dog

el perro

noun

dog
[dɒg]
sustantivo
1perro (m) (animal)
  • dog biscuit -> galleta (f) para perros
  • dog collar -> collar (m) de perro; (of dog) alzacuello (m) (familiar) (of cleric)
  • dog food -> comida (f) para perros
  • dog handler -> adiestrador(ora) (sustantivo masculino o femenino) de perros
  • dog license -> licencia (f) del perro
  • dog paddle -> estilo (m) perrito (swimming stroke)
  • dog racing -> carreras (f pl) de galgos
  • dog tag -> placa (f) de identificación (of dog, soldier)
2(familiar) (person)
  • you lucky dog! -> iqué potra tienes!
  • dirty dog -> canalla (sustantivo masculino) , perro(a) (sustantivo masculino o femenino) asqueroso(a)
3coco (m) (familiar Pej) (ugly woman)cardo (m) (español de España)bagre (m) (Andes, RP)
4(idioms) (familiar)
  • to lead a dog's life -> llevar una vida de perros
  • to make a dog's breakfast or dinner of something (familiar) -> hacer una chapuza con algo
  • it's a dog-eat-dog world (familiar) -> es un mundo de fieras
  • to go to the dogs (familiar) -> irse a pique, hundirse
  • to be a dog in the manger (familiar) -> ser como el perro del hortelano, que ni come ni deja comer
  • you can't teach an old dog new tricks (Prov) -> a perro viejo no hay tus tus
  • every dog has his day (Prov) -> todos tenemos nuestro momento de gloria
verbo transitivo (pt & pp dogged)
5perseguir, seguir (follow)
  • to dog somebody's footsteps -> seguir los pasos de alguien
  • she was dogged by misfortune -> le perseguía la mala suerte

dog [dogs-tong]
va.

dog [dɒɡ]
noun
1 (Zool) perroaperra;a perra (m) (f)
dog eat dog
it's dog eat dog in this place aquí se despedazan unos a otros
to go to the dogs (informal) [+person] echarse a perder; [+nation, country] ir a la ruina
dog's breakfast (informal) revoltijo; (m)
to have a dog's chance
he hasn't a dog's chance no tiene la más remota posibilidad
it's a dog's life es una vida de perros
to be dressed up like a dog's dinner (informal) ir hecho un adefesio
to be a dog in the manger [+person] ser como el perro del hortelano
he's a dog in the manger
to put on the dog (US) (informal) vestirse de punta en blanco
to be top dog ser el gallo del lugar; triunfar
the dog's bollocks (Britain) (vulgar) la hostia; (vulgar)
Tony-boy, you are the dog's bollocks To a wide-eyed teenager, Mott were the dog's bollocks. They had the loudest amps, the longest hair, the hardest rock and the baddest attitude 'At Ascot Park. It's near Sunningdale." 'Oh," he says, `I go there. It's the dog's bollocks, isn't it?"
every dog has its day a cada cerdo le llega su San Martín
let sleeping dogs lie más vale no meneallo
2 (male) (fox) macho; (m)
3 (informal) (term of abuse) canalla; (m) bribón; (m)
you dog! ¡canalla!; (humorous) ¡tunante!
4 (very_informal) (unattractive girl) callo (malayo); (m) (informal)
5 (informal) (person)
dirty dog tío guarro; (m) (informal) tipo asqueroso; (m) (informal) you lucky dog! ¡qué suerte tienes!; he's a lucky dog es un tío suertudo
there's life in the old dog yet (al abuelo) aún le queda cuerda para rato
Wimbledon's Terry Gibson reckons there's life in the old dog yet and he's looking for a new club to prove it There is obviously life in the old dog yet otherwise we wouldn't have offered him a new one-year contract
6
the dogs (Britain) (informal) (greyhounds) las carreras de galgos
note note See culture box in entry greyhound.
7 (Britain) (very_informal) (telephone) teléfono; (m)
verb:transitive
(follow closely) seguir (de cerca)
he dogs my footsteps me sigue los pasos; he was dogged by ill luck le perseguía la mala suerte
modifier
dog basket (n) cesto del perro; (m)
dog biscuit (n) galleta de perro; (f)
dog breeder (n) criadoracriadora de perros;a criadora (m) (f)
dog collar (n) collar de perro; (m) (Rel) (humorous) gola; (f) alzacuello(s); (m)
dog days (n) canícula; (f)
dog fancier (n) (connoisseur) entendidoaentendida en perros;a entendida (m) (f) (breeder) criadoracriadora de perros;a criadora (m) (f)
dog food (n) comida para perros; (f)
dog fox (n) zorro macho; (m)
dog guard (n) (Aut) reja separadora; (f)
dog handler (n) (Police) adiestradoraadiestradora de perros;a adiestradora (m) (f)
dog Latin (n) latín macarrónico; (m)
dog licence (n) permiso para perros; (m)
dog paddle (n) braza de perro forma de nadar; (f) (forma de nadar)
dog rose (n) escaramujo; (m) rosal silvestre; (m)
dog show (n) exposición canina; (f)
Dog Star (n) Sirio; (m)
dog tag (n) (US) (Mil) placa de identificación; (f)
dog track (n) (Dep) canódromo; (m)

Verb Conjugation for "dog"

Imperative
  • dog
  • you dog
  • he/she dogs
  • we dog
  • you dog
  • they dog
Preterite
  • I dogged
  • you dogged
  • he/she dogged
  • we dogged
  • you dogged
  • they dogged
Present Continuous
  • I am dogging
  • you are dogging
  • he/she is dogging
  • we are dogging
  • you are dogging
  • they are dogging
Present Perfect
  • I have dogged
  • you have dogged
  • he/she has dogged
  • we have dogged
  • you have dogged
  • they have dogged
Past Continuous
  • I was dogging
  • you were dogging
  • he/she was dogging
  • we were dogging
  • you were dogging
  • they were dogging
Past Perfect
  • I had dogged
  • you had dogged
  • he/she had dogged
  • we had dogged
  • you had dogged
  • they had dogged
Future
  • I will dog
  • you will dog
  • he/she will dog
  • we will dog
  • you will dog
  • they will dog
Future Perfect
  • I will have dogged
  • you will have dogged
  • he/she will have dogged
  • we will have dogged
  • you will have dogged
  • they will have dogged
Future Continuous
  • I will be dogging
  • you will be dogging
  • he/she will be dogging
  • we will be dogging
  • you will be dogging
  • they will be dogging
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been dogging
  • you have been dogging
  • he/she has been dogging
  • we have been dogging
  • you have been dogging
  • they have been dogging
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been dogging
  • you will have been dogging
  • he/she will have been dogging
  • we will have been dogging
  • you will have been dogging
  • they will have been dogging
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been dogging
  • you had been dogging
  • he/she had been dogging
  • we had been dogging
  • you had been dogging
  • they had been dogging
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