Translation for "the wrong way" to spanish

The wrong way

phrase

• a contrapelo

Translation examples

a contrapelo phrase

Sentimentality is only sentiment that rubs you up the wrong way.
El sentimentalismo no es más que un sentimiento que te acaricia a contrapelo.

The secret is cornmeal and brushing the fur the wrong way.
El secreto es harina de maíz, y frotar la piel a contrapelo.

Certain things about Cicero rub you the wrong way.
Determinados aspectos acerca de Cicerón te cogen a contrapelo.

it would be like trying to yank a burr out of your skin when its spines had gone in the wrong way.
Sería igual que intentar quitarse un abrojo cuando las espinas estaban clavadas a contrapelo.

Pushing them slowly aside as my skin bristles, rubbing them mercilessly the wrong way, against the grain.
Las apartó lentamente mientras mi piel se eriza, las acarició sin piedad a contrapelo.

The room was silent and I could hear the noise of his fingers rubbing his stubble the wrong way.
La sala estaba en silencio y yo podía oír el rumor de sus dedos pasando a contrapelo por la barba.

She had just been Sherry, that’s all, someone who rubbed some people the wrong way.
Sherry se había limitado a ser ella misma, alguien que acariciaba a cierta gente a contrapelo.

Tony can use too many words, can grate on her, can rub her electrical field the wrong way.
Tony es capaz de utilizar demasiadas palabras, de exacerbarla, de frotar su campo eléctrico a contrapelo.

I suppose you wouldn’t like to be a Senator, the Senator from New York, I suppose that rubs you the wrong way, doesn’t it?”
Supongo que no le gustaría ser senador, el senador por Nueva York. Creo que esto le vendría a contrapelo, ¿no?