galleta

cookie

galleta(gah-yeh-tah)

feminine noun

1. (culinary)

a. cookie (sweet)

(United States)

Saca unas galletas para merendar.

Get some cookies out to have as an afternoon snack.

b. biscuit (sweet) (United Kingdom)

Las galletas se están acabando.

We're running out of biscuits.

c. cracker (savory)

Estas galletas son ideales para mojar en la salsa.

These crackers are ideal for dipping in the sauce.

2.

(colloquial)

(blow)

(Caribbean)

(Spain)

a. crash

Se pegaron una buena galleta con el coche.

They had a bad car crash.

b. slap

¡Qué galleta te vas a llevar!

You're asking for a slap!

3. (confusion) (Southern Cone)

(Venezuela)

a. mess

El tráfico era una galleta y llegué tarde.

The traffic was a mess, and I arrived late.

4. (strength)

(Mexico)

a. strong

Le pegó al balón con mucha galleta.

He hit the ball really hard.

galleta

Noun

1. (culinary)

a. biscuit (United Kingdom)

b. cookie

(United States)

galleta para perrosdog biscuit

2. (colloquial)

(Spain)

a. slap, smack

dar una galleta a alguiento give somebody a slap o smack

3. (golpe)

(Spain)

a.

se dieron una galletathey crashed the car

me di una galleta en la rodilla bajando las escalerasI banged myself on the knee coming down the stairs

galleta

1 (Culin) (dulce) biscuit; cookie; (EEUU) (Náutica) ship's biscuit; hardtack; (S. Cone) coarse bread

ir a toda galleta to go full-speed

galleta para perros dog biscuit

galleta salada cracker

2 (bofetada) bash (familiar); slap

se pegó una galleta con la moto he had a bad smash on the bike

3 (And) (S. Cone) small bowl for drinking maté

4 (Latinoamérica) confusion; disorder

hacerse una galleta (S. Cone) to get muddled

galleta del tráfico (Ven) (atasco) traffic jam; (burla) practical joke

5 (S. Cone) (bronca) ticking-off (familiar)

le dieron una buena galleta they gave him a good ticking-off (familiar)

6

colgar o dar la galleta a algn (And) (Arg) (despedir) to sack sb (familiar); fire sb (familiar); (plantar) to jilt sb; (rechazar) to give sb the brush-off (familiar); (no hacer caso a) to give sb the cold shoulder

tener mucha galleta (México) to be very strong