de narices: meaning & examples
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Meanings:
- An informal intensifier meaning 'completely' or 'absolutely'; used to emphasize degree.
Examples
BetaEstoy de narices cansado después de trabajar todo el día sin descanso.
I am absolutely exhausted after working all day without rest.
La fiesta estuvo de narices divertida, todos bailaron hasta la madrugada.
The party was incredibly fun, everyone danced until dawn.
Si quieres aprobar el examen, tienes que estudiar de narices y sin distracciones.
If you want to pass the exam, you have to study completely and without distractions.
- Used in constructions such as 'dar de narices con' to mean 'to come up against' or 'to encounter unexpectedly' (literally 'to bump into/meet face to face').
Examples
BetaMe di de narices con la puerta al llegar y me asusté un poco.
I bumped face to face with the door when I arrived and got a little scared.
Ellos dieron de narices con un problema inesperado durante la expedición.
They came up against an unexpected problem during the expedition.
Cuando salí a la calle, di de narices con un viejo amigo que no veía hacía años.
When I went out on the street, I ran into an old friend I hadn't seen for years.
La empresa dio de narices con la competencia y perdió muchos clientes.
The company ran headlong into the competition and lost many clients.
- Found in set phrases like 'quedar con un palmo de narices' meaning 'to be left disappointed, thwarted, or humiliated.'
Examples
BetaDespués de tanto esfuerzo, quedé con un palmo de narices cuando cancelaron el proyecto.
After so much effort, I was left disappointed when the project was cancelled.
Los aficionados quedaron con un palmo de narices al ver que el partido fue suspendido.
The fans were left frustrated when they saw the match was suspended.
Me quedé con un palmo de narices al descubrir que no podía asistir al concierto.
I was left disappointed to find out I couldn't attend the concert.
Examples:
- ES: Belmonte le dejará con un palmo de narices.EN: Just get himself in a lot of hot water and Belmonte will thumb his nose at him.
- ES: Tienes un par de narices.EN: You have a lot of nerve.
- ES: No sé, pero a veces pago cuentas de narices.EN: I don't know, but I very often pay through the nose.
- ES: Nada me ha hecho más feliz que ver cómo tu vanidad se desmorona poco a poco y verte humillado hasta caerte y darte de narices.EN: Nothing made me happier than to see all those cute little pranks of yours... finally catch up with you and land you on your celebrated face.
- ES: Justo cuando iba a tenerlo todo resuelto, desaparece y nos deja con dos palmos de narices.EN: Just when I get the whole thing figured out, it goes and gets itself all balled up again.
- ES: Lo esperamos toda la noche y nos deja con un palmo de narices.EN: We wait up all night and then he gives us the brush.
- ES: Cualquier chica que se quiere suicidar porque un hombre casado la ha dejado plantada con un palmo de narices no es la mujer ideal para mantener una relación. ¡Ni siquiera con mi hermano!EN: And every girl who tries to commit suicide ... because the married man refused to pay her expenses so he's trying to figure it out, it's hardly an ideal opportunity, even for my brother.
- ES: Allí estaba yo a un palmo... de narices...!EN: Before I knew it, there I was...
- ES: Si Bert se va a caer de narices, tal vez sea mejor dejarlo.EN: If Bert is gonna fall on his face, maybe we just better let him.
- ES: Kramer, estoy en un lío de narices.EN: Listen, Kramer, I'm hangin' here by a shoelace.
- ES: , de narices con la pasma.EN: Right into a big copper.
- ES: Tiene una insolación de narices.EN: He's got a nasty sunburn.
- ES: Un par de narices rotas y un hombro dislocado.EN: A couple of busted noses and a bashed shoulder.
- ES: Estoy en un lío de tres pares de narices.EN: I'm jammed between a rock and a rough place.
- ES: Al final, siempre acaba una con un palmo de narices chinas.EN: Then, in the end, you wind up with egg foo yung on your face.
- ES: Iba a ponerlo en guardia, y nosotros quedaríamos con un palmo de narices.EN: That'll put him on his guard,and we get there the cupboard is bare
- ES: Bueno, ¿qué quieres que te diga? La verdad, no entiendo cómo después de tanto alboroto hemos ido a dar de narices con el jefe de personal.EN: It's seems incredible to end up in front of the personnel manager.
- ES: - Uno sucio de narices.EN: Bloody dirty one.
- ES: - Una hora más tarde... me he quedado con un palmo de narices.EN: We've been had, dammit!
- ES: Una colección de narices.EN: A collection of brand new noses.
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