Today's WOTD is: "lobo" = wolf
In
Spanish, the noun "lobo" is a masculine noun
of Latin origin which means wolf. The feminine form of this
noun is “loba” means female wolf.
Some
commonly used expressions containing the words "lobo"
are:
- Can que mata lobo (mastiff – literally, dog which kills wolves);
- Como boca de lobo (pitch dark);
- Coger un lobo (to get drunk);
- Desollar el lobo (to sleep off a hangover);
- Dormir el lobo (to sleep off a hangover);
- El lobo feroz (the big bad wolf);
- Esperar del lobo carne (to hope in vain – to expect something from someone who wants to keep it all to himself);
- Hombre lobo (werewolf);
- Lobo con piel de oveja (wolf in sheep's clothes);
- Lobo de mar (sea dog);
- Lobo marino (seal);
- ¡Menos lobos! (expression used to tell someone to stop exaggerating);
- Perro lobo (wolf hound);
- Pillar un lobo (to get drunk);
- Verle las orejas al lobo (to realise something is wrong/ to get a fright);
Some
examples of the use of the word "lobo"
are:
- Ese bicho es un can que mata lobo (that beast is a mastiff);
- Aquel local de copas estaba oscuro como la boca del lobo (it was pitch dark in that pub);
- Anoche cogimos un lobo tremendo (las night we got really drunk);
- Anoche pillamos un lobo tremendo (las night we got really drunk);
- Esta mañana desollamos el lobo (this morning we slept off the hangover);
- Esta mañana dormimos el lobo (this morning we slept off the hangover);
- El cuento de Caperucita roja y el lobo feroz (the tale of Little Red Riding Hood and the big bad wolf);
- Creo que con Pedro esperas del lobo carne (I think you will get nothing out of Pedro);
- Un hombre lobo americano en Londres (An American werewolf in London);
- Ten cuidado, ese tipo es un lobo con piel de oveja (be careful, that guy is a wolf in sheep's clothes);
- Cuando era joven, conocí un viejo lobo de mar (when I was young, I got to know an old sea dog);
- Esta vez le he visto las orejas al lobo (this time, I really got a fright);
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