maleta

f.

suitcase.

hacer o preparar la maleta to pack (one's bags)

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maleta

► nombre femenino

1 suitcase, case

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 familiar useless person

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FRASEOLOGÍA

hacer la maleta (empacar) to pack 2 (irse) to pack up

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noun f.

suitcase

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I

1. SF

1) [para equipaje] case, suitcase

fuimos a retirar nuestras maletas de la consigna — we went to get our luggage from the left-luggage office

hacer la(s) maleta(s) — (lit) to pack; (fig) to pack one's bags

ya puede ir preparando las maletas — he's on his way out, he can start packing his bags

2) (Aut) boot, trunk (EEUU)

3) Cono Sur [de caballo] saddlebag

4) CAm (=fajo de ropa) bundle of clothes

5) And, Caribe (=joroba) hump

2. SMF

1) * (=persona inepta) [gen] dead loss *; (Taur) clumsy beginner; (Dep) useless player

2) LAm (=vago) lazy person, idler

II

ADJ

1) LAm (=travieso) naughty, mischievous; (=malo) wicked

2) And, Cono Sur (=tonto) stupid; (=inútil) useless

3) Cono Sur (=astuto) sly

4) LAm (=vago) lazy

5) CAm, Méx (=torpe) ham-fisted

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I

femenino

1) (valija) suitcase, case

hacer la maleta — to pack (one's case)

estar de maleta — (Chi fam) to be in a bad mood

2) (Chi, Per) (Auto) trunk (AmE), boot (BrE)

II

masculino y femenino (Esp fam) (persona inepta)

es un maleta — he's useless o hopeless (colloq)

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= suitcase.

Ex. The price includes porterage based on one suitcase per person.

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* hacer las maletas = pack up, pack + Posesivo + belongings, pack + Posesivo + things, pack + Posesivo + suitcases, pack + Posesivo + bags.

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I

femenino

1) (valija) suitcase, case

hacer la maleta — to pack (one's case)

estar de maleta — (Chi fam) to be in a bad mood

2) (Chi, Per) (Auto) trunk (AmE), boot (BrE)

II

masculino y femenino (Esp fam) (persona inepta)

es un maleta — he's useless o hopeless (colloq)

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= suitcase.

Ex: The price includes porterage based on one suitcase per person.

* hacer las maletas = pack up, pack + Posesivo + belongings, pack + Posesivo + things, pack + Posesivo + suitcases, pack + Posesivo + bags.

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maleta¹

adjective

(Per fam) unlucky

maleta²

feminine

A (valija) suitcase, case

todavía no he hecho la maleta I haven't packed (my case) yet

estar de maleta (Chi fam); to be in a bad mood

se levantó de maleta he got out of bed on the wrong side (colloq)

B

(Col, Ven fam) (joroba): ¡qué maleta la de ese tipo! that guy is such a pain! (colloq)

C (Andes) (Auto) trunk (AmE), boot (BrE)

D

maleta masculine and feminine (Esp, Méx fam) (persona inepta): es un maleta he's useless o hopeless (colloq)

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maleta sustantivo femenino
1 (valija) suitcase, case;

◊ hacer la maleta to pack (one's case)

2 (Chi, Per) See Also→

◊ maletera

maleta sustantivo femenino suitcase, case: aún tengo que hacer la maleta, I still have to pack my things
'maleta' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
empacar
- encima
- bulto
- deshacer
- hacer
- interior
- llenar
- maletín
- meter
- neceser
- pesar
English:
bulge
- case
- fasten
- pack
- pack down
- squash in
- suitcase
- take out
- unpack
- bag
- boot
- go
- packing
- ton
- zip

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maleta

♦ nf

1. [de equipaje] suitcase;

hacer o [m5]preparar la maleta to pack (one's bags);

Comp

Chile

largar o [m5]soltar la maleta to kick the bucket

2. Andes, Guat [fardo] bundle

3. Chile [alforja] saddlebag

4. Chile, Ven [maletero] Br boot, US trunk

♦ nmf

Esp, Méx Fam [inútil, malo]

ser un maleta to be a waste of space

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maleta

I f

1 bag, suitcase;

hacer la maleta pack one’s bags

2 L.Am.

AUTO trunk, Br

boot

II m/f fam

DEP

:

era un maleta he was hopeless

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maleta nf

: suitcase, bag

haz tus maletas: pack your bags

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maleta n suitcase / case

hacer la maleta to pack