Shark in spanish

Tiburón

pronunciation: tibuɹ̩oʊn part of speech: noun
In gestures

shark = tiburón. 

Example: The pilot fish leads the shark to food, then lives off the crumbs of the shark's meals.

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» blue shark = tintorera.

Example: Blue sharks are viviparous, giving birth to live young after a gestation period of 9 to 12 months.

» 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.

» dusky shark = tiburón arenero.

Example: The dusky shark has two types of teeth: one for grabbing and holding prey and another for slicing.

» great white shark = gran tiburón blanco.

Example: Great white sharks are an enigma, as scientists are still trying to unravel the mysterious lifestyle of these denizens of the deep.

» loan shark = usurero.

Example: Loan sharks are unlicensed lenders, they operate illegally and away from any sort of regulation that governs the financial industry.

» loan shark banker = banquero usurero.

Example: Laboring under a tax system written by a cabal of loan shark bankers and rubber stamped by a spineless Congress, people are being robbed of their wealth and separated from their rights.

» shark-infested = infestado de tiburones.

Example: The fish pulled him overboard after being hooked and his boat drifted away, leaving him treading water for six hours in the shark-infested area.

» shark lawyer = abogado sin escrúpulos, picapleitos, leguleyo.

Example: If you find one of these 'shark lawyers' who can win any case for the right price, hire him immediately.

» swim with + sharks = meterse en la boca del lobo.

Example: If there was ever an idiot who stuck her head in the lion's mouth, went swimming with sharks, or dancing with snakes, it would be her.

» thresher shark = tiburón azotador.

Example: Thresher sharks are easily recognized by their enormously long caudal fins, comprising half of the total body length.

» tiger shark = tiburón tigre.

Example: The slow and gentle dugong has developed an interesting strategy to avoid its nemesis, tiger sharks.

» whale shark = tiburón ballena.

Example: Large white sharks will also scavenge on the carcasses of whale sharks, and on the fat-rich blubber layer of dead whales.

» white shark = tiburón blanco.

Example: Large white sharks will also scavenge on the carcasses of whale sharks, and on the fat-rich blubber layer of dead whales.

Shark synonyms

usurer in spanish: , pronunciation: uʒɜrɜr part of speech: noun moneylender in spanish: , pronunciation: mʌnilendɜr part of speech: noun loan shark in spanish: , pronunciation: loʊnʃɑrk part of speech: noun
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