ajo

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garlic

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ajo

masculine noun

1garlic

ajo [aj’-ho]

noun

1Garlic. (Botany) (m)

2Garlic-sauce for meat. (m)

3Paint for ladies. (Metaphorical) (m)

4Affair discussed by many. (Metaphorical) (m)

Revolver el aj -> or el ruido, to stir up new disturbances
Ajo blanco -> dish made of bruised garlic, bread, oil, an water
Echar ajos y cebollas -> to insult one viley
Se fué echando ajos y cebollas -> (coll.) he went off uttering oaths and imprecations
En el ajo -> to be mixed in it

ajo

sustantivo:masculino

1 (Botánica) (Culin) garlic

un ajo a clove of garlic; (salsa) garlic sauce

¡ajo y agua! (familiar) you've just got to put up with it!

harto de ajos ill-bred; common

(tieso) como un ajo high and mighty; stuck-up; (familiar)

estar como el ajo (S. Cone) to feel miserable

andar en el ajo

estar en el ajo

(involucrado) to be mixed up in it; (enterado) to be in on the secret

revolver el ajo to stir up trouble

ajo tierno young garlic

2 (familiar) (palabrota) swearword; oath; curse

echar ajos y cebollas

soltar ajos y cebollas

to swear like a trooper; let fly; (familiar)

Paid English to Spanish translation

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hearty laughter, raucous laughter, guffaw