pato

m.

1 duck, drake.

2 bedpan, chamber pot, potty.

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pato

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 (ave - en general) duck; (- macho) drake; (- hembra) duck

► nombre masculino pato

1 familiar (persona) clumsy person

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FRASEOLOGÍA

pagar el pato familiar to carry the can

ser un pato mareado familiar to be really clumsy

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pato

► nombre masculino

1 familiar (persona) clumsy person

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(f. - pata)

noun

duck

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SM

1) (Orn) duck

- pagar el pato

- ser el pato de la boda o fiesta

- salga pato o gallareta

pato a la naranja — duck à l'orange

pato colorado — red-crested pochard

pato de reclamo — decoy duck

pato (macho) — drake

pato malvasía — white-headed duck

pato real, pato silvestre — mallard, wild duck

2) * (=persona aburrida) bore

estar hecho un pato — to be terribly dull

3) (=torpe)

ser un pato — to be clumsy

4) * (=aburrimiento) boredom; (=período aburrido) boring time; (=fiesta) bore, drag

5) And * (=gorrón) sponger *

viajar de pato — to stow away

6) And * (=inocentón) sucker **

7) Méx

- hacer el pato o hacerse pato

8) Cono Sur

*

ser un pato o estar pato — to be broke *

- pasarse de pato a ganso

9) LAm (=bacineta) bedpan

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I

-ta masculino, femenino (Zool) duck

hacerse pato — (Méx fam) to pretend not to know anything

pagar el pato — (fam) to get the blame

- pato salvaje or silvestre

II

-ta adjetivo [estar) (CS fam) broke (colloq)

III

masculino

1) (Esp fam) (persona) clodhopper (colloq)

2) (Col fam) (en una fiesta) gatecrasher (colloq)

3) (Andes, Méx) (Med) bedpan

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= duck.

Ex. The textword combined with the descriptor, 'ducks' and 'water birds', resulted in higher precision than when the descriptor alone was used.

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* pagar el pato = carry + the can, take it on + the chin.

* si se parece a un pato, anda como un pato y grazna como un pato, entonces es = If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck.

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I

-ta masculino, femenino (Zool) duck

hacerse pato — (Méx fam) to pretend not to know anything

pagar el pato — (fam) to get the blame

- pato salvaje or silvestre

II

-ta adjetivo [estar) (CS fam) broke (colloq)

III

masculino

1) (Esp fam) (persona) clodhopper (colloq)

2) (Col fam) (en una fiesta) gatecrasher (colloq)

3) (Andes, Méx) (Med) bedpan

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= duck.

Ex: The textword combined with the descriptor, 'ducks' and 'water birds', resulted in higher precision than when the descriptor alone was used.

* pagar el pato = carry + the can, take it on + the chin.

* si se parece a un pato, anda como un pato y grazna como un pato, entonces es = If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck.

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pato¹ -ta

masculine, feminine

(Zool) duck

pato a la naranja (Coc) duck à l'orange

hacerse pato (Méx fam); to pretend not to know anything

si te pregunta por mí, tú hazte pato if he asks after me, make out o pretend you don't know anything

cuando se lo recordé se hizo pato when I reminded him of it, he pretended not to know what I was talking about

pagar el pato (fam); to get the blame, take the rap (AmE colloq), carry the can (BrE colloq)

siempre me toca a mí pagar el pato I always end up getting the blame o taking the rap o carrying the can

Compuestos:

● pato malo

masculine and feminine (Chi fam) punk (AmE colloq), yob (BrE colloq)

● pato mareado

masculine and feminine (Esp fam) turkey (AmE colloq), wally (BrE colloq)

● pato real

mallard

● pato salvaje or silvestre

wild duck

pato² -ta

adjective

(CS fam) broke (colloq)

la llevé a cenar y me quedé pato I took her to dinner and that cleaned me out o and I was completely broke afterward(s) (colloq)

pato³

masculine

A (Esp fam) (persona) clodhopper (colloq)

tu prima es un pato, no aprenderá nunca a bailar your cousin has two left feet o is a real clodhopper; she'll never learn to dance

B (Esp fam) (aburrimiento) drag (colloq)

C (Dep) game similar to polo

D (Col fam) (en una fiesta) gatecrasher (colloq)

E

1 (Andes, Méx) (Med) bedpan

2 (Chi) (biberón) baby's bottle

F (Chi fam) (litro) liter*

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pato 1

◊ -ta sustantivo masculino, femenino (Zool) duck

pato 2 sustantivo masculino
1 (Esp fam) (persona) clodhopper (colloq)
2 (Andes, Méx) (Med) bedpan
pato m Orn duck
♦ Locuciones: pagar el pato, to carry the can
'pato' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
graznido
- graznar
English:
can
- duck
- quack
- rap
- waddle
- drake

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pato, -a

♦ nm,f

[ave] duck;

Comp

Fam

¡al agua, patos! [en piscina] in you jump!;

Comp

Méx Fam

no te hagas pato, págame lo que me debes don't mess me around, just pay me what you owe me;

Comp

Fam

pagar el pato Br to carry the can, US to pick up the tab;

Comp

Arg, Chile, Méx Fam

ser el pato de la boda to be the one who pays the consequences, to be the one who foots the bill

Comp

pato almizlado muscovy duck;

pato arlequín harlequin duck;

pato colorado red-crested pochard;

pato havelda long-tailed duck;

pato mandarín mandarin duck;

pato a la naranja duck à l'orange

♦ nm

1. Esp Fam [persona torpe] clumsy oaf, clodhopper

2. Chile [biberón] (baby's) bottle

3. Méx [orinal] bed bottle

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pato

m ZO duck;

pagar el pato fam take the rap fam, Br

carry the can fam

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pato, -ta n

1) : duck

2)

pato real : mallard

3)

pagar el pato fam : to take the blame

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pato n duck

pagar el pato to carry the can [pt. & pp. carried]

ser un pato to be clumsy