bromate

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bromate [bro-meit]
sustantivo
1Sal formada con el ácido brómico.
va. Combinar con el bromo.

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broma
feminine noun
1joke (ocurrencia, chiste); prank, practical joke (jugarreta)
  • gastar una broma a alguien -> to play a joke/prank on somebody
  • en o de broma -> as a joke
  • bromas aparte -> joking apart
  • entre bromas y veras -> half joking
  • fuera de broma -> joking apart
  • no estar para bromas -> not to be in the mood for jokes
  • tomar algo a broma -> not to take something seriously
  • ni en o de broma -> no way, not on your life
  • me salió la broma por 800 euros (informal) (Irónico) -> it cost me the tidy sum of 800 euros
  • broma de mal gusto -> bad joke
  • broma pesada -> nasty practical joke

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broma [bro’-mah]
noun
1Joke, jest. (f)
  • Broma pesada -> practical joke
  • Dar broma -> to tease, to indulge in jokes applied to anyone present
  • No es ninguna broma -> this is serious
  • Fue una broma nada más -> it was just a joke
  • No está para bromas -> he's in no mood for jokes
  • La broma me costó cara -> the affair cost me dearly
  • Lo decía en bromas -> I was only joking
  • En bromas -> in fun
  • Ni en bromas -> never
2Clatter, confused noise. (f)
3Rubbish mixed with mortar formerly used to fill up chinks of foundations of walls. (f)
4disappointment, annoyance (molestía). (Caribbean) (f)
5Shipworm. (Zoology) (f)

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broma
sustantivo:femenino
1 (cachondeo)
ni en broma never; not on any account; lo decía en broma I was only joking; I was only kidding; (familiar) estar de broma to be in a joking mood; tomar algo a broma to take sth as a joke
2 (chiste) joke
no es ninguna broma it's no joke; this is serious; la broma me costó caro the affair cost me dear; no hay bromas con la autoridad you can't play games with the authorities; bromas aparte ... joking aside ...; ¡déjate de bromas! quit fooling!; joke over!
gastar bromasgastar to tell jokes
gastar una broma a algn to play a joke on sb
estar para bromaspara
¡para bromas estoy! (irónico) a fine time for joking!; no está para bromas he's in no mood for jokes
entre bromas y verasveras half-joking(ly)
broma pesada practical joke; hoax
3 (Caribe) (S. Cone) (decepción) disappointment; (molestia) vexation; annoyance
4 (Zoología) shipworm

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