beard

barba

Pelo que crece en la barbilla y las mejillas de una persona.

En inglés sencillo: Hair growing on a person’s chin and cheeks.

• He has a short beard.
• My father grew a beard last winter.
• Do you prefer him with or without a beard?

Sinónimos: facial hair

Expresiones frecuentes: grow a beard, long beard, trim a beard, thick beard

barba

Mechón de pelo que cuelga debajo de la barbilla de un animal.

En inglés sencillo: A hanging bunch of hair below an animal’s chin.

• The goat has a white beard.
• Its beard moved as it chewed the grass.
• Both goats had long beards.

Expresiones frecuentes: goat beard, long beard, white beard

pareja de tapadera

Persona que finge ser la pareja de alguien para ocultar que esa persona es homosexual.

En inglés sencillo: A pretend partner who helps hide that someone is gay.

• She agreed to be his beard.
• He brought a beard to the family wedding.
• They dated publicly, but she was only his beard.

Expresiones frecuentes: act as someone’s beard, be someone’s beard

arista

Partes largas, finas y rígidas que sobresalen de ciertas plantas, especialmente de los cereales.

En inglés sencillo: Long, thin, stiff parts that grow from some plants, especially grains.

• Each barley seed has a long beard.
• The plant’s beard caught on my sleeve.
• These grasses have fine beards.

Sinónimos: awn

Expresiones frecuentes: barley beard, beard of wheat

desafiar, enfrentarse a

Enfrentarse con valentía a una persona poderosa o peligrosa y desafiarla.

En inglés sencillo: To face and challenge a powerful or dangerous person bravely.

• Few dared to beard the king.
• She bearded the governor in his own office.
• He was famous for bearding powerful men.

Cómo se usa: beard someone (The young lawyer dared to beard the judge.)

Sinónimos: confront, challenge, defy

Expresiones frecuentes: beard someone, beard the king