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Traducción de huevo in English:
huevo
egg, n.
nombre masculino
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Cocina Biologíaeggcomprar/vender a huevo or a precio de huevo — to buy/sell for peanuts coloquial- estar pensando en los huevos del gallo — to daydream
- hacer(le) huevo de pato a algn — (engañarlo, timar, estafar) to take sb for a ride
- parecerse como un huevo a una castaña — to be like chalk and cheese
2malsonante
(testículo)ball vulgar slanglamerle los huevos a algn — to brown-nose sb vulgar slang3malsonante
(uso expletivo)¿que yo le debo dinero a él? ¡y un huevo! — I owe him money? like hell I do! coloquial- ¡qué huevos! / por huevos, etc
- a huevo
- tuve que leer el libro a huevo — I had no damn choice but to read the book
- a huevo hay que pagarlo — we'll have to pay it whether we damn well like it or not
- ¿ganaron? — ¡a huevo! — did they win? — you bet your sweet ass, they did!
- mirar a huevo — to look down on
- ponerle algo a algn a huevo — (muy fácil) to make sth easy / simple for sb
- un huevo
- me costó un huevo — it cost me an arm and a leg
- sabe un huevo de vinos — he knows stacks / loads about wine
4Chile coloquial
(protuberancia)lump coloquial
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