cometa - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Possible base forms

cometa
cometer (Verb)

Nouns

kite	la cometa   - juego
comet [ASTR.]	el cometa
slush fund [FINAN.]	la cometa [coll.] (Lat. Am.: Arg.)   - soborno
backhander (Brit.) [coll.]   - bribe	la cometa [coll.] (Lat. Am.: Arg.)   - soborno
bung [coll.] (Brit.)   - bribe	la cometa [coll.] (Lat. Am.: Arg.)   - soborno
black-tailed trainbearer [ZOOL.]	cometa colinegro   Lat.: Lesbia victoriae   [Ornithology]
green-tailed trainbearer [ZOOL.]	cometa coliverde   Lat.: Lesbia nuna   [Ornithology]
long-tailed sylph [ZOOL.]	cometa verdiazul   Lat.: Aglaiocercus kingii (or: kingi)   [Ornithology]
gray-bellied^AE comet [BOT.]; grey-bellied^BE comet [BOT.]	cometa de vientre gris (or: ventrigrís)   Lat.: Taphrolesbia griseiventris   [Ornithology]
tail of a comet	cola del cometa
swift fox [ZOOL.]	zorro cometa   Lat.: Vulpes velox
comet tail [ASTR.]	cola del cometa
comet orbit [ASTR.]	órbita del cometa
bronze-tailed comet [ZOOL.]	cometa de cola bronceada   Lat.: Polyonymus caroli   [Ornithology]
kite	la chichigua (Lat. Am.: R. Dom.)   - cometa

Verbs

to murder  | murdered, murdered |	cometer un asesinato
to commit adultery  | committed, committed |	cometer adulterio
to perpetrate sth.  | perpetrated, perpetrated |	cometer algo
to commit suicide	cometer suicidio
to commit a crime  | committed, committed |	cometer un delito
to commit an offence  | committed, committed |	cometer un delito
to commit sth.  | committed, committed |   - carry out a crime, a mistake, etc.	cometer algo
to slip up  | slipped, slipped | [coll.]	cometer un error
to commit a foul  | committed, committed | [SPORT.]	cometer falta   [Football]

Phrases / Collocations

to err  | erred, erred |

cometer un error

Examples

He is afraid of making mistakes.	Teme cometer errores
I made a mistake, but luckily I can undo the last action.	Cometí un error, pero por suerte puedo deshacer la última acción.
In the maths exam I made a mistakes in the calculations and I failed.	En el examen de matemáticas cometí errores en los cálculos y no he aprobado.

Orthographically similar words

comet

coleta

Related search terms

papalote, unto, mordida, volantín, soborno, retorno, chichigua, coima