lobo - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Nouns

wolf  - pl.: wolves [ZOOL.]	el lobo | la loba   Lat.: Canis lupus
loner	lobo solitario [poet.]
lone wolf	lobo solitario [poet.]
werewolf  pl.: werewolves	hombre lobo
lion's den [fig.]	cueva del lobo [fig.]   - lugar peligroso
wolffish [ZOOL.]	pez lobo ((del) Atlántico)   Lat.: Anarhichas lupus   [Ichthyology]
Atlantic catfish [ZOOL.]	pez lobo   [Ichthyology]   Lat.: Anarhichas lupus
catfish [ZOOL.]	pez lobo   [Ichthyology]   Lat.: Anarhichas lupus
winter aconite [BOT.]	perdición del lobo   Lat.: Eranthis hyemalis
Alsatian   - dog [ZOOL.]	perro lobo   [Hunderasse]
great mullein (or: mullen)	orejas de lobo   Lat.: Verbascum thapsus
Aaron's rod [BOT.]	orejas de lobo   Lat.: Verbascum thapsus
common mullein (or: mullen) [BOT.]	orejas de lobo   Lat.: Verbascum thapsus
mullein (or: mullen) [BOT.]	orejas de lobo   Lat.: Verbascum thapsus

Adjectives / Adverbs

tacky  adj. [coll.]	lobo, loba (Lat. Am.: Col.) [coll.] [pej.]
pitch dark	oscuro(-a) como la boca del lobo [coll.]
pitch-black  adj.	oscuro(-a) como la boca del lobo [coll.]
pitch-dark  adj.	oscuro(-a) como la boca del lobo [coll.]

Examples

The wolf dressed up as Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother.

El lobo se disfrazó de la abuela de caperucita.

Phrases / Collocations

a wolf in sheep's clothing [fig.]	un lobo con piel de cordero [fig.]
to be asking for trouble [coll.]	encomendar las ovejas al lobo [fig.]
to set a fox to keep the geese	encomendar las ovejas al lobo [fig.]
to put the fox in charge of the henhouse	encomendar las ovejas al lobo [fig.]
to trust the cat to keep the cream	encomendar las ovejas al lobo [fig.]
to set a fox to keep the geese	meter el lobo en el redil [fig.]
to be asking for trouble [coll.]	meter el lobo en el redil [fig.]
to put the fox in charge of the henhouse	meter el lobo en el redil [fig.]
to trust the cat to keep the cream	meter el lobo en el redil [fig.]
to cry wolf	gritar: "¡Que viene el lobo!" [fig.]
to be as hungry as a bear	tener un hambre de lobo [fig.]
to be ravenously hungry	tener un hambre de lobo [fig.]
Come off it! [coll.]   - used to express disbelief	¡Menos lobos! [coll.]

Orthographically similar words

blob, hobo, lob, lobe, loco, logo, loo, look, loom, loon, loop, loot, oboe, slob

albo, bobo, globo, loba, loco, lodo, logo, lolo, lomo, look, loro, loto, oboe, pobo, robo

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