cascabel

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cascabel [kas-ka-bel]

sustantivo

1Cascabel, remate esférico de la parte posterior del cañón de artillería.

2Serpiente de cascabel, o el cascabel mismo.

cascabel

masculine noun

1(small) bell

poner el cascabel al gato (figurative) -> to bell the cat, to dare to go ahead

cascabel [cas-cah-bel']

noun

1Hawksbell, bell used for hawks, cats, or dogs, and also for beasts of burden. (m)

2Knob at the end of the breech of a cannon, cascabel. (m)

3Rattlesnake. (m)

Echar a uno el cascabel -> (Met.) to throw off a burden and lay it on another
Echa -> or soltar el cascabel, (Met.) to drop a hint in conversation, to see how it takes
Ser un cascabel -> (Met.) to be a crazy or rattle-brained fellow

cascabel

sustantivo:masculino

little bell

de cascabel gordo pretentious

ser un cascabel to be a scatterbrain

echar soltar el cascabelo to drop a hint

poner el cascabel al gato to bell the cat

sustantivo:femenino

(Latinoamérica) rattlesnake; rattler; (EEUU) (familiar)

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