tripa

f.

1 stomach (vientre).

me duele la tripa I've got a stomachache

echar las tripas (informal) to throw up, to puke

hacer de tripas corazón (informal) to pluck up one's courage

¿qué tripa se te ha roto? (informal) what's up with you, then?, what's bugging you?

revolverle las tripas a alguien (informal) to turn somebody's stomach

2 gut, belly (informal) (barriga). (peninsular Spanish)

está echando tripa he's getting a pot belly o a bit of a gut

3 intestine, bowels, gut.

4 catgut.

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tripa

► nombre femenino

1 (intestino) gut, intestine

2 (barriga) gut, stomach

3 (de vasija) belly

4 familiar (embarazo) belly

► nombre femenino plural tripas

1 familiar (interior) innards

2 (de fruta) core sing

3 (documentos) dossier sing

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FRASEOLOGÍA

echar las tripas familiar to throw up

echar tripa / tener tripa familiar to get a paunch / have a paunch

hacer de tripas corazón figurado to pluck up courage

revolver las tripas figurado to turn one's stomach

dolor de tripas familiar stomachache

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noun f.

gut

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femenino

1)

a) tb tripas femenino plural (intestino) intestine, gut; (vísceras) (fam) innards (pl) (colloq)

se me revuelven las tripas sólo de verlo — just looking at it turns my stomach

echar las tripas — (fam) (esforzarse) to work one's butt off (AmE colloq), to bust a gut (BrE sl); (vomitar) to throw up (colloq)

hacer de tripas corazón — to pluck up courage

b) (material) gut

cuerda de tripa — catgut

2) (Esp fam) (barriga) belly (colloq)

tener/echar tripa — to have/get a bit of a paunch o (colloq) belly

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= tummy, gut.

Ex. Ladies bemoan their fat tummies, wobbly thighs, bulging hips and flabby thighs.

Ex. Did you also know that the gut has more nerve endings than the head does?.

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* hacer de tripas corazón = bite + the bullet.

* tripa para embutidos = sausage casing.

* tripa para salchichas = sausage casing.

* tripas = insides, gubbings.

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femenino

1)

a) tb tripas femenino plural (intestino) intestine, gut; (vísceras) (fam) innards (pl) (colloq)

se me revuelven las tripas sólo de verlo — just looking at it turns my stomach

echar las tripas — (fam) (esforzarse) to work one's butt off (AmE colloq), to bust a gut (BrE sl); (vomitar) to throw up (colloq)

hacer de tripas corazón — to pluck up courage

b) (material) gut

cuerda de tripa — catgut

2) (Esp fam) (barriga) belly (colloq)

tener/echar tripa — to have/get a bit of a paunch o (colloq) belly

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= tummy, gut.

Ex: Ladies bemoan their fat tummies, wobbly thighs, bulging hips and flabby thighs.

Ex: Did you also know that the gut has more nerve endings than the head does?.

* hacer de tripas corazón = bite + the bullet.

* tripa para embutidos = sausage casing.

* tripa para salchichas = sausage casing.

* tripas = insides, gubbings.

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tripa

feminine

A tb tripas fpl

1 (intestino) intestine, gut; (vísceras) (fam) innards (pl) (colloq), insides (pl) (colloq)

quitarle las escamas y las tripas remove the scales and gut it

me duelen las tripas I have a stomach o (colloq) tummy ache

a mí se me revuelven las tripas sólo de verlo just looking at it turns my stomach o makes my stomach turn

echar las tripas (fam) (esforzarse) to work one's butt off (AmE colloq), to bust a gut (BrE sl) (vomitar) to throw up (colloq), to puke (sl)

hacer de tripas corazón to pluck up courage

hice de tripas corazón y me lo comí I took a deep breath and ate it, I plucked up courage and ate it

tener tripas para algo (fam): hay que tener tripas para ser cirujano you need a strong stomach to be a surgeon

yo no tengo tripas para hacer ese trabajo I don't have the stomach to do that job

2 (material) gut

cuerda de tripa catgut

B (Esp fam) (barriga) tummy (colloq), belly (colloq)

tiene tripa he's got a bit of a paunch o (colloq) belly

echar tripa to get fat, to get a paunch o a pot o a belly (colloq)

está de cuatro meses pero aún no se le nota la tripa she's four months pregnant but she's not showing yet (colloq)

a media tripa (Chi fam); hungry

me quedé a media tripa I still felt hungry

C (Méx) (tubo) tube

una tripa flexible a flexible tube

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tripa sustantivo femenino
1

a) tb

◊ tripas sustantivo femenino plural (intestino) intestine, gut;

(vísceras) (fam) innards (pl) (colloq);

◊ se me revuelven las tripas de solo verlo just looking at it turns my stomach

b) (material) gut

2 (Esp fam) (barriga) belly (colloq)
tripa sustantivo femenino
1 Anat gut, intestine
fam (barriga) tummy: me duele la tripa, I've got tummy ache
tiene mucha tripa, he has a big paunch
2 fam fpl tripas, innards, guts
♦ Locuciones: hacer de tripas corazón, to pluck up courage
su actitud me revuelve las tripas, his attitude makes me sick
¿qué tripa se le habrá roto ahora?, what's the matter with him now?
'tripa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
embutir
English:
belly
- bellyache
- gut
- skin

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tripa nf

1. Esp Fam [barriga] gut, belly;

está echando tripa he's getting a potbelly o a bit of a gut;

tiene mucha tripa he's got a huge gut o belly on him

2. [de embarazada] bump, bulge

3. [vientre] stomach;

me duele la tripa I've got a stomachache;

dolor de tripa stomachache

4.

tripas [intestino] gut, intestine;

primero se le quitan las tripas al pescado first, gut the fish;

te suenan las tripas your stomach's rumbling;

Comp

Fam

echar las tripas to throw up, to puke;

Comp

Fam

revolverle las tripas a alguien to turn sb's stomach;

Comp

Fam

hacer de tripas corazón to pluck up one's courage;

Comp

Fam

¿qué tripa se te ha roto? what's up with you, then?, what's bugging you?

5. Fam

tripas [interior] insides;

quiero ver las tripas de la máquina I want to see the workings of the machine

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tripa

f fam

belly fam , gut fam ;

hacer de tripas corazón fig pluck up courage;

¿qué tripa se te ha roto? fam what’s so urgent?;

echar las tripas fig fam bust a gut;

rascarse la tripa fig fam do nothing;

se me revuelven las tripas my stomach turns

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tripa nf

1) intestino: gut, intestine

2) tripas nfpl fam: belly, tummy, insides pl

dolerle a uno las tripas: to have a stomach ache

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tripa n

1. (intestino) gut

tripa de cerdo pig's gut

2. (estómago) stomach / tummy [pl. tummies]

me duele la tripa I've got a tummyache

3. (barriga) belly [pl. bellies]

no está gordo, pero sí tiene tripa he's not fat, but he has got a belly