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all talk
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (idiom) (general)
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
a. las puras palabras (F) (colloquial)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Sandra didn't keep her promise. It was all talk.Sandra no cumplió su promesa. Eran puras palabras.
b. mucho hablar (verb phrase)
They'll never do anything about it. All talk and no action.Nunca van a hacer algo al respecto. Mucho hablar pero poco actuar.
c. no direct translation
The following examples show ways to translate this word or phrase without using a direct equivalent.
Does Paul keep his word? Or is he all talk?¿Paul cumple con la palabra? ¿O con él es mucho ruido pero pocas nueces?
Your brother is all talk. He never came to help us with the moving out.Tu hermano es un charlatán. Nunca nos vino a ayudar con la mudanza.
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