Cat in spanish
pronunciation: gɑtoʊ part of speech: noun
cat1 = gato.
Example: Parentheses help to clarify complex search requests, e.g. dog and (cat or kitten) vs. (dog and cat) or kitten.more:
» after dark all cats are leopards = de noche, todos los gatos son pardos.
Example: An American proverb says that 'after dark, all cats are leopards' and maybe it's true.» alley cat = gato callejero.
Example: A fight had broken out and the boys were scuffling like alley cats in the parking lot.» barn cat = cazarratones, cazador de ratones, gato cazarratones.
Example: I have one barn cat who hunts day and night and I believe she eats many of her kills (mice, rabbits, chipmunks, and the like).» bobcat = gato montés.
Example: This species of bobcat can be mistaken for a lynx but its underside is whitish with dark spots and its tail blackish above and white below.» cat and mouse game = juego del gato y el ratón, juego del ratón y el gato.
Example: The military and protesters played a cat and mouse game yesterday as security measures were stepped up.» catcall = abucheo, pitido, silbido, chiflido. [En señal de protesta o descontento]
Example: The audience responded to the ballet with such a din of hisses and catcalls that the performers could barely hear each other.» catcall = silbar en señal de admiración, chiflar en señal de admiración, piropear, echar un piropo. [Generalmente hacia una mujer atractiva en la calle y a modo de piropo]
Example: I can think of multiple examples of men harassing or catcalling women, but rarely have I intervened to say something.» catcall = silbido de admiración, chiflido de admiración. [Generalmente hacia una mujer atractiva en la calle y a modo de piropo]
Example: A woman has been charged with assault for kicking a teen in the groin after having had enough of his catcalls and taunts.» catcall = abuchear.
Example: Before the show got underway, students and friends in the audience began to catcall and cheer for the people they had come to see.» catcalling = silbido de admiración, chiflido de admiración. [Generalmente hacia una mujer atractiva y a modo de piropo]
Example: I think a lot of these guys might not even realize how damaging their catcalling can be.» catcalling = abucheo, silbidos, pitidos, chiflidos. [En señal de protesta o descontento]
Example: Despite the catcalling from the Opposition, the Minister said that improved efficiency in processing will encourage an expansion of production and so will increase the demand for labour.» catfish = barbo, rape.
Example: The article 'Catfish ain't ugly' reviews the range of Web sites providing information about the catfish in the USA and places to go to fish for catfish.» cat food = comida para gatos.
Example: Wet cat food can also be fed to an undernourished kitten, especially if it struggles with chewing dry cat food.» cathouse = burdel, prostíbulo, casa de putas, casa de prostitutas.
Example: To search answers by using drugs is the same as searching love in a cathouse.» catmint = nébeda.
Example: If planted earlyish in the spring, dahlias and catmint grow good and big and the flowers and foliage look fabulous.» catnip = nébeda.
Example: Information is provided on the use of catnip for salads, making tea, sauces and preserves, as well as other culinary recipes.» cat o'nine tails = látigo.
Example: Another nautical phrase is 'no room to swing a cat' and refers to the fact that on the cannon decks of most naval ships there was no room to administer punishment by use of the cat o'nine tails.» cats and dogs = a cántaros, a mares, a mantas, chuzos de punta. [Generalmente referido a la lluvia]
Example: It was hailing cats and dogs the other day, and I was still tailgated by a moron in a large SUV (sport utilitarian vehicle).» cat's claw = uña de gato. [Planta]
Example: Compounds found in cat's claw may also work to kill viruses, bacteria, and other microorganisms that cause disease.» cat's eyes = captafaros, ojos de gato, reflectantes de la calzada.
Example: The idea was so successful that it is now difficult to come across a major road in the United Kingdom that does not have cat's eyes on it.» catshark = pintarroja, tintorera.
Example: Dogfishes and catsharks can be difficult to differentiate since both are smallish elasmobranchs sharing a similar 'sharky' shape and living together in coastal habitats.» Cheshire cat grin = sonrisa de oreja a oreja.
Example: Her Cheshire cat grin masks the poison-tipped claws of a lethal adversary = Su sonrisa de oreja a oreja esconde las garras con las puntas envenenadas de un adversario letal.» copycat = copión, imitador. [Nombre]
Example: The article 'Library programmers: creators or copycats?' argues that attitudes to developing and marketing library software need changing.» copycat = por imitación, de imitación, inspirado en otros.
Example: The author concludes that the scientific journal market may not mirror the copycat behaviour found among newspapers or companies in other markets.» dead cat = maniobra de distracción, pista falsa, pantalla, cortina de humo. [Usado generalmente en política para referirse a una cuestión que trae a colación para distraer a la oposición del tema engorroso que se está debatiendo]
Example: There is one thing that is absolutely certain about throwing a dead cat on the table, everyone will be talking about the dead cat, the thing you want them to talk about, and they will not be talking about the issue that has been causing you so much grief.» dead cat bounce = repunte temporal, repunte momentáneo. [Referido generalmente a las finanzas]
Example: In this graph you can see a few dead cat bounces in the late 2000s, shortly before the company's Chapter 11 filing in 2010.» fat cat = ricachón, peso pesado, pez gordo, potentado.
Example: The fat cats who placed the entire economy at risk with their greed and manic irresponsibility are trying to lay claim to every last dime in the national Treasury.» fat-cat salary = sueldo de pez gordo, sueldo de potentados.
Example: As debate rages about fat-cat salaries, a newspaper has revealed that the 10 highest paid chief executives receive, on average, more than 200 times the average workers' salary.» fat-cat salary = sueldo de pez gordo, sueldo de potentados.
Example: As debate rages about fat-cat salaries, a newspaper has revealed that the 10 highest paid chief executives receive, on average, more than 200 times the average workers' salary.» feral cat = gato salvaje.
Example: What proponents fail to mention is that feral cats suffer horribly from the lack of food, water, shelter and regular medical care .» game of cat and mouse = juego del gato y el ratón, juego del ratón y el gato.
Example: Another year and another game of cat and mouse with my car insurer to get a decent price for renewing my policy.» grin like + a Cheshire cat = sonreír de oreja a oreja.
Example: That's me on the left of the picture, grinning like a Cheshire cat = Ese soy yo a la izquierda de la fotografía, sonriendo de oreja a oreja.» let + the cat out of the bag = levantar la liebre, descubrir el pastel, levantar la perdiz, irse de la lengua, írsele la lengua, tirar de la manta, revelar un secreto, descubrir un secreto, escapársele la lengua.
Example: Manic-depressives who are aware of their mental illness usually take great pains not to let the cat out of the bag, fearing it will damage their career and poison relationships.» look what the cat (has) dragged in! = mala hierba nunca muere, bicho malo nunca muere, estar hasta en la sopa, encontrar hasta en la sopa.
Example: When I said hello he turned to his gaggle of friends and said 'look what the cat dragged in!' or something lame like that.» no room to swing a cat = no caber ni un alfiler.
Example: Another nautical phrase is 'no room to swing a cat' and refers to the fact that on the cannon decks of most naval ships there was no room to administer punishment by use of the cat o'nine tails.» pussycat = gatito, minino.
Example: In her spare time she says that she enjoys playing with her pussycats.» pussycat = marica, mariquita, cobarde.
Example: It made me wonder why the religious left are such pussycats when it comes to politics, in both America and Australia.» put + the cat among the pigeons = armar un gran revuelo, armar la de Dios, armar la de San Quintín, alborotar el palomar, revolver el palomar, meter el lobo en el redil, revolver el gallinero, alborotar el gallinero, levantar un gran revuelo, causar un gran revuelo, provocar un gran revuelo.
Example: Banks have put the cat among the pigeons by warning that without heavy increases in interest rates house prices would spiral out of control.» rain + cats and dogs = llover a mares, llover a cántaros, llover a mantas, llover chuzos de punta, caer chuzos de punta, diluviar.
Example: Two years in a row now it has rained cats and dogs leading up to this event.» set + the cat among the pigeons = armar un gran revuelo, armar la de Dios, armar la de San Quintín, alborotar el palomar, revolver el palomar, meter el lobo en el redil, revolver el gallinero, alborotar el gallinero, levantar un gran revuelo, causar un gran revuelo, provocar un gran revuelo.
Example: There is a new book just coming out that promises to set the cat among the pigeons on the Shakespeare scene.» Siamese cat = gato siamés.
Example: In the example quoted earlier, it was assumed that Siamese cats were to be considered as pets, but it is obvious that they can be regarded in many other ways as a branch of the zoological class Felidae, or as originating in a particular part of the world, to name but two approaches.» stray cat = gato callejero.
Example: It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.» the cat + have got + Posesivo + tongue = el gato + comerse + la lengua.
Example: She was quite a talker till the cat got her tongue.» the cat is among the pigeons = se ha armado un gran revuelo, se ha armado la de Dios, se ha armado la de San Quintín, el palomar está revuelto, el gallinero está revuelto, se ha levantado un gran revuelo.
Example: And then the cat is among the pigeons, and we need all Chase's creative talents to untangle this tangled web of confused relationships!.» the cat is among the pixies = se ha armado un gran revuelo, se ha armado la de Dios, se ha armado la de San Quintín, el palomar está revuelto, el gallinero está revuelto, se ha levantado un gran revuelo.
Example: Well now the cat is among the pixies now and Harry is in deep.» the cat's meow = de puta madre, cojonudo, la polla, el copón, la rehostia, la leche, lo máximo, lo sumo, el no va más, la hostia, el súmmum, la última palabra, el último grito.
Example: Both are considered to be the cat's meow but in different fields of machining.» the cat's pyjamas = de puta madre, cojonudo, la polla, el copón, la rehostia, la leche, lo máximo, lo sumo, el no va más, la hostia, el súmmum, la última palabra, el último grito.
Example: He's supposed to be the cat's pyjamas in modern classical music today.» the cat's whiskers = de puta madre, cojonudo, la polla, el copón, la rehostia, la leche, lo máximo, lo sumo, el no va más, la hostia, el súmmum, la última palabra, el último grito.
Example: And if its wines are no longer considered the cat's whiskers, you should not let that prevent you from visiting Sydney.» there's more than one way to skin a cat = cada maestrillo tiene su librillo.
Example: There may be more than one way to skin a cat but there is only one way that is the most efficient.» tomcat = gato macho.
Example: Does anyone know if it is possible for a spayed female cat to attract and possibly mate with tomcats?.» while/when the cat's away, the mouse/mice will play = ¡cómo se nota que no está el jefe!.
Example: That kind of breakdown is mirrored with other countries as well -- what it tells us is while the cat's away, the mice will play.» wildcat = gato montés, lince.
Example: Sufficient attention should be given to preventing the parasitic, bacterial and viral infectious diseases that are influential in the decline in the numbers of wildcats.CAT (computer-aided translation)2 = traducción asistida por ordenador.
Example: Computer-aided translation (CAT) would be of service to the potential readers of Chinese and Japanese technical literature = La traducción asisitida por ordenador sería de utilidad a los usuarios potenciales de la literature técnica china y japonesa.CAT (computer-assisted translation)3 = traducción asistida por ordenador.
Example: This is a joint project to build a conversion table that could be used in computer-assisted translation (CAT) of CAB Thesaurus descriptors to AGROVOV descriptors.