topo

m.

1 mole (zoology) (& figurative).

2 polka dot (lunar en tela). (peninsular Spanish)

una falda de topos a polka-dot skirt

3 Topo.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: topar.

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topo

► nombre masculino

1 mole

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FRASEOLOGÍA

más ciego,-a que un topo figurado as blind as a bat

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noun m.

mole

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I

SM

1) (Zool) mole

2) (=torpe) clumsy person, blunderer

3) (=espía) mole

4) Esp (=lunar) polka dot

5) (Mec) mole, tunnelling machine

II

SM

1) LAm (=alfiler) large pin

2) And (=distancia) measurement of distance of 1.5 leagues

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masculino

a) (Zool) mole

ser más ciego que un topo — to be as blind as a bat

b) (agente infiltrado) mole

c) (Col fam) (persona torpe) klutz (AmE colloq), clumsy clod (BrE colloq)

d) (Col) (pendiente) earring

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= mole, mole.

Ex. On the one hand it is a tale of espionage and mole hunting, and on the other it is an elegiac drama of remembrance and departure.

Ex. Hamlet refers to his father's spirit as 'old mole,' because it roams above ground for a brief period before returning to its subterranean region.

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* piel de topo = moleskin.

* tela de piel de topo = moleskin.

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masculino

a) (Zool) mole

ser más ciego que un topo — to be as blind as a bat

b) (agente infiltrado) mole

c) (Col fam) (persona torpe) klutz (AmE colloq), clumsy clod (BrE colloq)

d) (Col) (pendiente) earring

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= mole, mole.

Ex: On the one hand it is a tale of espionage and mole hunting, and on the other it is an elegiac drama of remembrance and departure.

Ex: Hamlet refers to his father's spirit as 'old mole,' because it roams above ground for a brief period before returning to its subterranean region.

* piel de topo = moleskin.

* tela de piel de topo = moleskin.

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topo¹ -pa

adjective

(Col fam) clumsy

topo²

masculine

A

1 (Zool) mole

ver menos que un topo or ser más ciego que un topo to be as blind as a bat

2 (agente infiltrado) mole

3 (Col fam) (persona torpe) clumsy clot (colloq), klutz (AmE colloq)

B

1 (Esp) (lunar) polka dot

2 (alfiler) large cloak pin (used by Indians in Bolivia)

3 (Col) (pendiente) earring

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Del verbo topar: (conjugate topar)

topo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

topó es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
topar    
topo
topo sustantivo masculino

a) (Zool) mole

b) (Col) (pendiente) earring

topo sustantivo masculino
1 Zool mole
2 fig (infiltrado) mole
3 familiar más ciego que un topo, as blind as a bat
'topo' also found in these entries:
English:
bat
- mole
- blunder
- polka

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topo nm

1. [animal] mole

2. [infiltrado] mole

3. Esp [lunar en tela] polka dot;

una falda de topos a polka-dot skirt

4. Fam [ciego]

es un topo he's as blind as a bat

5. Imprenta bullet

6. Andes [alfiler] large pin

7. Col [pendiente] ear stud

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topo

m ZO mole;

ver menos que un topo fam be as blind as a bat fam

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topo nm

1) : mole (animal)

2) fam : clumsy person, blunderer

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topo n mole