coba

f.

1 flattery (informal) (halago). (peninsular Spanish, Mexican Spanish)

dar coba a alguien to suck up o crawl to somebody; (adular) to soft-soap somebody (aplacar)

2 adulation, apple sauce, soft soap, blarney.

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coba

► nombre femenino

1 familiar soft soap

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dar coba a alguien familiar to soft-soap somebody

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SF

1) (=adulación) soft soap *, cajolery

dar coba a algn — to suck up to sb, play up to sb

2) (=mentirilla) fib; (=truco) neat trick

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femenino (Ven arg) (mentira, engaño) lie

darle coba a alguien — (adular) (Esp, Méx, Ven fam) to suck up to somebody (colloq)

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* dar coba = toady, fawn (on/upon/over).

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femenino (Ven arg) (mentira, engaño) lie

darle coba a alguien — (adular) (Esp, Méx, Ven fam) to suck up to somebody (colloq)

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* dar coba = toady, fawn (on/upon/over).

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coba

feminine

(Ven arg)

(mentira, engaño) lie

darle coba a algn (adular) (Esp, Méx, Ven fam) to suck up to sb (colloq) (timar) (Esp fam) to take sb for a ride (colloq), to con (colloq)

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coba sustantivo femenino (Ven arg) (mentira, engaño) lie;

◊ darle coba a algn (adular) (Esp, Méx, Ven fam) to suck up to sb (colloq)

'coba' also found in these entries:
English:
soft-soap

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coba nf

Esp, Méx Fam [halago] flattery;

dar coba a alguien [hacer la pelota] to suck up o crawl to sb;

[aplacar] to soft-soap sb

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coba

f

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dar coba a alguien fam soft-soap s.o. fam