Translations 465, English phrases starting with big. Meaning, translations in Spanish and Portuguese. Part 6 of 7: Expressions 51 to 60 out of 70.
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Translations 465, English phrases starting with big. Meaning, translations in Spanish and Portuguese. Part 6 of 7: Expressions 51 to 60 out of a total of 70 phrases.
“big” is a very flexible word in English that is used in many different contexts and thus is very polysemantic and correspondingly has many different translations. This will be the fifth part of a seven-part series of phrases in English that include the term “big” along with a short definition and their translations into Spanish and Portuguese.
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51) policy with the big stick
Definition: political or military force used by a government as a means of control, figuratively when anyone uses force to control
Spanish: fuerza política utili zada para controlar
Portuguese: política de vara grande [policy of a big stck]
52) raise a big howl
Definition: (emotions, feelings) blow up, hit the ceiling, blow one’s top
Spanish: poner el grito en el / al cielo [shout in the / at the sky]
Portuguese: ficar com raiva [get angry, be angry]
53) really big mistake
Definition: stupidly screw-up, screwup, blunder
Spanish: falta garrafal [regrettably large fault / mistake]
Portuguese: administrar de forma completamente incompetente [completely,
Incompetently mismanage], cometer um erro estúpido [make a stupis mistake]
54) rumbling in the stomach after a big meal
Definition: rumbling in the stomach after a big meal
Spanish: ruidos en el estómago después de una fuerte comida [noises in the stomach after a strong meal], burbujeo en el estómago [bubbling in the stomach]
Portuguese: estômago virado [inverted, upside down stomach]
55) spend big
Definition: throw money about
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Spanish: gastar en grande [spend big], gastar a lo grande [spend big]
Portuguese: esbanjar dinheiro [guzzle money, squander money], jogar dinheiro [gamble money, risk money]
56) stake everything on a big try
Definition: (slang) go for broke
Spanish: apostar todo en un solo intento [bet everything on one solitary try]
Portuguese: apostar tudo ao mesmo tempo [bet everything at the same time]
57) such a big deal
Definition: a big deal, such an important deal, that big of a deal
Spanish: una gran cosa [a big thing], cosa del otro mundo [something from another world]
Portuguese: é grande coisa [it’s a big thing], é grande problema [it’s a big problem], é negócio grande [it’s a big deal]
58) such a big face
Definition: smacker
Spanish: semejante carota [such a scoundrel], semejante trompa [such a horn / trumpet / long face / pout]
Portuguese:
59) talk big
Definition: boat, brag, overdo it, exaggerate, tell tall stories
Spanish: hablar gordo [talk fat=, exagerar [exaggerate]
Portuguese: contar prosa [to tell prose, to boast (Brazil)]
60) that is a big spender
Definition: That is someone that spends a lot of money
Spanish: que gasta dinero a los raudales [that spends money in torrents / great quantities / at full flow]
Portuguese: torrar dinheiro [toast money, In Brazilian slang “torrar” means to sell off at a loss or to dissipate or misspend, giving us “to do big spending” or to misspend money]
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