heel - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Nouns

heel [ANAT.]	el talón
heel   - of shoe	el tacón
heel   - person	el sinvergüenza | la sinvergüenza
heel   - of a loaf of bread	el canto   - de pan
heel   - person	el canalla | la canalla [coll.]
heel [ANAT.]	el calcañar
heel [ANAT.]	el carcañal
heel [ANAT.]	el zancajo
heel   - of hand [ANAT.]	músculo abductor corto del pulgar
heel   - of hand [ANAT.]	músculo separador del pulgar
heel   - of hand [ANAT.]	el pulpejo
heel   - person	el cabrón | la cabrona [vulgar]
heel [pej.] [coll.] (Amer.)   - cad	el bellaco
heel [pej.] [coll.] (Amer.)   - cad	el bandido | la bandida [fig.]   - persona pícara

Verbs

to stamp one's heel  | stamped, stamped |	taconear   - baile
to walk on one's (high) heels  | walked, walked |	taconear

Phrases / Collocations

to bring so. (or: sth.) to heel	hacer ponerse de rodillas a algo (or: alguien)
to take to one's heels	echar a correr
to take to one's heels	escapar
to take to one's heels	escaparse
to take to one's heels	huir
to take to one's heels	salir corriendo
to take to one's heels	pirarse [coll.]   or: pirárselas
to take to one's heels	poner los pies en polvorosa [fig.]
to take to one's heels	tomar las de Villadiego [fig.]
to cool one's heels [coll.] [fig.]	dejar a alguien esperando
to cool one's heels [coll.] [fig.]	hacer esperar a alguien
to take to one's heels	coger las de Villadiego [fig.] (Span.)
to be head over heels (in love)	caérsele a alguien la baba por alguien [fig.]
to be head over heels (in love)	estar enamorado (or: enamorada) hasta las cachas [coll.] [fig.]
to be head over heels (in love)	estar enamorado (or: enamorada) hasta las trancas [coll.] [fig.]
to be head over heels (in love)	estar perdidamente enamorado [fig.]
to fall head over heels in love with so.	colarse por alguien [coll.] [fig.]

Orthographically similar words

eel, feel, ghee, heal, heed, hell, helm, help, here, Here, keel, Néel, peel, reel, seel, thee, wheel

hiel, reel

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