Calada in english
Drag
pronunciation: dræg part of speech: verb, noun
pronunciation: dræg part of speech: verb, noun
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calada
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» dar caladas = puff .
Example: He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.» darle una calada a un cigarrillo = have + a drag of a fag ; take + a drag of a fag .
Example: I've never smoked not even had a drag of a fag and never will -- people are quite surprised wen I tell them. Example: The place was full of chav single mothers pushing a buggy into my shins with one hand & taking a drag of a fag with the other.» una calada = a drag of a fag ; a puff of a cigarette .
Example: Tomorrow will be 1 year smoke free, not even 1 drag of a fag. Example: Just one puff of a cigarette can reactivate nicotine receptors increasing a desire to continue smoking.» una calada de un cigarrillo = a drag of a fag ; a puff of a cigarette .
Example: Tomorrow will be 1 year smoke free, not even 1 drag of a fag. Example: Just one puff of a cigarette can reactivate nicotine receptors increasing a desire to continue smoking.calado = drenched.
Example: To allow a 12 year old boy to wet himself every night and end up with a drenched bed is not good parenting -- it's cruel.more:
» betún para calzado = boot polish .
Example: His trim black brows looked as if they were brushed regularly with boot polish.» calado hasta los huesos = soaked to the skin ; wringing wet ; soaking wet ; wet through to the skin ; dripping wet ; sopping wet .
Example: Soaked to the skin in the pelting rain of a tropical storm, they said that guarding the tomb was the highest honor that can be afforded to a serviceperson. Example: The water washes in over the sides of the raft and from the waist down you will be wringing wet. Example: NASA scientists say the Mars rovers have found what they were looking for -- hard evidence that the red planet was once soaking wet. Example: It rained all the way and we arrived about 12.45, wet through to the skin. Example: Sweating is a natural thing but just because it's natural doesn't mean you need to always be dripping wet. Example: The 29-year-old actress ended up sopping wet in a New York river alongside her co-star during a scene in New York today.» estar calado hasta los huesos = be wet through (and through) .
Example: Hair that is wet through and through cuts like butter, a good razor blade will cut through it smoothly and effortlessly.calar1 = drench ; soak.
Example: This article outlines the preparatory stages and describes some of the problems presented by the physical conditions in a city of tents either drenched by rain or smothered by dust = This article outlines the preparatory stages and describes some of the problems presented by the physical conditions in a city of tents either drenched by rain or smothered by dust.Example: In the vacuum soaking process paper is soaked in a watery neutralising liquid in a vacuum chamber.more:
» estar calado hasta los huesos = be drenched to the skin .
Example: A large party braved the elements on foot, and when they reached the summit they were drenched to the skin.calar2 = take + hold ; permeate ; hit + home.
Example: New computer-supported systems such as PRECIS will probably take hold only in languages and countries where a subject analysis system does not already exist.Example: This concept permeates all bibliothecal activities from start to finish, especially indexing and abstracting.Example: With our students, with our employees, the stress of the pulp and paper mill's shutdown is starting to hit home.more:
» calar a Alguien = suss (out) .
Example: He was incredulous when he sussed that the noises came from bona-fide gibbons.» calar en = grow on/upon + Pronombre .
Example: The magnitude of her Herculanian efforts grow upon us as we contemplate the adverse circumstances under which she undertook the enterprise.» calar hondo = hit + home .
Example: With our students, with our employees, the stress of the pulp and paper mill's shutdown is starting to hit home.» empezar a calar en = grow on/upon + Pronombre .
Example: The magnitude of her Herculanian efforts grow upon us as we contemplate the adverse circumstances under which she undertook the enterprise.