Adjectives / Adverbs | |||||||
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| chicken [coll.] [fig.] adj. | gallina [coll.] | ||||||
| yellow-bellied adj. [sl.] | gallina m./f. [coll.] | ||||||
Nouns | |||||||
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| chicken [ZOOL.] | la gallina | ||||||
| hen [ZOOL.] | la gallina | ||||||
| dastard | el gallina | la gallina - cobarde | ||||||
| wimp [coll.] | el gallina | la gallina [coll.] | ||||||
| scaredy cat or: scaredy-cat [coll.] | el gallina | la gallina [coll.] [fig.] | ||||||
| Caspar Milquetoast chiefly (Amer.) | el gallina | la gallina [coll.] [fig.] | ||||||
| chicken [coll.] [fig.] - coward | el gallina | la gallina [fig.] - cobarde | ||||||
| chook or: chookie (Aust.; N.Z.) [ZOOL.] [COOK.] | la gallina | ||||||
| sook (Aust.; N.Z.) [coll.] | el gallina | la gallina - cobarde [pej.] | ||||||
| cross-cut carpet shell [ZOOL.] | la almeja - marisco Lat.: Venerupis decussata, Tapes decussata, Venus gallina [Invertebrates] | ||||||
| cross-cut carpetclam [ZOOL.] | la almeja - marisco Lat.: Venerupis decussata, Tapes decussata, Venus gallina [Invertebrates] | ||||||
| cross-cut venus [ZOOL.] | la almeja - marisco Lat.: Venerupis decussata, Tapes decussata, Venus gallina [Invertebrates] | ||||||
| sitting hen | gallina clueca | ||||||
| blind man's buff or: blindman's buff - game | gallina (or: gallinita) ciega | ||||||
Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
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| to chicken out (of sth.) [coll.] | ser un gallina | ||||||
| cash cow [fig.] | gallina de los huevos de oro [coll.] [fig.] | ||||||
| The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. | La gallina de mi vecina más gorda está que la mía. dated | ||||||
| gooseflesh or: goose-flesh | piel de gallina [fig.] | ||||||
| goose pimples plural noun | piel de gallina [fig.] Lat.: Cutis anserina | ||||||
| goose skin or: goose-skin | piel de gallina [fig.] Lat.: Cutis anserina | ||||||
| goose bumps or: goosebumps plural noun | piel de gallina [fig.] - positivo, emocionante | ||||||
| creep | piel de gallina [fig.] - negativo, tenebrososo | ||||||
| The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. | Las gallinas del vecino siempre parecen pavos. (Lat. Am.: Chile) | ||||||
Examples | |||||||
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| In the middle of the darkness, I heard a strange noise and it gave me creep. | En medio de la oscuridad, escuché un ruido extraño y se me puso la piel de gallina. | ||||||
| This melody gives me goosebumps, it brings back so many memories! | esa melodía me pone la piel de gallina, ¡me trae tantos recuerdos! | ||||||
| That memory gives me the creeps. | Ese recuerdo me pone la piel de gallina. | ||||||
| That memory gives me the goosebumps. | Ese recuerdo me pone la piel de gallina. | ||||||
| The chickens in our farmyard lay eggs every day. | Las gallinas de nuestro corral ponen huevos todos los días. | ||||||
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Orthographically similar words | |
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| galling | |
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