under the table

debajo de la mesa

En el espacio entre la superficie de una mesa y el suelo.

En inglés sencillo: Below a table, in the space between its top and the floor.

• The cat is under the table.
• I found my keys under the table.
• Why are your shoes under the table?

Sinónimos: beneath the table

Expresiones frecuentes: hide under the table, look under the table

por debajo de la mesa, en negro

Pagando o haciendo negocios de forma oculta, a menudo para evitar normas o impuestos.

En inglés sencillo: If you pay or do business this way, you keep it secret, often to avoid rules or taxes.

• He paid me under the table.
• The workers received cash under the table.
• Did the official accept money under the table?

Sinónimos: secretly, unofficially

Antónimos: openly

Expresiones frecuentes: pay under the table, under the table dealings

clandestino, extraoficial

Describe un pago o acuerdo mantenido en secreto, a menudo porque incumple las normas.

En inglés sencillo: A payment or agreement described this way is kept secret, often because it breaks rules.

• It was an under the table deal.
• The company offered an under the table payment.
• They rejected the under the table arrangement.

Sinónimos: secret, unofficial, covert

Antónimos: open

Expresiones frecuentes: under the table payment, under the table deal

muy borracho, como una cuba

Tan borracho que no puede comportarse con normalidad o mantenerse despierto.

En inglés sencillo: You have drunk so much alcohol that you cannot behave normally or stay awake.

• By midnight, he was under the table.
• His brother drank him under the table.
• You cannot drink everyone under the table and expect to feel well.

Cómo se usa: drink someone under the table (She could drink all her friends under the table.)

Sinónimos: very drunk, wasted

Antónimos: sober

Expresiones frecuentes: drink under the table, already under the table

muerto de aburrimiento, aturdido

Tan aburrido o mentalmente abrumado que no puede prestar atención ni pensar con claridad.

En inglés sencillo: You become too bored or mentally overwhelmed to pay attention or think clearly.

• That lecture bored me under the table.
• Her endless statistics bored everyone under the table.
• Another hour of speeches would bore us under the table.

Cómo se usa: bore someone under the table (His endless stories bored us under the table.)

Sinónimos: bored stiff, dazed

Expresiones frecuentes: bore under the table, under the table already