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"licking" in Spanish
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"licking" in Spanish
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his father gave him a good licking
el padre le dio una buena paliza
his father gave him a good licking
el padre le dio una buena paliza
to wound lick
lamer las heridas
to lick at sth
lamer algo
We say in Spanish that 'more is gained by licking than by biting' , and this is also true in the economic field.
Como decimos en español, "se gana más lamiendo que mordiendo", y esto también es verdad en el campo económico.
to lick(also: to clean up)
to lick(also: to trounce, to whip, to beat up, to beat up on)
he took a big lick of the ice cream
le dio un lengüetazo al helado
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Context examples for "licking" in Spanish(!) These sentences come from external sources & may not be accurate. Therefore, we are not responsible for their content.
his father gave him a good licking
el padre le dio una buena paliza
it was licking its coat
se daba lengüetazos en el pelaje
it was licking the wound
se lengüeteaba la herida
(DA) Mr President, for some reason, reading the Commission's communication on the Arctic makes me think of a cat licking its lips at the prospect of a saucer of cream.
(DA) Señor Presidente, por algún motivo, la lectura de la Comunicación de la Comisión me hace pensar en un gato relamiéndose ante un plato de leche.
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