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animal

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el animal

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animal

[ˈænɪməl]

sustantivo

1. animal (m) (creature)

the animal kingdom -> el reino animal
animal rights -> derechos mpl de los animales
he's an animal -> es un animal, es un bestia (uncivilized person)

animal [a-ni-mal]

sustantivo

1. Animal, cuerpo animado.

2. Animal, por injuria o desprecio se llama así al hombre incapaz o ignorante.

adjetivo

Wild animal -> animal salvaje
A stupid animal -> hombre estúpido; se dice por desprecio
Animal kingdom -> el reino animal

animal [ˈænɪməl]

noun

1 (not plant) animal (m)

man is a political animal el hombre es un animal político

2 (thing) cosa (f)

there's no such animal no existe tal cosa

"Why don't we use a middle-man? Someone acceptable to both sides." Fox laughed. "There's no such animal."

they are two different animals son cosas bien distintas

These two reports were very different animals. One focussed on theory, the other on practice Leaders and managers can be seen as different animals. Managers tend to enjoy working within given confines. Leaders create their own horizons ...to convince investors that the merger of two such different animals should be taken seriously

3 (person) animal (informal) (m); bestia (informal) (m)

He's such an animal This man is an animal, a beast He's nothing but an animal

you animal! ¡animal! (informal); ¡bestia! (informal)

adjective

animal

modifier

animal cracker (n) (US) galletita (f) de animales

animal fats (n) grasas (f) de animal

animal husbandry (n) cría (f) de animales

animal instinct (n) instinto (m) animal

the animal kingdom (n) el reino animal

Animal Liberation Front (n) (Britain) Frente (m) de Liberación Animal

animal liberationist (n) miembro (m) del Frente de Liberación de los Animales

animal lover (n) amante (m) de los animales

The British are renowned as a nation of animal lovers

animal magnetism (n) [of person] atracción (f) animal; magnetismo (m) salvaje

He was not very tall, definitely not handsome, but he had an animal magnetism and a personality to match Corliss portrays Depardieu as a hard-drinking, wrong-side-of-the-tracks macho man, long on talent and animal magnetism but a bit short on brains

animal rights movement (n) movimiento (m) por los derechos de los animales

animal sanctuary (n) centro (m) de acogida para animales

animal spirits (n) vitalidad (f)

animal testing (n) pruebas (f) de laboratorio con animales

In 1991, a Mintel poll showed that animal testing appalled more people than any other ethical or environmental issue ...companies involved with animal testing A total ban on animal testing for cosmetics was voted in by Euro-mps yesterday

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animal

adjective

1. animal (instintos, funciones)

el reino animal -> the animal kingdom

2. rough (persona) (basto) ; ignorant (ignorante)

masculine noun

3. animal

animal de carga -> beast of burden
animal de compañía -> pet
animal doméstico -> farm animal; (de granja) pet (de compañía)
animal protegido -> protected species

masculine or feminine noun

4. animal, brute (persona)

animal [ah-ne-mal’]

noun

1. Animal. (m)

2. Animal; used in contempt. (m)

El animal de Juan -> that beast of John

adjective

1. Animal, relating to an animal.

animal

adjetivo

1 (de los animales) animal

instinto animal animal instinct

el reino animal

2 (estúpido) stupid

el muy animal no sabe la capital de España he's so stupid he doesn't know what the capital of Spain is

3 (bruto)

¡deja ya de empujar, no seas tan animal! stop pushing, you great oaf o brute; no seas animal, trátala con cariño don't be such a brute, be kind to her; ¡el muy animal se comió tres platos! he had three helpings, the oaf o pig!

animal

los animales salvajes wild animals; soy un animal político I am a political animal; ser animal de costumbres to be a creature of habit

ser un animal de bellota to be as thick as two short planks (familiar)

comer como un animal to eat like a pig

trabajar como un animal to work like a slave; work all the hours God sends (familiar)

animal de carga (burro, buey) beast of burden

¡me tratas como a un animal de carga! what did your last servant die of? (familiar)

animal de compañía pet

animal de laboratorio laboratory animal

animal de tiro draught animal; draft animal; (EEUU)

animal doméstico [de compañía] pet; [de granja] domestic animal

1 (estúpido) fool; moron (familiar)

¡animal!, tres y dos son cinco you fool o moron (familiar), three plus two makes five

2 (bruto) brute

el animal de Juan seguía pegándole that brute Juan kept on hitting him; el animal de Antonio se comió su plato y el mío that pig Antonio ate all his own dinner and mine too; eres un animal, lo has roto you're so rough you've gone and broken it