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grass

∗ ≈

la hierba

∗ noun

grass
[grɑːs]
sustantivo
1. hierba (f) (plant)
  • she doesn't let the grass grow under her feet (sentido figurado) -> no se dedica a perder el tiempo (is very decisive)
  • the grass roots (sentido figurado) -> las bases (of organization)
  • grass roots support/opposition -> apoyo (m) /oposición (f) de las bases
  • grass snake -> culebra (f) de agua
  • grass widow -> = mujer cuyo marido se encuentra ausente
2. césped (m) hierba (f) (lawn)
  • keep off the grass -> prohibido pisar el césped (sign)
  • grass court -> pista (f) de hierba (in tennis)
3. pasto (m) (pasture)
  • to put somebody out to grass (sentido figurado) -> = despedir a alguien por ser demasiado mayor para el trabajo
4. maría (f) hierba (f) (familiar) (marijuana)
5. soplón(a) (m,f) (familiar) (informer) (británico)chivato(a) (sustantivo masculino o femenino) (español de España)
verbo intransitivo
6. cantar (familiar) (inform) (británico)
  • to grass on somebody -> delatar a alguien, dar el soplo sobre alguien (español de España)

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grass [gras]
sustantivo
1. Hierba, herbaje, plantas con que se alimentan los ganados.
2. Césped, verde.
3. (Bot.) Cualquiera planta de las gramínea
sustantivo
  • Grass cloth -> batista de Cantón
  • Canary grass -> alpiste
  • Grass widow -> mujer separada temporalmente de su marido, o abandonada por él; también la mujer divorciada
  • Grass-widower -> marido separado de su mujer
  • To let the grass grow under one’s feet -> perder el tiempo, haraganear
1. Cubrir de hierba.
2. Extender sobre el césped; blanquear lino.
3. Apacentar los ganados.
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
4. Criar hierba. (n)
va.

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grass [ɡrɑːs]
noun
1 (Bot) hierba (f); yerba (f); (lawn) césped (m); pasto (m); (LAm) grama (f); (LAm) (pasture) pasto (m)
keep off the grass prohibido pisar la hierba
to put a horse out to grass echar un caballo al pasto
not to let the grass grow under one's feet no dormirse
the grass is always greener on the other side (of the fence) nadie está contento con su suerte
A lot of players who have left in the past have found that /the other man's grass isn't always greener/ Diana should beware. The grass may not be greener on the other side of the Atlantic
2 (marijuana) marihuana (f); mota (f) (informal); (LAm)
3 (Britain) (person) soplónonasoplona (m) (f);ona soplona
verb:intransitive
(Britain) soplar (informal); dar el chivatazo (informal)
to grass on delatar a
verb:transitive
(also grass over) cubrir de hierba
modifier
grass court (n) (Tennis) pista (f) de hierba
grass cutter (n) cortacésped (m)
grass roots (n) base (f)
grass-roots
grass snake (n) culebra (f)
grass widow (n) especially (US) (divorced, separated) mujer (f) separada o divorciada; (Britain) mujer (f) cuyo marido está ausente
grass widower (n) especially (US) (divorced, separated) hombre (m) separado o divorciado; (Britain) marido (m) cuya mujer está ausente

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Verb Conjugation for "grass" (go to la hierba)

Imperative
  • grass
  • you grass
  • he/she grasses
  • we grass
  • you grass
  • they grass
Preterite
  • I grassed
  • you grassed
  • he/she grassed
  • we grassed
  • you grassed
  • they grassed
Present Continuous
  • I am grassing
  • you are grassing
  • he/she is grassing
  • we are grassing
  • you are grassing
  • they are grassing
Present Perfect
  • I have grassed
  • you have grassed
  • he/she has grassed
  • we have grassed
  • you have grassed
  • they have grassed
Past Continuous
  • I was grassing
  • you were grassing
  • he/she was grassing
  • we were grassing
  • you were grassing
  • they were grassing
Past Perfect
  • I had grassed
  • you had grassed
  • he/she had grassed
  • we had grassed
  • you had grassed
  • they had grassed
Future
  • I will grass
  • you will grass
  • he/she will grass
  • we will grass
  • you will grass
  • they will grass
Future Perfect
  • I will have grassed
  • you will have grassed
  • he/she will have grassed
  • we will have grassed
  • you will have grassed
  • they will have grassed
Future Continuous
  • I will be grassing
  • you will be grassing
  • he/she will be grassing
  • we will be grassing
  • you will be grassing
  • they will be grassing
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been grassing
  • you have been grassing
  • he/she has been grassing
  • we have been grassing
  • you have been grassing
  • they have been grassing
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been grassing
  • you will have been grassing
  • he/she will have been grassing
  • we will have been grassing
  • you will have been grassing
  • they will have been grassing
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been grassing
  • you had been grassing
  • he/she had been grassing
  • we had been grassing
  • you had been grassing
  • they had been grassing
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