colear

v.

1 to wag its tail (animal).

2 to drag on (asunto, problema).

3 to jackknife.

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colear

► verbo intransitivo

1 (perro etc) to wag its tail; (vaca, caballo, etc) to swish its tail

2 familiar to drag on

■ aunque ya está casi solucionado, aún hay algún aspecto que colea although almost everything has been sorted out, there are still some sticky points

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1. VT

1) [+ toro] to hold on to the tail of

2) LAm * (=regañar) to nag, give a hard time *

3) CAm (=seguir) to tail, follow

2. VI

1) [perro] to wag its tail; [caballo] to swish its tail; [pez] to wriggle

2) (fig)

el asunto todavía colea — the affair is still not settled

- estar vivito y coleando

3) CAm, Caribe [en edad]

colea en los 50 — he's close on 50, he's knocking on 50 *

3.

See:

colearse

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verbo intransitivo

a) (fam) (no estar resuelto)

todavía colea el asunto — the matter hasn't yet been settled

b) (Col, CS) coche to fishtail

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* vivito y coleando = alive and kicking, land of the living, the, safe and sound.

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verbo intransitivo

a) (fam) (no estar resuelto)

todavía colea el asunto — the matter hasn't yet been settled

b) (Col, CS) coche to fishtail

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* vivito y coleando = alive and kicking, land of the living, the, safe and sound.

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colear [A1 ]

vi

1 (fam)

«asunto/problema»: todavía colea el tema de la herencia the question of the inheritance is still dragging on (colloq)

aún colean algunos asuntos de esa época certain questions from that period still haven't been sorted out

2 (Col, CS) «auto» to fishtail

3

(Chi fam) (ir último): iba coleando he was in last place

el equipo va coleando the team is trailing at the bottom of the league ( o division etc)

salir coleado (Chi fam); to come last

vivito

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colear verbo intransitivo
1 (un perro) to wag its tail
2 familiar (perdurar) las consecuencias de su dimisión aún colean, we haven't heard the last of the effects of his resignation
♦ Locuciones: familiar vivito y coleando, alive and kicking

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colear

♦ vt

1. Col, Méx, Ven [res] to throw down by the tail

2. Chile [examen] to fail

3. Col, Méx Fam [molestar] to bug, Br to nark

♦ vi

1. [animal] to wag its tail

2. [asunto, problema] to drag on;

todavía colea el escándalo the scandal is still dragging on

♦ See also the pronominal verb colearse

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colear

fig

I v/i

:

todavía colea la polémica the controversy is still dragging on

II v/t toro pull the tail of

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colear vi

1) : to wag its tail

2)

vivito y coleando fam : alive and kicking