botella

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bottle

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botella
feminine noun
1bottle (recipiente)
  • una botella de champán/leche -> a champagne/milk bottle; (recipiente) a bottle of champagne/milk (contenido)
  • en botella -> bottled
  • darle a la botella -> to be a heavy drinker (beber alcohol)
  • botella de oxígeno -> oxygen bottle o cylinder
2(autoestop)
  • dar botella a alguien -> to give somebody a (Cuban Spanish) lift o (British) ride (United States)
  • hacer botella -> to hitchhike

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botella [bo-tel’-lyah]
noun
1Bottle, flask; also the liquor contained in a bottle. (f)
  • Hemos bebido tres botellas -> we drank three bottles
  • Cerveza de botella -> bottled beer
2Sinecure, soft job (in government.). (Caribbean) (f)

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botella
sustantivo:femenino
1 (envase) bottle
de en botellao bottled; cerveza de botella bottled beer; media botella half bottle
Normalmente se utilizan botellas de 750 ml (0,75 l) de capacidad, si bien existen de otras capacidades: 3/8 l [(media botella)] 1,5l [(magnun)] etc. mucho menos empleadas.
botella de vino (contenido) bottle of wine; (envase) wine bottle
botella de Leiden Leyden jar
2 (Caribe) (prebenda) sinecure; soft job in government; (in government)

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