saco

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noun

saco

masculine noun

1. sack, bag (bolsa)

2. coat (abrigo) (Am); jacket (chaqueta)

3. (expresiones)

caer en saco roto -> to fall on deaf ears
espero que no eches en saco roto mis consejos -> I hope you take good note of my advice
ser (como) un saco sin fondo -> to be (like) a bottomless pit

a saco

adverbial phrase

also:

entrar a saco en -> to sack, to pillage (saquear)
los asaltantes entraron a saco en el palacio presidencial -> the attackers stormed the presidential palace
el periodista entró a saco con las preguntas (informal) -> the journalist didn't beat about the bush with his questions

saco [sah’-co]

noun

1. Sack, bag (bolso). (m)

2. A coarse stuff worn by country people. (m)

3. Coarse cloth worn as penance. (m)

4. Anything which includes within itself many other things. (m)

5. Pillage, sack, plunder; heap. (m)

verb

6. SAQUEO.

7. Long coat (prenda).

8. Nick (cárcel).

A saco -> sacking, plundering
No echar una cosa en saco roto -> not to be heedless of advice, not to waste an opportunity

9. Sagum, short, round jacket worn by Roman soldiers.

(Note. —The fourth acceptation is commonly taken in an unfavorable sense.) Saco de arena, sandbag.


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