callejón

m.

alley, street, alleyway, back street.

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callejón

► nombre masculino

1 back street, back alley

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FRASEOLOGÍA

en un callejón sin salida figurado at an impasse, deadlocked

callejón sin salida cul-de-sac, dead end, blind alley

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noun m.

alley

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SM (=calleja) alley, passage; And (=calle) main street; (Taur) space between inner and outer barriers; (Geog) narrow pass

callejón sin salida — cul-de-sac, dead end; (fig) blind alley

las negociaciones están en un callejón sin salida — the negotiations are at an impasse, the negotiations are stalemated

gente de callejón — And low-class people

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masculino alley, narrow street

- callejón sin salida

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= back alley, side-street, side lane, alley, alleyway.

Ex. The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.

Ex. To gain an idea of the fineness of detail necessary to produce the circuit elements on the chip, imagine a map of the British Isles showing sufficient detail to identify even the narrowest side-street in London.

Ex. The back entrance is off of Huntington Avenue in a service road/side lane behind the Prudential Tower.

Ex. The article is entitled 'The Internet: superhighways, virtual alleys and dead end streets'.

Ex. Upon questioning we find that those eminently pragmatic down-to-earth notions dwell in the darkest alleyways of metaphysics.

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* callejón de servicio = service road.

* callejón oscuro = dark alley.

* callejón sin salida = blind alley, catch 22, cul-de-sac, dead end, impasse, dead end street, deadlock, standoff.

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masculino alley, narrow street

- callejón sin salida

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= back alley, side-street, side lane, alley, alleyway.

Ex: The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.

Ex: To gain an idea of the fineness of detail necessary to produce the circuit elements on the chip, imagine a map of the British Isles showing sufficient detail to identify even the narrowest side-street in London.

Ex: The back entrance is off of Huntington Avenue in a service road/side lane behind the Prudential Tower.

Ex: The article is entitled 'The Internet: superhighways, virtual alleys and dead end streets'.

Ex: Upon questioning we find that those eminently pragmatic down-to-earth notions dwell in the darkest alleyways of metaphysics.

* callejón de servicio = service road.

* callejón oscuro = dark alley.

* callejón sin salida = blind alley, catch 22, cul-de-sac, dead end, impasse, dead end street, deadlock, standoff.

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callejón

masculine

alley, narrow street

Compuesto:

callejón sin salida

(literal) dead end, blind alley; (situación difícil) dead end, blind alley

estábamos en un callejón sin salida we were at o had reached a dead end, we were up a blind alley

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callejón sustantivo masculino
alley, narrow street;

◊ callejón sin salida (calle) dead end, blind alley;

(situación) dead end
callejón sustantivo masculino back alley o street
(sin salida) cul-de-sac, dead end
♦ Locuciones: han llevado la situación a un callejón sin salida, the situation is at an impasse
'callejón' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
salida
- pasaje
English:
alley
- blind alley
- cul-de-sac
- dead end
- gun down
- passage
- passageway
- alleyway
- dead
- lane
- stand

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callejón nm

1. [calle] alley

Comp

callejón sin salida dead end, blind alley; Fig blind alley, impasse;

la OTAN se ha metido en un callejón sin salida NATO has got itself into a blind alley, NATO is at an impasse

2. Taurom = barricaded passage between the edge of the bullring and the seats

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callejón

m alley

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callejón nm, pl -jones

1) : alley

2)

callejón sin salida : dead-end street

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callejón n alley

callejón sin salida dead end