galleta

f.

1 biscuit (British), cookie (United States) (cooking).

galleta para perros dog biscuit

2 slap, smack (informal) (cachete). (peninsular Spanish)

dar una galleta a alguien to give somebody a slap o smack

3 cookie, cracker, biscuit, cooky.

4 strength, force, power, forcefulness.

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galleta

► nombre femenino

1 COCINA biscuit, US cookie

2 familiar (cachete) slap, smack

■ le dio una galleta al niño sin motivo he smacked the child for no reason at all

3 familiar (golpe) crash

■ ¡menuda galleta se dio contra el muro! he crashed into the wall!

4 (mineral) type of anthracite

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FRASEOLOGÍA

galleta maría Marie biscuit, rich tea biscuit

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noun f.

biscuit, cookie

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SF

1) (Culin) (=dulce) biscuit, cookie (EEUU); (Náut) ship's biscuit, hardtack; Cono Sur coarse bread

- ir a toda galleta

galleta de soda — And cracker

galleta para perros — dog biscuit

galleta salada — cracker

2) * (=bofetada) bash *, slap

se pegó una galleta con la moto — he had a bad smash on the bike

3) And, Cono Sur small bowl for drinking maté

4) LAm * confusion, disorder

- hacerse una galleta

galleta del tráfico — Ven * (=atasco) traffic jam; (=burla) practical joke

5) Cono Sur (=bronca) ticking-off *

le dieron una buena galleta — they gave him a good ticking-off *

6)

- colgar o dar la galleta a algn

- tener mucha galleta

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femenino

1) (Coc) (dulce) cookie (AmE), biscuit (BrE); (salada) cracker

2) (Méx fam) (fuerza)

échale galleta! — put your back into it! (colloq)

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femenino

1) (Coc) (dulce) cookie (AmE), biscuit (BrE); (salada) cracker

2) (Méx fam) (fuerza)

échale galleta! — put your back into it! (colloq)

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galleta¹

¹ = biscuit, cookie.

Ex: The article 'Fruit not biscuits' looks at the nature of freelance work in the field of publishing and outlines the advantages and disadvantages of working from home.

Ex: The book covers the following topics: cereals and pastas; vegetables and fruits; breads; desserts and cookies; cakes and icings; and pastry and pies.

* caja de galletas = biscuit tin.

* galleta con trocitos de chocolate = chocolate chip cookie.

* galleta de bizcocho = sponge finger, ladyfinger.

* galleta de la fortuna = fortune cookie.

* galleta de la suerte = fortune cookie.

* galleta escocesa de mantequilla = shortbread.

galleta²

² = slap.

Ex: And actually a good slap is said to be statistically more likely to result in a child with agression and conduct problems, you may be interested to hear.

* dar una galleta = slap.

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galleta

feminine

A (Coc)

1 (dulce) cookie (AmE), biscuit (BrE)

2 (salada) cracker

Compuestos:

● galleta de campaña

(CS) type of bread

● galleta de champaña

(Chi) sponge finger

● galleta de soda

(Andes) cracker

B (Esp fam) (bofetada) slap

(golpe): te vas a pegar una galleta you're going to crash into something

C (Arg, Ven fam) (lío, maraña) mess

se me hizo una galleta con la lana the wool got tangled up

D (Ven fam) (cuello de botella) bottleneck

E

(Méx fam) (fuerza): ese cuate tiene mucha galleta that guy is pretty strong

¡échale galleta! put some effort into it! o (colloq) put your back into it!

F (Inf) cookie

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galleta sustantivo femenino (Coc) (dulce) cookie (AmE), biscuit (BrE);
(salada) cracker
galleta sustantivo femenino
1 Culin biscuit, US cookie
2 fam (bofetada) slap
(golpe) bump
'galleta' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
migaja
- ninguna
- ninguno
- roer
- sola
- solo
- barquillo
- bizcocho
- empapar
- macarrón
- mojar
- pasta
English:
apiece
- biscuit
- cookie
- cracker
- crumble
- digestive biscuit
- flapjack
- fortune cookie
- gingerbread
- last
- pretzel
- will
- flap
- ginger
- rusk
- short
- wafer

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galleta nf

1. [para comer] Br biscuit, US cookie

Comp

RP galleta de campaña = type of round crusty bread;

galleta maría Br = type of tea biscuit, similar to Rich Tea, US = plain sweet cookie;

galleta salada cracker;

Andes, CAm, Méx, Ven galleta de soda cracker

2. Esp Fam [cachete] slap, smack;

dar una galleta a alguien to give sb a slap o smack

3. Esp Fam [golpe]

se dieron una galleta [en automóvil] they crashed the car;

me di una galleta en la rodilla bajando las escaleras I banged myself on the knee coming down the stairs

4. Méx Fam [fuerza]

tiene mucha galleta he's dead strong

5. Chile [pan] coarse bread

6. Ven Fam [desorden] chaos;

se armó una galleta all hell broke loose

7. Ven Fam [atasco] jam, bottleneck

8. Comp

Arg Fam

colgar o [m5]dar la galleta a alguien [despedir] to fire sb, to give sb the sack;

[novio] to dump sb, to jilt sb

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galleta

f

1 cookie, Br

biscuit

2 Méx fam

strength

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galleta nf

1) : cookie

2) : cracker

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galleta n biscuit

galleta salada cracker