meneo

m.

1 movement (movimiento).

dar un meneo a algo (informal) to knock something (peninsular Spanish)

dar un meneo a alguien (informal) to give somebody a hiding (peninsular Spanish)

2 wiggling, wagging, wiggle, wriggle.

3 waggle.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: menear.

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meneo

► nombre masculino

1 (de cola) wagging; (de caderas) wiggling

2 (sacudida) shake

■ le dio un meneo para que se despertara he shook her to wake her up

3 familiar (golpe) bang, bump; (paliza) hiding

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SM

1) [de cola] wag; [de cabeza] shake, toss; [de líquido] stir, stirring; [de caderas] swing(ing), sway(ing); (=sacudida) jerk, jolt

dar un meneo a algo — to jerk sth

2) * (=paliza) hiding *; (=bronca) dressing-down *

3) (=actividad)

= movida 1)

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masculino

a) (movimiento) fidgeting

un provocativo meneo de caderas — a provocative wiggle of the hips

b) (Esp fam) (sacudida) shake

dar(le) un meneo a alguien — to shake somebody

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= wiggle.

Ex. The sexiness of a woman's walk varies over her menstrual cycle, with her wiggle being most attractive when she is least fertile, say researchers.

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masculino

a) (movimiento) fidgeting

un provocativo meneo de caderas — a provocative wiggle of the hips

b) (Esp fam) (sacudida) shake

dar(le) un meneo a alguien — to shake somebody

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= wiggle.

Ex: The sexiness of a woman's walk varies over her menstrual cycle, with her wiggle being most attractive when she is least fertile, say researchers.

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meneo

masculine

1 (con inquietud) fidgeting

un provocativo meneo de caderas a provocative wiggle of the hips

le han dado un buen meneo por las malas notas (Esp fam); they gave him a real telling-off because of his bad grades (colloq)

darle un meneo a algo (Esp fam): vaya meneo le dieron a la botella de ron they really laid into o got stuck into that bottle of rum (colloq)

le dieron un meneo a la paella que casi no nos dejan nada they really tucked into the paella, they hardly left us any (colloq)

2 (Esp fam) (empujón, sacudida) bump

le dio un meneo a la mesa he banged o knocked o bumped into the table

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Del verbo menear: (conjugate menear)

meneo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

meneó es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
menear    
meneo
menear (conjugate menear) verbo transitivo ‹rabo› to wag;
‹cabeza› to shake;
‹caderas› to wiggle
menearse verbo pronominal

a) (con inquietud) to fidget

b) (provocativamente) to wiggle one's hips

menear verbo transitivo
1 to shake, move: mira cómo menea a la muñeca, look how he shakes the doll
2 (el rabo) to wag, waggle
meneo sustantivo masculino moving, shaking: le ha dado un meneo a la mesilla al pasar, he bumped the little table as he passed by
'meneo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
guedeja

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meneo nm

1. [movimiento] movement;

[de cola] wagging; [de caderas] wiggle;

nos saludó con un meneo de la cabeza he greeted us with a nod of his head;

Esp Fam

dar un meneo a algo to shake sth

2. Esp Fam [golpe] knock, bang;

dar un meneo a alguien to give sb a hiding

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meneo

m fam

telling-off;

dar un meneo a alguien tell s.o. off, give s.o. a telling-off

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meneo nm

1) : movement

2) : shake, toss

3) : swaying, wagging, wiggling

4) : stir, stirring