petardo

f. & m.

horror, ugly person (informal) (persona fea).

m.

1 firecracker.

2 bore (informal) (aburrimiento).

¡qué petardo de película! what a boring film!

3 joint (informal) (porro). (peninsular Spanish)

4 distress signal.

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petardo

► nombre masculino

1 (de verbena) firecracker, banger

2 MILITAR petard

3 familiar (persona - aburrido) boring fart, pain in the neck; (- feo) ugly person; (- inútil) good-for-nothing

4 argot (de hachís) spliff

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SM

1) (=cohete) banger, firecracker; (=explosivo) small explosive device; (Mil) petard

2) * (=lo que aburre) bore, drag

ser un petardo — to be dead boring *

3) ** (=mujer fea) hag **, old hag **

4) ** (=droga) joint **

5) * (=estafa) fraud, swindle

pegar un petardo — pull a fast one (a on)

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masculino

a) (cohete) firecracker, banger (BrE); (Mil) petard

b) (fam) (pesado) pain in the neck (colloq)

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= firecracker.

Ex. By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.

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* ser un petardo = be a pain the neck, be a pain in the ass, be a pain in the arse, be a pain in the backside, be a pain in the proverbials, be a pain in the proverbials.

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masculino

a) (cohete) firecracker, banger (BrE); (Mil) petard

b) (fam) (pesado) pain in the neck (colloq)

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= firecracker.

Ex: By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.

* ser un petardo = be a pain the neck, be a pain in the ass, be a pain in the arse, be a pain in the backside, be a pain in the proverbials, be a pain in the proverbials.

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petardo

masculine

1 (cohete) firecracker, banger (BrE); (Mil) petard

2 (fam) (pesado, aburrido) pain in the neck (colloq)

3 (Esp arg) (de hachís) joint (colloq), spliff (sl)

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petardo sustantivo masculino
firecracker, banger (BrE)
petardo sustantivo masculino
1 (de una traca, para fiestas) firecracker, banger
2 Mil petard
3 fam (aburrido, pesado) bore: ¡qué petardo de libro!, what a boring book!
'petardo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cuete
English:
banger
- cracker
- let off

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petardo, -a

♦ nm

1. [cohete] firecracker, Br banger

2. Fam [aburrimiento] bore;

¡qué petardo de película! what a boring movie!

3. Esp Fam [porro] joint

♦ nm,f

Fam

1. [persona fea] horror, ugly person

2. [persona molesta] pain (in the neck);

¡no seas petardo! don't be a pain (in the neck)!

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petardo

I m firecracker

II m, petarda f fam (plasta) nerd fam ;

ser un petardo de persona be a pain in the neck fam

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petardo nm

: firecracker

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petardo n (explosivo) banger