loaf

loaf
I ləuf plural - loaves; noun
(a shaped mass of bread: a sliced loaf.) pan, barra

II ləuf verb
(with about or around) to pass time without doing anything in particular: They were loafing about (the street). holgazanear
loaf n pan / hogaza
a loaf of bread un pan
La típica barra de pan se llama en inglés French stick o baguette
El plural de loaf se escribe loaves
loaf
tr[ləʊf]
intransitive verb to loaf about / loaf around
1 familiar holgazanear
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loaf
tr[ləʊf]
noun (pl loaves tr[ləʊvz] )
1 pan nombre masculino (French) barra; (sliced) pan nombre masculino de molde
2 familiar (head) mollera
■ use your loaf! ¡usa la mollera!
loaf ['lo:f] vi
: holgazanear, flojear, haraganear
loaf n, pl loaves ['lo:vz]
1) : pan m , pan m de molde, barra f de pan
2)
meat loaf : pan m de carne
loaf
n.
(§ pl.: loaves) = barra (de pan) s.f.
• barra de pan s.f.
• pan s.m.
• pilón s.m.
v.
• bribonear v.
• gandulear v.
• haraganear v.
• holgazanear v.
• tunar v.

I ləʊf
noun (pl loaves)

a loaf (of bread) — un pan; (of French bread) una barra de pan, una flauta (CS); (baked in tin) un pan de molde

use your loaf! — (BrE colloq) usa el coco or (Esp tb) la cocorota or (Col tb) la tusta! (fam)


II
intransitive verb (colloq)

to loaf (around o about) — holgazanear, haraganear, flojear (fam)


I [lǝʊf]
1. N
(pl loaves)
1) [of bread] (unsliced) pan m de molde; (sliced) pan m de molde (en rebanadas); (=French bread) barra f

use your loaf! — (Brit) * ¡espabílate!

See:
see cultural note RHYMING SLANG in rhyming
2) [of sugar] pan m , pilón m
2.
CPD

loaf sugar N — pan m de azúcar

loaf tin N — bandeja f de horno


II
[lǝʊf]
VI (also: loaf about, loaf around) holgazanear, flojear (LAm)
* * *

I [ləʊf]
noun (pl loaves)

a loaf (of bread) — un pan; (of French bread) una barra de pan, una flauta (CS); (baked in tin) un pan de molde

use your loaf! — (BrE colloq) usa el coco or (Esp tb) la cocorota or (Col tb) la tusta! (fam)


II
intransitive verb (colloq)

to loaf (around o about) — holgazanear, haraganear, flojear (fam)


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