Definition of the word kid

(=child) chiquillo (m) / chiquilla (f), crío (m) / cría (f), chaval (m) / chavala (f), cabro (m) / cabra (f), chamaco (m) / chamaca (f), escuincle (m) / escuinclea (f), pibe (m) / pibea (f)

·when I was a kid

·cuando yo era un crío, cuando yo era pequeño or Latin America chico

·that'noun kid'noun stuff

(=childish) eso es de or para niños

(=easy) eso es un juego de niños

B. -transitive verb *

1. (=deceive) engañar

·who do you think you're kidding?

·¿a quiénoun te crees que estánoun engañando?

·don't kid yourself

·no te engañes

·I kid you not

humorous no te engaño

2. (=tease)

·to kid somebody [about] something

·tomar el pelo a somebody, someone por algo

3. (=pretend to)

·to kid somebody that

·hacer creer a somebody, someone que

C. -intransitive verb

* bromear

·I'masculine only kidding

·lo digo en broma

·"they're mother and daughter" -- "no kidding?"

·--son madre e hija --¿en serio? or --¡no me digas!

·really! no kidding!

·¡en serio!, ¡de verdad!

D. -compound

·kid brother * -noun hermano (m) menor or pequeño or Latin America chico

·kid gloves -noun plural guantes masculine plural de cabritilla

a. to handle something/somebody with kid gloves tratar algo/a somebody, someone con guante blanco

·kid sister * -noun hermana (f) menor or pequeña or Latin America chica

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged and Audio Headword Pronunciation (Spanish) 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co Ltd. 1971,1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992,1993,1996,1997,2000,2003,2005.

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