copete

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copete
masculine noun
1crest (de ave)
2tuft (de pelo)
3(informal)
  • de alto copete -> posh

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copete [co-pay’-tay]
noun
1A crest, a tuft, aigret, toupee. (m)
  • Estar hasta el copete -> (Carib. Mex.) To be fed up to the back teeth
2Forelock of a horse. (m)
3Crownwork of a looking-glass frame, made in the shape of a shell. (m)
4Top of the shoe which rises over the buckle. (m)
5Top, summit. (m)
6The projecting top or cop of sherbets or ice cream. (m)
  • Hombre de copete, a man of respectability and character. Tener copet -> or mucho copete, to assume an air of authority, to be lofty, supercilious, and haughty
  • Asir la ocasión por el copete -> (Prov.) To profit by the opportunity

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copete
sustantivo:masculino
1 [de persona] tuft (of hair); quiff; [de caballo] forelock; [de pájaro] tuft; crest
estar hasta el copete (familiar) to be really fed up
de alto copete aristocratic; upper-crust; (familiar)
2 (altanería) arrogance
tener mucho copete to be haughty; be stuck-up; (familiar)

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