ball
- dip
- dumpling
- mothball
- pellet
- scoop
- snowball
- crumple
- crystal
- fib
- into
- putt
- roll-on
- track
* * *bola nf1. [esfera] ball;[de helado] scoop;tengo una bola en el estómago my stomach feels bloated;si sigues comiendo pasteles te pondrás como una bola if you carry on eating cakes, you'll get fat;Compdejar rodar la bola to let it rideCompbola de alcanfor mothball;bola de cristal crystal ball;bola de fuego fireball;bola del mundo globe;bola de naftalina mothball;bola de nieve snowball;Figconvertirse en una bola de nieve to snowball2. [pelota] ball;[canica] marble;CompEsp Famno tocar o [m5]rascar bola: se pasó el partido entero sin tocar o [m5]rascar bola he didn't do a single thing in the whole match;Compno dio pie con bola he didn't do o get a thing rightCompbola de billar billiard ball;bola de break [en tenis] break point;Ven bolas criollas bowls [singular];bola de juego [en tenis] game point;bola jugadora [en billar] cue ball;bola de partido [en tenis] match point;bola de set [en tenis] set point3. Fam [mentira] fib;contar bolas to fib, to tell fibs;me intentó meter una bola she tried to tell me a fib;esa bola no me la trago I'm not going to fall for that one4. Fam [rumor]corre la bola por ahí de que te has echado novio they say you've got yourself a boyfriend;¡corre la bola!, nos van a poner un examen mañana they're going to give us an exam tomorrow, pass it on!5. Fam [músculo]sacar bola to make one's biceps bulge6. bola de nieve [planta] snowball tree7. muy Fambolas [testículos] balls;CompVen Famecharle bolas: tienes que echarle bolas al asunto you really need to put some oomph o guts into it;CompFamen bolas [desnudo] stark naked, Br starkers;pillar a alguien en bolas [sin nada, desprevenido] to catch sb out;¡me has pillado en bolas!, ¡no tengo ni idea! you've got me there, I haven't a clue!;el profesor nos pilló en bolas the teacher caught us unprepared;CompRP muy Famhinchar o [m5]romper las bolas [molestar] to be a pain in the Br arse o US butt8. Am [betún] shoe polish9. Chile [cometa] kite [large and round]10. Méx Fam [grupo de gente] crowd;en bola [en grupo] in a crowd, as a group11. Méx [riña] tumult, uproar12. Cuba, Chilebolas croquet13. FamCompEspa mi/tu/su bola: nosotros trabajando y él, a su bola we were working and there he was, just doing his own thing;Bol, RPandar como bola sin manija to wander around;Vende bola que sí sure, you bet your life;Méxestar o [m5]meterse en bola to participate;Méxhacerse bolas to get muddled up;RPestar hecho bola to be shattered o Br knackered;RPdar bola a alguien to pay attention to sb;nadie le da bola al nuevo compañero nobody takes any notice of our new colleague;nunca le dio bola a su hijo she never showed any interest in her son;Andes, Venparar bola a alguien to pay attention to sb;RPtener bolas [ser valiente] to have guts;[ser lento] to be slow o thick* * *bolaf1 ball;no dar pie con bola get everything wrong;dejar que ruede la bola fig let things take their course2 TÉC ball bearing3 de helado scoop4 fam (mentira) fib fam5:bolas pl pop balls pop , nuts pop ;en bolas fam stark naked* * *bola nf1) : ballbola de nieve: snowball2) fam : lie, fib3) Mex fam : bunch, groupuna bola de rateros: a bunch of thieves4) Mex : uproar, tumult* * *bola n1. (esfera) balllas bolas de billar son de marfil billiard balls are made of ivory2. (mentira) lieno cuentes bolas don't tell liesbola de nieve snowball
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.