doss

doss
doss
tr[dɒs]
noun
1 familiar (short sleep) cabezada
intransitive verb
1 familiar (sleep) dormir
2 familiar (be lazy) haraganear, holgazanear, gandulear
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to be a doss ser pan comido, estar tirado,-a
dɑːs, dɒs
intransitive verb (BrE colloq)
a) (sleep) dormir*
b) (be lazy) haraganear, rascarse* (fam), flojear (fam)
[dɒs] (Brit)
1. N
1) (=bed) camastro m ; (=sleep) sueño m
2) (=easy task)

he thought the course would be a doss — pensó que el curso sería pan comido *

2. VI
1) (also: doss down) (=sleep) echarse a dormir
2) (=laze)

to doss around — gandulear, no hacer nada

* * *
[dɑːs, dɒs]
intransitive verb (BrE colloq)
a) (sleep) dormir*
b) (be lazy) haraganear, rascarse* (fam), flojear (fam)

English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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