"Santo" en el diccionario Español-Inglés

Sto. abr ( Santo ) St

santo , a

a adj

1 (Rel)
[vida, persona] holy
[tierra] consecrated
[persona] saintly
[mártir] blessed
→ semana

2 [remedio] wonderful, miraculous

3  (enfático) blessed
santo y bueno  well and good
hacer su santa voluntad  to do as one jolly well pleases
todo el santo día  the whole blessed day
y él con su santa calma  and he as cool as a cucumber

b sm/f

1 (Rel) saint
Santo Tomás St Thomas
♦ santo/a patrón/ona, santo/a titular patron saint

2 MODISMOS ¿a santo de qué?  why on earth?
MODISMOS ¿a qué santo?  what on earth for?
MODISMOS ¡por todos los santos!  for pity's sake!
MODISMOS no es santo de mi devoción  he's not my cup of tea *
MODISMOS alzarse con el santo y la limosna  * to clear off with the whole lot *
MODISMOS comerse los santos  * to be terribly devout
MODISMOS desnudar a un santo para vestir otro  to rob Peter to pay Paul
MODISMOS se le fue el santo al cielo  he forgot what he was about to say
¡que se te va el santo al cielo!  you're miles away!
MODISMOS llegar y besar el santo  to pull it off at the first attempt
fue llegar y besar el santo  it was as easy as pie
MODISMOS nacer con el santo de espaldas  to be born unlucky
MODISMOS poner a algn como un santo  * to give sb a telling-off *
MODISMOS quedarse para vestir santos  to be left on the shelf
MODISMOS tener el santo de cara  * to have the luck of the devil
MODISMOS tener el santo de espaldas  * to be cursed with bad luck

3 (=persona) saint
es un santo he's a saint
estaba hecho un santo he was terribly sweet

c sm

1 (=onomástica) saint's day
mañana es mi santo tomorrow is my name day o saint's day

2 (en libro) picture

3 ♦ santo y seña (Mil) password

4 (Cono Sur, Cos) patch, darn
SANTO
As well as celebrating their birthday, many Spaniards celebrate their santo or onomástica. This is the day when the saint whose name they have is honoured in the Christian calendar. It used to be relatively common for newborn children to be called after the saint whose day they were born on. So a boy born on July 25 (Saint James's day) stood a good chance of being christened "Santiago". The tradition may be dying out now that parents are no longer restricted to names from the Christian calendar, as was the case in the past. As with birthdays, the person whose santo it is normally buys the drinks.

Santo Domingo sm

1 (=capital) Santo Domingo

2 (=isla) Hispaniola