colgar los tenis
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USAGE NOTE
This idiom may be literally translated as "to hang one's sneakers."
colgar los tenis(
kohl
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gahr
lohs
teh
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nees
)An intransitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and does not require a direct object (e.g., Everybody please stand up.).
1. (colloquial) (idiom) (to die) (Central America) (Colombia) (Cuba) (Mexico)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
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).
Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
Regionalism used in Colombia
Regionalism used in Cuba
Regionalism used in Mexico
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
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).
Qué tristeza. No sabía que el viejo Pedro había colgado los tenis.How sad. I didn't know old Pedro had kicked the bucket.
b. to bite the dust (colloquial) (idiom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
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).
Aún no estoy lista para colgar los tenis, manito.I'm not ready to bite the dust just yet, buddy.
c. to bite it (colloquial) (idiom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
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).
Siempre quise conocer Europa antes de colgar los tenis.I always wanted to visit Europe before I bit it.
d. to snuff it (colloquial) (idiom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
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).
¿Quique? Ese colgó los tenis por abusar del cigarro.Quique? He snuffed it from smoking too much.
e. to buy the farm (colloquial) (idiom) (United States)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
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).
Regionalism used in the United States
Acabarás colgando los tenis si no dejas el chupe.You'll end up buying the farm if you don't quit drinking.
f. to give up the ghost (colloquial) (idiom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
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).
Isabel colgó los tenis siendo muy joven.Isabel gave up the ghost at a young age.
g. to pop one's clogs (colloquial) (idiom) (United Kingdom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
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).
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
Órale, pensé que el abuelito ya había colgado los tenis.Wow, I thought the old man had popped his clogs.
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