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s.1 mañuela, socarronería, la maña con astucia y bellaquería; disimulo; con segunda o con segunda intención.2 carácter taimado, cazurra. -
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1. adjective1) (sly; clever in a deceitful way: cunning tricks.) astuto2) (clever: a cunning device.) ingenioso
2. noun(slyness or deceitful cleverness: full of cunning.) astuciacunning adj astutotr['kʌnɪŋ]1 astuciacunning ['kʌnɪŋ] adj1) crafty: astuto, taimado2) clever: ingenioso, hábil3) cute: mono, gracioso, lindocunning n1) skill: habilidad f2) craftiness: astucia f, maña fadj.• artero, -a adj.• asocarronado, -a adj.• astuto, -a adj.• escatimoso, -a adj.• hábil adj.• ladino, -a adj.• marrajo, -a adj.• marrullero, -a adj.• matrero, -a adj.• mañoso, -a adj.• socarrón, -ona adj.• solapado, -a adj.• taimado, -a adj.• zorrero, -a adj.• zorro, -a adj.n.• artería s.f.• astucia s.f.• cautela s.f.• hábil s.m.• marrullería s.f.• maña s.f.• retrechería s.f.• sagacidad s.f.• socarronería s.f.• zorrería s.f.
I 'kʌnɪŋ1)a) (clever, sly) astuto; < smile> malicioso2) (cute, attractive) (AmE)a cunning guy — un tipo guapo or (esp AmL) buen mozo
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mass noun astucia f['kʌnɪŋ]1. ADJ1) pej (=sly) taimado, vivo (LAm)2) (=clever) [person] astuto, ingenioso; [plan, scheme, device] ingenioso3) (US) * (=cute) mono, precioso2.N (=slyness) astucia f ; (=cleverness) ingenio m* * *
I ['kʌnɪŋ]1)a) (clever, sly) astuto; < smile> malicioso2) (cute, attractive) (AmE)a cunning guy — un tipo guapo or (esp AmL) buen mozo
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4 sly
1) (cunning or deceitful: He sometimes behaves in rather a sly manner.) astuto, tramposo, malicioso2) (playfully mischievous: He made a sly reference to my foolish mistake.) travieso, pícaro•- slyly- slily
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sly adj astutoEl comparativo de sly se puede escribir slyer o slier; el superlativo se puede escribir slyest o sliesttr[slaɪ]1 (cunning) astuto,-a, ladino,-a, taimado,-a; (deceitful) tramposo,-a■ he's a sly old fox! ¡es muy zorro!2 (secretive, knowing) furtivo,-a3 (mischievous, playful) travieso,-a, pícaro,-a; (underhand) malicioso,-a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLon the sly a escondidas, a hurtadillas, por lo bajo1) cunning: astuto, taimado2) underhanded: soplado♦ slyly advadj.• artero, -a adj.• astuto, -a adj.• encubierto, -a adj.• escatimoso, -a adj.• furtivo, -a adj.• gandul adj.• ladino, -a adj.• malicioso, -a adj.• pillo, -a adj.• redomado, -a adj.• resabiado, -a adj.• retrechero, -a adj.• socarrón, -ona adj.• taimado, -a adj.• zorrero, -a adj.• zorro, -a adj.slaɪadjective -er, -estyou're a sly one — qué pillo eres!, eres un zorro!
on the sly — a escondidas, a hurtadillas
b) ( roguish) <look/grin> malicioso, travieso, pícaro[slaɪ]1. ADJ(compar slyer) (superl slyest)1) (=wily) [person] astuto, taimadohe's a sly one! — ¡es un zorro!
2) (=mischievous) [person] pícaro, travieso; [look, smile] pícaro, malicioso2.Non the sly * — a hurtadillas, a escondidas
* * *[slaɪ]adjective -er, -estyou're a sly one — qué pillo eres!, eres un zorro!
on the sly — a escondidas, a hurtadillas
b) ( roguish) <look/grin> malicioso, travieso, pícaro -
5 astucia
astucia sustantivo femenino (— de ladino) (pey) craftiness, cunning;
astucia sustantivo femenino shrewdness (triquiñuela) ruse ' astucia' also found in these entries: Spanish: habilidad - picardía English: cunning - deviousness - guile - outsmart - ruse -
6 socarronería
socarronería sustantivo femenino slyness, cunning, artfulness
См. также в других словарях:
Slyness — Sly ness, n. The quality or state of being sly. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
slyness — index artifice, evasion, indirection (deceitfulness), knavery Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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slyness — noun see sly … New Collegiate Dictionary
slyness — See slyly. * * * … Universalium
slyness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Deceitful cleverness: art, artfulness, artifice, craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, wiliness. See HONEST, MEANS. 2. Lack of straightforwardness and honesty in action: chicanery, craft, craftiness,… … English dictionary for students
slyness — sly·ness || slaɪnɪs n. craftiness, cunning; secretiveness, stealth; mischievousness, playfulness … English contemporary dictionary
slyness — sly·ness … English syllables
slyness — See: sly … English dictionary
slyness — noun shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception • Syn: ↑craft, ↑craftiness, ↑cunning, ↑foxiness, ↑guile, ↑wiliness • Derivationally related forms: ↑wily ( … Useful english dictionary