loro

m.

1 parrot (animal).

2 chatterbox (informal).

3 sounds(informal) (music device). (peninsular Spanish)

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loro

► nombre masculino

1 (pájaro) parrot

2 argot (mujer fea) bag

3 argot (charlatán) windbag

4 argot (radio) radio cassette

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FRASEOLOGÍA

estar al loro argot (atento) to be on the ball, keep one's wits about one 2 (informado) to know the score

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1. SM

1) (=ave) parrot

2) ** (=radio) radio; (=radiocasete) radio-cassette

- estar al loro

hay que estar al loro — you need to be on the alert

está al loro de lo que pasa — he's in touch with what's going on

¡al loro! — watch out!

3) (=charlatán) chatterbox *

mi hermana es un loro, no para de hablar — my sister's a chatterbox, she never stops talking

4) * (=mujer fea) old bag *, old bat *

5) Cono Sur (=en robo) thieves' lookout man

6) Cono Sur (Med) bedpan

7) Cono Sur (=moco)

sacar los loros — * to pick one's nose

8) Caribe (=cuchillo) pointed and curved knife

lora

2.

ADJ dark brown

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I

-ra masculino, femenino (Zool) parrot

lo repitió como un loro — he repeated it parrot-fashion

hablar como un loro — (fam) to be a chatterbox (colloq)

II

masculino (fam)

a) (charlatán) chatterbox (colloq)

b) (mujer fea) (Esp fam) hag

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= parrot.

Ex. When some of the parrots got sick, he nursed them back to health, and they in turn brought him back to life.

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* al loro = in the know.

* estar al loro de = be on the lookout for, keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open, keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned.

* loro viejo no aprende a hablar = you can't teach an old dog new tricks.

* verde loro = parrot green.

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I

-ra masculino, femenino (Zool) parrot

lo repitió como un loro — he repeated it parrot-fashion

hablar como un loro — (fam) to be a chatterbox (colloq)

II

masculino (fam)

a) (charlatán) chatterbox (colloq)

b) (mujer fea) (Esp fam) hag

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= parrot.

Ex: When some of the parrots got sick, he nursed them back to health, and they in turn brought him back to life.

* al loro = in the know.

* estar al loro de = be on the lookout for, keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open, keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned.

* loro viejo no aprende a hablar = you can't teach an old dog new tricks.

* verde loro = parrot green.

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loro¹ -ra

masculine, feminine

A (Zool) parrot

dijo la lección como un loro he recited the lesson parrot-fashion

callado el loro (Chi fam); be quiet! (colloq)

estar al loro (Esp fam) (pendiente, alerta) to be on one's toes (colloq), to be on the ball (colloq), to keep one's eyes open (colloq)

(informado): está al loro de lo que pasa allí he keeps up with what's going on there, he's very clued up about o he's very up on what's going on there (colloq)

hablar como un loro (fam); to be a chatterbox (colloq), to talk nineteen to the dozen (colloq)

B (fam) (charlatán) chatterbox

esa mujer es un loro or una lora that woman is a real chatterbox o windbag (colloq)

C (Ur fam) (alcahuete) sneak (colloq), telltale (colloq)

loro²

masculine

A (fam) (mujer ridícula) hag, old bag (colloq)

B (fam) (en un robo) lookout

C

1 (Chi) (jarrita) pitcher, jug

2 (Chi fam) (para orinar) bottle

D (Chi fam) (moco) bogey (colloq)

sacarse los loros to pick one's nose

E loros mpl (Esp fam) earphones (pl)

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loro 1

◊ -ra sustantivo masculino, femenino (Zool) parrot

loro 2 sustantivo masculino (fam) (charlatán) chatterbox (colloq), gasbag (colloq)
loro m Zool parrot
♦ Locuciones: familiar estar al loro, to be on the ball o to keep one's eyes open: hay que estar al loro o se te pasan las oportunidades, you have to be on the ball or you'll be passed by

'loro' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cotorra
English:
dog
- parrot

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loro nm

1. [animal] parrot;

Comp

Fam

hablar como un loro to chatter;

enumeró la lista como un loro she reeled off the list parrot-fashion

Comp

loro real yellow-headed o yellow-crowned amazon

2. Fam [charlatán] chatterbox

3. Esp Fam [aparato de música] = radio and/or cassette or CD player

4. Esp Fam

Comp

estar al loro [alerta] to keep a lookout o an eye open;

[enterado] to be well up (on what's happening);

si no estamos al loro, no conseguiremos entradas if we're not quick off the mark we won't get tickets;

¿estás al loro de lo que le ha pasado a Claudia? are you up on what happened to Claudia?;

Comp

¡al loro!: ¡al loro!, ¿a que no sabes a quien he visto? listen! you'll never guess who I saw;

¡al loro con Luis, si puede te engañará! be careful with Luis, he'll cheat you if he gets a chance!

5. Chile Fam [espía] spy

6. Chile Fam [orinal] bedpan

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loro

m parrot;

estar al loro fam (enterado) be clued up fam , be on the ball fam

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loro nm

: parrot

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loro n (ave) parrot