jarabe

m.

syrup.

jarabe para la tos cough mixture o syrup

¡te voy a dar jarabe de palo! (informal) I'll give you a clip round the ear! (peninsular Spanish)

tener mucho jarabe de pico (informal) to have the gift of the gab, to be a smooth talker

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jarabe

► nombre masculino

1 COCINA syrup

2 MEDICINA syrup, mixture, medicine

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FRASEOLOGÍA

darle a alguien jarabe de palo to give somebody a good hiding

jarabe para la tos cough syrup

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SM

1) (=líquido) syrup

jarabe contra o para la tos — cough syrup o mixture

- dar jarabe a algn

jarabe de arce — maple syrup

jarabe de glucosa — glucose syrup

jarabe de palo — * beating

jarabe de pico — mere words, blarney

2)

jarabe tapatío — Mexican hat dance

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masculino

1)

a) (Coc) syrup

jarabe de frambuesa — raspberry syrup

b) (Farm, Med) syrup

jarabe para la tos — cough mixture o syrup

2) (Mús) Mexican folk dance and music

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= syrup.

Nota: Líquido muy espeso generalmente de color obscuro que se obtiene del azúcar que contiene diferentes cereales o vegetales.

Ex. Suddenly, the smell struck his nostrils -- the pungency of processed corn syrup, as if the car had gone off the road and fallen into the neck of a gigantic bottle of syrup.

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* jarabe de arce = maple syrup.

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masculino

1)

a) (Coc) syrup

jarabe de frambuesa — raspberry syrup

b) (Farm, Med) syrup

jarabe para la tos — cough mixture o syrup

2) (Mús) Mexican folk dance and music

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= syrup.

Nota: Líquido muy espeso generalmente de color obscuro que se obtiene del azúcar que contiene diferentes cereales o vegetales.

Ex: Suddenly, the smell struck his nostrils -- the pungency of processed corn syrup, as if the car had gone off the road and fallen into the neck of a gigantic bottle of syrup.

* jarabe de arce = maple syrup.

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jarabe

masculine

A

1 (Coc) syrup

jarabe de frambuesa raspberry syrup

2 (Farm, Med) syrup

jarabe para la tos cough mixture, cough syrup

jarabe de pico: ¿qué te pasa hoy? ¿te dieron jarabe de pico? (fam); what's got into you today? you're very talkative

es puro jarabe de pico (fam); he's full of hot air

Compuesto:

jarabe de palo

(Esp fam hum) thrashing, walloping (colloq)

B (Mús) Mexican folk dance and music

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jarabe sustantivo masculino
1 (Coc, Farm, Med) syrup;

◊ jarabe para la tos cough mixture o syrup

2 (Mús) Mexican folk dance and music
jarabe sustantivo masculino syrup
jarabe para la tos, cough mixture
♦ Locuciones: jarabe de palo, thrashing
'jarabe' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
pectoral
English:
cough mixture
- cough syrup
- syrup
- cough
- maple
- sundae

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jarabe nm

1. [bebida] syrup

Comp

jarabe de arce maple syrup; Ven Fam jarabe de lengua:

dar un jarabe de lengua a alguien to bawl sb out;

jarabe de maíz corn syrup;

Esp Fam jarabe de palo:

el único lenguaje que entiende el niño es el jarabe de palo the only language that child understands is a good thrashing;

¡te voy a dar jarabe de palo! [a un niño] you're going to feel the back of my hand!;

[a un adulto] I'm going to give you a sound thrashing!; Fam jarabe de pico smooth talk;

esas promesas son puro jarabe de pico those promises are just so much hot air;

Fam

tener mucho jarabe de pico to have the gift of the gab, to be a smooth talker;

jarabe para la tos cough mixture o syrup

2. Méx [canto, baile] = traditional Mexican song and dance, derived from flamenco

Comp

el jarabe tapatío the Mexican hat dance

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jarabe

m

1 syrup;

dar a alguien jarabe de palo fig fam wallop s.o.

2 Méx : type of folk dance

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jarabe nm

1) : syrup

2) : Mexican folk dance

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jarabe n syrup

jarabe para la tos cough mixture