petaca

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petaca

feminine noun

1cigarette case (para cigarrillos); tobacco pouch (para tabaco)

2hip flask (para bebidas)

3suitcase (maleta) (Mexican Spanish)

4(informal)

petaca [pay-tah’-cah]

noun

1A trunk or chest covered with hides or leather; a covered hamper. (f)

2A case for keeping cigars or fine-cut tobacco (de cigarrillos). (f)

3Hump. (Ante Meridian & Anatomy & Central America & Mexico) (m)

noun

4Short squat person (rechoncho). (Ante Meridian & Latin American) (m)

5Lazy person (vago). (m)

petaca

sustantivo:femenino

1 [de cigarrillos] cigarette case; [de puros] cigar case; [de pipa] tobacco pouch; [de alcohol] flask

hacerle la petaca a algn to make an apple-pie bed for sb

2 (Latinoamérica) (cesto) wicker basket; (baúl) leather-covered chest; (México) (maleta) suitcase

se le fueron las petacas (Arg) (familiar) he lost his patience

3 (Centroamérica) (México) (Anatomía) hump

4 petacas (Caribe) (México) (muy_familiar) (nalgas) buttocks; (pechos) big breasts

sustantivo:masculino_y_femenino

(Arg) (familiar)

1 (rechoncho) short squat person

2 (vago) lazy person

adjetivo:invariable

(familiar)

1 (Chile) (torpe) slow; sluggish; (vago) lazy; idle

2 (Caribe) (grosero) coarse

Paid English to Spanish translation

Word of the Day: la carcajada

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hearty laughter, raucous laughter, guffaw