Coattails in spanish
pronunciation: koʊɑttɑils part of speech: noun
coattails1 = fardones.
Example: They wore field dress uniforms, which were deep blue with red woolen collars, cuffs, and lapels and coattails lined in white.coattails2 = influencia electoral. [Influencia que un candidato tiene sobre la elección de otra persona de su mismo partido]
Example: One way to measure that mandate is to estimate Obama's 'coattails', that is, the degree to which members of Congress feel that their own election depended in part on voters who came to the polls to support Obama.more:
» electoral coattails = influencia electoral. [Influencia que un candidato tiene sobre la elección de otra persona de su mismo partido]
Example: There are also elections where a presidential candidate has long electoral coattails that pull many members of his party to victory in congressional races.» hang on + Posesivo + coattails = aprovecharse de, sacar provecho de, explotar, hacer caja con, chupar rueda de.
Example: This little lady isn't going to make it either, so it's not like I can hang on her coattails and ride the gravy train to millionairesville.» on the coattails of = aprovechándose de, sacando provecho de, haciendo caja con, chupando rueda de.
Example: He's hardly the first candidate seeking to be elected on the coattails of a leader who captured the national imagination.» on the coattails of = justo después de, inmediatamente después de, tras.
Example: Putin, the Russian leader who came to power in 1999 on the coattails of a brutal war with Chechnya, was among the first visitors to this new mosque.» political coattails = influencia electoral. [Influencia que un candidato tiene sobre la elección de otra persona de su mismo partido]
Example: Obviously, too, how well his Republican colleague does on Election Day will depend to a degree on how long Mr. Bush's political coattails are.» ride (on) + Posesivo + coattails = aprovecharse de, sacar provecho de, explotar, hacer caja con, chupar rueda de, chupar carro de.
Example: Riding the coattails of Barack Obama, Democrats picked up seven seats held by Republicans in Tuesday's election to match the seven it gained two years ago.