Translation of mouth in Spanish:
mouth
boca, n.
See Spanish definition of boca
nounplural mouths
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1.1(of person, animal)
boca feminineshe kissed him on the mouth — le dio un beso en la boca- her mouth fell open in amazement — se quedó boquiabierta / con la boca abierta (del asombro)
- to open one's mouth — abrir la boca
- he didn't open his mouth all evening — no abrió la boca en toda la noche
- open your mouth wide — abra bien la boca
- to shoot off at the mouth — decir disparates
- As he looked right at me, cigarette teetering on his lower lip with his mouth slightly open, he didn't flinch.
- He lowered his mouth to her shoulder blade, running his lips lightly over the skin.
- You can tickle your baby's chin or lower lip so the baby will open its mouth.
- I yawned widely, and covered my open mouth with my hand.
- Exerting an absurd amount of force, I clamped my gaping mouth closed.
- She gasped, her skin paled as she covered her gaping mouth and she backed away.
- Her wide mouth was twisted into a sneering frown.
- Her rosebud mouth curved gently into a smile.
- The corners of the other boy's mouth twitched up.
- His mother's mouth twitched in annoyance at the mention of the name.
- The girl's mouth dropped slightly, as she recognized him.
- Kate shouted as she covered the young woman's mouth with a gloved hand.
- Brittany patted her mouth with her napkin and laid it neatly on her lap.
- That person was peering up at her from the first bench and her tiny mouth was set in a hard straight line.
- One, taken in 1874 from slightly above, is of Ned unshaven, with thin mouth, narrow eyes, and the pinch of poverty.
- Suddenly her petal pink mouth was on mine and I was in heaven.
- He stared at me with his darkly speculative eyes and down-turned mouth.
- He downed the rest of the wine and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.
- She tried to scream but the hand over her mouth contained a cloth, which seemed to muffle the noise.
- Cindy wiped her mouth with a napkin and slid her empty plate away from her.
- her mouth fell open in amazement — se quedó boquiabierta / con la boca abierta (del asombro)
1.2 informal (insolence)
impertinencia femininethat's enough mouth from you! — ¡no seas impertinente!- I am surprised you never came to visit me at my gym when you were training in Las Vegas since you have so much mouth when it comes to me.
- ‘He's got a lot of mouth,’ said Miranda.
- She had a bit too much mouth and not enough brain.
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(of bottle) boca feminine(of tunnel, cave) entrada feminine(of river) desembocadura feminine- The Shrine is within a massive cave, the mouth of which is about 150 ft wide.
- He sees a movement up there, on the slope, near the mouth of the cave.
- On the opposite bank, just 30 ft from the river and six feet above its normal level, is the wide mouth of the cave.
- Nothing could be found and the party were on the point of giving up when a soldier spotted soap suds in the sea near the mouth of a cave.
- We then walked a few kilometres to the mouth of a small cave, which, as I was to find out, went deep into the mountain.
- During the night, a number of spiders came and wove their webs all across the mouth of the cave.
- A plastic foam trapdoor covered the mouth of the narrow hole.
- He pointed to the dark mouth of another underwater cave.
- The party arrived at the mouth of the cave, and Adrian explained the mission.
- The frail man simply shook his head and headed for the mouth of the cave.
- Everything was packed, save for her blankets, and the others were gathered at the mouth of the cave.
- The cave mouth was high up on the cliff face.
- The plastic screen Ian had constructed across the mouth of the cave wasn't enough to keep the dust out.
- The cave is fully 60 feet deep and there are a couple of routes that climb up and around the mouth of this cave.
- When we got to the cave mouth, I got this uncanny feeling like I'd been there before.
- Close to the cave mouth, portable generators can be used to power electric lights.
- There was a stone bridge curving over the creek leading to a wide mouth of a small cave.
- The clouds parted and the party emerged from the mouth of the small cave.
- In the old days a man would have sent a gun boat, shown them the glint of cold steel, perhaps blown a few from the mouth of a cannon as an example to the rest.
- Better results could be obtained by clamping them to the mouths of cannon, and blowing them to pieces.
- It fits the mouth of the container and is locked tightly.
- The other uncorks a bottle of chilled beer, and after cleaning the mouth of the bottle with her tongue, she places the beer in my hand.
- From the mouths of the bottles, big drops of water pop up in time to a complex, computer-controlled, choreographed program.
- But she just blows them a kiss and licks the froth from the mouth of the bottle.
- Ben pulled the cork from the mouth of the bottle and leaned forward to help Will drink.
- Madeleine noticed a few of the red drops on the cream carpet near the mouth of the bottle.
- She put her lips apprehensively to the mouth of the bottle, and took a large gulp.
- Glasses with a wide bowl that tapers toward the mouth will allow the aroma of the wine to be released generously.
- The local governor was asked by the French commander if it would be allowed to fire a salute as it entered the mouth of the river.
- Anglers in South Africa still target sharks, especially off the long beaches facing the Indian Ocean and in river mouths and estuaries after heavy rain.
- Fish farmers are also under fire over siting farms close to river mouths.
- Pilots are qualified professionals who know the river well enough to guide ships through the dangerous sand banks around the mouth of the river.
- Villages were usually close to the sea and the mouth of a river.
- Columbia was named after a sailing vessel that operated out of Boston in 1792 and explored the mouth of the Columbia River.
- One late afternoon at low tide a hundred big sharks passed the beach near the mouth of a tidal river in a feeding frenzy.
- In a separate incident, a teenager had to be rescued from mud flats at the mouth of the River Wyre.
- As silt increasingly built up at the river mouth, large ships had to anchor further and further out at sea.
- A local man says that there is a small village named Adventure near the mouth of a river.
- Belfast sits at the mouth of the river Lagan and is encircled by green rolling hills.
- The mouth of the river dumps into Moreton Bay and the Pacific Ocean in northeastern Australia.
- The coastal boundary cuts across the mouths of all rivers and streams.
- In winter, the Mew Gull inhabits coastal waters, and is commonly found in estuaries, river mouths, and freshwater ponds close to the shore.
- Already by 1760 some upriver communities were calling on the Nova Scotia government to restrict net fishing at the mouths of rivers.
- Numerous little port towns grew up at river mouths.
- River mouths are dangerous places.
- Eleven days later the main party reached the mouth of the Yellowstone River and camped there.
- New Orleans is a city built on silt and drained marshland, positioned at the mouth of the Mississippi River.
- Round the headland a pair of towers safeguard a river mouth curling into a distant and indistinct sea.
transitive verb
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(silently)it's him, she mouthed — —es él —me/le dijo articulando para que le leyera los labios- His lips began moving rapidly, mouthing the words to a prayer.
- Some mouthed silent words of thanksgiving while others joyfully praised the God of creation.
- Mel mouthed the word ‘FAREWELL’ to him as she waved.
- She'd sat quietly as her father drove her to the hospital, wringing her hands in her lap and mouthing silent prayers for Mark.
- Tess mouthed silent thanks and blinked back tears.
- He raises his palms skyward and mouths a silent prayer.
- Settling into a plastic chair, he became engrossed, silently mouthing the words as he read.
- He stood expressionless in the dock, shaking his head and mouthing the word ‘no’ when asked if he had anything to say.
- As Erik stood up, Maria silently mouthed the words ‘I'm sorry’ to him.
- She mouths the word as if she can't bring herself to say it aloud.
- I can remember her looking at me and mouthing the words ‘I don't want to die’.
- Then before he was led out of the courtroom, he sneered at the media and mouthed the words ‘go home‘.
- My eyes moved to his lips which were silently mouthing the words to the song.
- Luke shook his head and silently mouthed the word ‘no’.
- He nodded when he heard her and mouthed back an ‘Alright’.
- He mouthed an obscenity as he was led away.
- I clambered back on stage, mouthing What the hell?
- Quickly Matt mouthed a silent thank you to Kiara, who nodded in acceptance.
- Maddy mouthed a thank you to her friend as they left and she nodded back.
- With a labored breath, his pale, chapped lips mouthed her name.
2 derogatory
(say)decirto mouth platitudes — decir lugares comunes- mouthing their prayers without understanding — recitando sus oraciones sin entender
- Now she mouths all the normal platitudes about how the Real Message of the Gospel is Social Justice.
- The environment minister is being condemned for mouthing politically correct platitudes.
- Instead of mouthing platitudes about creating just and lasting settlements, we must turn the financial screws on both parties to make them see sense.
- When he says he expects to win, he will likely be speaking out of sincere conviction, not simply mouthing platitudes like many other candidates.
- The company quickly reverted to the more standard practice of mouthing platitudes instead of the bald-faced truth.
- She said that people should be wary of mouthing platitudes.
- Realistic promotion of abstinence is not the mere mouthing of platitudes such as ‘Just say ‘No’!’
- Repent, they admonish, and come back to signing agreements and mouthing platitudes.
- The guy is just sitting on his hands, while mouthing platitudes.
- Both of them are currently mouthing the proper platitudes.
- They shriek, they mouth inanities in the commentary box and on the stands.
- But such actors cannot be expected to mouth Marxist slogans convincingly.
- They mouth slogans and psychobabble.
- They were content to mouth the slogans and go through the motions.
- He is merely mouthing an administrator's script.
- I, in turn, pointed at myself and just as clearly mouthed out my name, ‘Lani’.
- Emily mouthed the words carefully as she faced him. ‘Thank you so much, Mr. Smith.’
- His teacher was mouthing each letter sound and having him repeat sequences.
- By the end of the lesson students are carefully mouthing the correct English pronunciation.
- mouthing their prayers without understanding — recitando sus oraciones sin entender
intransitive verb
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mover los labios