castaña

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castaña
feminine noun
1chestnut (fruto)
  • sacarle a alguien las castañas del fuego (informal) -> to get somebody out of trouble
  • castaña de agua -> water chestnut
2bash (informal) (golpe) (peninsular Spanish)
3(informal) (borrachera)
  • agarrarse una castaña -> to get legless (peninsular Spanish)
4bore (informal) (cosa aburrida) (peninsular Spanish)
  • este libro es una castaña -> this book is boring

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castaña [cas-tah'-nyah]
noun
1Chestnut. (Botany) (f)
2Bottle, jug, or jar, in the shape of a chestnut. (f)
3Club of hair; chignon. (f)
4An abandoned mine. (f)
  • Castaña pilong -> or apilada, dried chestnut
  • Sacar las castañas del fuego -> to pull somebody’s chestnuts out of the fire for him
5Coger una castaña, to get drunk. (f)
6Bash, bow (golpe). (f)

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castaña
sustantivo:femenino
1 (fruto) chestnut
conducir a toda castaña (familiar) to drive flat out
sacar a algn las castañas del fuego to get sb off the hook
ser una castaña (familiar) to be a drag; (familiar)
¡toma castaña! (familiar) (indicando disfrute) take that!; (indicando sorpresa) just imagine!
castaña de agua water chestnut
castaña de Indias horse chestnut
castaña del Brasil castaña de Pará Brazil nut
2 (familiar) (golpe) punch
darse una castaña to give o.s. a knock
3 (familiar) (borrachera)
cogerse una castaña to get pissed; (vulgar)
4 [de pelo] bun; chignon
5 (vasija) demijohn
6 (familiar) (año)
tiene 71 castañas he's 71 (years old)

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