Forelock in spanish

Copete

pronunciation: koʊpete part of speech: noun
In gestures

forelock = copete, mechón, guedeja. [Pincha en para ver otras palabras formadas añadiendo "fore" a otra palabra ya existente]

Example: In ancient China, women would pay no less attention to their forelock and earlock than they would pay to other parts of the body.

more:

» take + time by the forelock = coger la ocasión por los pelos, aprovechar la oportunidad, la ocasión la pintan calva.

Example: So by taking time by the forelock, I learned that 'prevention is better than cure'.

» touch + Posesivo + forelock at/to = agachar la cabeza ante, bajar la cabeza ante, doblegarse ante, hacer reverencia a, inclinarse ante.

Example: 'Aye, aye, sir,' answered the cook, and touching his forelock, he disappeared at once in the direction of his galley = "Sí, sí, señor," respondió el cocinero, y agachando la cabeza, desapareció al instante en dirección a la cocina.

» tug + Posesivo + forelock at/to = bajar la cabeza ante, doblegarse ante, hacer reverencia a, inclinarse ante.

Example: The system had treated my grandfather like dirt and kept him tugging his forelock at those whose only virtue was to have been born to wealthier familes.

Forelock synonyms

foretop in spanish: foretop, pronunciation: fɔrtɑp part of speech: noun
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