-
1 capigorra SM
idler, loafer -
2 capigorrón SM
idler, loafer -
3 engranaje intermedio
• idler wheel -
4 ocioso
• idler• inactivate• inactive account• otiose -
5 polea de guía
• idler pulley -
6 polea de tensión
• idler pulley -
7 polea loca
• idler pulley• loose pulley -
8 polea muerta
• idler pulley -
9 rueda de transmisión
• idler wheel -
10 rueda guía
• idler wheel -
11 rueda intermedia
• idler wheel -
12 rueda loca
• idler wheel -
13 zángano
• idler• loafer -
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 zángano
adj.loafing, bum, gadabout.m.1 loafer, idler.2 drone, drone honey bee, male of the honeybee.* * *► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (insecto) drone* * *zángano, -a1. SM / F1) * (=holgazán) idler, slacker2) * (=pícaro) rogue3) * (=pesado) bore2.SM (=insecto) drone* * *- na masculino, femenino1) (fam) ( persona) lazybones (colloq)* * *= drone, lazybones, layabout, idler.Ex. Consider the question, 'Where can I find out about Drones?'.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.* * *- na masculino, femenino1) (fam) ( persona) lazybones (colloq)* * *= drone, lazybones, layabout, idler.Ex: Consider the question, 'Where can I find out about Drones?'.
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.* * *zángano -namasculine, feminineB* * *
zángano◊ -na sustantivo masculino, femenino
1 (fam) ( persona) lazybones (colloq)
2
zángano,-a
I m Zool (de una colmena) drone
II m,f fam (persona) idler, slacker, lazybones inv
' zángano' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
zángana
English:
drone
* * *zángano, -a♦ nm,fFam [persona] lazy oaf, idler♦ nm[abeja] drone* * *m ZO drone; fig famlazybones sg* * *zángano nm: drone, male bee -
17 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 -
18 ocioso
adj.1 idle, inactive, otiose.El hombre está ocioso The man is idle.2 unoccupied, free.El baño está ocioso The restroom is unoccupied [free].3 pointless.4 wasted.m.idler.* * *► adjetivo1 (desocupado) idle2 (innecesario) pointless, useless► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 idler* * *ADJ1) [persona] idle2) (=inútil) [acto] useless, pointless; [promesa] idle, empty* * *- sa adjetivoa) [ESTAR] ( inactivo) idleb) [SER] (inútil, innecesario) pointless* * *= idle, idler.Ex. And there is an unfortunate implication in the way some people talk about reading which suggests that it is a substitute for action, a pastime that decorates the idle margins of the serious business of living.Ex. This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.* * *- sa adjetivoa) [ESTAR] ( inactivo) idleb) [SER] (inútil, innecesario) pointless* * *= idle, idler.Ex: And there is an unfortunate implication in the way some people talk about reading which suggests that it is a substitute for action, a pastime that decorates the idle margins of the serious business of living.
Ex: This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.* * *ocioso -sa1 [ ESTAR] (inactivo) idleno deja ocioso su dinero he doesn't leave his money doing nothing o lying idleuna vida ociosa y regalada a life of idleness and luxuryexpropiaron los terrenos ociosos they expropriated the land that was not being used o that was being left idle2 [ SER] (inútil, innecesario) pointlessresulta or es ocioso volver a repetirlo there is no point in o it's pointless o it's a waste of time repeating it* * *
ocioso
ocioso,-a adjetivo
1 (inactivo) idle
2 (sin razón de ser) pointless
' ocioso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
holgar
- ociosa
* * *ocioso, -a♦ adj1. [inactivo] idle2. [inútil] pointless;un comentario ocioso a pointless o an idle remark;volver a analizar las razones resultaba un ejercicio ocioso analysing the reasons again was a pointless exercise;es ocioso repetirlo there's no point in repeating it♦ nm,fidler* * *adj idle* * *ocioso, -sa adj1) inactivo: idle, inactive2) inútil: pointless, useless -
19 perezoso
adj.lazy, slothful, idle, sluggish.m.1 lazy person, sloth, loafer, slouch.2 sloth.3 deck chair.4 squeegee mop.* * *► adjetivo1 lazy► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 lazy person, idler, lazybones1 ZOOLOGÍA sloth————————1 ZOOLOGÍA sloth* * *(f. - perezosa)adj.* * *perezoso, -a1.ADJ lazy2.SM / F (=vago) idler, lazybones *3. SM1) (Zool) sloth* * *I- sa adjetivo lazy, idle, slothful (liter)II- sa masculino, femenino1) ( holgazán) lazybones (colloq)2) perezoso masculino (Zool) sloth* * *= lazy [lazier -comp., laziest -sup.], sluggish, indolent, shiftless.Ex. It is most likely to occur when a supervisor is careless or lazy about the rating or does not know the worker well.Ex. Standing in the early morning on the balcony of her apartment, she was smote as she always was by the grandeur of the sky turning to scarlet as the rim of darkness in the east released the sun for its sluggish trek through the heavens.Ex. The average man is by nature indolent; he works as little as possible = El ciudadano medio es perezoso por naturaleza; trabaja lo menos posible.Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.* * *I- sa adjetivo lazy, idle, slothful (liter)II- sa masculino, femenino1) ( holgazán) lazybones (colloq)2) perezoso masculino (Zool) sloth* * *= lazy [lazier -comp., laziest -sup.], sluggish, indolent, shiftless.Ex: It is most likely to occur when a supervisor is careless or lazy about the rating or does not know the worker well.
Ex: Standing in the early morning on the balcony of her apartment, she was smote as she always was by the grandeur of the sky turning to scarlet as the rim of darkness in the east released the sun for its sluggish trek through the heavens.Ex: The average man is by nature indolent; he works as little as possible = El ciudadano medio es perezoso por naturaleza; trabaja lo menos posible.Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.* * *lazy, idle, slothful ( liter)masculine, feminineA (holgazán) lazybones ( colloq)B1 ( Zool) sloth2 (Ur) (hamaca) deck chair3 ( Arg) (para lavar pisos) squeegee mop* * *
perezoso◊ -sa adjetivo
lazy, idle
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
1 ( holgazán) lazybones (colloq)
2
perezoso,-a adjetivo lazy, idle
' perezoso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
floja
- flojo
- perezosa
English:
lazy
- sloth
- sluggish
* * *perezoso, -a♦ adj1. [vago] lazy2. [lento] slow, sluggish♦ nm,f[vago] lazy person, idler♦ nm[animal] sloth* * *I adj lazyII m ZO sloth* * *perezoso, -sa adjflojo, holgazán: lazyperezoso nm: sloth (animal)* * *perezoso2 n lazybones -
20 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* * *
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