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loro / parrot
 
loro
A. -noun masculine
1. (=ave)   parrot
2. **
(=radio)   radio
(=radiocasete)   radio-cassette
a. estar al loro   **
(=alerta)   to be on the alert
(=informado)   to know the score *
·hay que estar al loro
·you need to be on the alert
·está al loro de lo que pasa
·he'noun in touch with what'noun going on
·¡al loro!
·watch out!
3. (=charlatánoun)   chatterbox *
·mi hermana es un loro, no para de hablar
·my sister'noun a chatterbox, she never stops talking
4. *
(=mujer fea)   old bag *,   old bat *
5. (Cono Sur)
(=en robo)   thieves' lookout man
6. (Cono Sur)   (medicine)   bedpan
7. (Cono Sur)
(=moco)
·sacar los loros
*   to pick one'noun nose
8. (Caribe)
(=cuchillo)   pointed and curved knife
B. -adjective   dark brown
 
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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