delantera

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delantera
feminine noun
1lead (primer puesto)
  • coger o tomar la delantera -> to take the lead
  • llevar la delantera -> to be in the lead
  • coger o tomar la delantera a alguien -> to beat somebody to it
2(ventaja)
  • nos llevan tres minutos de delantera -> they're three minutes ahead of us
  • su hermano le lleva la delantera en los estudios -> his brother is doing better than him at school
3forward, forward line (sport)
4bust (informal) (de una mujer)

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delantera [day-lan-tay’-rah]
noun
1Fore front, fore end, the fore part of anything. (f)
2The front seats, behind the barriers of a place, where bullfeasts are held. (f)
3Fore skirts of clothes. (f)
4Advantage obtained over another. (f)
5Vanguard of an army. (f)
  • Coger la delantera -> to get the start of a person
  • Ir en la delantera -> to take the lead
6Tits. (Anatomy) (f)
7Delanteras, chaps (calzones). (f)
adjective
1Foremost, first.

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delantera
sustantivo:femenino
1 [de casa, vestido] front
2 (Dep) (línea de ataque) forward line
coger tomar la delantera a algncogerotomar (en carrera) to take over the lead from sb; (al contestar) to beat sb to it
llevar la delanterallevar to be in the lead
llevar la delantera a algn to be ahead of sb
sacar la delantera a algnsacar to steal a march on sb
3 (Teat) front row
4 (Anatomía) (muy_familiar) knockers; (muy_familiar) (p) tits; (muy_familiar) (p)
5 delanteras (calzones) chaps; (mono) overalls

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