Elefante in english
Elephant
pronunciation: eləfənt part of speech: noun
pronunciation: eləfənt part of speech: noun
In gestures
elefante = elephant.
Example: It now seems a manifest absurdity to say that if this elephant were an orange, it would file in such-and-such a place.more:
» arriero de elefantes = mahout ; elephant driver .
Example: Usually, a mahout starts as a boy, when he is given a young elephant so that they become attached to each other. Example: Being an elephant driver in fast-developing India isn't the most popular job among young people.» como un elefante en una cacharrería = like an elephant in a china shop ; like a bull in a china shop .
Example: Lieberman is conducting himself like an elephant in a china shop and is inflicting strategic damage on Israel's interests. Example: He can really be like a bull in a china shop -- he really lacks tact .» elefante blanco = white elephant [Propiedad u objeto que es caro de mantener y no sirve para mucho] .
Example: It is preferable to be thorough, perhaps embarrassed and a nuisance before purchase rather than to be sold a 'white elephant'.» más arrugado que sobaco de elefante = as wrinkled as an elephant's hide ; as wrinkled as a prune .
Example: Then from out of nowhere an old man, whose skin looked as wrinkled as an elephant's hide, appeared. Example: There I spent a dismal period with the boy's paternal grandfather, a man as wrinkled as a prune, and a brown short-haired dog.» silla para montar elefantes o camellos = howdah .
Example: When borne on an elephant, Indian rulers sat on a howdah.» tener memoria de elefante = have + a memory like an elephant .
Example: I usually have a memory like an elephant, yet when it comes to supermarket shopping, it seems I have a memory like a sieve.» tengo tanta hambre que me comería una vaca/elefante/caballo = I'm so hungry I could eat a horse .
Example: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day -- I need to remember this because when I skip breakfast I am so hungry I could eat a horse!.