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"rapapolvo" in English
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"rapapolvo" in English
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rapapolvo(also: reprimenda, reto)
Sin embargo, es evidente que no podemos quedarnos aquí y afirmar que ha sido culpa de la Comisión y echarle a la institución un pequeño rapapolvos.
However, we most certainly cannot stand here and say that it was the Commission's fault and then just give the institution a bit of a dressing-down.
echarle un rapapolvo a algn
to give sb a wigging
rapapolvo(also: reprimenda, regañada, luma, raspacachos)
Muchas gracias, señora Comisaria, por su clara exposición y por este rapapolvo a nuestros gobiernos.
Many thanks, Madam Commissioner, for your clear presentation and for telling off our governments.
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Muchas gracias, señora Comisaria, por su clara exposición y por este rapapolvo a nuestros gobiernos.
Many thanks, Madam Commissioner, for your clear presentation and for telling off our governments.
mi madre me echó un rapapolvo
my mother gave me an earful
me echó un rapapolvo
she tore me off a strip
No podemos hacer una carrera por los últimos puestos de la cola porque los Estados miembros se escabullen para no atraer inversiones extranjeras por miedo a un rapapolvo de Bruselas.
It is also true that focusing on the economic agenda does not mean that we are downgrading other agendas, be this the environment or the social agenda.
No podemos hacer una carrera por los últimos puestos de la cola porque los Estados miembros se escabullen para no atraer inversiones extranjeras por miedo a un rapapolvo de Bruselas.
We cannot have a race to the back of the queue as Member States scurry to avoid attracting outside investment for fear of getting a rap on the knuckles from Brussels.
Señor Presidente, la Unión Europea es diestra en influir en los países poniéndoles una zanahoria delante de las narices, pero a veces un rapapolvo educativo también obra maravillas.
Mr President, the European Union is good at influencing countries by dangling a carrot in front of them, but sometimes an educational rap on the knuckles does wonders too.
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