halcón

/alˈkon/, [alˈkõn]

falcon, hawk


Noun halcón m (plural halcones)

  1. falcon (diurnal bird of prey in Falconidae and especially in Falco)
  2. (slang, Mexico) spotter employed by drug dealers to keep watch on the street
  3. (politics) hawk, hardliner (firm, uncompromising advocate of aggressive political positions)

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • El halcón tiene ojos agudos.

    The hawk has piercing eyes.

  • El halcón tiene ojos penetrantes.

    The hawk has piercing eyes.

  • Tom ha estado observando a Mary como un halcón toda la mañana.

    Tom has been watching Mary like a hawk all morning.

  • Puede que Betty sea guapa, pero dispara una pistola con la precisión de un halcón.

    Betty may be pretty, but she shoots a gun with the precision of a hawk.

  • El pájaro era de la mitad del porte de un halcón.

    The bird was half the size of a hawk.


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