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1 timo
m.1 swindle (estafa).¡eso es el timo de la estampita! (informal) it's a complete rip-off!2 trick (informal) (engaño).3 thymus (anatomy).pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: timar.* * *1 (estafa) swindle, fiddle, confidence trick\dar un timo / dar el timo to swindle, cheat————————1 (glándula) thymus* * *noun m.con, swindle* * *SM swindle, con trick *dar un timo a algn — to swindle sb, con sb *
¡es un timo! — it's a rip-off! *
* * *masculino (fam) con (colloq), scam (colloq)* * *= confidence trick, swindle, rip-off, swindling, cheating, hocus pocus, con trick, con, con job.Ex. Unless universal education is nothing more than a confidence trick, there must be more people today who can benefit by real library service than ever there were in the past.Ex. The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.Ex. The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.Ex. The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.Ex. The author discerns 3 levels of cheating and deceit and examines why scientists stoop to bias and fraud, particularly in trials for new treatments.Ex. The final section of her paper calls attention to the ' hocus pocus' research conducted on many campuses.Ex. The social contract has been the con trick by which the bosses have squeezed more and more out of the workers for themselves.Ex. He has long argued that populist conservatism is nothing more than a con.Ex. The global warming hoax had all the classic marks of a con job from the very beginning.* * *masculino (fam) con (colloq), scam (colloq)* * *= confidence trick, swindle, rip-off, swindling, cheating, hocus pocus, con trick, con, con job.Ex: Unless universal education is nothing more than a confidence trick, there must be more people today who can benefit by real library service than ever there were in the past.
Ex: The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.Ex: The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.Ex: The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.Ex: The author discerns 3 levels of cheating and deceit and examines why scientists stoop to bias and fraud, particularly in trials for new treatments.Ex: The final section of her paper calls attention to the ' hocus pocus' research conducted on many campuses.Ex: The social contract has been the con trick by which the bosses have squeezed more and more out of the workers for themselves.Ex: He has long argued that populist conservatism is nothing more than a con.Ex: The global warming hoax had all the classic marks of a con job from the very beginning.* * *le dieron un timo y perdió todos sus ahorros she was conned out of all her savings ( colloq)¡vaya timo de coche! this car has been a real rip-off o waste of money! ( colloq)Compuestos:ser el timo de la estampita to be an absolute rip-off ( colloq)* * *
Del verbo timar: ( conjugate timar)
timo es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
timó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
timar
timo
timar ( conjugate timar) verbo transitivo
to swindle, cheat
timo sustantivo masculino (fam) con (colloq), scam (colloq)
timar vtr (estafar) to cheat, swindle
familiar rip off: te han timado, you've been swindled o cheated
timo m fam pey
1 (estafa) swindle, scam
familiar rip-off
2 fam pey (sin calidad) ¡vaya timo de película!, this film is a real rip-off!
' timo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
camelo
- engaño
- estafa
- golpe
English:
con
- rip-off
- scam
- confidence
- swindle
* * *timo nm1. [estafa] swindle;¡qué timo! what a rip-off!el timo de la estampita = confidence trick in which the victim buys a pile of pieces of paper thinking them to be bank notes; Fam¡eso es el timo de la estampita! it's a complete rip-off!2. Anat thymus* * *m confidence trick, swindle;dar el timo a alguien con s.o.* * ** * *timo n swindle
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