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carantoña

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carantoña [cah-ran-to’-nyah]
noun
1. Hideous mask or visor. (f)
2. Old coarse woman, who paints and dresses in style. (f)
3. Ugly mug. (f)
noun, plural
4. Caresses, soft words and acts of endearment to wheedle or coax a person.
  • Hacer carantoñas a uno -> to make faces at somebody (muecas)

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carantoña
1 (caricia) caress; (zalamería) sweet talk
no me vengas con carantoñas don't give me any of your sweet talk; hacer carantoñas a algn (acariciar) to caress sb; (halagar) to sweet-talk sb; butter sb up
2 (careta) grotesque mask
es una carantoña she's mutton dressed up as lamb (familiar)
3 (cara) ugly mug (muy_familiar)

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