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folksy

  • 1 pop

    • folksy
    • pop music
    • popular

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > pop

  • 2 campechano

    adj.
    1 good-natured, backslapping.
    2 unpretentious, haimish, homey, heimish.
    3 straightforward, open, bluff.
    * * *
    1 familiar (franco, alegre) frank, open, good-humoured (US good-humored)
    2 familiar (sencillo) unaffected, natural
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=cordial) good-natured, cheerful, genial; (=franco) frank, open; (=generoso) generous; (=amigable) comradely
    2) Caribe * (=campesino) peasant antes de s
    * * *
    - na adjetivo ( sin complicaciones) straightforward; ( bondadoso) good-natured
    * * *
    = folksy [folksier -comp., folksiest -sup.], earthy [earthier -comp., earthiest -sup.], unstuffy [unstuffier -comp., unstuffiest -sup.], homey [homier -comp., homiest -sup.].
    Ex. The best path, the film implies, is a middle way, combining worldliness with a folksy morality, one that respects family and individual alike.
    Ex. He is earthy, charismatic, a man of the people, & profoundly humane.
    Ex. The book is often funny, occasionally heart-renderingly tragic, and written in an unstuffy modern style.
    Ex. However, his attempt to make cultural and social history more accessible to a wider audience by adopting a homey, jokey style often seems counterproductive.
    * * *
    - na adjetivo ( sin complicaciones) straightforward; ( bondadoso) good-natured
    * * *
    = folksy [folksier -comp., folksiest -sup.], earthy [earthier -comp., earthiest -sup.], unstuffy [unstuffier -comp., unstuffiest -sup.], homey [homier -comp., homiest -sup.].

    Ex: The best path, the film implies, is a middle way, combining worldliness with a folksy morality, one that respects family and individual alike.

    Ex: He is earthy, charismatic, a man of the people, & profoundly humane.
    Ex: The book is often funny, occasionally heart-renderingly tragic, and written in an unstuffy modern style.
    Ex: However, his attempt to make cultural and social history more accessible to a wider audience by adopting a homey, jokey style often seems counterproductive.

    * * *
    1 (sin complicaciones) straightforward; (bondadoso) good-natured
    2
    ( Col fam pey) (rústico): es muy campechano he's a real hick ( AmE) o ( BrE) yokel ( colloq pej)
    * * *

    campechano
    ◊ -na adjetivo ( sin complicaciones) straightforward;


    ( bondadoso) good-natured
    campechano,-a adjetivo familiar unpretentious, straightforward
    ' campechano' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    campechana
    - llana
    - llano
    English:
    hearty
    - homey
    * * *
    campechano1, -a adj
    good-natured, down-to-earth
    ♦ adj
    [de Campeche] of/from Campeche [Mexico]
    ♦ nm,f
    [de Campeche] person from Campeche [Mexico]
    * * *
    adj down-to-earth
    * * *
    campechano, -na adj
    : open, cordial, friendly

    Spanish-English dictionary > campechano

  • 3 popular

    adj.
    1 popular (del pueblo) (creencia, movimiento, revuelta).
    la voluntad popular the will of the people
    hacerse popular to catch on
    f.
    Popular, Popular Inc.
    * * *
    1 (del pueblo) traditional
    2 (muy conocido) popular
    * * *
    adj.
    2) folk
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=del pueblo) [cultura, levantamiento] popular; [música] popular, folk antes de s ; [tradiciones] popular, folk antes de s ; [lenguaje] popular, colloquial
    2) (=de clase obrera)
    3) (=muy conocido) popular
    * * *
    1)
    a) <cultura/tradiciones> popular (before n); <canción/baile> traditional, folk (before n); < costumbres> traditional
    b) (Pol) <movimiento/rebelión> popular (before n)
    2) ( que gusta) <actor/programa/deporte> popular
    3) < lenguaje> colloquial
    * * *
    = folkloristic, popular, demotic, folksy [folksier -comp., folksiest -sup.], homespun, folkloric, grassroots [grass-roots], high selling.
    Ex. The cult of information forms the catalyst for a discussion of the ways in which information has acquired folkloristic status as the major way in which people look at the world.
    Ex. Although the fifteenth edition met with some success, it was not generally popular.
    Ex. Without language, the basic and demotic tool, no one would have a chance.
    Ex. The best path, the film implies, is a middle way, combining worldliness with a folksy morality, one that respects family and individual alike.
    Ex. The author chronicles the exuberant stories, hyperbole, homespun speech and demigod characteristics of American 'tall tales'.
    Ex. Such recordings often originate in field work and are ethnomusicological, ethnolinguistic or folkloric in content.
    Ex. For a year or two, any wholesome grass-roots group, aiming at anything from wholemeal bread to revolution, would tap one public agency or another.
    Ex. Many high selling products eventually see a drop in sales and eventual discontinuation, usually after being superseded by a superior product.
    ----
    * acción popular = class action, class action suit.
    * a petición popular = by popular demand.
    * arte popular = folk art.
    * canción popular = popular song.
    * costumbre popular = folkway.
    * creencia popular = urban legend, popular belief.
    * cuento popular = folk tale.
    * cultura popular = public culture.
    * de base popular = grassroots [grass-roots].
    * dejar de ser popular = outlive + Posesivo + popularity.
    * demanda popular = public demand.
    * dicho popular = saying, familiar saying, saw.
    * hacer popular = popularise [popularize, -USA].
    * hacerse popular = catch on.
    * impopular = unpopular.
    * lista de más populares = chart.
    * mito popular = popular myth, urban legend, folk myth.
    * mundo de la música popular, el = Tin Pan Alley.
    * música popular = popular music.
    * muy popular = widely-read, highly popular.
    * organismo de base popular = grassroots organisation.
    * protesta popular = street protest.
    * República Popular China = Chinese People's Republic.
    * República Popular China, La = People's Republic of China, The.
    * República Popular Democrática de Corea, la = People's Democratic Republic of Korea, the.
    * ser muy popular = have + mass appeal.
    * ser popular = find + favour, be popular in appeal, attain + appeal, be popular.
    * ser popular entre = be popular with.
    * voto popular, el = popular vote, the.
    * * *
    1)
    a) <cultura/tradiciones> popular (before n); <canción/baile> traditional, folk (before n); < costumbres> traditional
    b) (Pol) <movimiento/rebelión> popular (before n)
    2) ( que gusta) <actor/programa/deporte> popular
    3) < lenguaje> colloquial
    * * *
    = folkloristic, popular, demotic, folksy [folksier -comp., folksiest -sup.], homespun, folkloric, grassroots [grass-roots], high selling.

    Ex: The cult of information forms the catalyst for a discussion of the ways in which information has acquired folkloristic status as the major way in which people look at the world.

    Ex: Although the fifteenth edition met with some success, it was not generally popular.
    Ex: Without language, the basic and demotic tool, no one would have a chance.
    Ex: The best path, the film implies, is a middle way, combining worldliness with a folksy morality, one that respects family and individual alike.
    Ex: The author chronicles the exuberant stories, hyperbole, homespun speech and demigod characteristics of American 'tall tales'.
    Ex: Such recordings often originate in field work and are ethnomusicological, ethnolinguistic or folkloric in content.
    Ex: For a year or two, any wholesome grass-roots group, aiming at anything from wholemeal bread to revolution, would tap one public agency or another.
    Ex: Many high selling products eventually see a drop in sales and eventual discontinuation, usually after being superseded by a superior product.
    * acción popular = class action, class action suit.
    * a petición popular = by popular demand.
    * arte popular = folk art.
    * canción popular = popular song.
    * costumbre popular = folkway.
    * creencia popular = urban legend, popular belief.
    * cuento popular = folk tale.
    * cultura popular = public culture.
    * de base popular = grassroots [grass-roots].
    * dejar de ser popular = outlive + Posesivo + popularity.
    * demanda popular = public demand.
    * dicho popular = saying, familiar saying, saw.
    * hacer popular = popularise [popularize, -USA].
    * hacerse popular = catch on.
    * impopular = unpopular.
    * lista de más populares = chart.
    * mito popular = popular myth, urban legend, folk myth.
    * mundo de la música popular, el = Tin Pan Alley.
    * música popular = popular music.
    * muy popular = widely-read, highly popular.
    * organismo de base popular = grassroots organisation.
    * protesta popular = street protest.
    * República Popular China = Chinese People's Republic.
    * República Popular China, La = People's Republic of China, The.
    * República Popular Democrática de Corea, la = People's Democratic Republic of Korea, the.
    * ser muy popular = have + mass appeal.
    * ser popular = find + favour, be popular in appeal, attain + appeal, be popular.
    * ser popular entre = be popular with.
    * voto popular, el = popular vote, the.

    * * *
    A
    1 (tradicional) ‹cultura/tradiciones› popular ( before n); ‹canción/baile› traditional, folk ( before n); ‹costumbres› traditional
    2 ( Pol) ‹movimiento/rebelión› popular ( before n)
    protestas populares popular o mass protests
    una manifestación popular a mass demonstration
    B (que gusta) ‹actor/programa/deporte› popular
    muy popular entre los jóvenes very popular with young people
    C ‹lenguaje› colloquial
    * * *

    popular adjetivo
    1
    a) ‹cultura/tradiciones› popular ( before n);

    ‹canción/baile/costumbres› traditional
    b) (Pol) ‹movimiento/rebelión› popular ( before n)

    2 ( que gusta) ‹actor/programa/deporte› popular
    popular adjetivo
    1 (folclórico) folk
    2 (humilde) las clases populares, the people, the working class
    3 (bien aceptado) popular
    4 (conocido, famoso) well-known
    ' popular' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aceptación
    - cabezudo
    - cancionero
    - cómic
    - conocida
    - conocido
    - constancia
    - divulgación
    - infarto
    - interpretar
    - legitimar
    - pueblo
    - romería
    - seguidilla
    - solicitada
    - solicitado
    - atracción
    - concurrido
    - conjunto
    - copla
    - cultura
    - curandero
    - feria
    - jalador
    - palenque
    - pegar
    - petición
    - popularizar
    - usar
    - verbena
    - vulgar
    English:
    alike
    - bandwagon
    - belief
    - big
    - down-market
    - folk
    - folk song
    - immensely
    - itself
    - lore
    - outcry
    - pander
    - popular
    - request
    - throughout
    - by
    - catch
    - demand
    - downmarket
    - hot
    - pop
    - popularize
    - tabloid
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [del pueblo] [creencia, movimiento, revuelta] popular;
    la voluntad popular the will of the people;
    una insurrección/protesta popular a popular uprising/protest
    2. [arte, música] folk
    3. [precios] affordable
    4. [lenguaje] colloquial
    5. [famoso] popular;
    hacerse popular to catch on
    6. [aceptado] popular;
    es muy popular en la oficina she's very popular in the office
    7. Esp Pol = of/relating to the Partido Popular
    ♦ nmf
    Esp Pol = member/supporter of the Partido Popular
    * * *
    I adj
    1 ( afamado) popular
    2 ( del pueblo) folk atr
    3 barrio lower-class
    II mpl
    :
    POL the Popular Party
    * * *
    popular adj
    1) : popular
    2) : traditional
    3) : colloquial
    * * *
    popular adj popular

    Spanish-English dictionary > popular

  • 4 sencillo

    adj.
    1 simple, uncomplicated, easy, with no frills.
    2 simple, simplehearted, naive, simpleminded.
    3 simple, unadorned, with no frills.
    4 single, simple.
    5 one-way, single-track, unidirectional.
    m.
    1 small change, change, small coins.
    2 one way ticket.
    * * *
    1 (sin adornos) simple, plain
    2 (fácil) simple, easy
    4 figurado (persona - natural) natural, unaffected, unpretentious; (- ingenua) naive, gullible
    * * *
    (f. - sencilla)
    adj.
    1) simple, easy
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [costumbre, estilo, ropa] simple
    2) [asunto, problema] simple, straightforward

    es un plato sencillo de hacer pero apetitoso — it's a simple but tasty dish, the dish is straightforward to make, but tasty

    3) (=no afectado) natural, unaffected

    es muy rico pero muy sencillo en el trato — he's very rich, but nevertheless very natural o unaffected

    4) [billete] single
    5) LAm (=necio) foolish
    2. SM
    1) (=disco) single
    2) LAm (=cambio) small change
    * * *
    I
    - lla adjetivo
    1)
    a) <ejercicio/problema> simple, straightforward
    b) < persona> modest, unassuming; <vestido/estilo> simple, plain; <casa/comida> simple, modest

    son gentes sencillas y trabajadoras — they are simple, hardworking people

    2) (Esp, Méx) < billete> one-way (AmE), single (BrE)
    II
    1) ( disco) single
    2) (AmL) ( dinero suelto) change
    3) (Esp, Méx) (Transp) one-way ticket (AmE), single (ticket) (BrE)
    * * *
    = humble [humbler -comp., humblest -sup.], plain [plainer -comp., plainest -sup.], simple [simpler -comp., simplest -sup.], straight [straighter -comp., straightest -sup.], straightforward, unadorned, bald, unobtrusive, low-key [low key], uncluttered, unsophisticated, unpretentious, unassuming, folksy [folksier -comp., folksiest -sup.], homespun, unfussy, uncomplicated, uncomplicatedly, low-keyed, no-frills, hassle-free.
    Ex. In spite of much complexity, they perform reliably; witness the humble typewriter, or the movie camera or the automobile.
    Ex. He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex. Some simple measures of index effectiveness are introduced here so that it is possible to consider different indexing methods critically.
    Ex. Thus these indexes contain more entries than a straight KWIC index and are inclined to be relatively bulky.
    Ex. Even in this apparently straightforward situation, complications can arise.
    Ex. Concrete illustrations are always better than unadorned abstract description.
    Ex. This text contains its share of irrelevant allusions included by authors 'to add artistic verisimilitude to a bald and otherwise unconvincing narrative', to quote another favourite source.
    Ex. New technologies will enable interfaces composed of unobtrusive physiological monitors and prosthetics.
    Ex. Activity is still low key, but will increase when the British Library puts up data bases on its own computer in 1977.
    Ex. Google, the search engine, became popular because of its efficiency, simple structure uncluttered by advertising and its non-commercial look and feel.
    Ex. Here is a clear indication of the extent, during the eighteenth century, to which the unsophisticated reader lagged behind his middle class compatriots = Aquí tenemos una clara indicación del grado en el que, durante el siglo dieciocho, el lector normal iba por detrás de sus compatriotas de clase media.
    Ex. There is a need for unpretentious, informative manuals which help readers to play bowls, arrange flowers, decorate the house, and the like.
    Ex. The term 'librarian' may confer the impression of being a quiet, respectable and unassuming person and consequently be useful on insurance forms, passports and rental agreements.
    Ex. The best path, the film implies, is a middle way, combining worldliness with a folksy morality, one that respects family and individual alike.
    Ex. The author chronicles the exuberant stories, hyperbole, homespun speech and demigod characteristics of American 'tall tales'.
    Ex. Above all the journal wishes to provide research and comment in a form that is easily and quickly understood: a fresh, rigorous, but unfussy, writing style is what is aimed for.
    Ex. It is an example of an uncomplicated but practical and successful artificial intelligence application.
    Ex. Children which lack reading experience should be presented with a sequence of shorter, very directly told, and uncomplicatedly structured books, rather than with denser and more subtle texts.
    Ex. Overall, he provides a low-keyed, lucid account that, with its many-leveled approach, does more than justice to the complex themes it studies.
    Ex. This is a good guide for independent travellers looking for cheap, no-frills intercity transport around the country.
    Ex. Cooking dry beans in the crockpot makes them relatively hassle-free.
    ----
    * codificación directa de fila sencilla = single row direct coding.
    * de una manera más sencilla = in digestible form.
    * disco sencillo = single.
    * habitación sencilla = single room.
    * * *
    I
    - lla adjetivo
    1)
    a) <ejercicio/problema> simple, straightforward
    b) < persona> modest, unassuming; <vestido/estilo> simple, plain; <casa/comida> simple, modest

    son gentes sencillas y trabajadoras — they are simple, hardworking people

    2) (Esp, Méx) < billete> one-way (AmE), single (BrE)
    II
    1) ( disco) single
    2) (AmL) ( dinero suelto) change
    3) (Esp, Méx) (Transp) one-way ticket (AmE), single (ticket) (BrE)
    * * *
    = humble [humbler -comp., humblest -sup.], plain [plainer -comp., plainest -sup.], simple [simpler -comp., simplest -sup.], straight [straighter -comp., straightest -sup.], straightforward, unadorned, bald, unobtrusive, low-key [low key], uncluttered, unsophisticated, unpretentious, unassuming, folksy [folksier -comp., folksiest -sup.], homespun, unfussy, uncomplicated, uncomplicatedly, low-keyed, no-frills, hassle-free.

    Ex: In spite of much complexity, they perform reliably; witness the humble typewriter, or the movie camera or the automobile.

    Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex: Some simple measures of index effectiveness are introduced here so that it is possible to consider different indexing methods critically.
    Ex: Thus these indexes contain more entries than a straight KWIC index and are inclined to be relatively bulky.
    Ex: Even in this apparently straightforward situation, complications can arise.
    Ex: Concrete illustrations are always better than unadorned abstract description.
    Ex: This text contains its share of irrelevant allusions included by authors 'to add artistic verisimilitude to a bald and otherwise unconvincing narrative', to quote another favourite source.
    Ex: New technologies will enable interfaces composed of unobtrusive physiological monitors and prosthetics.
    Ex: Activity is still low key, but will increase when the British Library puts up data bases on its own computer in 1977.
    Ex: Google, the search engine, became popular because of its efficiency, simple structure uncluttered by advertising and its non-commercial look and feel.
    Ex: Here is a clear indication of the extent, during the eighteenth century, to which the unsophisticated reader lagged behind his middle class compatriots = Aquí tenemos una clara indicación del grado en el que, durante el siglo dieciocho, el lector normal iba por detrás de sus compatriotas de clase media.
    Ex: There is a need for unpretentious, informative manuals which help readers to play bowls, arrange flowers, decorate the house, and the like.
    Ex: The term 'librarian' may confer the impression of being a quiet, respectable and unassuming person and consequently be useful on insurance forms, passports and rental agreements.
    Ex: The best path, the film implies, is a middle way, combining worldliness with a folksy morality, one that respects family and individual alike.
    Ex: The author chronicles the exuberant stories, hyperbole, homespun speech and demigod characteristics of American 'tall tales'.
    Ex: Above all the journal wishes to provide research and comment in a form that is easily and quickly understood: a fresh, rigorous, but unfussy, writing style is what is aimed for.
    Ex: It is an example of an uncomplicated but practical and successful artificial intelligence application.
    Ex: Children which lack reading experience should be presented with a sequence of shorter, very directly told, and uncomplicatedly structured books, rather than with denser and more subtle texts.
    Ex: Overall, he provides a low-keyed, lucid account that, with its many-leveled approach, does more than justice to the complex themes it studies.
    Ex: This is a good guide for independent travellers looking for cheap, no-frills intercity transport around the country.
    Ex: Cooking dry beans in the crockpot makes them relatively hassle-free.
    * codificación directa de fila sencilla = single row direct coding.
    * de una manera más sencilla = in digestible form.
    * disco sencillo = single.
    * habitación sencilla = single room.

    * * *
    A
    1 ‹ejercicio/problema› simple, straightforward
    no era sencillo hacerlos entrar it wasn't easy o it was no simple task getting them in
    2 ‹persona› modest, unassuming; ‹vestido/estilo› simple, plain; ‹casa/comida› simple, modest
    son gentes sencillas y trabajadoras they are simple, hardworking people
    el disco es sencillote y comercial the record is unsophisticated o crude and commercial
    B
    1 ‹flor› single
    2 (único) single
    una escopeta de cañón sencilla a single-barreled gun
    coser con hilo sencillo to sew with single thread
    3 (Esp, Méx) ‹billete› one-way ( AmE), single ( BrE)
    A (disco) single
    B ( AmL) (dinero suelto) change
    C (Esp, Méx) (billete de ida) one-way ticket ( AmE), single ( BrE), single ticket ( BrE)
    * * *

     

    sencillo 1
    ◊ - lla adjetivo

    1
    a) ‹ejercicio/problema› simple, straightforward;



    ‹vestido/estilo› simple, plain;
    ‹casa/comida› simple, modest
    2 (Esp, Méx) (Transp) one-way (AmE), single (BrE)
    sencillo 2 sustantivo masculino
    1 ( disco) single
    2 (AmL) ( dinero suelto) change
    3 (Esp, Méx) (Transp) one-way ticket (AmE), single (ticket) (BrE)
    sencillo,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (una solución, un problema) simple, easy
    2 (un vestido, diseño) simple, plain
    3 (persona) natural, unassuming
    4 (habitación, billete) single
    II sustantivo masculino (billete, disco) single
    ' sencillo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    billete
    - elemental
    - fácil
    - manejo
    - sencilla
    - simple
    - sobria
    - sobrio
    - tirada
    - tirado
    English:
    basic
    - down-home
    - easy
    - neat
    - plain
    - simple
    - single
    - single-space
    - straightforward
    - change
    - fool
    - low
    - painless
    - small
    - straight
    - unaffected
    - unassuming
    - unsophisticated
    * * *
    sencillo, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [fácil] simple;
    no fue sencillo convencerla it was not easy to convince her
    2. [sin lujo] [decoración, vestido] simple
    3. [claro, natural] [lenguaje, estilo] simple
    4. [campechano] natural, unaffected;
    es muy sencillo en el trato he's very natural o unaffected
    5. [billete] Br single, US one-way
    6. [no múltiple] single;
    ♦ nm
    1. [disco] single
    2. Andes, CAm, Méx Fam [cambio] loose change
    * * *
    I adj simple;
    gente(s) sencilla(s) simple people
    II m
    1 L.Am.
    small change
    2 en béisbol base hit
    * * *
    sencillo, - lla adj
    1) : simple, easy
    2) : plain, unaffected
    3) : single
    1) : single (recording)
    2) : small change (coins)
    3) : one-way ticket
    * * *

    Spanish-English dictionary > sencillo

  • 5 experiencia del mundo

    (n.) = worldliness
    Ex. The best path, the film implies, is a middle way, combining worldliness with a folksy morality, one that respects family and individual alike.
    * * *

    Ex: The best path, the film implies, is a middle way, combining worldliness with a folksy morality, one that respects family and individual alike.

    Spanish-English dictionary > experiencia del mundo

  • 6 sofisticación

    f.
    sophistication, complexity.
    * * *
    1 sophistication
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) [de persona, gestos] sophistication
    2) (=afectación) affectation
    * * *
    femenino sophistication
    * * *
    = sophistication, worldliness.
    Ex. The sophistication of a thesaurus and the specificity of its index terms is usually related to the number of documents to be covered by the indexing system.
    Ex. The best path, the film implies, is a middle way, combining worldliness with a folksy morality, one that respects family and individual alike.
    * * *
    femenino sophistication
    * * *
    = sophistication, worldliness.

    Ex: The sophistication of a thesaurus and the specificity of its index terms is usually related to the number of documents to be covered by the indexing system.

    Ex: The best path, the film implies, is a middle way, combining worldliness with a folksy morality, one that respects family and individual alike.

    * * *
    1 (de una persona) sophistication
    2 (de un sistema) sophistication
    * * *

    sofisticación sustantivo femenino sophistication
    ' sofisticación' also found in these entries:
    English:
    sophistication
    * * *
    1. [refinamiento] sophistication
    2. [complejidad] sophistication
    * * *
    f sophistication
    * * *
    sofisticación nf, pl - ciones : sophistication

    Spanish-English dictionary > sofisticación

  • 7 folklorizar

    1.
    VT to give a popular o folksy character to
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    vt
    to give... a folksy flavor*

    Spanish-English dictionary > folklorizar

  • 8 pueblerino

    adj.
    1 small-town, provincial, rural, country.
    2 folksy.
    3 parochial.
    m.
    villager, bumpkin, country cousin, countryman.
    * * *
    1 (de pueblo) village
    2 peyorativo countrified
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 villager
    2 peyorativo country bumpkin
    * * *
    pueblerino, -a
    1.
    ADJ [carácter, ambiente] small-town antes de s, countrified; [persona] rustic, provincial
    2.
    SM / F (=aldeano) rustic, country person; pey country bumpkin *, hick (EEUU) *
    * * *
    - na adjetivo
    * * *
    = parochial, small-town, rustic, village man, rube, hick.
    Ex. This article covers dissemination of research work and research that is esoteric, irrelevant, parochial, obsolete or incomprehensible.
    Ex. Will's social activism in regard to racial justice and human rights made him ill suited for the confines of the small-town Southern pulpit, and he left in 1954.
    Ex. These reflections coincide with considerations from previous studies about the education of rustics in their rural schools.
    Ex. Consequently, without an education to prepare them for finding work, these girls are often sold as a slave to another village man.
    Ex. Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.
    Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    * * *
    - na adjetivo
    * * *
    = parochial, small-town, rustic, village man, rube, hick.

    Ex: This article covers dissemination of research work and research that is esoteric, irrelevant, parochial, obsolete or incomprehensible.

    Ex: Will's social activism in regard to racial justice and human rights made him ill suited for the confines of the small-town Southern pulpit, and he left in 1954.
    Ex: These reflections coincide with considerations from previous studies about the education of rustics in their rural schools.
    Ex: Consequently, without an education to prepare them for finding work, these girls are often sold as a slave to another village man.
    Ex: Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.
    Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.

    * * *
    ¡qué pueblerino eres! you're a real hick ( AmE) o ( BrE) yokel! ( colloq)
    con sus ropas anticuadas y su aire pueblerino with her old-fashioned clothes and provincial o small-town ways
    * * *

    pueblerino
    ◊ -na adjetivo ‹ aire› provincial;

    ¡qué pueblerino eres! you're such a country bumpkin o (AmE colloq) hick!

    ' pueblerino' also found in these entries:
    English:
    bumpkin
    - hick
    - parochial
    - small
    - yokel
    * * *
    pueblerino, -a
    ♦ adj
    Pey rustic, provincial;
    tiene unos modales muy pueblerinos he behaves like a real yokel o US hick
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [habitante] villager
    2. Pey [paleto] yokel
    * * *
    desp
    I adj provincial, small-town
    II m, pueblerina f hick desp, Br
    yokel desp
    * * *
    pueblerino, -na adj
    : provincial, countrified

    Spanish-English dictionary > pueblerino

  • 9 folklorizarse

    VPR to acquire popular o folksy features

    Spanish-English dictionary > folklorizarse

  • 10 popular

    • common
    • folksy
    • popular

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > popular

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  • folksy — folksiness, n. /fohk see/, adj., folksier, folksiest. 1. friendly or neighborly; sociable. 2. very informal; familiar; unceremonious: The politician affected a folksy style. 3. belonging to the common people, esp. in regard to a conscious use of… …   Universalium

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  • folksy — adjective (folksier; est) Date: 1852 1. sociable, friendly 2. informal, casual, or familiar in manner or style < folksy humor > • folksily adverb • folksiness noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • folksy — adj. Folksy is used with these nouns: ↑charm …   Collocations dictionary

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