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boot
[buːt]
sustantivo
1bota (f) (footwear); botín (m) (ankle-length)
  • boot camp (militar) -> campamento (m) de reclutas (Estados Unidos)
2maletero (m) (of car) (británico)cajuela (f) (CAm, español de México)baúl (m) (CSur)
3(idioms)
  • the boot is on the other foot -> se ha dado la vuelta a la tortilla
  • to give somebody the boot (familiar) -> poner a alguien de patitas en la calle
  • to get the boot (familiar) -> ser despedido(a)
  • to put or stick the boot into somebody (familiar) -> dar una paliza a alguien; (beat severely) (británico) ensañarse con alguien (criticize)
  • to boot -> además, por añadidura
verbo transitivo
4dar una patada a (familiar) (kick)
  • to boot somebody out -> poner a alguien en la calle
5arrancar (informática)
verbo intransitivo
6(informática)
  • to boot (up) -> arrancar

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boot [but]
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1Aprovechar, ser de algún uso o utilidad, valer, servir, ser útil, importar. (n)
2Calzarse las botas, ganar. (n)
3Darle un puntapié (n)
adjetivo
  • He booted the ball into the net -> metió el balón en la red de una patada
  • Boot up -> cargar, hacer el cebado de
  • Boot out -> echar, poner de patitas en la calle
(Comput.)(Coloq,)
sustantivo
1Ganancia, provecho, utilidad, ventaja.
2Bota (clothing), botín (short), todo calzado que cubre parte de la pierna.
  • A pair of boots -> unas botas, un par de botas
  • The boot’s on the other foot now -> se ha vuelto la tortilla
  • To die with/in one’s boots -> morir con las botas puestas
  • To lick somebody’s boots -> adular a alguien, hacerle la pelota, la barba o la pata a alguien; chuparle las medias a alguien, lambonear a alguien
sustantivo
  • To give somebody the echar a alguien, darle la patada a alguien. Boot-jack -> sacabotas
  • Boot-legs -> Cortes de botas
  • Boot-hose -> calcetones
  • Boot-tree -> horma de bota
sustantivo
  • To boo -> (Cuba), De ñapa, de contra; de más a más; encima
sustantivo
3Pesebrón de un coche. (n)
  • To para rematarla -> por si fuera poco (hum) (as linker)
(Coloq,) (GB) (Coloq,) To put/stick the boot in, dar patada(Coloq,)(Mex.) De ganancia, de piló Maletero, portamaletas, cajuela, baúl, maleta, maletera (Auto).

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boot [buːt]
noun
1 bota; (f) (ankle boot) borceguí; (m)
he's getting too big for his boots
to die with one's boots on morir con las botas puestas
to fill one's boots Not everything in Japan looks bleak: having filled their boots with cheap capital in 1987-89, many companies remain liquid enough to do without bank loans
now the boot is on the other foot (Britain) ahora se ha dado vuelta a la tortilla
to give sb the boot (informal) despedir a algn; poner a algn en la calle; (informal)
to get be given the bootor (informal) ser despedido
he was quaking shaking trembling in his bootsoror le temblaban las piernas
If you stand up straight you'll give an impression of confidence even if you're quaking in your boots Someone had to tell the packed club that he wouldn't be appearing — you can imagine me shaking in my boots, but somehow I managed to survive
to lick sb's boots hacer la pelotilla a algn; (informal)
to put the boot in (Britain) (informal) emplear la violencia; obrar decisivamente
big
2 (Britain) (Aut) maletero; (m) baúl; (m) (S. Cone) maletera; (f) (And) (Chile) cajuela; (f) (Méx)
3 (US) (Aut) (also Denver boot) cepo; (m)
verb:transitive
1 (informal) (kick) dar un puntapié a
to boot sb out (informal) poner a algn de patitas en la calle; (informal)
2 (Comput) (also boot up) cebar; inicializar
verb:intransitive
(Comput) (also boot up) cebar; inicializar
modifier
boot boy (informal) (n) (Britain) camorrista; (m)
...a tough-looking boot boy, with a shaved head and numerous tattoos
boot camp (n) (in army) campamento militar; (m) (prison) prisión civil con régimen militar
boot polish (n) betún; (m)
boot sale (n) (Britain)(also car boot sale) mercadillo en el que se exponen las mercancías en el maletero del coche; (m) (en el que se exponen las mercancías en el maletero del coche)
boot [buːt]
UNKNOWN
to boot (literary) además; por añadidura

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Verb Conjugation for "boot"

Imperative
  • boot
  • you boot
  • he/she boots
  • we boot
  • you boot
  • they boot
Preterite
  • I booted
  • you booted
  • he/she booted
  • we booted
  • you booted
  • they booted
Present Continuous
  • I am booting
  • you are booting
  • he/she is booting
  • we are booting
  • you are booting
  • they are booting
Present Perfect
  • I have booted
  • you have booted
  • he/she has booted
  • we have booted
  • you have booted
  • they have booted
Past Continuous
  • I was booting
  • you were booting
  • he/she was booting
  • we were booting
  • you were booting
  • they were booting
Past Perfect
  • I had booted
  • you had booted
  • he/she had booted
  • we had booted
  • you had booted
  • they had booted
Future
  • I will boot
  • you will boot
  • he/she will boot
  • we will boot
  • you will boot
  • they will boot
Future Perfect
  • I will have booted
  • you will have booted
  • he/she will have booted
  • we will have booted
  • you will have booted
  • they will have booted
Future Continuous
  • I will be booting
  • you will be booting
  • he/she will be booting
  • we will be booting
  • you will be booting
  • they will be booting
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been booting
  • you have been booting
  • he/she has been booting
  • we have been booting
  • you have been booting
  • they have been booting
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been booting
  • you will have been booting
  • he/she will have been booting
  • we will have been booting
  • you will have been booting
  • they will have been booting
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been booting
  • you had been booting
  • he/she had been booting
  • we had been booting
  • you had been booting
  • they had been booting
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to beat; to overcome, to surpass, to overtake