Vaca in english

vaca¹ = cow. 

Example: Thus the compound, Morphology of the cow, will have the class number KX311:2 not EX311:2 as in the 6th edition.

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» ahorrar para cuando lleguen las vacas flacas = save for + a rainy day ; put aside for + a rainy day .

Example: Americans have stopped saving for a rainy day, living paycheck to paycheck and depending on credit cards to get them through emergencies = Los americanos han dejado de ahorrar para cuando lleguen tiempos difíciles, viviendo al día y dependiendo de las tarjetas de crédito para ayudarles a superar las emergencias.

Example: A fifth of Britons admit to having no savings whatsoever while only just over a third of adults had less than £500 put aside for a rainy day = Una quinta parte de los británicos dice que no tienen ningún tipo de ahorro mientras que un poco más de un tercio tiene menos de 500 libras ahorradas para cuando lleguen tiempos difíciles.

» años de vacas flacas = lean years .

Example: Having grown fat on federal grants, some libraries have not been able to adjust to the recent lean years of reduced or withdrawn federal funds.

» carne de vaca = beef .

Example: For livestock, the Commission produces an index in three sections (beef and veal, sheepmeat, pigmeat), which includes the texts of the legislation and is updated regularly.

» carne de vaca picada = ground beef .

Example: Meatloaf is a meat dish consisting of seasoned ground meat (usually ground beef or a combination of ground beef with veal, lamb or pork), which is formed into loaf shape and baked.

» cuero de vaca = cowhide ; cowskin .

Example: I agree with the article, cowhides add a flare of elegance and originality in any decor.

Example: That night, I drank cow milk from a giant gourd, listened to tribal songs, and slept on a floating cowskin stretched between four poles.

» cuidado de vacas lecheras = dairying .

Example: Other lumbermen remained and revived the stripped acres with hand-reared trees, or turned to dairying.

» enfermedad de las vacas locas = mad cow disease .

Example: Information on the news items relevant to 'mad cow disease' was collected for a period of 100 days starting very close to the eruption of the crisis.

» estiércol de vaca = cowdung .

Example: The highest production of fish was obtained in cisterns treated with poultry manure, followed by pig dung and cowdung.

» industria dedicada a la producción de carne de vaca, la = beef industry, the .

Example: The apparent success of the project suggests it can be used or adapted for other members of the beef industry, having regard for their particular circumstances = El aparente éxito del proyecto sugiere que se puede utilizar o adaptar para otros miembros de la industria dedicada a la produccion de carne de vaca, teniendo en cuenta sus circunstancias particulares.

» leche de vaca = cow's milk [cow milk] ; dairy milk .

Example: In the United States, milk (usually cow's milk) is widely considered an 'essential food' to support bone growth.

Example: I don't like the taste or smell of dairy milk.

» mierda de vaca = cowdung .

Example: The highest production of fish was obtained in cisterns treated with poultry manure, followed by pig dung and cowdung.

» no vendas la leche antes de ordeñar la vaca = don't count your chickens before they are hatched .

Example: You never know what may happen between now and August, so don't count your chickens before they are hatched.

» ordeñar una vaca = milk + a cow .

Example: Animals can be magical in children's play -- whether it be milking a cow, riding a horse or simply keeping caterpillars in a cage until they emerge as butterflies = Los animales pueden ser fantásticos en los juegos infantiles -- ya sea ordeñando una vaca, montando a caballo o simplemente guardando gusanos en una caja hasta que se conviertan en mariposas.

» piel de vaca = cowhide ; cowskin .

Example: I agree with the article, cowhides add a flare of elegance and originality in any decor.

Example: That night, I drank cow milk from a giant gourd, listened to tribal songs, and slept on a floating cowskin stretched between four poles.

» plasta de vaca = cowpat .

Example: It is earthworms which have an important impact on cowpat disappearance and decomposition.

» producción de carne de vaca = beef production .

Example: One of the main lines of research by this department concerns the improvement of beef production = Una de las principales líneas de investigación de este departamento se ocupa en la mejora de la producción de la carne de vacuno.

» tengo tanta hambre que me comería una vaca/elefante/caballo = I'm so hungry I could eat a horse .

Example: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day -- I need to remember this because when I skip breakfast I am so hungry I could eat a horse!.

» vaca de carne = beef cow .

Example: Under normal conditions, pregnant beef cows are fed hay during the winter to maintain them until they calve in the spring.

» vaca dedicada a la producción de leche = milk-producing cow .

Example: The use of genetically produced growth hormone in milk-producing cows may adversely impact the safety of the milk supply.

» vaca holandesa = Friesian cow .

Example: Similarly the Zoologist will not be particularly interested in having with Zoology documents on, say, Milk yields for Friesian cows in England and Wales.

» vaca lechera = dairy cow ; milk-producing cow ; cash cow .

Example: Results suggest that accelerated prepubertal growth may reduce mammary development in grazing dairy cows.

Example: The use of genetically produced growth hormone in milk-producing cows may adversely impact the safety of the milk supply.

Example: As the market matures, star products become cash cows.

» vaca marina = manatee ; dugong .

Example: The manatee is a nearly hairless, thick-skinned marine mammal without hindlimbs and with paddle-like forelimbs.

Example: The slow and gentle dugong has developed an interesting strategy to avoid its nemesis, tiger sharks.

» vaca para carne = beef cow .

Example: Under normal conditions, pregnant beef cows are fed hay during the winter to maintain them until they calve in the spring.

» vaca sagrada = sacred cow ; holy cow .

Example: The article 'Emergency slaughtering of sacred cows' describes a 2 year project to investigate public library purchasing procedures in 11 municipalities in Sweden.

Example: Hundreds of holy cows used to wander the villages of India, devouring the food of hungry peasants, yet they were defended with fervour.

» vacas lecheras = dairy cattle .

Example: Rich countries consume 70 percent of the world's food grains, most of which is used to feed beef and dairy cattle.

vaca² = fatso. 

Example: We are becoming a nation of wimps, fatsos and crybabies because we have created a hypersensitive social and legal environment.

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» comer como una vaca = eat like + a horse ; eat like + an elephant ; eat like + a refugee .

Example: She can eat like a horse and never put on weight.

Example: We all have that one friend, that is stick thin but eats like an elephant  .

Example: A big man is always accused of gluttony, whereas a wizened or osseous man can eat like a refugee at every meal, and no one ever notices his greed = Al hombre grande siempre se le acusa de gula mientras que un hombre enjuto o huesudo puede comer como un descosido en cada comida y nadie le tilda de glotonería.

» como una vaca de gordo = as fat as a pig .

Example: She was as fat as a pig and as mean as a junkyard dog.

» estar hecha una vaca = be like the side of a house .

Example: I'm convinced that Gula must be having twins as she is like the side of a house.

» hecha una vaca = grossly overweight .

Example: She is grossly overweight, no will power where food is concerned, looks far less attractive and seems to do little to rectify any of this.

vaca³ = girth. 

Example: The plank was hauled in and out between the cheeks by girths at each end which were wound round a small windlass underneath the ribs.