Lobo in english

Wolf

pronunciation: wʊlf part of speech: noun
In gestures

lobo = wolf [wolves, -pl.]. 

Example: A good reference librarian should be able to answer questions such as 'Where can I find information on wolves and the behaviour of wolf packs?'.

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» hombre lobowerewolf [werewolves, -pl.] .

Example: These nocturnal rampages by gangs of werewolves included chasing women, eating prodigiously, being splattered with mud, and caterwauling generally.

» lobo de marsea dogsalty dogsalty sea dog .

Example: The sea dogs of the 1500 and 1600's worked for queen Elizabeth, robbing and pillaging the Spaniards.

Example: Choosing to live dangerous lives in exchange for freedom, these murderous salty dogs live always on the edge of the law.

Example: This is an interesting little town wholly populated by poseurs and backpackers with a few salty sea dogs thrown in for good measure.

» lobo disfrazado de corderowolf in sheep's clothing .

Example: China accuses the Dalai Lama of being a wolf in sheep's clothing who propagates the independence of Tibet.

» lobo marinofur seal .

Example: Fur seals, which were once almost hunted to extinction here, can be seen lazing in the sun on the rocks and playing in the shallow waters.

» lobo solitariolone wolf .

Example: The town was at loggerheads until one moonlit night a neighbour discovered the hen thief, a hungry lone wolf = El pueblo estuvo enfrentado hasta que una noche de luna un vecino descubrió al ladrón de gallinas: un lobo solitario y hambriento.

» manada de loboswolf pack .

Example: A good reference librarian should be able to answer questions such as 'Where can I find information on wolves and the behaviour of wolf packs?'.

» meter el lobo en el redilset + the cat among the pigeonsput + the cat among the pigeonsstir up + a hornet's nestraise + hell .

Example: There is a new book just coming out that promises to set the cat among the pigeons on the Shakespeare scene.

Example: Banks have put the cat among the pigeons by warning that without heavy increases in interest rates house prices would spiral out of control.

Example: They feared its theme of anti-Semitism would simply stir up a hornet's nest and preferred to deal with the problem quietly.

Example: American progressives have in recent decades gotten too shy, or too afraid, to raise hell about injustice and unfairness.

» meter el lobo en redilraise + Cain .

Example: Her husband and his father and stepmother owe you an apology for raising Cain at your wedding.

» meterse en la boca del lobocome into + the lion's denput + Posesivo + head in the lion's mouthstick + Posesivo + head in the lion's mouthswim with + sharksdance with + snakesdance with + deathtake + Posesivo + life in(to) + Posesivo + (own) handsdance with + the devil .

Example: I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.

Example: Even after being told by his son that she was a bad egg he still let her stay and by doing that he was figuratively putting his head in the lion's mouth.

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.

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.

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.

Example: When there are so many threats to life such as war, famine and disease, why are we seeking to dance with death?.

Example: This brave tourist decided to take her life in her hands when she posed with a wild crocodile in Ghana.

Example: The article 'Dancing with the devil' discusses the difficult relationship which writers have traditionally had with Hollywood film studios.

» negro como boca de lobopitch-black .

Example: The area dehydrated as a result of embolism appeared pitch-black.

» oscuro como boca de lobopitch-blackpitch-dark .

Example: The area dehydrated as a result of embolism appeared pitch-black.

Example: There is nothing so deceptive as the distance of a light upon a pitch-dark night.

» perro lobowolfdog .

Example: Before the introduction of guns they used to hunt these wild goats with spears, chasing them with their wolfdogs, and thus bringing them to bay among the rocks, where they were easily approached and killed.

» que viene el lobocrying wolf .

Example: The danger is compounded by the general complacency induced by the 'crying wolf' syndrome -- it is assumed that any talk of 'big brother' is nothing but the lazy person's armchair conspiracy.

» ser lobos de una camadabe birds of a feather .

Example: Kindred spirits are 'birds of a feather' listening to the same voice within.

» verle las orejas al lobothe (hand)writing + be + on the wall [El uso de handwriting en lugar de writing es menos frecuente]see it + comingsee + the writing on the wallread + the writing on the wallread + the signs .

Example: Surely the writing is on the wall for Gordon Brown and ministers will act in October to put him out of his and our collective miseries.

Example: The inference is that they cannot be held accountable for something so unusual, so extraordinary, and so unforecastable that that no one saw it coming.

Example: She saw the writing on the wall and instead of fighting for her job, she quit!.

Example: Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else = La mayoría de nosotros podemos verle las orejas al lobo; lo que ocurre es que pensamos que el lobo viene a por otro.

Example: When Poland was occupied by the Nazis, many Jews failed to read the signs and stayed till it was too late = Cuando Polonia fue ocupada por los nazis, muchos judíos no supieron ver lo que se les avecinaba y se quedaron hasta que fue demasiado tarde.

» viejo lobo de marold sea dogold salty dog .

Example: According to Kimball, the mathematics of light rays explains some subtle sailing tips that old sea dogs pick up through years of experience = Según Kimball, las matemáticas de los rayos de luz explican algunos argucias de navegación que los viejos lobos de mar adquieren a lo largo de años de experiencia.

Example: Well since the restaurant was down by the piers and loading docks I suppose you could say the restaurant was for old salty dogs.

Lobo synonyms

savage in spanish: salvaje, pronunciation: sævədʒ part of speech: adjective, noun beast in spanish: bestia, pronunciation: bist part of speech: noun brute in spanish: bruto, pronunciation: brut part of speech: noun wildcat in spanish: gato montés, pronunciation: waɪldkæt part of speech: noun, adjective masher in spanish: prensa de patatas, pronunciation: mæʃɜr part of speech: noun wolf down in spanish: Lobo abajo, pronunciation: wʊlfdaʊn part of speech: verb skirt chaser in spanish: cazador de faldas, pronunciation: skɜrttʃeɪsɜr part of speech: noun woman chaser in spanish: mujer cazadora, pronunciation: wʊməntʃeɪsɜr part of speech: noun
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