margarita

f.

margarita.

f.

1 daisy (flower).

2 daisy wheel (Imprenta).

3 Margot, Margarita.

* * *

margarita

► nombre femenino

1 BOTÁNICA daisy

2 (de máquina) daisywheel

► nombre masculino

1 (cóctel) margarita

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

deshojar la margarita to play "he/she loves me, he/she loves me not"

echarle margaritas a los cerdos to cast pearls before swine

* * *

noun f.

daisy

* * *

SF Margaret

* * *

femenino

a) (Bot) (pequeña) daisy; (grande) marguerite

echar margaritas a los cerdos — (fam) to cast pearls before swine

b) (de máquina de escribir) golf ball

c) (cóctel) margarita

* * *

femenino

a) (Bot) (pequeña) daisy; (grande) marguerite

echar margaritas a los cerdos — (fam) to cast pearls before swine

b) (de máquina de escribir) golf ball

c) (cóctel) margarita

* * *

margarita¹

¹ = daisy.

Ex: A daisywheel printer has a wheel to do the actual printing which looks like a daisy and which has a character at the end of each 'petal'.

* impresora de margarita = daisy wheel, daisywheel printer.

* máquina de escribir de margarita = daisy-wheel typewriter.

* margarita de impresión = print wheel.

* margarita de impresora = daisy wheel.

margarita²

² = margarita.

Nota: Bebida de origen mejicano.

Ex: So if you want to take a tot or two of tequila or several margaritas with your meals, you now have a scientific excuse.

* * *

margarita

feminine

1 (Bot) (pequeña) daisy; (grande) marguerite

dar or echar margaritas a los cerdos or puercos (fam); to cast pearls before swine

deshojar la margarita to play `she loves me, she loves me not'

2 (de una máquina de escribir) golf ball

3 (cóctel) margarita

* * *

Multiple Entries:
Margarita    
margarita
margarita sustantivo femenino (Bot) (pequeña) daisy;
(grande) marguerite
margarita
I sustantivo femenino
1 Bot daisy
2 (de impresora, máquina de escribir) daisy wheel
II m (bebida) margarita
'margarita' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bala
English:
daisy
- daisywheel

* * *

margarita

♦ nf

1. [flor] daisy;

Comp

Fam

es como echar margaritas a los cerdos o [m5]puercos it's like casting pearls before swine;

Comp

deshojar la margarita to pull the petals off a daisy saying “she loves me, she loves me not”

2. Imprenta daisy-wheel

♦ nm o nf

[cóctel] margarita

* * *

margarita

f

1 BOT daisy;

estar criando margaritas fam be pushing up daisies fam ;

deshojar la margarita fig play ‘she loves me, she loves me not’;

echar margaritas a los puercos cast pearls before swine

2 TÉC daisy wheel

* * *

margarita nf

1) : daisy

2) : margarita (cocktail)

* * *

margarita n daisy [pl. daisies]