stool

stool

[stuːl]

noun

1. banqueta (f) (seat); taburete (m) (with short legs)

to fall between two stools (sentido figurado) quedarse nadando entre dos aguas
stool pigeon (familiar) soplón(ona) (sustantivo masculino o femenino)

2. heces (f pl) (medicina) (feces)

stool [stuːl]

noun

1 (seat) taburete (m); escabel (m); (folding) silla (f) de tijera

to fall between two stools quedarse sin lo uno y sin lo otro; quedarse nadando entre dos aguas y no llegar a ningún lado

if you reject that job and then don't get offered the other one you'll have fallen between two stools

2 (Med) (faeces) deposición (f)

3 (Bot) planta (f) madre

modifier

stool pigeon (n) (informer) chivatoachivata (informal) (m) (f);a chivata soplónonasoplona (informal) (m) (f);ona soplona (decoy) señuelo (m)

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