parlor game in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for parlor game in the English»Spanish Dictionary

Translations for parlor game in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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parlor, parlour Brit [Am ˈpɑrlər, Brit ˈpɑːlə] N

parlour → parlor

See also parlor

parlor, parlour Brit [Am ˈpɑrlər, Brit ˈpɑːlə] N

I.game [Am ɡeɪm, Brit ɡeɪm] N

5. game C (underhand scheme, ploy):

game
juego m
don't play games with me
no me vengas con juegecitos
the game's up
se acabó el juego
what's your game?
¿qué es lo que pretendes?
I wonder what their game is
me pregunto qué estarán tramando or qué se traerán entre manos
I know your little game!
¡te conozco el jueguito!
to be ahead of the game
llevar la delantera
to beat sb at her/his own game
ganarle or vencer a alguien con sus propias armas
to give the game away person:
descubrir el pastel inf
she tried to deny it, but her blushes gave the game away
trató de negarlo, pero el sonrojarse la delató
two can play at that game
donde las dan las toman
to play a game
dejar transcurrir el tiempo

II.game [Am ɡeɪm, Brit ɡeɪm] ADJ

III.game [Am ɡeɪm, Brit ɡeɪm] VB intr (in gambling, in video games)

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IV.game [Am ɡeɪm, Brit ɡeɪm] VB trans Am inf

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parlor game in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for parlor game in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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parlor N Am, parlour [ˈpɑ:ləʳ, Am ˈpɑ:rlɚ] N Brit

game2 [geɪm] N no pl (in hunting)

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The politics in this country has become something more than a parlor game.
www.npr.org
This has turned educating guessing into an obsessive parlor game for journalists and stock analysts.
www.wired.com
It makes for a fascinating if morbid parlor game.
bigthink.com
The horse even had his own parlor game, the first of at least nine.
www.si.com
Writing in suggestions became a parlor game for fans across the country.
time.com
It's a mass participation parlor game that anybody can play.
www.huffingtonpost.com
They can finish each other's sentences at times, which helps them in their fast rounds in trivia and parlor games.
en.wikipedia.org
But something did go horribly wrong, and among those who remember those years there is an unending parlor game about exactly what that something was.
www.slate.com
At times, the show suggests a couples' therapy session turned into a parlor game.
www.slate.com
Interested viewers had to search and second-guess, playing parlor games to suss out a character's sexuality.
en.wikipedia.org

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