peinar

v.

to comb (also figurative).

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peinar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to comb; (con cepillo) to brush

2 (registrar) to comb, search

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verb

to comb

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1. VT

1) [+ pelo] [con peine] to comb; [con cepillo] to brush

me peinan en Zoila's — I get my hair done at Zoila's

2) [+ caballo] to comb, curry

3) [+ zona] to comb

4) LAm [+ roca] to cut

5) Arg * (=adular) to flatter

6) (Dep) * [+ balón] to head

2.

See:

peinarse

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1.

verbo transitivo

1)

a) <melena/flequillo> (con peine) to comb; (con cepillo) to brush

b) peluquero

¿quién te peina? — who does your hair?

2) <lana> to card

3) (period) <área/zona> to comb

2.

peinarse v pron

a) (refl) (con peine) to comb one's hair; (con cepillo) to brush one's hair

b) (caus) to have one's hair done

me peino en esta peluquería — I have my hair done at this salon

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= trawl, comb.

Ex. The Internet search engines, such as AltaVista and Excite, send out robots or Web crawlers to trawl the Internet and automatically index the files that they find.

Ex. All barnacles are filter feeders -- extending feathery legs into the water at high tide to comb plankton from the water.

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* peinar en busca de = scour + Nombre + for.

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1.

verbo transitivo

1)

a) <melena/flequillo> (con peine) to comb; (con cepillo) to brush

b) peluquero

¿quién te peina? — who does your hair?

2) <lana> to card

3) (period) <área/zona> to comb

2.

peinarse v pron

a) (refl) (con peine) to comb one's hair; (con cepillo) to brush one's hair

b) (caus) to have one's hair done

me peino en esta peluquería — I have my hair done at this salon

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= trawl, comb.

Ex: The Internet search engines, such as AltaVista and Excite, send out robots or Web crawlers to trawl the Internet and automatically index the files that they find.

Ex: All barnacles are filter feeders -- extending feathery legs into the water at high tide to comb plankton from the water.

* peinar en busca de = scour + Nombre + for.

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peinar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹melena/flequillo› (con un peine) to comb; (con un cepillo) to brush

ven aquí que te peine come here and let me comb/brush your hair o (colloq) do your hair

2

«peluquero»: ¿quién te peina? who does your hair?

B ‹lana› to card

C (period); «policía» to comb

la policía peinó la zona the police combed the area o carried out a thorough search of the area

■ peinarse

v pron

1 (refl) (con un peine) to comb one's hair; (con un cepillo) to brush one's hair

no he tenido tiempo de peinarme I haven't had time to comb/brush my hair o (colloq) do my hair

2 ‹melena/flequillo› to comb

¡péinate esas greñas! comb that mop! (colloq)

3 (caus) to have one's hair done

siempre me peino en la misma peluquería I always have my hair done at the same salon

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peinar (conjugate peinar) verbo transitivo
1

a) ‹melena/flequillo› (con peine) to comb;

(con cepillo) to brush

b) [peluquero]:

◊ ¿quién te peina? who does your hair?

2 ‹lana› to card
3 (period) ‹área/zona› to comb
peinarse verbo pronominal

a) (refl) (con peine) to comb one's hair;

(con cepillo) to brush one's hair

b) (caus) to have one's hair done;

◊ me peino en esta peluquería I have my hair done at this salon

peinar verbo transitivo
1 (el cabello) to comb
2 (una zona) to comb
'peinar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cana
English:
comb
- frizzy
- scour
- style
- do
- sweep

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peinar

♦ vt

1. [cabello] [con peine] to comb;

[con cepillo] to brush;

¿quién te peina? who does your hair?

2. [caballo, gato] to comb, to groom

3. [rastrear] to comb

4. [en fútbol]

peinar la pelota to flick the ball on with one's head

♦ See also the pronominal verb peinarse

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peinar

v/t tb fig

comb;

peinar a alguien comb s.o.’s hair

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peinar vt

: to comb

♦ See also the reflexive verb peinarse

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peinar vb to comb someone's hair