whisker

whisker
'wiskə
noun
1) (in plural a man's moustache, beard and/or sideburns.) bigote, patillas, barba
2) ((usually in plural) one of the long hairs between the nose and the mouth of a cat etc.) bigotes
- whiskery
- miss by a whisker

whisker
tr['wɪskəSMALLr/SMALL]
noun
1 (single hair) pelo (de la barba)
plural noun whiskers
1 (man's) patillas nombre femenino plural
1 (of cat etc) bigote nombre masculino, bigotes nombre masculino plural
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
by a whisker por un pelo, por los pelos
to think one is the cat's whiskers ser un creído,-a, ser engreído,-a, creerse el ombligo del mundo
whisker ['hwɪskər] n
1) : pelo m (de la barba o el bigote)
2) whiskers npl
: bigotes mpl (de animales)
whisker
n.
patillas s.f.pl.
pelo de la barba s.m.
pelo del bigote s.m.
'hwɪskər, 'wɪskə(r)
noun
1)
a) c (single hair) pelo m (de la barba)
b) (narrow margin) (no pl) pelo m

they came within a whisker of losing — faltó un pelo or faltó muy poco para que perdieran

2) whiskers pl
a) (of animal) bigotes mpl
b) (dated) (mustache) bigote(s) m(pl); (sideburns) patillas fpl
['wɪskǝ(r)]
N [of animal] bigote m ; (=hair) pelo m

whiskers — (Zool) bigotes mpl ; (=side whiskers) patillas fpl ; (=beard) barba fsing ; (=moustache) bigote(s) m(pl)

within a whisker of —

he was within a whisker of falling down — le faltó un pelo para caer, faltó un pelo para que cayera

* * *
['hwɪskər, 'wɪskə(r)]
noun
1)
a) c (single hair) pelo m (de la barba)
b) (narrow margin) (no pl) pelo m

they came within a whisker of losing — faltó un pelo or faltó muy poco para que perdieran

2) whiskers pl
a) (of animal) bigotes mpl
b) (dated) (mustache) bigote(s) m(pl); (sideburns) patillas fpl

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