lather

lather
noun
1) (foam made up of soap bubbles: Add the soap to the water and work up a good lather.) espuma
2) (a foam of sweat appearing eg on a horse's neck.) sudor
lather
tr['lɑːðəSMALLr/SMALL]
noun
1 (of soap) espuma
2 (sweat) sudor nombre masculino
transitive verb
1 enjabonar
intransitive verb
1 hacer espuma
■ this soap lathers easily este jabón hace mucha espuma
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
in a lather familiar agobiado,-a y sudando
to work oneself into a lather familiar agobiarse
lather ['læðər] vt
: enjabonar
lather vi
: espumar, hacer espuma
lather n
1) : espuma f (de jabón)
2) : sudor m (de caballo)
3)
to get into a lather : ponerse histérico
lather
n.
• espuma de jabón s.f.
• jabonadura s.f.
• jabonaduras s.f.pl.
v.
• enjabonar v.
• jabonar v.
'læðər, 'lɑːðə(r), læðə(r)
I
noun (no pl)
a) (from soap) espuma f
b) (sweat) sudor m

to be in/get into a lather (about something) — (colloq) (nervous) estar*/ponerse* nervioso or histérico (por algo) (fam); (angry) estar*/ponerse* hecho una furia (por algo) (fam)


II
1.
transitive verb \<\<face/hair\>\> enjabonar

2.
vi \<\<soap/detergent\>\> hacer* espuma
['læðǝ(r)]
1.
N espuma f; [of sweat] sudor m

the horse was in a lather — el caballo estaba empapado en sudor

- be in/get into a lather
2.
VT [+ one's face] enjabonarse
3.
VI hacer espuma
* * *
['læðər, 'lɑːðə(r), læðə(r)]
I
noun (no pl)
a) (from soap) espuma f
b) (sweat) sudor m

to be in/get into a lather (about something) — (colloq) (nervous) estar*/ponerse* nervioso or histérico (por algo) (fam); (angry) estar*/ponerse* hecho una furia (por algo) (fam)


II
1.
transitive verb \<\<face/hair\>\> enjabonar

2.
vi \<\<soap/detergent\>\> hacer* espuma

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