carabina

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carabina
feminine noun
1carbine, rifle (arma)
2chaperone (informal figurative) (mujer)

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carabina [cah-ra-bee’-nah]
noun
1Rifle. (f)
2Carbine or carabine. (f)
  • Carabina rayada -> rifle carabine
  • Es lo mismo que la carabina de Ambrosio -> it is not worth a straw
3Chaperon. (f)
  • Hacer de carabina -> ir de carabina, to go as chaperon; to play gooseberry

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carabina
sustantivo:femenino
1 (Mil) carbine; rifle
ser la carabina de Ambrosio (familiar) to be a dead loss; (familiar)
carabina de aire comprimido airgun
2 (persona) chaperone
hacer ir de carabinao to go as chaperone; play gooseberry; (familiar)

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