Bote in english
pronunciation: boʊt part of speech: noun
botar = bounce ; toss away ; jump about/around.
Example: When children bounce on mother's knee to a song or a nursery rhyme and maybe when they chuckle at special words, names, and puns, they are responding to the texture and rhythm of sounds.Example: It's a waste to toss them away, so I decided to make them into this pair of lovely bobby pins.Example: Popping candy is fantastic stuff -- You put it on your tongue and within seconds it's fizzing and exploding and jumping about in your mouth.more:
» botar un barco = launch + a ship .
Example: It is scarcely possible to imagine the answer to a question such as 'Why do they launch a ship by breaking a bottle of champagne over her bow?' being found without the consultation of a printed book somewhere along the line.» que bota bien = bouncy [bouncier -comp., bounciest -sup.] .
Example: As you probably have noticed, squash balls aren't very bouncy at all, they deform when they hit a wall or the floor.bote1 = bottle ; jar.
Example: It is scarcely possible to imagine the answer to a question such as 'Why do they launch a ship by breaking a bottle of champagne over her bow?' being found without the consultation of a printed book somewhere along the line.Example: She wrote the following article 'Of books, manuscripts and jars of snakes: reference service in the museum, archives and records management section'.more:
» bote de pegamento = glue pot .
Example: Among the items included are opera glasses, letter openers, clocks, buckles, stamp dispensers, and glue pots.» bote para depositar dinero por decir tacos = cuss jar [Costumbre que algunas familias siguen para acostumbrar principalmente a los hijos a no decir palabrotas] .
Example: Those who let a foul word slip will be encouraged to deposit money into the cuss jar as penance.» chupar del bote = line + Posesivo + (own) pocket(s) ; feather + Posesivo/the + nest .
Example: A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets. Example: The article 'Feathering the nest' explains how much publishers need their bestsellers in recessionary times.» ser tonto del bote = the cheese slid off + Posesivo + cracker .
Example: It sounds like the cheese slid off his cracker a long time ago.» sopa de bote = canned soup ; tinned soup .
Example: Canned soup is high in sodium and overpriced. Example: Consumers of both tinned and packet soup are increasingly eating fresh soup too.» tonto del bote = as thick as a brick ; as thick as two (short) planks ; as daft as a brush ; bonehead ; birdbrain [Nombre y adjetivo] ; knucklehead ; silly billy .
Example: Her husband is still as thick as a brick and he still thinks he's been the model husband but Rome wasn't built in a day. Example: Ashdown, for example, is an out'and'out Nazi, while Menzies'Campbell, who is supposed to be their expert on foreign affairs, is as thick as two planks. Example: His colleagues would say he's as daft as a brush, has bags of energy and enthusiasm but gets the job done. Example: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'. Example: I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication. Example: It takes more courage to say no and stand up for what's right and is best for them, than it does to cave in to knuckleheads like you two. Example: Being such a silly billy I got quite emotional and shed a few tears as I had enjoyed them being with us so much.bote2 = dinghy.
Example: The illustration shows how air flows around a sail, explaining why a dinghy is able to move toward the wind rather than be blown backwards.more:
» bote salvavidas = lifeboat .
Example: Most of the crew came abaft to where the lifeboats were and when the word was given to abandon ship they jumped in and swam for the life rafts.» de bote en bote = packed to capacity ; choc(k)-a-bloc(k) ; chock-full ; densely packed ; packed ; packed to the rafters ; full to the gunwales ; loaded to the gunwales .
Example: His small foreign-made car strained with the added burden of an interior packed to capacity with personal belongings and a heavily laden U-Haul trailor attached to the rear. Example: The library was chock-a-block with celebrities and children as they swarmed to see the signing of the new Harry Potter book by its author. Example: Herbal cancer remedy is chock-full of drugs. Example: The square was humble and nondescript, part of a maze of narrow streets and densely packed shops and houses. Example: Here and there, elderly citizens tend tiny, packed shops selling candy and chipped bottles of cold soda. Example: The local church was packed to the rafters for the funeral of a much-loved parish priest who died last month aged 69. Example: At this time of year, the boats at the floating market are full to the gunwales with sweet potatoes, cabbages, carrots and spring onions. Example: As she approached the wharf it could be seen that she was loaded to the gunwales with cases and boxes.» estar de bote en bote = be chocker with .
Example: Needless to say the garden was absolutely chocker with weeds.bote3 = kitty ; bounce.
Example: Some groups like to keep a 'kitty' to cover the costs of replacing any books that go astray.Example: It got to the point where after a few bounces the ball was moving so slow that the game was unplayable.more:
» bote para depositar dinero por decir palabrotas = cuss jar [Costumbre que algunas familias siguen para acostumbrar principalmente a los hijos a no decir palabrotas] .
Example: Those who let a foul word slip will be encouraged to deposit money into the cuss jar as penance.