cresta

intj.

damn it.

f.

1 comb.

2 crest.

estar en la cresta (de la ola) to be riding high

3 ridgelike formation.

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cresta

► nombre femenino

1 (de ave) crest; (de gallo) comb

2 (de pelo) toupée

3 (de montaña, ola) crest

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dar a alguien en la cresta familiar to deflate somebody, bring somebody down to earth

estar en la cresta de la ola familiar to be on the crest of a wave

levantar la cresta / alzar la cresta familiar to give oneself airs, get on one's high horse

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noun f.

1) crest

2) comb

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SF

1) (Orn) [gen] crest; [de gallo] comb

2) (Geog) crest

3) [de ola] crest

- en la cresta de la ola

4) (=peluca) wig, toupée

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femenino

1)

a) (Zool) crest; (de gallo) comb

b) (de ola, monte) crest

estar en la cresta de la ola — to be on o be riding on the crest of the wave

2) (Chi vulg) (uso expletivo) mierda 2) d)

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= ridge, crest.

Ex. It is worth camping out there for the weekend but probably with mates as it is hard to convince the chicks they want to hike over a ridge to get to a place with no bogs.

Ex. In the crest of the timeworn Black Mountains lies the summit of Mount Mitchell, the highest point east of the Mississippi.

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* cresta de montaña = mountain ridge.

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femenino

1)

a) (Zool) crest; (de gallo) comb

b) (de ola, monte) crest

estar en la cresta de la ola — to be on o be riding on the crest of the wave

2) (Chi vulg) (uso expletivo) mierda 2) d)

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= ridge, crest.

Ex: It is worth camping out there for the weekend but probably with mates as it is hard to convince the chicks they want to hike over a ridge to get to a place with no bogs.

Ex: In the crest of the timeworn Black Mountains lies the summit of Mount Mitchell, the highest point east of the Mississippi.

* cresta de montaña = mountain ridge.

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cresta

feminine

A

1 (Zool) crest; (de gallo) comb

2 (de una ola) crest

estar en la cresta de la ola to be on o be riding the crest of a wave

3 (de un monte) crest

B

(Chi vulg) (uso expletivo): ¿dónde cresta(s) dejé las llaves? where the hell did I leave the keys? (colloq)

¡apúrate por la cresta! get a move on for goodness sake (colloq)

¡por la cresta! otra vez me equivoqué damn it! I've got(ten) it wrong again! (sl)

¡a la cresta! (Chi vulg): ¡ándate a la cresta! (Chi vulg); go to hell! (sl)

¡a la cresta con el trabajo! to hell with work! (colloq)

con esta inflación todos nos vamos a ir a la cresta with inflation like this we're all going to be up shit creek (vulg)

dile que se vaya a la cresta tell him to go to hell (sl)

más que la cresta (Chi vulg): me dolió más que la cresta it hurt like hell (colloq)

gana más que la cresta he earns a hell of a lot (colloq), he earns a goddamn (AmE) o (BrE) bloody fortune (sl)

sacarle la cresta a algn (Chi vulg); to beat the shit out of sb (vulg)

sacarse la cresta (Chi vulg): me caí y casi me saco la cresta I fell and nearly broke my neck o killed myself (colloq)

se sacó la cresta en moto he smashed himself up in a motorbike accident (colloq)

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cresta sustantivo femenino

a) (Zool) crest;

(de gallo) comb

b) (de ola, monte) crest

cresta sustantivo femenino
1 (de plumas) crest
(carnosa) comb
2 (estilo punk) Mohawk haircut
3 (cumbre) crest, top
4 (de una ola) crest
♦ Locuciones: estar en la cresta de la ola, to be on the crest of the wave
'cresta' also found in these entries:
English:
crest
- ridge

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cresta nf

1. [de ave] crest;

[de gallo] comb

2. [peinado punk] Mohican

3. [de ola, montaña] crest;

Comp

estar en la cresta (de la ola) to be riding high

4. cresta de gallo [planta] cockscomb

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cresta

f crest;

estar en la cresta de la ola fig be riding high, be on the crest of a wave

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cresta nf

1) : crest

2) : comb (of a rooster)

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cresta n

1. (de ave) crest

2. (de gallo) comb

3. (de montaña) ridge