- bacalao
- m.1 cod.bacalao a la vizcaína (cooking) = Basque dish of salt cod cooked in a tomato and red pepper saucebacalao al pil-pil (cooking) = Basque dish of salt cod cooked with olive oil and garlicbacalao salado salt codpartir o cortar el bacalao (informal figurative) to call the shots (peninsular Spanish)2 cod fish, hapuka wreckfish, cod, codfish.3 cobia, cobia fish, Rachycentron canadum.* * *bacalao► nombre masculino1 cod\FRASEOLOGÍAcortar el bacalao to be the boss, give the orders, wear the trousers¡te conozco bacalao! you can't fool me!bacalao salado salt cod* * *SM1) (=pez) cod, codfish- ¡te conozco, bacalao!- ser un bacalao2) Cono Sur miser, scrooge *3) Esp *** cunt **** * *masculino cod, codfish (AmE)
bacalao seco — salt cod
* * *= cod, codfish.Ex. This article gives an overview of the state of culture in a time of acute economic crisis in the Faroe Islands occasioned by the disappearance of the cod fishing industry.Ex. The burbot is the only freshwater species of codfish.----* aceite de hígado de bacalao = cod-liver oil.* cortar el bacalao = call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.* partir el bacalao = call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.* * *masculino cod, codfish (AmE)bacalao seco — salt cod
* * *= cod, codfish.Ex: This article gives an overview of the state of culture in a time of acute economic crisis in the Faroe Islands occasioned by the disappearance of the cod fishing industry.
Ex: The burbot is the only freshwater species of codfish.* aceite de hígado de bacalao = cod-liver oil.* cortar el bacalao = call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.* partir el bacalao = call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.* * *bacalaomasculinecod, codfish (AmE)bacalao seco salt codbacalao a la vizcaína cod and vegetable dish(aunque vengas disfrazao,) te conozco bacalao (Esp fam); I can see straight through you o you can't fool mecortar or partir el bacalao (Esp fam): en casa mi madre es la que corta el bacalao my mother's the one who wears the pants (AmE) o (BrE) trousers around the housela que realmente corta el bacalao es su ayudante the one who really calls the shots o the tune is his assistant (colloq)* * *
bacalao sustantivo masculino
cod, codfish (AmE);◊ bacalao seco salt cod
bacalao m Zool cod
♦ Locuciones: cortar el bacalao, to call the shots: Juan es el que corta el bacalao en esa empresa, Juan calls the shots in this company
'bacalao' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desmenuzar
- lecho
- salado
- seco
English:
cod
- fish
* * *bacalao nmcod;CompEsp Famcortar o [m5]partir el bacalao to call the shotsCompbacalao al pil-pil = Basque dish of salt cod cooked with olive oil and garlic;bacalao salado salt(ed) cod;bacalao a la vizcaína = Basque dish of salt cod cooked in a tomato and red pepper sauce* * *bacalaom cod;cortar el bacalao fam call the shots fam* * *bacalao nm: cod (fish)* * *bacalao n (pescado) cod
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.