coba

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coba
feminine noun
1flattery (informal) (halago) (peninsular Spanish, Mexican Spanish)
  • dar coba a alguien -> to suck up o crawl to somebody; (adular) to soft-soap somebody (aplacar)

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coba [co’-bah]
noun
1Ingenious fib. (Colloquial) (f)
2Flattery. (f)
  • Dar coba -> to flatter, to softsoap

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coba
sustantivo:femenino
1 (adulación) soft soap; (familiar) cajolery
dar coba a algn to suck up to sb; play up to sb
2 (mentirilla) fib; (truco) neat trick

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