navaja

f.

1 penknife (cuchillo) (pequeño).

navaja de afeitar razor

navaja automática flick knife

2 razor-shell, razor clam (molusco).

3 pocketknife, pocket-knife, hunting knife, jackknife.

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navaja

► nombre femenino

1 (cuchillo) penknife, pocketknife

2 (molusco) razor-shell

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FRASEOLOGÍA

navaja de afeitar razor

navaja de monte hunting knife

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SF

1) (=cuchillo) clasp knife, penknife

navaja automática — flick knife

navaja barbera — cutthroat razor

navaja de afeitar — razor

navaja de muelle, navaja de resorte — flick knife

navaja multiuso(s) — Swiss army knife

2) (=molusco) razor shell

3) (Zool) (=colmillo) tusk

4) (Entomología) sting

5) pey (=lengua) sharp tongue, evil tongue

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femenino

1) (de bolsillo) penknife; (para afeitar) razor

- navaja automática or de resorte

2) (Zool) razor clam (AmE), razor-shell (BrE)

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= penknife [penknives, pl.], buck knife, pocket knife.

Ex. The exhibition 'Out of the woodwork: On the history of tartanware' displays boxes, frames, penknives and other objects decorated with a distinctive tartan pattern and manufactured in Scotland in the 19th c.

Ex. This tradition of given a young man a buck knife to welcome him into manhood is now somewhat archaic.

Ex. Police say the two were arguing when Lovato allegedly stabbed the man with a pocket knife.

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* más afilado que una navaja = as sharp as a knife.

* tallar con una navaja = whittle.

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femenino

1) (de bolsillo) penknife; (para afeitar) razor

- navaja automática or de resorte

2) (Zool) razor clam (AmE), razor-shell (BrE)

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= penknife [penknives, pl.], buck knife, pocket knife.

Ex: The exhibition 'Out of the woodwork: On the history of tartanware' displays boxes, frames, penknives and other objects decorated with a distinctive tartan pattern and manufactured in Scotland in the 19th c.

Ex: This tradition of given a young man a buck knife to welcome him into manhood is now somewhat archaic.

Ex: Police say the two were arguing when Lovato allegedly stabbed the man with a pocket knife.

* más afilado que una navaja = as sharp as a knife.

* tallar con una navaja = whittle.

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navaja

feminine

A (de bolsillo) penknife, jackknife; (para afeitar) razor

le cortó el pelo a (la) navaja he gave him a razor cut

Compuestos:

● navaja automática

switchblade (AmE), flick-knife (BrE)

● navaja barbera or de afeitar

straight razor (AmE), cutthroat razor (BrE), cutthroat (BrE)

● navaja de botón or de resorte

switchblade (AmE), flick-knife (BrE)

● navaja suiza

Swiss-army knife®

B (Zool) razor clam (AmE), razor-shell (BrE)

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navaja sustantivo femenino (de bolsillo) penknife;
(para afeitar) razor
navaja sustantivo femenino
1 (cuchillo de bolsillo) penknife, pocketknife
(arma blanca) knife
(de afeitar) razor
2 (marisco) razor-shell
'navaja' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
fierro
- garganta
- afilar
- corte
- empuñadura
- rajar
- vaina
English:
jack-knife
- penknife
- pocketknife
- pull
- razor
- sink
- stick
- switchblade
- knife
- pen

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navaja nf

1. [cuchillo] [pequeño] penknife;

[más grande] jackknife

Comp

navaja de afeitar razor;

navaja automática Br flick knife, US switchblade;

navaja barbera razor;

navaja multiusos Swiss army knife

2. [molusco] razor-shell, razor clam

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navaja

f knife

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navaja nf

1) : pocketknife, penknife

navaja de muelle: switchblade

2)

navaja de afeitar : straight razor, razor blade

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navaja n (cuchillo) knife [pl. knives] / penknife [pl. penknives]

navaja de afeitar razor