- cascabel
- m.1 (small) bell.poner el cascabel al gato (figurative) to bell the cat, to dare to go ahead2 rattlesnake, rattler.3 jingle bell, sleigh bell, tiny bell.* * *cascabel► nombre masculino1 bell2 familiar figurado (persona alegre) happy person; (poco juiciosa) rattlebrain\FRASEOLOGÍAponerle el cascabel al gato figurado to bell the cat* * *1.SM little bell2.SF LAm rattlesnake, rattler (EEUU) ** * *Imasculinoa) (campanita) bell
poner el cascabel al gato — to stick one's neck out
ser alegre como un cascabel — to be as happy as a clam (AmE) o (BrE) a sandboy
b) (Chi) (sonajero) rattleIIfemenino (Zool) rattlesnake* * *= bell, jingle bell.Ex. In addition, one must not forget such mundane matters as door bells (front and back), a closing bell, fire bells, security alarms and possibly others all of which must be noticeably different.Ex. At Christmas, the only jingle bells heard in casinos were the noises of slot machines paying out.----* hacer sonar un cascable = jingle.* ponerle el cascabel al gato = stick + Posesivo + neck out (for), stick out + Posesivo + neck.* serpiente cascabel = rattlesnake, rattler.* serpiente de cascabel = rattlesnake, rattler.* sonar un cascabel = jingle.* * *Imasculinoa) (campanita) bellponer el cascabel al gato — to stick one's neck out
ser alegre como un cascabel — to be as happy as a clam (AmE) o (BrE) a sandboy
b) (Chi) (sonajero) rattleIIfemenino (Zool) rattlesnake* * *= bell, jingle bell.Ex: In addition, one must not forget such mundane matters as door bells (front and back), a closing bell, fire bells, security alarms and possibly others all of which must be noticeably different.
Ex: At Christmas, the only jingle bells heard in casinos were the noises of slot machines paying out.* hacer sonar un cascable = jingle.* ponerle el cascabel al gato = stick + Posesivo + neck out (for), stick out + Posesivo + neck.* serpiente cascabel = rattlesnake, rattler.* serpiente de cascabel = rattlesnake, rattler.* sonar un cascabel = jingle.* * *cascabel1masculine1 (campanita) bellponer el cascabel al gato to stick one's neck outser alegre como un cascabel to be as happy as a clam (AmE) o (BrE) a sandboy2 (Chi) (sonajero) rattlecascabel2femininerattlesnake* * *
cascabel sustantivo masculinoa) (campanita) bellb) (Chi) (sonajero) rattle
■ sustantivo femenino (Zool) rattlesnake
cascabel
I sustantivo masculino
1 bell, jingle bell
2 (de una serpiente) rattle
serpiente de cascabel, rattlesnake
II f Zool rattlesnake
♦ Locuciones: ponerle el cascabel al gato, to dare somebody to do something
'cascabel' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
serpiente
- víbora
English:
rattle
- rattlesnake
- bell
* * *cascabel nm(small) bell;Compponer el cascabel al gato to bell the cat, to dare to go ahead* * *cascabelm small bell;poner el cascabel al gato bell the cat* * *cascabel nm: small bellcascabel nf: rattlesnake
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.