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bicho

  • 1 bicho

    m.
    1 beast, animal (animal).
    ¿qué bicho le ha picado? what's up with him? (British), what's eating him? (United States)
    2 little terror (pillo).
    3 vermin, bug, insect, creepy-crawly.
    4 scoundrel, vicious tongue.
    * * *
    1 (animal) animal, creature; (insecto) bug, creepy-crawly
    2 (persona) odd character; (niño) little devil, little monkey
    \
    bicho raro oddball, weirdo
    * * *
    noun m.
    bug, small animal
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Zool) [gen] small animal; (=insecto) bug, creepy-crawly *; (Taur) bull; Cuba, Cono Sur (=gusano) maggot, grub; And (=serpiente) snake; LAm (=animal extraño) odd-looking creature
    2) pl bichos vermin sing, pests
    3) * (=persona) oddball *

    mal bicho — rogue, villain

    es un mal bicho — he's a nasty piece of work, he's a rotter *

    todo bicho viviente — every living soul, every man-jack of them

    4) * pey (=niño) brat *

    sí, bichito — yes, my love

    5) CAm (=niño) child, little boy
    6) And (=peste aviar) fowl pest
    7) (Mil) squaddie *, recruit
    8) Caribe (=chisme) what's-it *, thingummy *
    9) CAm, Méx *** (=pene) prick ***
    * * *
    1) (fam)
    a) ( insecto) insect, bug (colloq), creepy-crawly (colloq)
    b) ( animal) animal, creature, critter (AmE colloq)

    me picó or (Esp) ha picado un bicho — I've been bitten by something

    2) (fam) ( persona maligna) nasty piece of work (colloq), mean son of a bitch (AmE sl)
    * * *
    = critter, bug.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Dogs, ponies and conservation critters in Arizona'.
    Ex. In this videotape, students learn about the similar characteristics that all bugs share and compare them to their close cousins, the arachnids.
    ----
    * bicho malo = nasty piece of work.
    * bicho raro = flake, freak, oddball [odd ball], kooky, rare bird, odd bird, odd fish, freak of nature, rare breed, weirdo, nerd, geek, nerdy [nerdier -comp., nerdiest -sup.], geeky [geekier -comp., geekiest -sup.].
    * infestado de bichos = bug-ridden.
    * todo bicho viviente = every living soul, everyone and their mother, every Tom, Dick and Harry.
    * * *
    1) (fam)
    a) ( insecto) insect, bug (colloq), creepy-crawly (colloq)
    b) ( animal) animal, creature, critter (AmE colloq)

    me picó or (Esp) ha picado un bicho — I've been bitten by something

    2) (fam) ( persona maligna) nasty piece of work (colloq), mean son of a bitch (AmE sl)
    * * *
    = critter, bug.

    Ex: The article is entitled 'Dogs, ponies and conservation critters in Arizona'.

    Ex: In this videotape, students learn about the similar characteristics that all bugs share and compare them to their close cousins, the arachnids.
    * bicho malo = nasty piece of work.
    * bicho raro = flake, freak, oddball [odd ball], kooky, rare bird, odd bird, odd fish, freak of nature, rare breed, weirdo, nerd, geek, nerdy [nerdier -comp., nerdiest -sup.], geeky [geekier -comp., geekiest -sup.].
    * infestado de bichos = bug-ridden.
    * todo bicho viviente = every living soul, everyone and their mother, every Tom, Dick and Harry.

    * * *
    A
    1 (insecto) ( fam); insect, bug ( colloq), creepy-crawly ( colloq)
    2 (animal) ( fam); animal, creature, critter ( AmE colloq)
    me ha picado algún bicho I've been bitten
    ¿qué bicho te/le habrá picado? ( fam); what's biting o eating you/him? ( colloq)
    Compuestos:
    ( RPl) tick
    ( RPl fam) firefly
    B ( fam) (personamaligna) nasty piece of work ( colloq), nasty character ( colloq), mean son of a bitch ( AmE sl)
    (— fea): el pobre chico es un bicho the poor guy is so ugly …
    es un bicho raro he's an oddball o a queer fish ( colloq)
    me miró como si fuera un bicho raro he looked at me as if I was from another planet ( colloq)
    no había bicho viviente en la calle there wasn't a living soul on the street
    bicho malo nunca muere ( Esp); the devil looks after his own
    no comas eso que te hará mal — no te preocupes, bicho malo nunca muere don't eat that, it'll make you ill — don't worry, I'm as tough as old leather o ( BrE) boots
    C ( fam) (aparato) contraption ( colloq)
    * * *

     

    Del verbo bichar: ( conjugate bichar)

    bicho es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    bichó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    bicho sustantivo masculino
    1 (fam)
    a) ( insecto) bug (colloq), creepy-crawly (colloq)


    me picó or (Esp) ha picado un bicho I've been bitten by something
    2 (fam) ( persona) nasty piece of work (colloq);
    bicho raro weirdo (colloq);

    todo bicho viviente everyone
    bicho sustantivo masculino
    1 (insecto) bug, insect
    (animal) animal
    (cebo) bait
    2 (niño) little devil 3 (mal) bicho (persona perversa) nasty piece of work
    fig fam bicho raro, weirdo: Pedro es un bicho raro, Pedro is a weirdo
    fam hum bicho viviente, living soul: todo bicho viviente tiene un móvil, every mother's son has a mobile phone
    ' bicho' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    rara
    - raro
    English:
    bug
    - odd
    - oddbod
    - oddity
    - oddball
    * * *
    bicho nm
    1. [insecto] bug, creepy-crawly;
    lo picó un bicho he was bitten by an insect;
    Fam
    ¿qué bicho le ha picado? Br what's up with him?, US what's eating him?
    RP bicho bolita [cochinilla] woodlouse; RP bicho de luz [gusano de luz] glow-worm
    2. Fam [animal] beast, creature
    3. Fam [persona]
    (mal) bicho Br nasty piece of work, US real piece of work;
    [pillo] little terror;
    bicho raro weirdo
    bicho viviente:
    siempre está intentado ligar con todo bicho viviente he'll try to Br get off with o US hit on anything that moves;
    no hay bicho viviente que se coma esto there isn't a creature alive that would eat that
    4. RP Fam [apelativo] honey
    5. Perú Fam [envidia, despecho] spite, envy;
    de puro bicho out of pure spite
    * * *
    m
    1 ( insecto) bug, Br tb
    creepy-crawly;
    ¿qué bicho te ha picado? what’s eating you?;
    no hay bicho viviente fam there isn’t a living soul
    2 ( animal) creature;
    (mal) bicho fig fam nasty piece of work;
    bicho raro weirdo fam
    * * *
    bicho nm
    : small animal, bug, insect
    * * *
    1. (insecto) bug / creepy crawly [pl. creepy crawlies]
    2. (animal) animal

    Spanish-English dictionary > bicho

  • 2 bicho

    • creepy-crawly
    • inscrutableness
    • insect eggs
    • vermin

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > bicho

  • 3 bicho raro

    m.
    oddball, freak, odd person, odd fish.
    * * *
    oddball, weirdo
    * * *
    (adj.) = flake, freak, oddball [odd ball], kooky, rare bird, odd bird, odd fish, freak of nature, rare breed, weirdo, nerd, geek, nerdy [nerdier -comp., nerdiest -sup.], geeky [geekier -comp., geekiest -sup.]
    Ex. It's not altogether its fault because the critics have been so far more or less characterized as freaks and flakes who are not to be taken seriously.
    Ex. It's not altogether its fault because the critics have been so far more or less characterized as freaks and flakes who are not to be taken seriously.
    Ex. Some librarians think people making these kinds of requests for responsive, contemporaneous headings, and for different cataloging practices are sort of kooky, unrealistic, oddballs.
    Ex. Some librarians think people making these kinds of requests for responsive, contemporaneous headings, and for different cataloging practices are sort of kooky, unrealistic, oddballs.
    Ex. Variously described as information consultant, resource person, intelligence officer, communication scientist, etc, they are still rare birds.
    Ex. This type of service is an odd bird in an IT (Information Technology) company.
    Ex. The biographer controls the innumerable aspects of Buchan's life in an exemplary manner, without losing sight of the fact that Buchan was 'a very odd fish indeed'.
    Ex. Despite statistics showing their phenomenal growth and use, on-line data bases in US libraries are still somewhat a freak of nature.
    Ex. At the same time, all her friends are sports freaks, and they're a rare breed.
    Ex. The novel often has an unjustified negative image as a book only loved by weirdos and social outcasts.
    Ex. A stereotypical image of a teenage nerd emerged in the drawings of secondary students but not in elementary children's drawings.
    Ex. The book has the title 'The geek's guide to Internet business success'.
    Ex. I've always considered myself something of a nerd, even back when being nerdy wasn't cool -- nowadays, everyone thinks they're a nerd.
    Ex. At the heart of the novel is a geeky high-school student who lives in Preston, Idaho.
    * * *
    (adj.) = flake, freak, oddball [odd ball], kooky, rare bird, odd bird, odd fish, freak of nature, rare breed, weirdo, nerd, geek, nerdy [nerdier -comp., nerdiest -sup.], geeky [geekier -comp., geekiest -sup.]

    Ex: It's not altogether its fault because the critics have been so far more or less characterized as freaks and flakes who are not to be taken seriously.

    Ex: It's not altogether its fault because the critics have been so far more or less characterized as freaks and flakes who are not to be taken seriously.
    Ex: Some librarians think people making these kinds of requests for responsive, contemporaneous headings, and for different cataloging practices are sort of kooky, unrealistic, oddballs.
    Ex: Some librarians think people making these kinds of requests for responsive, contemporaneous headings, and for different cataloging practices are sort of kooky, unrealistic, oddballs.
    Ex: Variously described as information consultant, resource person, intelligence officer, communication scientist, etc, they are still rare birds.
    Ex: This type of service is an odd bird in an IT (Information Technology) company.
    Ex: The biographer controls the innumerable aspects of Buchan's life in an exemplary manner, without losing sight of the fact that Buchan was 'a very odd fish indeed'.
    Ex: Despite statistics showing their phenomenal growth and use, on-line data bases in US libraries are still somewhat a freak of nature.
    Ex: At the same time, all her friends are sports freaks, and they're a rare breed.
    Ex: The novel often has an unjustified negative image as a book only loved by weirdos and social outcasts.
    Ex: A stereotypical image of a teenage nerd emerged in the drawings of secondary students but not in elementary children's drawings.
    Ex: The book has the title 'The geek's guide to Internet business success'.
    Ex: I've always considered myself something of a nerd, even back when being nerdy wasn't cool -- nowadays, everyone thinks they're a nerd.
    Ex: At the heart of the novel is a geeky high-school student who lives in Preston, Idaho.

    Spanish-English dictionary > bicho raro

  • 4 bicho malo

    Ex. Mary, on the other hand, is a nasty piece of work who is at her best is frosty and aloof and at her worst is hostile and cruel.
    * * *

    Ex: Mary, on the other hand, is a nasty piece of work who is at her best is frosty and aloof and at her worst is hostile and cruel.

    Spanish-English dictionary > bicho malo

  • 5 bicho malo nunca muere

    Spanish-English dictionary > bicho malo nunca muere

  • 6 bicho de luz

    • lanolin
    • lantern-jawed
    • lightning beetle
    • lightning bug

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > bicho de luz

  • 7 bicho munición

    • sow bug

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > bicho munición

  • 8 bicho raro

    • oddball
    • queer card

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > bicho raro

  • 9 bicho viviente

    • living soul

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > bicho viviente

  • 10 bicho munición

    m.
    sow bug.

    Spanish-English dictionary > bicho munición

  • 11 bicho viviente

    m.
    living soul.

    Spanish-English dictionary > bicho viviente

  • 12 todo bicho viviente

    familiar every living creature
    * * *
    = every living soul, everyone and their mother, every Tom, Dick and Harry
    Ex. The inherent nature of man is ever seeking to express itself in terms of freedom, because freedom is the birthright of every living Soul.
    Ex. Everyone and their mother (literally) will be ducking out from work early today to be with their nearest and dearest for the long weekend.
    Ex. It really is time we stopped kow-towing to every Tom, Dick and Harry who runs down our industry.
    * * *
    = every living soul, everyone and their mother, every Tom, Dick and Harry

    Ex: The inherent nature of man is ever seeking to express itself in terms of freedom, because freedom is the birthright of every living Soul.

    Ex: Everyone and their mother (literally) will be ducking out from work early today to be with their nearest and dearest for the long weekend.
    Ex: It really is time we stopped kow-towing to every Tom, Dick and Harry who runs down our industry.

    Spanish-English dictionary > todo bicho viviente

  • 13 de puro bicho

    LAm out of sheer pig-headedness

    Spanish-English dictionary > de puro bicho

  • 14 matar el bicho

    Spanish-English dictionary > matar el bicho

  • 15 tener bicho

    Spanish-English dictionary > tener bicho

  • 16 mal bicho

    • malevolence
    • malevolent person
    • Roger
    • rogue

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > mal bicho

  • 17 todo bicho viviente

    • every living soul
    • every Tom

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > todo bicho viviente

  • 18 mal bicho

    m.
    scoundrel, malevolent person, motherfucker, rat.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mal bicho

  • 19 raro

    adj.
    1 unusual, curious, rare, out of the common.
    2 strange, odd, queer, far-out.
    3 unfamiliar.
    * * *
    2 (escaso) scarce, rare
    3 (peculiar) odd, strange, weird
    4 (excelente) excellent
    escribió un libro raro, una verdadera obra de arte she wrote a very good book, a real work of art
    \
    ¡qué raro! how odd!, that's strange!
    rara vez seldom
    * * *
    (f. - rara)
    adj.
    1) rare, uncommon, unusual, funny
    2) bizarre, weird
    3) odd
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=extraño) strange, odd

    es raro que no haya llamadoit's strange o odd that he hasn't called

    ¡qué raro!, ¡qué cosa más rara! — how (very) strange!, how (very) odd!

    2) (=poco común) rare

    con alguna rara excepciónwith few o rare exceptions

    de rara perfección — of rare perfection, of remarkable perfection

    rara vez nos visita, rara es la vez que nos visita — he rarely visits us

    3) (Fís) rare, rarefied
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( extraño) strange, odd, funny (colloq)

    es raro que... — it's strange o odd o funny that...

    qué cosa más rara! or qué raro! — how odd o strange!

    te noto muy raro hoy — you're acting very strangely today; ver bicho 2)

    b) ( poco frecuente) rare

    raro es el día que... — there's rarely o hardly a day when...

    aquí es raro que nieveit's very unusual o rare for it to snow here

    2) < gas> rare
    * * *
    = bizarre, queer, rare, unusual, eccentric, odd, uncommon, untoward, weird [weirder -comp., weirdest -sup.], awry, funny [funnier -comp., funniest -sup.], outlandish, freaky [freakier -comp., freakiest -sup.], uncanny, cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], kinky [kinkier -comp., kinkiest -sup.], flaky [flakey], freakish, quirky [quirkier -comp., quirkiest -sup.].
    Ex. Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.
    Ex. Several years later, his talk with a friend turns to the queer ways in which a people resist innovations, even of vital interest.
    Ex. In practice critical abstracts are rare, and certainly do not usually feature in published secondary services.
    Ex. If the book has an unusual shape then both the height and the width of the book will be given.
    Ex. School classrooms are sometimes extraordinarily badly designed with poor acoustics, ineffective blackout facilities, and notoriously eccentric electrical outlets.
    Ex. There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.
    Ex. Early woodcut initials, coats of arms, etc., were sometimes made from wood cut across the grain, but the use of end-grain blocks remained uncommon until the later eighteenth century.
    Ex. Perhaps, he questioned himself, this is the way every principal operates, and there is nothing untoward in it.
    Ex. This paper surveys some of the more weird World Wide Web sites.
    Ex. Could she not have detected that something in his behavior was awry?.
    Ex. The article 'What's that funny noise? Videogames in the library' explains how videogames have attracted many young irregular library users who may, in time, extend their attention to other library facilities.
    Ex. This book discusses some of the most outlandish myths and fantastic realities of medical history.
    Ex. This film is really just a series of throwaway skits that the director and scriptwriter attempt to lard with parody and freaky fantasy.
    Ex. Surrealism is an art concerned not with love and liberation but with the uncanny, the compulsion to repeat, and the drive toward death.
    Ex. For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex. However, those desiring something off-the-wall, borderline kinky, and just plain mad might appreciate the novel.
    Ex. Children who were in some way different were excused from family responsibilities in childhood because they were, for example, 'spoiled,' a 'problem child,' or ' flaky'.
    Ex. 1816 was one of several years during the 1810s in which numerous crops failed during freakish summer cold snaps after volcanic eruptions that reduced incoming sunlight.
    Ex. 'Why are barns frequently painted red?' -- These are the curious, slightly bizarre and somewhat quirky kinds of questions librarians deal with.
    ----
    * aunque parezca raro = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, funnily enough, funnily.
    * bicho raro = rare bird, odd bird, odd fish, freak of nature, rare breed, weirdo, nerdy [nerdier -comp., nerdiest -sup.], geek, nerd, geeky [geekier -comp., geekiest -sup.].
    * colección de libros raros = rare book collection.
    * de forma rara = oddly, funnily.
    * de manera rara = oddly, funnily.
    * demasiado raro = all too rare.
    * de modo raro = funnily.
    * de una manera rara = strangely.
    * de un modo raro = freakishly.
    * edición rara = rare edition.
    * en casos raros = in rare cases.
    * enfermedad rara = rare disease.
    * en raras ocasiones = in rare cases.
    * en raros casos = in rare cases.
    * especie rara = rare breed.
    * haber algo raro con = there + be + something fishy going on with.
    * Ley de los Medicamentos Raros, la = Orphan Drug Act, the.
    * libro raro = rare book.
    * muy rara vez = all too seldom, once in a blue moon.
    * parecer raro = sound + odd.
    * por muy raro que parezca = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.
    * ¡qué raro! = how strange!.
    * rara vez = infrequently, rarely, seldom, uncommonly, on rare occasions.
    * sala de libros raros = rare book room.
    * salvo raras excepciones = with rare exceptions.
    * ser algo muy raro = be a rare occurrence.
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( extraño) strange, odd, funny (colloq)

    es raro que... — it's strange o odd o funny that...

    qué cosa más rara! or qué raro! — how odd o strange!

    te noto muy raro hoy — you're acting very strangely today; ver bicho 2)

    b) ( poco frecuente) rare

    raro es el día que... — there's rarely o hardly a day when...

    aquí es raro que nieveit's very unusual o rare for it to snow here

    2) < gas> rare
    * * *
    = bizarre, queer, rare, unusual, eccentric, odd, uncommon, untoward, weird [weirder -comp., weirdest -sup.], awry, funny [funnier -comp., funniest -sup.], outlandish, freaky [freakier -comp., freakiest -sup.], uncanny, cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], kinky [kinkier -comp., kinkiest -sup.], flaky [flakey], freakish, quirky [quirkier -comp., quirkiest -sup.].

    Ex: Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.

    Ex: Several years later, his talk with a friend turns to the queer ways in which a people resist innovations, even of vital interest.
    Ex: In practice critical abstracts are rare, and certainly do not usually feature in published secondary services.
    Ex: If the book has an unusual shape then both the height and the width of the book will be given.
    Ex: School classrooms are sometimes extraordinarily badly designed with poor acoustics, ineffective blackout facilities, and notoriously eccentric electrical outlets.
    Ex: There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.
    Ex: Early woodcut initials, coats of arms, etc., were sometimes made from wood cut across the grain, but the use of end-grain blocks remained uncommon until the later eighteenth century.
    Ex: Perhaps, he questioned himself, this is the way every principal operates, and there is nothing untoward in it.
    Ex: This paper surveys some of the more weird World Wide Web sites.
    Ex: Could she not have detected that something in his behavior was awry?.
    Ex: The article 'What's that funny noise? Videogames in the library' explains how videogames have attracted many young irregular library users who may, in time, extend their attention to other library facilities.
    Ex: This book discusses some of the most outlandish myths and fantastic realities of medical history.
    Ex: This film is really just a series of throwaway skits that the director and scriptwriter attempt to lard with parody and freaky fantasy.
    Ex: Surrealism is an art concerned not with love and liberation but with the uncanny, the compulsion to repeat, and the drive toward death.
    Ex: For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex: However, those desiring something off-the-wall, borderline kinky, and just plain mad might appreciate the novel.
    Ex: Children who were in some way different were excused from family responsibilities in childhood because they were, for example, 'spoiled,' a 'problem child,' or ' flaky'.
    Ex: 1816 was one of several years during the 1810s in which numerous crops failed during freakish summer cold snaps after volcanic eruptions that reduced incoming sunlight.
    Ex: 'Why are barns frequently painted red?' -- These are the curious, slightly bizarre and somewhat quirky kinds of questions librarians deal with.
    * aunque parezca raro = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, funnily enough, funnily.
    * bicho raro = rare bird, odd bird, odd fish, freak of nature, rare breed, weirdo, nerdy [nerdier -comp., nerdiest -sup.], geek, nerd, geeky [geekier -comp., geekiest -sup.].
    * colección de libros raros = rare book collection.
    * de forma rara = oddly, funnily.
    * de manera rara = oddly, funnily.
    * demasiado raro = all too rare.
    * de modo raro = funnily.
    * de una manera rara = strangely.
    * de un modo raro = freakishly.
    * edición rara = rare edition.
    * en casos raros = in rare cases.
    * enfermedad rara = rare disease.
    * en raras ocasiones = in rare cases.
    * en raros casos = in rare cases.
    * especie rara = rare breed.
    * haber algo raro con = there + be + something fishy going on with.
    * Ley de los Medicamentos Raros, la = Orphan Drug Act, the.
    * libro raro = rare book.
    * muy rara vez = all too seldom, once in a blue moon.
    * parecer raro = sound + odd.
    * por muy raro que parezca = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.
    * ¡qué raro! = how strange!.
    * rara vez = infrequently, rarely, seldom, uncommonly, on rare occasions.
    * sala de libros raros = rare book room.
    * salvo raras excepciones = with rare exceptions.
    * ser algo muy raro = be a rare occurrence.

    * * *
    raro -ra
    A
    1 (extraño) strange, odd, funny ( colloq)
    es raro que aún no haya venido it's strange o odd o funny that he hasn't come yet
    ya me parecía raro que no salieras I thought it was a bit strange o odd you weren't going out
    ¡qué cosa más rara! or ¡qué raro! how odd o strange o funny o peculiar!
    me siento raro en este ambiente I feel strange o funny in these surroundings
    es un poco rarilla she's a bit odd o strange o funny o peculiar
    ¿qué te pasa hoy? te noto/estás muy raro what's up with you today? you're acting very strangely
    me miró como si fuera un bicho raro ( fam); he looked at me as if I was some kind of weirdo ( colloq)
    ¡qué tipo más raro! what a strange o peculiar o funny man!
    2 (poco frecuente, común) rare
    salvo raras excepciones with a few rare exceptions
    raro es el día que no sale there's rarely o hardly a day when she doesn't go out
    aquí es raro que nieve it rarely o seldom snows here, it's very unusual o rare for it to snow here
    B ‹gas› rare
    * * *

     

    raro
    ◊ -ra adjetivo

    a) ( extraño) strange, odd, funny (colloq);

    es raro que … it's strange o odd o funny that …;

    ¡qué raro! how odd o strange!;
    te noto muy raro hoy you're acting very strangely today


    aquí es raro que nieve it's very unusual o rare for it to snow here
    raro,-a adjetivo
    1 (no frecuente) rare: es raro que no llame, it's unusual for her not to telephone
    2 (poco común) odd, strange: ¡qué sombrero más raro!, what a weird hat!
    tiene un raro sentido del humor, he's got a warped sense of humour
    ♦ Locuciones: Paco es un bicho raro, Paco is a weirdo
    ' raro' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bicho
    - chocante
    - disgustar
    - individuo
    - particular
    - peculiar
    - rara
    - singular
    - tipo
    - artefacto
    - extraño
    - gusto
    - olor
    - sonar
    English:
    flaky
    - funny
    - most
    - odd
    - odd-looking
    - oddbod
    - oddity
    - odor
    - odour
    - peculiar
    - queer
    - rare
    - set-up
    - should
    - strange
    - strangely
    - unlikely
    - unusual
    - weird
    - for
    - how
    - incongruous
    - like
    - oddball
    - seem
    - strike
    - uncanny
    * * *
    raro, -a adj
    1. [extraño] strange, odd;
    ¡qué raro! how strange o odd!;
    ¡qué raro que no haya llamado! it's very strange o odd that she hasn't called;
    es raro que no nos lo haya dicho it's odd o funny that she didn't tell us;
    ya me parecía raro que no hubiera dicho nada I thought it was strange o odd that he hadn't said anything;
    no sé qué le pasa últimamente, está o [m5] la noto muy rara I don't know what's up with her lately, she's been acting very strangely
    2. [excepcional] unusual, rare;
    [visita] infrequent;
    rara vez rarely;
    es raro el día que viene a comer she very rarely comes round for lunch;
    raro es el que no fuma very few of them don't smoke
    3. [extravagante] odd, eccentric
    4. [escaso] rare
    5. Quím rare
    * * *
    adj
    1 rare
    2 ( extraño) strange;
    ¡qué raro! how strange!
    * * *
    raro, -ra adj
    1) extraño: odd, strange, peculiar
    2) : unusual, rare
    3) : exceptional
    4)
    rara vez : seldom, rarely
    * * *
    raro adj
    1. (extraño) strange / odd

    Spanish-English dictionary > raro

  • 20 viviente

    adj.
    living.
    Una fe viviente A living (ardent) faith.
    f. & m.
    living person.
    * * *
    1 living, alive
    \
    todo bicho viviente familiar every living creature
    * * *
    ADJ living
    * * *
    adjetivo living
    * * *
    = living.
    Nota: Adjetivo.
    Ex. Few librarians have had both his dedication and ability to make the catalog a living tool serving all of the people.
    ----
    * criatura viviente = living creature.
    * el sueño de todo ser viviente = the stuff dreams are made of.
    * muerto viviente = living dead.
    * museo viviente = living museum.
    * prueba viviente = living proof.
    * ser viviente = living creature.
    * toda alma viviente = every living soul.
    * todo bicho viviente = every living soul, everyone and their mother, every Tom, Dick and Harry.
    * * *
    adjetivo living
    * * *
    Nota: Adjetivo.

    Ex: Few librarians have had both his dedication and ability to make the catalog a living tool serving all of the people.

    * criatura viviente = living creature.
    * el sueño de todo ser viviente = the stuff dreams are made of.
    * muerto viviente = living dead.
    * museo viviente = living museum.
    * prueba viviente = living proof.
    * ser viviente = living creature.
    * toda alma viviente = every living soul.
    * todo bicho viviente = every living soul, everyone and their mother, every Tom, Dick and Harry.

    * * *
    living
    * * *

    viviente
    I adjetivo living, alive
    II sustantivo masculino liver, living person
    ' viviente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bicho
    - alma
    English:
    living
    * * *
    living
    * * *
    adj living
    * * *
    : living
    * * *
    viviente adj living

    Spanish-English dictionary > viviente

См. также в других словарях:

  • bicho — (Del dialect. bicho, y este del lat. bestĭus, bestia). 1. m. despect. animal (ǁ ser orgánico). 2. Persona aviesa, de malas intenciones. 3. despect. persona (ǁ individuo). 4. Taurom. Toro de lidia. 5. despect. coloq. El Salv. y Hond. Niño,… …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • Bicho — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Bicho puede referise a: Una forma despectiva de referise a un animal cualquiera. En particular a animales artrópodos similares a un insecto pertenezca o no a esta clase, incluyendo arañas, ciempies, etc Un toro de… …   Wikipedia Español

  • bicho — sustantivo masculino 1. (macho y hembra) Animal pequeño y que resulta desagradable, especialmente un insecto o un reptil: Le ha picado un bicho. Un bicho verde trepa por la pared. 2. (macho y hembra) Cualquier animal: Su gato es un bicho muy… …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • bicho — s. m. 1. Nome comum aos animais terrestres, particularmente aos vermes e insetos. 2. Cavalo; touro. 3.  [Gíria] Estudante do ensino secundário, entre os estudantes universitários de Coimbra. 4.  [Informal, Depreciativo] bicho de cozinha: criado… …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • Bicho — Bi cho, n. [Sp.] (Zo[ o]l.) See {Jigger}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bicho — (span., spr. Bitscho), eigentlich Hautwurm, u. dann eine von ihm erzeugte Krankheit in SAmerika, B. del culo, welche Brand am After erzeugt u. wenn er nicht gehemmt wird, den Tod bringt …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Bicho — Bicho, der Sandfloh; auch eine an der Küste Afrikas vorkommende Krankheit des Mastdarms, die sich als Folge der Ruhr entwickeln soll …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Bicho — (span., spr. bitscho), Hautwurm (in Südamerika); B. del culo, eine von ihm erzeugte brandige Krankheit des Afters. Auch der Sandfloh (s. Flöhe) …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Bicho — (span. Bitscho), der Hautwurm; B. del culo, ein durch denselben veranlaßtes brandiges Mastdarmleiden in Südamerika …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • bicho-de-pé — s. m. O mesmo que nígua. • Plural: bichos de pé …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • bicho — (Del bajo lat. bestius.) ► sustantivo masculino 1 Cualquier animal, generalmente pequeño: ■ me ha picado un bicho. SINÓNIMO [bicharraco] 2 coloquial Persona de mal genio, con malas intenciones: ■ es un bicho, por su culpa me han despedido. 3… …   Enciclopedia Universal

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