Nouns | |||||||
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| queue | la cola - hilera de personas esperando turno | ||||||
| tail - animal [ZOOL.] | la cola | ||||||
| ponytail | cola (de caballo) - cabello | ||||||
| paste - adhesive | la cola | ||||||
| glue | la cola - pegamento | ||||||
| line - row of people or things chiefly (Amer.) | la cola (de personas) | ||||||
| trail - path | la cola (de un asteroide) | ||||||
| gum - glue | la cola - pegamento | ||||||
| pigtail - tied at back | la cola (de caballo) - cabello | ||||||
| size - glue | la cola (vegetal) chiefly - para pegar papeles pintados | ||||||
| kola or: cola [BOT.] | la cola Lat.: Cola acuminata | ||||||
| rump [ZOOL.] | la cola [Ornithology] | ||||||
| train [TEXTIL.] | la cola - de vestido | ||||||
| stern [NAUT.] | la cola - parte trasera de un barco | ||||||
Adjectives / Adverbs | |||||||
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| tail adj. | de cola | ||||||
| queuing adj. | en cola | ||||||
| swallow-tailed adj. | de cola bifurcada | ||||||
| sparkling-tailed adj. | de cola brillante | ||||||
| bobtail adj. | de cola corta | ||||||
| golden-tailed adj. | de cola dorada | ||||||
| spiny-tailed adj. | de cola espinosa | ||||||
| slender-tailed adj. | de cola fina | ||||||
| rufous-tailed adj. | de cola rojiza | ||||||
| rufous-shafted adj. | de cola rufa | ||||||
| bushy-tailed adj. | de cola tupida | ||||||
| needle-tailed adj. | de cola de aguja | ||||||
| band-tailed adj. | de cola de banda | ||||||
| zebra-tailed adj. | de cola de cebra | ||||||
Abbreviations / Symbols | |||||||
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| cost of living adjustment [abbr.: COLA] [FINAN.] | plus de carestía de vida | ||||||
| cost of living allowance [abbr.: COLA] [FINAN.] | plus de carestía de vida | ||||||
Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
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| standing in line (Amer.) | en cola | ||||||
| to stand in line | hacer cola | ||||||
| to stand in line | ponerse en cola | ||||||
| to wiggle | wiggled, wiggled | | menear la cola - perro | ||||||
| to wiggle | wiggled, wiggled | | mover la cola - perro | ||||||
| to take your turn in the line (Amer.) | coger la vez (en la cola) [coll.] (Span.) | ||||||
| to take your turn in the queue (Brit.) | coger la vez (en la cola) [coll.] (Span.) | ||||||
| to be full of oneself | creerse la última Coca-Cola® del desierto | ||||||
Verbs | |||||||
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| to queue up | queued, queued | (Brit.) | hacer cola | ||||||
| to queue | queued, queued | | hacer cola | ||||||
| to line up | lined, lined | (Amer.) | hacer cola | ||||||
| to fawn | fawned, fawned | | menear la cola - perro | ||||||
| to wag | wagged, wagged | | menear la cola - perro | ||||||
| to wag | wagged, wagged | | mover la cola - perro | ||||||
| to stack sth. | stacked, stacked | [AVIAT.] | esperar en cola para aterrizar | ||||||
Examples | |||||||
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| The dog wagged its tail happily. | El perro movió su cola felizmente. | ||||||
| A lot of people showed up for the casting, the queue for the auditions was around the block. | Se presentó mucha gente al casting, la cola para las pruebas daba la vuelta a la manzana. | ||||||
| I hate waiting in long lines at the supermarket. | Odio esperar en largas colas en el supermercado. | ||||||
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Orthographically similar words | |
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| clad, clam, clan, clap, claw, clay, coal, coat, coax, coca, coil, cold, cole, Colt, colt, coma, cool, cowl, kola | bola, cala, chola, clac, clan, coba, coca, cofa, coja, col, colar, cole, colza, coma, coña, copa, copla, cosa, cota, crol, hola, Hola, lola, Mola, mola, ñola, ola, Olea, olla, orla, sola |
Related search terms | |
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| keister, tail, tushie, stern, posterior, tush, queue, buns, size, glue, boody, pigtail, kola, tushy, rump | pegamento, codaste, culo, nalgas, trasero, engrudo, glúteo, posaderas, pompis, poto, adhesivo, pandero, zaga, asentaderas, popó, popa, fila |
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