tonel

m.

barrel.

estar/ponerse como un tonel to be/become (like) an elephant o a whale

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tonel

► nombre masculino

1 barrel, cask

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FRASEOLOGÍA

estar como un tonel familiar to be like a barrel

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SM

1) (=barril) barrel, cask

2) * (=persona) fat lump *

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masculino barrel

estar como/ser un tonel — to be like a barrel

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= barrel, keg, cask.

Ex. Unless the distance was short, the books travelled in sheets, unbound, packed up in chests or barrels.

Ex. There is now renewed interest in other biodegradable materials that have been found preserved in peat, including dried fruits, berries, and kegs of butter or cheese.

Ex. As soon as it is burnt out, fill up the cask with wine, and bung it up tight.

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* fábrica de toneles = cooperage.

* tonel de vino = wine cask.

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masculino barrel

estar como/ser un tonel — to be like a barrel

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= barrel, keg, cask.

Ex: Unless the distance was short, the books travelled in sheets, unbound, packed up in chests or barrels.

Ex: There is now renewed interest in other biodegradable materials that have been found preserved in peat, including dried fruits, berries, and kegs of butter or cheese.

Ex: As soon as it is burnt out, fill up the cask with wine, and bung it up tight.

* fábrica de toneles = cooperage.

* tonel de vino = wine cask.

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tonel

masculine

barrel

estar como/ser un tonel to be like a barrel

ser un tonel sin fondo (Chi fam); to be a bottomless pit (colloq)

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tonel sustantivo masculino
barrel
tonel sustantivo masculino barrel, cask
'tonel' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
pipa
English:
barrel
- butt
- cask

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tonel nm

[recipiente] barrel;

Comp

estar/ponerse como un tonel to be/become (like) an elephant o a whale

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tonel

m barrel, cask;

ser un tonel fig fam be like a barrel

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tonel nm

barrica: barrel, cask

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tonel n barrel