hot potato in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for hot potato in the English»Spanish Dictionary

See also drop

I.drop [Am drɑp, Brit drɒp] N

II.drop <pres part dropping; pt, pp dropped> [Am drɑp, Brit drɒp] VB trans

III.drop <pres part dropping; pt, pp dropped> [Am drɑp, Brit drɒp] VB intr

Translations for hot potato in the English»Spanish Dictionary

hot <comp hotter, superl hottest> [Am hɑt, Brit hɒt] ADJ

1.1. hot:

See also blow2, blow1

blow2 [Am bloʊ, Brit bləʊ] N

I.blow1 <pt blew, pp blown> [Am bloʊ, Brit bləʊ] VB trans

1. blow (propel):

II.blow1 <pt blew, pp blown> [Am bloʊ, Brit bləʊ] VB intr

III.blow1 [Am bloʊ, Brit bləʊ] N

hot potato in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for hot potato in the English»Spanish Dictionary

potato <-es> [pəˈteɪtəʊ, Am -t̬oʊ] N

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
This is -- can be politically a hot potato here, why are we gon na reopen this case?
www.cbsnews.com
That will make any takeover a political hot potato.
www.afr.com
And for some reason it becomes a political hot potato.
www.nzherald.co.nz
But by being belligerently truculent she has singlehandedly turned herself into a political hot potato.
www.firstpost.com
Selecting subcontinent breed of players and then dropping them like hot potato has spoiled many cricket players career.
www.espncricinfo.com
Pretty soon these properties are going to be a hot potato.
www.salon.com
While it is common for people to play hot potato and refuse to accept the money, the important idea is that the offer was made.
en.wikipedia.org
According to a new alliance, the two men are apparent victims of "laglagan," political slang for someone dropped like a hot potato.
www.interaksyon.com
But it has been a political hot potato for seven years.
news.bbc.co.uk
The bill's own primary sponsor was among those dropping it like a hot potato after hearing public testimony.
cleantechnica.com

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