Alley in spanish

Callejón

pronunciation: kɑjexoʊn part of speech: noun
In gestures

alley = callejón, pasillo, pasadizo, bocacalle. 

Example: The article is entitled 'The Internet: superhighways, virtual alleys and dead end streets'.

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» alley cat = gato callejero.

Example: A fight had broken out and the boys were scuffling like alley cats in the parking lot.

» back alley = callejón.

Example: The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.

» be (right) up + Posesivo + alley = ser lo que a Uno le gusta, ser lo que a Uno le encanta, ser lo que a Uno le interesa, venir de perilla, venir de maravilla, venir de perlas, ser justo lo que Uno necesita, ser ideal para Uno, venir como anillo al dedo, ser lo que a Uno le va, ser lo de Uno, venir a(l) pelo, venir como agua de mayo.

Example: For them enough is never enough, and any kind of scam is right up their alley.

» blind alley = callejón sin salida.

Example: It is of course possible to stamp 'Withdrawn' on the accessions card, but it would be better not to lead the reader up this blind alley if it can be avoided.

» block off + alley = anular una posibilidad.

Example: They come in and you say simply, 'Well, that blocks off this alley; let's look for another'.

» bowling alley = bolera.

Example: They're going to have department stores, and restaurants, and movie theatres, and bowling alleys, the whole nine yards, and Heaven knows what else.

» dark alley = callejón oscuro.

Example: English, on the other hand, has been accused of waylaying other languages in dark alleys and rifling their pockets for loose vocabulary.

» Tin Pan Alley = mundo de la música popular, el.

Example: The 1920s and 1930s have come to stand out as the golden age of the Tin Pan Alley song.

Alley synonyms

alleyway in spanish: callejón, pronunciation: æliweɪ part of speech: noun back street in spanish: calle trasera, pronunciation: bækstrit part of speech: noun bowling alley in spanish: bolera, pronunciation: boʊlɪŋæli part of speech: noun skittle alley in spanish: bolera, pronunciation: skɪtəlæli part of speech: noun
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