cuerno
Translation
s.m.
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⇨ horn
⇨ antler
irse algo al cuerno (col.) (fracasar)
⇨ to fail
⇨ to go down the drain inform
Nuestros planes se fueron al cuerno Our plans have gone down the drain
poner los cuernos (col.) (ser infiel)
⇨ to cheat inform
ponerle los cuernos a alguien to cheat on somebody
(una mujer casada) ⇨ to cuckold old-fash
Nunca le he puesto los cuernos a mi marido I've never cuckolded my husband
saber a cuerno quemado (col.) (sentar mal)
⇨ to really upset
Me supo a cuerno quemado que me mintieras Your lies really upset me
⇨ to be a slap in the face
La noticia de tu boda me supo a cuerno quemado Learning you were getting married was a slap in the face
(Definition of cuerno s.m. from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact Español-Inglés
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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