uva

uva
f.
grape.
de uvas a peras once in a blue moon
estar de mala uva to be in a bad mood
tener mala uva to be a bad sort, to be a nasty piece of work
uvas de la suerte = grapes eaten for good luck as midnight chimes on New Year's Eve
nos van a dar las uvas we're going to be here for ever!, this is taking for ever!
* * *
uva
► nombre femenino
1 grape
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FRASEOLOGÍA
estar de mala uva familiar to be in a bad mood
tener mala uva familiar (de mal humor) to be in a bad mood 2 (mal carácter) to be a nasty piece of work, be bad-tempered
de uvas a peras once in a blue moon
uva de mesa dessert grape
uva moscatel muscatel grape
uva pasa raisin
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noun f.
grape
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ABR
= ultravioleta A UVA
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femenino grape

de uvas a peras — (fam) once in a blue moon

estar de mala uva — (fam) to be in a (foul) mood (colloq)

tener mala uva — (fam) to be a nasty piece of work (colloq)

tomar las uvas — to see the New Year in (by eating one grape on each chime of the clock)

* * *
= grape.
Ex. In Ohio State we've been trying to develop for the last fifteen years a grape that will still survive the grape blight that wiped out the vineyards in southern Ohio in the 1920s.
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* azúcar de uva = grape-sugar.
* cultivo de la uva = grape growing.
* de higos a brevas = once in a blue moon.
* de mala uva = in a foul mood.
* las uvas están verdes = sour grapes.
* pisar uvas = tread + grapes.
* racimo de uvas = bunch of grapes.
* recogedor de uvas = grape picker.
* uva inmadura = unripe grape.
* * *
femenino grape

de uvas a peras — (fam) once in a blue moon

estar de mala uva — (fam) to be in a (foul) mood (colloq)

tener mala uva — (fam) to be a nasty piece of work (colloq)

tomar las uvas — to see the New Year in (by eating one grape on each chime of the clock)

* * *
= grape.

Ex: In Ohio State we've been trying to develop for the last fifteen years a grape that will still survive the grape blight that wiped out the vineyards in southern Ohio in the 1920s.

* azúcar de uva = grape-sugar.
* cultivo de la uva = grape growing.
* de higos a brevas = once in a blue moon.
* de mala uva = in a foul mood.
* las uvas están verdes = sour grapes.
* pisar uvas = tread + grapes.
* racimo de uvas = bunch of grapes.
* recogedor de uvas = grape picker.
* uva inmadura = unripe grape.

* * *
uva
feminine
grape
un racimo de uvas a bunch of grapes
dar las uvas (fam): si no te das prisa nos van a dar las uvas if you don't hurry up we'll be here all day o all night o until the cows come home (colloq)
de uvas a peras (fam); once in a blue moon
estar de mala uva (fam); to be in a (foul) mood (colloq)
cuando está de mala uva no hay quien la aguante she's unbearable when she's in a mood o in one of her foul moods
tener mala uva (fam); to be nasty, to be a nasty piece of work (colloq)
tomar las uvas to see the New Year in (by eating one grape on each chime of the clock)
Compuestos:
● uva blanca
white grape
● uva de mesa
dessert grape
● uva moscatel
muscatel grape
● uva negra
black grape
● uva pasa
raisin
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uva sustantivo femenino
grape;
◊ uva blanca/negra white/black grape

uva sustantivo femenino
1 Bot grape
uva pasa, raisin
2 familiar mala uva, (mala intención) ill will
(mal genio) bad temper
♦ Locuciones: estar de mala uva, to be in a foul mood
tener mala uva, (tener mal genio) to be bad-tempered

'uva' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sacar
- chicha
- estar
- pepa
- pepita
- tinto
English:
blood
- currant
- grape
- vintage
- goose
- raisin
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uva nf
grape;
Comp
de uvas a peras once in a blue moon;
Comp
Fam
estar de mala uva to be in a foul mood;
Comp
tener mala uva to be a bad sort, Br to be a real o Br a nasty piece of work;
Comp
nos van a dar las uvas we're going to be here for ever!, this is taking for ever!
Comp
uva blanca white grape;
uva de gato white stonecrop;
uva pasa raisin;
uvas de la suerte = grapes eaten for good luck as midnight chimes on New Year's Eve
LAS UVAS (DE LA SUERTE)
On New Year's Eve in Spain, it is traditional to eat a grape for each of the twelve strokes of midnight for good luck in each of the months of the coming year. If you make a wish before each stroke and successfully eat the twelve grapes, your wishes will supposedly come true in the New Year.
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uva
f BOT grape;
estar de mala uva fam be in a foul mood;
tener mala uva fam be a nasty piece of work fam ;
de uvas a brevas o peras fam once in a blue moon
* * *
uva nf
: grape
* * *
uva n grape
un racimo de uvas a bunch of grapes
estar de mala uva to be in a bad mood
tener mala uva to be bad tempered

Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.

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