cheek in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for cheek in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.cheek [Am tʃik, Brit tʃiːk] N

1.1. cheek ANAT C (of the face):

cheek

mejilla f

cheek

cachete m LatAm inf

cheek by jowl with sb

uno junto al otro

to turn the other cheek

dar la otra mejilla

1.2. cheek ANAT C (buttock):

cheek inf

nalga f

cheek inf

cachete m CSur inf

2.1. cheek inf U (impudence):

cheek

descaro m

cheek

frescura f

cheek

cara f inf

cheek

morro m Spain inf

cheek

patudez f Chil inf

he had the cheek to …

tuvo el descaro or la frescura (or la cara etc.) de …

what (a) cheek!

¡qué cara (más dura)! inf

what (a) cheek!

¡qué caradura es! inf

2.2. cheek inf U (impudent words):

cheek Brit

insolencias fpl

cheek Brit

impertinencias fpl

to give sb a lot of cheek

ser muy insolente con alguien

II.cheek [Am tʃik, Brit tʃiːk] VB trans Brit inf

cheek

contestar

cheek

responder

Translations for cheek in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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cachete

cheek

cachete

cheek

moflete

chubby cheek

patudez

cheek Brit

mejilla

cheek

poner la otra mejilla

to turn the other cheek

molleja

cheek Brit inf

desfachatez

cheek Brit inf

carrillo

cheek

bailar agarrado

to dance cheek to cheek

cococha

cheek (of cod or hake)

cheek in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for cheek in the English»Spanish Dictionary

cheek [tʃi:k] N

1. cheek (soft skin connecting jaws):

cheek

mejilla f

2. cheek no pl (impertinence):

cheek

descaro m

cheek

empaque m LatAm

to have a cheek

ser un caradura

to have the cheek to do sth

tener la caradura de hacer algo

Phrases:

to go cheek by jowl

ir codo con codo

to turn the other cheek

poner la otra mejilla

Translations for cheek in the Spanish»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

desfachatez

cheek

descaro

cheek

carrillo

cheek

moflete

chubby cheek

mejilla

cheek

poner la otra mejilla

to turn the other cheek

tupé

cheek

cachete

(fat) cheek

atrevimiento

cheek Brit

desenvoltura (descaro)

cheek

cheek Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to say sth tongue in cheek

decir algo irónicamente

to have a cheek

ser un caradura

to have the cheek to do sth

tener la caradura de hacer algo

to go cheek by jowl

ir codo con codo

to turn the other cheek

poner la otra mejilla

what incredible cheek that guy has

ése tiene una jeta increíble fig

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

In some isolated populations, males may have blue patches on their cheeks, throat, and front legs.

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The adult male has a black crown, black lines on the white cheeks, a black throat patch, and a pinkish-red bill.

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Whereas it fully covers the forehead, back and ears on the sides as well as cheeks by the "bokki".

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She is a tall woman, with freckles on her cheeks and glasses.

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Males in nonbreeding plumage have largely white underparts, supercilium and cheeks.

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The hair on the skull and on the cheeks is less strongly developed.

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Most taxa have white cheeks and ear-coverts, but these are black in "albiventer", "purpurascens" and "melanogenis".

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He also has two small spikes protruding from his cheeks.

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They have black-tipped, pointed ears and red circular pouches on their cheeks, which can spark with electricity.

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The larger cheeks is the origin of the word chops.

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