barba
barba
feminine noun
1. beard
- apurarse la barba -> to shave close
- dejarse barba -> to grow a beard
- barbas -> beard; (de persona) barbel (de pez)
- un hombre con toda la barba -> a real man
- por barba -> per head (cada uno) (peninsular Spanish)
- lo hizo en sus (propias) barbas -> he did it right under her nose
- reírse de alguien en sus propias barbas -> to laugh in somebody's face
- barba incipiente -> stubble
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barba [bar’-bah’]
noun
1. Chin. (f)
2. Beard, the hair which grows on the chin. (f)
3. The first swarm of bees which leaves the hive. (f)
- Barba cabruna -> (Bot.) yellow goat's-beard
- Barba de Aarón -> (Bot.) green dragon arum
- Barba de cabra or cabrón -> goat's-beard
- Amarrado a barba de gato -> (Naut.) moored by the head
- Temblar la barba -> to shake with fear
- Barba a barba -> face to face
- A barba regada -> in great plenty
- Barba cabosa -> noble, earnest fellow
- A la barba -> en la barba, to his face, in his presence
- Por barba -> a head, apiece
- A polla por barba -> every man his bird
noun
4. Actor who acts the part of old men. (m)
5. (m)
noun, plural
6. The portion of rays opposite to the tail of a comet; the head.
7. Slender roots of trees or plants; fibres. (Botany)
- Barbas enredadas -> a full hawse
- Barbas de ballena -> whale bone
- Barbas de gallo -> wattle
- Barbas honradas -> A respectable or honorable man
- Cuales barbas -> tales tobajas, treat every one with due respect
- De tal barba -> tal escama
- Decir a uno en sus barbas alguna cosa -> to tell a man a thing to his face
- Echarlo a las barbas -> to reproach a man with something
- Hacer la barba -> 1. To shave, to take off beard. 2. To suck up to somebody.
- Mentir por la barba -> to tell a barefaced lie
- Pelarse las barbas -> to fly into a violent passion
- Subirse a las barbas -> to fly in one's face
- Tener buenas barbas -> to have a graceful mien: applied to a fine woman
- Echar a la buena barba -> to induce one to pay for what he and his companions have eaten and drunk
- Andar -> estar, or traer la barba sobre el hombro
- Tener pocas barbas -> to be young or inexperienced
- Hacerse la barba -> to shave oneself
- Hacer la barba a alguno -> (Amer.) to flatter, to cajole
we must expect people to act in accordance with their condition and education. to wear one's face on one's shoulder, to be alert, to live watchful and careful.
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