boca a boca — meaning & examples

Language: es

Meanings:

  • 1.

    SpainLatin Americaneutralcolloquial
    • By word of mouth; transmitted orally from person to person rather than in writing or by official channels.
    • Information, stories, or recommendations that spread informally among people.

    Examples

    Beta
    • La información sobre el concierto se difundió boca a boca y en pocos días estaba todo vendido.

      Information about the concert spread by word of mouth and in a few days everything was sold out.

    • No necesitamos un anuncio formal; esto se está corriendo boca a boca entre los vecinos.

      We don’t need a formal announcement; this is spreading by word of mouth among the neighbors.

    • Las recomendaciones para ese restaurante llegaron boca a boca, y ahora es muy popular.

      Recommendations for that restaurant came by word of mouth, and now it's very popular.

  • 2.

    International (Spanish)medicalneutral
    • Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation: a method of artificial respiration in which a rescuer blows air from their mouth into the mouth of a person who has stopped breathing in order to restore breathing and circulation.

    Examples

    Beta
    • El instructor explicó cómo realizar la respiración boca a boca en caso de emergencia.

      The instructor explained how to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in case of emergency.

    • Cuando el niño dejó de respirar, su padre le hizo boca a boca hasta que llegó la ambulancia.

      When the child stopped breathing, his father gave him mouth-to-mouth until the ambulance arrived.

    • Durante el curso de primeros auxilios, aprendimos la técnica correcta para el boca a boca.

      During the first aid course, we learned the correct technique for mouth-to-mouth.

    • No se debe aplicar boca a boca si la víctima tiene una lesión en la boca o cuello.

      Mouth-to-mouth should not be applied if the victim has an injury to the mouth or neck.

Examples:

  • ES: Al menos ellos me dieron respiración boca a boca.
    EN: At least they gave me mouth-to-mouth...
  • ES: A ningún salvavidas le molestará hacerle respiración boca a boca.
    EN: Bet some lifesaver wouldn't mind giving her the kiss of life.
  • ES: Simplemente no dependa de mí para la reanimación boca a boca.
    EN: Just don't depend on me for mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
  • ES: Nadie conoce a los autores de estos cantos, pero pasan de boca a boca, de casa en casa, de poblado en poblado, de villa a villa, de colonia en colonia.
    EN: Our film has been made out of three such songs from the Soviet East.
  • ES: O quizás por el boca a boca.
    EN: Or, perhaps, one child tells another.
  • ES: Y todo ese boca a boca me tiene etiquetado como el Jefe.
    EN: And all the grapevine talk has ME tagged as the boss.
  • ES: La respiración boca a boca.
    EN: Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
  • ES: Salvé a un niño de ahogarse, respiración boca a boca.
    EN: I saved a boy from drowning, mouth-to-mouth respiration.
  • ES: - Solo el boca a boca.
    EN: -Only mouth-to-mouth.
  • ES: -Es inmunda. -Respiración boca a boca.
    EN: - She was disgusting.
  • ES: ¿Alguien sabe hacer el boca a boca?
    EN: - Can anyone do artificial respiration?
  • ES: ¿Respiración boca a boca?
    EN: Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation?
  • ES: Usted trató de darme La respiración artificial de boca a boca.
    EN: The offer still holds. Hmm, I'll keep it in mind.
  • ES: No me importa si le hace resucitación boca a boca.
    EN: I don't care if you're giving it mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
  • ES: Lo que sea, excepto respiración boca a boca.
    EN: I'll do anything but mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. ( moans )
  • ES: Hay que hacerle el boca a boca.
    EN: We're going to do mouth-to-mouth.
  • ES: Hazle la respiración boca a boca...
    EN: Why don't you give him a mouth-to-mouth?
  • ES: El te devolvió a la vida y te hizo respiración boca a boca.
    EN: - And he took you in his hands, and he breathed life into your mouth.
  • ES: Fred es un experto en respiración artificial. Sobre todo, boca a boca.
    EN: Fred's an expert at artificial respiration, especially mouth-to-mouth.
  • ES: No hay ninguna. Se me ordenó contar todo de boca a boca.
    EN: I was ordered to relate everything by word of mouth.

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