leña

f.

firewood, wood, fire wood, fuelwood.

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leña

► nombre femenino

1 wood, firewood

2 familiar figurado (paliza) hiding; (violencia) trouble

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dar leña a alguien familiar to give somebody a hiding

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noun f.

firewood

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SF

1) [para el fuego] firewood

hacer leña — to gather firewood

- echar leña al fuego

- llevar leña al monte

leña de oveja — Cono Sur sheep droppings

2) * (=golpes) thrashing, hiding

dar leña a algn, cargar o hartar de leña a algn — to thrash sb, give sb a good hiding

repartir leña — to lash out

sacudirle leña a algn — to give sb (some) stick *, lay into sb *

trincar leña — to sweat blood

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femenino wood, firewood

dar/repartir leña — (fam)

te voy a dar leña — I'm going to give you a good hiding (colloq)

en el debate le dieron leña — he took a lot of flak in the debate (colloq)

la policía repartió leña en la manifestación — the police laid into the demonstrators (colloq)

echar leña al fuego — to add fuel to the fire

hacer leña del árbol caído — to take advantage of somebody else's misfortune

llevar leña al monte — to take coals to Newcastle

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= firewood, wood.

Ex. This book focuses on the provisioning of the Roman army with food, fodder, and firewood.

Ex. This hierarchy shows a general subject area, buildings, and its subordinate subject areas: building materials, auxiliary construction practices, construction in specific materials, wood construction, roofing and so on.

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* chimenea de leña = wood-burning fireplace.

* cocina a leña = wood-burning stove.

* cocina de leña = wood-burning stove.

* echar leña al fuego = pour + oil on the flames.

* estufa de leña = log-burning stove.

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femenino wood, firewood

dar/repartir leña — (fam)

te voy a dar leña — I'm going to give you a good hiding (colloq)

en el debate le dieron leña — he took a lot of flak in the debate (colloq)

la policía repartió leña en la manifestación — the police laid into the demonstrators (colloq)

echar leña al fuego — to add fuel to the fire

hacer leña del árbol caído — to take advantage of somebody else's misfortune

llevar leña al monte — to take coals to Newcastle

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= firewood, wood.

Ex: This book focuses on the provisioning of the Roman army with food, fodder, and firewood.

Ex: This hierarchy shows a general subject area, buildings, and its subordinate subject areas: building materials, auxiliary construction practices, construction in specific materials, wood construction, roofing and so on.

* chimenea de leña = wood-burning fireplace.

* cocina a leña = wood-burning stove.

* cocina de leña = wood-burning stove.

* echar leña al fuego = pour + oil on the flames.

* estufa de leña = log-burning stove.

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leña

feminine

wood, firewood

recogió leña para la chimenea he collected some firewood

la leña tardó en prender the wood took time to catch

dar/repartir leña (fam): reparte/da mucha leña (Dep) he plays dirty

ven aquí que te voy a dar leña I'm going to give you a good hiding (colloq)

en el debate le dieron leña he took a lot of flak o (BrE) stick in the debate (colloq)

la policía repartió leña en la manifestación the police set about o laid into the demonstrators (colloq)

echar leña al fuego to add fuel to the fire o flames

estar vuelto leña (Ven fam); to be exhausted, be shattered (colloq)

hacer leña del árbol caído (Ven); to take advantage of somebody else's misfortune

llevar leña al monte to take o carry coals to Newcastle

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leña sustantivo femenino
wood, firewood
leña sustantivo femenino
1 firewood
2 fam (paliza) thrashing, blows pl
♦ Locuciones: figurado echar leña al fuego, to add fuel to the fire
'leña' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
prender
- angoleño
- chamizo
- chispeante
- chispear
- chisporrotear
- cortar
- echar
- encender
- haz
- quemar
- verde
English:
bundle
- chop
- coal
- firewood
- fuel
- gather
- stoke
- throw on
- wood
- woodshed
- fire

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leña nf

1. [madera] firewood;

cortar leña to chop firewood;

leña menuda kindling;

Comp

añadir o [m5]echar leña al fuego to add fuel to the flames o fire;

Comp

hacer leña del árbol caído to turn somebody else's misfortune to one's advantage;

Comp

llevar leña al monte to make a pointless effort, Br to carry coals to Newcastle

2. Fam [golpes]

dar leña a alguien to beat sb up;

es un futbolista que da mucha leña he's a very dirty soccer player o Br footballer;

los gamberros repartieron leña por todas partes the hooligans beat up anyone who crossed their path;

hubo mucha leña en la final the final was really dirty

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leña

f (fire)wood;

echar leña al fuego fig add fuel to the fire

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leña nf

: wood, firewood

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leña n firewood