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claptrap

  • 81 die Effekthascherei

    - {claptrap} mẹo để được khen, lời nói láo cốt để được khen, lời nói khéo - {sensationalism} thuyết duy cảm, xu hướng tìm những cái gây xúc động mạnh mẽ = aus Effekthascherei {sensationally}+

    Deutsch-Vietnamesisch Wörterbuch > die Effekthascherei

  • 82 halandzsázó

    claptrap, opiate-monger

    Magyar-ingilizce szótár > halandzsázó

  • 83 hatásvadászó

    claptrap, meant for effect, barnstorming

    Magyar-ingilizce szótár > hatásvadászó

  • 84 nagyhangú

    claptrap, blatant, pretentious, rotund, clamorous

    Magyar-ingilizce szótár > nagyhangú

  • 85 Effekthascherei

    f; -, -en showing off; stärker: sensationalism; in Wort und Schrift: claptrap; billige Effekthascherei cheap showmanship; bei ihm ist es bloß Effekthascherei auch he’s just out for show, it’s all show for him
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    die Effekthascherei
    claptrap
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    Ef|fekt|ha|sche|rei [-haʃə'rai]
    f -, -en (inf)
    cheap showmanship
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    Ef·fekt·ha·sche·rei
    <-, -en>
    [ɛfɛkthaʃəˈrai]
    f (fam) cheap showmanship no pl, no indef art
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    die; Effekthascherei, Effekthaschereien (abwertend) straining for effect; showiness
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    Effekthascherei f; -, -en showing off; stärker: sensationalism; in Wort und Schrift: claptrap;
    billige Effekthascherei cheap showmanship;
    bei ihm ist es bloß Effekthascherei auch he’s just out for show, it’s all show for him
    * * *
    die; Effekthascherei, Effekthaschereien (abwertend) straining for effect; showiness
    * * *
    f.
    claptrap n.
    sensationalism n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Effekthascherei

  • 86 Gesülze

    n; -s, kein Pl.; umg., pej. drivel, claptrap
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    Ge|sụ̈l|ze [gə'zʏltsə]
    nt -s, no pl (inf)
    claptrap (inf)
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    Ge·sül·ze
    <-s>
    [gəˈzʏltsə]
    nt kein pl (sl) waffle BRIT sl, drivel sl, claptrap
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    Gesülze n; -s, kein pl; umg, pej drivel, claptrap

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Gesülze

  • 87 chorradas

    f.pl.
    nonsense, baloney, meaningless stuff, hogwash.
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    = baloney, blather, piffle, bollocks, crap, nonsense, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk, hogwash, shite, bullshit.
    Ex. The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.
    Ex. The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex. The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Celebration, caring or bollocks: some thoughts on the Branch and Mobile Libraries Group Weekend Summer School'.
    Ex. This is Archie Bunker crap, right? = Estas son las gilipolleces de Archie Bunker, ¿verdad?.
    Ex. Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    Ex. Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
    Ex. The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex. The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex. Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.
    Ex. The film proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the official story is hogwash and that all the evidence points towards an inside job.
    Ex. Picture quality is utterly shite due to use of a cameraphone.
    Ex. For a majority of likely voters, meaningless bullshit will be the most important factor in deciding who they will vote for in 2008.
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    * chorradas al cuadrado = nonsense on stilts.
    * decir chorradas = bullshit.
    * * *
    = baloney, blather, piffle, bollocks, crap, nonsense, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk, hogwash, shite, bullshit.

    Ex: The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.

    Ex: The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex: The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Celebration, caring or bollocks: some thoughts on the Branch and Mobile Libraries Group Weekend Summer School'.
    Ex: This is Archie Bunker crap, right? = Estas son las gilipolleces de Archie Bunker, ¿verdad?.
    Ex: Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    Ex: Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
    Ex: The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex: The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex: Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.
    Ex: The film proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the official story is hogwash and that all the evidence points towards an inside job.
    Ex: Picture quality is utterly shite due to use of a cameraphone.
    Ex: For a majority of likely voters, meaningless bullshit will be the most important factor in deciding who they will vote for in 2008.
    * chorradas al cuadrado = nonsense on stilts.
    * decir chorradas = bullshit.

    Spanish-English dictionary > chorradas

  • 88 estupideces

    f.pl.
    nonsense, drivel, inane remarks, inanities.
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    (n.) = drivel, nonsense, baloney, blather, piffle, palaver, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk
    Ex. The article 'In defense of 'ignorant drivel'' criticises the reforms in scholarly serials publication proposed by John Lubans.
    Ex. Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    Ex. The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.
    Ex. The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex. The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex. To speak the argot, one of the main rules is called 'police palaver' -- never use a short word where a long one will do.
    Ex. Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
    Ex. The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex. The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex. Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.
    * * *
    (n.) = drivel, nonsense, baloney, blather, piffle, palaver, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk

    Ex: The article 'In defense of 'ignorant drivel'' criticises the reforms in scholarly serials publication proposed by John Lubans.

    Ex: Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    Ex: The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.
    Ex: The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex: The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex: To speak the argot, one of the main rules is called 'police palaver' -- never use a short word where a long one will do.
    Ex: Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
    Ex: The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex: The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex: Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estupideces

  • 89 paparruchadas

    (n.) = baloney, blather, claptrap, nonsense
    Ex. The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.
    Ex. The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex. Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
    Ex. Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    * * *
    (n.) = baloney, blather, claptrap, nonsense

    Ex: The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.

    Ex: The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex: Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
    Ex: Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.

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    fpl fam
    baloney sg fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > paparruchadas

  • 90 tonterías

    intj.
    nonsense, hooey, rats, rot.
    f.pl.
    1 nonsense, bunk, baloney, boloney.
    2 stupidity, stupid thing.
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    (n.) = drivel, nonsense, baloney, blather, piffle, palaver, moonshine, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk, hogwash
    Ex. The article 'In defense of 'ignorant drivel'' criticises the reforms in scholarly serials publication proposed by John Lubans.
    Ex. Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    Ex. The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.
    Ex. The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex. The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex. To speak the argot, one of the main rules is called 'police palaver' -- never use a short word where a long one will do.
    Ex. He describes as 'pure moonshine' the account that Columbus supposedly failed to persuade professors of mathematics, geography, and astronomy that the world was round.
    Ex. Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
    Ex. The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex. The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex. Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.
    Ex. The film proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the official story is hogwash and that all the evidence points towards an inside job.
    * * *
    (n.) = drivel, nonsense, baloney, blather, piffle, palaver, moonshine, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk, hogwash

    Ex: The article 'In defense of 'ignorant drivel'' criticises the reforms in scholarly serials publication proposed by John Lubans.

    Ex: Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    Ex: The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.
    Ex: The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex: The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex: To speak the argot, one of the main rules is called 'police palaver' -- never use a short word where a long one will do.
    Ex: He describes as 'pure moonshine' the account that Columbus supposedly failed to persuade professors of mathematics, geography, and astronomy that the world was round.
    Ex: Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
    Ex: The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex: The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex: Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.
    Ex: The film proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the official story is hogwash and that all the evidence points towards an inside job.

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    tonterías npl nonsense

    Spanish-English dictionary > tonterías

  • 91 празнословен

    verbose; windy; idle, foolish, claptrap (attr.)
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    празносло̀вен,
    прил., -на, -но, -ни verbose; windy; idle, foolish, claptrap (attr.), waffly.
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    claptrap
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    verbose;windy; idle, foolish, claptrap (attr.)

    Български-английски речник > празнословен

  • 92 празен

    1. (за съд и пр.) empty
    (незает-за маса. място, служба) vacant
    (необитаван) uninhabited, tenantless
    (неизписан, непопълнен - за бланка, чек, лист) blank
    празно място a vacant plot (of land), a vacant lot
    (в книга, на карта и пр.) blank
    книж. void space
    празен стол an unoccupied chair
    2. (не-зает, без работа) idle; тех. loose
    празен ход тех. idle running
    празен час run
    3. прен. (безсъдържателен, без стой-ност) empty, superficial, yeasty
    (за човек и) empty-headed
    празни думи empty/mere words; lip service
    празен живот a blank existence, a futile/frivolous life
    празни приказки idle talk/words, claptrap; twaddle, wish-wash, wind
    празен човек a shallow/superficial person; an empty shell
    4. прен. (напразен, неосъществим) vain, false, fond
    празни мечти castles in the air
    празен мечтател lotus-eater
    на празен стомах on an empty stomach
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    пра̀зен,
    прил., -на, -но, -ни 1. (за съд и пр.) empty; ( незает ­ за маса, място, служба) vacant; ( необитаван) uninhabited, tenantless; ( безлюден) empty, (за улица) deserted; ( неизписан, непопълнен ­ за бланка, чек, лист) blank, (за пощенски запис) void; гледам в \празенното пространство stare/gaze into space; \празенно място vacant plot (of land), vacant lot, (в книга, на карта и пр.) blank; \празенно пространство vacuum, empty; книж. void space; природата не търпи \празенно пространство nature abhors a vacuum; с \празенни ръце empty-handed;
    2. ( незает, без работа) idle; техн. loose; \празенен ход техн. idle running; \празенен час run;
    3. прен. ( безсъдържателен, без стойност) empty, superficial, yeasty; (за човек) empty-headed; говоря \празенни приказки talk through o.’s hat; \празенен поглед glassy/glassy-eyed stare; \празенна работа nonsense; \празенни думи empty/mere words; lip service; \празенни приказки idle talk/words, claptrap; twaddle, wish-wash, wind; hot air, flannel; sl. gaff;
    4. прен. ( напразен, неосъществим) vain, false, fond; (за желания) ineffectual; \празенен мечтател lotus-eater; \празенни мечти castles in the air; • на \празенен стомах on an empty stomach; наливам от пусто в \празенно прен. mill the wind.
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    empty: празен bottle - празна бутилка, празен promises - празни обещания; blank: My mind is празен. - Умът ми е празен., празен form - празен формуляр; devoid; inane{in`ein}; peddling; piffling; purposeless; unfounded (за надежда); unoccupied (за жилище, място и пр.); insubstantial; vacant (незает); vain (напразен); vapid; vaporous (прен.); superficial (прен.): празен person - празен човек; yeasty ( прен. без стойност)
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    1. (безлюден) empty. (за улица u)deserted \(неизписан, непопълнен- за бланка, чек, лист) blank, (за пощенски запис) void 2. (за желания) ineffectual 3. (за съд и пр.) empty 4. (за човек и) empty-headed 5. (не-зает, без работа) idle;mex. loose 6. (незает-за маса. място, служба) vacant 7. (необитаван) uninhabited, tenantless 8. c празни ръце empty-handed 9. ПРАЗЕН живот а blank existence, a futile/ frivolous life 10. ПРАЗЕН мечтател lotus-eater 11. ПРАЗЕН стол an unoccupied chair 12. ПРАЗЕН ход тех. idle running 13. ПРАЗЕН час run 14. ПРАЗЕН човек a shallow/superficial person;an empty shell 15. гледам в празно пространство stare/gaze into space 16. говоря празни приказки talk through o.'s hat 17. книж. void space 18. на ПРАЗЕН стомах on an empty stomach 19. наливам от пусто в празно прен. mill the wind 20. празна работа nonsense 21. празна слава empty glory 22. празна стая (свободна) a vacant room, (без покъщнина) an empty room 23. празни думи empty/mere words;lip service 24. празни мечти castles in the air 25. празни приказки idle talk/words, claptrap;twaddle, wish-wash, wind 26. празно място a vacant plot (of land), a vacant lot, (в книга, на карта и пр.) blank 27. празно пространство vacuum, empty 28. прен. (безсъдържателен, без стой-ност) empty, superficial, yeasty 29. прен. (напразен, неосъществим) vain, false, fond 30. природата не търпи празно пространство nature abhors a vacuum 31. стоя ПРАЗЕН stand idle

    Български-английски речник > празен

  • 93 фраза

    phrase
    празни/голи фрази mere words/phrases, claptrap, bunkum, разг. jiggery-pokery
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    фра̀за,
    ж., -и phrase; • модна \фразаа catchword; празни/голи \фразаи mere words/phrases, claptrap, bunkum, разг. jiggery-pokery.
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    expression
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    1. phrase 2. модна ФРАЗА catchword 3. празни/голи фрази mere words/ phrases, claptrap, bunkum, разг. jiggery-pokery

    Български-английски речник > фраза

  • 94 фразеология

    1. phraseology
    2. (празнодумство) verbiage, claptrap
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    фразеоло̀гия,
    ж., само ед.
    1. език. phraseology;
    2. прен. неодобр. ( празнодумство) verbiage, claptrap.
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    phraseology
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    1. (празнодумство) verbiage, claptrap 2. phraseology

    Български-английски речник > фразеология

  • 95 рассчитанный на дешёвый эффект

    1) General subject: claptrap (о речи)
    2) Colloquial: claptrap (о речи и т.п.)

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > рассчитанный на дешёвый эффект

  • 96 Gewäsch

    n; -(e)s, kein Pl.; umg., pej. twaddle, hogwash
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    das Gewäsch
    blather
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    Ge|wạ̈sch [gə'vɛʃ]
    nt -(e)s, no pl (pej inf)
    twaddle (inf), claptrap (inf)
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    Ge·wäsch
    <-[e]s>
    [gəˈvɛʃ]
    nt kein pl (pej fam) rubbish fam, drivel fam, claptrap fam
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    das; Gewäsch[e]s (ugs. abwertend) twaddle; garbage (Amer. coll.)
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    Gewäsch n; -(e)s, kein pl; umg, pej twaddle, hogwash
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    das; Gewäsch[e]s (ugs. abwertend) twaddle; garbage (Amer. coll.)

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Gewäsch

  • 97 Phrase

    f; -, -n
    1. (abgedroschene Redensart) cliché, platitude; bes. POL. catchphrase; leere Phrasen empty talk, claptrap umg.; Phrasen dreschen umg. talk in clichés ( oder platitudes)
    2. MUS., LING. phrase
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    die Phrase
    phrase
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    Phra|se ['fraːzə]
    f -, -n
    phrase; (pej) empty or hollow phrase

    abgedroschene Phráse — cliché, hackneyed phrase (Brit)

    das sind alles nur Phrásen — that's just (so many) words, that's just talk

    leere or hohle Phrásen — empty or hollow words or phrases

    Phrásen dreschen (inf) — to churn out one cliché after another

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    Phra·se
    <-, -n>
    [ˈfra:zə]
    f
    1. (pej: sinnentleerte Redensart) empty [or hollow] phrase
    \Phrasen dreschen (pej fam) to churn out hollow phrases
    2. (Ausdruck) phrase
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    die; Phrase, Phrasen
    1) (abwertend) [empty] phrase; cliché

    Phrasen dreschen — (ugs.) spout clichés; dole out catchphrases

    2) (Musik, Sprachw.) phrase
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    Phrase f; -, -n
    1. (abgedroschene Redensart) cliché, platitude; besonders POL catchphrase;
    leere Phrasen empty talk, claptrap umg;
    Phrasen dreschen umg talk in clichés ( oder platitudes)
    2. MUS, LING phrase
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    die; Phrase, Phrasen
    1) (abwertend) [empty] phrase; cliché

    Phrasen dreschen — (ugs.) spout clichés; dole out catchphrases

    2) (Musik, Sprachw.) phrase
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    -n f.
    phrase n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Phrase

  • 98 antidiluviano

    Ex. Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
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    Ex: Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.

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    Spanish-English dictionary > antidiluviano

  • 99 estupidez

    f.
    1 stupidity.
    2 stupid idea, stupidity.
    3 stupid action, foolish action, foolish thing to do, stupidity.
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    1 stupidity, stupid thing
    \
    cometer una estupidez to do something stupid, do something silly
    ¡qué estupidez! (dicho) what a stupid thing to say! 2 (hecho) what a stupid thing to do!
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    noun f.
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    SF
    1) (=cualidad) stupidity
    2) (=acto, dicho) stupid thing

    lo que hizo fue una estupidez — what he did was stupid, that was a stupid thing to do

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    a) ( cuálidad) stupidity, foolishness
    b) ( dicho)
    c) ( acto)
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    = foolishness, stupidity, balderdash.
    Ex. That's partly because the foolishness or disasters that we as catalogers face daily are seldom translated into letters to LC.
    Ex. The stupidity of such classroom grind is usually obvious to the children forced into it, if not to their teachers.
    Ex. I am concerned with matters of consequence, I don't amuse myself with balderdash.
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    * decir estupideces = talk + rubbish, talk + nonsense, talk through + Posesivo + hat.
    * estupideces = drivel, nonsense, baloney, blather, piffle, palaver, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk.
    * estupideces al cuadrado = nonsense on stilts.
    * estupidez descomunal = manifest absurdity, nonsense on stilts.
    * salir con estupideces = talk + nonsense.
    * * *
    a) ( cuálidad) stupidity, foolishness
    b) ( dicho)
    c) ( acto)
    * * *
    = foolishness, stupidity, balderdash.

    Ex: That's partly because the foolishness or disasters that we as catalogers face daily are seldom translated into letters to LC.

    Ex: The stupidity of such classroom grind is usually obvious to the children forced into it, if not to their teachers.
    Ex: I am concerned with matters of consequence, I don't amuse myself with balderdash.
    * decir estupideces = talk + rubbish, talk + nonsense, talk through + Posesivo + hat.
    * estupideces = drivel, nonsense, baloney, blather, piffle, palaver, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk.
    * estupideces al cuadrado = nonsense on stilts.
    * estupidez descomunal = manifest absurdity, nonsense on stilts.
    * salir con estupideces = talk + nonsense.

    * * *
    1 (cuálidad) stupidity, foolishness
    2
    (bagatela): se gasta todo el dinero en estupideces he spends all his money on silly little things
    3
    (dicho): no digas estupideces don't talk nonsense
    lo que acabas de decir es una estupidez what you've just said is stupid
    4
    (acto): hizo la estupidez más grande de su vida al casarse con ese hombre she made the biggest mistake of her life when she married that man
    sería una estupidez dejar pasar esta oportunidad it would be stupid o foolish to let this opportunity go by o be missed
    * * *

    estupidez sustantivo femenino

    b) ( dicho):


    c) ( acto):

    ◊ eso sería una estupidez that would be stupid o foolish

    estupidez sustantivo femenino stupidity: ¡nunca había oído semejante estupidez!, I've never heard anything so stupid !
    ' estupidez' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bordear
    - sinrazón
    - chorrada
    - huevada
    - pendejada
    - semejante
    - soberano
    English:
    asinine
    - rubbish
    - stupidity
    - stupidness
    - all
    - do
    - height
    - plain
    - such
    * * *
    stupidity;
    decir/hacer una estupidez to say/do something stupid;
    no dice más que estupideces all she ever talks is nonsense;
    hizo la estupidez de preguntarle al portero he made the foolish mistake of asking the caretaker;
    sería un estupidez negarlo it would be foolish to deny it;
    ¿y por eso se enfada? ¡pues vaya una estupidez! she got annoyed about that? how stupid can you get!
    * * *
    f
    1 cualidad stupidity
    2 acción stupid thing
    * * *
    estupidez nf, pl - deces
    1) : stupidity
    2) : nonsense
    * * *
    1. (cualidad) stupidity
    2. (cosa estúpida) stupid thing

    Spanish-English dictionary > estupidez

  • 100 paparruchada

    f.
    nonsense.
    * * *
    1 familiar→ link=paparrucha paparrucha
    * * *
    ----
    * paparruchadas = baloney, blather, claptrap, nonsense.
    * * *
    * paparruchadas = baloney, blather, claptrap, nonsense.

    Spanish-English dictionary > paparruchada

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  • Claptrap — Clap trap (kl[a^]p tr[a^]p ), n. 1. A contrivance for clapping in theaters. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. A trick or device to gain applause, especially pretentious but empty rhetoric; humbug. [1913 Webster +PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Claptrap — Clap trap , a. Contrived for the purpose of making a show, or gaining applause; deceptive; unreal. [1913 Webster] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • claptrap — c.1730, trick to catch applause, a stage term; from CLAP (Cf. clap) (v.) + TRAP (Cf. trap) (n.). Extended sense of cheap, showy language is from 1819; hence nonsense, rubbish …   Etymology dictionary

  • claptrap — ► NOUN ▪ nonsense. ORIGIN originally denoting something designed to elicit applause …   English terms dictionary

  • claptrap — [klap′trap΄] n. [ CLAP1 + TRAP1] showy, insincere, empty talk or writing, intended only to get applause or notice …   English World dictionary

  • claptrap — n. nonsense; something worthless. D This is enough claptrap. I’m leaving. □ I know claptrap when I see it, and your play was claptrap …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • claptrap — I. noun Etymology: 2clap; from its attempt to win applause Date: 1799 pretentious nonsense ; trash II. adjective Date: 1815 characterized by or suggestive of claptrap; especially of a cheap showy nature < claptrap sentiment > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • claptrap — clap|trap [ˈklæptræp] n [U] [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: claptrap something intended to make the people watching a show clap (18 19 centuries)] informal talk that is stupid or shows a lack of knowledge ▪ romantic claptrap …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • claptrap — [[t]klæ̱ptræp[/t]] N UNCOUNT (disapproval) If you describe something that someone says as claptrap, you mean that it is stupid or foolish although it may sound important. [INFORMAL] This is the claptrap that politicians have peddled many times… …   English dictionary

  • claptrap — /klap trap /, n. 1. pretentious but insincere or empty language: His speeches seem erudite but analysis reveals them to be mere claptrap. 2. any artifice or expedient for winning applause or impressing the public. [1720 30; CLAP1 + TRAP1] Syn. 1 …   Universalium

  • claptrap — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. nonsense (See unmeaningness). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. empty talk, drivel, bombast, bunk; see nonsense 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [KLAP TRAP] pretentious writing or talk… …   English dictionary for students

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