jabón
1. (para lavar) soap
·una pastilla de jabónoun
·a bar of soap
a. no es lo mismo jabónoun que hilo negro
(Andes, Caribe) they're as different as chalk and cheese
·jabónoun de afeitar shaving soap
·jabónoun de olor toilet soap
·jabónoun de sastre tailor'noun chalk, French chalk
·jabónoun de tocador toilet soap
·jabónoun en escamas soapflakes
·jabónoun en polvo soap powder, washing powder, (powdered) laundry detergent United States
·jabónoun líquido liquid soap
2. *
(=adulaciónoun) flattery
·[dar] jabónoun a somebody, someone
·to soft-soap somebody
3. †
(=reprimenda)
·dar un jabónoun a somebody, someone
·to tell somebody off
4. (Caribe, Cono Sur, Mexicoéx)
(=susto) fright, scare
·agarrarse un jabónoun
·to get a fright