cardo

m.

1 thistle (plant).

cardo borriquero cotton thistle

2 ugly mug (informal) (person) (fea). (peninsular Spanish)

3 cardoon, Cynara cardunculus, wild artichoke, cardon.

pres.indicat.

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

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cardo

► nombre masculino

1 BOTÁNICA (espinoso) thistle; (comestible) cardoon

2 familiar (persona arisca) nasty person, unfriendly person

■ es un cardo he's really unfriendly

3 familiar (persona fea) ugly person

■ su novio es un cardo her boyfriend's as ugly as sin

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FRASEOLOGÍA

cardo borriquero (planta) milk thistle 2 (persona) ugly person

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SM thistle

- es un cardo

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masculino (Bot) thistle

- cardo borriquero

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masculino (Bot) thistle

- cardo borriquero

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cardo

masculine

A (Bot) thistle

Compuesto:

cardo borriquero

cotton thistle

B

(Esp fam): esa chica es un cardo borriquero she's a prickly character (colloq)

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Del verbo cardar: (conjugate cardar)

cardo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

cardó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
cardar    
cardo
cardar (conjugate cardar) verbo transitivo

a) ‹lana› to card

b) ‹pelo› to backcomb, tease

cardarse verbo pronominal (refl) to backcomb
cardo sustantivo masculino (Bot) thistle
cardo sustantivo masculino
1 Bot (comestible) cardoon
(con espinas) thistle
cardo borriquero, cotton thistle
2 familiar (persona fea) very ugly person
(persona con mal carácter) ser un cardo (borriquero), to be a prickly person
'cardo' also found in these entries:
English:
thistle

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cardo nm

1. [planta] thistle

Comp

cardo borriquero cotton thistle

2. Esp Fam [persona fea]

cardo (borriquero) ugly mug, face-ache;

es un cardo borriquero he's as ugly as sin, Br he has a face like the back end of a bus

3. Esp Fam [persona arisca]

cardo (borriquero) Br prickly customer, US cranky person

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cardo

m BOT thistle

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cardo nm

: thistle

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cardo n thistle