santos óleos in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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Translations for santos óleos in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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I.oler VB intr

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2. oler (despedir olores):

oler comida/perfume:
to smell
el guiso huele muy bien
the stew smells very good
¡qué mal huele!
it smells awful!
(+ me/te/le etc) le huelen los pies
his feet smell
oler a algo
to smell of sth
huele a rosas
it smells of roses
toda la casa huele a tabaco
the whole house smells of cigarette smoke
toda la casa huele a tabaco
the whole house reeks of cigarette smoke inf
huele a gas
there's a smell of gas
huele a gas
it smells of gas
huele que alimenta Spain inf la sopa huele que alimenta
the soup smells delicious
estos calcetines huelen que alimentan hum
these socks stink to high heaven inf
ni oler ni heder Col inf
to be nothing special

II.oler VB trans

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III.olerse VB vpr

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See also santos óleos

santos óleos N mpl

santo1 (santa) ADJ

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I.santo2 (santa) N m (f) santo

1. santo (persona):

santo (santa)
saint
imágenes de santos
images of saints
se ha portado como una santa
she's been a little angel
no te hagas el santo
don't act o come over all virtuous
se necesita una paciencia de santo para ese trabajo
you need the patience of a saint to do that kind of work
tu madre es una santa
your mother's a saint
la fiesta de todos los Santos
All Saints' (Day)
¡por todos los santos!
for Heaven's o goodness' sake!
¿a santo de qué? o ¿a qué santo? inf
why on earth? inf
¿a qué santo tuviste que ir a decírselo?
why on earth did you have to go and tell him?
cada uno o cada cual para su santo inf nada de pagar tú todo, cada uno para su santo
you're not footing the bill, everyone can pay for themselves o pay their share
trabaja cada cual para su santo
everyone is just working for themselves
comerse los santos inf
to be very holy
con el santo de espaldas
ill-starred
con el santo de espaldas
unlucky
darse de santos Mex inf
to think oneself lucky inf
desnudar o desvestir a un santo para vestir a otro
to rob Peter to pay Paul
ni tanto que queme al santo, ni tanto que no lo alumbre Col
try to strike a happy medium
no es santo de mi/tu/su devoción
he/she is not my/your/his favorite person
no sé/sabía a qué santo encomendarme inf
I don't/didn't know which way to turn inf
quedarse para vestir santos
to be left on the shelf
se me/le fue el santo al cielo
it went right out of my/his head
ser llegar y besar el santo inf no te creas que fue llegar y besar el santo
don't think it was just handed to me/him on a plate o that it just fell into my/his lap
te/le sienta como a un santo un par de pistolas inf, hum
it looks awful on you/him o it doesn't suit you/him at all
tener santos en la corte Chil inf
to have friends in high places inf

II.santo N m

santos óleos in the PONS Dictionary

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óleo [ˈo·leo] N m

I.santo (-a) [ˈsan·to, -a] ADJ

II.santo (-a) [ˈsan·to, -a] N m (f)

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