Spanish Word: la tapa
English Translation: lid, snack, tapa, cover or sleeve or a book, sleeve or cover such as one used for a computer disc, top of a bottle or similar item
Translated sentences containing 'la tapa'
Para ver el motor tienes que levantar la tapa del capot del coche
For seeing the motor you have to lift the car bonnet
Señor Presidente, señor Comisario, antes de los entrantes sirven a menudo una tapa.
Mr President, Commissioner, before the starter, there is often an .
La tapa aún se encuentra en su sitio, pero el vapor se puede escapar de un momento a otro.
The lid is still on the pan, but the moment when all the steam could escape is imminent.
Los franceses la mataron, los neerlandeses la metieron en el ataúd y ahora ya se ha cerrado la tapa.
The French killed it, the Dutch put it in the coffin and now the lid is on.
Se debe a que los depósitos de combustible no tienen tapa o, si la tienen, se trata de tapas que no encajan bien.
It is because of missing caps or ill-fitting caps on fuel tanks.
El reglamento de este Parlamento no prevé una declaración de este tipo y con ello creo que este Parlamento se tapa la boca.
However, the Rules of Procedure make no provision for statements of this kind, which sometimes means that the House is simply gagging itself, I believe.
Por eso la segunda enmienda se ocupa de toda la cuestión de las tapas que no encajan bien y, a veces, de la falta de tapa.
Therefore, the second amendment tackles this whole question of the ill-fitting caps and, sometimes, no caps at all.
Nos enfrentamos a una situación en la que se está pidiendo al Parlamento que se desnude, que hagamos un striptease colectivo, mientras que el Consejo se tapa con una capa de santidad.
We are faced with a situation where Parliament is being asked to undress itself, to undertake a collective striptease while the Council clothes itself in a cloak of holiness.
Esta tapa la ha representado la Comisión que hasta el día de la fecha ha impedido el paso a las ideas del Parlamento y de su Comisión de Política Regional.
This lid is represented by the Commission, which up to now has closed the door on the ideas of Parliament and its Committee on Regional Policy.
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