dog

∗ ≈

el perro

∗ noun

dog

[dɒg]

sustantivo

1. perro (m) (animal)

dog biscuit -> galleta (f) para perros
dog collar -> collar (m) de perro; (of dog) alzacuello (m) (familiar) (of cleric)
dog food -> comida (f) para perros
dog handler -> adiestrador(ora) (sustantivo masculino o femenino) de perros
dog license -> licencia (f) del perro
dog paddle -> estilo (m) perrito (swimming stroke)
dog racing -> carreras (f pl) de galgos
dog tag -> placa (f) de identificación (of dog, soldier)

2. (familiar) (person)

you lucky dog! -> iqué potra tienes!
dirty dog -> canalla (sustantivo masculino) , perro(a) (sustantivo masculino o femenino) asqueroso(a)

3. coco (m) (familiar Pej) (ugly woman)cardo (m) (español de España)bagre (m) (Andes, RP)

4. (idioms) (familiar)

to lead a dog's life -> llevar una vida de perros
to make a dog's breakfast or dinner of something (familiar) -> hacer una chapuza con algo
it's a dog-eat-dog world (familiar) -> es un mundo de fieras
to go to the dogs (familiar) -> irse a pique, hundirse
to be a dog in the manger (familiar) -> ser como el perro del hortelano, que ni come ni deja comer
you can't teach an old dog new tricks (Prov) -> a perro viejo no hay tus tus
every dog has his day (Prov) -> todos tenemos nuestro momento de gloria

verbo transitivo (pt & pp dogged)

5. perseguir, seguir (follow)

to dog somebody's footsteps -> seguir los pasos de alguien
she was dogged by misfortune -> le perseguía la mala suerte

dog [dogs-tong]

va.

dog [dɒɡ]

noun

1 (Zool) perroaperra (m) (f);a perra

dog eat dog

it's dog eat dog in this place aquí se despedazan unos a otros

to go to the dogs [+person] echarse a perder; [+nation, country] ir a la ruina

dog's breakfast revoltijo (m)

to have a dog's chance

he hasn't a dog's chance no tiene la más remota posibilidad

it's a dog's life es una vida de perros

to be dressed up like a dog's dinner ir hecho un adefesio

to be a dog in the manger [+person] ser como el perro del hortelano

he's a dog in the manger

to put on the dog (US) vestirse de punta en blanco

to be top dog ser el gallo del lugar; triunfar

the dog's bollocks (Britain) la hostia (vulgar)

Tony-boy, you are the dog's bollocks To a wide-eyed teenager, Mott were the dog's bollocks. They had the loudest amps, the longest hair, the hardest rock and the baddest attitude 'At Ascot Park. It's near Sunningdale." 'Oh," he says, `I go there. It's the dog's bollocks, isn't it?"

every dog has its day a cada cerdo le llega su San Martín

let sleeping dogs lie más vale no meneallo

2 (male) (fox) macho (m)

3 (term of abuse) canalla (m); bribón (m)

you dog! ¡canalla!; ¡tunante!

4 (unattractive girl) callo (m) (malayo) (informal)

5 (person)

dirty dog tío (m) guarro (informal); tipo (m) asqueroso (informal); you lucky dog! ¡qué suerte tienes!; he's a lucky dog es un tío suertudo

there's life in the old dog yet (al abuelo) aún le queda cuerda para rato

Wimbledon's Terry Gibson reckons there's life in the old dog yet and he's looking for a new club to prove it There is obviously life in the old dog yet otherwise we wouldn't have offered him a new one-year contract

the dogs (Britain) (greyhounds) las carreras de galgos

note See culture box in entry greyhound.

7 (Britain) (telephone) teléfono (m)

verb:transitive

(follow closely) seguir (de cerca)

he dogs my footsteps me sigue los pasos; he was dogged by ill luck le perseguía la mala suerte

modifier

dog basket (n) cesto (m) del perro

dog biscuit (n) galleta (f) de perro

dog breeder (n) criadoracriadora (m) (f) de perros;a criadora

dog collar (n) collar (m) de perro; (Rel) gola (f); alzacuello(s) (m)

dog days (n) canícula (f)

dog fancier (n) (connoisseur) entendidoaentendida (m) (f) en perros;a entendida (breeder) criadoracriadora (m) (f) de perros;a criadora

dog food (n) comida (f) para perros

dog fox (n) zorro (m) macho

dog guard (n) (Aut) reja (f) separadora

dog handler (n) (Police) adiestradoraadiestradora (m) (f) de perros;a adiestradora

dog Latin (n) latín (m) macarrónico

dog licence (n) permiso (m) para perros

dog paddle (n) braza (f) de perro forma de nadar; (forma de nadar)

dog-paddle

dog rose (n) escaramujo (m); rosal (m) silvestre

dog show (n) exposición (f) canina

Dog Star (n) Sirio (m)

dog tag (n) (US) (Mil) placa (f) de identificación

dog track (n) (Dep) canódromo (m)

Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

Verb Conjugation for "dog" (go to el perro)

Imperative

dog
you dog
he/she dogs
we dog
you dog
they dog

Preterite

I dogged
you dogged
he/she dogged
we dogged
you dogged
they dogged

Present Continuous

I am dogging
you are dogging
he/she is dogging
we are dogging
you are dogging
they are dogging

Present Perfect

I have dogged
you have dogged
he/she has dogged
we have dogged
you have dogged
they have dogged

Past Continuous

I was dogging
you were dogging
he/she was dogging
we were dogging
you were dogging
they were dogging

Past Perfect

I had dogged
you had dogged
he/she had dogged
we had dogged
you had dogged
they had dogged

Future

I will dog
you will dog
he/she will dog
we will dog
you will dog
they will dog

Future Perfect

I will have dogged
you will have dogged
he/she will have dogged
we will have dogged
you will have dogged
they will have dogged

Future Continuous

I will be dogging
you will be dogging
he/she will be dogging
we will be dogging
you will be dogging
they will be dogging

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been dogging
you have been dogging
he/she has been dogging
we have been dogging
you have been dogging
they have been dogging

Future Perfect Continuous

I will have been dogging
you will have been dogging
he/she will have been dogging
we will have been dogging
you will have been dogging
they will have been dogging

Past Perfect Continuous

I had been dogging
you had been dogging
he/she had been dogging
we had been dogging
you had been dogging
they had been dogging

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