galleta

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cookie

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galleta
feminine noun
1biscuit (cooking) (British), cookie (United States)
  • galleta para perros -> dog biscuit
2slap, smack (informal) (cachete) (peninsular Spanish)
  • dar una galleta a alguien -> to give somebody a slap o smack
3(golpe)
  • se dieron una galleta -> they crashed the car (en automóvil) (peninsular Spanish)
  • me di una galleta en la rodilla bajando las escaleras -> I banged myself on the knee coming down the stairs

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galleta [gal-lyay’-tah]
noun
1Cracker. (f)
2Cookie. (f)
3Sea biscuit. (f)
4(coll.) Slap in the face (puñetazo). (f)
5Small bowl with a spout. (f)

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galleta
sustantivo:femenino
1 (Culin) (dulce) biscuit; cookie; (EEUU) (Náutica) ship's biscuit; hardtack; (S. Cone) coarse bread
ir a toda galleta (familiar) to go full-speed
galleta para perros dog biscuit
galleta salada cracker
2 (familiar) (bofetada) bash; (familiar) slap
se pegó una galleta con la moto he had a bad smash on the bike
3 (And) (S. Cone) small bowl for drinking maté
4 (Latinoamérica) (familiar) confusion; disorder
hacerse una galleta (S. Cone) to get muddled
galleta del tráfico (Ven) (familiar) (atasco) traffic jam; (burla) practical joke
5 (S. Cone) (bronca) ticking-off; (familiar)
le dieron una buena galleta they gave him a good ticking-off; (familiar)
6
colgar dar la galleta a algno (And) (Arg) (familiar) (despedir) to sack sb; (familiar) fire sb; (familiar) (plantar) to jilt sb; (rechazar) to give sb the brush-off; (familiar) (no hacer caso a) to give sb the cold shoulder
tener mucha galleta (México) (familiar) to be very strong

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