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1 tontería
f.1 foolish thing to say, silly thing to say, silly remark, dumb comment.2 foolish thing to do, dumb action, foolish act, foolish action.3 silliness, stupidness, foolishness, dumbheadedness.* * *1 (calidad de tonto) stupidity, silliness2 (dicho, hecho) silly thing, stupid thing3 (insignificancia) trifle4 (regalito) little something\decir tonterías to talk nonsense■ ¡déjate de tonterías! stop messing about!hacer tonterías to mess about, fool around* * *noun f.foolishness, stupidity* * *SF1) (=dicho)eso son tonterías, eso es una tontería — that's nonsense o rubbish o ( esp EEUU) garbage
decir tonterías — to talk nonsense o rubbish o ( esp EEUU) garbage
¡qué tontería acabas de decir! — that was a silly thing to say!
¡déjate de tonterías! — don't be silly!, don't talk nonsense!
2) (=acto)hacer una tontería — to do a silly thing o something silly
no hace nada más que tonterías — he's always doing silly things o being silly
3) (=insignificancia) silly little thingcualquier tontería le afecta — he gets upset over any silly little thing o the slightest thing
4) (=remilgo)5) (=cualidad) silliness, foolishness* * *a) ( cosa tonta) silly o stupid thing; ( dicho tonto) silly remarkb) ( cosa insignificante) silly thing, small thingoye, que cien mil pesos no son ninguna tontería — come on, a hundred thousand pesos is no small sum
c) ( cualidad) stupidity* * *= silliness, balderdash, humbug.Ex. The 'Good Times' virus hoax was the precursor of this particular form of silliness.Ex. I am concerned with matters of consequence, I don't amuse myself with balderdash.Ex. That is what he does now, only now there is a lot of palaver and humbug and pretense of deliberation, which the bill proposes to continue, but which everybody can see would be a false pretense.----* cometer una tontería = pull + stunt.* decir tonterías = talk + rubbish, talk + nonsense, talk through + Posesivo + hat.* tonterías = drivel, nonsense, baloney, blather, piffle, palaver, moonshine, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk, hogwash.Ex. The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.* tonterías al cuadrado = nonsense on stilts.* una tontería = a little something.* * *a) ( cosa tonta) silly o stupid thing; ( dicho tonto) silly remarkb) ( cosa insignificante) silly thing, small thingoye, que cien mil pesos no son ninguna tontería — come on, a hundred thousand pesos is no small sum
c) ( cualidad) stupidity* * *= silliness, balderdash, humbug.Ex: The 'Good Times' virus hoax was the precursor of this particular form of silliness.
Ex: I am concerned with matters of consequence, I don't amuse myself with balderdash.Ex: That is what he does now, only now there is a lot of palaver and humbug and pretense of deliberation, which the bill proposes to continue, but which everybody can see would be a false pretense.* cometer una tontería = pull + stunt.* decir tonterías = talk + rubbish, talk + nonsense, talk through + Posesivo + hat.* tonterías = drivel, nonsense, baloney, blather, piffle, palaver, moonshine, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk, hogwash.Ex: The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.* tonterías al cuadrado = nonsense on stilts.* una tontería = a little something.* * *1 (cosa tonta) silly o stupid thing; (dicho tonto) silly o stupid o foolish remark¡cuántas tonterías se cometen de joven! the (silly) things we do when we're young!siempre sale con alguna tontería he always comes out with some stupid remarkfue una tontería no aceptar it was stupid not to acceptdéjate de tonterías que estamos tratando de trabajar en serio stop being silly o stop fooling around, we're trying to get some serious work done¡tonterías! nonsense!2 (cosa insignificante) silly thing, small thingpor cualquier tontería se enfada she gets angry over the slightest little thingoye, que cien mil pesos no son ninguna tontería come on, a hundred thousand pesos is no small sum3 (cualidad) stupidity* * *
tontería sustantivo femenino
( dicho tonto) silly remark;◊ ¡déjate de tonterías! stop fooling around;
¡tonterías! nonsense!
tontería sustantivo femenino
1 (acción, cosa) silly thing: ¡deja de decir tonterías!, stop talking nonsense!
(cosa sin importancia) trifle, small thing: le compré una tontería, I bought her a little something
me regañaron por una tontería, they told me off over something silly
2 (cualidad) stupidity, foolishness, silliness
' tontería' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
admitir
- bobada
- caer
- colmo
- desatino
- eso
- follón
- gilipollez
- mayor
- mosquearse
- saltar
- soberana
- soberano
- solemne
- soltar
- supina
- supino
- tontedad
- tontera
- tontuna
- valiente
- jalada
- macana
- payasada
- pelear
- ridiculez
- simpleza
English:
absurd
- stupidity
* * *1. [estupidez] stupid thing;ha sido una tontería no presentarse al examen it was stupid not to take the exam;decir una tontería to say something stupid;eso son tonterías that's nonsense;decir tonterías to talk nonsense;hacer una tontería to do something stupid;hizo la tontería de decírselo she was stupid enough to tell him;¡cuánta tontería hay en el mundo! people can be really stupid sometimes!2. [cosa sin importancia o valor] trifle;no es ninguna tontería [va en serio] it's serious;[no está mal] it's not bad at all;¿qué te ha pasado? – nada, una tontería what happened to you? – oh, it's nothing serious;por hacer cuatro tonterías me ha cobrado 1.000 pesos he charged me 1,000 pesos for doing next to nothing* * *f figstupid odumb famthing;tonterías pl nonsense sg* * *tontería nf1) : foolishness2) : stupid remark or action3)decir tonterías : to talk nonsense* * *tontería n1. (acción, dicho) silly thing¡qué tontería! how silly!2. (cosa insignificante) little thing -
2 simpleza
f.1 simple-mindedness.2 trifle.3 simplicity, homeliness, plainness, guilelessness.4 unsophisticated act, simple act.* * *1 (idiotez) simple-mindedness2 (tontería) nonsense* * *SF1) [de persona] (=cualidad mental) simpleness; (=credulidad) gullibility; (=necedad) simple-mindedness2) (=acto) silly thing, silly thing to do/sayse enojó por una simpleza — he got annoyed over nothing o over some silly little thing
* * *a) ( falta de inteligencia) simpleness; ( ingenuidad) gullibilityb) ( tontería)deja de hacer/decir simplezas — stop being silly; ( insignificancia)
* * *a) ( falta de inteligencia) simpleness; ( ingenuidad) gullibilityb) ( tontería)deja de hacer/decir simplezas — stop being silly; ( insignificancia)
* * *1 (falta de inteligencia) simpleness; (ingenuidad) gullibility2(tontería): deja de hacer/decir simplezas stop being silly3(insignificancia): no voy a discutir por esa simpleza I'm not going to argue over such a trifling matter o over such a silly little thing* * *
simpleza sustantivo femenino
( ingenuidad) gullibilityb) ( tontería):◊ deja de hacer/decir simplezas stop being silly;
discutieron por una simpleza they argued over a trifling matter
simpleza sustantivo femenino
1 (de una persona) simpleness, simple-mindedness
2 (de una actitud) piece of nonsense, silly thing
3 fam (nimiedad) trifle, trifling matter
* * *simpleza nf1. [de persona] simple-mindedness4. [insignificancia] trifle* * *f simple-mindedness* * *simpleza nf1) : foolishness, simpleness2) necedad: nonsense -
3 manía
f.1 mania, craze, excessive enthusiasm, frenzy.2 oddity, odd trait.3 mania, manic disorder, compulsion.4 vagary, extravagant and erratic notion.5 hyperphrenia.imperf.indicat.1st person singular (yo) Imperfect Indicative of Spanish verb: manir.* * *1 MEDICINA mania2 (ojeriza) dislike, grudge4 (pasión) craze, fad, mania\cogerle/tomarle manía a alguien familiar to take a dislike to somebodymania persecutoria persecution mania* * *SF1) (Med) mania2) [de persona] (=costumbre) odd habit; (=rareza) peculiarity, oddity; (=capricho) fad, whim3) [de grupo] (=afición) mania; (=moda) rage, crazela manía del fútbol — football fever, the football craze
tiene la manía de las motos — he's obsessed with motorbikes, he's motorbike-crazy *
4) (=antipatía) dislike* * *1) (obsesión, capricho)tiene la manía de la limpieza — she has an obsession with o (colloq) a thing about cleaning
ahora le ha dado la manía de vestirse de negro — now she has this fad o craze of dressing in black
2) ( antipatía)* * *= craze, mania, pet peeve.Ex. The interest is not really in the craze itself but in the intense, socially binding effect it has on the individuals in the group.Ex. This mania reached its height about the beginning of the present century.Ex. But many people have said that fag ends are merely the tip of the iceberg, with chewing gum and dog muck being some of the top pet peeves.----* manía persecutoria = persecution complex.* tenerle manía a Alguien = have + it in for + Nombre.* * *1) (obsesión, capricho)tiene la manía de la limpieza — she has an obsession with o (colloq) a thing about cleaning
ahora le ha dado la manía de vestirse de negro — now she has this fad o craze of dressing in black
2) ( antipatía)* * *= craze, mania, pet peeve.Ex: The interest is not really in the craze itself but in the intense, socially binding effect it has on the individuals in the group.
Ex: This mania reached its height about the beginning of the present century.Ex: But many people have said that fag ends are merely the tip of the iceberg, with chewing gum and dog muck being some of the top pet peeves.* manía persecutoria = persecution complex.* tenerle manía a Alguien = have + it in for + Nombre.* * *AB(obsesión, capricho): déjate de manías, que no estás nada gorda stop saying such silly things o stop being silly o stop being neurotic, you're not at all fatestá viejo y tiene sus manías he's an old man, and he has his funny little ways o some odd habitstiene la manía de la limpieza she has an obsession o a mania o ( colloq) a thing about cleaningtiene la manía de mirar debajo de la cama antes de acostarse she has this peculiar habit of looking under the bed before she gets into itel pescado siempre me cae mal — eso es una manía fish always upsets my stomach — that's just your imagination o you've just got a thing about itahora le ha dado la manía de vestirse siempre de negro now she has this fad o craze of always dressing in blacktiene la manía de que la gente se ríe de él he has this obsession o this strange idea that people are laughing at himCompuesto:manía persecutoria or de persecuciónpersecution complex o mania* * *
manía sustantivo femenino
1 (obsesión, capricho):
tiene la manía de la limpieza she has a mania for cleanliness o (colloq) a thing about cleaning;
le ha dado la manía de vestirse de negro she has this fad o craze of dressing in black;
manía persecutoria or de persecución persecution complex o mania
2 ( antipatía):◊ tenerle manía a algn to have it in for sb (colloq)
manía sustantivo femenino
1 (costumbre) habit: tengo la manía de mirar bajo la cama antes de dormirme, I have to take a look under the bed before I fall asleep
tiene muchas manías, he has many obsessions
2 (odio, ojeriza) dislike: le cogiste manía, you took a dislike to it
creo que le tiene manía, I think he dislikes her
nos tenemos manía, we dislike each other
3 (afición) craze
4 Med mania
manía persecutoria, persecution complex
' manía' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
hincha
- pegarse
- perra
- prurito
- rabia
- rareza
- tic
- contagiar
- maña
English:
bug
- fixation
- frenzy
- get
- kink
- mania
- obsession
- oddity
- peculiarity
- craze
- have
* * *manía nf1. [enfermedad] maniamanía persecutoria persecution complex2. [idea fija] obsession3. [mala costumbre] bad habit;tiene la manía de morderse las uñas he's always biting his fingernails;le ha dado la manía de tirar la ropa por el suelo she has got into the bad habit of leaving her clothes scattered on the floor4. [afición exagerada] mania, crazetener manía a alguien: le tengo manía a su hermana I can't stand her sister* * *f1 ( costumbre) habit, mania;tiene sus manías she has her little ways2 ( antipatía) dislike;tener manía a alguien fam have it in for s.o. fam3 ( obsesión) obsession* * *manía nf1) obsesión: mania, obsession2) : craze, fad3) : odd habit, peculiarity4) : dislike, aversion* * *manía n (costumbre) strange habit -
4 idiotez
f.1 stupid thing (bobada).2 mental deficiency.3 idiocy, foolishness, blockheadedness, stupidity.4 dumb act, dumb action, foolish act, daft thing.5 foolish thing to say.6 St. Mathurin's disease, anoia.* * *► nombre femenino (pl idioteces)1 MEDICINA idiocy2 (estupidez) stupid thing to say, stupid thing to do\decir idioteces to talk rubbishser una idiotez to be absurd* * *SF idiocy¡eso es una idiotez! — that's nonsense!
* * *a) (fam) ( cosa estúpida)b) (Med) idiocy* * *= idiocy, balderdash.Ex. The article 'The circulation idiom and the idiocy of fashion' argues that the belief that high circulation figures are the preeminent measure of the quality of a library's service is dangerous = El artículo "El modismo de la circulación y la idotez de la moda" postula que es peligroso creer que la medida prevalente de la calidad del servicio de una biblioteca es un número elevado de préstamos.Ex. I am concerned with matters of consequence, I don't amuse myself with balderdash.* * *a) (fam) ( cosa estúpida)b) (Med) idiocy* * *= idiocy, balderdash.Ex: The article 'The circulation idiom and the idiocy of fashion' argues that the belief that high circulation figures are the preeminent measure of the quality of a library's service is dangerous = El artículo "El modismo de la circulación y la idotez de la moda" postula que es peligroso creer que la medida prevalente de la calidad del servicio de una biblioteca es un número elevado de préstamos.
Ex: I am concerned with matters of consequence, I don't amuse myself with balderdash.* * *1 ( fam)fue una idiotez hacer eso that was a stupid thing to do2 ( Med) idiocy* * *
idiotez sustantivo femenino (fam) ( cosa estúpida):
fue una idiotez hacer eso that was a stupid thing to do
idiotez sustantivo femenino idiocy, stupidity, nonsense
* * *idiotez nf1. [acto, dicho] stupid thing;decir/hacer una idiotez to say/do something stupid;no dice más que idioteces he talks nothing but nonsense;¿y por eso se enfada? ¡vaya (una) idiotez! and she got angry about that? how stupid!2. [enfermedad] mental deficiency* * *f stupid thing to say/do;es una idiotez hacer eso that’s a stupid thing to do* * *1) : idiocy2) : idiotic act or remark¡no digas idioteces!: don't talk nonsense! -
5 andar
m.1 gait, walk.tener andares de to walk like2 way of walking, walking, gait, pace.v.1 to walk (caminar). (especially peninsular Spanish)¿fuiste en autobús o andando? did you go by bus or on foot?, did you go by bus or did you walk?andar por la calle to walk in the streetRicardo anduvo por las calles Richard walked along the streets.María anduvo el muelle Mary walked the dock.2 to work, to go.el reloj no anda the clock has stoppedlas cosas andan mal things are going badlylos negocios andan muy bien business is going very wellEl motor anda bien The engine is working well.3 to be.¿qué tal andas? how are you (doing)?andar preocupado to be worriedcreo que anda por el almacén I think he is somewhere in the warehouseandar haciendo algo to be doing somethinganda explicando sus aventuras he's talking about his adventuresandar tras algo/alguien to be after something/somebodyde andar por casa basic, rough and ready (explicación, método)mi ropa de andar por casa my clothes for wearing around the houseAnda triste He is sad.Ella anda visitando a su prima She is visiting her cousin.4 to go, to travel.anduvimos 15 kilómetros we walked (for) 15 kilometers5 to wear. ( Central American Spanish)6 to carry. ( Central American Spanish)7 to have, to be using.Anda una pistola He has a gun.8 to be wearing, to wear.Anda una bonita corbata He is wearing a nice tie.* * *Past IndicativeImperfect SubjunctiveFuture Subjunctive* * *1. verb1) to walk2) function, work, run•2. noun m.* * *1. VI1) (=ir a pie) to walk; (=moverse) to move; (=viajar) to travel aroundvinimos andando — we walked here, we came on foot
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andar tras algo/algn — to be after sth/sbandar tras una chica — to be o chase after a girl
2) (=funcionar) to go, workel reloj no anda — the clock won't go, the clock isn't working
¿cómo anda esto? — how does this work?
3) * (=estar) to beandar alegre — to be o feel cheerful
andar bien de salud — to be well, be in good health
andamos mal de dinero — we're badly off for money, we're short of money
¿cómo andan las cosas? — how are things?
¿cómo anda eso? — how are things going?
¿qué tal andas? — how are you?
¿cómo andas de tabaco? — how are you off for cigarettes?
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de andar por casa, ropa de andar por casa — clothes for wearing around the house4) (=rebuscar)¡no andes ahí! — keep away from there!
5)• andar a, siempre andan a gritos — they're always shouting
andan a la greña o a la gresca — they're at each other's throats
6)• andar con algn — to go around with sb
7)• andar en — (=estar implicado en) to be involved in
andar en pleitos — to be engaged o involved in lawsuits
¿en qué andas? — what are you up to?
8)• andar haciendo algo — to be doing sth
¿qué andas buscando? — what are you looking for?
9)• andar por (=rondar) —
el pueblo anda por los 1.000 habitantes — the village has about 1,000 inhabitants
10)andando el tiempo —
un niño que, andando el tiempo, sería rey — a child who, in time, would become king
11) [exclamaciones]¡anda! — (=¡no me digas!) well I never!; (=¡vamos!) come on!
¡anda!, no lo sabía — well I never, I didn't know that!
anda, dímelo — go on, tell me
anda, no me molestes — just stop annoying me, will you?
anda, no te lo tomes tan a pecho — come on, there's no need to take it to heart like that
¡anda, anda! — come on!
¡ándale (pues)! — Méx * (=apúrese) come on!, hurry up!; (=adiós) cheerio!; (=gracias) thanks!; [encontrando algo] that's it!
¡andando! — right, let's get on with it!
andando, que todavía hay mucho que hacer — let's get moving, there's still a lot to do
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¡anda ya!, anda ya, no nos vengas con esnobismos — come on, don't be such a snob-dile que te gusta -¡anda ya, para que me suba el precio! — "tell her you like it" - "oh sure, so she can charge me more!"
2. VT1) (=recorrer a pie) [+ trecho] to walkme conocía muy bien el camino por haberlo andado varias veces — I knew the path very well, as I'd been down o walked it several times before
3.See:* * *I 1.verbo intransitivo1)a) (esp Esp) ( caminar) to walk¿has venido andando? — did you come on foot?, did you walk?
a poco andar — (Chi) before long
b) (Col, CS, Ven) (ir) to goandá a pasear (RPl fam) — get lost! (colloq)
c) (AmL)andar a caballo/en bicicleta — to ride (a horse/a bicycle)
2) (marchar, funcionar) to workel coche anda de maravilla — the car's running o (BrE) going like a dream
3) (+ compl)a) ( estar) to be¿cómo andas? — how are you?, how's it going? (colloq)
¿quién anda ahí? — who's there?
¿cómo andamos de tiempo? — how are we doing for time?
andar + ger — to be -ing
anda buscando pelea — he's out for o he's looking for a fight
lo andan buscando — they are looking for him o (colloq) are after him
quien mal anda, mal acaba — if you live like that, you're bound to come to a bad end
b)andar con alguien — ( juntarse) to mix with somebody; ( salir con) to go out with somebody
4) ( rondar)andar por algo: andará por los 60 (años) — he must be around o about 60
5)andar detrás de or tras alguien/algo — (buscar, perseguir) to be after somebody/something
6)a)andar con algo — (esp AmL fam) con revólver/dinero to carry something; con traje/sombrero to wear something
no me gusta que andes con cuchillos — I don't like you playing with o messing around with knives
b) ( revolver)andar en algo — to rummage o poke around in something
7) ( en exclamaciones)a) (expresando sorpresa, incredulidad)anda! mira quién está aquí! — well, well! look who's here!
b) (expresando irritación, rechazo)anda! déjame en paz! — oh, leave me alone!
c) ( instando a hacer algo)préstamelo, anda — go on, lend it to me!
ándale, no seas sacón — (Méx fam) go on, don't be chicken (colloq)
2.andando, que se hace tarde! — let's get a move on, it's getting late!
andar vt1) ( caminar) to walkhe andado muchos caminos — (liter) I have trodden many paths (liter)
2) (AmC) ( llevar)3.siempre ando shorts — I always go around in o wear shorts
andarse v pron1)andarse con algo: ése no se anda con bromas he's not one to joke; ándate con cuidado — take care, be careful
2) (en imperativo) (AmL) ( irse)IIándate luego — get going o get a move on (colloq)
* * *= tread, walking.Nota: Nombre.Ex. E. M. Forster fashions a homoerotic subjectivity in his novel 'Where Angels Fear to Tread'.Ex. Some physiotherapists argue that baby walkers delay independent walking, and encourage abnormal gait and posture, and urge toy libraries to exclude them from their provision.----* andando = on foot.* andar a caballo entre... y = tread + the line between... and.* andar a la caza de = tout for, gun for.* andar al antojo de Uno = roam + freely.* andar apurado de dinero = be strapped for + cash.* andar a tientas = kiss + in the dark, grope (for/toward).* andar a tientas y a ciegas = grope (for/toward).* andar a traspiés = stumble.* andar a tropezones = stumble.* andar a zancadas = stride.* andar camino trillado = tread + well-worn ground.* andar como un reloj = fit as a fiddle.* andar con = be in with.* andar con arrogancia = swagger, strut.* andar con cuidado = tread + lightly, tread + softly, tread + carefully.* andar con los hombros caídos = slouch.* andar con pesadez = trudge.* andar con pies de plomo = tread + warily.* andar de arriba para abajo = pace.* andar de boca en boca = be the talk of the town.* andar de prisa = patter.* andar de puntillas = tiptoe.* andar despacio = saunter.* andar de un lado para otro = pace.* andar de un modo pausado = stroll + at a leisurely pace.* andar encorbado = slouch.* andar encorbado, encorbarse, andar con los hombros caídos, sentarse encorbad = slouch.* andar escaso de = be short of.* andar escaso de dinero = be strapped for + cash.* andar escondido = abscond.* andar falto de = be short of.* andar falto de dinero = be strapped for + cash.* andar mal = feel under + the weather, be under the weather.* andar (muy) apurado de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.* andar (muy) apurado de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.* andar (muy) corto de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.* andar (muy) corto de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.* andar (muy) escaso de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.* andar (muy) escaso de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.* andar (muy) falto de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.* andar (muy) falto de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.* andar perdido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.* andar pisando fuerte = go from + strength to strength, make + a big impact.* andar pisando huevos = drag + Posesivo + feet, drag + Posesivo + heels.* andar por = move about, walk (a)round, hike.* andar por ahí = go + (a)round, be out and about, get out and about.* andar por la cuerda floja = walk + the tight wire, walk + the tightrope.* andar por los cuarenta = be fortyish.* andar por los treinta = be thirtyish.* andar por terreno peligroso = skate + on thin ice, tread on + dangerous ground.* andar por terreno resbaladizo = skate + on thin ice, tread on + dangerous ground.* andarse con cuidado = tread with + care.* andarse con dilaciones = procrastinate.* andarse con mucho cuidado = tread + the thin line between... and.* andarse con mucho ojo = keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned, keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open.* andarse con pies de plomo = walk on + eggshells.* andarse con rodeos = mince + words, go round in + circles, beat about/around + the bush.* andarse por las ramas = mince + words.* andar siempre detrás de las mujeres = womanise [womanize, -USA].* andar sin prisa = mosey.* andar suavemente = pad.* andar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.* ande yo caliente, ríase la gente = cry all the way to the bank, laugh all the way to the bank.* a poca distancia andando = within walking distance, within an easy walk.* a pocos minutos andando = within easy walking distance, within an easy walk.* bebé que empieza a andar = toddler.* conducir o andar con cuidado debido a la dificultad existente = navigate.* dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres = you are known by the company you keep.* echar a andar = implement, leg it.* edad en la que un niño aprende a andar = toddlerhood.* el camino se hace andando = actions speak louder than words.* el movimiento se demuestra andando = actions speak louder than words.* llegar andando pausadamente = stroll into + view.* máquina de andar o correr estática = treadmill.* modo de andar = gait.* no andar con reparos = make + no bones about + Algo.* no andar con tapujos = make + no bones about + Algo.* no andar en nada bueno = be up to no good, get up to + no good.* no andar muy equivocado = be in the right realm.* no andarse con rodeos = call + a spade a spade.* raqueta de andar por la nieve = snowshoe.* si se parece a un pato, anda como un pato y grazna como un pato, entonces es = If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck.* * *I 1.verbo intransitivo1)a) (esp Esp) ( caminar) to walk¿has venido andando? — did you come on foot?, did you walk?
a poco andar — (Chi) before long
b) (Col, CS, Ven) (ir) to goandá a pasear (RPl fam) — get lost! (colloq)
c) (AmL)andar a caballo/en bicicleta — to ride (a horse/a bicycle)
2) (marchar, funcionar) to workel coche anda de maravilla — the car's running o (BrE) going like a dream
3) (+ compl)a) ( estar) to be¿cómo andas? — how are you?, how's it going? (colloq)
¿quién anda ahí? — who's there?
¿cómo andamos de tiempo? — how are we doing for time?
andar + ger — to be -ing
anda buscando pelea — he's out for o he's looking for a fight
lo andan buscando — they are looking for him o (colloq) are after him
quien mal anda, mal acaba — if you live like that, you're bound to come to a bad end
b)andar con alguien — ( juntarse) to mix with somebody; ( salir con) to go out with somebody
4) ( rondar)andar por algo: andará por los 60 (años) — he must be around o about 60
5)andar detrás de or tras alguien/algo — (buscar, perseguir) to be after somebody/something
6)a)andar con algo — (esp AmL fam) con revólver/dinero to carry something; con traje/sombrero to wear something
no me gusta que andes con cuchillos — I don't like you playing with o messing around with knives
b) ( revolver)andar en algo — to rummage o poke around in something
7) ( en exclamaciones)a) (expresando sorpresa, incredulidad)anda! mira quién está aquí! — well, well! look who's here!
b) (expresando irritación, rechazo)anda! déjame en paz! — oh, leave me alone!
c) ( instando a hacer algo)préstamelo, anda — go on, lend it to me!
ándale, no seas sacón — (Méx fam) go on, don't be chicken (colloq)
2.andando, que se hace tarde! — let's get a move on, it's getting late!
andar vt1) ( caminar) to walkhe andado muchos caminos — (liter) I have trodden many paths (liter)
2) (AmC) ( llevar)3.siempre ando shorts — I always go around in o wear shorts
andarse v pron1)andarse con algo: ése no se anda con bromas he's not one to joke; ándate con cuidado — take care, be careful
2) (en imperativo) (AmL) ( irse)IIándate luego — get going o get a move on (colloq)
* * *= tread, walking.Nota: Nombre.Ex: E. M. Forster fashions a homoerotic subjectivity in his novel 'Where Angels Fear to Tread'.
Ex: Some physiotherapists argue that baby walkers delay independent walking, and encourage abnormal gait and posture, and urge toy libraries to exclude them from their provision.* andando = on foot.* andar a caballo entre... y = tread + the line between... and.* andar a la caza de = tout for, gun for.* andar al antojo de Uno = roam + freely.* andar apurado de dinero = be strapped for + cash.* andar a tientas = kiss + in the dark, grope (for/toward).* andar a tientas y a ciegas = grope (for/toward).* andar a traspiés = stumble.* andar a tropezones = stumble.* andar a zancadas = stride.* andar camino trillado = tread + well-worn ground.* andar como un reloj = fit as a fiddle.* andar con = be in with.* andar con arrogancia = swagger, strut.* andar con cuidado = tread + lightly, tread + softly, tread + carefully.* andar con los hombros caídos = slouch.* andar con pesadez = trudge.* andar con pies de plomo = tread + warily.* andar de arriba para abajo = pace.* andar de boca en boca = be the talk of the town.* andar de prisa = patter.* andar de puntillas = tiptoe.* andar despacio = saunter.* andar de un lado para otro = pace.* andar de un modo pausado = stroll + at a leisurely pace.* andar encorbado = slouch.* andar encorbado, encorbarse, andar con los hombros caídos, sentarse encorbad = slouch.* andar escaso de = be short of.* andar escaso de dinero = be strapped for + cash.* andar escondido = abscond.* andar falto de = be short of.* andar falto de dinero = be strapped for + cash.* andar mal = feel under + the weather, be under the weather.* andar (muy) apurado de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.* andar (muy) apurado de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.* andar (muy) corto de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.* andar (muy) corto de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.* andar (muy) escaso de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.* andar (muy) escaso de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.* andar (muy) falto de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.* andar (muy) falto de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.* andar perdido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.* andar pisando fuerte = go from + strength to strength, make + a big impact.* andar pisando huevos = drag + Posesivo + feet, drag + Posesivo + heels.* andar por = move about, walk (a)round, hike.* andar por ahí = go + (a)round, be out and about, get out and about.* andar por la cuerda floja = walk + the tight wire, walk + the tightrope.* andar por los cuarenta = be fortyish.* andar por los treinta = be thirtyish.* andar por terreno peligroso = skate + on thin ice, tread on + dangerous ground.* andar por terreno resbaladizo = skate + on thin ice, tread on + dangerous ground.* andarse con cuidado = tread with + care.* andarse con dilaciones = procrastinate.* andarse con mucho cuidado = tread + the thin line between... and.* andarse con mucho ojo = keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned, keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open.* andarse con pies de plomo = walk on + eggshells.* andarse con rodeos = mince + words, go round in + circles, beat about/around + the bush.* andarse por las ramas = mince + words.* andar siempre detrás de las mujeres = womanise [womanize, -USA].* andar sin prisa = mosey.* andar suavemente = pad.* andar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.* ande yo caliente, ríase la gente = cry all the way to the bank, laugh all the way to the bank.* a poca distancia andando = within walking distance, within an easy walk.* a pocos minutos andando = within easy walking distance, within an easy walk.* bebé que empieza a andar = toddler.* conducir o andar con cuidado debido a la dificultad existente = navigate.* dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres = you are known by the company you keep.* echar a andar = implement, leg it.* edad en la que un niño aprende a andar = toddlerhood.* el camino se hace andando = actions speak louder than words.* el movimiento se demuestra andando = actions speak louder than words.* llegar andando pausadamente = stroll into + view.* máquina de andar o correr estática = treadmill.* modo de andar = gait.* no andar con reparos = make + no bones about + Algo.* no andar con tapujos = make + no bones about + Algo.* no andar en nada bueno = be up to no good, get up to + no good.* no andar muy equivocado = be in the right realm.* no andarse con rodeos = call + a spade a spade.* raqueta de andar por la nieve = snowshoe.* si se parece a un pato, anda como un pato y grazna como un pato, entonces es = If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck.* * *viAla niña ya anda the little girl's already walkinganda encorvado he stoops, he walks with a stoopel perrito venía andando detrás de ella the little dog was coming along o walking along behind herse acercó andando de puntillas she tiptoed up to him, she went up to him on tiptoes¿has venido andando? did you come on foot?, did you walk?a poco andar ( Chi); before long2 (Col, CS, Ven) (ir) to goanda a comprar el periódico go and buy the newspaperanduvo de aquí para allá intentando encontrarla he went all over the place trying to find herandá a pasear ( fam) or ( vulg) a la mierda ( RPl) get lost! ( colloq), go to hell! (sl), piss off! ( BrE sl)3fue a andar a caballo al parque she went horseriding o riding in the parklos domingos salen a andar en bicicleta they go cycling on Sundays, they go for bike rides on Sundays ( colloq)está aprendiendo a andar en bicicleta she's learning to ride a bicycleB (marchar, funcionar) to workel tocadiscos no anda the record player's not workingel coche anda de maravilla the car's running o ( BrE) going like a dreamC (+ compl)1 (estar) to be¿cómo andas? how are you?, how's it going? ( colloq), how are things? ( colloq), what's up? ( AmE colloq)¿cómo andas de calcetines? how are you for o ( BrE) how are you off for socks?¿cómo andamos de tiempo? how are we doing for time?no anda muy bien de salud he isn't very wellando enfermo I'm illanda un poco tristón he's (looking) a bit gloomysiempre anda con prisas he's always in a hurryanda siempre muy arregladita she's always very well turned-outno andes descalza don't walk o go around without your shoes on¿quién anda ahí? who's there?¿y Manolo? — creo que anda por América what about Manolo? — I think he's in America somewhere¿dónde andan mis calcetines? where have my socks got(ten) o gone to? ( colloq), what's happened to my socks?andar + GER to be -INGanda buscando pelea he's out for o he's looking for a fightla policía lo anda buscando the police are looking for him o ( colloq) are after himquien mal anda, mal acaba if you live like that, you're bound to come to a bad end2 (juntarse) andar CON algn to mix WITH sbno me gusta la gente con la que andas I don't like the people you're mixing with o ( colloq) you're hanging around withdime con quién andas y te diré quién eres you can tell a man o a man is known by the company he keeps3(salir con): andar CON algn to go out WITH sbD (rondar) andar POR algo:andará por los 60 (años) he must be around o about 60E andar DETRáS DE or TRAS algn/algo (buscar, perseguir) to be AFTER sb/sthese sólo anda detrás de tu dinero he's only after your moneyandan tras la fama y la riqueza they are looking for o ( colloq) they are out for fame and fortuneF1 ( fam) andar CON algo (llevar) ‹con revólver/dinero› to carry sth; ‹contraje/sombrero› to wear sthsabes que no me gusta que andes con cuchillos you know I don't like you playing with o messing around with knives2 (revolver) andar EN algo to rummage o poke o ferret around IN sthno me andes en el bolso don't go rummaging o poking o ferreting around in my bag1(expresando sorpresa, incredulidad): ¡anda! ¡qué casualidad! well! o good heavens! o good grief! what a coincidence!¡anda! ¡mira quién está aquí! well, well! o hey! look who's here!2(expresando irritación, rechazo): ¡anda! ¡déjame en paz! oh, leave me alone!¡anda! no me vengas con excusas come on! o come off it! I don't want to hear your excuses ( colloq)¡anda! ¡se me ha vuelto a olvidar! damn! I've forgotten it again! ( colloq)3(instando a hacer algo): préstamelo, anda go on, lend it to me!anda, déjate de tonterías come on, stop being silly!¡anda! or ( Méx) ¡ándale! or ( Col) ¡ándele! que llegamos tarde come on o get a move on o let's get moving, we'll be late! ( colloq)¡vamos, andando, que se hace tarde! come on, let's get a move on, it's getting late!■ andarvtA (caminar) to walktuvimos que andar un buen trecho we had to walk a fair distanceBsiempre ando shorts en casa I always go around in o wear shorts at home■ andarseA andarse CON algo:ése no se anda con bromas he's not one to joke around o not one for jokesándate con cuidado take care, be carefulB ( en imperativo)ándate luego, no vayas a llegar tarde get going o get a move on, otherwise you'll be late ( colloq)A (modo de andar) gait, walkun viejo de andar pausado an old man with an unhurried gait o walktiene andares de princesa she walks like a princess, she has the bearing o deportment of a princess ( frml)1 (viajes) travels (pl)en mis andares por Sudamérica on my travels through South America2 (aventuras) adventures (pl)* * *
andar 1 ( conjugate andar) verbo intransitivo
1
◊ ¿has venido andando? did you come on foot?, did you walk?b) (AmL):◊ andar a caballo/en bicicleta to ride (a horse/a bicycle)
2 (marchar, funcionar) to work;◊ el coche anda de maravilla the car's running o (BrE) going like a dream
3 (+ compl)
◊ ¿cómo andas? how are you?, how's it going? (colloq);
¿quién anda por ahí? who's there?;
anda en Londres he's in London;
anda buscando pelea he's out for o he's looking for a fight;
me anda molestando (AmL fam) he keeps bothering meb) andar con algn ( juntarse) to mix with sb;
( salir con) to go out with sb;
c) andar detrás de or tras algn/algo (buscar, perseguir) to be after sb/sth
4 ( rondar):◊ andará por los 60 (años) he must be around o about 60
5 andar con algo (esp AmL fam) ‹con revólver/dinero› to carry sth;
‹con traje/sombrero› to wear sth
6 ( en exclamaciones)a) (expresando sorpresa, incredulidad):◊ ¡anda! ¡qué casualidad! good heavens! what a coincidence!;
¡anda! ¡mira quién está aquí! well, well! look who's here!b) (expresando irritación, rechazo):◊ ¡anda! ¡déjame en paz! oh, leave me alone!;
¡anda! ¡se me ha vuelto a olvidar! damn! I've forgotten it again! (colloq)c) ( instando a hacer algo):◊ préstamelo, anda go on, lend it to me!;
¡ándale (Méx) or (Col) ándele que llegames tarde! come on, we'll be late! (colloq)
verbo transitivo
1 ( caminar) to walk
2 (AmC) ( llevar):
siempre ando shorts I always wear shorts
andarse verbo pronominal
1 andarse con algo:
ándate con cuidado take care, be careful
2 ( en imperativo) (AmL) ( irse):
ándate luego get going, get a move on (colloq)
andar 2 sustantivo masculino,◊ andares sustantivo masculino plural
gait, walk
andar
I verbo intransitivo
1 to walk
2 (moverse) to move
3 (funcionar) to work: este reloj no anda bien, this clock doesn't keep good time
4 (aproximarse a una cantidad) andará por los cincuenta, she's about fifty
5 (realizar una acción: + gerundio) anda contando por ahí tu vida y milagros, he's telling everybody all about you
6 (estar) ¿cómo andamos de tiempo?, how are we off for time?
tus llaves tienen que andar por casa, your keys must be somewhere in the house
7 (llevar consigo) LAm to have on, to carry/take with oneself: la llave la andaba con él a todas partes, he carried the key with him everywhere he went
II vtr (recorrer) to walk: andaré el tortuoso camino que lleva a tu casa, I'll walk the winding road that leads to your door
andar m, andares mpl walk sing, gait sing
' andar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
andares
- bicicleta
- boca
- casa
- cien
- dinero
- echar
- escasa
- escaso
- gatas
- greña
- holgada
- holgado
- juego
- peculiar
- puntilla
- reconocer
- soltarse
- tienta
- torpe
- torpeza
- anduve
- bien
- caballo
- caminar
- cojo
- compañía
- corto
- descaminado
- desgarbado
- gata
- gatear
- mal
- nube
- ojo
- paso
English:
ambulatory
- badly
- barefoot
- blunder
- bustle
- crawl
- down
- drag
- even
- gait
- grope
- heavily
- large
- loose
- mooch
- mope about
- mope around
- move about
- move around
- pad about
- pad around
- pick
- plod
- pound
- prance
- pressed
- pussyfoot
- run
- scramble
- short
- slouch
- slouch about
- slouch around
- slow
- stall
- steadily
- stoop
- stride
- tiptoe
- toddler
- tout
- tramp
- trek
- trip along
- upright
- waddle
- walk
- walking pace
- walking shoes
- blink
* * *♦ vi[moverse] to move;¿fuiste en autobús o andando? did you go by bus or on foot?, did you go by bus or did you walk?;andar por la calle to walk in the street;andar deprisa/despacio to walk quickly/slowly;andar a gatas to crawl;andar de puntillas to tiptoetodo se andará all in good time2. [funcionar] to work, to go;la nueva moto anda estupendamente the new motorbike is running superbly;el reloj no anda the clock has stopped;las cosas andan mal things are going badly;los negocios andan muy bien business is going very well3. [estar] to be;¿qué tal andas? how are you (doing)?;no sabía que habían operado a tu padre – ¿qué tal anda? I didn't know your father had had an operation, how is he (getting on o doing)?;¿dónde anda tu hermano? no lo he visto desde hace meses what's your brother up to these days? I haven't seen him for months;creo que anda por el almacén I think he's somewhere in the warehouse;andar en boca de todos to be on everyone's lips;desde que tiene novia, andar muy contento ever since he got a girlfriend he's been very happy;ando muy ocupado I'm very busy at the moment;¿cómo andas de dinero? how are you (off) for money?;andamos muy mal de dinero we're very short of money, we're very badly off for money;¡date prisa, que andamos muy mal de tiempo! hurry up, we haven't got much time!, hurry up, we're late!;de andar por casa [explicación, método] basic, rough and ready;mi ropa de andar por casa my clothes for wearing around the house;hice un apaño de andar por casa y ya funciona I patched it up myself and it works again now;ande yo caliente, ríase la gente I'm quite happy, I don't care what other people think;quien mal anda mal acaba everyone gets their just deserts[papeleos, negocios] to be busy with;anda metido en pleitos desde el accidente ever since the accident he's been busy fighting legal battles¿quién ha andado en mis papeles? who has been messing around with my papers?con esa chulería, David anda buscándose problemas David's asking for trouble, always being so cocky;en ese país andan a tiros in that country they go round shooting one another;andan a voces todo el día they spend the whole day shouting at each other;anda echando broncas a todos he's going round telling everybody off;anda explicando sus aventuras he's talking about his adventures;andar a vueltas con algo to be having trouble with sth;RP¡andá a saber! who knows!anda por ahí con una jovencita he's running around with a young girl;anda con gente muy poco recomendable she mixes with o goes around with a very undesirable crowd;dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres birds of a feather flock together8.andar por [alcanzar, rondar] to be about;anda por los sesenta he's about sixty;debe de andar por el medio millón it must be o cost about half a million♦ vt1. [recorrer] to go, to travel;anduvimos 15 kilómetros we walked (for) 15 kilometres♦ nm1. [modo de caminar] gait, walk;andares [de persona] gait;tiene andares de modelo she walks like a model2. [transcurso]con el andar del tiempo, comprenderás todo mejor you'll understand everything better with the passing of time* * *I v/i1 ( caminar) walk;andando on foot;¡andando! come on!, move it! fam2 ( funcionar) work3:andar alegre/triste be happy/sad;andar bien/mal do well/badly;andar bien/mal de algo have a lot of/be short of sth;andar con cuidado be careful;andar con alguien mix with s.o., hang out with s.o. fam ;andar en algo ( buscar) rummage in sth;andar en el cajón rummage around in the drawer;andar en opor los 30 años be around 30;andar tras algo be after sth fam ;andar haciendo algo be doing sth;andar a golpes, andar a palos be always fighting;andar a una work together;II v/t walkIII m:andares gait, walk* * *andar {6} vi1) caminar: to walk2) ir: to go, to travel3) funcionar: to run, to functionel auto anda bien: the car runs well4) : to rideandar a caballo: to ride on horseback5) : to beanda sin dinero: he's brokeandar vt: to walk, to travelandar nm: walk, gait* * *andar vb1. (caminar) to walk2. (moverse) to go3. (funcionar) to work / to go4. (estar) to be¿cómo andas? how are you?¿cómo andas de tu resfriado? how's your cold?¿por dónde anda Enrique? where's Enrique?¿quién anda por ahí? who's there? -
6 quitarse
1 (desaparecer) to go away, come out2 quitarse de (del juego, bebida, etc) to give up* * *1) to leave2) take off* * *VPR1) (=apartarse)¡quítate de ahí!, ¡quítate de en medio! — get out of the way!
¡quítate de mi vista! — get out of my sight!
2) (=desaparecer) [dolor] to go, go away; [mancha] to come out3) (=acabarse)4) (=sacarse)a) [+ ropa, zapatos] to take off; [+ barba] to shave; [+ lentillas] to take outquitarse años: te has quitado diez años (de encima) — you look ten years younger
b)quitarse algo/a algn de encima — to get rid of sth/sb
¡ya me he quitado de encima el coche viejo! — at last I've got rid of the old car!
¡no me la puedo quitar de encima! — I can't get rid of her!
¡qué peso nos hemos quitado de encima! — what a relief!, that's a real weight off our minds!
5)• quitarse de (=dejar) —
* * *(v.) = take off, doff, take offEx. In the past, she's relied overly much on her ready laugh, lean looks, and willingness to doff her duds.* * *(v.) = take off, doff, take offEx: In the past, she's relied overly much on her ready laugh, lean looks, and willingness to doff her duds.* * *
■quitarse verbo reflexivo
1 (la ropa, las gafas, un postizo) to take off: quítate el sombrero, take your hat off
2 (apartarse, retirarse) to get out: quítate de ahí, get away from there
3 (un dolor) to go away
4 (mancha) to come out
5 (una costumbre, vicio) quitarse de (+ infinitivo), to give up: me quité de fumar, I gave up smoking
♦ Locuciones: quitarse a alguien de encima, to get rid of sb
' quitarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alisarse
- peso
- sombrero
- venda
- vida
- año
- encima
- medio
- quitar
- sacar
- sacudir
English:
come off
- come out
- customary
- get off
- leave on
- pull off
- raise
- rub off
- shake off
- slip off
- take off
- throw off
- wash off
- wash out
- come
- grow
- leave
- palm
- rid
- shake
- slip
- take
- throw
- wear
- wriggle
- your
* * *vpr1. [apartarse] to get out of the way;¡quítate de en medio! get out of the way!2. [ropa, gafas, pendientes] to take off;quítese el abrigo take your coat off3. [librarse de] [fiebre, dolor, temores] to get rid of;no puedo quitármelo de la cabeza I can't get it out of my head;4. [desaparecer] [sujeto: mancha] to come out;[sujeto: dolor, granos, sarpullido] to go away;no se le quita la fiebre her temperature won't go down;se me ha quitado el hambre I'm not hungry any moreme quité de fumar I gave up o stopped smokingquitarse la vida to take one's own life* * *v/r2 ( apartarse) get out of the way;quitarse algo/a alguien de encima get rid of s.th/s.o.;¡quítate de en medio! fam get out of the way!* * *vr1) : to withdraw, to leave2) : to take off (one's clothes)3)quitarse de : to give up (a habit)4)quitar de encima : to get rid of* * *¡quítate de en medio! get out of the way! -
7 bobada
f.1 foolish action, folly, foolish thing to do, silly thing.2 foolish thing to say, foolish statement.* * *1 silliness, foolishness\decir bobadas to talk nonsensehacer bobadas to act the fool* * *noun f.* * *SF silly thing, stupid thingdecir bobadas — to say silly things, talk nonsense
¡no digas bobadas! — come off it!, don't talk nonsense!
* * *deja de hacer bobadas — stop being so stupid o silly
* * *= humbug.Ex. That is what he does now, only now there is a lot of palaver and humbug and pretense of deliberation, which the bill proposes to continue, but which everybody can see would be a false pretense.* * *deja de hacer bobadas — stop being so stupid o silly
* * *= humbug.Ex: That is what he does now, only now there is a lot of palaver and humbug and pretense of deliberation, which the bill proposes to continue, but which everybody can see would be a false pretense.
* * *deja de hacer bobadas stop being so stupid o silly, stop acting the fooldijo muchas bobadas he said a lot of silly things, he talked a lot of nonsensedeja de decir bobadas stop talking nonsense o being silly¡qué bobada! what a silly thing to do/say!* * *
bobada sustantivo femenino ( cosa boba) silly thing;◊ deja de hacer bobadas stop being so stupid o silly;
deja de decir bobadas stop talking nonsense
bobada sustantivo femenino
1 (tontería) nonsense: estás diciendo bobadas, you're talking nonsense
2 (desacierto) mistake: fue una bobada que no te presentases al examen, you were crazy not to sit the exam
3 exclamación ¡no hagas bobadas!, don't be silly!
* * *bobada, bobería nf1. [estupidez] stupid thing;decir una bobada to say something stupid;decir bobadas to talk nonsense;hacer una bobada to do something stupid;hacer bobadas to mess about;no voy a cometer la bobada de decírselo I'm not going to be so stupid as to tell her2. [cosa sin importancia] silly little thing;se enfada por bobadas she gets angry over silly little things;no te gastes mucho, cómprale alguna bobada don't go spending a lot, just get him something little* * *f piece of nonsense* * *bobada nf: folly, nonsense -
8 bobo
adj.silly, booby, foolish, stupid.intj.you blot, you dope.m.fool, clod, blockhead, silly.* * *► adjetivo1 silly, foolish► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 fool* * *1. (f. - boba)nounfool, simpleton2. (f. - boba)adj.silly, stupid* * *bobo, -a1.ADJ (=tonto) silly, stupid; (=ingenuo) simple, naïve2.SM / F (=tonto) idiot, fool; (Teat) clown, funny man3. SM / F1) Caribe * (=reloj) watch2) Cono Sur (=corazón) heart, ticker ** * *I- ba adjetivo (fam) sillyII- ba masculino, femenino (fam) fooldeja de hacer el bobo — stop playing the fool, stop being so silly
* * *= daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], fool, simpleton, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], witless, simp, deadhead, nincompoop, dumbbell, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], ditz, dits, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], half-soaked, airhead, airheaded, drongo, dweeb.Ex. Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.Ex. The article 'Book pricing: economics of a goofy business' examines briefly the economics of the book publishing process from the viewpoint of the book wholesaler.Ex. She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.Ex. But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.Ex. If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.Ex. Three half-soaked security guards sat around a desk at the main entrance letting through more than they checked.Ex. Some people like airheads with fake boobs.Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.Ex. Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.----* como un bobo = stupidly.* tortuga boba = loggerhead turtle.* * *I- ba adjetivo (fam) sillyII- ba masculino, femenino (fam) fooldeja de hacer el bobo — stop playing the fool, stop being so silly
* * *= daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], fool, simpleton, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], witless, simp, deadhead, nincompoop, dumbbell, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], ditz, dits, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], half-soaked, airhead, airheaded, drongo, dweeb.Ex: Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.Ex: The article 'Book pricing: economics of a goofy business' examines briefly the economics of the book publishing process from the viewpoint of the book wholesaler.Ex: She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.Ex: But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.Ex: If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.Ex: Three half-soaked security guards sat around a desk at the main entrance letting through more than they checked.Ex: Some people like airheads with fake boobs.Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.Ex: Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.* como un bobo = stupidly.* tortuga boba = loggerhead turtle.* * *( fam); sillymasculine, feminine( fam); fooldeja de hacer el bobo stop playing the fool, stop being so silly* * *
bobo◊ -ba adjetivo (fam) silly
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) fool
bobo,-a
I adj (simple, lelo) stupid, silly
(cándido) naïve
II sustantivo masculino y femenino fool
' bobo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
atontada
- atontado
- boba
- pájaro
- che
- hacer
- pavo
- primo
English:
boob
- daft
- dopey
- dumb
- dummy
- goof
- halfwit
- lemon
- mug
- simple
- soft-headed
- sucker
* * *bobo, -a♦ adj1. [tonto] stupid, daft2. [ingenuo] naive, simple♦ nm,f1. [tonto] fool, idiot;hacer el bobo to act o play the fool2. [ingenuo] simpleton♦ nm1. Teatro = rustic simpleton2. CAm, Méx [pez] threadfin* * *I adj silly, foolishII m, boba f fool;pájaro bobo penguin* * *bobo, -ba adj: silly, stupidbobo, -ba n: fool, simpleton* * *bobo1 adjanda, no seas bobo come on, don't be silly2. (ingenuo) naivees tan bobo que se lo cree todo he's so naive, he'll believe anythingbobo2 n fool -
9 tonto
adj.1 silly, dull, empty-headed, foolish.2 silly, footling, foolish.3 useless, dumb.4 stupefied.m.fool, blockhead, dunce, idiot.* * *► adjetivo1 silly, stupid, US dumb■ ¡qué idea más tonta! what a stupid idea!► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 fool, idiot\a tontas y a locas without rhyme or reasonhacer el tonto / hacer la tonta to act the foolhacerse el tonto / hacerse la tonta to play dumbponerse tonto,-a familiar to get stroppytonto,-a de remate / tonto,-a de capirote familiar prize idiotun,-a tonto,-a del bote familiar a right berk, a real twerp* * *1. (f. - tonta)noun2. (f. - tonta)adj.foolish, stupid* * *tonto, -a1. ADJ1) [persona]a) (=bobo) [dicho con afecto] silly; [dicho con enfado] stupidvenga, vente con nosotros, ¡no seas tonto! — come on, come with us, don't be silly!
¡qué tonto soy! — how silly o stupid of me!
¿tú te has creído que yo soy tonto?, ¿me tomas por tonto? — do you think I'm stupid?
b) [poco inteligente] stupid¡y parecía tonto! — and we thought he was stupid!
a lo tonto —
¿para qué esforzarse a lo tonto? — why go to all that trouble for nothing?
y a lo tonto, a lo tonto, se le pasó la mitad del día — and before he knew it, half the day had slipped by
a tontas y a locas —
piénsalo bien, no quiero que actúes/hables a tontas y a locas — think carefully, don't just do/say the first thing that comes into your head
esos jóvenes sin seso que solo hablan a tontas y a locas — these silly youngsters who chatter away without even thinking what they're saying
c) (=insolente) silly¡si te pones tonto no te vuelvo a traer al cine! — if you start being silly I won't take you to the cinema again!
d) (=torpe)hoy se me olvida todo, estoy como tonto — I keep forgetting things today, I'm out of it *
dejar a algn tonto — Esp to leave sb speechless
e) (=presumido) stuck-up *f) (Med) imbecilepelo 8)2) [risa, frase, accidente] silly¡qué fallo más tonto! — it was a really silly mistake!
caja 1)me pilló en una hora tonta y le presté el dinero — I wasn't thinking at that moment and I lent him the money
2. SM / F1) idiotsoy un tonto, ¡nunca debí haberla escuchado! — I'm such an idiot, I should never have listened to her!
allí estaba, riéndome como una tonta — there I was, laughing like an idiot
2) (Med) imbecile3. SM1) (Circo, Teat) clown, funny man* * *I- ta adjetivo1)a) [SER] < persona> ( falto de inteligencia) stupid, dumb (colloq); ( ingenuo) sillyfui tan tonto como para decirle que sí — I was stupid o foolish enough to say yes
b) [ESTAR] ( intratable) difficult, silly; ( disgustado) upsetdejar tonto a alguien — (Esp fam) to leave somebody speechless
hacer tonto a alguien — (Chi fam) to fool somebody
2) <excusa/error/historia> sillyIIhacer el tonto — ( hacer payasadas) to play o act the fool; ( actuar con necedad) to make a fool of oneself
hacerse el tonto — to act dumb
* * *= fool, witless, bonehead, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], imbecile, cretin, lemon, airheaded, duffer, drongo, schmuck, schmo, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.Ex. She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.Ex. The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.Ex. The article 'Book pricing: economics of a goofy business' examines briefly the economics of the book publishing process from the viewpoint of the book wholesaler.Ex. The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.Ex. Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.Ex. The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.Ex. Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.Ex. Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.Ex. This team of schmoes is capable of anything.Ex. States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.Ex. Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.Ex. She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.Ex. I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.Ex. And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.----* a tontas y a ciegas = headlong, runaway.* a tontas y locas = like there's no tomorrow, without rhyme or reason.* chica bonita y tonta = bimbo.* chiste tonto para desternillarse = knee slapper.* chiste tonto pero gracioso = knee slapper.* como un tonto = stupidly, foolishly.* guaperas tonto = himbo.* hacer el tonto = fool around, horse around/about.* hacerse el tonto = act + dumb.* no tener un pelo de tonto = there are no flies (on/about) + Pronombre.* risa tonta = giggle.* risita tonta = giggle.* rubia tonta = dumb blonde.* típica rubia tonta = bimbo.* típico guaperas tonto = himbo.* tonto de capirote = blockhead, prize idiot.* tonto del bote = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, as daft as a brush, bonehead, birdbrain, knucklehead.* tonto del bote, tonto de remate, tonto del culo, tonto perdido, chiflado per = knucklehead.* tonto del cullo = arsehole [asshole, -USA].* tonto del culo = mug, prick, as daft as a brush, prize idiot, knucklehead.* tonto del pueblo, el = village fool, the.* tonto de marca mayor = prize idiot.* tonto de remate = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, prize idiot, knucklehead.* tonto genio = idiot savant.* tonto perdido = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, knucklehead.* tontos /tarea de tontos = fool's errand.* * *I- ta adjetivo1)a) [SER] < persona> ( falto de inteligencia) stupid, dumb (colloq); ( ingenuo) sillyfui tan tonto como para decirle que sí — I was stupid o foolish enough to say yes
b) [ESTAR] ( intratable) difficult, silly; ( disgustado) upsetdejar tonto a alguien — (Esp fam) to leave somebody speechless
hacer tonto a alguien — (Chi fam) to fool somebody
2) <excusa/error/historia> sillyIIhacer el tonto — ( hacer payasadas) to play o act the fool; ( actuar con necedad) to make a fool of oneself
hacerse el tonto — to act dumb
* * *= fool, witless, bonehead, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], imbecile, cretin, lemon, airheaded, duffer, drongo, schmuck, schmo, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
Ex: She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.Ex: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.Ex: The article 'Book pricing: economics of a goofy business' examines briefly the economics of the book publishing process from the viewpoint of the book wholesaler.Ex: The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.Ex: Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.Ex: The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.Ex: Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.Ex: Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.Ex: This team of schmoes is capable of anything.Ex: States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.Ex: Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.Ex: She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.Ex: I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.Ex: And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.* a tontas y a ciegas = headlong, runaway.* a tontas y locas = like there's no tomorrow, without rhyme or reason.* chica bonita y tonta = bimbo.* chiste tonto para desternillarse = knee slapper.* chiste tonto pero gracioso = knee slapper.* como un tonto = stupidly, foolishly.* guaperas tonto = himbo.* hacer el tonto = fool around, horse around/about.* hacerse el tonto = act + dumb.* no tener un pelo de tonto = there are no flies (on/about) + Pronombre.* risa tonta = giggle.* risita tonta = giggle.* rubia tonta = dumb blonde.* típica rubia tonta = bimbo.* típico guaperas tonto = himbo.* tonto de capirote = blockhead, prize idiot.* tonto del bote = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, as daft as a brush, bonehead, birdbrain, knucklehead.* tonto del bote, tonto de remate, tonto del culo, tonto perdido, chiflado per = knucklehead.* tonto del cullo = arsehole [asshole, -USA].* tonto del culo = mug, prick, as daft as a brush, prize idiot, knucklehead.* tonto del pueblo, el = village fool, the.* tonto de marca mayor = prize idiot.* tonto de remate = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, prize idiot, knucklehead.* tonto genio = idiot savant.* tonto perdido = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, knucklehead.* tontos /tarea de tontos = fool's errand.* * *A¡pero qué tonto eres! ¿de verdad te lo has creído? you idiot! did you really believe it?mírala … y parecía tonta look at her, and we thought she was stupid!no seas tonta, aprovecha ahora que puedes don't be silly! make the most of it while you cany él fue tan tonto como para decirle que sí and he was stupid o dumb o foolish enough to say yes2 [ ESTAR] (travieso) difficult, silly; (disgustado) upsetno me hagas caso, hoy estoy tonta don't take any notice of me, I'm in a funny mood todayse pone muy tonto siempre que hay visita he gets really silly o difficult when there are visitorsa lo tonto: a lo tonto, a lo tonto lleva ya ganados varios millones he's won several million just like that o without even tryinglo dijo a lo tonto y resulta que acertó it was a wild guess o he said it without thinking and it turned out to be righthablas a lo tonto you're talking through your hata tontas y a locas without thinkinggasta el dinero a tontas y a locas she spends money like there's no tomorrow ( colloq)ser más tonto que Abundio or que hecho de encargo or que una mata de habas ( Esp fam); to be as dumb as they come ( colloq), to be daft as a brush ( BrE colloq)B ‹excusa/error/historia› sillyfue una caída de lo más tonta pero ya ves, me rompí el tobillo it was such a silly o ridiculous fall but, as you see, I broke my anklemasculine, feminineeres un tonto por haberte dejado engañar así you're an idiot o a fool to let yourself be taken in like thathacer el tonto (hacer payasadas) to play o act the fool, to fool o clown around; (actuar con necedad) to make a fool of oneselfhacerse el tonto to act dumbno te hagas la tonta, que sabes muy bien de lo que estoy hablando you know very well what I'm talking about so don't pretend you don't o so don't act dumble gusta/gustaba más que a un tonto una tiza or un lápiz or un palo ( Esp fam); he is/was crazy o nuts about it ( colloq)Compuestos:prize idiot, utter foolvillage idiotidealistic puppet o stooge* * *
tonto◊ -ta adjetivo
1
( ingenuo) silly
( disgustado) upset
2 ‹excusa/error/historia› silly
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( falto de inteligencia) idiot, dummy (colloq);
( ingenuo) idiot, fool;
( actuar con necedad) to make a fool of oneself;◊ hacerse el tonto to act dumb
tonto,-a
I adjetivo silly, familiar dumb: ¿cómo pude ser tan tonto?, how could I be so stupid?
fue lo bastante tonto como para decirle la verdad, he was foolish enough to tell him the truth
una observación tonta, a trivial remark
II sustantivo masculino y femenino fool, idiot, familiar dummy
hacer el tonto, to play the fool
hacerse el tonto, to play dumb
tonto de remate, prize idiot
' tonto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bobalicón
- bobalicona
- boluda
- boludo
- burrada
- capirote
- definitivamente
- fatua
- fatuo
- hacer
- hombre
- manteca
- pelo
- perdida
- perdido
- remate
- simple
- tarugo
- todavía
- tonta
- tratar
- asno
- baboso
- gana
- ganso
- huevón
- idiota
- imbécil
- lelo
- lerdo
- mongólico
- necio
- pavo
- pendejo
- salame
- soquete
- tontear
- tontería
- zanahoria
English:
act
- asinine
- clot
- clown around
- dim
- do
- dozy
- dumb
- fool
- goof
- help
- idiotic
- lark about
- lark around
- mess about
- mess around
- muck about
- muck around
- need
- play
- prize
- silly
- soft-headed
- such
- thing
- daft
- foolish
- kind
- know
- stupid
- that
* * *tonto, -a♦ adj1. [persona] [estúpido] stupid;[menos fuerte] silly;pero ¿seré tonto? otra vez me he vuelto a confundir I must be stupid or something, I've gone and got it wrong again;nos toman por tontos they think we're idiots;¿estás tonto? ¿para qué me pegas? don't be stupid! what are you hitting me for?;no seas tonto, no hay por qué preocuparse don't be silly, there's no need to worry;ser más tonto que Abundio to be as thick as two short planks2. [retrasado mental] dim, backward3.[arrogante] to get awkward, Br to get stroppyponerse tonto [pesado, insistente] to be difficult;4. [sin sentido] [risa] mindless;[esfuerzo] pointless;fue una caída tonta it was so silly, falling over like that;a lo tonto: lo perdí a lo tonto I stupidly lost it;me tropecé a lo tonto I tripped over like an idiot;me he ido haciendo con una extensa colección de sellos a lo tonto I've built up a sizeable stamp collection without hardly realizing it♦ nm,fidiot;los listos y los tontos de la clase the bright ones and the dim ones in the class;el tonto del pueblo the village idiot;hacer el tonto [juguetear] to mess around;[no actuar con inteligencia] to be stupid o foolish;estoy haciendo el tonto intentando convencerle I'm wasting my time trying to convince him;hacerse el tonto to act innocent;a tontas y a locas without thinkingtonto útil useful idiot* * *I adj silly, foolishII m, tonta f fool, idiot;haba fam complete idiot;tonto del pueblo village idiot;hacer el tonto play the fool;hacerse el tonto act dumb fam ;a tontas y a locas in a slapdash way* * *tonto, -ta adj1) : dumb, stupid2) : silly3)a tontas y a locas : without thinking, haphazardlytonto, -ta n: fool, idiot* * *¡qué fallo más tonto! what a stupid mistake!tonto2 n fool / idiot -
10 sangronada
f.1 dumb comment, silly remark, silly thing to say, foolish remark.2 rude remark, coarse thing to say, rude thing to say, rough thing to say.* * *femenino (Méx fam)a) ( dicho inoportuno) silly remarkb) ( hecho desagradable)deja de hacer sangronadas — stop being so annoying, stop being such a pain in the neck (colloq)
* * *femenino (Méx fam)a) ( dicho inoportuno) silly remarkb) ( hecho desagradable)deja de hacer sangronadas — stop being so annoying, stop being such a pain in the neck (colloq)
* * *1 (dicho inoportuno) silly remark2(hecho desagradable): deja de hacer sangronadas stop being so annoying, stop being such a pain in the neck ( colloq) -
11 chiquillada
f.1 childish thing (cosa de niños).hacer una chiquillada (a alguien) to play a childish prank (on somebody)2 childish action, childish act.3 childish trick, childish prank.* * *1 (travesura) childish prank2 (niñería) childish thing\hacer chiquilladas to behave childishly* * *SF* * ** * ** * *no vamos a pelearnos por una chiquillada así we're not going to fight over a childish o silly thing like thisa ver si te dejas de chiquilladas why don't you stop being childish* * *
chiquillada sustantivo femenino:
* * *chiquillada nf[cosa de niños] childish thing; [travesura] childish prank;se enfadaron por una chiquillada they got angry about nothing;hacer una chiquillada (a alguien) to play a childish prank (on sb)* * *f childish trick* * *chiquillada nf: childish prank -
12 molestar
v.1 to bother.perdone que le moleste… I'm sorry to bother you…¿le molesta que fume? do you mind if I smoke?Sus palabras acedaron a María His words Maryoyed Mary.2 to upset.me molestó que no me saludaras I was rather upset that you didn't say hello to me3 to be bothered by.Me molesta ese ruido I am bothered by that noise.4 to ail.* * *1 (interrumpir) to disturb■ no lo molestes, que está durmiendo don't disturb him, he's asleep2 (perturbar) to bother, annoy, upset3 (importunar) to pester■ ¡deja de molestarme ya! stop pestering me!4 (hacer daño - apretar) to hurt, be too tight; (- picar) to irritate5 (ofender) to upset1 (tomarse la molestia) to bother■ no se moleste en venir, ya se lo mandaremos a casa don't bother coming, we'll send it round to you2 (ofenderse) to take offence* * *verb1) to annoy, bother2) disturb3) trouble•* * *1. VT1) (=importunar) to bother, annoy¿no la estarán molestando, verdad? — they're not bothering o annoying you, are they?
no la molestes más con tus tonterías — stop pestering o bothering o annoying her with your silly games
2) (=interrumpir) to disturbsiento molestarte, pero necesito que me ayudes — I'm sorry to disturb o trouble o bother you, but I need your help
3) (=ofender) to upset2. VI1) (=importunar) to be a nuisancequita de en medio, que siempre estás molestando — get out of the way, you're always being a nuisance
no quisiera molestar, pero necesito hablar contigo — I don't want to bother you o be a nuisance, but I need to talk to you
me molesta mucho que me hablen así — it really annoys o irritates me when they talk to me like that
ese ruido me molesta — that noise is bothering o annoying o irritating me
me molesta el jarrón, ¿puedes apartarlo? — the vase is in the way, can you move it?
2) (=incomodar) to feel uncomfortable, bother¿te molesta el humo? — does the smoke bother you?
si le sigue molestando, acuda a su médico — if it goes on giving you trouble, see your doctor
3) (=ofender) to upset4) (=importar)[en preguntas]¿le molesta la radio? — does the radio bother you?, do you mind the radio being on?
¿te molestaría prestarme un paraguas? — would you mind lending me an umbrella?
¿le molesta que abra la ventana o si abro la ventana? — do you mind if I open the window?
3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) ( importunar) to botherperdone que lo moleste — sorry to trouble o bother you
b) ( interrumpir) to disturb2) (ofender, disgustar) to upset2.molestar vi1) ( importunar) (+me/te/le etc)¿no te molesta ese ruido? — doesn't that noise bother you?
¿le molesta si fumo? — do you mind if I smoke?
me molesta su arrogancia — her arrogance irritates o annoys me
no me duele, pero me molesta — it doesn't hurt but it's uncomfortable
2) ( fastidiar) to be a nuisanceno quiero molestar — I don't want to be a nuisance o to cause any trouble
3.vino a ayudar pero no hizo más que molestar — he came to help, but he just made a nuisance of himself
molestarsev pron1) ( disgustarse) to get upsetse molestó por lo que le dije — he was upset o offended by what I said
2) ( tomarse el trabajo) to bother, trouble oneself (frml)no se moleste — it's all right o please, don't bother
¿para qué vas a molestarte? — why should you put yourself out?
molestarse EN + INF: ni se molestó en llamarme he didn't even bother to call me; se molestó en venir a verme — she took the trouble to come and see me
* * *= bother, irk, pester, disrupt, irritate, trouble, hassle, bug, tread on + toes, spite, annoy, nag (at), disturb, upset, niggle, importune, gall, peeve.Ex. Why bother, then, to create an alphabetical index to the classified file when you already have a printed alphabetical index to the schedules of the classification scheme?.Ex. She had been told from time to time that he seemed to derive satisfaction from needling the staff, but she had never been able to pin down specifically what he does that irks them.Ex. And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.Ex. Essentially, problem patrons can be considered in three groups: (1) the dangerous or apparently dangerous; (2) the patron who disrupts readers; and (3) the nuisance whose focus is the librarian.Ex. Their education must accordingly be designed to prepare them for that future, however much this may irritate the myopics whose only concern is for the present.Ex. This is a problem that has frequently troubled teachers.Ex. Richins also included inconveniences such as special trips to complain, time and effort required to fill out form, being treated rudely, and having to hassle someone.Ex. I have a question that has been bugging me since I upgraded to ProCite 5 some time ago.Ex. For all the indisputable good the Dalai Lama does in terms of spiritual guidance, he seems reluctant to tread on any political toes.Ex. Men's abuse of children is in many instances instrumental in order to coerce or retaliate against women, echoing the Greek myth of Medea who killed her own children to spite her father.Ex. Library pests are any humans, large or microscopic beasts, library equipment or installations, or chemical and biological substances that hamper or annoy the reader.Ex. This a book that I had admired but that had nagged at me for years.Ex. Transcribe the data as found, however, if case endings are affected, if the grammatical construction of the data would be disturbed, or if one element is inseparably linked to another.Ex. Especially if the new subject is one which upsets the previous structure of relationships, it will be difficult to fit into the existing order.Ex. He was under the knife last week to treat the knee problem that has been niggling him.Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex. It was the American attitude of superiority that galled them the most.Ex. Things like talking over the performances and cutting to commercials in the middle of performances were really peaving the people who watched.----* molestarse = stir + uneasily, get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist, get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle, begrudge, grudge, pique.* molestarse por = be bothered by, bridle at.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) ( importunar) to botherperdone que lo moleste — sorry to trouble o bother you
b) ( interrumpir) to disturb2) (ofender, disgustar) to upset2.molestar vi1) ( importunar) (+me/te/le etc)¿no te molesta ese ruido? — doesn't that noise bother you?
¿le molesta si fumo? — do you mind if I smoke?
me molesta su arrogancia — her arrogance irritates o annoys me
no me duele, pero me molesta — it doesn't hurt but it's uncomfortable
2) ( fastidiar) to be a nuisanceno quiero molestar — I don't want to be a nuisance o to cause any trouble
3.vino a ayudar pero no hizo más que molestar — he came to help, but he just made a nuisance of himself
molestarsev pron1) ( disgustarse) to get upsetse molestó por lo que le dije — he was upset o offended by what I said
2) ( tomarse el trabajo) to bother, trouble oneself (frml)no se moleste — it's all right o please, don't bother
¿para qué vas a molestarte? — why should you put yourself out?
molestarse EN + INF: ni se molestó en llamarme he didn't even bother to call me; se molestó en venir a verme — she took the trouble to come and see me
* * *= bother, irk, pester, disrupt, irritate, trouble, hassle, bug, tread on + toes, spite, annoy, nag (at), disturb, upset, niggle, importune, gall, peeve.Ex: Why bother, then, to create an alphabetical index to the classified file when you already have a printed alphabetical index to the schedules of the classification scheme?.
Ex: She had been told from time to time that he seemed to derive satisfaction from needling the staff, but she had never been able to pin down specifically what he does that irks them.Ex: And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.Ex: Essentially, problem patrons can be considered in three groups: (1) the dangerous or apparently dangerous; (2) the patron who disrupts readers; and (3) the nuisance whose focus is the librarian.Ex: Their education must accordingly be designed to prepare them for that future, however much this may irritate the myopics whose only concern is for the present.Ex: This is a problem that has frequently troubled teachers.Ex: Richins also included inconveniences such as special trips to complain, time and effort required to fill out form, being treated rudely, and having to hassle someone.Ex: I have a question that has been bugging me since I upgraded to ProCite 5 some time ago.Ex: For all the indisputable good the Dalai Lama does in terms of spiritual guidance, he seems reluctant to tread on any political toes.Ex: Men's abuse of children is in many instances instrumental in order to coerce or retaliate against women, echoing the Greek myth of Medea who killed her own children to spite her father.Ex: Library pests are any humans, large or microscopic beasts, library equipment or installations, or chemical and biological substances that hamper or annoy the reader.Ex: This a book that I had admired but that had nagged at me for years.Ex: Transcribe the data as found, however, if case endings are affected, if the grammatical construction of the data would be disturbed, or if one element is inseparably linked to another.Ex: Especially if the new subject is one which upsets the previous structure of relationships, it will be difficult to fit into the existing order.Ex: He was under the knife last week to treat the knee problem that has been niggling him.Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex: It was the American attitude of superiority that galled them the most.Ex: Things like talking over the performances and cutting to commercials in the middle of performances were really peaving the people who watched.* molestarse = stir + uneasily, get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist, get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle, begrudge, grudge, pique.* molestarse por = be bothered by, bridle at.* * *molestar [A1 ]vtA1 (importunar) to botherperdone que lo moleste, pero quisiera pedirle algo sorry to trouble o bother you, but I'd like to ask you something¿este señor la está molestando, señorita? is this man bothering you, Miss?2 (interrumpir) to disturbno la molestes, está estudiando don't disturb her, she's studyingque no me moleste nadie, voy a dormir un rato don't let anybody disturb me, I'm going to take a napB (ofender, disgustar) to upsetperdona si te he molestado I'm sorry if I've upset you■ molestarviA(importunar): ¿no te molesta ese ruido? doesn't that noise bother you?[ S ] se ruega no molestar please do not disturb¿le molesta si fumo? do you mind if I smoke?me molesta su arrogancia her arrogance irritates o annoys meya sabes que me molesta que hables de él you know I don't like you to talk about him, you know I get upset o it upsets me when you talk about himnunca uso pulseras, me molestan para trabajar I never wear bracelets, they get in the way when I'm workingno me duele, pero me molesta it doesn't hurt but it's uncomfortable o it bothers mesi le molesta mucho, puedo ponerle una inyección if it's very sore o painful, I could give you an injectionB (fastidiar) to be a nuisancesi vas a molestar, te vas de clase if you're going to be a nuisance, you can leave the classroomvino a ayudar pero no hizo más que molestar he came to help, but he just got in the way o made a nuisance of himselfson unos niños encantadores, nunca molestan they're lovely children, they're never any trouble o they're no trouble at allno quiero molestar I don't want to be a nuisance o to get in the way o to cause any troubleA (disgustarse) to get upsetno debes molestarte, lo hizo sin querer don't get upset, he didn't mean to do itmolestarse POR algo:se molestó por algo he got upset about somethingespero que no se haya molestado por lo que le dije I hope you weren't upset o offended by what I saidmolestarse CON algn to get annoyed WITH sb, get cross WITH sb ( BrE)se molestó conmigo porque no lo invité he got annoyed o cross with me because I didn't invite him, he was put out o upset because I didn't invite himB (tomarse el trabajo) to bother, trouble oneself ( frml)no se moleste, me voy enseguida it's all right o please, don't bother o don't worry, I'm just leavingno se molesta por nadie, sólo piensa en él he doesn't bother o worry about anybody else, all he thinks about is himself¿para qué vas a molestarte? why should you put yourself out?molestarse EN + INF:ni se molestó en llamarme he didn't even bother to call mese molestó en venir hasta aquí a avisarnos she took the trouble to come o she went to the trouble of coming all this way to tell usyo no me voy a molestar en cocinar para ellos I'm not going to put myself out cooking for them* * *
molestar ( conjugate molestar) verbo transitivo
1
◊ perdone que lo moleste sorry to trouble o bother you
2 (ofender, disgustar) to upset
verbo intransitivo
1 ( importunar):◊ ¿le molesta si fumo? do you mind if I smoke?;
me molesta su arrogancia her arrogance irritates o annoys me;
no me duele, pero me molesta it doesn't hurt but it's uncomfortable
2 ( fastidiar) to be a nuisance;◊ no quiero molestar I don't want to be a nuisance o to cause any trouble
molestarse verbo pronominal
1 ( disgustarse) to get upset;
molestarse POR algo to get upset about sth;
molestarse CON algn to get annoyed with sb
2 ( tomarse el trabajo) to bother, trouble oneself (frml);
se molestó en venir hasta aquí a avisarnos she took the trouble to come all this way to tell us
molestar verbo transitivo
1 (causar enojo, incomodidad) to disturb, bother: ¿le molestaría contestar a unas preguntas?, would you mind answering some questions?
me molesta que grites, it annoys me when you shout
2 (causar dolor, incomodidad) to hurt
' molestar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dañar
- dejar
- hartar
- jambar
- jorobar
- marear
- picar
- reventar
- ruido
- sino
- vivir
- chingar
- chocar
- chorear
- embromar
- enredar
- fastidiar
- fregar
- huevear
- importar
- joder
- nomás
- solo
English:
aggravate
- annoy
- bother
- bug
- disturb
- gall
- inconvenience
- intrude
- irk
- irritate
- nettle
- pester
- put out
- roil
- trouble
- worry
- heckler
- impose
- put
- spite
* * *♦ vt1. [perturbar] to bother;el calor no me molesta the heat doesn't bother me;esa luz tan brillante me molesta that bright light is hurting my eyes;deja ya de molestar al gato leave the cat alone;¡deja de molestarme! stop annoying me!;¿te están molestando los niños? are the children bothering you?;las moscas no paraban de molestarnos the flies were a real nuisance;¿te molesta la radio? is the radio bothering you?;¿te molesta si abro la ventana? do you mind if I open the window?;perdone que le moleste… I'm sorry to bother you…me molesta un poco la herida my wound is rather uncomfortable o a bit sore;vuelva dentro de un mes si le sigue molestando come back in a month's time if it's still troubling you3. [ofender] to upset;me molestó que no me saludaras I was rather upset that you didn't say hello to me;… todo esto dicho sin ánimo de molestar a nadie I don't want to cause anyone offence but…♦ vivámonos, aquí no hacemos más que molestar let's go, we're in the way here;deja ya de molestar con tantas preguntas stop being such a nuisance and asking all those questions;¿molesto? – no, no, pasa am I interrupting? – no, not at all, come in;no querría molestar, pero necesito hablar contigo un momento I don't want to interrupt, but I need to have a word with you;puedes aparcar el camión allí, que no molesta you can park the truck over there where it won't be in the way;no molestar [en letrero] do not disturb* * *v/t1 bother, annoy2 ( doler) trouble;no molestar do not disturb* * *molestar vt1) fastidiar: to annoy, to bother2) : to disturb, to disruptmolestar vi: to be a nuisance* * *molestar vb1. (interrumpir) to disturbno lo molestes, está descansando don't disturb him he's resting2. (importunar) to bother5. (importar) to mind¿le molesta que fume? do you mind if I smoke? -
13 gilipollez
f.1 stupidity, stupid action.2 garbage, bullshit.* * *► nombre femenino (pl gilipolleces)1 tabú→ link=gilipollada gilipollada* * *femenino (Esp fam o vulg)a) ( estupidez)decir gilipolleces — to talk garbage (AmE) o (BrE) rubbish
no discutáis por esa gilipollez — don't argue over a stupid o silly thing like that
b) ( acción estúpida)* * *femenino (Esp fam o vulg)a) ( estupidez)decir gilipolleces — to talk garbage (AmE) o (BrE) rubbish
no discutáis por esa gilipollez — don't argue over a stupid o silly thing like that
b) ( acción estúpida)* * *1(sandez, estupidez): no dices más que gilipolleces you're talking a load of garbage o bullshit ( AmE colloq), you're talking a load of rubbish o a load of old cobblers ( BrE colloq)no discutáis por esa gilipollez don't argue over a stupid o silly thing like that2(acción estúpida): pagar esa cantidad sólo por el nombre es una gilipollez it's stupid o dumb to pay that much just for the name ( colloq)* * *
gilipollez sustantivo femenino (Esp fam o vulg):◊ decir gilipolleces to talk garbage (AmE) o (BrE) rubbish;
no discutáis por esa gilipollez don't argue over a stupid o silly thing like that;
pagar tanto es una gilipollez it's stupid paying that much
gilipollez sustantivo femenino fam (tontería) stupidity
(vanidad) presumption
' gilipollez' also found in these entries:
English:
bollocks
* * *gilipollez, jilipollez nfEsp muy Fam2. [cosa insignificante] silly o stupid little thing;se pelearon por una gilipollez they fell out over some silly o stupid little thing;le compré una gilipollez I bought her some silly o stupid little present* * *f Esp vulgbullshit vulg -
14 niñada
1→ link=niñería niñería* * *SF = niñería 2)* * *niñería femenino (pey)* * *niñería femenino (pey)* * *niñada, niñería( pey)déjate de niñadas stop being so childish, stop your childish nonsense* * ** * *f1 childishness2 acto childish thing to do* * *niñada nf1) : childishness2) : trifle, silly thing -
15 dejarse
1 (abandonarse) to neglect oneself, let oneself go2 (olvidar) to forget, leave behind3 (permitir) to let oneself, allow oneself to* * *1) to leave2) forget3) grow* * *VERBO PRONOMINAL1) (=abandonarse) to let o.s. goempezó a dejarse después de tener su primer hijo — she started to let herself go after she had her first child
2) (=olvidar) to leave3) (=dejar crecer) to growdejarse las uñas largas/el pelo largo — to grow long nails/hair
4) (=permitir)+ infindejarse convencer — to allow o.s. to be persuaded
vencer 2., 1)-¿está bien la película? -se deja ver — "is the film any good?" - "it's watchable"
5) (=poderse)+ infin6) dejarse de (=terminar de)¡déjate de tonterías! — stop messing about o being silly!
¡déjate de andar y vamos a coger el coche! — forget about walking, let's take the car!
* * *
■dejarse verbo reflexivo
1 (olvidar) me he dejado el monedero en casa, I've left my purse at home
2 (parar) déjate de tonterías, stop that nonsense
3 ( dejar + infinitivo) se dejó caer en la cama, he flopped down on the bed
no se deja deslumbrar, she's not easily impressed
♦ Locuciones: dejarse barba, to grow a beard
dejarse caer, (aparecer de vez en cuando) to drop round
dejarse llevar por, to be influenced by: no te dejes llevar por la ira, don't act on your anger
no seas tan tímido, déjate llevar, don't be so shy, just let yourself go
' dejarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
caer
- tintero
- tirarse
- vencer
- aparecer
- barba
- corriente
- crecer
- dejar
- vender
English:
carry away
- fine
- flop
- grow
- leave
- leave on
- panic
- depressed
- go
- grim
- mustache
- ride
* * *vprse dejaron ganar they lost on purpose;Amno te dejes stand up for yourself;no te dejes tomar el pelo don't let them make fun of you;le quisimos ayudar, pero no se dejó we wanted to help him, but he wouldn't let us3. [no cortarse]dejarse (la) barba/(el) bigote to grow a beard/moustache;dejarse el pelo largo to grow one's hair long¡déjate de holgazanear y ponte a trabajar! stop lazing around and do some work!;¡déjate de tonterías! don't talk nonsense!5. [descuidarse] to let oneself go;se ha dejado mucho desde que perdió el trabajo she's really let herself go since she lost her job6. Compdejarse caer por: se dejó caer por la fiesta, aunque no había sido invitado he turned up at the party even though he hadn't been invited;a lo mejor nos dejamos caer por vuestra casa este fin de semana we may drop by your house this weekend;dejarse llevar to get carried away;me dejé llevar por la emoción del momento I got carried away with the excitement of the moment;se deja llevar por sus impulsos she allows her impulses to get the better of her;dejarse ver to be seen;se dejan ver mucho por lugares de moda they are often to be seen o they like to be seen in the most fashionable places* * *v/r1 let o.s. go;dejarse llevar let o.s. be carried along2:déjate de lloros/de quejas stop crying/complaining3:ya se deja sentir el invierno it’s getting a bit wintry;¡qué poco te dejas ver! we hardly ever see you!* * *vr1) : to let oneself bese deja insultar: he lets himself be insulted2) : to forget, to leaveme dejé las llaves en el carro: I left the keys in the car3) : to neglect oneself, to let oneself go4) : to grownos estamos dejando el pelo largo: we're growing our hair long* * * -
16 niñería
f.1 childishness, puerility.2 childish act.* * *1 (chiquillada) childishness, childish behaviour (US behavior)2 (nimiedad) trifle\hacer niñerías to be childish* * *SF1) (=cualidad) childishness2) (=acto) childish thing; (=trivialidad) silly thing, triviality* * *= childishness.Ex. The terms child, childishness, & child-like are used to indicate that there is something that is not quite right about a point of view, an individual, or a political position.* * *= childishness.Ex: The terms child, childishness, & child-like are used to indicate that there is something that is not quite right about a point of view, an individual, or a political position.
* * *
niñería sustantivo femenino (pey):
niñería sustantivo femenino
1 (acción infantil) irte así fue una niñería, it was stupid of you to go off like that
¡ya está bien de niñerías! enough of that nonsense!
2 (cosa sin importancia) trifle: no nos enfademos por niñerías, let's not get angry over something as stupid as that
* * *niñería, niñada nf1. [cualidad] childishness2. [tontería] silly o childish thing* * *f:una niñería a childish thing* * * -
17 andarse
1. VPR1) (=irse) to go off, go away2)• andarse con, ándate con cuidado — take care
no andarse con contemplaciones o remilgos — not to stand on ceremony
no podía andarse con demasiados remilgos a la hora de elegir marido — she couldn't be too fussy when choosing a husband
no podemos andarnos con contemplaciones a la hora de buscar una solución a la crisis — we can't afford to worry about the niceties when looking for a solution to the crisis
3)• andarse en — [+ herida, nariz] to pick; (=permitirse) to indulge in
4)2.SM walk, gaita más o todo andar — at full speed, as quickly as possible
* * *vpr1. [obrar]andarse con cuidado/misterios to be careful/secretive;andarse con rodeos, andarse por las ramas to beat about the bush;mi jefa no se anda con bromas, si cometes un error te despide my boss isn't one to mess around, if you make a mistake, she sacks you2. [recorrer] to walk;nos anduvimos todas las calles del centro we walked up and down every street Br in the city centre o US downtown3. Am [marcharse] to go, to leave;ándate o llegarás tarde you'd better go or you'll be late;¡ándate de una vez! go away!* * *v/r:andarse con bromas kid around fam ;todo se andará fam all will become clear* * *andarse vb¡no te andes con bobadas! stop being so silly!¡no te andes con rodeos! stop beating about the bush! -
18 maniático
adj.1 maniac, demented, insane, maniacal.2 maniacal, obsessive, fanatical, overly meticulous.m.1 maniac, obsessed person.2 maniac, obsessively enthusiastic person, overly enthusiastic person.* * *► adjetivo► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (quisquilloso) fusspot2 (loco) crackpot, crank* * *maniático, -a1. ADJ1) (=con manías) maniac, maniacal; (=fanático) fanatical; (=obsesionado) obsessive2) (=loco) crazy; (=excéntrico) eccentric, cranky *; (=delicado) fussy3) (=terco) stubborn2.SM / F (=obsesionado) maniac; (=fanático) fanatic; (=excéntrico) crank *solo piensa en no pisar las rayas de las aceras, es un maniático — his only concern is not to step on the lines on the pavement, he's obsessed
maniático de la ecología — ecology fanatic, ecology freak *
* * *- ca adjetivoa) (delicado, difícil) finicky, fussyb) ( obsesionado) obsessive* * *= faddish, faddy [faddier -comp., faddies -sup.], neurotic, cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], peculiar.Ex. Whilst, presumably, a set of standards for the conduct of reference work, the document is in fact a hodgepodge shaped by faddish misconceptions.Ex. These emotions will have a knock-on effect on the child and may, in the case of the faddy eater, cause the situation to deteriorate.Ex. Small wonder that, in the alternative universe, librarians are careworn and cataloguers neurotic.Ex. For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.Ex. However, by 1900 the motor car was beginning to develop its own peculiar form of engineering, and since then we have had aviation engineering, nuclear engineering and control engineering.* * *- ca adjetivoa) (delicado, difícil) finicky, fussyb) ( obsesionado) obsessive* * *= faddish, faddy [faddier -comp., faddies -sup.], neurotic, cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], peculiar.Ex: Whilst, presumably, a set of standards for the conduct of reference work, the document is in fact a hodgepodge shaped by faddish misconceptions.
Ex: These emotions will have a knock-on effect on the child and may, in the case of the faddy eater, cause the situation to deteriorate.Ex: Small wonder that, in the alternative universe, librarians are careworn and cataloguers neurotic.Ex: For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.Ex: However, by 1900 the motor car was beginning to develop its own peculiar form of engineering, and since then we have had aviation engineering, nuclear engineering and control engineering.* * *1 (delicado, difícil) finicky, fussy2 (obsesionado) obsessivees tan maniático que se lava las manos veinte veces al día he's obsessive, he washes his hands twenty times a day¡qué vas a estar gorda! no seas maniática of course you're not fat!, stop being obsessive o neurotic o so sillyson muy maniáticos con la comida they're very cranky about what they eatmasculine, feminine1(delicado): no come nada que no haya preparado él mismo, es un maniático he won't eat anything that he hasn't prepared himself, he's incredibly fussy o finicky like that2(fanático): es una maniática de la limpieza she's obsessed with o fanatical about cleanliness, she has a real obsession with cleanlinessmaniáticos que comen sólo arroz y algas cranks who eat only rice and seaweed* * *
maniático◊ -ca adjetivo
maniático,-a
I adjetivo fussy
II sustantivo masculino y femenino fusspot
' maniático' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
caprichosa
- caprichoso
- maniática
English:
fastidious
- crank
- fuss
- fussy
* * *maniático, -a♦ adjfussy♦ nm,ffussy person;es un maniático he's terribly fussy;es un maniático de los detalles he's a stickler for detail;es una maniática con la limpieza she's a cleaning freak;* * *I adj famfussyII m, maniática f fusspot;es un maniático de la limpieza he has an obsession with cleaning, he’s a cleaning freak fam* * *maniático, -ca adj1) maníaco: maniacal2) : obsessive3) : fussy, finickymaniático, -ca n1) maníaco: maniac, lunatic2) : obsessive person, fanatic3) : eccentric, crank* * * -
19 estúpido
adj.1 stupid, foolish, dumb, empty-headed.2 stupid, foolish, inane, dumb.m.stupid, nitwit, fathead, numbskull.* * *► adjetivo1 stupid, silly► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 berk, idiot* * *1. (f. - estúpida)adj.2. (f. - estúpida)noun f.* * *estúpido, -a1.ADJ stupid2.SM / F idiot* * *I- da adjetivo <persona/argumento> stupid, sillyIIay, qué estúpida soy! — oh, how stupid of me!
- da masculino, femenino idiot, fool* * *= crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], dummy, foolish, silly, mindless, moron, stupid, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], mad, dumb [dumber -comp., dumbest -sup.], nuts, witless, bonehead, boneheaded, twit, dolally tap, dolally [do-lally], imbecile, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], brainless, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], twat, nonsensical, mug, berk, prick, cretin, dumbbell, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], dits, ditz, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], airhead, airheaded, duffer, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, dork, moonstruck, plonker.Ex. Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.Ex. We are too prone to be dummy people by day, and thinking, articulate individuals only in the safety of home and leisure.Ex. It would be uneconomic and foolish to persevere with human assignment of controlled-language terms.Ex. In conclusion, I am sure you all believe me to be either idealistic, unrealistic, radical, or just plain silly.Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.Ex. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.Ex. When any librarian is trying to find material on behalf of a user from a poor citation it leads to that librarian appearing slow and stupid to the user.Ex. Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.Ex. When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.Ex. Techniques such as the automatic detection of anaphora enable systems to appear to be intelligent rather than dumb.Ex. I think some people would think my approach is nuts.Ex. She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.Ex. The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.Ex. That was a big boneheaded error.Ex. Democracy's a nice idea in theory, if it wasn't for all the twits.Ex. Now I know this country of ours is totally dolally tap!.Ex. The server has gone dolally by the looks of it.Ex. The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.Ex. It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.Ex. Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex. The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex. I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.Ex. Parental protectiveness of children is surely a good thing if sensibly applied, but this nonsensical double standard doesn't help anyone.Ex. By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.Ex. And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.Ex. Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.Ex. Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.Ex. This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.Ex. The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.Ex. If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.Ex. But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.Ex. Some people like airheads with fake boobs.Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.Ex. Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.Ex. This team of schmoes is capable of anything.Ex. Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.Ex. States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.Ex. Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.Ex. She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.Ex. I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.Ex. Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.Ex. I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.Ex. And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.Ex. ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.----* algo estúpido = no-brainer.* como un estúpido = stupidly.* hacerse el estúpido = dumb down, act + dumb.* lo suficientemente estúpido como para = dumb enough to.* rubia estúpida = dumb blonde.* ser estúpido = be off + Posesivo + rocker.* típica rubia estúpida = bimbo.* volverse estúpido = go off + Posesivo + rocker.* * *I- da adjetivo <persona/argumento> stupid, sillyIIay, qué estúpida soy! — oh, how stupid of me!
- da masculino, femenino idiot, fool* * *= crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], dummy, foolish, silly, mindless, moron, stupid, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], mad, dumb [dumber -comp., dumbest -sup.], nuts, witless, bonehead, boneheaded, twit, dolally tap, dolally [do-lally], imbecile, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], brainless, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], twat, nonsensical, mug, berk, prick, cretin, dumbbell, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], dits, ditz, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], airhead, airheaded, duffer, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, dork, moonstruck, plonker.Ex: Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.
Ex: We are too prone to be dummy people by day, and thinking, articulate individuals only in the safety of home and leisure.Ex: It would be uneconomic and foolish to persevere with human assignment of controlled-language terms.Ex: In conclusion, I am sure you all believe me to be either idealistic, unrealistic, radical, or just plain silly.Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.Ex: This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.Ex: When any librarian is trying to find material on behalf of a user from a poor citation it leads to that librarian appearing slow and stupid to the user.Ex: Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.Ex: When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.Ex: Techniques such as the automatic detection of anaphora enable systems to appear to be intelligent rather than dumb.Ex: I think some people would think my approach is nuts.Ex: She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.Ex: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.Ex: That was a big boneheaded error.Ex: Democracy's a nice idea in theory, if it wasn't for all the twits.Ex: Now I know this country of ours is totally dolally tap!.Ex: The server has gone dolally by the looks of it.Ex: The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.Ex: It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.Ex: Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex: The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex: I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.Ex: Parental protectiveness of children is surely a good thing if sensibly applied, but this nonsensical double standard doesn't help anyone.Ex: By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.Ex: And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.Ex: Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.Ex: Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.Ex: An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.Ex: This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.Ex: The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.Ex: If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.Ex: But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.Ex: Some people like airheads with fake boobs.Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.Ex: Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.Ex: This team of schmoes is capable of anything.Ex: Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.Ex: States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.Ex: Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.Ex: She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.Ex: I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.Ex: Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.Ex: I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.Ex: And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.Ex: ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.* algo estúpido = no-brainer.* como un estúpido = stupidly.* hacerse el estúpido = dumb down, act + dumb.* lo suficientemente estúpido como para = dumb enough to.* rubia estúpida = dumb blonde.* ser estúpido = be off + Posesivo + rocker.* típica rubia estúpida = bimbo.* volverse estúpido = go off + Posesivo + rocker.* * *‹persona› stupid; ‹argumento› stupid, sillyay, qué estúpida, me equivoqué oh, how stupid of me, I've done it wrongun gasto estúpido a stupid waste of moneyes estúpido que vayamos las dos it's silly o stupid for us both to gomasculine, feminineidiot, foolel estúpido de mi hermano my stupid brother* * *
estúpido
‹ argumento› stupid, silly;◊ ¡ay, qué estúpida soy! oh, how stupid of me!
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
idiot, fool
estúpido,-a
I adjetivo stupid
II sustantivo masculino y femenino idiot
' estúpido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
burra
- burro
- estúpida
- animal
- apendejarse
- baboso
- caballo
- el
- embromar
- gafo
- huevón
- pendejo
English:
also
- believe
- bit
- bonehead
- bozo
- damn
- dopey
- equally
- foolish
- goof
- idiotic
- mindless
- obtuse
- pretty
- shame
- soft
- stupid
- that
- wonder
- inane
- jerk
* * *estúpido, -a♦ adjstupid;¡qué estúpido soy! me he vuelto a olvidar what an idiot I am! I've gone and forgotten again;sería estúpido no reconocerlo it would be foolish not to admit it♦ nm,fidiot;el estúpido de mi vecino my idiot of a neighbour* * *I adj stupidII m, estúpida f idiot* * *estúpido, -da adj: stupid♦ estúpidamente adjestúpido, -da nidiota: idiot, fool* * *estúpido2 n stupid person / idiot -
20 idiota
adj.1 stupid (tonto).2 mentally deficient (enfermo).3 idiot, foolish, dumb, silly.4 ament.f. & m.idiot.* * *► adjetivo1 MEDICINA idiotic1 idiot\* * *1. noun mf. 2. adj.stupid, idiotic* * *1.ADJ idiotic, stupid2.SMF idiot¡idiota! — you idiot!
* * *Ia) (fam) ( tonto) stupid, idioticb) (Med) idioticII* * *= idiot, fool, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, arse, mug, berk, prick, moron, cretin, dumbbell, asinine, lemon, airhead, airheaded, bonehead, duffer, drongo, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.Ex. Dykstra, M., 'PRECIS: a primer', published in 1985, offers the long-awaited ' idiot's guide' to PRECIS indexing.Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.Ex. It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.Ex. Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.Ex. The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex. I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.Ex. In fact, there was little doubt in his mind that Nigel was an arse of the highest order.Ex. By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.Ex. And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.Ex. Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.Ex. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.Ex. Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.Ex. This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.Ex. The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.Ex. Some people like airheads with fake boobs.Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.Ex. The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.Ex. Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.Ex. Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.Ex. This team of schmoes is capable of anything.Ex. Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.Ex. States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.Ex. Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.Ex. She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.Ex. I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.Ex. And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.----* como un idiota = stupidly.* idiota genio = idiot savant.* * *Ia) (fam) ( tonto) stupid, idioticb) (Med) idioticII* * *= idiot, fool, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, arse, mug, berk, prick, moron, cretin, dumbbell, asinine, lemon, airhead, airheaded, bonehead, duffer, drongo, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.Ex: Dykstra, M., 'PRECIS: a primer', published in 1985, offers the long-awaited ' idiot's guide' to PRECIS indexing.
Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.Ex: It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.Ex: Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.Ex: The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex: I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.Ex: In fact, there was little doubt in his mind that Nigel was an arse of the highest order.Ex: By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.Ex: And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.Ex: Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.Ex: This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.Ex: Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.Ex: This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.Ex: The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.Ex: Some people like airheads with fake boobs.Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.Ex: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.Ex: Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.Ex: Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.Ex: This team of schmoes is capable of anything.Ex: Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.Ex: States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.Ex: Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.Ex: She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.Ex: I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.Ex: And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.* como un idiota = stupidly.* idiota genio = idiot savant.* * *me caí de la manera más idiota I had the most idiotic o stupid fall ( colloq)¡no seas idiota! don't be so stupid!, don't be such an idiot!2 ( Med) idiotic2 ( Med) idiotCompuesto:idealistic puppet o stooge* * *
idiota adjetivo (fam) ( tonto) stupid, idiotic;◊ ¡no seas idiota! don't be such an idiot!
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino ( tonto) (fam) idiot, stupid fool (colloq)
idiota
I adjetivo idiotic, stupid
II mf idiot, fool
' idiota' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
tomar
- trompo
- verdadera
- verdadero
- pedazo
- perdido
English:
bozo
- fool
- idiot
- idiotic
- knob
- make out
- meathead
- moron
- nerd
- plonker
- right
- some
- inane
- mug
* * *♦ adj1. [tonto] stupid2. [enfermo] mentally deficient♦ nmf1. [tonto] idiot2. [enfermo] idiot* * *I adj idioticII m/f idiot* * *idiota adj: idiotic, stupid, foolishidiota nmf: idiot, foolish person* * *idiota2 n idiot
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