brass

brass
noun
1) (an alloy of copper and zinc: This plate is made of brass; (also adjective) a brass door-knocker.) latón
2) (wind musical instruments which are made of brass or other metal.) metales
•
- brass band
- brass neck
- get down to brass tacks
brass n latón
brass
tr[brɑːs]
noun
1 latón nombre masculino
2 slang (money) pasta
3 SMALLMUSIC/SMALL metales nombre masculino plural
4 familiar figurative use cara, jeta
■ he had the brass to ask me for more money tuvo la cara de pedirme más dinero
adjective
1 de cobre
\
SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to be brass monkeys slang hacer un frío que pela
to be brassed off familiar estar cabreado,-a, estar mosca
he's got a brass neck tiene mucho morro
to get down to brass tacks ir al grano
not a brass farthing familiar ni un duro
■ he hasn't got a brass farthing no tiene ni un duro
brass band banda (municipal)
brass ['bræs] n
1) : latón m
2) gall, nerve: descaro m, cara f fam
3) officers: mandamases mpl fam
brass (Audacity)
n.
• descaro s.m.
n.
• azófar s.m.
• cobre s.m.
• latón (Metalurgia) s.m.
• metal s.m.
bræs, brɑːs
noun
1) u
a) (Metall) latón m

to be as bold as brass — ser* muy descarado; (before n) <button> dorado

b) (Mus) (+ sing or pl vb) bronces mpl, metales mpl; (before n)

brass instrument — instrumento m de metal

the brass section — los bronces, los metales

2) c (in church) placa conmemorativa o mortuoria de latón grabada con inscripciones o figuras
[brɑːs]
1. N
1) (=metal) latón m ; bold
2) (=plate) placa f conmemorativa; (Rel) plancha f sepulcral (de latón)

to clean the brasses — pulir los bronces

3)

the brass —

a) (Mus) los metales
b) (Mil) los jefazos; top I, 5.
4) (Brit) ** (=money) pasta * f
5) ** (=impudence) cara * f

he had the brass to ask me for it — tuvo la cara de pedírmelo *

2.
ADJ (=made of brass) (hecho) de latón
- get down to brass tacks
3.
CPD

brass band N — banda f de metal

brass hat * N — (Mil) jefazo(-a) * m / f

brass knuckles NPL — (US) nudilleras fpl

brass neck * N — cara(dura) * f , valor m

brass rubbing N — (=art, object) calco m de plancha sepulcral (de latón)

the brass section N — (Mus) los metales

- brass off
* * *
[bræs, brɑːs]
noun
1) u
a) (Metall) latón m

to be as bold as brass — ser* muy descarado; (before n) <button> dorado

b) (Mus) (+ sing or pl vb) bronces mpl, metales mpl; (before n)

brass instrument — instrumento m de metal

the brass section — los bronces, los metales

2) c (in church) placa conmemorativa o mortuoria de latón grabada con inscripciones o figuras

English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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