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1 canalla
adj.rotten, wicked, mean.f. & m.1 swine, dog.2 knave, despicable person, scoundrel, scum.3 mob, rabble, canaille, doggery.* * *1 peyorativo (chusma) riffraff, mob, rabble1 peyorativo (hombre ruin) rascal, scoundrel, swine, rotter* * *noun mf.swine, rat* * *masculino y femeninoa) (fam) (bribón, granuja) swine (colloq)la canalla — the rabble o riffraff
* * *= scoundrel, miscreant, scumbag, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, cad, swine, pig, badass, nasty piece of work.Ex. Here came every sort of human ingredient -- sturdy homesteaders, skilled craftsmen, precious scoundrels.Ex. The forest, therefore, is regarded as the abode of robbers & sundry miscreants, implying its relation to the forces of chaos & disorder.Ex. He then made the comment that our soldiers are fighting 'detestable murderers and scumbags'.Ex. And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.Ex. In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.Ex. In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.Ex. Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.Ex. In German law it is a criminal offense for A to insult B, for example, by calling him a swine.Ex. He was waiting for the opportunity to unleash his fury, no one calls him a pig and gets away with it.Ex. In the hardscrabble times of the Bible, where there were plagues, invasions from foreign powers, and swarms of locusts, you pretty much had to be a badass.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.----* comportarse como un canalla con = be rotten to.* portarse como un canalla con = be rotten to.* * *masculino y femeninoa) (fam) (bribón, granuja) swine (colloq)la canalla — the rabble o riffraff
* * *= scoundrel, miscreant, scumbag, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, cad, swine, pig, badass, nasty piece of work.Ex: Here came every sort of human ingredient -- sturdy homesteaders, skilled craftsmen, precious scoundrels.
Ex: The forest, therefore, is regarded as the abode of robbers & sundry miscreants, implying its relation to the forces of chaos & disorder.Ex: He then made the comment that our soldiers are fighting 'detestable murderers and scumbags'.Ex: And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.Ex: In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.Ex: In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.Ex: Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.Ex: In German law it is a criminal offense for A to insult B, for example, by calling him a swine.Ex: He was waiting for the opportunity to unleash his fury, no one calls him a pig and gets away with it.Ex: In the hardscrabble times of the Bible, where there were plagues, invasions from foreign powers, and swarms of locusts, you pretty much had to be a badass.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.* comportarse como un canalla con = be rotten to.* portarse como un canalla con = be rotten to.* * *el muy canalla se largó con toda la plata the rotten swine ran off with all the cash2la canalla periodística the press mob ( pej)* * *
canalla sustantivo masculino y femenino (fam) (bribón, granuja) swine (colloq)
canalla pey
I mf swine, rotter
II sustantivo femenino riffraff, mob
' canalla' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
miserable
- sinvergüenza
English:
heel
- rat
- scoundrel
- swine
- unmitigated
* * *♦ adj1 [miserable] beastly;[bribón] roguish2 [barriobajero] low-life3 [estado] rogue♦ nmf[persona] swine, dog♦ nfla canalla the rabble, the riffraff* * *I m/f swine fam, rat famII f riff-raff* * *
См. также в других словарях:
canaille — [ kanaj ] n. f. et adj. • v. 1470; it. canaglia, de cane « chien » 1 ♦ (Collect.) Vieilli Ramassis de gens méprisables ou considérés comme tels. ⇒ pègre, populace, racaille. « Il aimait à fréquenter la canaille » (France). ⇒ s encanailler. 2 ♦… … Encyclopédie Universelle
canaille — CANAILLE. s. f. collectif. Terme de mépris, qui se dit De la plus vile populace. Il n y avoit point là d honnêtes gens, il n y avoit que de la canaille. Toute la canaille s attroupa dans la place publique. C est un bateleur qui amuse la canaille … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
Canaille — Ca*naille , n. [F. canaille (cf. It. canaglia), prop. and orig. a pack of dogs, fr. L. Canis dog.] 1. The lowest class of people; the rabble; the vulgar. [1913 Webster] 2. Shorts or inferior flour. [Canadian] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Canaille — (franz., spr. náj , nállje), »Hundepack«, Lumpenpack; auch verächtliche Bezeichnung einer einzelnen Person; jemand en canaille behandeln, wegwerfend, verächtlich behandeln; canaillös, niederträchtig, spitzbübisch … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
canaille — rabble, from Fr. canaille (16c.), from It. canaglia, lit. a pack of dogs, from cane dog … Etymology dictionary
Canaille — (fr., spr. Kanallj), 1) gemeines Volk aus der niedrigsten Klasse; 2) niedriges Schimpfwort liederlicher, lasterhafter Leute aus der untersten Klasse; daher Canaillös, liederlich, nichtswürdig; Canaillerie, niedriges, schändliches Betragen … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Canaille — (frz., spr. kannáj), Lumpenpack, Gesindel … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Canaille — (frz. Canaljʼ), Nichtswürdiger, Gesindel, Pöbel; Canaillerien, Nichtswürdigkeiten, Pöbeleien; canaillös, nichtswürdig, pöbelhaft … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
canaille — index populace Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
canaille — Canaille, Canes, Faex ciuitatis … Thresor de la langue françoyse
canaille — [kə nāl′; ] Fr [ kȧ nä′y ] n. [Fr, a mob, pack of dogs < It canaglia < L canis, dog: see HOUND1] the mob; rabble … English World dictionary
