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1 povaľač
good-for-nothing; layabout; loafer -
2 nietsnut
1 good-for-nothing, layabout -
3 niksnut
1 good-for-nothing, layabout -
4 atorrante
adj.lazy. ( River Plate)f. & m.1 layabout.2 vagabond, bum, good-for-nothing person.3 prostitute, whore.* * *And, Cono Sur1.ADJ lazy2.SMF tramp, bum (EEUU) ** * *I2) (Bol, RPl fam) ( sinvergüenza) crooked3) (Col, Per fam) (pesado, cargante)IImasculino y femenino1) (Andes, CS fam)a) ( vagabundo) tramp2) (Bol, RPl fam) ( sinvergüenza)es un atorrante — he's a bit of a crook (colloq)
a ver, atorrante, que te lavo esa cara — come on you little terror, let's wash that face (colloq)
3) (Col, Per fam) (pesado, cargante) pain in the neck (colloq)* * *I2) (Bol, RPl fam) ( sinvergüenza) crooked3) (Col, Per fam) (pesado, cargante)IImasculino y femenino1) (Andes, CS fam)a) ( vagabundo) tramp2) (Bol, RPl fam) ( sinvergüenza)es un atorrante — he's a bit of a crook (colloq)
a ver, atorrante, que te lavo esa cara — come on you little terror, let's wash that face (colloq)
3) (Col, Per fam) (pesado, cargante) pain in the neck (colloq)* * *B(Bol, RPI fam) (sinvergüenza): un comerciante medio atorrante a storekeeper who's a bit of a crook o a bit crooked ( colloq), a shopkeeper who's a bit dodgy ( BrE colloq)C(Col, Per fam) (pesado, cargante): no seas atorrante, déjame en paz don't be such a pain in the neck, leave me alone ( colloq)A2 (Andes, RPI fam) (holgazán) good-for-nothing, layabout, bum ( AmE colloq); (desaseado) slob ( colloq)Ba ver, atorrante, que te lavo esa cara come on you little terror, let's wash that face ( colloq)* * *
atorrante adjetivo
( desaseado) scruffy
c) (Col, Per fam) (pesado, cargante):
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
( holgazán) good-for-nothing, layabout;
( desaseado) slob (colloq)b) (Bol, RPl fam) ( sinvergüenza):◊ es un atorrante he's a bit of a crook (colloq)
* * *atorrante, -a Fam♦ adj1. RP [perezoso] lazy2. RP [sinvergüenza] crooked3. RP [vagabundo] good-for-nothing♦ nm,f1. RP [perezoso] lazybones, Br layabout2. RP [sinvergüenza] twister, crook3. RP [vagabundo] good-for-nothing* * *m Rpl, Chi fam1 bum fam, Brtramp2 ( holgazán) bum fam, Brlayabout fam* * * -
5 golfo
m.1 gulf.2 ragamuffin, rapscallion, street urchin, street Arab.* * *► adjetivo► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (holgazán) good-for-nothing, layabout; (niño) rascal, little devil\sesión golfa late-night showing————————1 gulf, large bay* * *noun m.* * *ISM1) (Geog) (=bahía) gulfgolfo de México — LAm Gulf of Mexico
2) (=mar) open seaIISM (=gamberro) lout; (=travieso) rascal; (=pilluelo) street urchin; (=holgazán) layabout¡menudo golfo estás hecho! — hum you rascal!
* * *I- fa masculino, femeninoa) ( holgazán) good-for-nothing, layaboutb) (fam) ( niño travieso) rascal (colloq), little devil (colloq)IImasculino (Geog, Náut) gulf* * *I- fa masculino, femeninoa) ( holgazán) good-for-nothing, layaboutb) (fam) ( niño travieso) rascal (colloq), little devil (colloq)IImasculino (Geog, Náut) gulf* * *golfo22 = street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, bum, rapscallion, ragamuffin.Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
Ex: Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.Ex: This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.Ex: Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.Ex: Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.Ex: In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.Ex: He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.* golfo de la playa = beach bum.* * *naughty¡qué golfo es ese niño! that child is a little devil!¡no seas golfo! don't be so naughty!masculine, feminine2 (gamberro) lout, yob ( BrE)Compuestos:Bay of BengalGulf of CaliforniaGulf of GuineaGulf of MexicoGulf of PanamaGulf of St LawrenceGulf of TehuantepecBay of BiscayPersian Gulf* * *
golfo 1◊ -fa sustantivo masculino, femenino
golfo 2 sustantivo masculino (Geog, Náut) gulf;
Ggolfo de Vizcaya Bay of Biscay
golfo,-a 1
I adj fam ayer tenía el día golfo y me fui de copas, yesterday I had a lazy day and went drinking
II mf good-for-nothing
(descarado) cheeky person
III f fam pey ofens tart
golfo 2 m Geog gulf
el golfo de Cádiz, the Gulf of Cádiz
' golfo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
golfa
- zarrapastrosa
- zarrapastroso
English:
bay
- escalate
- gulf
- Gulf Stream
- Persian
* * *golfo, -a♦ adj[gamberro] loutish, Br yobbish; [pillo] roguish♦ nm1. [gamberro] lout, Br yob;[pillo] rogue, wide boy2. Geog gulf, bayel golfo de Bengala the Bay of Bengal;el golfo de California the Gulf of California;el golfo de Guinea the Gulf of Guinea;el golfo de León the Gulf of Leon;el golfo de México the Gulf of Mexico;el golfo de Omán the Gulf of Oman;el golfo de Panamá the Gulf of Panama;el golfo Pérsico the Persian Gulf;el golfo de Tonkín the Gulf of Tonkin;el golfo de Venezuela the Gulf of Venezuela;el golfo de Vizcaya the Bay of Biscay* * *I m GEOG gulf* * *golfo nm: gulf, bay* * *golfo n1. (sinvergüenza) good for nothing2. (pillo) rascal / little devil3. (de mar) gulf -
6 oficio
m.1 trade.de oficio by trade2 job (trabajo).no tener oficio ni beneficio to have no trade3 official minute (document).4 service (religion) (ceremonia).el Santo oficio the Holy Office, the Inquisitionoficio de difuntos funeral service5 function, role.6 occupation, job, profession, service.7 craft.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: oficiar.* * *1 (ocupación) job, occupation; (especializado) trade2 (función) role, function3 (comunicado oficial) official letter, official note4 RELIGIÓN service\de oficio by tradeser del oficio to be in the tradeno tener ni oficio ni beneficio to be idleoficio de difuntos funeral massoficio divino divine officeel Santo Oficio the Holy Office, the Inquisition* * *noun m.1) occupation, trade2) craft* * *SM1) (=profesión) tradesin oficio ni beneficio —
un pobre temporero sin oficio ni beneficio — just a poor seasonal worker without a penny to his name
se encontró sin oficio ni beneficio al salir del colegio — he found himself with no means of earning a living when he left school
2) (=función) functionel oficio de esta pieza es de... — what this part does is...
3)abogado 1)de oficio: miembro de oficio — ex officio member
4) (=comunicado) official letter5) (Rel) service, massoficio de difuntos — funeral service, mass for the dead, office for the dead
6)Santo Oficio — ( Hist) Holy Office, Inquisition
7)8) (=trascocina) scullery* * *1) ( trabajo) tradeser del oficio — (fam) to be a hooker (sl), to be on the game (BrE colloq)
sin oficio ni beneficio: un vago sin oficio ni beneficio — a lazy bum (AmE colloq), a good-for-nothing layabout (BrE)
2)a) ( comunicación oficial) official lettertamaño oficio — (AmS) foolscap
b) (Der)3) (Relig) service, office•* * *= craft, occupation, trade.Ex. He draws a distinction between a craft, based on customary activities and modified by the trial and error of individual practice, and a profession.Ex. Headings such as SALESMEN AND SALESMANSHIP and FIREMEN, since they are assigned to works covering the activities of both men and women in these occupations, are not specific.Ex. Non-bibliographic data bases are particularly used for businesses and industry to extract information in the fields of business, economics, trade and commerce.----* abogado de oficio = legal aid.* aprender los trucos del oficio = learn + the ropes.* aprendizaje de un oficio = apprenticeship.* casa de oficios = vocational school.* ejercer un oficio = ply + Posesivo + trade.* envío de oficio = blanket order.* ex oficio = ex officio.* gaje del oficio = occupational hazard.* riesgo del oficio = occupational hazard.* truco del oficio = trade trick, trick of the trade.* trucos del oficio = tips of the trade.* * *1) ( trabajo) tradeser del oficio — (fam) to be a hooker (sl), to be on the game (BrE colloq)
sin oficio ni beneficio: un vago sin oficio ni beneficio — a lazy bum (AmE colloq), a good-for-nothing layabout (BrE)
2)a) ( comunicación oficial) official lettertamaño oficio — (AmS) foolscap
b) (Der)3) (Relig) service, office•* * *= craft, occupation, trade.Ex: He draws a distinction between a craft, based on customary activities and modified by the trial and error of individual practice, and a profession.
Ex: Headings such as SALESMEN AND SALESMANSHIP and FIREMEN, since they are assigned to works covering the activities of both men and women in these occupations, are not specific.Ex: Non-bibliographic data bases are particularly used for businesses and industry to extract information in the fields of business, economics, trade and commerce.* abogado de oficio = legal aid.* aprender los trucos del oficio = learn + the ropes.* aprendizaje de un oficio = apprenticeship.* casa de oficios = vocational school.* ejercer un oficio = ply + Posesivo + trade.* envío de oficio = blanket order.* ex oficio = ex officio.* gaje del oficio = occupational hazard.* riesgo del oficio = occupational hazard.* truco del oficio = trade trick, trick of the trade.* trucos del oficio = tips of the trade.* * *A (trabajo) tradeera carpintero de oficio he was a carpenter by tradeaprender un oficio to learn a tradeB1 (comunicación oficial) official letterdespachar or mandar un oficio to send an official lettertamaño oficio (Col, CS); foolscap2actuar de oficio to act on one's own initiativeC ( Relig) service, officelos oficios de Semana Santa the Holy Week services o officesCompuesto:mass o office for the deadD ( Arquit) utility room* * *
Del verbo oficiar: ( conjugate oficiar)
oficio es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
ofició es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
oficiar
oficio
oficio sustantivo masculino
1 ( trabajo) trade;
2 (Der)
3 (Relig) service, office
oficio sustantivo masculino
1 trade
(profesión) job, occupation
2 (comunicación oficial) official letter o note
abogado de oficio, state-appointed lawyer
3 Rel service
' oficio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abogacía
- abogada
- abogado
- albañilería
- alfarería
- artesanía
- auditoría
- basurero
- carpintería
- censor
- censora
- contabilidad
- costura
- de
- ejercer
- encuadernación
- enfermería
- equivocar
- ser
- escribanía
- gajes
- grabada
- grabado
- gremio
- maestra
- maestro
- peletería
- peluquería
- repostería
- soldador
- soldadora
- truco
- vaquera
- vaquero
- artilugio
- funeral
English:
craft
- occupational
- office
- ply
- priesthood
- service
- trade
- trick
- apprenticeship
- inquisition
* * *oficio nm1. [profesión manual] trade;de oficio by trade2. [trabajo] job;Famno tener oficio ni beneficio to have no trade;Euf el oficio más viejo del mundo the oldest profession (in the world) [diligencia] judicial proceedings4. [documento] official minutese llegó a un acuerdo gracias a los buenos oficios del ministro an agreement was reached thanks to the good offices of the ministeroficio de difuntos funeral service7. [función] function, role8. [comunicación] communiqué, official notice* * *m1 trabajo trade;sin oficio ni beneficio fam with no trade2:abogado de oficio public defender, Br duty solicitor3:Santo Oficio HIST Holy Office, Inquisition* * *oficio nm1) : trade, professiones electricista de oficio: he's an electrician by trade2) : function, role3) : official communication4) : experiencetener oficio: to be experienced5) : religious ceremony* * *oficio n1. (profesión) job2. (trabajo manual) trade3. (acto religioso) service -
7 mangante
adj.1 good-for-nothing (informal) (sinvergüenza). (peninsular Spanish)2 thieving.f. & m.1 good-for-nothing, layabout (sinvergüenza).2 thief.* * ** * *thief* * *
mangante mf
1 (ladrón, carterista) pickpocket, pilferer
2 (estafador, aprovechado) scrounger
* * *♦ adj1. [sinvergüenza] good-for-nothing2. [ladrón] thieving♦ nmf1. [sinvergüenza] good-for-nothing, layabout2. [ladrón] thief* * *m/f popthief -
8 patán
adj.rude, randy, peasant, bumpkin.m.rough person, churl, boor, chuff.* * *1 boor* * *SM rustic, yokel, hick (EEUU) *; pey lout* * *Iadjetivo (fam) loutish, uncouthIIno seas patán — don't be such a lout o so uncouth
1) (fam) ( grosero) lout, yob (BrE colloq)2) (Chi) ( holgazán) good-for-nothing* * *= oaf, redneck, lout, churl, schmuck, schmo.Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.Ex. His talks sparkle with Southern humor and a distinct voice known to mention rednecks, the evil of institutions, and racial reconciliation.Ex. It is not just yobbos and louts that are guilty of antisocial behaviour.Ex. Then again, who but a churl could fail to grieve at the waste of an artistic life of such immensity and grandeur?.Ex. Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.Ex. This team of schmoes is capable of anything.* * *Iadjetivo (fam) loutish, uncouthIIno seas patán — don't be such a lout o so uncouth
1) (fam) ( grosero) lout, yob (BrE colloq)2) (Chi) ( holgazán) good-for-nothing* * *= oaf, redneck, lout, churl, schmuck, schmo.Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
Ex: His talks sparkle with Southern humor and a distinct voice known to mention rednecks, the evil of institutions, and racial reconciliation.Ex: It is not just yobbos and louts that are guilty of antisocial behaviour.Ex: Then again, who but a churl could fail to grieve at the waste of an artistic life of such immensity and grandeur?.Ex: Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.Ex: This team of schmoes is capable of anything.* * *( fam); loutish, uncouth, boorishno seas patán don't be such a lout o so uncouth* * *
patán adjetivo (fam) loutish, uncouth;◊ no seas patán don't be such a lout o so uncouth
■ sustantivo masculino
1 (fam) ( grosero) lout, yob (BrE colloq)
2 (Chi) ( holgazán) good-for-nothing
' patán' also found in these entries:
English:
bumpkin
- oaf
- lout
* * *♦ adjuncivilized, uncouth♦ nm1. [ignorante] boor* * *despI adj loutishII m lout* * * -
9 galifardo
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10 serseri
"1. (a) ne´er-do-well, (a) good-for-nothing; layabout, bum, loafer. 2. vagrant, tramp, hobo. 3. ne´er-do-well, good-for-nothing; pertaining to a bum or loafer. 4. vagrant, vagabond; pertaining to a bum or loafer. 4. vagrant, vagabond; pertaining to a tramp. S-! colloq. Jerk!/You mannerless bum!/You no-count jerk! - mayın floating mine." -
11 alfer
iz.1. idler, loafer; \alfer {gorotz || zotz || zuri} good-for-nothing layabout;\alfer2. (irud.) \alferrarena egin to be lazy; \alferrak beti asti every day is holiday for the sluggard; \alferren astoa izan to do the donkey work for lazy people io.1. ( nagi) lazy, idle2. ( zuhaitza) fruitless3. ( hitz) vain, useless -
12 лоботряс
м. разг.idler, lazy-bones, loafer, good-for-nothing, layabout -
13 лоботряс
м. прост.idler, lazybones, loafer, good-for-nothing, layabout -
14 holgazán
adj.lazy, bum, slothful, do-nothing.m.loafer, bum, dawdler, do-nothing.* * *► adjetivo1 idle, lazy► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 lazybones, layabout* * *(f. - holgazana)noun* * *holgazán, -ana1.ADJ idle, lazy2.SM / F idler, loafer, layabout ** * *I- zana adjetivo lazyII- zana masculino, femenino idler, lazybones (colloq)* * *= bum, shiftless, lazybones, layabout, idler.Ex. Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex. Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.Ex. There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.Ex. This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.* * *I- zana adjetivo lazyII- zana masculino, femenino idler, lazybones (colloq)* * *= bum, shiftless, lazybones, layabout, idler.Ex: Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.
Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex: Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.Ex: There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.Ex: This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.* * *lazyes muy holgazán he's very lazy, he's bone-idle ( BrE)masculine, feminineidler, lazybones ( colloq)* * *
holgazán◊ - zana adjetivo
lazy
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
idler, lazybones (colloq)
holgazán,-ana
I adjetivo lazy, idle
II sustantivo masculino y femenino lazybones inv, layabout
' holgazán' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
holgazana
- señorito
- vaga
- vago
- atorrante
- cómodo
- golfo
- huevón
- patán
- perezoso
English:
bum
- do-nothing
- idle
* * *holgazán, -ana♦ adjidle, lazy♦ nm,flayabout, lazybones* * *m idler* * ** * * -
15 gandul
adj.lazy, loafing, truant, slothful.f. & m.loafer, idler, good-for-nothing, shirker.* * *► adjetivo1 lazy, idle► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 idler, loafer, lazybones, slacker* * *gandul, -a1.ADJ (=holgazán) idle, slack; (=inútil) good-for-nothing2.SM / F (=holgazán) idler, slacker; (=inútil) good-for-nothing* * *- dula masculino, femenino (fam) lazybones (colloq)* * *= dodger, lazybones, layabout, idler.Ex. Street boys like Slake, a dodger used to running away, do not, even when they are myopic and dreamers, allow themselves to bump into lampposts.Ex. Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.Ex. There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.Ex. This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.* * *- dula masculino, femenino (fam) lazybones (colloq)* * *= dodger, lazybones, layabout, idler.Ex: Street boys like Slake, a dodger used to running away, do not, even when they are myopic and dreamers, allow themselves to bump into lampposts.
Ex: Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.Ex: There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.Ex: This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.* * *masculine, feminine* * *
gandul
gandul,-ula sustantivo masculino y femenino loafer
' gandul' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
gandula
- vaga
- vago
English:
skiver
* * *gandul, -ula Fam♦ adjlazy♦ nm,flazybones, layabout* * *I adj idleII m, gandula f lazybones sg* * ** * *gandul2 n lazybones -
16 vago
adj.1 footloose, errant, roving, shiftless.2 nebulous, amorphous, formless, shapeless.3 vague, general, unspecific.4 rambling, excursive.f. & m.1 bum, loafer, deadbeat, good-for-nothing.2 vagus.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: vagar.* * *► adjetivo1 (impreciso) vague————————► adjetivo1 (vacío) empty; (desocupado) vacant2 (holgazán) lazy, idle► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (holgazán) idler, layabout, slacker2 DERECHO vagrant\hacer el vago to laze around* * *1. (f. - vaga)adj.1) idle, lazy2) vague2. (f. - vaga)noun* * *vago, -a1. ADJ1) (gen) vague; (Arte, Fot) blurred, ill-defined; (=indeterminado) indeterminate2) [persona] (=perezoso) lazy, slack; (=poco fiable) unreliable; (=ocioso) idle, unemployed3) [ojo] lazy; [objeto] idle, unused; [espacio] empty4) (=errante) roving, wandering5) †en vago — [mantenerse] unsteadily; [esforzarse] in vain
dar golpes en vago — to flail about, beat the air
2. SM/ F1) (=holgazán) idler, lazybones *; (=inútil) useless individual, dead loss2) (=vagabundo) tramp, vagrant, bum (EEUU); (=pobre) down-and-out* * *I- ga adjetivo1) (fam) < persona> lazy, idle2) <recuerdo/idea> vague, hazy; <contorno/forma> vague, indistinct; < explicación> vagueII- ga masculino, femenino (fam) layabout, slacker (colloq)* * *I- ga adjetivo1) (fam) < persona> lazy, idle2) <recuerdo/idea> vague, hazy; <contorno/forma> vague, indistinct; < explicación> vagueII- ga masculino, femenino (fam) layabout, slacker (colloq)* * *vago11 = slacker, bum, lazybones, layabout, idler.Ex: The article is entitled 'No slackers here: SLA's youngest members have the vision and enthusiasm to shape the profession'.
Ex: Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.Ex: Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.Ex: There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.Ex: This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.* persona vaga y mal vestida = slob.vago22 = dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], fuzzy [fuzzier - comp., fuzziest -sup.], vague [vaguer -comp., vaguest -sup.], feeble, loose [looser -comp., loosest -sup.], wooly [woolier -comp., wooliest -sup.], indistinct, indistinctive, nebulous.Ex: The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.
Ex: This is a rather fuzzy basis for establishing subject headings, but fuzziness is not the guidelines only fault.Ex: Some of the terms are vague.Ex: Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.Ex: Kast points out that there is a 'rather loose, conglomeration of interests and approaches' in this developing field.Ex: On the other side, some aspects of the planning study remains wooly.Ex: The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.Ex: This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.Ex: The concept of such a center remained nebulous at best, and we later learned that communication problems early on had muddied the message about what was really needed.* de manera vaga = hazily.* * *A ( fam); ‹persona› lazy, idleB ‹recuerdo/idea› vague, hazy; ‹contorno/forma› vague, indistincthay un vago parecido entre los dos there is a vague resemblance between themme dio una explicación muy vaga de lo que había sucedido she gave me a very vague explanation of what had happened, she only explained very vaguely what had happenedtengo la vaga sensación de haberlo visto antes I have a vague feeling I've seen him beforemasculine, feminine( fam)layabout, slacker ( colloq)deja ya de hacer el vago y ponte a trabajar stop lazing around and get some work done ( colloq)* * *
Del verbo vagar: ( conjugate vagar)
vago es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
vagó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
vagar
vago
vagar ( conjugate vagar) verbo intransitivo
to wander, roam
vago◊ -ga adjetivo
1 (fam) ‹ persona› lazy, idle
2 ‹recuerdo/idea› vague, hazy;
‹contorno/forma› vague, indistinct;
‹explicación/parecido› vague
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) layabout, slacker (colloq);◊ deja ya de hacer el vago stop lazing around (colloq)
vagar vi (ir sin rumbo fijo) to wander, roam: vagamos por la ciudad toda la noche, we wandered around the town all night long
vagaba por el desierto, he was wandering about in the desert
vago,-a
I adjetivo
1 pey (holgazán) lazy
2 (difuso) slight, vague: tiene una vaga idea de lo que ocurrió, he has a vague idea of what happened
II m,f (gandul) layabout
' vago' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
boluda
- boludo
- floja
- flojo
- sambenito
- señorito
- vaga
- hecho
- indeterminado
English:
bone-idle
- dim
- do-nothing
- easy-going
- faint
- hazy
- indistinct
- layabout
- obscure
- screw around
- slack
- slob
- swan about
- swan around
- vague
- work shy
- bum
- wooly
* * *vago, -a♦ adj1. [persona] lazy, idle;Fam Humser más vago que la chaqueta de un guardia to be bone-idle2. [imagen, recuerdo] vague♦ nm,flazy person, idler;ser un vago to be lazy o idle♦ nmhacer el vago to laze around* * *I adj1 ( holgazán) lazy;hacer el vago laze around2 ( indefinido) vagueII m, vaga f idler, Brlayabout fam* * *vago, -ga adj1) : vague2) perezoso: lazy, idlevago, -ga n1) : idler, loafer2) vagabundo: vagrant, bum* * *vago1 adj2. (impreciso) vaguevago2 n lazybones -
17 безделник
idler, loafer, indolent/idle fellow; vagabond; fribble; playboy; marooner; ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothingsl. mike ( лентяй) lazybones* * *бездѐлник,м., -ци idler, loafer, slacker, indolent/idle fellow; fiddler, fiddle-faddler, vagabond; fribble; fribbler; playboy; marooner; do-nothing; ne’er-do-well, good-for-nothing; разг. deadbeat; sl. mike; ( лентяй) lazybones; layabout; twiddler.* * *bum; casual; dangler; dead-beat; do-nothing; flaneur; fribble; gadabout; idler{`aidlx}; layabout; lounger{`laundjx}; marooner; play-boy; vagabond* * *1. idler, loafer, indolent/idle fellow;vagabond;fribble;playboy;marooner;ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing 2. sl. mike (лентяй) lazybones -
18 bala
f.1 bullet (proyectil).entró como una bala she rushed insalió como una bala he shot offbala de goma plastic bullet2 bale (fardo).pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: balar.* * *1 bullet2 (paquete) bale\como una bala familiar like a shotbala de cañon cannonballbala rasa good-for-nothingbala perdida stray bullet 2 figurado birdbrainbala trazadora tracer bullet* * *noun f.1) bullet2) bale* * *1. SF1) (=proyectil) bullet•
disparar una bala — to fire a bullet•
a prueba de balas — bullet-proofentró como una bala — he came shooting in, he came in like a shot
el tren pasó como una bala — the train shot o flew past
bala de goma — plastic bullet, rubber bullet
2) (=fardo) bale3) (Tip)4) LAm (Dep) shot2.SMF * (=juerguista)* * *1) (Arm) (de pistola, rifle) bullet; ( de cañón) cannon ballcomo (una) bala — <salir/entrar> like a shot (colloq)
echar bala — (Méx) ( disparar) to fire shots; ( estar furioso)
no la nombres, se pone que echa bala — don't say her name or he'll go through the roof (colloq)
llevar bala — (Méx fam) to be in a hurry
no me/le entran balas — (Chi fam) I'm/he's as tough as old boots
ser como or una bala para algo — (Chi, Méx fam)
es como bala para las matemáticas — she's a whizz at math (AmE) o maths (BrE)
es una bala para el dominó — he's a tremendous domino player
2) (AmL) (Dep) shot* * *= ball, bullet, ink ball, bale, round, slug.Ex. Finally the forme was checked for odd pieces of type lying on it, in danger of being picked up by the balls and deposited on a page.Ex. He was looking for the book 'Flowers and bullets and Freedom to Kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".Ex. Ink was worked up for use on the ink-block of the press (a small table mounted behind the near-side cheek) and transferred to the surface of the type by one of the pressmen using a pair of ink balls.Ex. They specialised in printing labels for marking bales of fabric exported from Britain to India 1860s-1890s.Ex. Shotguns mainly fire two kinds of rounds, regular buckshots and slugs.Ex. Shotguns mainly fire two kinds of rounds, regular buckshots and slugs.----* bala cargada = live bullet.* bala de verdad = live bullet.* bala perdida = loose cannon.* chaleco a prueba de balas = bullet-proof vest.* herida de bala = gunshot wound.* lluvia de balas = hail of bullets.* pasar como una bala = whiz.* * *1) (Arm) (de pistola, rifle) bullet; ( de cañón) cannon ballcomo (una) bala — <salir/entrar> like a shot (colloq)
echar bala — (Méx) ( disparar) to fire shots; ( estar furioso)
no la nombres, se pone que echa bala — don't say her name or he'll go through the roof (colloq)
llevar bala — (Méx fam) to be in a hurry
no me/le entran balas — (Chi fam) I'm/he's as tough as old boots
ser como or una bala para algo — (Chi, Méx fam)
es como bala para las matemáticas — she's a whizz at math (AmE) o maths (BrE)
es una bala para el dominó — he's a tremendous domino player
2) (AmL) (Dep) shot* * *= ball, bullet, ink ball, bale, round, slug.Ex: Finally the forme was checked for odd pieces of type lying on it, in danger of being picked up by the balls and deposited on a page.
Ex: He was looking for the book 'Flowers and bullets and Freedom to Kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".Ex: Ink was worked up for use on the ink-block of the press (a small table mounted behind the near-side cheek) and transferred to the surface of the type by one of the pressmen using a pair of ink balls.Ex: They specialised in printing labels for marking bales of fabric exported from Britain to India 1860s-1890s.Ex: Shotguns mainly fire two kinds of rounds, regular buckshots and slugs.Ex: Shotguns mainly fire two kinds of rounds, regular buckshots and slugs.* bala cargada = live bullet.* bala de verdad = live bullet.* bala perdida = loose cannon.* chaleco a prueba de balas = bullet-proof vest.* herida de bala = gunshot wound.* lluvia de balas = hail of bullets.* pasar como una bala = whiz.* * *a prueba de balas bulletproofuna bala perdida lo alcanzó en el costado a stray bullet hit him in the sidecomo (una) bala like a shot ( colloq)salió como (una) bala he left like a shotla moto pasó como (una) bala the motorbike shot pastllegó como (una) bala cuando se enteró he was there in a flash when he heard(estar furioso): con lo del matrimonio de su hija está que echa bala she's really fuming about her daughter's marriageno le toques ese asunto, se pone que echa bala don't touch on that subject or he'll fly off the handle ( colloq)ni a bala (Col, Méx fam): ni a bala van a lograr que retire lo dicho there's no way they're going to make me take back what I said ( colloq)la física no le entra ni a bala he's absolutely useless at physicsno paga una cuenta ni a bala he's terrible when it comes to paying his bills, he doesn't believe in paying his bills ( colloq)no entrarle balas a algo/algn ( Chi fam): tiene 70 años y no le entran balas he's 70 years old and as fit as a fiddle o as tough as old boots o as strong as an oxa este motor no le entran balas this engine will stand up to anythingser como bala( Chi) or ( Méx) una bala para algo ( fam): es como bala para las matemáticas she's a real mathematical genius o ( colloq) a whizz at math(s), she's brilliant at math(s)es una bala para el dominó he's a tremendous domino playerser un(a) bala perdida or ( Méx) rasa to be a good-for-nothing o an idle layabouttirar con bala to get straight to the point—aquí tiran con bala —pensé there's no beating about the bush o they get straight to the point here, I thoughtCompuestos:blank, blank roundrubber bulletplastic bullet, baton roundblank, blank rounddumdum, dumdum bulletmagic bulletlanzamiento de bala shot putC (de lana, algodón) bale* * *
Del verbo balar: ( conjugate balar)
bala es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
bala
balar
bala sustantivo femenino
1 (Arm) (de pistola, rifle) bullet;
( de cañón) cannon ball;◊ bala de fogueo blank (round o cartridge);
bala de goma/plástico rubber/plastic bullet;
a prueba de balas bulletproof;
una bala perdida a stray bullet;
como (una) bala ‹salir/entrar› like a shot (colloq)
2 (AmL) (Dep) shot;
balar ( conjugate balar) verbo intransitivo
to bleat, baa
bala sustantivo femenino
1 (proyectil) bullet
bala perdida, stray bullet, fig fam (alocado, tarambana) crackpot, oddball
2 (de hierba, paja, ropa, etc) bale
♦ Locuciones: tirar con bala (decir algo con mala intención) to be bitchy o to say sthg hurtful: Margarita siempre las tira con bala, Margarita is always so nasty
como una bala, like a shot
balar verbo intransitivo to bleat
' bala' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
balazo
- casquillo
- fogueo
- herida
- impacto
- perdida
- perdido
- rebotar
- rebote
- alojar
- atravesar
- balín
- extraer
- incrustar
- lanzador
- lanzamiento
- orificio
- penetrar
- perforar
- retachar
- rozar
- traspasar
- zumbar
English:
blank
- bullet
- cannonball
- feel
- hit
- plastic bullet
- ricochet
- round
- shoot
- shoot back
- spent
- stray
- strike
- whine
- cannon
- embed
- flash
- gun
- lodge
- miss
- plastic
- rubber
- shot
* * *♦ nf1. [proyectil] bullet;fue herido de bala he was wounded by a gunshot;recibió cinco impactos de bala she received five bullet wounds;Famcomo una bala: entró como una bala he rushed in;salió como una bala he shot off;Col, Méx Famni a bala no way;CSur Famno le entran ni las balas nothing will get through to him;tirar con bala to snipe, to make snide remarksbala de fogueo blank cartridge, blank;bala de goma rubber bullet;bala perdida stray bullet;bala de plástico plastic bullet2. [fardo] balelanzamiento de bala shot put♦ nmfFam bala perdida good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well;bala rasa good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well* * *f bullet;como una bala like lightning;ni a bala L.Am. fam no way fam* * *bala nf1) : bullet2) : bale* * *bala n1. (de arma) bullet2. (de paja, algodón) bale -
19 haragán
adj.lazy, sluggish, idle, do-nothing.m.lazy person, laggard, do-nothing, deadbeat.* * *► adjetivo1 lazy, idle► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 lazybones, idler* * *haragán, -ana1.ADJ (=vago) idle, lazy2.SM / F (=holgazán) layabout, idler3.SM Caribe (=fregona) mop* * *I- gana adjetivo lazy, idleII- gana masculino, femenino shirker, layabout* * *I- gana adjetivo lazy, idleII- gana masculino, femenino shirker, layabout* * *lazy, idlemasculine, feminineA (persona) shirker, layaboutB* * *
haragán◊ - gana adjetivo
lazy, idle
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
shirker, layabout
' haragán' also found in these entries:
English:
lazybones
* * *haragán, -ana♦ adjlazy, idle♦ nm,flayabout, idler♦ nmVen [lampazo] squeegee* * *m, haragana f shirker* * * -
20 Herumtreiber
* * *der Herumtreiberrunabout; roamer; wanderer* * *He|rụm|trei|ber(in)m(f) (pej)1) (= Mensch ohne feste Arbeit, Wohnsitz) tramp* * *He·rum·trei·ber(in)<-s, ->m(f) (pej)* * *der (ugs.) layabout; (Streuner) vagabond* * ** * *der (ugs.) layabout; (Streuner) vagabond* * *m.loafer n.
См. также в других словарях:
good-for-nothing — I noun an idle worthless person • Syn: ↑goldbrick, ↑goof off, ↑ne er do well, ↑no account, ↑good for naught • Derivationally related forms: ↑good for naught ( … Useful english dictionary
good-for-nothing — 1. adjective a good for nothing bum Syn: useless, worthless, incompetent, inefficient, inept, ne er do well; lazy, idle, slothful, indolent, shiftless; informal no good, lousy Ant: worthy 2. noun lazy good for nothings … Thesaurus of popular words
good-for-nothing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. knave, rogue, ne er do well, do nothing; lazy bones, loafer, sloth, wastrel, fainéant, bum (sl.). See inactivity. adj. no account, useless, worthless, futile. See uselessness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn.… … English dictionary for students
good-for-naught — I noun an idle worthless person • Syn: ↑goldbrick, ↑goof off, ↑ne er do well, ↑good for nothing, ↑no account • Derivationally related forms: ↑good for nothing ( … Useful english dictionary
layabout — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A self indulgent person who spends time avoiding work or other useful activity: bum1, drone1, faineant, good for nothing, idler, loafer, ne er do well, no good, slugabed, sluggard, wastrel. Informal: do little, do… … English dictionary for students
layabout — noun I want Carmen and the rest of these layabouts out of here by noon Syn: idler, loafer, slacker, lazybones, lounger, flâneur, shirker, sluggard, laggard, slugabed, malingerer, good for nothing; informal lazybones, couch potato; literary… … Thesaurus of popular words
no-good — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. worthless, good for nothing. See uselessness. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I adjective Lacking all worth and value: drossy, good for nothing, inutile, nothing, valueless, worthless. Informal: no… … English dictionary for students
do-nothing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fence sitter, [time] waster, drone, idler. See inactivity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. idle, indolent, passive; see indifferent 1 , lazy 1 . n. Syn. idler, sluggard, layabout, slacker; see loafer .… … English dictionary for students
do-nothing — I noun person who does no work a lazy bum • Syn: ↑idler, ↑loafer, ↑layabout, ↑bum • Derivationally related forms: ↑bum (fo … Useful english dictionary
do-nothing — n. person who does no work. Syn: idler, loafer, layabout, bum, ne er do well, good for nothing. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
idler — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. lounger, slacker, drone, couch potato*; see loafer . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A self indulgent person who spends time avoiding work or other useful activity: bum1, drone1, faineant, good for nothing, layabout, loafer … English dictionary for students