- vaina
- f.1 pod.2 scabbard.3 pain (very informal) (problema, molestia). (Colombian Spanish, Perú, Venezuelan Spanish)¡déjate de vainas! stop pissing around!cualquier vaina anything (cosa)4 problem.5 sheath, involucre.* * *vaina► nombre femenino1 (de espada etc) sheath, scabbard2 (de instrumento etc) case3 BOTÁNICA pod, husk► nombre masulino o femenino1 familiar figurado (botarate) good-for-nothing* * *1. SF1) [de espada] sheath, scabbard; [de útil] sheath, case; [de cartucho] case2) (Bot) [de garbanzo, guisante] pod; [de nuez] husk, shell3) plvainas (=judías) green beans4) (=pega) problem, snag(LAm) * (=molestia) nuisance, bore; (=cosa) thing
¡qué vaina! — what a nuisance!
5) (And) (=chiripa) fluke, piece of luck6) ( Cono Sur) (=estafa) swindle7)- echar vaina2.SMF* (=persona inútil) twit *, nitwit *, dork ( esp EEUU) **3.ADJ(LAm) (=enojoso) annoying* * *femenino1) (de espada) scabbard; (de navaja) sheath2) (Bot) (de habas, etc) pod; (del tallo) leaf sheath3) (Col, Per, Ven fam)a) (problema, contrariedad)qué vaina! — what a drag o pain (colloq)
la vaina es que no sé cómo — the thing o problem is that I don't know how
estoy metida en una vaina — I'm in a spot of trouble (colloq)
b) (cosa, asunto) thing, thingamajig (colloq)aquí esa vaina no existe — you won't find anything like that round here
echarle una vaina a alguien — (Ven fam) to shaft somebody (AmE colloq), to do the dirty on somebody (BrE colloq)
echar vaina — (Ven fam) (molestar) to be a pest; (divertirse) to have a good time (colloq)
c) (comportamiento sospechoso)tenían una vaina — they were up to something funny
¿qué vaina te traes tú? — what are you up to?
* * *= pod, husk, scabbard.Ex. At harvest, plants were separated into three sections and all pods were removed by hand from each of the three sections and then hand shelled.Ex. This peat is rich in beaver chewed wood fragments, twigs, sedge, seeds, husks, coleoptera parts, small bones, and conifer cones.Ex. The sultan requited the king of China's present by sending him ten swords with scabbards encrusted in pearls.* * *femenino1) (de espada) scabbard; (de navaja) sheath2) (Bot) (de habas, etc) pod; (del tallo) leaf sheath3) (Col, Per, Ven fam)a) (problema, contrariedad)qué vaina! — what a drag o pain (colloq)
la vaina es que no sé cómo — the thing o problem is that I don't know how
estoy metida en una vaina — I'm in a spot of trouble (colloq)
b) (cosa, asunto) thing, thingamajig (colloq)aquí esa vaina no existe — you won't find anything like that round here
echarle una vaina a alguien — (Ven fam) to shaft somebody (AmE colloq), to do the dirty on somebody (BrE colloq)
echar vaina — (Ven fam) (molestar) to be a pest; (divertirse) to have a good time (colloq)
c) (comportamiento sospechoso)tenían una vaina — they were up to something funny
¿qué vaina te traes tú? — what are you up to?
* * *= pod, husk, scabbard.Ex: At harvest, plants were separated into three sections and all pods were removed by hand from each of the three sections and then hand shelled.
Ex: This peat is rich in beaver chewed wood fragments, twigs, sedge, seeds, husks, coleoptera parts, small bones, and conifer cones.Ex: The sultan requited the king of China's present by sending him ten swords with scabbards encrusted in pearls.* * *vainafeminineA (funda — de una espada) scabbard; (— de una navaja) sheathB (Bot)1 (de guisantes, habas) pod2 (del tallo) leaf sheathC (de una bandera) casing; (de una vela) reinforcing hemD (Col, Per, Ven fam)1(problema, contrariedad): ¡qué vaina! acabo de saber que mi saldo está en rojo what a drag o pain, I've just found out that I'm overdrawn (colloq)la vaina es que no sé cómo llegar the thing o problem o trouble is that I don't know how to get thereestoy metida en una vaina I'm in a spot of trouble o bother (colloq)¡qué vaina este gobierno! this government's the (absolute) end o the pits (colloq)2(cosa, asunto): alcánzame esa vaina can you pass me that thing o thingamajig o whatsitsname? (colloq)aquí esa vaina no existe you won't find anything like that round hereexplíqueme otra vez cómo es la vaina can you explain how it goes again? (colloq)canaima, cada quien paga su vaina (Ven fam); everyone pays their shareecharle una vaina a algn (Ven fam); to shaft sb (AmE colloq), to do the dirty on sb (BrE colloq)echar vaina (Ven fam) (molestar) to be a nuisance o pest; (divertirse) to have a good time (colloq), to have a laugh (colloq)3(comportamiento sospechoso): tenían una vaina they were up to something funny, they were looking suspicious¿qué vaina te traes tú? what are you up to?* * *
vaina sustantivo femenino
1 (de espada) scabbard;
(de navaja) sheath
2 (Bot) (de habas, etc) pod
3 (Col, Per, Ven fam)a) (problema, contrariedad):◊ ¡qué vaina! what a drag o pain (colloq);
la vaina es que no sé cómo the thing o problem is that I don't know how;
estoy metida en una vaina I'm in a spot of trouble (colloq)b) (cosa, asunto) thing, thingamajig (colloq)c) (comportamiento sospechoso):◊ tenían una vaina they were up to something funny;
¿qué vaina te traes tú? what are you up to?
vaina
1 sustantivo femenino
1 (funda de espada, puñal, etc) scabbard, sheath
2 Bot (del guisante, de la judía, etc) pod
3 LAm fam (fastidio) bother
'vaina' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
legumbre
- habichuela
English:
bean
- pod
- scabbard
- sheath
- shell
- butter
- thingamabob
* * *vaina♦ nf1. [en planta] pod2. [de espada] scabbard3. Col, Perú, Ven muy Fam [problema] pain;ser una vaina seria to be a real pain;¡qué vaina! what a pisser!4. Col, Perú, Ven muy Fam [cosa]cualquier vaina anything5. Col, Perú, Ven muy Fam [tontería]¡déjate de vainas! stop messing o Br pissing around!CompCol, Perú, Ven muy Famde vaina by fluke;ni de vaina no way♦ nmfCol, Perú, Ven muy Fam [persona molesta] pain;ése es un vaina he's a pain* * *vainaf1 BOT pod2 S.Am. fam (molestia) drag fam3 para armas sheath* * *vaina nf1) : sheath, scabbard2) : pod (of a pea or bean)3) fam : nuisance, bother* * *vaina n pod
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