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I am regarded by some people as a bit of a fool

  • 1 wie

    I Adv.
    1. bes. in Fragen: how?; nach der Art etc.: what... like?; wie bitte? pardon?, (sorry,) what did you say?; entrüstet: I beg your pardon!; wie? umg., nachfragend, erstaunt: what?; wie, hat er das wirklich gesagt? what, did he really say that?; wie das? how come? umg.; wie alt sind Sie? how old are you?; wie lange ist das her? how long ago is ( oder was) that?; wie viel / viele how much / many; wie viel Uhr ist es? what’s the time?, what time is it?; wie viel ist zwei plus zwei? what is two plus two?, what do two and two make?; wie war’s im Kino? how was the film (Am. movie)?; wie ist er (so)? what’s he like?; wie ist der neue Wagen? what’s the new car like?; wie war das mit dem Unfall? what exactly happened in the accident?; ich weiß nicht, wie das kam I don’t know how it came about; na, wie war das / ich? so how was it / I?; wie wäre es mit...? how about...?; na, wie wär’s ( mit uns beiden)? so, how about it?
    2. umg., als Zusatz: das war doch sehr witzig, wie? that was very funny, wasn’t it?; du magst mich nicht, wie? you don’t like me, do you?
    3. im Ausruf: wie schön! how beautiful!; wie froh war ich! how glad I was; wie gut, dass...! lucky for me ( oder you etc.) that...; wie du das nur immer schaffst! amazing how you always manage it!; wie du wieder aussiehst! just look at you!; und wie! umg. and how!, you bet!
    4. vergleichend: die Art, wie du lachst the way (that) you laugh; die Art, wie es gemacht wird the way (that) it’s done; in dem oder im gleichen Maß, wie... to the same extent that...; ein Erlebnis, wie man es nur selten hat an experience of a kind that one has only rarely
    5. verallgemeinernd: wie lang etc. auch ( immer) however long etc., no matter how long etc.; wie laut sie auch schrie however loud she shouted; wie sehr ich mich auch bemühte however hard I tried, try as I would; wie dem auch sei be that as it may; wie sie auch heißen mögen whatever they’re called
    II Konj.
    1. in Vergleichen: (so) wie nach Adj. oder Adv.: as, meist as... as; nach Subst. oder V.: like; ein Mann wie er a man like him; in einem Fall wie diesem in a case like this; groß wie ein Haus (as) big as a house; ( nicht) so alt wie (not) as old as; so schön wie ( noch) nie more beautiful than ever; ich fühlte mich wie betäubt / unter Drogen I felt as if I’d been stunned / as if I’d been taking drugs; er singt wie selten einer / wie keiner very few people sing / nobody sings like ( oder as well as) he does; sie arbeitet wie verrückt oder eine Verrückte she works like a madwoman; er sieht nicht wie 50 aus he doesn’t look fifty; mit P wie Paula with a P as in Peter; sie machte es wie ihr Vater she did like her father
    2. (beispielsweise) such as, like; Haustiere wie Hunde, Katzen und Vögel pets such as dogs, cats, and cagebirds
    3. (und) as well as; auf dem Land wie in den kleinen Städten both in the country and in the small towns; Sommer wie Winter summer and winter; Arm wie Reich rich and poor
    4. mit Verben der Wahrnehmung: ich sah, wie er weglief I saw him running away; ich hörte, wie er es sagte I heard him say so ( oder it)
    5. mit Teilsatz: wie man mir gesagt hat as I’ve been told; sie ist reich, wie es scheint she’s rich (so) it appears; wie so oft as is often the case; (früher) as ( oder like) so often before; wie er nun mal ist being the type of person he is; dumm wie er ist stupid as he is; wie gehabt umg. as before; wie gesagt as I said ( oder was saying); wie du mir, so ich dir Sprichw. it’s tit for tat
    6. zeitlich: as, when; wie er dies hörte when he heard this; wie ich so vorbeiging just as I was passing
    7. umg. (als), nach Komp.: than; schneller wie du faster than you; anders wie gestern different from yesterday; wie wenn as when; nichts wie nothing but; nichts wie weg hier! let’s get out of here
    * * *
    das Wie
    how
    * * *
    [viː]
    nt -s, no pl

    das Wíé spielt dabei keine Rolle — how (it'll happen/it'll be done etc) is unimportant

    dass es geschehen muss, ist klar, nur das Wíé ist noch ein Problem — it's clear that it has to happen, the only problem is how

    das Wíé und Wann werden wir später besprechen — we'll talk about how and when later

    * * *
    1) (used to introduce a statement of what the speaker knows or believes to be the case: As you know, I'll be leaving tomorrow.) as
    2) (like: He was dressed as a woman.) as
    3) (with certain verbs eg regard, treat, describe, accept: I am regarded by some people as a bit of a fool; He treats the children as adults.) as
    4) ((also how ever) in what way; by what means: However did you get here?; However did you do that?) however
    5) (in what way: How do you make bread?) how
    6) (to what extent: How do you like my new hat?; How far is Paris from London?) how
    7) (by what means: I've no idea how he came here.) how
    8) (in what condition: How are you today?; How do I look?) how
    9) (for what reason: How is it that I am the last to know about this?) how
    10) (the same or similar: They're as like as two peas.) like
    11) (the same as or similar to; in the same or a similar way as: He climbs like a cat; She is like her mother.) like
    * * *
    <-s>
    [vi:]
    der Plan ist grundsätzlich klar, nur das \Wie muss noch festgelegt werden the plan is basically clear, we just have to establish how to implement it
    * * *
    1.
    1) (auf welche Art u. Weise) how

    wie heißt er/das? — what is his/its name?; what is he/that called?

    wie [bitte]? — [I beg your] pardon?; (entrüstet) I beg your pardon!

    wie war das?(ugs.) what was that?; what did you say?

    wie kommt es, dass...? — how is it that...?

    wie das?(ugs.) how did that come about?

    wie war das Wetter? — what was the weather like?; how was the weather?

    wie ist dein neuer Chef?what is your new boss like? (coll.); how is your new boss? (coll.)

    wie war es in Spanien? — what was Spain like?; what was it like in Spain?

    wie wär's mit... — how about...

    wie lange/groß/hoch/oft/viel? — how long/big/high/often/much?

    und wie!and how! (coll.)

    4) (ugs.): (nicht wahr)

    das hat dir Spaß gemacht, wie? — you enjoyed that, didn't you?

    2.

    [die Art,] wie er es tut — the way or manner in which he does it

    3.

    [so]... wie... — as... as...

    er macht es [genauso] wie du — he does it [just] like you [do]

    ich fühlte mich wie... — I felt as if I were...

    ‘N’ wie ‘Nordpol’ — N for November

    wie [zum Beispiel] — like; such as

    wie wennas if or though

    2) (und, sowie) as well as; both

    Männer wie Frauen — men as well as women; both men and women

    3) (temporal): (als)

    wie ich an seinem Fenster vorbeigehe, höre ich ihn singen — as I pass by his window I hear him singing

    4) (ugs.): (außer)
    * * *
    A. adv
    1. besonders in Fragen: how?; nach der Art etc: what … like?;
    wie bitte? pardon?, (sorry,) what did you say?; entrüstet: I beg your pardon!;
    wie? umg, nachfragend, erstaunt: what?;
    wie, hat er das wirklich gesagt? what, did he really say that?;
    wie das? how come? umg;
    wie alt sind Sie? how old are you?;
    wie lange ist das her? how long ago is ( oder was) that?;
    wie viel/viele how much/many;
    wie viel Uhr ist es? what’s the time?, what time is it?;
    wie viel ist zwei plus zwei? what is two plus two?, what do two and two make?;
    wie war’s im Kino? how was the film (US movie)?;
    wie ist er (so)? what’s he like?;
    wie ist der neue Wagen? what’s the new car like?;
    wie war das mit dem Unfall? what exactly happened in the accident?;
    ich weiß nicht, wie das kam I don’t know how it came about;
    na, wie war das/ich? so how was it/I?;
    wie wäre es mit …? how about …?;
    na, wie wär’s (mit uns beiden)? so, how about it?
    2. umg, als Zusatz:
    das war doch sehr witzig, wie? that was very funny, wasn’t it?;
    du magst mich nicht, wie? you don’t like me, do you?
    wie schön! how beautiful!;
    wie froh war ich! how glad I was;
    wie gut, dass …! lucky for me ( oder you etc) that …;
    wie du das nur immer schaffst! amazing how you always manage it!;
    wie du wieder aussiehst! just look at you!;
    und wie! umg and how!, you bet!
    die Art, wie du lachst the way (that) you laugh;
    die Art, wie es gemacht wird the way (that) it’s done;
    im gleichen Maß, wie … to the same extent that …;
    ein Erlebnis, wie man es nur selten hat an experience of a kind that one has only rarely
    wie lang etc
    auch (immer) however long etc, no matter how long etc;
    wie laut sie auch schrie however loud she shouted;
    wie sehr ich mich auch bemühte however hard I tried, try as I would;
    wie dem auch sei be that as it may;
    wie sie auch heißen mögen whatever they’re called
    B. konj
    (so) wie nach adj oder adv: as, meist as … as; nach subst oder v: like;
    ein Mann wie er a man like him;
    in einem Fall wie diesem in a case like this;
    groß wie ein Haus (as) big as a house;
    (nicht) so alt wie (not) as old as;
    so schön wie (noch) nie more beautiful than ever;
    ich fühlte mich wie betäubt/unter Drogen I felt as if I’d been stunned/as if I’d been taking drugs;
    er singt wie selten einer/wie keiner very few people sing/nobody sings like ( oder as well as) he does;
    eine Verrückte she works like a madwoman;
    er sieht nicht wie 50 aus he doesn’t look fifty;
    mit P wie Paula with a P as in Peter;
    sie machte es wie ihr Vater she did like her father
    2. (beispielsweise) such as, like;
    Haustiere wie Hunde, Katzen und Vögel pets such as dogs, cats, and cagebirds
    3. (und) as well as;
    auf dem Land wie in den kleinen Städten both in the country and in the small towns;
    Sommer wie Winter summer and winter;
    Arm wie Reich rich and poor
    ich sah, wie er weglief I saw him running away;
    ich hörte, wie er es sagte I heard him say so ( oder it)
    wie man mir gesagt hat as I’ve been told;
    sie ist reich, wie es scheint she’s rich (so) it appears;
    wie so oft as is often the case; (früher) as ( oder like) so often before;
    wie er nun mal ist being the type of person he is;
    dumm wie er ist stupid as he is;
    wie gehabt umg as before;
    wie gesagt as I said ( oder was saying);
    wie du mir, so ich dir sprichw it’s tit for tat
    6. zeitlich: as, when;
    wie er dies hörte when he heard this;
    wie ich so vorbeiging just as I was passing
    7. umg (als), nach komp: than;
    schneller wie du faster than you;
    anders wie gestern different from yesterday;
    wie wenn as when;
    nichts wie nothing but;
    nichts wie weg hier! let’s get out of here
    * * *
    1.
    1) (auf welche Art u. Weise) how

    wie heißt er/das? — what is his/its name?; what is he/that called?

    wie [bitte]? — [I beg your] pardon?; (entrüstet) I beg your pardon!

    wie war das?(ugs.) what was that?; what did you say?

    wie kommt es, dass...? — how is it that...?

    wie das?(ugs.) how did that come about?

    wie war das Wetter? — what was the weather like?; how was the weather?

    wie ist dein neuer Chef?what is your new boss like? (coll.); how is your new boss? (coll.)

    wie war es in Spanien? — what was Spain like?; what was it like in Spain?

    wie wär's mit... — how about...

    wie lange/groß/hoch/oft/viel? — how long/big/high/often/much?

    und wie!and how! (coll.)

    4) (ugs.): (nicht wahr)

    das hat dir Spaß gemacht, wie? — you enjoyed that, didn't you?

    2.

    [die Art,] wie er es tut — the way or manner in which he does it

    3.

    [so]... wie... — as... as...

    er macht es [genauso] wie du — he does it [just] like you [do]

    ich fühlte mich wie... — I felt as if I were...

    ‘N’ wie ‘Nordpol’ — N for November

    wie [zum Beispiel] — like; such as

    wie wennas if or though

    2) (und, sowie) as well as; both

    Männer wie Frauen — men as well as women; both men and women

    3) (temporal): (als)

    wie ich an seinem Fenster vorbeigehe, höre ich ihn singen — as I pass by his window I hear him singing

    4) (ugs.): (außer)
    * * *
    adv.
    as adv.
    how adv.
    like adj.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > wie

  • 2 Wie

    I Adv.
    1. bes. in Fragen: how?; nach der Art etc.: what... like?; wie bitte? pardon?, (sorry,) what did you say?; entrüstet: I beg your pardon!; wie? umg., nachfragend, erstaunt: what?; wie, hat er das wirklich gesagt? what, did he really say that?; wie das? how come? umg.; wie alt sind Sie? how old are you?; wie lange ist das her? how long ago is ( oder was) that?; wie viel / viele how much / many; wie viel Uhr ist es? what’s the time?, what time is it?; wie viel ist zwei plus zwei? what is two plus two?, what do two and two make?; wie war’s im Kino? how was the film (Am. movie)?; wie ist er (so)? what’s he like?; wie ist der neue Wagen? what’s the new car like?; wie war das mit dem Unfall? what exactly happened in the accident?; ich weiß nicht, wie das kam I don’t know how it came about; na, wie war das / ich? so how was it / I?; wie wäre es mit...? how about...?; na, wie wär’s ( mit uns beiden)? so, how about it?
    2. umg., als Zusatz: das war doch sehr witzig, wie? that was very funny, wasn’t it?; du magst mich nicht, wie? you don’t like me, do you?
    3. im Ausruf: wie schön! how beautiful!; wie froh war ich! how glad I was; wie gut, dass...! lucky for me ( oder you etc.) that...; wie du das nur immer schaffst! amazing how you always manage it!; wie du wieder aussiehst! just look at you!; und wie! umg. and how!, you bet!
    4. vergleichend: die Art, wie du lachst the way (that) you laugh; die Art, wie es gemacht wird the way (that) it’s done; in dem oder im gleichen Maß, wie... to the same extent that...; ein Erlebnis, wie man es nur selten hat an experience of a kind that one has only rarely
    5. verallgemeinernd: wie lang etc. auch ( immer) however long etc., no matter how long etc.; wie laut sie auch schrie however loud she shouted; wie sehr ich mich auch bemühte however hard I tried, try as I would; wie dem auch sei be that as it may; wie sie auch heißen mögen whatever they’re called
    II Konj.
    1. in Vergleichen: (so) wie nach Adj. oder Adv.: as, meist as... as; nach Subst. oder V.: like; ein Mann wie er a man like him; in einem Fall wie diesem in a case like this; groß wie ein Haus (as) big as a house; ( nicht) so alt wie (not) as old as; so schön wie ( noch) nie more beautiful than ever; ich fühlte mich wie betäubt / unter Drogen I felt as if I’d been stunned / as if I’d been taking drugs; er singt wie selten einer / wie keiner very few people sing / nobody sings like ( oder as well as) he does; sie arbeitet wie verrückt oder eine Verrückte she works like a madwoman; er sieht nicht wie 50 aus he doesn’t look fifty; mit P wie Paula with a P as in Peter; sie machte es wie ihr Vater she did like her father
    2. (beispielsweise) such as, like; Haustiere wie Hunde, Katzen und Vögel pets such as dogs, cats, and cagebirds
    3. (und) as well as; auf dem Land wie in den kleinen Städten both in the country and in the small towns; Sommer wie Winter summer and winter; Arm wie Reich rich and poor
    4. mit Verben der Wahrnehmung: ich sah, wie er weglief I saw him running away; ich hörte, wie er es sagte I heard him say so ( oder it)
    5. mit Teilsatz: wie man mir gesagt hat as I’ve been told; sie ist reich, wie es scheint she’s rich (so) it appears; wie so oft as is often the case; (früher) as ( oder like) so often before; wie er nun mal ist being the type of person he is; dumm wie er ist stupid as he is; wie gehabt umg. as before; wie gesagt as I said ( oder was saying); wie du mir, so ich dir Sprichw. it’s tit for tat
    6. zeitlich: as, when; wie er dies hörte when he heard this; wie ich so vorbeiging just as I was passing
    7. umg. (als), nach Komp.: than; schneller wie du faster than you; anders wie gestern different from yesterday; wie wenn as when; nichts wie nothing but; nichts wie weg hier! let’s get out of here
    * * *
    das Wie
    how
    * * *
    [viː]
    nt -s, no pl

    das Wíé spielt dabei keine Rolle — how (it'll happen/it'll be done etc) is unimportant

    dass es geschehen muss, ist klar, nur das Wíé ist noch ein Problem — it's clear that it has to happen, the only problem is how

    das Wíé und Wann werden wir später besprechen — we'll talk about how and when later

    * * *
    1) (used to introduce a statement of what the speaker knows or believes to be the case: As you know, I'll be leaving tomorrow.) as
    2) (like: He was dressed as a woman.) as
    3) (with certain verbs eg regard, treat, describe, accept: I am regarded by some people as a bit of a fool; He treats the children as adults.) as
    4) ((also how ever) in what way; by what means: However did you get here?; However did you do that?) however
    5) (in what way: How do you make bread?) how
    6) (to what extent: How do you like my new hat?; How far is Paris from London?) how
    7) (by what means: I've no idea how he came here.) how
    8) (in what condition: How are you today?; How do I look?) how
    9) (for what reason: How is it that I am the last to know about this?) how
    10) (the same or similar: They're as like as two peas.) like
    11) (the same as or similar to; in the same or a similar way as: He climbs like a cat; She is like her mother.) like
    * * *
    <-s>
    [vi:]
    der Plan ist grundsätzlich klar, nur das \Wie muss noch festgelegt werden the plan is basically clear, we just have to establish how to implement it
    * * *
    1.
    1) (auf welche Art u. Weise) how

    wie heißt er/das? — what is his/its name?; what is he/that called?

    wie [bitte]? — [I beg your] pardon?; (entrüstet) I beg your pardon!

    wie war das?(ugs.) what was that?; what did you say?

    wie kommt es, dass...? — how is it that...?

    wie das?(ugs.) how did that come about?

    wie war das Wetter? — what was the weather like?; how was the weather?

    wie ist dein neuer Chef?what is your new boss like? (coll.); how is your new boss? (coll.)

    wie war es in Spanien? — what was Spain like?; what was it like in Spain?

    wie wär's mit... — how about...

    wie lange/groß/hoch/oft/viel? — how long/big/high/often/much?

    und wie!and how! (coll.)

    4) (ugs.): (nicht wahr)

    das hat dir Spaß gemacht, wie? — you enjoyed that, didn't you?

    2.

    [die Art,] wie er es tut — the way or manner in which he does it

    3.

    [so]... wie... — as... as...

    er macht es [genauso] wie du — he does it [just] like you [do]

    ich fühlte mich wie... — I felt as if I were...

    ‘N’ wie ‘Nordpol’ — N for November

    wie [zum Beispiel] — like; such as

    wie wennas if or though

    2) (und, sowie) as well as; both

    Männer wie Frauen — men as well as women; both men and women

    3) (temporal): (als)

    wie ich an seinem Fenster vorbeigehe, höre ich ihn singen — as I pass by his window I hear him singing

    4) (ugs.): (außer)
    * * *
    Wie n; -, kein pl:
    auf das Wie kommt es an what matters is how;
    das Wie, Wann und Wo ist noch völlig unklar (the) how, when, and where are still completely unclear
    * * *
    1.
    1) (auf welche Art u. Weise) how

    wie heißt er/das? — what is his/its name?; what is he/that called?

    wie [bitte]? — [I beg your] pardon?; (entrüstet) I beg your pardon!

    wie war das?(ugs.) what was that?; what did you say?

    wie kommt es, dass...? — how is it that...?

    wie das?(ugs.) how did that come about?

    wie war das Wetter? — what was the weather like?; how was the weather?

    wie ist dein neuer Chef?what is your new boss like? (coll.); how is your new boss? (coll.)

    wie war es in Spanien? — what was Spain like?; what was it like in Spain?

    wie wär's mit... — how about...

    wie lange/groß/hoch/oft/viel? — how long/big/high/often/much?

    und wie!and how! (coll.)

    4) (ugs.): (nicht wahr)

    das hat dir Spaß gemacht, wie? — you enjoyed that, didn't you?

    2.

    [die Art,] wie er es tut — the way or manner in which he does it

    3.

    [so]... wie... — as... as...

    er macht es [genauso] wie du — he does it [just] like you [do]

    ich fühlte mich wie... — I felt as if I were...

    ‘N’ wie ‘Nordpol’ — N for November

    wie [zum Beispiel] — like; such as

    wie wennas if or though

    2) (und, sowie) as well as; both

    Männer wie Frauen — men as well as women; both men and women

    3) (temporal): (als)

    wie ich an seinem Fenster vorbeigehe, höre ich ihn singen — as I pass by his window I hear him singing

    4) (ugs.): (außer)
    * * *
    adv.
    as adv.
    how adv.
    like adj.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Wie

  • 3 as

    [æz]
    1. conjunction
    1) when; while:

    We'll be able to talk as we go.

    عِنْدَما، بَيْنَما، عِنْدَما
    2) because:

    As I am leaving tomorrow, I've bought you a present.

    بِسَبَب
    3) in the same way that:

    If you are not sure how to behave, do as I do.

    مِثْل، كَما، بِنَفْسِ الطَّريقَه
    4) used to introduce a statement of what the speaker knows or believes to be the case:

    As you know, I'll be leaving tomorrow.

    كَما
    5) though:

    Old as I am, I can still fight

    Much as I want to, I cannot go.

    مَع أن
    6) used to refer to something which has already been stated and apply it to another person:

    Tom is English, as are Dick and Harry.

    مِثْل
    2. adverb
    used in comparisons, eg the first as in the following example:

    The bread was as hard as a brick.

    بِنَفْس الصِّفَه
    3. preposition
    1) used in comparisons, eg the second as in the following example:
    بِنَفْس المِقْدار، مِثل
    2) like:

    He was dressed as a woman.

    مِثل
    3) with certain verbs eg regard, ~treat, ~describe, ~accept:

    He treats the children as adults.

    عَلى أنه
    4) in the position of:

    He is greatly respected both as a person and as a politician.

    كَ ، بِوَظِيفَة

    Arabic-English dictionary > as

  • 4 estúpido

    adj.
    1 stupid, foolish, dumb, empty-headed.
    2 stupid, foolish, inane, dumb.
    m.
    stupid, nitwit, fathead, numbskull.
    * * *
    1 stupid, silly
    nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 berk, idiot
    * * *
    1. (f. - estúpida)
    adj.
    2. (f. - estúpida)
    noun f.
    * * *
    estúpido, -a
    1.
    ADJ stupid
    2.
    SM / F idiot
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo <persona/argumento> stupid, silly

    ay, qué estúpida soy! — oh, how stupid of me!

    II
    - 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.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo <persona/argumento> stupid, silly

    ay, qué estúpida soy! — oh, how stupid of me!

    II
    - 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.

    * * *
    estúpido1 -da
    ‹persona› stupid; ‹argumento› stupid, silly
    ay, qué estúpida, me equivoqué oh, how stupid of me, I've done it wrong
    un gasto estúpido a stupid waste of money
    es estúpido que vayamos las dos it's silly o stupid for us both to go
    estúpido2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    idiot, fool
    el estúpido de mi hermano my stupid brother
    * * *

     

    estúpido
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹ persona stupid;


    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
    adj
    stupid;
    ¡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,f
    idiot;
    el estúpido de mi vecino my idiot of a neighbour
    * * *
    I adj stupid
    II m, estúpida f idiot
    * * *
    estúpido, -da adj
    : stupid
    estúpido, -da n
    idiota: idiot, fool
    * * *
    estúpido1 adj stupid [comp. stupider; superl. stupidest]
    estúpido2 n stupid person / idiot

    Spanish-English dictionary > estúpido

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