guante

=

glove

sustantivo

guante
masculine noun
1. glove
  • arrojar o tirar el guante -> to throw down the gauntlet
  • de guante blanco -> gentlemanly
  • echarle el guante a algo/alguien (informal figurative) -> to get hold of something/somebody, to get one's hands on something/somebody
  • estar más suave que un guante -> to be as meek as a lamb
  • guante de boxeo -> boxing glove
  • guante de goma -> rubber glove

guante [goo-ahn’-tay]
noun
1. Glove, a cover of the hands. (m)
  • Guantes de ante -> buff gloves
  • Guante de goma -> rubber glove
  • Se ajusta como un guante -> it fits like a glove
2. Gauntlet, an iron glove used for defence, and thrown down in challenges. (m)
3. Familiarly, the hand. (m)
  • Echar el guante -> (coll.) to catch or lay hold on with the hand
  • Echar el guante a otro, to grasp, to seize, to imprison. Echa -> or arrojar el guante, to challenge or to send a challenge

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