prairie chicken en el Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Traducciones de prairie chicken en el diccionario inglés»español

prairie chicken SUST.

prairie chicken

tipo de urogallo de América del Norte

Traducciones de prairie chicken en el diccionario inglés»español

prairie [ingl. am. ˈprɛri, ingl. brit. ˈprɛːri] SUST. C or U

prairie

pradera f

prairie

llanura f

the prairie(s) (in US)

la Pradera

I.chicken [ingl. am. ˈtʃɪkən, ingl. brit. ˈtʃɪkɪn] SUST.

1. chicken C ZOOL.:

chicken

pollo m

she's no (spring) chicken

no es ninguna niña or nena

to play chicken

jugar a ver quién es más gallito

don't count your chickens (before they're hatched)

no hay que vender la piel del oso (antes de cazarlo)

he's already counting his chickens provb.

está como la lechera del cuento

2. chicken U GASTR.:

chicken

pollo m

chicken (hen)

gallina f

chicken liver

hígado m de pollo

II.chicken [ingl. am. ˈtʃɪkən, ingl. brit. ˈtʃɪkɪn] ADJ. coloq., child language pred

chicken

gallina coloq.

chicken

miedoso

Véase también: roost

I.roost [ingl. am. rust, ingl. brit. ruːst] SUST.

roost

percha f

roost

palo m

to rule the roost

llevar la batuta

to rule the roost

dirigir el cotarro Esp. coloq.

II.roost [ingl. am. rust, ingl. brit. ruːst] V. intr.

roost

posarse (para pasar la noche)

to come home to roost her extravagance is really coming home to roost

ahora sí que está pagando las consecuencias de su despilfarro

they've neglected the problem for years and now the chickens are coming home to roost

llevan años sin ocuparse del problema y ahora están pagando las consecuencias

prairie chicken en el diccionario PONS

Traducciones de prairie chicken en el diccionario inglés»español

prairie [ˈpreəri, ingl. am. ˈpreri] SUST.

prairie

pradera f

chicken [ˈtʃɪkɪn] SUST.

1. chicken (farm bird):

chicken

pollo(-a) m (f)

2. chicken sin pl. (meat):

chicken

carne f de pollo

fried/roasted chicken

pollo frito/asado

grilled chicken

pollo a la brasa

3. chicken coloq. (person):

chicken

gallina m

chicken

rajado m

chicken

rajón(-ona) m (f) Cuba, Méx.

locuciones, giros idiomáticos:

it's a chicken and egg situation

es como lo del huevo y la gallina

to not be a (spring) chicken

ya no ser ningún crío

Ejemplos monolingües (no verificados por la redacción de PONS)

inglés

The pheasant eggs hatch first; this causes the prairie chickens to leave the nest thinking that the young have hatched.

en.wikipedia.org

The prairie chicken population has been wiped out in the area by coyotes, he said.

www.winnipegfreepress.com

For the male prairie chickens, it's all about wooing a female.

www.startribune.com

The lek is often closed due to the decline of the prairie chicken population.

en.wikipedia.org

Vyn's images capture the showy mating rituals of the greater prairie chicken, the greater sage grouse and the ruddy duck.

www.kitsapsun.com

I had asked him what he thought he learned from his time in the military before he told me of the strange prairie chicken incident.

globalnews.ca

They developed and initiated a management plan based on their observation that the prairie chicken required a checkerboard pattern of habitat.

en.wikipedia.org

The prairie chickens begin their springtime dance.

www.startribune.com

They can tolerate agricultural land mixed with prairie, but fewer prairie chickens are found in areas that are more agricultural.

en.wikipedia.org

He was short on meat for a barbecue, so he went out to hunt one prairie chicken.

thestarphoenix.com