cheese [tʃiːz]
cheese
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cheese(
chiz
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
2. (colloquial) (to exasperate or bore; often used with "off") (United Kingdom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. sacar de quicio (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
It cheeses me off when people are late.Me saca de quicio que la gente llegue tarde.
b. tocar las narices (colloquial) (Spain)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Spain
What really cheeses me off is that you lied to me.Lo que de verdad me toca las narices es que me mintieras.
c. hartar
I'm getting cheesed off with the novel. I think I'm going to drop it.Me estoy hartando de la novela. Creo que la voy a dejar.
d. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
This noise is cheesing me off.Este ruido me está sacando de mis casillas.
We're cheesed off with the city. We're moving to the country.Estamos hasta la coronilla de la ciudad. Nos vamos a vivir al campo.
cheeseNoun
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (general)
a. el queso(M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
2. (colloquial)
a.
(say) cheese!¡sonrÃe!
cheese sandwich/omeletsandwich m/tortilla de queso
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