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A n1 ( jolt) gen secousse f, saccade f ; ( twitch) (of muscle, limb) tressaillement m, (petit) mouvement m brusque ; with a jerk of his hand/head avec un brusque mouvement de la main/tête ; to pull the knife/drawer out with a jerk tirer le couteau/le tiroir d'un coup sec ; to start off with a jerk [vehicle] démarrer avec une secousse ;C vtr tirer brusquement [object] ; she jerked her head back elle releva brusquement le menton ; he jerked his hand away d'un mouvement brusque il a retiré la main ; try not to jerk the camera essaie de ne pas faire bouger l'appareil.D vi1 ( jolt) to jerk to a halt [vehicle] s'arrêter avec une secousse ; to jerk around/bolt upright [person] se retourner/se redresser brusquement ;2 ( twitch) [person, limb, muscle] tressaillir.■ jerk around ○ US:▶ jerk around ( idle about) fainéanter ○ ;■ jerk away [person] se dégager brusquement ; to jerk away from sb/sth reculer brusquement devant qn/qch.■ jerk off ◑2 US ( idle about) se tourner les pouces ○.■ jerk out:▶ jerk out [sth]1 ( stammer) bafouiller [reply, excuse, apology] ;2 ( pull out) sortir brusquement [gun, knife etc]. -
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jerk [dʒɜ:k]1. nouna. ( = movement) secousse f( = move abruptly) bouger brusquementb. [person, muscle] se contracter* * *[dʒɜːk] 1.1) ( jolt) gen secousse f; ( twitch) (of muscle, limb) tressaillement m, (petit) mouvement m brusqueto start off with a jerk — [vehicle] démarrer avec un soubresaut
2) (colloq) péj ( obnoxious man) salaud (sl) m; ( stupid) crétin (colloq) m2.transitive verb tirer brusquement [object]3.1) ( jolt)to jerk to a halt — [vehicle] s'arrêter avec un soubresaut
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I [dʒɜːk]1) (jolt) scossa f., strattone m., scatto m.; (twitch) (of muscle, limb) spasmo m., contrazione f.to start off with a jerk — [ vehicle] partire strattonando o sobbalzando
2) AE colloq. spreg. (obnoxious person) persona f. volgare, verme m.; (stupid person) cretino m. (-a), stupido m. (-a)II 1. [dʒɜːk]verbo transitivo tirare, spingere (con uno strattone) [ object]2.1) (jolt)to jerk to a halt — [ vehicle] fermarsi con un sobbalzo
2) (twitch) [person, muscle] contrarsi, tremare•- jerk out* * *[‹ə:k] 1. noun(a short, sudden movement: We felt a jerk as the train started.) scossa, sobbalzo2. verb(to move with a jerk or jerks: He grasped my arm and jerked me round; The car jerked to a halt.) spingere; muoversi a strappi- jerky- jerkily
- jerkiness* * *[dʒɜːk]1. vt(pull) tirare con uno strattone2. vi3. n1) (movement) sobbalzo, scossa, (reflex) spasmo muscolare, contrazione f nervosa2) esp Am fam stronzo* * *jerk (1) /dʒɜ:k/n.1 strattone; strappo2 scossa; scatto; sobbalzo3 spasmo muscolare; contrazione5 (mecc.) velocità d'accelerazione● (fam., antiq.) physical jerks, ginnastica ( a corpo libero); esercizi.jerk (2) /dʒɜ:k/n. [u]2 (alim.) ► jerky (1).(to) jerk (1) /dʒɜ:k/A v. t.1 dare uno strappo (o uno strattone) a; strattonare: to jerk oneself free, liberarsi con uno strattone2 (seguito da avv. o prep.) muovere di scatto; scuotere: to jerk one's hand away, ritirare la mano di scatto; to jerk up one's head, alzare di scatto la testa; to jerk a cart out of the mud, tirare un carro fuori dal fango; to jerk out one's words, parlare a scatti; He was jerked out of his torpor, è stato scosso dal suo torporeB v. i.sobbalzare; muoversi a scatti; muoversi a strappi; procedere a scosse (o a sobbalzi): to jerk into motion, mettersi in moto sobbalzando; to jerk to a stop, fermarsi con un sobbalzo.(to) jerk (2) /dʒɜ:k/v. t.* * *I [dʒɜːk]1) (jolt) scossa f., strattone m., scatto m.; (twitch) (of muscle, limb) spasmo m., contrazione f.to start off with a jerk — [ vehicle] partire strattonando o sobbalzando
2) AE colloq. spreg. (obnoxious person) persona f. volgare, verme m.; (stupid person) cretino m. (-a), stupido m. (-a)II 1. [dʒɜːk]verbo transitivo tirare, spingere (con uno strattone) [ object]2.1) (jolt)to jerk to a halt — [ vehicle] fermarsi con un sobbalzo
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1. noun1) (sharp sudden pull) Ruck, derwith a series of jerks — ruckartig; ruckend
2. transitive verbgive something a jerk — einer Sache (Dat.) einen Ruck geben; an etwas (Dat.) rucken
jerk something away/back — etc. etwas weg-/zurückreißen usw.
3. intransitive verbjerk something off/out of something — etc. etwas von etwas [herunter]reißen/aus etwas [heraus]reißen usw
ruckeln; (move in a spasmodic manner) zucken* * *[‹ə:k] 1. noun(a short, sudden movement: We felt a jerk as the train started.) der Ruck2. verb(to move with a jerk or jerks: He grasped my arm and jerked me round; The car jerked to a halt.) ruckartig ziehen etc.- academic.ru/39834/jerky">jerky- jerkily
- jerkiness* * *[ʤɜ:k, AM ʤɜ:rk]I. nwith a \jerk of his thumb, he drew my attention to the notice mit einer Daumenbewegung machte er mich auf die Mitteilung aufmerksam2. esp AM ( pej sl: a stupid person) Blödmann m pej fam, Trottel m pej fam, Depp m SÜDD, SCHWEIZ, ÖSTERR pej famII. vi zuckento \jerk upwards hochschnellento \jerk to a halt abrupt zum Stillstand kommen, ruckartig anhaltenIII. vt1. (move sharply)▪ to \jerk sb/sth jdn/etw mit einem Ruck ziehenthe policeman \jerked the prisoner to his feet der Polizist zerrte den Gefangenen hoch“why has she come?” he asked, \jerking his head towards the woman „warum ist sie gekommen?“ fragte er und machte eine ruckartige Kopfbewegung zu der Frau hin; ( fig)▪ to \jerk sth etw stoßen* * *[dZɜːk]1. nto give sth a jerk — einer Sache (dat) einen Ruck geben; rope, fishing line an etw (dat) ruckartig ziehen
to give a jerk (car) — rucken, einen Satz machen
2)See:→ physical jerks2. vtrucken or ruckeln (inf) an (+dat)the impact jerked his head forward/back — beim Aufprall wurde sein Kopf nach vorn/hinten geschleudert
he jerked the fish out of the water — er zog den Fisch mit einem Ruck aus dem Wasser
he jerked his head back to avoid the punch — er riss den Kopf zurück, um dem Schlag auszuweichen
he jerked the book away/out of my hand —
3. vi(rope, fishing line) rucken; (= move jerkily) ruckeln (inf); (body, muscle) zucken, zusammenzucken; (head) zurückzuckenhe jerked away from me — er sprang mit einem Satz von mir weg
the car jerked forward — der Wagen machte einen Satz or Ruck nach vorn
* * *jerk1 [dʒɜːk; US dʒɜrk]A s1. a) Ruck mb) ruckartige Bewegungc) Sprung m, Satz m:by jerks sprung-, ruckweise;at one jerk auf einmal;with a jerk plötzlich, mit einem Ruck;give sth a jerk einer Sache einen Ruck gegen, ruckartig an etwas ziehen2. MEDa) Zuckung f:give a jerk zucken ( → A 1)c) pl US sl Veitstanz m5. besonders US sl Trottel m, Blödmann m (beide pej)B v/t1. einen Ruck geben (dat), ruckartig ziehen an (dat):jerk out mit einem Ruck herausziehen;jerk o.s. free sich losreißen;she jerked the letter out of my hand sie riss mir den Brief aus der Handjerk out one’s words abgehackt sprechen3. jerk o.s. off → C 3C v/i1. sich ruckartig oder ruckweise bewegen:jerk along dahinruckeln;jerk forward einen Ruck oder Satz nach vorn machen;jerk to a stop ruckartig oder mit einem Ruck stehen bleiben2. (zusammen)zuckenjerk2 [dʒɜːk; US dʒɜrk]A v/t Fleisch in Streifen schneiden und an der Luft dörrenB s in Streifen geschnittenes und an der Luft gedörrtes Fleisch* * *1. noun1) (sharp sudden pull) Ruck, derwith a series of jerks — ruckartig; ruckend
2. transitive verbgive something a jerk — einer Sache (Dat.) einen Ruck geben; an etwas (Dat.) rucken
reißen an (+ Dat.) [Seil usw.]jerk something away/back — etc. etwas weg-/zurückreißen usw.
3. intransitive verbjerk something off/out of something — etc. etwas von etwas [herunter]reißen/aus etwas [heraus]reißen usw
ruckeln; (move in a spasmodic manner) zucken* * *n.Reflex -e m.Ruck -e m.Sprung -¨e m.Zuckung -en f. -
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[ʤɜ:k, Am ʤɜ:rk] nwith a \jerk of his thumb, he drew my attention to the notice mit einer Daumenbewegung machte er mich auf die Mitteilung aufmerksam2) ( esp Am);(pej sl: a stupid person) Blödmann m ( pej) ( fam), Trottel m ( pej) ( fam), Depp m ( SÜDD) ( pej) ( fam)to \jerk upwards hochschnellen;to \jerk to a halt abrupt zum Stillstand kommen, ruckartig anhalten vt1) ( move sharply)to \jerk sb/ sth jdn/etw mit einem Ruck ziehen;the policeman \jerked the prisoner to his feet der Polizist zerrte den Gefangenen hoch;“why has she come?” he asked, \jerking his head towards the woman „warum ist sie gekommen?“ fragte er und machte eine ruckartige Kopfbewegung zu der Frau hin; ( fig)to \jerk sb out of sth jdn aus etw dat reißen2) ( weightlifting)to \jerk sth etw stoßen -
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adj AmE vulg slThat was a stupid-ass thing to do — Как можно было сделать такую глупость, блин
You can be such a stupid-ass jerk — Ты такой набитый дурак, что просто ужас
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8 con
con, conne (inf!) [kɔ̃, kɔn]1. adjective• qu'il est con ! what an idiot!2. masculine noun, feminine noun( = crétin) (inf!) damn fool (inf!)• sale con ! (vulg!) bastard! (vulg!)* * *
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(vulg), conne kɔ̃, kɔn adjectif1) ( bête) pej fucking (vulg) stupid, bloody (sl) GB stupid2) ( facile) dead (colloq) easy
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nom masculin, féminin offensive bloody (sl) idiot GB injur, stupid jerk (colloq) injurfaire le con — to mess about, to arse around (sl)
idée/voiture à la con — lousy (colloq) idea/car
* * *kɔ̃, kɔn con, -ne **1. adj(personne) bloody Grande-Bretagne * stupid, goddamn USA * stupidc'est con,...; C'est con, on aurait dû les acheter avant de partir. — How stupid, we should have bought them before we left.
2. nm/fstupid jerk * bloody idiot Grande-Bretagne *C'est vraiment un con. — He's an absolute jerk., He's a bloody idiot.
* * *A adj2 ( facile) dead○ easy.B nm,f ( bête) offensive bloody◑ idiot GB injur, stupid jerk○ injur; faire le con to mess about, to arse around◑; idée/voiture/ministre à la con lousy○ idea/car/minister.C nm ( vagin) cunt●.être con comme la lune or un balai to be as thick as two short planks○.( féminin conne (très familier) ) [kɔ̃, kɔn] adjectif1. [stupide] bloody (très familier & UK) ou damn stupid[irritant] bloody (très familier & UK) ou damn irritatingcon comme un balai ou la lune ou un manche thick as two short planks (UK), as dumb as they come (US)se retrouver tout con to look an idiot, to end up looking stupid————————con (vulgaire) nom masculin————————à la con (très familier) locution adjectivale -
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Ⅰ f 1. sgt Med. cholera- epidemia cholery a cholera epidemic- chorować/umrzeć na cholerę to suffer from/die of cholera2. obraźl. (wyzwisko) jerk pot.- ty cholero jedna! you stupid jerk!3. posp. (o rzeczach) damn(ed) thing pot.; bloody thing posp.- znowu się ta cholera zepsuła the damn thing’s broken (down) againⅡ inter. posp. (przekleństwo) damn (it)! pot., oh, hell! pot.- cholera jasna! a. jasna cholera! bloody hell! GB posp., goddammit! US pot.- do (jasnej) cholery! for Christ’s sake!- □ cholera drobiu chicken a. fowl cholera, fowl pest■ zimno jak cholera pot. (as) cold as hell- był zły jak cholera pot. he was angry as hell- idź do cholery! posp. go to hell! pot.- ni cholery nie rozumiał, co mówię he didn’t understand one damn word of what I was saying- za cholerę posp. never- za cholerę się nie przyzwyczają they’ll never get used to it (in a million years)- żeby cię/go/ją/ich cholera wzięła! posp. to hell with you/him/her/them!- cholera (go/ją/ich) posp. wie God (alone) knows, (I’m) damned if I know- cholera wie, ile go to kosztowało God (alone) knows how much it cost him- „przyjdą?” – „cholera ich wie” posp. ‘will they come?’ – ‘damned if I know (what they’ll do)’- cholery można dostać z tym telefonem this phone’s driving me up the wall- swędzi mnie tak, że cholery można dostać this itching’s driving me round the bend pot.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > chole|ra
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Colloquial: stupid jerkУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > придурок, негодник, идиот, негдяй (и т .д.)
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11 придурок, негодник, идиот, негдяй
Colloquial: (и т.д.) stupid jerkУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > придурок, негодник, идиот, негдяй
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petit, e [p(ə)ti, it]━━━━━━━━━1. adjective2. adverb5. compounds━━━━━━━━━1. <━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque petit fait partie d'une locution comme entrer par la petite porte, reportez-vous à l'autre mot.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━b. ( = jeune) little• je ne suis plus un petit garçon ! I'm not a child anymore!d. ( = mince) [tranche] thine. ( = court) [promenade, voyage] shortf. ( = miniature, jouet) toyh. ( = peu important) [commerçant, pays, entreprise, groupe] small ; [opération, détail, romancier] minor ; [amélioration, changement, inconvénient, odeur, rhume] slight ; [espoir, chance] faint ; [cadeau, soirée] littlei. ( = maladif) avoir une petite mine to look palej. ( = mesquin) [attitude, action] meank. (locutions) vous prendrez bien un petit verre ? you'll have a little drink, won't you?• petit con ! (vulg!) stupid jerk! (inf!)2. <3. <a. ( = enfant) little boyc. ( = jeune animal) les petits the young• faire des petits to have kittens (or puppies or lambs etc)d. ( = homme de petite taille) small man4. <5. <► petit pain ≈ bread roll► la petite reine ( = vélo) the bicycle► petit salé ( = porc) salt pork* * *
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petite p(ə)ti, it adjectif1) ( en taille) small, littlese faire tout petit — fig to try to make oneself inconspicuous
2) (en longueur, durée) short3) ( en âge) young, littlepetit ours/renard/lion — bear/fox/lion cub
4) [appétit, quantité, groupe] small; [mangeur] light; [salaire] low; [averse] light; [cri, rire, souci] little; [chance, rhume] slight; [détail, défaut] minor5) ( dans une hiérarchie) [marque] lesser known; [emploi] modest; [fonctionnaire] low-ranking; [poète] minor6) fig littlemon petit papa — darling daddy (colloq)
passe-moi un petit coup de fil — (colloq) give me a call
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nom masculin, fémininle petit — ( de deux) the younger one; ( de plus de deux) the youngest one
2) ( adulte de petite taille) small man/woman
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voir petit — ( sous-estimer) to underestimate; ( être sans ambition) to have no ambition
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nom masculin1) ( jeune animal)faire des petits — [chienne] to have puppies; fig [argent] to grow
2) ( personne modeste)•Phrasal Verbs:* * *p(ə)ti, it petit, -e1. adj1) (par la taille, les dimensions) (main, objet, colline) smallIl est petit pour son âge. — He's small for his age.
de petite taille (personne) — short, small, (arbre) small
Sonia habite une petite ville. — Sonia lives in a small town.
2) (valeur affective) littlePhyllis a une jolie petite maison. — Phyllis has a nice little house.
On a ouvert une petite bouteille de Chinon. — We've opened a little bottle of Chinon.
3) (peu important) (problème) small, minor, (progrès) little4) (= faible) (pluie, bruit) slight5) (en âge) (enfant) small, littleC'est dangereux pour les petits enfants. — It's dangerous for small children.
6) (= court) (voyage, présentation) little, (roman) short7) (= mesquin) mean2. nm/f1) (= enfant) child, little oneEmmène les petits au cinéma. — Take the children to the cinema.
Le petit de Sylvie a une mauvaise grippe. — Sylvie's little son has got bad a bad dose of flu.
les tout-petits — the little ones, the tiny tots
2) (= cadet) little one, youngestNicolas, c'est le petit. — Nicolas is the little one., Nicolas is the youngest.
mon petit (nuance ironique) — dear, (à son fils, un petit garçon) son
ma petite (nuance ironique) — dear, young lady, (à sa fille, une fillette) sweetheart
3. nm[animal]faire des petits [chatte] — to have kittens, [chienne] to have puppies
4. advpetit à petit — little by little, gradually
* * *A adj1 ( en taille) [personne, pied, objet, arbre, entreprise] ( objectivement) small; ( subjectivement) little; il est petit pour son âge he's small for his age; les mêmes, mais en plus petit the same ones, but smaller; le 36, c'est trop petit 36 is too small; le monde est petit! it's a small world!; un homme de petite taille, un homme petit a short ou small man; petit et trapu short and stocky; un petit homme timide a shy little man; la petite blonde, là-bas the little blonde, over there; une toute petite pièce/femme a tiny room/woman; se faire tout petit fig to try to make oneself inconspicuous; c'est Versailles en plus petit it's a miniature Versailles; ⇒ bête, doigt, lorgnette, plat, ruisseau;2 (en longueur, durée) [foulée, promenade, distance, paragraphe] short; par petites étapes in easy stages; ⇒ semaine;3 ( en âge) ( objectivement) young; ( subjectivement) little; il est trop petit pour comprendre he's too young to understand; c'est la plus petite she's the youngest; je t'ai connu petit I knew you when you were little; mon petit frère my little brother; ( bébé) my baby brother; le petit Jésus baby Jesus; petit garçon little boy; petite fille little girl; une petite Française a French girl; le petit nouveau the new boy; les petits enfants small ou young children; c'est notre petit dernier he's our youngest; petit chat kitten; petit chien puppy; petit ours/renard/lion bear/fox/lion cub;4 (en quantité, prix, force) [somme, appétit, majorité, volume, quantité, groupe] small; [mangeur, buveur] light; [salaire, loyer] low; [tape, vent, averse] light; [cri, rire, sourire] little; [goût, espoir, chance] slight; d'une petite voix timide in a timid little voice; une petite pluie fine a fine drizzle; ça a un petit goût de cerise it tastes slightly of cherries; avoir une petite santé to have poor health; fais un petit effort make an effort; un (tout) petit peu de sel (just) a little salt; un petit sourire coquin/supérieur a mischievous/superior little smile; ⇒ feu;5 ( en gravité) [inconvénient, détail, défaut, opération] minor; [rhume] slight; [égratignure, souci] little;6 ( dans une hiérarchie) [marque, cru] lesser known; [situation, emploi] modest; [fonctionnaire, dignitaire] low-ranking; [poète] minor; les petites routes minor roads; le petit personnel low-grade staff; les petites gens ordinary people; un petit escroc a small-time crook; ⇒ soldat;7 ( pour minimiser) little; chante-nous une petite chanson give us a little song; un petit coup de rouge a little glass of red wine; un petit visage triste a sad little face; un bon petit vin/restaurant a nice little wine/restaurant; un petit cadeau/secret a little gift/secret; une petite faveur a little favourGB; de bons petits plats tasty dishes; un petit coin tranquille a quiet spot; envoie-moi un petit mot drop me a line; passe-moi un petit coup de fil○ give me a ring GB ou call; avoir de petites attentions pour qn to make a fuss of sb GB, to fuss over sb; il faut une petite signature ici could I ask you to sign here, please?; je n'ai eu que deux petites semaines de congé! I only had two short weeks off!; j'en ai pour une petite minute/heure it won't take me a minute/more than an hour; une petite trentaine de personnes under thirty people;8 ( en sentiment) mon petit Pierre my dear Pierre; mon petit papa darling daddy; mon petit chéri/ange my darling/angel; mon petit chou○ or poulet○ sweetie○, honey○; une petite garce◑ a bitch◑; un petit imbécile an idiot; très préoccupée de sa petite personne very taken up with herself; il tient à sa petite tranquillité he likes a nice quiet life;9 ( mesquin) [personne, procédé] petty, mean; ( étroit) [conception] narrow; les petits esprits small-minded people.B nm,f1 ( enfant) little boy/girl, child; ( benjamin) le petit ( de deux) the younger one; ( de plus de deux) the youngest one; les petits the children, the kids○; pauvre petit! poor thing!; la petite Martin the Martin girl; les petits Martin the Martin children; ils ont deux petits they have two children; elle a eu un petit she's had a baby; n'aie pas peur, mon petit don't be afraid;2 ( adulte de petite taille) small man/woman; les petits small people.C adv voir petit ( sous-estimer) to underestimate; ( être sans ambition) to have no ambition; chausser/tailler petit [chaussures, vêtements] to be small-fitting; petit à petit little by little, gradually; ⇒ oiseau.D nm1 ( jeune animal) petits young; ( chats) kittens; ( chiens) puppies; (loups, lions, ours) cubs, young; le mammifère allaite ses petits mammals suckle their young; la lionne et ses petits the lioness and her cubs ou young; comment s'appelle le petit de la chèvre? what do you call a baby ou young goat?; faire des petits [chienne] to have puppies; fig ( se multiplier) [argent] to grow; ( se briser) [vase] to end up in bits;2 ( personne modeste) les petits ordinary people; un petit de la finance a minor figure in the world of finance.petit aigle Zool scops owl; petit ami boyfriend; petit bassin Anat lower pelvis; ( de piscine) small pool; petit blanc ( vin) small glass of white wine; petit bleu† Postes telegram; petit bois ( d'allumage) kindling; petit cacatois fore royal sail; petit chef petty tyrant; jouer au petit chef to throw one's weight around○; petit coin○ euph ( toilettes) loo○ GB, bathroom US; aller au petit coin to go to the loo○ GB ou bathroom US; petit commerçant small trader; petit commerce small traders (pl); petit crème small espresso with milk; petit déjeuner breakfast; petit endroit = petit coin; petit four petit four; petit hunier Naut fore topsail; petit juif○ funny bone; petit linge underwear; laver son petit linge to wash one's smalls○; petit maître minor master; petit noir coffee; petit nom○ ( prénom) first name; petit paquet small packet; petit perroquet Naut fore topgallant sail; petit peuple lower classes (pl); petit point petit point; petit pois (garden) pea, petit pois; petit porteur small shareholder; petit pot ( pour bébés) jar of baby food; petit quart Naut dogwatch; petit rat (de l'Opéra) pupil at Paris Opéra's ballet school; petit roque ( aux échecs) castling short; petit salé streaky salted pork; petit trot jog trot; petite amie girlfriend; petite annonce Presse classified advertisement ou ad○; petite caisse petty cash; petite école○ ≈ nursery school; petite main seamstress (at a top fashion house); petite mort orgasm; petite nature weakling; petite phrase (memorable) saying; petite reine Sport cycling; petite souris tooth fairy; petite vérole smallpox; petite voiture toy car; petites annonces matrimoniales personal ads; petites classes○ Scol younger children; petites et moyennes entreprises, PME small and medium enterprises, SMEs; petites sœurs des pauvres Little Sisters of the Poor; petits chevaux Jeux ≈ ludo (sg); petits métiers du passé traditional crafts.( féminin petite) [p(ə)ti, p(ə)tit] (devant nom masculin commençant par voyelle ou h muet [p(ə)tit]) adjectifune personne de petite taille a small ou short personil y a un petit mur entre les deux jardins there's a low ou small wall between the two gardensa. (familier) [femme] a tiny little womanb. [fillette] a tiny little girla. [de bébé] little fat legsb. [d'adulte] short fat legselle a de petits pieds she's got small ou little feetun petit "a" a lower-case ou small "a"se faire tout petit [passer inaperçu] to make oneself inconspicuous, to keep a low profilea. [par respect ou timidité] to humble oneself before somebodyb. [par poltronnerie] to cower ou to shrink before somebody[exprime l'approximation]on y sera dans une petite heure we'll be there in a bit less than ou in under an houril y a un petit kilomètre d'ici à la ferme ≃ it's no more than ou just under three quarters of a mile from here to the farm2. [faible] smallexpédition/émission à petit budget low-budget expedition/programmepetit loyer low ou moderate rentpetite retraite/rente small pension/annuityune petite Chinoise a young ou little Chinese girlun petit lion/léopard a lion/leopard cubun petit éléphant a baby elephant, an elephant calfun petit séjour a short ou brief stay5. [dans une hiérarchie]les petits agriculteurs/propriétaires small farmers/landownersa. [sommes] low salaries, small wagesb. [employés] low-paid workersil s'est trouvé un petit emploi au service exportation he found a minor post in the export departmentpetit peintre/poète minor painter/poetune petite intervention chirurgicale minor surgery, a small ou minor operationil y a un petit défaut there's a slight ou small ou minor defectj'ai eu un petit rhume I had a bit of a cold ou a slight cold7. [léger] slight8. [avec une valeur affective] littlej'ai trouvé une petite couturière/un petit garagiste I've found a very good little seamstress/garagefais-moi une petite place make a little space for me, give me a (little) ou tiny bit of roomalors, mon petit Paul, comment ça va?a. [dit par une femme] how's life, Paul, dear?b. [dit par un homme plus âgé] how's life, young Paul?[pour encourager]tu mangeras bien une petite glace! come on, have an ice cream!je n'ai pas le temps de faire un match — juste un petit! I've no time to play a match — come on, just a quick one![avec une valeur admirative]petit débrouillard! you're smart!, you don't miss a thing!(euphémisme) [notable][avec une valeur dépréciative]j'en ai assez de ses petits mystères/petites manigances! I'm fed up with her little mysteries/intrigues!————————, petite [p(ə)ti, p(ə)tit] (devant nom masculin commençant par voyelle ou h muet [p(ə)tit]) nom masculin, nom fémininc'est la petite d'en face (familier) it's the girl from across the street, it's the daughter of the people across the street, it's across the road's daughter (UK)quant aux petits, nous les emmènerons au zoo as for the younger children, we'll take them to the zooc'est un livre qui fera les délices des petits comme des grands this book will delight young and old (alike)4. [avec une valeur affective - à un jeune] dear ; [ - à un bébé] little onea. [à un homme] dearmon petit, je suis fier de toia. [à un garçon] young man, I'm proud of youb. [à une fille] young lady, I'm proud of youviens, mon tout petit come here (my) little oneça, ma petite, vous ne l'emporterez pas au paradis! you'll never get away with it, my dear!la pauvre petite, comment va-t-elle faire? poor thing, however will she manage?————————nom masculin1. [animal] babya. [généralement] her youngb. [chatte] her kittensc. [chienne] her puppiesd. [tigresse, louve] her cubsa. [chienne] to have pupsb. [chatte] to have kittens2. [dans une hiérarchie]dans la course aux marchés, les petits sont piétinés in the race to gain markets, small firms ou businesses get trampled underfoot————————adverbe1. COMMERCEc'est un 38 mais ce modèle chausse/taille petit it says 38 but this style is a small fitting (UK) runs small (US)2. [juste]————————en petit locution adverbiale[en petits caractères] in small characters ou letters[en miniature] in miniaturepetit à petit locution adverbiale -
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14 imbécil
adj.imbecile, fatheaded, stupid, half-witted.f. & m.imbecile, idiot, blinking idiot, cretin.* * *► adjetivo1 MEDICINA (retrasado) imbecile2 familiar stupid, imbecile1 MEDICINA imbecile2 familiar idiot, imbecile* * *1. adj. 2. noun mf.1) imbecile2) idiot, fool* * *1. ADJ1) (=idiota) silly, stupid2) (Med) imbecile2. SMF1) (=idiota) imbecile, idiot¡imbécil! — you idiot!
2) (Med) imbecile* * *Ia) (fam) ( tonto) stupidqué imbécil eres! — you're so stupid!, you're such an idiot!
b) (Med) imbecilicIImasculino y femeninoa) (fam) ( tonto) stupid idiot, moron (colloq & pej)b) (Med) imbecile* * *= feeble minded, moron, twit, imbecile, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, arse, witless, mug, berk, prick, blockhead, nonce, jerk, dweeb, plonker.Ex. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from feeble minded, Imbecility, and Morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.Ex. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.Ex. Democracy's a nice idea in theory, if it wasn't for all the twits.Ex. The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.Ex. It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.Ex. Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.Ex. The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex. I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.Ex. In fact, there was little doubt in his mind that Nigel was an arse of the highest order.Ex. She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.Ex. By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.Ex. And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.Ex. Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.Ex. They'd all call him blockhead, the ribbing was endless.Ex. Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.* * *Ia) (fam) ( tonto) stupidqué imbécil eres! — you're so stupid!, you're such an idiot!
b) (Med) imbecilicIImasculino y femeninoa) (fam) ( tonto) stupid idiot, moron (colloq & pej)b) (Med) imbecile* * *= feeble minded, moron, twit, imbecile, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, arse, witless, mug, berk, prick, blockhead, nonce, jerk, dweeb, plonker.Ex: This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from feeble minded, Imbecility, and Morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
Ex: This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.Ex: Democracy's a nice idea in theory, if it wasn't for all the twits.Ex: The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.Ex: It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.Ex: Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.Ex: The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex: I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.Ex: In fact, there was little doubt in his mind that Nigel was an arse of the highest order.Ex: She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.Ex: By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.Ex: And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.Ex: Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.Ex: They'd all call him blockhead, the ribbing was endless.Ex: Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.* * *¡qué imbécil eres! you're so stupid!, you're such an idiot!2 ( Med) imbecilic2 ( Med) imbecile* * *
imbécil adjetivo
b) (Med) imbecilic
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
b) (Med) imbecile
imbécil
I adjetivo stupid, silly
II mf idiot, fool
' imbécil' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
capullo
- trompo
- boludo
- huevón
- pelota
- verdadero
English:
absolute
- berk
- call
- dead
- dimwit
- dope
- feeble-minded
- feel
- git
- halfwit
- idiot
- imbecile
- jerk
- knob
- nitwit
- perfect
- raving
- stupid
- then
- twit
- wally
- weak-minded
- ass
- moron
- prat
- sucker
* * *♦ adj1. [tonto] stupid2. [enfermo] imbecile♦ nmf1. [tonto] idiot2. [enfermo] imbecile* * *I adj1 stupid2 MED imbecilicII m/f idiot, imbecile* * *imbécil adj: stupid, idioticimbécil nmf1) : imbecile* * *imbécil2 n idiot -
15 huevón
adj.lazy, do-nothing, indolent, loafing.m.1 jerk.2 lazy bum, deadbeat, bum, lazy person.* * *► adjetivo1 sluggish* * *huevón, -ona **1. ADJ1) (=flojo) lazy, idle2) LAm (=estúpido) stupid, thick *3) (=lento) slow4) Chile (=cobarde) cowardly, chicken *, yellow *2.SM / F (=holgazán) lazy sod ***, skiver *, layabout *; (=imbécil) stupid idiot *, bloody fool *** * *I- vona adjetivoa) (Andes, Ven fam o vulg) (tonto, estúpido) (fam) dumb (colloq)b) (Méx vulg) ( holgazán) lazy (colloq)II- vona masculino, femeninoa) (Andes, Ven vulg) ( imbécil) jerk (sl & pej), dickhead (vulg), dumbass (AmE sl)b) (Méx vulg) ( holgazán) lazy bum (colloq)* * *= slowcoach [slow coach], arsehole [asshole, -USA], berk, dickhead, prick, schmuck, twat, twerp, wanker, slowpoke, schmuck, schmo.Ex. By today's standards, this processor is a bit of a slowcoach.Ex. Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.Ex. And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.Ex. Whoever said Moby is the leader of dickheads that beat people up? He is just a bald-headed hippie who wouldn't hurt a fly.Ex. Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.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. I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex. These are the wankers who thought they knew all about fashion.Ex. The United States is starting to look like a slowpoke on the Internet -- examples abound of countries that have faster broadband connections.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.* * *I- vona adjetivoa) (Andes, Ven fam o vulg) (tonto, estúpido) (fam) dumb (colloq)b) (Méx vulg) ( holgazán) lazy (colloq)II- vona masculino, femeninoa) (Andes, Ven vulg) ( imbécil) jerk (sl & pej), dickhead (vulg), dumbass (AmE sl)b) (Méx vulg) ( holgazán) lazy bum (colloq)* * *= slowcoach [slow coach], arsehole [asshole, -USA], berk, dickhead, prick, schmuck, twat, twerp, wanker, slowpoke, schmuck, schmo.Ex: By today's standards, this processor is a bit of a slowcoach.
Ex: Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.Ex: And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.Ex: Whoever said Moby is the leader of dickheads that beat people up? He is just a bald-headed hippie who wouldn't hurt a fly.Ex: Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.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: I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex: These are the wankers who thought they knew all about fashion.Ex: The United States is starting to look like a slowpoke on the Internet -- examples abound of countries that have faster broadband connections.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.* * *¡hay que ser huevón para creerse una cosa así! you'd have to be dumb o a jerk to believe something like that! (sl)me dio una respuesta bien huevona she gave me a really dumb o stupid answer3masculine, feminine* * *
huevón◊ - vona adjetivo
◊ es tan huevón he's so fucking stupid (vulg)
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
huevón,-ona adj pey vulgar sluggish
' huevón' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
huevona
English:
jerk
* * *♦ adj♦ nm,f2. Andes, Arg, Ven [tonto, torpe] Br prat, Br pillock, US jerk;* * *m, huevona f1 Chi popidiot2 L.Am. fam ( flojo) idler fam -
16 estúpido
adj.1 stupid, foolish, dumb, empty-headed.2 stupid, foolish, inane, dumb.m.stupid, nitwit, fathead, numbskull.* * *► adjetivo1 stupid, silly► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 berk, idiot* * *1. (f. - estúpida)adj.2. (f. - estúpida)noun f.* * *estúpido, -a1.ADJ stupid2.SM / F idiot* * *I- da adjetivo <persona/argumento> stupid, sillyIIay, qué estúpida soy! — oh, how stupid of me!
- da masculino, femenino idiot, fool* * *= crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], dummy, foolish, silly, mindless, moron, stupid, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], mad, dumb [dumber -comp., dumbest -sup.], nuts, witless, bonehead, boneheaded, twit, dolally tap, dolally [do-lally], imbecile, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], brainless, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], twat, nonsensical, mug, berk, prick, cretin, dumbbell, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], dits, ditz, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], airhead, airheaded, duffer, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, dork, moonstruck, plonker.Ex. Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.Ex. We are too prone to be dummy people by day, and thinking, articulate individuals only in the safety of home and leisure.Ex. It would be uneconomic and foolish to persevere with human assignment of controlled-language terms.Ex. In conclusion, I am sure you all believe me to be either idealistic, unrealistic, radical, or just plain silly.Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.Ex. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.Ex. When any librarian is trying to find material on behalf of a user from a poor citation it leads to that librarian appearing slow and stupid to the user.Ex. Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.Ex. When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.Ex. Techniques such as the automatic detection of anaphora enable systems to appear to be intelligent rather than dumb.Ex. I think some people would think my approach is nuts.Ex. She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.Ex. The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.Ex. That was a big boneheaded error.Ex. Democracy's a nice idea in theory, if it wasn't for all the twits.Ex. Now I know this country of ours is totally dolally tap!.Ex. The server has gone dolally by the looks of it.Ex. The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.Ex. It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.Ex. Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex. The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex. I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.Ex. Parental protectiveness of children is surely a good thing if sensibly applied, but this nonsensical double standard doesn't help anyone.Ex. By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.Ex. And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.Ex. Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.Ex. Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.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'.Ex. This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.Ex. The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.Ex. If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.Ex. But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.Ex. Some people like airheads with fake boobs.Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.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.Ex. Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.Ex. States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.Ex. Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.Ex. She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.Ex. I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.Ex. Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.Ex. I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.Ex. And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.Ex. ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.----* algo estúpido = no-brainer.* como un estúpido = stupidly.* hacerse el estúpido = dumb down, act + dumb.* lo suficientemente estúpido como para = dumb enough to.* rubia estúpida = dumb blonde.* ser estúpido = be off + Posesivo + rocker.* típica rubia estúpida = bimbo.* volverse estúpido = go off + Posesivo + rocker.* * *I- da adjetivo <persona/argumento> stupid, sillyIIay, qué estúpida soy! — oh, how stupid of me!
- da masculino, femenino idiot, fool* * *= crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], dummy, foolish, silly, mindless, moron, stupid, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], mad, dumb [dumber -comp., dumbest -sup.], nuts, witless, bonehead, boneheaded, twit, dolally tap, dolally [do-lally], imbecile, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], brainless, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], twat, nonsensical, mug, berk, prick, cretin, dumbbell, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], dits, ditz, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], airhead, airheaded, duffer, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, dork, moonstruck, plonker.Ex: Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.
Ex: We are too prone to be dummy people by day, and thinking, articulate individuals only in the safety of home and leisure.Ex: It would be uneconomic and foolish to persevere with human assignment of controlled-language terms.Ex: In conclusion, I am sure you all believe me to be either idealistic, unrealistic, radical, or just plain silly.Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.Ex: This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.Ex: When any librarian is trying to find material on behalf of a user from a poor citation it leads to that librarian appearing slow and stupid to the user.Ex: Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.Ex: When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.Ex: Techniques such as the automatic detection of anaphora enable systems to appear to be intelligent rather than dumb.Ex: I think some people would think my approach is nuts.Ex: She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.Ex: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.Ex: That was a big boneheaded error.Ex: Democracy's a nice idea in theory, if it wasn't for all the twits.Ex: Now I know this country of ours is totally dolally tap!.Ex: The server has gone dolally by the looks of it.Ex: The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.Ex: It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.Ex: Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex: The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex: I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.Ex: Parental protectiveness of children is surely a good thing if sensibly applied, but this nonsensical double standard doesn't help anyone.Ex: By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.Ex: And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.Ex: Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.Ex: Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.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'.Ex: An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.Ex: This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.Ex: The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.Ex: If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.Ex: But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.Ex: Some people like airheads with fake boobs.Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.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.Ex: Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.Ex: States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.Ex: Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.Ex: She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.Ex: I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.Ex: Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.Ex: I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.Ex: And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.Ex: ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.* algo estúpido = no-brainer.* como un estúpido = stupidly.* hacerse el estúpido = dumb down, act + dumb.* lo suficientemente estúpido como para = dumb enough to.* rubia estúpida = dumb blonde.* ser estúpido = be off + Posesivo + rocker.* típica rubia estúpida = bimbo.* volverse estúpido = go off + Posesivo + rocker.* * *‹persona› stupid; ‹argumento› stupid, sillyay, qué estúpida, me equivoqué oh, how stupid of me, I've done it wrongun gasto estúpido a stupid waste of moneyes estúpido que vayamos las dos it's silly o stupid for us both to gomasculine, feminineidiot, foolel estúpido de mi hermano my stupid brother* * *
estúpido
‹ argumento› stupid, silly;◊ ¡ay, qué estúpida soy! oh, how stupid of me!
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
idiot, fool
estúpido,-a
I adjetivo stupid
II sustantivo masculino y femenino idiot
' estúpido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
burra
- burro
- estúpida
- animal
- apendejarse
- baboso
- caballo
- el
- embromar
- gafo
- huevón
- pendejo
English:
also
- believe
- bit
- bonehead
- bozo
- damn
- dopey
- equally
- foolish
- goof
- idiotic
- mindless
- obtuse
- pretty
- shame
- soft
- stupid
- that
- wonder
- inane
- jerk
* * *estúpido, -a♦ adjstupid;¡qué estúpido soy! me he vuelto a olvidar what an idiot I am! I've gone and forgotten again;sería estúpido no reconocerlo it would be foolish not to admit it♦ nm,fidiot;el estúpido de mi vecino my idiot of a neighbour* * *I adj stupidII m, estúpida f idiot* * *estúpido, -da adj: stupid♦ estúpidamente adjestúpido, -da nidiota: idiot, fool* * *estúpido2 n stupid person / idiot -
17 gilipollas
adj.coward.m. s.&pl.1 stupid person, jerk, prat, git.2 coward.* * *1 tabú stupid1 jerk, arsehole (US asshole), GB prat* * *Iadjetivo invariable (Esp fam o vulg)IImasculino y femenino (pl gilipollas) (Esp fam o vulg) jerk (sl & pej)* * *= dickhead, arsehole [asshole, -USA], twat, arse, wanker, tosser, mug, shithead, prick, schmuck, schmo, jerk, plonker.Ex. Whoever said Moby is the leader of dickheads that beat people up? He is just a bald-headed hippie who wouldn't hurt a fly.Ex. Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.Ex. I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.Ex. In fact, there was little doubt in his mind that Nigel was an arse of the highest order.Ex. These are the wankers who thought they knew all about fashion.Ex. The site shows that the highest proportions of ' tossers' -- or overspenders -- are in Northern Ireland and eastern England.Ex. By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.Ex. With all the pandering shitheads in politics today, it's so refreshing to see some one who will just say 'fuck off, don't bother me'.Ex. Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.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.Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.* * *Iadjetivo invariable (Esp fam o vulg)IImasculino y femenino (pl gilipollas) (Esp fam o vulg) jerk (sl & pej)* * *= dickhead, arsehole [asshole, -USA], twat, arse, wanker, tosser, mug, shithead, prick, schmuck, schmo, jerk, plonker.Ex: Whoever said Moby is the leader of dickheads that beat people up? He is just a bald-headed hippie who wouldn't hurt a fly.
Ex: Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.Ex: I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.Ex: In fact, there was little doubt in his mind that Nigel was an arse of the highest order.Ex: These are the wankers who thought they knew all about fashion.Ex: The site shows that the highest proportions of ' tossers' -- or overspenders -- are in Northern Ireland and eastern England.Ex: By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.Ex: With all the pandering shitheads in politics today, it's so refreshing to see some one who will just say 'fuck off, don't bother me'.Ex: Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.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.Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.* * *( Esp fam o vulg): ¡qué gilipollas es ese tío! that guy's such a jerk! ( sl pej), that guy's such a prat o git! ( BrE sl pej)anda, gilipollas, cállate la boca shut up, you jerk o prat o git!* * *
gilipollas adjetivo invariable (Esp fam o vulg):◊ ¡qué gilipollas es ese tío! that guy's such a jerk! (sl &
pej)
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (pl
pej)
gilipollas mf ofens bloody fool o idiot
' gilipollas' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
boluda
- boludo
English:
bloody
- dork
- jerk
- prick
- twat
- wanker
* * *♦ adj inv♦ nmf invBr prat, Br pillock, US dork* * *m/f inv popjerk pop -
18 idiota
adj.1 stupid (tonto).2 mentally deficient (enfermo).3 idiot, foolish, dumb, silly.4 ament.f. & m.idiot.* * *► adjetivo1 MEDICINA idiotic1 idiot\* * *1. noun mf. 2. adj.stupid, idiotic* * *1.ADJ idiotic, stupid2.SMF idiot¡idiota! — you idiot!
* * *Ia) (fam) ( tonto) stupid, idioticb) (Med) idioticII* * *= idiot, fool, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, arse, mug, berk, prick, moron, cretin, dumbbell, asinine, lemon, airhead, airheaded, bonehead, duffer, drongo, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.Ex. Dykstra, M., 'PRECIS: a primer', published in 1985, offers the long-awaited ' idiot's guide' to PRECIS indexing.Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.Ex. It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.Ex. Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.Ex. The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex. I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.Ex. In fact, there was little doubt in his mind that Nigel was an arse of the highest order.Ex. By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.Ex. And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.Ex. Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.Ex. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.Ex. Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.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'.Ex. This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.Ex. The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.Ex. Some people like airheads with fake boobs.Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.Ex. The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.Ex. Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.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.Ex. Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.Ex. States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.Ex. Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.Ex. She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.Ex. I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.Ex. And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.----* como un idiota = stupidly.* idiota genio = idiot savant.* * *Ia) (fam) ( tonto) stupid, idioticb) (Med) idioticII* * *= idiot, fool, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, arse, mug, berk, prick, moron, cretin, dumbbell, asinine, lemon, airhead, airheaded, bonehead, duffer, drongo, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.Ex: Dykstra, M., 'PRECIS: a primer', published in 1985, offers the long-awaited ' idiot's guide' to PRECIS indexing.
Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.Ex: It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.Ex: Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.Ex: The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex: I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.Ex: In fact, there was little doubt in his mind that Nigel was an arse of the highest order.Ex: By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.Ex: And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.Ex: Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.Ex: This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.Ex: Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.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'.Ex: This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.Ex: The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.Ex: Some people like airheads with fake boobs.Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.Ex: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.Ex: Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.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.Ex: Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.Ex: States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.Ex: Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.Ex: She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.Ex: I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.Ex: And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.* como un idiota = stupidly.* idiota genio = idiot savant.* * *me caí de la manera más idiota I had the most idiotic o stupid fall ( colloq)¡no seas idiota! don't be so stupid!, don't be such an idiot!2 ( Med) idiotic2 ( Med) idiotCompuesto:idealistic puppet o stooge* * *
idiota adjetivo (fam) ( tonto) stupid, idiotic;◊ ¡no seas idiota! don't be such an idiot!
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino ( tonto) (fam) idiot, stupid fool (colloq)
idiota
I adjetivo idiotic, stupid
II mf idiot, fool
' idiota' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
tomar
- trompo
- verdadera
- verdadero
- pedazo
- perdido
English:
bozo
- fool
- idiot
- idiotic
- knob
- make out
- meathead
- moron
- nerd
- plonker
- right
- some
- inane
- mug
* * *♦ adj1. [tonto] stupid2. [enfermo] mentally deficient♦ nmf1. [tonto] idiot2. [enfermo] idiot* * *I adj idioticII m/f idiot* * *idiota adj: idiotic, stupid, foolishidiota nmf: idiot, foolish person* * *idiota2 n idiot -
19 tonto
adj.1 silly, dull, empty-headed, foolish.2 silly, footling, foolish.3 useless, dumb.4 stupefied.m.fool, blockhead, dunce, idiot.* * *► adjetivo1 silly, stupid, US dumb■ ¡qué idea más tonta! what a stupid idea!► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 fool, idiot\a tontas y a locas without rhyme or reasonhacer el tonto / hacer la tonta to act the foolhacerse el tonto / hacerse la tonta to play dumbponerse tonto,-a familiar to get stroppytonto,-a de remate / tonto,-a de capirote familiar prize idiotun,-a tonto,-a del bote familiar a right berk, a real twerp* * *1. (f. - tonta)noun2. (f. - tonta)adj.foolish, stupid* * *tonto, -a1. ADJ1) [persona]a) (=bobo) [dicho con afecto] silly; [dicho con enfado] stupidvenga, vente con nosotros, ¡no seas tonto! — come on, come with us, don't be silly!
¡qué tonto soy! — how silly o stupid of me!
¿tú te has creído que yo soy tonto?, ¿me tomas por tonto? — do you think I'm stupid?
b) [poco inteligente] stupid¡y parecía tonto! — and we thought he was stupid!
a lo tonto —
¿para qué esforzarse a lo tonto? — why go to all that trouble for nothing?
y a lo tonto, a lo tonto, se le pasó la mitad del día — and before he knew it, half the day had slipped by
a tontas y a locas —
piénsalo bien, no quiero que actúes/hables a tontas y a locas — think carefully, don't just do/say the first thing that comes into your head
esos jóvenes sin seso que solo hablan a tontas y a locas — these silly youngsters who chatter away without even thinking what they're saying
c) (=insolente) silly¡si te pones tonto no te vuelvo a traer al cine! — if you start being silly I won't take you to the cinema again!
d) (=torpe)hoy se me olvida todo, estoy como tonto — I keep forgetting things today, I'm out of it *
dejar a algn tonto — Esp to leave sb speechless
e) (=presumido) stuck-up *f) (Med) imbecilepelo 8)2) [risa, frase, accidente] silly¡qué fallo más tonto! — it was a really silly mistake!
caja 1)me pilló en una hora tonta y le presté el dinero — I wasn't thinking at that moment and I lent him the money
2. SM / F1) idiotsoy un tonto, ¡nunca debí haberla escuchado! — I'm such an idiot, I should never have listened to her!
allí estaba, riéndome como una tonta — there I was, laughing like an idiot
2) (Med) imbecile3. SM1) (Circo, Teat) clown, funny man* * *I- ta adjetivo1)a) [SER] < persona> ( falto de inteligencia) stupid, dumb (colloq); ( ingenuo) sillyfui tan tonto como para decirle que sí — I was stupid o foolish enough to say yes
b) [ESTAR] ( intratable) difficult, silly; ( disgustado) upsetdejar tonto a alguien — (Esp fam) to leave somebody speechless
hacer tonto a alguien — (Chi fam) to fool somebody
2) <excusa/error/historia> sillyIIhacer el tonto — ( hacer payasadas) to play o act the fool; ( actuar con necedad) to make a fool of oneself
hacerse el tonto — to act dumb
* * *= fool, witless, bonehead, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], imbecile, cretin, lemon, airheaded, duffer, drongo, schmuck, schmo, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.Ex. She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.Ex. The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.Ex. The article 'Book pricing: economics of a goofy business' examines briefly the economics of the book publishing process from the viewpoint of the book wholesaler.Ex. The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.Ex. Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.Ex. The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.Ex. Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.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.Ex. States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.Ex. Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.Ex. She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.Ex. I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.Ex. And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.----* a tontas y a ciegas = headlong, runaway.* a tontas y locas = like there's no tomorrow, without rhyme or reason.* chica bonita y tonta = bimbo.* chiste tonto para desternillarse = knee slapper.* chiste tonto pero gracioso = knee slapper.* como un tonto = stupidly, foolishly.* guaperas tonto = himbo.* hacer el tonto = fool around, horse around/about.* hacerse el tonto = act + dumb.* no tener un pelo de tonto = there are no flies (on/about) + Pronombre.* risa tonta = giggle.* risita tonta = giggle.* rubia tonta = dumb blonde.* típica rubia tonta = bimbo.* típico guaperas tonto = himbo.* tonto de capirote = blockhead, prize idiot.* tonto del bote = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, as daft as a brush, bonehead, birdbrain, knucklehead.* tonto del bote, tonto de remate, tonto del culo, tonto perdido, chiflado per = knucklehead.* tonto del cullo = arsehole [asshole, -USA].* tonto del culo = mug, prick, as daft as a brush, prize idiot, knucklehead.* tonto del pueblo, el = village fool, the.* tonto de marca mayor = prize idiot.* tonto de remate = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, prize idiot, knucklehead.* tonto genio = idiot savant.* tonto perdido = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, knucklehead.* tontos /tarea de tontos = fool's errand.* * *I- ta adjetivo1)a) [SER] < persona> ( falto de inteligencia) stupid, dumb (colloq); ( ingenuo) sillyfui tan tonto como para decirle que sí — I was stupid o foolish enough to say yes
b) [ESTAR] ( intratable) difficult, silly; ( disgustado) upsetdejar tonto a alguien — (Esp fam) to leave somebody speechless
hacer tonto a alguien — (Chi fam) to fool somebody
2) <excusa/error/historia> sillyIIhacer el tonto — ( hacer payasadas) to play o act the fool; ( actuar con necedad) to make a fool of oneself
hacerse el tonto — to act dumb
* * *= fool, witless, bonehead, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], imbecile, cretin, lemon, airheaded, duffer, drongo, schmuck, schmo, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
Ex: She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.Ex: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.Ex: The article 'Book pricing: economics of a goofy business' examines briefly the economics of the book publishing process from the viewpoint of the book wholesaler.Ex: The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.Ex: Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.Ex: The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.Ex: Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.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.Ex: States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.Ex: Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.Ex: She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.Ex: I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.Ex: And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.* a tontas y a ciegas = headlong, runaway.* a tontas y locas = like there's no tomorrow, without rhyme or reason.* chica bonita y tonta = bimbo.* chiste tonto para desternillarse = knee slapper.* chiste tonto pero gracioso = knee slapper.* como un tonto = stupidly, foolishly.* guaperas tonto = himbo.* hacer el tonto = fool around, horse around/about.* hacerse el tonto = act + dumb.* no tener un pelo de tonto = there are no flies (on/about) + Pronombre.* risa tonta = giggle.* risita tonta = giggle.* rubia tonta = dumb blonde.* típica rubia tonta = bimbo.* típico guaperas tonto = himbo.* tonto de capirote = blockhead, prize idiot.* tonto del bote = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, as daft as a brush, bonehead, birdbrain, knucklehead.* tonto del bote, tonto de remate, tonto del culo, tonto perdido, chiflado per = knucklehead.* tonto del cullo = arsehole [asshole, -USA].* tonto del culo = mug, prick, as daft as a brush, prize idiot, knucklehead.* tonto del pueblo, el = village fool, the.* tonto de marca mayor = prize idiot.* tonto de remate = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, prize idiot, knucklehead.* tonto genio = idiot savant.* tonto perdido = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, knucklehead.* tontos /tarea de tontos = fool's errand.* * *A¡pero qué tonto eres! ¿de verdad te lo has creído? you idiot! did you really believe it?mírala … y parecía tonta look at her, and we thought she was stupid!no seas tonta, aprovecha ahora que puedes don't be silly! make the most of it while you cany él fue tan tonto como para decirle que sí and he was stupid o dumb o foolish enough to say yes2 [ ESTAR] (travieso) difficult, silly; (disgustado) upsetno me hagas caso, hoy estoy tonta don't take any notice of me, I'm in a funny mood todayse pone muy tonto siempre que hay visita he gets really silly o difficult when there are visitorsa lo tonto: a lo tonto, a lo tonto lleva ya ganados varios millones he's won several million just like that o without even tryinglo dijo a lo tonto y resulta que acertó it was a wild guess o he said it without thinking and it turned out to be righthablas a lo tonto you're talking through your hata tontas y a locas without thinkinggasta el dinero a tontas y a locas she spends money like there's no tomorrow ( colloq)ser más tonto que Abundio or que hecho de encargo or que una mata de habas ( Esp fam); to be as dumb as they come ( colloq), to be daft as a brush ( BrE colloq)B ‹excusa/error/historia› sillyfue una caída de lo más tonta pero ya ves, me rompí el tobillo it was such a silly o ridiculous fall but, as you see, I broke my anklemasculine, feminineeres un tonto por haberte dejado engañar así you're an idiot o a fool to let yourself be taken in like thathacer el tonto (hacer payasadas) to play o act the fool, to fool o clown around; (actuar con necedad) to make a fool of oneselfhacerse el tonto to act dumbno te hagas la tonta, que sabes muy bien de lo que estoy hablando you know very well what I'm talking about so don't pretend you don't o so don't act dumble gusta/gustaba más que a un tonto una tiza or un lápiz or un palo ( Esp fam); he is/was crazy o nuts about it ( colloq)Compuestos:prize idiot, utter foolvillage idiotidealistic puppet o stooge* * *
tonto◊ -ta adjetivo
1
( ingenuo) silly
( disgustado) upset
2 ‹excusa/error/historia› silly
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( falto de inteligencia) idiot, dummy (colloq);
( ingenuo) idiot, fool;
( actuar con necedad) to make a fool of oneself;◊ hacerse el tonto to act dumb
tonto,-a
I adjetivo silly, familiar dumb: ¿cómo pude ser tan tonto?, how could I be so stupid?
fue lo bastante tonto como para decirle la verdad, he was foolish enough to tell him the truth
una observación tonta, a trivial remark
II sustantivo masculino y femenino fool, idiot, familiar dummy
hacer el tonto, to play the fool
hacerse el tonto, to play dumb
tonto de remate, prize idiot
' tonto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bobalicón
- bobalicona
- boluda
- boludo
- burrada
- capirote
- definitivamente
- fatua
- fatuo
- hacer
- hombre
- manteca
- pelo
- perdida
- perdido
- remate
- simple
- tarugo
- todavía
- tonta
- tratar
- asno
- baboso
- gana
- ganso
- huevón
- idiota
- imbécil
- lelo
- lerdo
- mongólico
- necio
- pavo
- pendejo
- salame
- soquete
- tontear
- tontería
- zanahoria
English:
act
- asinine
- clot
- clown around
- dim
- do
- dozy
- dumb
- fool
- goof
- help
- idiotic
- lark about
- lark around
- mess about
- mess around
- muck about
- muck around
- need
- play
- prize
- silly
- soft-headed
- such
- thing
- daft
- foolish
- kind
- know
- stupid
- that
* * *tonto, -a♦ adj1. [persona] [estúpido] stupid;[menos fuerte] silly;pero ¿seré tonto? otra vez me he vuelto a confundir I must be stupid or something, I've gone and got it wrong again;nos toman por tontos they think we're idiots;¿estás tonto? ¿para qué me pegas? don't be stupid! what are you hitting me for?;no seas tonto, no hay por qué preocuparse don't be silly, there's no need to worry;ser más tonto que Abundio to be as thick as two short planks2. [retrasado mental] dim, backward3.[arrogante] to get awkward, Br to get stroppyponerse tonto [pesado, insistente] to be difficult;4. [sin sentido] [risa] mindless;[esfuerzo] pointless;fue una caída tonta it was so silly, falling over like that;a lo tonto: lo perdí a lo tonto I stupidly lost it;me tropecé a lo tonto I tripped over like an idiot;me he ido haciendo con una extensa colección de sellos a lo tonto I've built up a sizeable stamp collection without hardly realizing it♦ nm,fidiot;los listos y los tontos de la clase the bright ones and the dim ones in the class;el tonto del pueblo the village idiot;hacer el tonto [juguetear] to mess around;[no actuar con inteligencia] to be stupid o foolish;estoy haciendo el tonto intentando convencerle I'm wasting my time trying to convince him;hacerse el tonto to act innocent;a tontas y a locas without thinkingtonto útil useful idiot* * *I adj silly, foolishII m, tonta f fool, idiot;haba fam complete idiot;tonto del pueblo village idiot;hacer el tonto play the fool;hacerse el tonto act dumb fam ;a tontas y a locas in a slapdash way* * *tonto, -ta adj1) : dumb, stupid2) : silly3)a tontas y a locas : without thinking, haphazardlytonto, -ta n: fool, idiot* * *¡qué fallo más tonto! what a stupid mistake!tonto2 n fool / idiot -
20 pelotudo
pelotudo, -a **1. ADJ1) (=valiente) tough, gutsy3) CAm * [salsa] lumpy2.SM / F LAm bloody fool **, jerk (EEUU) ** * *I- da adjetivo (AmS vulg)II- da masculino, femenino (AmS vulg) jerk (sl)* * *I- da adjetivo (AmS vulg)II- da masculino, femenino (AmS vulg) jerk (sl)* * *masculine, feminine* * *
pelotudo◊ -da adjetivo (AmS vulg): ¡qué pelotudo! what a jerk! (sl)
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (AmS vulg) jerk (sl)
* * *♦ adj1. [estúpido] damn stupid2. [grande] massive;tengo que leer un libro pelotudo para la próxima clase I've got this really massive book to read for the next class;se compraron una casa pelotuda they bought a massive house♦ nm,fjerk
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