curly-haired in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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Translations for curly-haired in the Spanish»English Dictionary (Go to English»Spanish)

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murruco (murruca) ADJ AmC inf

I.colocho (colocha) N m (f) AmC (persona)

II.colocho N m

chino2 (china) N m (f)

See also trabajar

I.trabajar VB intr

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1. trabajar (en un empleo):

trabajar
to work
empiezo a trabajar mañana
I start work tomorrow
¿a qué hora entras a trabajar ?
what time do you start work?
el lunes no se trabaja
Monday is a holiday
trabajar por su cuenta o por cuenta propia
to be self-employed
los que trabajamos jornada completa o a tiempo completo
those of us who work full-time
trabajar fuera (de casa) o LatAm trabajar afuera
to go out to work
trabajar en las minas/en el campo
to work in o down the mines/on the land
trabaja para una compañía extranjera
she works for a foreign company
trabajan a jornal fijo
they are paid a fixed daily rate
trabaja bien aunque le falta experiencia
she does her job well o she's a good worker although she lacks experience
los ponían a trabajar desde niños
they were sent out to work from an early age
(trabajar en algo) ¿en qué trabajas?
what do you do (for a living)?
(trabajar en algo) ¿en qué trabajas?
what line are you in?
(trabajar en algo) ¿en qué trabajas?
what sort of work do you do?
trabaja en publicidad
she works in o she is in advertising
trabajar de o como algo
to work as sth
trabaja de camarero por las noches
he works as a waiter in the evenings

2. trabajar (en una tarea, actividad):

trabajar
to work
deja de perder el tiempo y ponte a trabajar
stop wasting time and start doing some work o get working
voy a ir a trabajar un poco a la biblioteca
I'm going to go and do some work in the library
trabajó mucho
he worked hard
nos han tenido trabajando todo el día
they've kept us (hard) at it all day inf
trabajar en algo
to work on sth
estoy trabajando en una novela
I'm working on a novel
trabajamos en la búsqueda de una solución
we are working on o working to find a solution
(trabajar en contra de/por algo) trabajamos en contra de la aprobación de la ley
we are working to prevent o we are trying to stop the law being passed
siempre ha trabajado por la paz
she has always worked for peace o to promote peace
trabajar como una bestia o un negro o un enano o un chino inf
to work like a slave
trabajar como una bestia o un negro o un enano o un chino inf
to work one's butt off Am inf
trabajar como una bestia o un negro o un enano o un chino inf
to slog one's guts out Brit inf

II.trabajar VB trans

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III.trabajarse VB vpr inf

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The face of the graduate, a curly-haired brunette, immediately drops upon hearing the little profit she's left with.
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Hearing the news from her cleaning lady, the curly-haired 79-year-old went to the house immediately, presumably to retrieve the recovered treasure.
www.thestar.com
By downloading the keyboard and tweaking your settings, you could now use a whole bunch of curly-haired people in texts on your phone.
www.wired.com
He has a younger wife and a curly-haired four-year-old son.
torontoist.com
It portrays a curly-haired couple who just woke up next to each other after what appears to be a one-night stand.
www.huffingtonpost.com
She's pretty, articulate, quite a catch for a curly-haired, rubber-faced guy like him.
www.telegraph.co.uk
But recent reports say the style icon has embraced her natural hair again -- for the sake of her curly-haired daughter.
www.today.com
The superimposed words seem to float out of the plane of the photograph and hover in the mind of the curly-haired runner.
www.longislandpress.com
But we mosey around the back of the building and see a curly-haired young paramedic leaning on an emergency car, smoking a cigarette.
www.theglobeandmail.com
The five blond and curly-haired siblings were said to sing in high squeaky voices and dance with middling ability.
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