- tapia
- f.(stone) wall.estar sordo como una tapia (informal) to be (as) deaf as a postpres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: tapiar.* * *tapia► nombre femenino1 (cerca) garden wall; (de adobe) mud wall, adobe wall\FRASEOLOGÍAestar más sordo,-a que una tapia familiar to be as deaf as a post* * *noun f.wall* * *SF1) (=muro) [gen] wall; [de jardín] garden wall; [de adobe] mud wall, adobe wallsordo 1., 1)
saltar la tapia — to climb over the wall
2) ** (=compañero) partner* * *femenino (muro) wall; (cerca) fenceser/estar más sordo que una tapia — (fam) to be as deaf as a post (colloq)
* * *= wall.Ex. The planning arrangements can also be seen to be much more flexible if the number of walls in the building are reduced to a minimum.----* más sordo que una tapia = as deaf as a post.* tan sordo como una tapia = as deaf as a post.* * *femenino (muro) wall; (cerca) fenceser/estar más sordo que una tapia — (fam) to be as deaf as a post (colloq)
* * *= wall.Ex: The planning arrangements can also be seen to be much more flexible if the number of walls in the building are reduced to a minimum.
* más sordo que una tapia = as deaf as a post.* tan sordo como una tapia = as deaf as a post.* * *tapiafeminine(muro) wall; (cerca) fenceser/estar más sordo que una tapia (fam); to be as deaf as a post (colloq)* * *
Del verbo tapiar: (conjugate tapiar)
tapia es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
tapia
tapiar
tapia sustantivo femenino (muro) wall;
(cerca) fence;◊ ser/estar más sordo que una tapia (fam) to be as deaf as a post (colloq)
tapiar (conjugate tapiar) verbo transitivoa) ‹espacio› to wall inb) ‹puerta/ventana› to brick up
tapia sustantivo femenino wall
♦ Locuciones: familiar más sordo que una tapia, as deaf as a post
tapiar verbo transitivo
1 (limitar un espacio) to wall in
2 (tapar un hueco) to brick up, block off
'tapia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
horcajada
English:
deaf
- stone-deaf
- wall
- stone
* * *tapia nf(stone) wall;Compestar (sordo) como una tapia to be as deaf as a post* * *tapiaf wall;más sordo que una tapia as deaf as a post* * *tapia nf: (adobe) wall, garden wall* * *tapia n wallsordo como un tapia as deaf as a post
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.