gaita

f.

1 bagpipes (instrument).

2 drag, pain (informal) (pesadez). (peninsular Spanish)

3 bagpipe, bagpipes, pipe, doodlesack.

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gaita

► nombre femenino

1 bagpipes plural, pipes plural

2 familiar bother, drag, pain

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FRASEOLOGÍA

¡menuda gaita! / ¡qué gaita! familiar what a drag!

templar gaitas familiar to smooth things out

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noun f.

bagpipe

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1. SF

1) (Mús) bagpipes pl

tocar la gaita — to play the bagpipes

- ser como una gaita

- estar de gaita

- estar hecho una gaita

- templar gaitas

gaita gallega — Galician bagpipes

2) (Mús) (=flauta) flute; (=organillo) hurdy-gurdy

3) * (=pescuezo) neck

- sacar la gaita

4) * (=dificultad) bother, nuisance

¡qué gaita! — what a pain! *

déjame, que hoy no estoy para gaitas — leave me alone, I don't need any hassle today *

y toda esa gaita — * and all that jazz *

5) Méx * (=maula) cheat, trickster

6) Ven folk music

2.

SMF LAm hum (=gallego) Galician; (=español) Spaniard

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femenino

1)

a) tb

gaita gallega/escocesa — (Galician/Scottish) bagpipes (pl)

templar gaitas — (fam) to try and keep people happy

b) (Ven) (canción) lively Christmas song

2) (Esp fam) (lata, cosa fastidiosa) drag (colloq)

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= bagpipe.

Ex. Such subject bibliographies exist in huge quantities with their scope as wide as 'The Social Sciences' or as narrow as 'bagpipe Music'.

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femenino

1)

a) tb

gaita gallega/escocesa — (Galician/Scottish) bagpipes (pl)

templar gaitas — (fam) to try and keep people happy

b) (Ven) (canción) lively Christmas song

2) (Esp fam) (lata, cosa fastidiosa) drag (colloq)

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= bagpipe.

Ex: Such subject bibliographies exist in huge quantities with their scope as wide as 'The Social Sciences' or as narrow as 'bagpipe Music'.

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gaita¹

feminine

A

1

tb gaita gallega/escocesa (Galician/Scottish) bagpipes (pl)

templar gaitas (fam); to try and keep people happy

2 (flauta) type of flute

3 (Ven) (canción) lively Christmas song

B (Esp fam)

1 (lata, cosa fastidiosa) drag (colloq), pain (colloq)

menuda gaita tener que salir con este frío it's a real drag o pain having to go out in this cold

2

(cuento, rollo): después de habernos pasado la vida con la gaita del anticomunismo after a lifetime of listening to this anti-communist rhetoric o (colloq) stuff

no me vengas con gaitas, ya te he dicho que no stop going on about it o don't keep on about it, I've already said no

déjate de gaitas I don't want any more of your excuses

¡qué paciencia ni qué gaitas! ya me he cansado de esperar patience! I'll give him/them patience! I've had enough of this waiting (colloq)

gaita²

masculine and feminine

(RPl hum)

(gallego) Galician; (español) Spaniard

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gaita sustantivo femenino tb

◊ gaita gallega/escocesa (Galician/Scottish) bagpipes (pl)

gaita sustantivo femenino
1 (instrumento) bagpipes pl
2 familiar (molestia, pesadez) nuisance, drag: es una gaita tener que ir a estas horas, it's a real drag having to go at this time
3 familiar (pescuezo): vimos que sacaba la gaita por la ventana, we saw how he craned his neck to get a look out of the window
♦ Locuciones: templar gaitas, to be conciliatory: tuvimos que estar templando gaitas con su padre, we had to tread carefully with his father

'gaita' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
fuelle
English:
bagpipes
- pipe
- bag

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gaita¹

♦ nf

1. [instrumento con bolsa] bagpipes

Comp

gaita escocesa (Scottish) bagpipes;

gaita gallega Galician bagpipes

2. [flauta] = flute similar to a flageolet

3. Esp Fam [molestia] drag, pain;

es una gaita tener que ir en tren it's a pain o drag having to go on the train;

¡qué gaita! me he vuelto a olvidar what a pain o nuisance! I've forgotten again

4. Esp Fam [historia]

¡déjate de gaitas! stop your nonsense!;

¡qué lluvia ni qué gaitas! iremos aunque nieve rain? never mind the rain! we're going even if it snows

♦ nmf

RP Fam [español] = sometimes pejorative term used to refer to a Spaniard, especially an immigrant

gaita² nm

Ven [canto] = Christmas folksong

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gaita

f MÚS bagpipes pl ;

templar gaitas fam tread carefully;

estar de gaita be happy

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gaita nf

: bagpipes pl

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gaita n

1. (instrumento) bagpipes

Fíjate que en inglés bagpipes es plural

2. (molestia) drag / pain

es una gaita it's a drag