cuero

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leather

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cuero
masculine noun
1leather (material)
  • una chamarra de cuero -> a leather jacket
2skin (piel de animal); hide (piel curtida)
  • cuero cabelludo -> scalp
  • en cueros (vivos) -> stark-naked
3whip (látigo) (Am)
4bird (Pey) (mujer) (Ecuadoran Spanish, Venezuelan Spanish Br), broad (United States)

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cuero [coo-ay’-ro]
noun
1Pelt, the skin of an animal. (m)
2Leather. (m)
3Goat skin dressed entire, which serves as a bag to carry wine or oil. (m)
4Toper, a great drinker. (Metaphorical) (m)
5Whore; (And.) Old maid (soltera); (Carib.) Old bag (vieja); (And. Mex.) Mistress (amante). (Andes & Caribbean) (m)
6Cheek (descarado). (Ante Meridian & Central America & Caribbean) (m)
7Wallet (cartera). (m)
  • Cuero de suela, sole leather. En cuero -> or cueros vivos, stark naked
  • Cueros -> hangings or drapery of gilded or painted leather
  • Cuero cabelludo -> scalp
  • Estar hecho un cuero -> to be as drunk as a Lord
  • Arrimar el cuero a uno -> (LAm.) to give somebody a beating

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cuero
sustantivo:masculino
1 (piel) (curtida) leather; (sin curtir) skin; hide; [de conejo] pelt
una chaqueta de cuero a leather jacket
andar en cueros to go about stark naked
dejar a algn en cueros to clean sb out; (familiar)
cuero adobado tanned skin
cuero cabelludo scalp
cuero charolado patent leather
2 (odre) wineskin
3 (muy_familiar) (borracho) old soak; (muy_familiar)
estar hecho un cuero to be (as) drunk as a lord; be (as) drunk as a skunk; especialmente (EEUU) (familiar)
4 [de grifo] washer
5 (Latinoamérica) (látigo) whip
arrimar dar el cuero a algno to give sb a beating thrashing;o
6 (Dep) (balón) ball
7 (And) (Caribe) (peyorativo) (prostituta) whore; hooker; (EEUU) (familiar) (And) (solterona) old maid; (Caribe) (muy_familiar) (vieja) old bag; (muy_familiar) (And) (México) (familiar) (amante) mistress
8 (Centroamérica) (Caribe) (familiar) (descaro) cheek; (familiar) nerve; (familiar)
9 (muy_familiar) (cartera) wallet

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