baba

f.

1 dribble (saliva) (for child).

2 slime.

3 froth, foam.

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baba

► nombre femenino

1 (de animal, adulto) spittle, saliva; (de niño) dribble

2 (de caracol, babosa) slime

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FRASEOLOGÍA

caérsele a uno la baba familiar to drool

■ se le cae la baba con su nieta he drools over his granddaughter

tener mala baba to have a bad temper

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SF

1) (=saliva) [de adulto] spittle, saliva; [de niño] dribble; [de perro] slobber

echar baba — to drool, slobber; [niño] to dribble

mala baba — * (=malhumor) bad temper; (=mal genio) nasty character

- se le caía la baba

2) (=mucosidad) [en nariz] mucus; [de caracol] slime, secretion

3) Col, Ven small crocodile

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femenino

1)

a) (de niño) dribble, drool (AmE)

b) (de adulto) saliva

caérsele a alguien la baba por or con alguien — to drool over somebody

c) (de perro, caballo) slobber

2) (de caracol) slime; (de cactus) sap

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= slime, drool.

Ex. One cannot infer from the sexist analogies of slime and holes the claim that woman occupies an inferior ontological status.

Ex. The film offers a repulsive creature whose croaks and drools recall the demonic child in The Exorcist, instead of the feral but relatively articulate person that Morrison created.

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* caérsele la baba por = go + gaga (over).

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femenino

1)

a) (de niño) dribble, drool (AmE)

b) (de adulto) saliva

caérsele a alguien la baba por or con alguien — to drool over somebody

c) (de perro, caballo) slobber

2) (de caracol) slime; (de cactus) sap

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= slime, drool.

Ex: One cannot infer from the sexist analogies of slime and holes the claim that woman occupies an inferior ontological status.

Ex: The film offers a repulsive creature whose croaks and drools recall the demonic child in The Exorcist, instead of the feral but relatively articulate person that Morrison created.

* caérsele la baba por = go + gaga (over).

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baba

feminine

A

1 (de niño) dribble, drool (AmE)

2 (de adulto) saliva

caérsele a algn la baba con or por algn: se le cae la baba con su nieta he dotes on o he's besotted with his granddaughter

estar pegado con babas (Col fam) «botón» to be about to fall off, be hanging off

el proyecto estaba pegado con babas the plan didn't really hang together properly o (AmE colloq) was stuck on with spit

3 (de perro, caballo) slobber

B

1 (de caracol) slime

2 (de cactus) sap

3 (Zool) small alligator

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baba sustantivo femenino

a) (de niño) dribble, drool (AmE)

b) (de adulto) saliva;

caérsele a algn la baba por or con algn to drool over sb

c) (de perro, caballo) slobber;

(de caracol) slime
baba sustantivo femenino dribble
♦ Locuciones: caérsele la baba: se le cae la baba con su bebé, he dotes on his baby
'baba' also found in these entries:
English:
dribble
- drool
- slime
- spittle

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baba nf

1. [saliva] [de niño] dribble;

[de adulto] spittle, saliva;

Comp

Fam

caérsele la baba a alguien: se le cae la baba con su nieta she absolutely dotes on her granddaughter;

se le cae la baba escuchando a Mozart he's in heaven when he's listening to Mozart;

Comp

Fam

tener mala baba to be a real o Br a nasty piece of work

2. [saliva] [de animal] slobber

3. [de caracol] slime

4. [de planta] sap

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baba

f drool, dribble;

se le caía la baba fam he was drooling fam

(con over);

tener mala baba be mean

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baba nf

1) : spittle, saliva

2) : dribble, drool (of a baby)

3) : slime, ooze

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baba n (de niño) dribble

caérsele la baba a alguien to drool

se le cae la baba viendo a su hijo tocar el violín he drools when he watches his son play the violin