koipe

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1. ( animaliaren gantzarekin egiten den gaia ) fat, grease; dripping ; lukainka bezala \koipea dariola as greasy as a piece of sausage; \koipetan egindako janariak greasy foods | deep-fried foods; hau nazka! \koipe asko eta urdai gutxi! how disgusting! so much grease and so little bacon!

b. ( zikindua ) grease, grease stain

c. ( gorputzari d. ) oil; izerdi-patsetan dago, \koipea dariola he's sweating {up a storm || something fierce || profusely formala. }

2. Tek. oil; eskuak \koipe beltzez zikindu zitzaizkion he got his hands black with oil

3. (irud.) ( lausengua ) unction, flattery, adulation; \koipea zeriola etorri zen he was unctuous when he came; \koipez unctuously

4. ( subornua ) payoff, payola, kickback, bribe; -(r)i \koipea eman to {buy || pay} off; \koipea hartu to be bought off | to accept {kickbacks || bribes}

5. (B) ( garrantzia ) importance, consequemce, magnitude; \koiperik ez dauka it's of no consequence io. unctuous, wheedling