colar
verbo:transitivo
2 (furtivamente) [+objetos] to sneak
consiguió colarlo por la aduana he managed to sneak it through customs; le coló un gol al portero he sneaked a goal past the keeper
colar algo a algn (dar algo malo) to palm sth off on sb; palm sb off with sth; (hacer creer algo) to spin sb a yarn about sth (familiar); quiso colarnos varias monedas falsas he tried to palm off some forged coins on us o palm us off with some forged coins; me coló una peras podridas he palmed off some rotten pears on me; he slipped me some rotten pears
el ladrón intentó colarles que era el revisor de la luz the burglar tried to pass himself off as the electricity man; the burglar tried to spin them a yarn about being the electricity man; ¡a mí no me la cuelas! don't give me any of that! (familiar)
colar a algn (en espectáculo, cine) to sneak sb in
verbo:intransitivo
1 (ser creído)
diles que estás enfermo, igual cuela say you're ill, they might swallow it (familiar); me parece que tu historia no va a colar I don't think your story will wash (familiar); I don't think they'll swallow your story (familiar); tienes que copiar muy bien la firma para que cuele el cheque you'll need to copy the signature very well if you want the cheque to go through
verbo:pronominal
colarse1 (filtrarse)
el agua se cuela por las rendijas the water seeps (in) through o gets in through the cracks; se le coló el balón the ball slipped past him; la moto se iba colando entre la fila de coches the motorbike slipped through the line of cars
2 [+personas] (sin pagar) to get in without paying; (en lugar prohibido) to sneak in (en fiesta) to gatecrash
intentaron colarse en el concierto they tried to get into the concert without paying
se coló silenciosamente en la habitación he sneaked quietly into the room; un equipo de segunda división se había colado en las semifinales a second division team had slipped through to the semifinals
3 [+error]
se le colaron varias faltas al revisar el texto he overlooked several mistakes when revising the text
4 (en una cola) to jump the queue; cut in line; (EEUU)
se me intentó colar he tried to jump the queue in front of me; ¡oiga, no se cuele! excuse me, there's a queue!


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