uña
-noun feminine
1. (anatomy)
a. [de la mano] nail, fingernail
b. [del pie] toenail (zoology) claw
·comerse las uñas
(literally) to bite one'noun nails (figurative) to get very impatient
(Latin America)
(=ser pobre) to be really poor
·[hacerse] las uñas
·to have one'noun nails done, do one'noun nails
c. tener las uñas afiladas to be light-fingered
d. ser uña y carne to be inseparable
e. estar de uñas con somebody, someone to be at daggers drawn with somebody
f. defender algo con uñas y dientes to defend something tooth and nail
g. dejarse las uñas
·se dejó las uñas en ese trabajo
·he wore his fingers to the bone at that job
h. enseñar las uñas to show one'noun claws
i. tener las uñas largas to be light-fingered
j. mostrar o sacar las uñas to show one'noun claws
·uña encarnada ingrowing toenail
2. (=pezuña) hoof
·uña de caballo (botany) coltsfoot
a. [escapar] a uña de caballo to ride off at full speed
·uña de vaca (culinary, cooking ) cow heel
3. [del alacránoun] sting
4. (technicaléc) claw, nail puller United States
5. [de ancla] fluke