carena

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carena [cah-ray’-nah]
noun
1Careening or repairing of a ship. (Nautical) (f)
  • Carena mayor -> thorough repair
2Ship. (Poetry) (f)
3Forty days’ penance on bread and water. (Obsolete) (f)
  • Dar carena -> (Met.) to blame, to find fault with, to reprimand; to bunter, to joke

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carena
sustantivo:femenino
1 (Náutica) careening
dar carena a algo to careen sth
2 (anticuado) (familiar) ragging; (familiar) teasing; hazing; (EEUU) (familiar)
dar carena a algn to rag sb; (familiar) tease sb; haze sb; (EEUU) (familiar)

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