CUCKOO
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Example

At dawn, a cuckoo called from the woods behind us.

Al amanecer, un cuco llamó desde el bosque detrás nuestro.

Definition

A bird of the family Cuculidae, noted for brood parasitism

  • Especially the common cuckoo with a two-note call

Ave de la familia Cuculidae, famosa por el parasitismo de cría

  • Especialmente el cuco común con canto de dos notas

The characteristic two-note call of that bird

El característico canto de dos notas de ese ave

The small bird figure that pops from a cuckoo clock

  • By extension, a cuckoo clock

La pequeña figura de ave que sale del reloj de cuco

  • Por extensión, un reloj de cuco

A person who installs themselves where they do not belong

Persona que se instala donde no le corresponde

A crazy or foolish person

Persona loca o chiflada

To make the call of a cuckoo

  • To repeat something incessantly
  • To take over a vulnerable person’s home for criminal use (UK)

Emitir el canto del cuco

  • Repetir algo sin parar
  • Ocupar la casa de un vulnerable para delinquir (Reino Unido)

Crazy; not sane

Loco; no cuerdo