boca

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sustantivo

boca

feminine noun

1. mouth (de persona, animal)

boca arriba/abajo -> face up/down
(respiración) boca a boca -> mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
hacer el boca a boca a alguien -> to give somebody mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, to give somebody the kiss of life

2. mouth (entrada) (de botella, túnel); slot (de buzón); muzzle (de cañón); stage door (de escenario); entrance (de puerto)

a boca de jarro (informal) -> point-blank
boca del estómago -> pit of the stomach
boca de incendios -> fire hydrant
boca de metro -> tube o underground entrance (British), subway entrance (United States)
boca de riego -> hydrant

3. (persona)

4. (expresiones)

boca [bo’-cah]

noun

1. Mouth. (f)

2. Entrance, opening, hole, nozzle. (f)

3. Muzzle, the mouth of anything: vulgarly, chops. (f)

4. Chops, the mouth of man, in contempt. (f)

5. Bunghole. (f)

6. Pincers with which cray-fish hold something. (f)

7. Thin or cutting part of edge tools. (f)

8. Taste, flavor, relish; one who eats. (f)

9. Shrimp. (Zoology) (f)

10. Dark dungeon. (Metaphorical) (f)

11. mast-hole, lubbers’ hole. (Nautical) (f)

Boca de la escotilla -> hatchway
Boca de río o de puerto -> mouth of a river or of a harbor
Andar de boca en boca -> to be the talk of the town
Cerrar or tapar a uno la boca -> to stop one's mouth
Coserse la boca -> to shut one's mouth
Boca de oro -> mellifluous tongue
A boca de jarro -> 1. A hearty draught, drinking without glass or measure. 12. Very near.
Decir alguna cosa con la boca chica -> to offer a thing for mere ceremony's sake
Andar con la boca abierta -> to go gaping about
Irse de boca -> to speak much without reflection
No decir esta boca es mía -> to keep a profound silence
No tener boca para negar or decir no -> not dare to say no
Tener buena o mala boca -> to talk well or ill of others
A boca de invierno -> about the beginning of winter
Boca arriba -> reversed, upside down, on one's back
Boca abajo -> face downward
Boca a boca -> adv
Boca con boca -> face to face
A boca llena -> perspicuously, openly
A pedir de boca -> according to one's desire
De boca -> verbally; not really; used of boasting or threatening
Andar en boca de la gente -> to be talked about
Se me hace la boca agua -> my mouth is watering
Meter a uno en la boca del lobo -> to put somebody on the spot
Por la boca muerde el pez -> silence is gold

by word of mouth.-m Screw, warder.


P:	Tú le pusiste el dedo en la boca.
R:	> Is considered correct, or should there be possessive pronouns here? > > I know that in Spanish, body parts are referred to with definite articles instead…

P:	boca de escorpión?
R:	Orcus: Please try this and let me know if it works for you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------…

P:	El que guarda su boca guarda su alma; Mas que el mucho abre sus labios tendrá…
R:	I did think there was something wrong with the sentence and whereas Quentin got it with the mistake and all I couldn't make anything of it...which proves…

P:	"Con la boca es un mamey"
R:	> Zoltán said: > > Eddy said: > > > Zoltán said: > > > What does 'mamey' mean? > > > > > Mamey is a fruit tree, possibly apples? > > > Gracias, Eddy.…

P:	Kiate la boca niño blanco
R:	Cállate la boca niño blanco is what was probably said and that means shut up/shut your mouth white boy. :(