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coladero
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el coladero
A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
1. (utensil)
a. strainer
Lo malo de hacer la infusión con hojas de menta es que tienes que usar un coladero.The trouble with making the infusion with mint leaves is that you have to use a strainer.
b. colander
Las verduras ya están cocidas. ¿Puedes apagar el fuego y ponerlas en el coladero, por favor?The vegetables are already cooked. Can you turn off the fire and put them in the colander, please?
c. sieve
Puedes usar un trapo a modo de coladero para eliminar el suero del yogur y hacerlo más cremoso.You can use a cloth as a sieve to remove the whey from the yogurt and make it creamier.
2. (colloquial) (figurative) (point of easy access)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g., carrot, bean).
a. easy way in
En esa frontera apenas hay vigilancia, y se ha convertido en un coladero de armas y de drogas.There's hardly any surveillance on that border, and it's become an easy way in for weapons and drugs.
b. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
No es de sorprender que el equipo perdiera 4-1, su defensa es un coladero.Not surprisingly the team lost 4-1, their defense being pretty useless.
Las redes sociales son un coladero de bulos.Unfounded rumors circulate freely in social media.
3. (colloquial) (figurative) (education) (Spain)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g., carrot, bean).
Regionalism used in Spain
a. cinch (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Esa asignatura es un coladero. Nadie la suspende.That subject is a cinch. No one fails it.
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