What does chaperona in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word chaperona in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use chaperona in Spanish.

The word chaperona in Spanish means dueña, chaperona, chaperón, chaperona, hacer de carabina, ir de sujetavelas, carabina. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word chaperona

dueña

noun (female chaperone) (arcaico)

(nombre femenino: Sustantivo de género exclusivamente femenino, que lleva los artículos la o una en singular, y las o unas en plural. Exemplos: la mesa, una tabla.)

chaperona

noun (biology: type of protein)

(nombre femenino: Sustantivo de género exclusivamente femenino, que lleva los artículos la o una en singular, y las o unas en plural. Exemplos: la mesa, una tabla.)
Chaperones assist with protein folding.

chaperón, chaperona

noun (young woman's moral guardian)

(nombre masculino, nombre femenino: Sustantivo que varía en género. Se usa el artículo masculino (el, un) o femenino (la, una) según el caso. Ejemplos: el alumno, la alumna; un doctor, una doctora.)
Back then, young women could not meet their beaus without a chaperone.
En otras épocas, las jóvenes no podían encontrarse con sus pretendientes sin una chaperona.

hacer de carabina, ir de sujetavelas

(UK, figurative, informal (be unwanted extra person) (ES: coloquial)

(locución verbal: Unidad léxica estable formada de dos o más palabras que funciona como verbo ("sacar fuerzas de flaqueza", "acusar recibo").)
Lisa did not want to play gooseberry on another couple's date.

carabina

noun (UK, informal, figurative (unwanted extra person) (ES: coloquial)

(nombre femenino: Sustantivo de género exclusivamente femenino, que lleva los artículos la o una en singular, y las o unas en plural. Exemplos: la mesa, una tabla.)
When his sister and her boyfriend went to the cinema, Freddie was always the gooseberry, tagging along behind them.
Cuando su hermana y su novio iban al cine, Freddie siempre hacía de carabina y los acompañaba.

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