- carrizo
- m.reed.* * *SM1) (Bot) reed2) pl carrizos And, Méx (=piernas) thin o spindly legs, pins **, gams (EEUU) *3)* * *masculino1) (Bot) giant reed2) (Ven fam) (nada)
no sabe un carrizo — he hasn't a clue (colloq)
¿qué hiciste ayer? - un carrizo — what did you do yesterday? - not a lot
del carrizo — (Ven fam)
esta muchacha del carrizo — this darned girl
más ... que el carrizo — (Ven fam)
es más sucia que el carrizo — she's so filthy! (colloq)
* * *= reed.Ex. They continued on their way until they came to a great plain covered with reeds that had great leaves on them as sharp as knives.* * *masculino1) (Bot) giant reed2) (Ven fam) (nada)no sabe un carrizo — he hasn't a clue (colloq)
¿qué hiciste ayer? - un carrizo — what did you do yesterday? - not a lot
del carrizo — (Ven fam)
esta muchacha del carrizo — this darned girl
más ... que el carrizo — (Ven fam)
es más sucia que el carrizo — she's so filthy! (colloq)
* * *= reed.Ex: They continued on their way until they came to a great plain covered with reeds that had great leaves on them as sharp as knives.
* * *carrizo1masculineA (Bot) giant reedB(Ven fam) (nada): nadie sabe un carrizo de lo que pasó nobody has a clue what happened (colloq)¿que hiciste el fin de semana? — un carrizo what did you do this week end? — not a lotdel carrizo (Ven fam): esta muchacha del carrizo no hace sino llorar this darned o (BrE) blasted girl does nothing but cry (colloq)más … que el carrizo (Ven fam): esa gente es más sucia que el carrizo those people are so filthy! (colloq)estoy más triste que el carrizo con la noticia I'm really cut up about the news (colloq)carrizo2 -zamasculine, feminine(Ven fam) good-for-nothing (colloq)* * *carrizo♦ nmBot reed♦ interjMéx, Ven Fam [sorpresa] Br blimey!, US jeez!; [enfado] for heaven's sake!;¡carrizo con la que no sabía nada! so she's the one who didn't know anything, eh?;¡carrizo qué listo es tu hijo! gee but your son's smart!* * *carrizom reed* * *carrizo nmjunco: reed
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.