chaveta

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chaveta
feminine noun
1cotter pin (clavija)
2nut, head (informal) (cabeza)
  • perder la chaveta (figurative) -> to go off one's rocker
3penknife (navaja) (Andes)

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chaveta [chah-vay'-tah]
noun
1Bolt, cotter pin. (f)
  • Perder la chaveta -> to lose one’s head, to become rattled

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chaveta
sustantivo:femenino
1 (Técnica) cotter; cotter pin
perder la chaveta (familiar) to go off one's rocker; (familiar)
perder la chaveta por algn to lose one's head over sb
2 (Latinoamérica) (navaja) broad-bladed knife
adjetivo:invariable
estar chaveta (muy_familiar) to be nuts; (familiar)

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