En inglés: gallito (teléfono celular)

How to call in English a very basic mobile phone that cannot connect to the internet.

Gallito (Venezuela)

Dumbphone

In Dictionaries:

"The phone was marketed as a very powerful smartphone at dumbphone prices."
Cambridge Dictionary Online

En inglés: comer mamón/mamoncillos

Comer quenepas (Puerto Rico)
Comer mamón (Costa Rica, Venezuela)
Comer mamoncillos (Cuba)

To eat Spanish limes.

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En inglés: El lugar que ocupas en tu promoción en la Universidad.

How to talk about the  position, higher or lower than others, that a person has among the members of a group of  students who graduated from college with them. In other words, how your academic achievements measure up to those of your classmates.
Cómo hablar de la posición que ocupas (más alta o más baja) en comparación con otras personas que se graduaron contigo en la Universidad.

How are you ranked in your classs?

He ranks number one in his class.

The student  is ranked number one in his class.

I rank number two in my class.

In Modern Literature:

"“How are you ranked in your class?” Mr. Lambert asked.
“Top five.” Not top five percent, but top five. That was enough of an answer for all of them. Top five out of three hundred. He could have said number three, a fraction away from number two, and within striking distance of number one. But he didn’t. They came from inferior schools—Chicago, Columbia and Vanderbilt, as he recalled from a cursory examination of Martindale-Hubbell’s Legal Directory. He knew they would not dwell on academics."
The Firm by John Grisham

En inglés: Nacer por cesárea.

How to say it when a person is born by surgery (he baby is taken out through the mother's abdomen).
Cómo decir en inglés cuando se nace a través de una cirugia (el bebé es extraído a través del abdomen de la madre)..

To be born by C-section.

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En francés       In French       En francais

Être né(e) par césarienne .

Être né(e) par césarienne : quelles conséquences psychologiques ?
Regard Conscient

En inglés: alabar a una persona con el objeto de obtener algo de ella.

How to say it when you are very kind or friendly to someone or try to please someone, so that that person will do what you want them to do.

Jalarle (mecate) a alguien para que haga algo (Venezuela).
Hacerle la barba a alguien (México)
Chupar medias a alguien para que te haga un favor (Ecuador).
Ser un lava huevos de alguien para que ese alguien te haga un favor (Costa Rica).

To butter someone up so that they do something for you (informal).
To butter someone up before they do something (informal).

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In Dictionaries

You'll have to butter them up a bit before they'll agree.
Cambridge Dictionary

Don’t think you can butter me up that easily.
Longman Dictionary

Agree with him. Butter him up a bit.
Longman Dictionary.

En francais       In French       En francés

Cirer les pompes de qqn dans l'espoir d'obtenir qqch.

Il a essayé de cirer les pompes de son chef dans l'espoir d'obtenir un jour de congés.
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En inglés: Frisar una pared (Venezuela), enyesar una pared (España).

How to say it when you put a wet substance on a wall or ceiling od a house/room. to make it smooth and well-finished How to describe a wall that does not have that susbstance.

Cómo decir en inglés aplicar una sustancia a una pared o techo para hacerlos lisos y darle un buen acabado. Cómo describir paredes que no tienen tal acabado.

To plaster a wall.
To hard plaster a wall.
An unplastered wall.

They moved to a house with unplastered walls.

In Dictionaries: 

"We're plastering the bathroom"
Longman Dictionary.

"f you plaster a wall or ceiling, you cover it with a layer of plaster." 
Collins Dictionary

"The ceiling he had just plastered fell in and knocked him off his ladder."
Collins Dictionary


In French       En francés       En Francais

Plâtrer, faire les plâtres 

 Il a fait les plâtres de la pièce en une journée.
Cambridge French Dictionary.

En inglés: comprar/vender fiao..

If you buy something this way, you arrange to take it now and pay later
Comrar/vender de fiado.
Comprar/vender fia'o (Venezuela).

To buy/get/sell something on tick (informal)
To get/sell/buy something on credit.

In Dictionaries
To buy sth on tick.
Collins Dictionary


In French       En francais       En francés

Acheter qch à crédit.
Collins Dictionary

En inglés: Tenerla agarrada con alguien, meterse con alguien

How to say it in a colloquial way when someone is  criticized, annoyed, or punished  repeatedly and unfairly:

Tenerla agarrada con alguien (Venezuela).
Meterse con alguien.

To pick on someone.

The teacher is always picking on me.

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In Dictionaries:

"He gets picked on because he’s small."
Cambridge Dictionary

"Just leave me alone, will you? Why don't you go and pick on someone your own size?"

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S'en prendre a qqn.

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En inglés: te tapa (el agua en un mar, río, lago, piscina, alberca, etc)

How to say it when the water in a river, sea, lake, etc is so deep that you sink completely into it even  standing up.

The water is over your head.

The water is over your head in the deep end of the pool.

Can you swim where the water is over your head?

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En Inglés: Vi esa película en el cine.

How to say this phrase that gives away your age.
Cómo decir una del las frases que más delata tu edad.

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I have to admit that I saw that movie in theaters.

If you saw Casa Blanca in theaters, you are very old.

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In News: 

"It’s a brilliant script, with an outstanding lead performance, and when I saw it in theaters in 1988, it literally changed my life"
Cinema Blend

In francais       In French       En francais 

Je l'ai vu au cinema

En inglés: cuando un dueño de un inmueble manda a desalojar/desocupar una casa/apartamento,etc alquilado

if a property owner gives this to someone,   they tell them to leave the property by a particular date.

Give someone notice to quit.
Give someone notice to vacate.
Give someone notice of eviction..

In 1979 we were given three months' notice to quit.
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In Dictionaries

"I’ve been given notice to quit my flat.".
Longman Dictionary.

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In French       En francais       En francés

Donner congé à un locataire. 
Adresser au locataire un avis de quitter les lieux.

En Inglés: se fue el agua, no hay agua, no tengo agua.

How to say in a colloquial way when the water service is cut off because a piece of equipment is being repaired, replaced , etc.

The water went off.

I have no water.

There's no water.

The water went off today, so I resorted to taking a bucket bath.

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EN INGLÉS: Local commercial , locales comerciales.

How to call real estate property that is used for business activities and buildings that house businesses,

A commercial property.
Commercial properties.
Commercial property (uncountable)
Premises (only in plural)


In Dictionaries

"The wonderful desserts are made on the premises".
Longman Dictionary.

On Websites

"It is worth investing in commercial premises"
HIGASA

"Commercial property includes malls, grocery stores, office buildings, manufacturing shops and much more."
Investopedia

"A commercial property is less burdensome to use for the owner than a dwelling."
HIGASA

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En inglés: Salió a su padre, salió a su madre.

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He/she takes after his/her mother.

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En francais       En francés       In French

Ressembler à qqn, tenir de qqn.

Elle ressemble à sa mère.
Collins Dictionary Online

Physiquement, il tient de son père.
Cambridge Dictionary Online

EN INGLÉS: Pega corriente , da corrientazos.

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It shocks. (informal).
An appliance shocks (informal)
An object shocks (someone)..
It gives electric shocks (formal).
You get shocks from it.


Don't touch the door. It shocks.
The refrigerator is giving (electric) shocks.

In Dictionaries:

"Ow! - I got a shock from that lamp!"
Cambridge Dictionary Online

Referring to a wire carrying electricity:
Live /laiv/
That cable is live,  but it does not shock.
A live wire

EN INGLÉS: Pagarla con alguien, desquitarse con alguien.

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To take it out on somebody.

You are taking out on me just because none of your friends wanna come.

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In French     En francais     En francés

Passer ses nerfs sur qqn.

"Ne passe pas tes nerfs sur moi !"
Collins Dictionary Online

EN INGLÉS: Estar pendiente, estar al pendiente.

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Watch out for something.
Look out for something.
Be on the watch for something.

Please, stay on the watch for my call.
I will watch/look out for your call.

In Dictionaries.

"She looks out for the postman every morning."
Collins Dictionary Online

"Look out for special deals."
Collins Dictionary Online

"What are the symptoms to look out for?"
Collins Dictionary Online


En francai In French En francés
Guetter qch
Les soldats guettent l’ennemi.

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