avispero

m.

1 wasp's nest (nido).

2 mess (informal) (lío).

meterse en un avispero to get into a mess

3 comb, wasp nest, wasps' nest, vespiary.

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avispero

► nombre masculino

1 (conjunto de avispas) swarm of wasps

2 (nido de avispas) wasp's nest

3 figurado (lío) tight spot, mess

4 MEDICINA carbuncle

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SM

1) (=nido) wasps' nest

2) (Med) carbuncle

3) * (=enredo) hornet's nest, mess

meterse en un avispero — to get o.s. into a jam *

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masculino

a) (nido) wasps' nest

esa oficina es un avispero — (RPl) that office is a madhouse (colloq)

alborotar or revolver el avispero — to stir up a hornet's nest

b) (lío) mess

c) (Med) carbuncle

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= wasps' nest.

Ex. When I was a young, troublesome rapscallion, one of my favorite destructive pastimes was to throw rocks at wasps' nests.

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masculino

a) (nido) wasps' nest

esa oficina es un avispero — (RPl) that office is a madhouse (colloq)

alborotar or revolver el avispero — to stir up a hornet's nest

b) (lío) mess

c) (Med) carbuncle

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= wasps' nest.

Ex: When I was a young, troublesome rapscallion, one of my favorite destructive pastimes was to throw rocks at wasps' nests.

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avispero

masculine

1 (nido) wasps' nest

esa oficina es un avispero (RPl); that office is a madhouse (colloq)

alborotar or revolver el avispero to stir up a hornet's nest

2 (lío) mess

meterse en un avispero to get oneself into a mess o into trouble

3 (Med) carbuncle

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avispero sustantivo masculino (nido) wasps' nest
avispero sustantivo masculino
1 (nido) wasps' nest
2 (asunto complicado, lío) mess

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avispero nm

1. [nido] wasps' nest;

Comp

Fam

alborotar el avispero to stir up a hornet's nest

2. Fam [lío] mess;

meterse en un avispero to get into a mess

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avispero

m wasps’ nest;

meterse en un avispero fig get o.s. into trouble

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avispero nm

: wasps' nest