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pestaña

eyelash

noun

pestaña
feminine noun
1. eyelash (de párpado)
  • quemarse las pestañas (informal figurative) -> to burn the midnight oil
2. flap (de recortable)
3. flange (mechanics)

pestaña [pes-tah'-nyah]
noun
1. Eye-lash (de ojo). (f)
2. Fag-end of a piece of linen. (f)
3. Fringe, edging. (f)
  • No pegué pestaña -> I didn't get a wink of sleep
  • Pestaña de protección contra grabación -> (Comput.) write-protect notch

pestaña
1 [de ojo] eyelash
no pegué pestaña I didn't get a wink of sleep
quemarse las pestañas (excederse) (gen) to burn one's fingers; (estudiando) to burn the midnight oil
tener pestaña to be pretty smart
2 (Botánica) fringe
3 (saliente) [de caja] flap; [de neumático] rim
4 (España) (policía)
la pestaña the fuzz (muy_familiar); the cops (familiar)
plural
; (p)

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