what-d'you-call-it in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for what-d'you-call-it in the Spanish»English Dictionary

huifa N f Chil inf, euph

huifa

thingamajig inf

huifa

what-d'you-call-it Brit inf

como las huifas inf, euph

lousy inf

payasada N f

1. payasada (bufonada):

deja de hacer payasadas

stop clowning around o acting the clown inf

la asamblea fue una verdadera payasada

the meeting was a complete farce

2.1. payasada inf Chil (tontería):

payasada (dicho)

stupid thing to say

payasada (acción)

stupid thing to do

son puras payasadas

that's utter nonsense

2.2. payasada inf Chil (cosa):

payasada

thingamajig inf

payasada

what-d'you-call-it inf

¿cómo se abre esta payasada?

how does this thingamajig o what-d'you-call-it open? inf

huevada N f

1.1. huevada vulg sl And (estupidez) (cosa, asunto):

¿dónde compraste esa huevada?

where did you buy that crap? sl

¿dónde compraste esa huevada?

where did you buy that shit? vulg sl

equivoqué la hora y perdí la cita ¡qué huevada más grande!

I got the time wrong and missed the meeting, how goddamn stupid can you get! sl

1.2. huevada vulg sl And (dicho):

no digas huevadas, hombre

don't talk crap! sl

1.3. huevada vulg sl And (acto):

déjate de huevadas y ponte a trabajar en serio

stop screwing around and get on with some work Am vulg sl

déjate de huevadas y ponte a trabajar en serio

stop pissing about and get on with some work Brit vulg sl

2. huevada And vulg sl (objeto determinado):

huevada

thingamajig inf

huevada

what-d'you-call-it Brit inf

huevada

what's-its-name Brit inf

Translations for what-d'you-call-it in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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the what's-its-name or what-d'you call it is broken

la cosa esa está rota inf

the what's-its-name or what-d'you call it is broken

el chisme ese está roto Spain Mex inf

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It also shows what happens when central banks rig up an economy.

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Hence, what then follows hereunder is fiction... of sorts... more specifically; a fiction.

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For starters, establish what your likely state pension entitlement would be.

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I took the announcement matter-of-factly, although wondering what it could be all about.

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Divorces were frowned upon, no matter what the provocation, and a man who was sued at law, particularly upon his promissory note, was almost disgraced in the public mind.

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The labour cost depends upon what is happening to the demand and supply of labour in the economy.

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If one wanted to know what the conditions were like in a battery chicken farm, they are easy to discover.

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You've got a wall that's trapezoid and so instead of straightening the wall up what they did was make the door and window trapezoid.

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The opposite approach is known as semasiology: here one starts with a word and asks what it means, or what concepts the word refers to.

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The method of brandishing the eye-glass was usually a forerunner of what sort of retort was coming.

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