coleta

f.

1 pigtail.

cortarse la coleta (figurative) to call it a day, to retire

2 Coleta.

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coleta

► nombre femenino

1 pigtail, ponytail

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FRASEOLOGÍA

cortarse la coleta (los toreros) to retire from bullfighting 2 figurado to retire

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SF

1) [de pelo] ponytail; (Taur) pigtail

gente de coleta — bullfighters

- cortarse la coleta

me cortaré la coleta si ... — * I'll eat my hat if ...

2) (=adición) postscript, afterthought

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femenino

a) (de pelo - atrás) ponytail; (- a los lados) bunch

b) (de torero) braid (AmE), pigtail (BrE)

cortarse la coleta — (Taur) to retire from bullfighting; (abandonar una tarea) (fam) to pack it in (colloq)

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= ponytail, pigtails.

Ex. Ponytails are becoming glam, says the New York Times.

Ex. I like the pigtails, but they draw tremendous attention to her nose job and very oval face.

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femenino

a) (de pelo - atrás) ponytail; (- a los lados) bunch

b) (de torero) braid (AmE), pigtail (BrE)

cortarse la coleta — (Taur) to retire from bullfighting; (abandonar una tarea) (fam) to pack it in (colloq)

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= ponytail, pigtails.

Ex: Ponytails are becoming glam, says the New York Times.

Ex: I like the pigtails, but they draw tremendous attention to her nose job and very oval face.

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coleta

feminine

1 (de pelo — una) ponytail

(— dos) bunch: se peina con coletas she wears her hair in bunches

2 (de torero) braid (AmE), pigtail (BrE)

cortarse la coleta (Taur) to retire from bullfighting;

(abandonar una tarea) (fam) to pack it in (colloq), to quit (colloq), to drop it (colloq)

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coleta sustantivo femenino
ponytail;
(de torero) braid (AmE), ponytail (BrE)
coleta sustantivo femenino (dos a los lados o una pequeña) pigtail, (una cola atrás) ponytail
♦ Locuciones: figurado cortarse la coleta, (un torero) to retire
'coleta' also found in these entries:
English:
pigtail
- pig

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coleta nf

1. [de pelo] pigtail;

Comp

cortarse la coleta [torero] to retire (from bullfighting);

si este fin de semana no ganamos, me corto la coleta if we don't win this weekend, I'm going to call it a day o pack it in

2. Ven [paño] floor cloth

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coleta

f

1 ponytail;

coletas pl de pelo bunches

2

:

cortarse la coleta de torero retire

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coleta nf

1) : ponytail

2) : pigtail

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coleta n ponytail