jabón

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soap

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jabón

masculine noun

1soap

jabón [hah-bo-ne’]

noun

1Soap, bar of soap (pastilla de jabón). (m)

2Any saponaceous mass or matter. (Metaphorical) (m)

3(coll.) Smart stroke with a batlet. (m)

4Soft soap (adulación). (m)

5Fright, scare. (Caribbean & Mexico) (m)

jabón

sustantivo:masculino

1 (para lavar) soap

una pastilla de jabón a bar of soap

no es lo mismo jabón que hilo negro (And) (Caribe) they're as different as chalk and cheese

jabón de afeitar shaving soap

jabón de olor toilet soap

jabón de sastre tailor's chalk; French chalk

jabón de tocador toilet soap

jabón en escamas soapflakes

jabón en polvo soap powder; washing powder; (powdered) laundry detergent; (EEUU)

jabón líquido liquid soap

2 (familiar) (adulación) flattery

dar jabón a algn to soft-soap sb

3 (anticuado) (reprimenda)

dar un jabón a algn to tell sb off

4 (Caribe) (S. Cone) (México) (susto) fright; scare

agarrarse un jabón to get a fright

Paid English to Spanish translation

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clumsy, uncoordinated; slow, dim-witted