barriga

f.

belly.

echar barriga to get a paunch

rascarse o tocarse la barriga (figurative) to twiddle one's thumbs, to laze around

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barriga

► nombre femenino

1 belly, stomach, tummy

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FRASEOLOGÍA

echar barriga to get a paunch

tocarse la barriga to sit on one's backside, twiddle one's thumbs

dolor de barriga stomach-ache

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noun f.

belly

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SF

1) (Anat) belly; (=panza) paunch

echar barriga — to get middle-age spread

estás echando barriga — you're getting a bit of a belly *

con la cerveza echas barriga — beer makes you fat

me duele la barriga — I have a sore stomach

hacer una barriga a una chica — * to get a girl in the family way

llenarse la barriga — to stuff o.s.

tener barriga — * (=estar encinta) to be in the family way *; (=ser gordo) to be fat

- rascarse o tocarse la barriga

2) (=parte abultada) [de jarra] belly, rounded part; [de muro] bulge

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femenino

1) (fam) (vientre) belly (colloq), tummy (colloq)

dolor de barriga — bellyache (colloq), tummy ache (colloq)

tiene mucha barriga — she has quite a belly o tummy (colloq)

echar barriga — to develop a paunch o (colloq) gut

rascarse or tocarse la barriga — (fam) to sit on one's backside o (AmE) butt (colloq)

2) (de vasija) belly, rounded part

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= belly, potbelly, abdomen, tummy, paunch, gut, pop belly.

Nota: Usado con cierta frecuencia en lugar de potbelly, cuyo uso es más aceptado.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Food for the mind, or food for the belly? The Irish famine and the Public Libraries Act of 1850'.

Ex. It is generally normal for toddlers to have potbellies.

Ex. Sometimes the noun form is used, sometimes the adjectival, eg 'abdomen - diseases' but 'Abdominal pain'; 'Thorax (Zoology)' but 'Thorax, Human' see 'Chest and Thoracic duct'.

Ex. Ladies bemoan their fat tummies, wobbly thighs, bulging hips and flabby thighs.

Ex. Much of the fat in a man's paunch is under the abdominal muscles, exactly at his centre of gravity.

Ex. Did you also know that the gut has more nerve endings than the head does?.

Ex. Flatten your midsection and get rid of your beer gut and pop belly and get a flat stomach.

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* barriga cervecera = beer belly, beer gut.

* dolor de barriga = tummy ache.

* lifting de barriga = tummy tuck.

* rascarse la barriga = sit on + Posesivo + butt, sit on + Posesivo + backside.

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femenino

1) (fam) (vientre) belly (colloq), tummy (colloq)

dolor de barriga — bellyache (colloq), tummy ache (colloq)

tiene mucha barriga — she has quite a belly o tummy (colloq)

echar barriga — to develop a paunch o (colloq) gut

rascarse or tocarse la barriga — (fam) to sit on one's backside o (AmE) butt (colloq)

2) (de vasija) belly, rounded part

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= belly, potbelly, abdomen, tummy, paunch, gut, pop belly.

Nota: Usado con cierta frecuencia en lugar de potbelly, cuyo uso es más aceptado.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Food for the mind, or food for the belly? The Irish famine and the Public Libraries Act of 1850'.

Ex: It is generally normal for toddlers to have potbellies.

Ex: Sometimes the noun form is used, sometimes the adjectival, eg 'abdomen - diseases' but 'Abdominal pain'; 'Thorax (Zoology)' but 'Thorax, Human' see 'Chest and Thoracic duct'.

Ex: Ladies bemoan their fat tummies, wobbly thighs, bulging hips and flabby thighs.

Ex: Much of the fat in a man's paunch is under the abdominal muscles, exactly at his centre of gravity.

Ex: Did you also know that the gut has more nerve endings than the head does?.

Ex: Flatten your midsection and get rid of your beer gut and pop belly and get a flat stomach.

* barriga cervecera = beer belly, beer gut.

* dolor de barriga = tummy ache.

* lifting de barriga = tummy tuck.

* rascarse la barriga = sit on + Posesivo + butt, sit on + Posesivo + backside.

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barriga

feminine

A [Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] (fam) (vientre) stomach, tummy (colloq)

dolor de barriga stomachache, tummy ache (colloq)

tiene mucha barriga she has quite a stomach o tummy

ha echado mucha barriga he's developed quite a paunch o (colloq) gut o (colloq) pot

niños desnutridos con la barriga hinchada undernourished children with swollen stomachs o bellies

rascarse or tocarse la barriga (fam); to sit on one's butt (AmE) o (BrE) backside (colloq)

barriga llena, corazón contento a full stomach makes for a happy heart

B (de una vasija) belly, rounded part

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barriga sustantivo femenino (fam) (vientre) belly (colloq), tummy (colloq);

◊ dolor de barriga bellyache (colloq), tummy ache (colloq);

echar barriga to develop a paunch o (colloq) gut
barriga sustantivo femenino
1 belly: estoy echando barriga, I'm getting a pot-belly
familiar tummy: me duele la barriga, I've got tummyache
♦ Locuciones: familiar llenarse la barriga, to stuff oneself
rascarse la barriga, to laze around: se pasa el día rascándose la barriga, he spent all his time lazing around

'barriga' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
guata
- panza
- tripa
English:
belly
- gut
- potbelly
- pot
- stomach
- tummy

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barriga nf

1. Fam [vientre] stomach;

[especialmente en lenguaje infantil] tummy;

me duele la barriga my stomach o tummy hurts;

Comp

rascarse o [m5]tocarse la barriga to twiddle one's thumbs, to laze around;

Comp

RP Fam

ser una barriga resfriada to be a blabbermouth

2. Fam [abultamiento del vientre] paunch;

echar barriga to get a paunch;

tener barriga to have a paunch;

Comp

hacer una barriga a alguien to get sb up the spout o Br duff

3. [de cántaro, vasija] belly

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barriga

f belly;

echar barriga fig fam get a belly o

paunch;

rascarse la barriga fig fam sit on one’s butt fam

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barriga nf

panza: belly, paunch

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barriga n belly [pl. bellies] / tummy [pl. tummies]

le duele la barriga he's got a tummy ache

echar barriga to get a paunch