casco

=

helmet

noun

casco
masculine noun
1. helmet (para la cabeza); crash helmet (de motorista)
  • cascos azules -> U.N. peacekeeping troops, blue berets
2. hull (de barco)
3. (de ciudad)
  • casco antiguo -> old (part of) town
  • casco urbano -> city center
4. hoof (de caballo)
5. empty bottle (envase) (peninsular Spanish, Mexican Spanish)
6. fragment, piece (pedazo); segment (gajo) (Andes, Cuban Spanish, RP)
cascos
plural masculine noun
1. headphones (informal) (auriculares)
2. (expresiones)
  • calentarse o romperse los cascos -> to rack o cudgel one's brains (United States)
  • ser alegre o ligero de cascos -> to be irresponsible; (irresponsable) to be flighty (mujer)

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casco [cahs’-co]
noun
1. Skull, cranium, the bone which incloses the brain. (m)
2. Potsherd, fragments of an earthen vessel. (m)
3. Quarter of an orange, lemon, or pomegranate. (m)
4. Coat or tegument of an onion. (m)
5. Helmet, casque, or head-piece of ancient armor. (m)
6. Cask, pipe, vat, or other wooden vessel in which wine is preserved. (Province; Provinicial) (m)
7. Hull or hulk, of a ship. (Nautical) (m)
8. Crown of a hat. (m)
9. Printer’s inking-ball. (m)
10. Sheep-skin stripped of the wool. (m)
11. Hoof of a horse. (m)
12. Casco or tapa de un barril, the head of a cask. (m)
13. Casco de una silla de montar, the tree of a saddle. (m)
  • Cascos -> heads of sheep or bullocks without the tongues and brains
  • Tener los cascos a la jineta -> (Met.) to be on the high horse
  • Tener malos cascos -> (Met.) to be crazy or hare-brained
  • Romperse los cascos -> to rack one’s brain
  • Ligero de cascos -> scatterbrained, frivolous
14. Inner part, central area (de ciudad); Casco comercial, business quarter. (m)
  • El casco antiguo de la ciudad -> the old part of the city
15. Empty building. (Ante Meridian & Latin American) (m)

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