Meanings (ES + gloss)
azor • gavilán • halcón
A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.
He made his hawke to fly, With hogeous showte and cry.
It is illegal to hunt hawks or other raptors in many parts of the world.
halcón
An advocate of aggressive political positions and actions.
A hawk by nature, Ellenborough strongly favoured presenting St Petersburg with an ultimatum warning that any further incursions into Persia would be regarded as a hostile act.
“Everybody knows who were the hawks and who were the doves,” Bundy told the ExComm on the morning of October 28, after Khrushchev announced that he was withdrawing his missiles. “T…
Phrases
African harrier-hawkBerigora hawkHawk-EyeHawkeryHawkwingWhitehawkballhawkbetween hawk and buzzardblue hen-hawkblue marsh hawkbudget hawkchangeable hawk-eaglechickenhawkcicada hawkclimate hawkcommon hawk-cuckoocrested hawk-eaglecuckoo-hawkdorhawkduck-hawkduskhawkeagle-hawkeaglehawkfish-hawkfishhawkflyhawkgrasshawkgreen marsh hawkgunhawkharrier-hawkhave eyes like a hawkhawk eaglehawk eyehawk flyhawk moth, hawk-moth, hawkmothhawk nose, hawk-nose, hawknosehawk of the fisthawk of the lurehawk of the seahawk of the soar
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
pregonar
To sell; to offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle.
His works were hawked in every street.
The vendors were hawking their wares from little tables lining either side of the market square.
Meanings (ES + gloss)
expectorar
To expectorate, to cough up (something, such as mucus) from one's throat; to produce (something) by coughing or clearing one's throat.
He hawked up, with incredible straining, the interjection ah!
to hawk a loogie