sapa - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Nouns

stick-in-the-mud	el sapo | la sapa [coll.]
snitch	el sapo | la sapa (Lat. Am.: C. Rica, Chile, Col., Perú, Venez.) [coll.]
cop [sl.]	el sapo | la sapa (Lat. Am.: C. Rica) [coll.]
policeman | policewoman  - pl.: policemen, policewomen	el sapo | la sapa (Lat. Am.: C. Rica) [coll.]
constable (Brit.)	el sapo | la sapa (Lat. Am.: C. Rica) [coll.]
trooper   (short for: state trooper) (Amer.)	el sapo | la sapa (Lat. Am.: C. Rica) [coll.]
stool pigeon [fig.]	el sapo | la sapa (Lat. Am.: Chile, Perú) [coll.]
betrayer	el sapo | la sapa (Lat. Am.: Col., C. Rica, Venez.)
traitor	el sapo | la sapa (Lat. Am.: Col., C. Rica, Venez.)
turncoat	el sapo | la sapa (Lat. Am.: Col., C. Rica, Venez.)
copper   - police officer (Brit.) [coll.]	el sapo | la sapa (Lat. Am.: C. Rica) [coll.]
officer   - policeman	el sapo | la sapa (Lat. Am.: C. Rica) [coll.]
grass   - police informer (Brit.) [coll.]   chiefly  [pej.]	el sapo | la sapa (Lat. Am.: Chile, Perú) [coll.]
telltale (or: tell-tale)   chiefly  (Brit.)   - informer	el sapo | la sapa (Lat. Am.: Col., C. Rica, Venez.)
cheeky monkey   - said affectionately to a mischievous child   chiefly  (Brit.) [fig.] [coll.]	el sapo | la sapa (Lat. Am.: Ecu., Perú) [coll.]
little rascal   - said affectionately to a mischievous child   chiefly  (Brit.) [coll.]	el sapo | la sapa (Lat. Am.: Ecu., Perú) [coll.]

Adjectives / Adverbs

fly  adj. (Brit.) [coll.]	sapo, sapa (Lat. Am.: Ecu., Perú, Bol.) [coll.]
arch  adj.	sapo, sapa (Lat. Am.: Ecu., Perú) [coll.]
astute  adj.	sapo, sapa (Lat. Am.: Ecu., Perú) [coll.]
clever  adj.	sapo, sapa (Lat. Am.: Ecu., Perú) [coll.]
dodgy  adj.	sapo, sapa (Lat. Am.: Ecu., Perú) [coll.]
savvy  adj.	sapo, sapa (Lat. Am.: Ecu., Perú) [coll.]
cute  adj.   - clever, shrewd (Amer.)	sapo, sapa (Lat. Am.: Ecu., Perú) [coll.]
foxy  adj.   - cunning	sapo, sapa (Lat. Am.: Ecu., Perú) [coll.]
sly  adj.   - slyer, slyest or slier, sliest	sapo, sapa (Lat. Am.: Ecu., Perú) [coll.]
tricky  adj.   - wily, crafty	sapo, sapa (Lat. Am.: Ecu., Perú) [coll.]

Phrases / Collocations

to breathe fire and brimstone	echar sapos y culebras [fig.]
to curse  | cursed, cursed |	echar sapos y culebras [fig.]
to eff and blind	echar sapos y culebras [fig.]
to rail  | railed, railed |	echar sapos y culebras [fig.]
to swear  | swore, sworn |   - use rude words	echar sapos y culebras [fig.]

Orthographically similar words

napa, papa, Saar, saga, sap, slap, snap, soap, spa, spam, span, spar, spat, spay, swap

arpa, aspa, capa, lapa, mapa, ñapa, napa, Papá, papá, papa, rapa, Saar, saca, Saca, saga, sala, Sala, saña, sapo, sopa, swap, tapa, yapa

Related search terms

traidor, artero, listo, taimada, traidora, picoleto, polizonte, delator, delatadora, gaucha, astuta, viva, astuto, chingona, delatora, avispado, artera, piola, cuca, chapa