requilorios
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los requilorios
A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
1. (colloquial) (roundabout way of saying something)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. preliminaries
No tenemos tiempo para requilorios. ¿Podemos ir al grano?We don't have time for preliminaries. Can we go straight to the point?
b. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
En lugar de decirme qué había ocurrido, me dio una explicación llena de requilorios.Instead of telling me what had happened, he gave me a roundabout explanation.
Ay, por favor, déjate de requilorios y cuéntame lo que quieres decir.Oh, please, stop going about the bush, and tell me what you want to say.
a. frills
No me gusta este estilo; demasiados requilorios para mi gusto. Prefiero un diseño más sobrio.I don't like this style; too many frills for me. I prefer a more restrained design.
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