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morro

masculine noun

1snout (hocico)

2nose (de avión) (peninsular Spanish); front (de coche)

3(informal)

morros -> lips (labios) (peninsular Spanish)
estar de morros -> to be in a bad mood
romperle los morros a alguien -> to smash somebody's face in

4(informal) (caradura)

¡qué morro tiene! -> he's got a real nerve! (peninsular Spanish)

morro [mor’-ro]

noun

1Anything that is round like the head. (m)

2Headland, head, bluff. (m)

3A prominent, overhanging lip. (m)

4Nose. (Aerial & Automate) (m)

5Pebble (guijarro). (m)

6Small rounded hill (cerro). (m)

Beber a morro -> to drink from the bottle
Estar de morros -> to be in a bad mood
Poner morro -> to look cross

adjective

7Purring (gato).

morro

sustantivo:masculino

1 (Zoología) snout; nose

2 (España) (familiar) (labio) (thick) lip

beber a morro to drink from the bottle; ¡cierra los morros! shut your trap!; (muy_familiar) dar a algn en los morros to bash sb; (familiar) to get one's own back on sb

andar de morro con algn

partir los morros a algn to bash sb's face in; (familiar)

estar de morro(s) to be in a bad mood

estar de morro(s) con algn to be cross with sb

poner morro

torcer el morro

(ofenderse) to look cross; (hacer una mueca) to turn up one's nose

poner morritos to look sullen

3 (muy_familiar) (descaro) cheek; (familiar) nerve; (familiar)

tener morro to have a cheek; (familiar) have a nerve; (familiar) ¡qué morro tienes! you've got a nerve!; (familiar) echarle mucho morro to have a real nerve; (familiar)

tiene un morro que se lo pisa (familiar) he's got a real brass neck; (familiar)

por el morro

me lo quedé por el morro I just held on to it and to hell with them!; (familiar)

4 (Aeronáutica) (Automóviles) etc nose

caer de morro to nose-dive

5 (Geografía) (promontorio) headland; promontory; (cerro) small rounded hill

6 (guijarro) pebble

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