coletazo

m.

1 flick or swish of the tail.

está dando (los últimos) coletazos (figurative) it's in its death throes

2 whisk of the tail.

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coletazo

► nombre masculino

1 (de la cola-perro) wag of the tail; (-vaca, caballo, etc) swisch of the tail

2 figurado death throes plural, final tremor, stir

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dar coletazos (un coche) to sway about

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SM

1) [de animal] blow or thrash or swipe with the tail

2) (Aut) swaying movement

dar coletazos — to sway about

- está dando los últimos coletazos

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masculino

a) (con la cola) thrash of the tail

dar coletazos — to thrash about

b) (Auto)

el coche dio un coletazo — the rear of the car skidded

c) (de movimiento, régimen)

dar los últimos coletazos — to be in its death throes

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* los últimos coletazos = fag-end.

* últimos coletazos = Indian summer.

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masculino

a) (con la cola) thrash of the tail

dar coletazos — to thrash about

b) (Auto)

el coche dio un coletazo — the rear of the car skidded

c) (de movimiento, régimen)

dar los últimos coletazos — to be in its death throes

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* los últimos coletazos = fag-end.

* últimos coletazos = Indian summer.

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coletazo

masculine

1

(con la cola): volcó la embarcación de un coletazo it capsized the boat with a swipe of its tail

intentando evitar los coletazos de los tiburones trying to avoid the lashing o thrashing tails of the sharks

2 (Auto):

al salir de la curva dio un coletazo the car fishtailed o the rear of the car skidded as we came out of the curve

3

(de un movimiento, régimen): la dictadura está dando los últimos coletazos the dictatorship is in its death throes

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coletazo sustantivo masculino

a) (con la cola) thrash of the tail;

◊ dar coletazos to thrash about

b) (Auto):

◊ el coche dio un coletazo the rear of the car skidded

coletazo sustantivo masculino
1 (de un pez) flap of the tail
2 figurado los últimos coletazos del colonialismo, the death throes of colonialism
'coletazo' also found in these entries:
English:
flick

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coletazo nm

1. [golpe] flick o swish of the tail;

un coletazo de la ballena hundió la embarcación a blow from the whale's tail sank the boat

2. [de crisis, régimen]

está dando los últimos coletazos it's in its death throes

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coletazo

m swish of the tail

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coletazo nm

: lash, flick (of a tail)