bush - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Nouns

bush [BOT.]	el arbusto
bush [BOT.]	el frútice
bush [BOT.]	la mata
bush	el palo (Lat. Am.: Col., C. Rica, El Salv., Guat., Hond., Méx., Nic., Pan., P. Rico, R. Dom., Venez.)   - arbusto
bush-quail [ZOOL.]	codorniz de arbusto   Lat.: Perdicula   [Ornithology]
bush-quail [ZOOL.]	codorniz de monte   Lat.: Perdicula   [Ornithology]
bushfire   or: bush fire	incendio forestal   - en la selva
bush crop [AGR.]	cultivo de viña alta   [Viticulture]
bush vine [AGR.]	cepa en vaso   [Viticulture]
bush vine [AGR.]	viña en vaso   [Viticulture]
bush food (Aust., N.Z.) [COOK.]	comida tradicional de los aborígenes australianos
bush tucker (Aust., N.Z.) [COOK.]	comida tradicional de los aborígenes australianos
blackberry bush [BOT.]	la zarza
blackberry bush [BOT.]	la zarzamora

Adjectives / Adverbs

bush  adj. [BOT.]

de arbusto

Phrases / Collocations

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando
to beat around the bush [coll.] [fig.]	andarse con rodeos
to beat around the bush [coll.] [fig.]	andarse por las ramas [fig.]
to beat around the bush [coll.] [fig.]	dar vueltas a algo [fig.]
to beat around the bush [coll.] [fig.]	irse por las ramas
to beat around the bush [coll.] [fig.]	marear la perdiz

Examples

We have no fence surrounding our garden, but we do have bushes enclosing it.

No tenemos cerca que rodee nuestro jardín, pero sí arbustos que lo delimitan.

Orthographically similar words

bash, blush, bosh, brush, bus, buss, bust, busy, gush, hush, lush, mush, push, rush, tush

búho, bus, obús

Related search terms

shrub, bludgeon