tooth

tooth
tu:Ɵ
plural - teeth; noun
1) (any of the hard, bone-like objects that grow in the mouth and are used for biting and chewing: He has had a tooth out at the dentist's.) diente
2) (something that looks or acts like a tooth: the teeth of a comb/saw.) diente
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- toothed
- toothless
- toothy
- toothache
- toothbrush
- toothpaste
- toothpick
- be
- get long in the tooth
- a fine-tooth comb
- a sweet tooth
- tooth and nail
tooth n diente
to brush your teeth lavarse los dientes
El plural de tooth es teeth
tooth
tr[tʊːɵ]
noun (pl tooth)
1 (gen) diente nombre masculino; (molar) muela; (front tooth) incisivo
■ he had a tooth out le sacaron una muela
2 (of comb) púa
3 (of saw) diente nombre masculino
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
long in the tooth viejo,-a
to cut a tooth echar los dientes, endentecer
to fight tooth and nail luchar con uñas y dientes
to get one's teeth into something hincarle el diente a algo
to have a sweet tooth ser goloso,-a
to set one's teeth on edge darle dentera a uno
to show one's teeth enseñar los dientes
tooth fairy ratoncito Pérez
tooth ['tu:ɵ] n, pl teeth ['ti:ɵ] : diente m
tooth
adj.
• dentífrico, -a adj.
n.
(§ pl.: teeth) = dental s.m.
• diente s.m.
• muela s.f.
• púa s.f.
tuːθ
noun (pl teeth)
a) (of person, animal) diente m; (molar) muela f

front teeth — dientes mpl de adelante

back teeth — muelas fpl

to be armed to the teeth — estar* armado hasta los dientes

to be fed up to the back teeth with something — (colloq) estar* hasta la coronilla or hasta las narices de algo (fam)

to be long in the tooth — ser* entrado en años

to fight tooth and nail — luchar a brazo partido

to get one's teeth into something — (colloq) hincarle* el diente a algo

to grit one's teeth — aguantarse; (lit) apretar* los dientes

to have a sweet tooth — ser* goloso

to kick somebody in the teeth, to give somebody a kick in the teeth — humillar a alguien

it was a real kick in the teeth for him — fue una gran humillación para él

to lie through one's teeth — mentir* descaradamente, mentir* con toda la barba or (Méx) con todos los dientes

to put o set somebody's teeth on edge — darle* dentera a alguien, destemplarle los dientes a alguien (AmL)

to show one's teeth — \<\<dog\>\> mostrar* or enseñar los dientes; \<\<person/government\>\> mostrar* or enseñar los dientes or las uñas; (before n)

tooth decay — caries f dental

b) (of zip, saw, gear) diente m; (of comb) púa f, diente m
[tuːθ]
1. N
(pl teeth)
1) (Anat) diente m; (esp molar) muela f

to clean one's teeth — lavarse los dientes

to cut a tooth — echar un diente

she's cutting her first tooth — le está saliendo el primer diente, está echando el primer diente

to have a tooth out — sacarse una muela

to show one's teeth — (smiling or aggressive) enseñar los dientes

- cut one's teeth on sth
- be fed up to the
- get one's teeth into sth

in the teeth of great opposition — haciendo frente a una gran resistencia

- lie through one's teeth
- fight tooth and nail
- have a sweet tooth
armed, false, grit, wisdom
2) [of saw, wheel] diente m; [of comb] púa f
3) (fig)

the Commission must be given more teeth — hay que dar poderes efectivos a la Comisión

2.
CPD

tooth decay N — caries f

tooth fairy N — ratoncito m Pérez

tooth glass N — vaso m para los cepillos de dientes

tooth powder N — polvos mpl dentífricos

tooth rot * N — caries f

tooth socket N — alvéolo m dental

* * *
[tuːθ]
noun (pl teeth)
a) (of person, animal) diente m; (molar) muela f

front teeth — dientes mpl de adelante

back teeth — muelas fpl

to be armed to the teeth — estar* armado hasta los dientes

to be fed up to the back teeth with something — (colloq) estar* hasta la coronilla or hasta las narices de algo (fam)

to be long in the tooth — ser* entrado en años

to fight tooth and nail — luchar a brazo partido

to get one's teeth into something — (colloq) hincarle* el diente a algo

to grit one's teeth — aguantarse; (lit) apretar* los dientes

to have a sweet tooth — ser* goloso

to kick somebody in the teeth, to give somebody a kick in the teeth — humillar a alguien

it was a real kick in the teeth for him — fue una gran humillación para él

to lie through one's teeth — mentir* descaradamente, mentir* con toda la barba or (Méx) con todos los dientes

to put o set somebody's teeth on edge — darle* dentera a alguien, destemplarle los dientes a alguien (AmL)

to show one's teeth — \<\<dog\>\> mostrar* or enseñar los dientes; \<\<person/government\>\> mostrar* or enseñar los dientes or las uñas; (before n)

tooth decay — caries f dental

b) (of zip, saw, gear) diente m; (of comb) púa f, diente m

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