orejas de burro: meaning & examples
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Meanings:
- The ears of a donkey (literal anatomical meaning).
Examples
BetaLas orejas de burro son largas y peludas, ideales para proteger a estos animales del calor.
Donkey ears are long and furry, ideal for protecting these animals from the heat.
Durante la visita a la granja, los niños se sorprendieron al ver las orejas de burro tan grandes y móviles.
During the visit to the farm, the children were surprised to see the donkey's ears so large and mobile.
El veterinario examinó las orejas de burro para asegurarse de que no tuvieran infecciones ni parásitos.
The veterinarian examined the donkey's ears to make sure they didn't have infections or parasites.
En el museo de la naturaleza, había una exposición dedicada a las orejas de burro y su función en la anatomía animal.
At the natural history museum, there was an exhibit dedicated to donkey ears and their function in animal anatomy.
- A mark or device of humiliation or punishment (historically a head-mounted or wearable emblem) used to single out someone for poor performance or shame.
Examples
BetaEn la escuela antigua, los alumnos que no estudiaban bien recibían orejas de burro como símbolo de castigo.
In the old school, students who didn't study well received donkey ears as a symbol of punishment.
No quiero que me pongan orejas de burro en la reunión por no haber entregado el informe a tiempo.
I don't want to get donkey ears at the meeting for not submitting the report on time.
Aunque no cometió el error, terminó con las orejas de burro porque nadie quiso asumir la culpa.
Although he didn't make the mistake, he ended up with the donkey ears because no one wanted to take responsibility.
- A derogatory term used to call someone foolish, stupid, or ignorantly obstinate.
Examples
Beta¡Deja de hacer orejas de burro y escucha lo que te estoy diciendo, por favor!
Stop being so stubborn and listen to what I'm telling you, please!
Cuando le expliqué la situación, hizo orejas de burro y no quiso cambiar de opinión.
When I explained the situation, he was obstinate and didn't want to change his mind.
No seas orejas de burro; es mejor admitir que cometiste un error y aprender de él.
Don't be stubborn; it's better to admit you made a mistake and learn from it.
Examples:
- ES: -Seguro que me pondrían orejas de burro.EN: -I would have had the dunce cap.
- ES: Me habían crecido orejas de burro.EN: I had grown donkey's ears!
- ES: Me di cuenta de que mis orejas de burro había desaparecido de nuevo.EN: I noticed that my donkey ears had disappeared again.
- ES: - El sultán con orejas de burro.EN: - The Sultan with donkey's ears!
- ES: Son orejas de burro.EN: It's grass.
- ES: - O te daremos las orejas de burro.EN: - You're gonna get a dunce cap.
- ES: Has oído hablar de las orejas de burro, ¿verdad?EN: You've heard of a dunce cap, haven't you?
- ES: Te quedas en el rincón con tus orejas de burro.EN: Stand in the corner with a dunce cap.
- ES: para que algo se rompiera, se alterara, se deshiciera, y apareciera a plena luz esta verdad decepcionante, triste y ridícula como unas orejas de burro.EN: a pink plastic bowl filled with blackish water in which six socks were floating, this was all it took for something to snap, to turn bad, to come undone, and for the truth to appear in the bright light of day, as sad and ridiculous as a dunce's cap.
- ES: Creo que tiene orejas de burro.EN: I hear he's got huge ears.
- ES: Es" bar mitzvah," orejas de burro.EN: It's "bar mitzvah," dunce cap.
- ES: Señor ministro, señoras y señores, recibo la alta distinción que hoy me entregan sin estar preparado. A modo de distinción, solo recuerdo las orejas de burro que los profesores me ponían, pues era muy mal alumno.EN: Minister, ladies and gentlemen, my dear friends, this honour that you are bestowing on me was unimaginable to me in my youth, when the only honour I knew was the dunce's cap which the teachers placed on my idiotic head.
- ES: Me pongo orejas de burro , Manny .EN: Friends? Girls are hard to be friends with their ex-boyfriends.
- ES: ¡Son dos orejas de burro!EN: These are two genuine ass's ears.
- ES: Shakespeare también tuvo gente brotandole orejas de burro, y hadas de madera corriendo por sus bosques.EN: Shakespeare also had people sprouting donkey ears, and wood fairies running through his forests.
- ES: Podríamos llevar orejas de burro.EN: Yep, we could be the town dunces.
- ES: ¡Infeliz con orejas de burro, cara de perro... hijo de un desorbitado...!EN: You mule-eared, dog-faced... son of a pop-eyed-
- ES: - Mereces las orejas de burro.EN: -Put on the dunce cap.
- ES: -Bien, gracias. -Mejor que estudies... o el Capitán te parará en un rincón con orejas de burro.EN: -Hey, you better study good or the Skipper'll put you in a corner with a dunce cap.
- ES: ¿Cómo es que ponen huevos las orejas de burro?EN: How did the donkey's ear lay an egg?
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