rabo
rabo
∗rabo
masculine noun
1tail (de animal)
- rabo de buey -> oxtail
- irse o salir con el rabo entre las piernas -> to go off with one's tail between one's legs
2stem (de hoja, fruto)
3prick, cock (muy informal) (pene)
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rabo [rah’-bo]
noun
1Tail of animals: applied to certain animals, as pigs, etc. instead of cola. (m)
2Tail, the lower, back, or hind part of anything; train. (m)
3All instruments to cut velvet in the loom. (m)
4In paper-mills, the tail which supports the hammer that beats the pulp. (m)
- Rabo de puerco -> (Bot.) hog’s fennel, sea-sulphur wort
- Rabo de junco -> (Orn.) tropic bird
- Rabo entre piernas -> (Coll.) crestfallen, dejected
verb
5RABERA.
- Mirar con el rabo del ojo -> to look askance
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