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1 baloney
tr[bə'ləʊnɪ]baloney [bə'lo:ni] nnonsense: tonterías fpl, estupideces fplbaloney*n.• tonterías s.f.pl.bə'ləʊnia) u ( nonsense) (colloq) tonterías fpl, chorradas fpl (Esp fam), macanas fpl (RPl fam)b) u c (AmE) bologna[bǝ'lǝʊnɪ]N (esp US) tonterías fpl, chorradas fpl (Sp) ** * *[bə'ləʊni]a) u ( nonsense) (colloq) tonterías fpl, chorradas fpl (Esp fam), macanas fpl (RPl fam)b) u c (AmE) bologna -
2 baloney
intj.puro cuento.s.1 tonterías, bobadas (familiar) (disparate)2 salchicha. -
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4 cuento
Del verbo contar: ( conjugate contar) \ \
cuento es: \ \1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativoMultiple Entries: contar cuento
contar ( conjugate contar) verbo transitivo 1 ‹dinero/votos/días› to count; y eso sin cuento las horas extras and that's without including overtime; lo cuento entre mis amigos I consider him (to be) one of my friends 2 ‹cuento/chiste/secreto› to tell; es muy largo de cuento it's a long story; ¿qué cuentas (de nuevo)? (fam) how're things? (colloq) verbo intransitivo 1 ( en general) to count; ¿este trabajo cuenta para la nota final? does this piece of work count toward(s) the final grade?; ella no cuenta para nada what she says (o thinks etc) doesn't count for anything 2◊ cuento contigo para la fiesta I'm counting o relying on you being at the party;sin cuento con que … without taking into account that … contarse verbo pronominala) (frml) ( estar incluido):su novela se cuenta entre las mejores his novel is among the bestb)◊ ¿qué te cuentas? how's it going? (colloq)
cuento sustantivo masculino ( para niños) story, tale; cuento de hadas fairy story, fairy tale; venir a cuento: eso no viene a cuento that doesn't come into it; sin venir a cuento for no reason at all◊ no me vengas con cuentos I'm not interested in your excuses o storiesd) (fam) ( exageración):eso es un cuento chino what a load of baloney; el cuento del tío a con trick
contar
I verbo transitivo
1 (un suceso, una historia) to tell
2 (numerar) to count
II verbo intransitivo to count Locuciones: contar con, (confiar en) to count on (constar de) to have
cuento sustantivo masculino
1 story
2 Lit short story
contar un cuento, to tell a story
cuento de hadas, fairy tale
3 (embuste) lie: ¡déjate de cuentos!, get on with it!
4 (cotilleo, acusación) ya le fue con el cuento a la suegra, she ran off to tell the tale to her mother-in-law
5 cuento chino, tall story Locuciones: figurado eso no viene a cuento, that's beside the point
vivir del cuento, to live off other people ' cuento' also found in these entries: Spanish: colorín - gratuitamente - historia - historieta - modular - moraleja - novela - si - tal - alargar - aquél - chabacano - chiste - colar - contar - inventar - relato - tragar - venir English: bank on - cock and bull story - expect - fairy story - fairy tale - horror story - lurid - moral - number - racy - relate - run - spin out - story - tale - tall story - tell - unfold - yarn - act - eye - fairy - old - short - tall - way - yet
См. также в других словарях:
baloney — a*lo ney, n. 1. [Believed to be derived form balogna, but perhaps also influenced by blarney.] nonsense; foolishness; bunk; also used as an interjection. [Also spelled {boloney}.] [slang] [PJC] No matter how thin you slice it, it s still… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
baloney — 1894, variant of BOLOGNA (Cf. bologna) sausage (q.v.). As slang for nonsense, 1922, Amer.Eng. (popularized 1930s by N.Y. Gov. Alfred E. Smith; in this sense sometimes said to have been one of the coinages of legendary Variety staffer Jack Conway) … Etymology dictionary
baloney — (also boloney) ► NOUN informal ▪ nonsense. ORIGIN perhaps from BOLOGNA(Cf. ↑B) … English terms dictionary
baloney — ☆ baloney [bə lō′nē ] n. [altered < bologna, sausage] 1. bologna sausage 2. Slang foolish or exaggerated talk or behavior; nonsense interj. Slang nonsense … English World dictionary
baloney — {n.}, {informal} Nonsense, unbelievable, trite, or trivial. * /John brags that he s won the $10 million lottery, and I think it s just a lot of baloney./ * / Will you marry Joe? mother asked. Baloney, Susie answered with a disgusted look./ * /Do… … Dictionary of American idioms
baloney — {n.}, {informal} Nonsense, unbelievable, trite, or trivial. * /John brags that he s won the $10 million lottery, and I think it s just a lot of baloney./ * / Will you marry Joe? mother asked. Baloney, Susie answered with a disgusted look./ * /Do… … Dictionary of American idioms
baloney — noun informal Nonsense, unbelievable, trite, or trivial. John brags that he s won the $10 million lottery, and I think it s just a lot of baloney. Will you marry Joe? mother asked. Baloney, Susie answered with a disgusted look. Do you still… … Словарь американских идиом
baloney — [[t]bəlo͟ʊni[/t]] N UNCOUNT (disapproval) If you say that an idea or statement is baloney, you disapprove of it and think it is foolish or wrong. [mainly AM, INFORMAL] That s a load of baloney. Syn: rubbish, garbage … English dictionary
baloney — AND bologna [ba loni] n. nonsense. (Also as an exclamation.) □ Don’t give me all that baloney! □ That’s just a lot of bologna. Don’t believe it for a minute. □ Baloney! You’re nuts! … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
baloney — Bologna Bo*lo gna, n. 1. A city of Italy which has given its name to various objects. [1913 Webster] 2. A Bologna sausage; also informally called {baloney}. [1913 Webster] {Bologna sausage} [It. salsiccia di Bologna], a large sausage made of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
baloney — baloné ou baloney n. m. (Québec) Fam. Gros saucisson à pâte claire, jugé de qualité inférieure … Encyclopédie Universelle