mariposa

f.

1 butterfly (insect).

2 wing nut (tuerca).

3 oil lamp (candela, luz).

4 night-light.

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mariposa

► nombre femenino

1 (insecto) butterfly

2 (natación) butterfly

3 (lamparilla) oil lamp

4 (tuerca) wing nut

5 familiar peyorativo (afeminado) pansy

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a otra cosa mariposa familiar and now for something completely different

nadar mariposa to swim butterfly style, do the butterfly

mariposa nocturna moth

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noun f.

butterfly

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SF

1) (Entomología) butterfly

mariposa cabeza de muerte, mariposa de calavera — death's head moth

mariposa de la col — cabbage white butterfly

mariposa nocturna — moth

2) (Natación) butterfly

100 metros mariposa — 100 metres butterfly

nadaba en el estilo mariposa — she was swimming butterfly

3) (=tuerca) wing nut, butterfly nut

4)

mariposa cervical — orthopaedic pillow, butterfly pillow

5) And, CAm (=juguete) toy windmill

6) And (=juego) blind-man's buff

7) * (=homosexual) poof **, fag (EEUU) **, fairy *

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femenino

1) (Zool) butterfly

2) tb

mariposa nocturna

a) (Zool) moth

b) (fam & euf) (prostituta) lady of the night (euph)

3) (Dep)

estilo mariposa — butterfly

nadar mariposa or (Esp) a or (Méx) de mariposa — to swim butterfly

4) (tuerca) wing nut

5) mariposa masculino o femenino (fam) (homosexual) fairy (colloq)

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= butterfly.

Ex. They aren't going in with a definite title and author who they absolutely have to have, the fourth edition, or a certain translation; in other words, they've been given an assignment on butterflies.

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* mariposa emperador = emperor moth.

* tuerca de mariposa = thumb-screw.

* válvula de mariposa = butterfly valve.

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femenino

1) (Zool) butterfly

2) tb

mariposa nocturna

a) (Zool) moth

b) (fam & euf) (prostituta) lady of the night (euph)

3) (Dep)

estilo mariposa — butterfly

nadar mariposa or (Esp) a or (Méx) de mariposa — to swim butterfly

4) (tuerca) wing nut

5) mariposa masculino o femenino (fam) (homosexual) fairy (colloq)

* * *

= butterfly.

Ex: They aren't going in with a definite title and author who they absolutely have to have, the fourth edition, or a certain translation; in other words, they've been given an assignment on butterflies.

* mariposa emperador = emperor moth.

* tuerca de mariposa = thumb-screw.

* válvula de mariposa = butterfly valve.

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mariposa

feminine

A (Zool) butterfly

Compuesto:

mariposa monarca

monarch butterfly

B

tb mariposa nocturna

1 (Zool) moth

2 (fam euf) (prostituta) lady of the night (euph)

Compuesto:

mariposa de la luz

moth

C (Dep) butterfly

aprendió el estilo mariposa she learned to do o to swim butterfly

nadaba (a) or (Méx) de mariposa I was swimming butterfly

D (tuerca) wing nut

E

mariposa masculine or feminine (fam) (homosexual) fairy (colloq)

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mariposa sustantivo femenino
butterfly;

◊ mariposa nocturna moth;

estilo mariposa butterfly;
nadar mariposa or (Esp) a or (Méx) de mariposa to swim butterfly
mariposa sustantivo femenino
1 Ent butterfly
2 Natación butterfly

'mariposa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
estilo
- aletear
- gusano
- nadar
- palomilla
- revolotear
English:
butterfly
- moth
- tiger moth
- butter

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mariposa

♦ nf

1. [insecto] butterfly

Comp

mariposa de la col cabbage white;

mariposa monarca monarch butterfly;

mariposa nocturna moth;

mariposa tigre tiger moth

2. [tuerca] wing nut

3. [candela, luz] oil lamp

4. [en natación] butterfly;

los 100 metros mariposa the 100 metres butterfly;

nadar a mariposa, Méx [m5]nadar de mariposa to do the butterfly

5. mariposa cervical [almohada] Butterfly Pillow

6. [pájaro] painted bunting

7. Cuba [planta] butterfly jasmine

8. Comp

Fam Hum

a otra cosa, mariposa let's move on;

acabamos la carta, y a otra cosa, mariposa let's finish the letter and move on to something else

♦ nm

Fam [homosexual] fairy

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mariposa

f butterfly;

(estilo) mariposa DEP butterfly;

a otra cosa, mariposa fam let’s move on

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mariposa nf

1) : butterfly

2)

mariposa nocturna : moth

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mariposa n butterfly [pl. butterflies]

mariposa nocturna moth