matraca

f.

1 rattle (instrument).

dar la matraca (informal) to go on, to be a nuisance

ser una matraca (informal) to be a pain

2 old car, jalopy, old banger, rickety car.

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matraca

► nombre femenino

1 (instrumento) wooden rattle

2 familiar (molestia) pest, nuisance

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dar la matraca familiar to be a nuisance

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1. SF

1) (=carraca) rattle

2) * (=lata) nuisance, pain *; (=burla) teasing, banter

dar la matraca a algn — (=molestar) to pester sb; (=burlarse de) to tease sb

3) And ** (=marihuana) hash *, pot *

4) pl matracas (Escol) ** maths * sing , math sing (EEUU)

5) Méx * (=metralleta) machine gun

2.

SMF * (=persona) nuisance, pain *

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femenino

1)

a) (juguete) rattle

darle (la) matraca — (fam) to go on (and on) (colloq)

b) matraca masculino y femenino (fam) (persona latosa) pain (colloq), nuisance

2) (Méx fam) (coche) rattletrap (colloq)

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femenino

1)

a) (juguete) rattle

darle (la) matraca — (fam) to go on (and on) (colloq)

b) matraca masculino y femenino (fam) (persona latosa) pain (colloq), nuisance

2) (Méx fam) (coche) rattletrap (colloq)

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matraca

feminine

A

1 (juguete) rattle

darle matraca (fam): ¡y dale matraca ! ¿no te he dicho que no puedes salir? oh, you do go on! o won't you stop pestering me! I've already told you you're not going out! (colloq)

estuvo dándonos (la) matraca con sus problemas he was going on and on o harping on about his problems (colloq)

2

matraca (fam) masculine and feminine (persona latosa) pain (colloq), nuisance

B (Méx fam) (coche) rattletrap (colloq), old banger (BrE colloq)

C matracas fpl (arg) (asignatura) math (AmE), maths (BrE)

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matraca sustantivo femenino
1 (juguete) rattle
2 (Méx fam) (coche) rattletrap (colloq)
'matraca' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
carraca
English:
rattle

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matraca

♦ nf

1. [instrumento] rattle;

Comp

Fam

dar la matraca [molestar] to be a pain;

dar la matraca con algo to go on about sth;

¡deja ya de dar la matraca! stop being such a pain!;

nos da la matraca con la guitarra todos los días he plagues us with his guitar-playing every day

2. Am Fam [metralleta] machine-gun

3. Ven Fam [soborno] bribe, Br backhander

4. Ven Fam [carro] old crock, Br old banger

♦ nmf

Fam [persona] pain

♦ matracas nfpl

Fam [matemáticas] Br maths, US math

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matraca

f rattle

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matraca nf

1) : rattle, noisemaker

2)

dar la matraca a : to pester, to nag