Platillo in english
Saucer
pronunciation: sɔsɜr part of speech: noun
pronunciation: sɔsɜr part of speech: noun
In gestures
platillo = pan ; cymbal.
Example: It indicates the changes and limitations which fill the other pan of the scales and which are frequently only discovered by bitter experience.Example: He notes that among the instruments played are a kettledrum, a flute, a fiddle, a harp, and a pair of cymbals.more:
» a bombo y platillo = fanfare ; with a bang .
Example: The recommendations were accepted without fanfare. Example: The Cretaceous period was the heyday of the dinosaurs and ended with a bang!.» anunciar a bombo y platillo = trumpet .
Example: Just weeks after trumpeting the results of a military offensive, the Pakistan army suddenly finds itself under attack on multiple fronts.» celebrar a bombo y platillo = make + a song and dance about .
Example: But nobody knows that because Ford don't make a song and dance about everything they work on or develop.» como un platillo = saucer-like .
Example: Earnscliffe, an outsprawled town of 18,109, lies in a saucer-like setting of wooded hillsides in the northeast region of the country.» pasar el platillo = pass + the bucket (around) ; pass + the hat (around) .
Example: During the fall, it was not unusual to find members of the band on the streets 'passing the bucket' in an effort to raise necessary funds for the band. Example: When he was staying at an air base in Africa, he passed the hat among his friends because a Moroccan servant wanted to return to his home.» platillo para limosnas = alms dish .
Example: The author considers the makers of four decorated alms dishes in Forfar.» promocionar a bombo y platillo = hype .
Example: The field is clouded by manufacturers hyping their own products and industry factions spin-doctoring new technologies.» sin bombo(s) ni platillo(s) = without much ado .
Example: Without much ado, he accepted the principles and procedure that had helped us -- he is undoubtedly on the road to recovery.