Spanish Dictionary: translation of hair

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hair (hâr)

s.

(on body, animals) pelo
(on a person's head) pelo, cabello
(on legs) vello
(on horses) cerda
botánica vello, pelusa
figurado (narrow margin) pelo, tris m.
to escape by a hair salvarse por un pelo

expresiones idiomáticas:
gray o white hair

canas

head of hair

pelo, cabellera

not to touch a hair on someone's head

no tocarle ni una uña a alguien

to comb one's hair

peinarse

to get in someone's hair

tener a alguien hasta la coronilla

to let one's hair down

soltarse el pelo, echar una cana al aire

to make one's hair stand on end

ponerle a uno los pelos de punta

to tear one's hair out

tirarse de los pelos

to split hairs

hilar demasiado fino

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