fig

fig
[fɪg]
sustantivo
1. higo (m) (fruit)
  • he doesn't give or care a fig (familiar) -> le importa un rábano
  • fig leaf -> hoja (f) de parra (in art)
  • it's just a fig leaf (sentido figurado) -> no es más que una tapadera
  • fig tree -> higuera (f)
1. fig., figura (f)

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fig [fig]
sustantivo
1. Higuera, el árbol que produce higos.
2. Higo, la fruta que da la higuera.
  • A green fig -> higo fresco: breva
  • A dry fig -> higo seco
3. Berruga en la ranilla de un caballo.
  • Indian fig -> (Bot.) tuna, higo chumbo, fruto del nopal o higuera de Indias
  • Infernal fig -> (Bot.) argémone, adormidera espinosa
  • To give a fig for one -> dar una higa a alguno, hacer escarnio de él
  • I do not care a fig for it -> no me importa un bledo
  • A fig for him -> ¡vaya enhoramala
  • Figeater -> (a) Escarabajo grande de color verde (allorhina nítida) y perjudicial a las frutas maduras
  • Figpecker -> becafigo
(b) Becafigo.
adverbio
1. Insultar o despreciar haciendo higas, -
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
2. Moverse acelerada o repentinamente. (n)
  • To fig up and down -> vagar

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