boca
1 (Anatomía) mouth
no debes hablar con la boca llena you shouldn't talk with your mouth full; tengo que arreglarme la boca I must get my teeth seen to
aceituna de boca eating olive; (respiración) boca a boca mouth-to-mouth resuscitation; ¡cállate la boca! shut up! (familiar); shut your mouth! (muy_familiar)
boca abajo face down
estar tumbado boca abajo to be lying face down; se cuelgan los manojos boca abajo hang the bunches upside down
boca arriba face up
poner a algn boca arriba to turn sb on his back
boca de escorpión wicked tongue
boca de mar (Culin) crab stick
2
en boca de
suena extraño en boca de un socialista it sounds odd coming from a socialist
está en boca de todos it's on everybody's lips
puso esa frase en boca de un personaje suyo he gave that phrase to one of his characters
por boca de through
hablan por boca del negociador they speak through the negotiator; lo sabemos por boca de los propios autores del delito we know so from the people responsible for the crime
3
no abrió la boca en toda la tarde he didn't open his mouth o he didn't say a word all afternoon
buscar la boca a algn (hacer hablar) to try to draw sb out; (provocar) to provoke sb
coserse la boca to keep quiet; keep mum (familiar)
dar boca to gab (familiar); chat
de boca en boca
la cosa anda de boca en boca the story is doing the rounds; ella anda de boca en boca everyone is talking about her
de boca para afuera
apoyó la idea de boca para afuera he paid lip-service to the idea; eso lo dice de boca para afuera he's just saying that; that's what he says (but he doesn't mean it)
decir algo con la boca chica o pequeña to say sth without really meaning it
sin decir esta boca es mía without a word to anybody
hablar por boca de ganso to parrot other people's opinions
hacer boca to whet sb's appetite
se me hace la boca agua my mouth is watering
irse la boca a algn
se me fue la boca it just slipped out
llenársele la boca a algn
esa Europa con la que se les llena la boca this Europe that they're always talking about; se le llena la boca del coche all he can talk about is the car
meter a algn en la boca del lobo to put sb on the spot
meterse en la boca del lobo to put one's head in the lion's mouth
(oscuro) como boca de lobo pitch black
partir la boca a algn to smash sb's face in (familiar)
a pedir de boca
todo salió a pedir de boca it all turned out perfectly
quedarse con la boca abierta to be dumbfounded
me lo has quitado de la boca you took the words right out of my mouth
¡que tu boca sea santa! (Caribe) I hope you're right!
tapar la boca a algn to keep sb quiet; shut sb up (familiar)
torcer la boca (hacer un gesto) to make a wry face; (burlarse) to sneer
en boca cerrada no entran moscas silence is golden
el que tiene boca se equivoca we all make mistakes; to err is human
por la boca muere el pez silence is golden; it's best to keep one's own counsel
4 (abertura, entrada) [de túnel, cueva, vasija] mouth; [de tonel] bunghole; [de puerto] entrance; [de arma] muzzle
a boca de jarro
beber a boca de jarro to drink to excess; disparar a boca de jarro to shoot point-blank; shoot at close range
boca de incendios hydrant
boca del estómago pit of the stomach
boca de metro underground o subway entrance; (EEUU)
boca de mina pithead; mine entrance
boca de riego hydrant
boca de río river mouth; estuary
