feather

feather
'feðə
1. noun
(one of the things that grow from a bird's skin that form the covering of its body: They cleaned the oil off the seagull's feathers.) pluma

2. verb
(to line, cover or decorate with feathers: The eagle feathers its nest with down from its own breast.) emplumar
- feathery
- a feather in one's cap
- feather one's own nest
- feather one's nest
feather n pluma
feather
tr['feðəSMALLr/SMALL]
noun
1 pluma
transitive verb
1 emplumar
2 (oar) alzar
\
SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to be a feather in somebody's cap ser un triunfo para alguien
to feather one's own nest pejorative barrer para casa
to be birds of a feather ser de la misma calaña
birds of a feather, flock together Dios los cría y ellos se juntan
you could've knocked me down with a feather me quedé patidifuso,-a
feather bed colchón nombre masculino de plumas
feather boa boa nombre masulino o femenino
feather duster plumero
feather ['fɛðər] vt
1) : emplumar
2)
to feather one's nest : hacer su agosto
feather n
1) : pluma f
2)
a feather in one's cap : un triunfo personal
feather
n.
• pluma (de ave) s.f.
v.
• emplumar v.

I 'feðər, 'feðə(r)
noun pluma f

a feather in one's cap — un triunfo personal

as light as a feather — ligero or (esp AmL) liviano como una pluma

to ruffle somebody's feathers — hacer* enojar or (esp Esp) enfadar a alguien

you could have knocked me down with a feather — (colloq) casi me caigo de espaldas; (before n)

feather bed — colchón m de plumas

feather duster — plumero m


II
transitive verb nest I 1)
['feðǝ(r)]
1.
N pluma f
white 3.
2. VT
1) emplumar
- feather one's nest
2) (Rowing) [+ oar] volver horizontal
3.
CPD [mattress, pillow] de plumas

feather bed N — colchón m de pluma(s)

feather boa N — boa f de plumas

feather duster N — plumero m

* * *

I ['feðər, 'feðə(r)]
noun pluma f

a feather in one's cap — un triunfo personal

as light as a feather — ligero or (esp AmL) liviano como una pluma

to ruffle somebody's feathers — hacer* enojar or (esp Esp) enfadar a alguien

you could have knocked me down with a feather — (colloq) casi me caigo de espaldas; (before n)

feather bed — colchón m de plumas

feather duster — plumero m


II
transitive verb nest I 1)

English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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