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alfileres

Meanings of "alfileres" in English Spanish Dictionary : 9 result(s)

	Category	Spanish	English
Common
1	Common	alfileres [m/pl]	plural of alfiler
General
2	General	alfileres [m/pl]	children's game played with pins
3	General	alfileres [m/pl]	pin money
4	General	alfileres [m/pl]	pocket money
5	General	alfileres [m/pl] disused	tips for women
6	General	alfileres [m/pl] disused	tips
Botany
7	Botany	alfileres [m/pl]	filarees
8	Botany	alfileres [m/pl]	heron's bill
9	Botany	alfileres [m/pl]	storkbills

Meanings of "alfileres" with other terms in English Spanish Dictionary : 67 result(s)

	Category	Spanish	English
General
1	General	para alfileres [expr]	buy oneself something nice
2	General	vestido de veinticinco alfileres [m]	in full fig
3	General	juego de alfileres [m]	pushpin
4	General	asegurar con alfileres [v]	pin
5	General	prender con alfileres [v]	pin
6	General	remangar con alfileres [v]	pin
7	General	quitar los alfileres [v]	unpin
Idioms
8	Idioms	estar de veinticinco alfileres [v]	be dolled up
9	Idioms	estar de veinticinco alfileres [v]	be dressed
10	Idioms	estar de veinticinco alfileres [v]	be dressed fit to kill
11	Idioms	estar de veinticinco alfileres [v]	be dressed to kill
12	Idioms	estar de veinticinco alfileres [v]	be dressed to the nines
13	Idioms	estar de veinticinco alfileres [v]	be dressed to the teeth
14	Idioms	estar de veinticinco alfileres [v]	be dressed up fit to kill
15	Idioms	estar de veinticinco alfileres [v]	be spiffed out
16	Idioms	estar de veinticinco alfileres [v]	be spiffed up
17	Idioms	estar de veinticinco alfileres [v]	be spruced up
18	Idioms	estar de veinticinco alfileres [v]	be togged up
19	Idioms	estar colgado con alfileres [v]	cling on by fingernails
20	Idioms	estar colgado con alfileres [v]	cling on on by one's fingertips
21	Idioms	estar prendido con alfileres [v]	be unsafe
22	Idioms	estar prendido con alfileres [v]	be too weak (an argument)
23	Idioms	estar prendido con alfileres [v]	be built on sand
24	Idioms	estar cogido con alfileres [v]	be built on sand
25	Idioms	estar cogido con alfileres [v]	be unsafe
26	Idioms	estar cogido con alfileres [v]	be unstable
27	Idioms	estar prendido con alfileres [v]	be unstable
28	Idioms	estar cogido con alfileres [v]	be unsound
29	Idioms	estar prendido con alfileres [v]	be unsound
30	Idioms	estar cogido con alfileres [v]	be too weak (an argument)
31	Idioms	estar cogido con alfileres [v]	doesn´t hold water
32	Idioms	estar cogido con alfileres [v]	be slippery (situation)
33	Idioms	estar prendido con alfileres [v]	be slippery (situation)
34	Idioms	de veinticinco alfileres	dressed to kill
35	Idioms	vestido de veinticinco alfileres	dressed up to the nines
36	Idioms	con todos sus alfileres	dressed to kill
37	Idioms	de veinticinco alfileres	up to the nines
Phrasals
38	Phrasals	clavar con alfileres algo en [v]	pin something on
39	Phrasals	clavar con alfileres algo en [v]	pin something to
40	Phrasals	sujetar algo con alfileres [v]	tack something down
41	Phrasals	sujetar algo con alfileres [v]	tack something up
42	Phrasals	sostener con alfileres	pin something back
43	Phrasals	sujetar con alfileres	pin down
44	Phrasals	sujetar con alfileres	pin something down
45	Phrasals	sujetar con alfileres	pin on
Colloquial
46	Colloquial	pegado con alfileres [adj]	hanging by a string
47	Colloquial	prendido con alfileres [adj]	hanging by a string
48	Colloquial	preso con alfileres [adj]	hanging by a string
49	Colloquial	sujeto con alfileres [adj]	hanging by a string
50	Colloquial	estar prendido con alfileres [v]	be hardly hanging together
51	Colloquial	estar de veinticinco alfileres [v]	be dressed up to the nines
52	Colloquial	ponerse de veinticinco alfileres [v]	be dressed up to the nines
53	Colloquial	ponerse de veinticinco alfileres [v]	be dressed to kill
54	Colloquial	ponerse de veinticinco alfileres [v]	be all spruced up
55	Colloquial	estar de veinticinco alfileres [v]	be all spruced up
56	Colloquial	ponerse de veinticinco alfileres [v]	be all dolled up
57	Colloquial	estar de veinticinco alfileres [v]	be all dolled up
58	Colloquial	estar de veinticinco alfileres [v]	be all decked out
59	Colloquial	ponerse de veinticinco alfileres [v]	be all decked out
60	Colloquial	ponerse de veinticinco alfileres [v]	be in one’s glad rags
61	Colloquial	estar de veinticinco alfileres [v]	be in one’s glad rags
62	Colloquial	con todos sus alfileres [adv]	dressed to kill
63	Colloquial	no estar alguien con sus alfileres [v] disused	be in a bad mood
64	Colloquial	de veinticinco alfileres [adv] disused	dressed to the nines
Electricity
65	Electricity	enchufe hembra de tres alfileres [m]	three-pin socket
Engineering
66	Engineering	fábrica de alfileres	pin factory
Games
67	Games	juego de alfileres [m]	children's game