copla

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copla
feminine noun
1folksong, popular song (canción)
  • ya está otra vez con la misma copla (figurative) -> he's back on his hobbyhorse
2verse, stanza (estrofa)

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copla [co’-plah]
noun
1A certain number of consonant verses, a couplet; a stanza of four lines, of eight or eleven syllables, the second and fourth lines rhyming; by extension, short rhymes. (f)
2A sarcastic hint or remark, a lampoon. (f)
3Ballad. (Province; Provinicial) (f)
  • Echar coplas de repente -> to talk nonsense
  • Andar en coplas -> to be on everyone’s lips
  • Echar coplas a uno -> to speak ill of someone

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copla
sustantivo:femenino
1 (Literat) verse esp of 4 lines; (esp of 4 lines)
2 (Música) popular song; ballad;coplas verses
hacer coplas to write verse
andar en coplas to be the talk of the town
la misma copla (familiar) the same old song; (familiar)
quedarse con la copla
¿os vais quedando con la copla? do you follow?; do you get my drift?
Como no tengáis control sanitario se os va a caer algo más que el pelo y los algodones. [¿Os vais quedando con la copla?]
no valen coplas it's no use your arguing apologizing;o
coplas de ciego doggerel
3 (Latinoamérica) (Técnica) pipe joint

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