sapo

m.

toad.

echar sapos y culebras (figurative) to rant and rave

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sapo

► nombre masculino

1 toad

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FRASEOLOGÍA

echar sapos y culebras familiar to rant and rave

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I

SM

1) (Zool) toad

- echar sapos y culebras

2) (=persona) ugly creature

3) LAm game of throwing coins into the mouth of an iron toad

4) CAm, Caribe (=soplón) informer, grass *, fink (EEUU) *

5) Cono Sur ** (=soldado) soldier

II

ADJ

1) And, CAm, Cono Sur (=astuto) cunning, sly

2) Cono Sur (=hipócrita) hypocritical, two-faced

3) CAm, Caribe (=chismoso) gossipy

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I

-pa adjetivo

1) (Andes fam) (astuto) sharp (colloq)

2) (Chi fam) (mirón) nosy (colloq)

II

masculino (Zool) toad

echar sapos y culebras por la boca — (fam) to curse and swear

III

-pa masculino, femenino

1) (Andes fam) (astuto)

es una sapa — she's very sharp (colloq)

2) (Andes fam) (delator) informer, grass (BrE colloq)

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= toad.

Ex. Animals profiled include buzzards, moths, leeches, jellyfish, snakes, slugs, and toads.

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I

-pa adjetivo

1) (Andes fam) (astuto) sharp (colloq)

2) (Chi fam) (mirón) nosy (colloq)

II

masculino (Zool) toad

echar sapos y culebras por la boca — (fam) to curse and swear

III

-pa masculino, femenino

1) (Andes fam) (astuto)

es una sapa — she's very sharp (colloq)

2) (Andes fam) (delator) informer, grass (BrE colloq)

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= toad.

Ex: Animals profiled include buzzards, moths, leeches, jellyfish, snakes, slugs, and toads.

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sapo¹ -pa

adjective

A (Andes fam) (astuto) smart (colloq), crafty (colloq), sharp (colloq)

B (Chi fam) (mirón) nosy (colloq)

sapo²

masculine

A (Zool) toad

echar sapos y culebras por la boca (fam); to curse and swear, to eff and blind (BrE colloq)

sentirse como sapo de otro pozo (RPl fam); to feel like a fish out of water (colloq)

tragar sapos (fam); to grin and bear it

B

1 (AmS) (juego) game in which players throw coins into the mouth of a model toad

2 (Chi) (en el billar) fluke

sapo³ -pa

masculine, feminine

A

(Andes fam) (astuto): es una sapa she's very sharp o smart o crafty (colloq)

B (Andes, Ven fam) (delator) informer, grass (BrE colloq)

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sapo sustantivo masculino (Zool) toad
sapo m Zool toad
♦ Locuciones: fam (despotricar) echar sapos y culebras, to curse and swear: echaba sapos y culebras contra su jefe, he was ranting and raving about his boss
'sapo' also found in these entries:
English:
female
- toad

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sapo nm

1. [anfibio] toad;

Comp

echar sapos y culebras to rant and rave;

Comp

RP

estar o [m5]sentirse como o [m5]ser sapo de otro pozo to be o feel like a fish out of water

Comp

sapo partero midwife toad

2. Chile [suerte] fluke, stroke of luck

3. Pan Fam [canalla] scoundrel, rascal

4. Ven Fam [delator] snitch, rat

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sapo

m ZO toad;

echar sapos y culebras fig curse and swear;

tragar(se) sapos fig fam grin and bear it

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sapo nm

: toad

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sapo n toad