gota

drop

gota(goh-tah)

feminine noun

1. (of liquid)

a. drop

Pídele a la mesera que me eche unas gotas de jarabe sabor avellana en el café.

Ask the waitress to put a few drops of hazelnut syrup in my coffee.

b. bead

Por la frente del atleta corrían gotas de sudor.

Beads of sweat ran down the athlete's forehead.

2. (illness)

a. gout

Fui a la clínica y me diagnosticaron gota.

I went to the clinic and was diagnosed with gout.

3.

(colloquial)

(bit)

a. ounce

En este libro no hay ni una gota de romance.

There's not an ounce of romance in this book.

gotas

plural noun

4. (medicine)

a. drops

El médico me recetó unas gotas para los ojos.

The doctor prescribed me some eye drops.

gota

Noun

1. (de líquido)

a. drop

2. (de sudor)

a. bead

no probé una gota de alcoholI didn't drink a drop of alcohol

caer cuatro gotasto spit (with rain)

ni gota (de)not a drop (of)

no se veía ni gotayou couldn't see a thing

no corre ni una gota de brisathere isn't a breath of wind

no entiendo ni gota de alemánI don't understand a word of German

ni gota de sentido comúnnot an ounce of common sense

fue la gota que colma el vaso, fue la última gotait was the last straw

como dos gotas de agualike two peas in a pod

3. (colloquial)

a.

sudar la gota gordato sweat blood, to work very hard

4. (medicine)

a.

gota a gotaintravenous drip

5. (meteorology)

a.

gota fríacold front that remains in one place for some time, causing continuous heavy rain

6. (enfermedad)

a. gout

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gota

1 (de líquido) drop; (de sudor) drop; bead

unas gotas de coñac a few drops of brandy

unas gotas de tabasco

todo ello mezclado con algunas gotas de humor all mixed with a few touches of humour; se añade el aceite gota a gota add the oil drop by drop; van filtrando la información gota a gota a la prensa they let the news leak out to the press in dribs and drabs; sistema de riego gota a gota trickle irrigation; caer a gotas to drip

la gota que colma el vaso the straw that breaks the camel's back; the last straw

¡ni gota! not a bit!

no bebo ni gota de alcohol I don't drink a drop of alcohol; no corre ni gota de aire there isn't a breath of air; no ver ni gota to see nothing

parecerse como dos gotas de agua to be as like as two peas

sudar la gota gorda to sweat blood

gotas amargas bitters

2 (enfermedad) gout

gota caduca gota oral epilepsy

3 (Meteorología)

gota fría severe weather which brings flooding

4

gota de leche (Chile) child welfare clinic; welfare food centre

5 gotas (medicina) drops

gotas nasales nose drops; nasal drops

gota a gota drip; IV; (EEUU)

le pusieron el gota a gota he was put on a drip