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pegar ojo
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USAGE NOTE
This idiom may be literally translated as "to stick an eye."
pegar ojo(
peh
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gahr
oh
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hoh
)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) (general)
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).
¿Serás capaz de pegar ojo después de todo lo que ha pasado hoy?Do you think you'll be able to sleep after everything that's happened today?
No sé si voy a poder pegar ojo después de ver esa película.I don't know if I'm going to be able to sleep after watching that movie.
b. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
Andrea se ve cansada. - Bueno, llegó de su fiesta a las 4 am. Me imagino que no pudo pegar ojo.Andrea looks tired. - Well, she got home from her party at 4 am. I imagine she didn't get any sleep.
Juan estaba tan estresado por el partido de hoy que no pudo pegar ojo anoche.Juan was so stressed about today's game that he couldn't sleep a wink last night.
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