cuello

/ˈkweʝo/, [ˈkwe.ʝo], /ˈkweʝo/, [ˈkwe.ʝo]

neck

Examples

Él me besó el cuello.

He kissed my neck.

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El collar me aprieta mucho el cuello.

The collar is too tight round my throat.

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Estoy hasta el cuello con el trabajo.

I'm snowed under with work.

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Estaba tan gordo que el cuello no le cerraba.

He got so stout that his collar did not meet.

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Esto está un poco muy apretado alrededor de mi cuello.

This is a bit too tight around my neck.

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Quita tus manos de mi cuello.

Take your hands off my neck.

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Me compré una chaqueta sin cuello.

I bought a jacket without a collar.

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Tom le besó en el cuello a María.

Tom kissed Mary on the neck.

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Tom está endeudado hasta el cuello.

Tom is up to his neck in debt.

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Me levanté hoy con dolor de cuello.

I got up today with a pain in my neck.

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El borracho me agarró del cuello y me insultó.

The drunken man grasped my collar and swore at me.

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La policía agarró al ladrón por el cuello.

The police seized the robber by the neck.

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La escasez de ingenieros es el mayor cuello de botella para el desarrollo de nuestra compañía.

The shortage of engineers is the greatest bottleneck to the development of our company.

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Me aprieta mucho este cuello.

This collar's too tight.

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Ocurre con la gente de mente pequeña lo mismo que con las botellas de cuello estrecho. Cuanto menos contiene, más ruido hacen al vaciarlas.

It is with narrow-souled people as with narrow necked bottles: the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring it out.

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La muchacha llevaba una larga bufanda alrededor de su cuello.

The girl had a long scarf around her neck.

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No juegues tu cuello por algo tan absurdo.

Don't risk your neck over something foolish.

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Cogí al gato por el cuello.

I seized the cat by the neck.

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Me torcí el cuello mientras dormía.

I sprained my neck while sleeping.

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Estoy hasta el cuello de trabajo.

I am up to my neck in work.

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