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trickster

  • 1 embaucador

    adj.
    deceptive, deceiving.
    m.
    faker, charlatan, fraud, bamboozler.
    * * *
    1 deceitful
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 cheat, swindler, trickster
    * * *
    embaucador, -a
    SM / F (=estafador) trickster, swindler; (=impostor) impostor; (=farsante) humbug
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo deceitful
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino trickster
    * * *
    = trickster, swindler, wheeler-dealer, duplicitous, two-faced, con artist, con man, humbug, scamster, fraudster, fraud, hoaxer, hoaxster.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. The title of the book is 'Net crimes & misdemeanors: outmaneuvering the spammers, swindlers, and stalkers who are targeting you online'.
    Ex. The term widget is taken from the 1963 movie, 'The Wheeler-Dealers'.
    Ex. This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    Ex. This course looks at this two-faced society with guided field trips to cemeteries and to the architecture of Edinburgh's underworld below the great banks and public buildings.
    Ex. This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and an idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.
    Ex. His supporters call him a 'smoothie', while his critics generally portray him as a 'glib con man'.
    Ex. Worldly people and even monks without spiritual discernment are nearly always attracted by humbugs, imposters, hypocrites and those who are in demonic delusion.
    Ex. Small business operators can be easy prey for scamsters trying to winkle out money for unsolicited - and unneeded - 'services'.
    Ex. The article 'Keeping fraudsters in check' describes computerized systems now being developed to help combat fraud.
    Ex. You know what they say, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck, or in this case, a lying, stealing, cheating fraud.
    Ex. In a subsequent call the hoaxer suggested that another bomb had been planted on the highway leading to the airport.
    Ex. This recent tsunami is not the first disaster to be exploited by email hoaxsters.
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo deceitful
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino trickster
    * * *
    = trickster, swindler, wheeler-dealer, duplicitous, two-faced, con artist, con man, humbug, scamster, fraudster, fraud, hoaxer, hoaxster.

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.

    Ex: The title of the book is 'Net crimes & misdemeanors: outmaneuvering the spammers, swindlers, and stalkers who are targeting you online'.
    Ex: The term widget is taken from the 1963 movie, 'The Wheeler-Dealers'.
    Ex: This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    Ex: This course looks at this two-faced society with guided field trips to cemeteries and to the architecture of Edinburgh's underworld below the great banks and public buildings.
    Ex: This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and an idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.
    Ex: His supporters call him a 'smoothie', while his critics generally portray him as a 'glib con man'.
    Ex: Worldly people and even monks without spiritual discernment are nearly always attracted by humbugs, imposters, hypocrites and those who are in demonic delusion.
    Ex: Small business operators can be easy prey for scamsters trying to winkle out money for unsolicited - and unneeded - 'services'.
    Ex: The article 'Keeping fraudsters in check' describes computerized systems now being developed to help combat fraud.
    Ex: You know what they say, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck, or in this case, a lying, stealing, cheating fraud.
    Ex: In a subsequent call the hoaxer suggested that another bomb had been planted on the highway leading to the airport.
    Ex: This recent tsunami is not the first disaster to be exploited by email hoaxsters.

    * * *
    deceitful
    masculine, feminine
    trickster, con artist ( colloq)
    * * *

    embaucador
    ◊ - dora adjetivo

    deceitful
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    trickster
    embaucador,-ora
    I adjetivo deceitful
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino swindler, cheat

    ' embaucador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    charlatán
    - charlatana
    - embaucadora
    English:
    trickster
    * * *
    embaucador, -ora
    ♦ adj
    deceitful
    ♦ nm,f
    swindler, confodence man o trickster
    * * *
    I adj deceitful
    II m, embaucadora f trickster
    * * *
    : swindler, deceiver

    Spanish-English dictionary > embaucador

  • 2 charlatán

    adj.
    loose-tongued, prating.
    m.
    1 charlatan, fraud, faker, fake.
    2 braggart, bluffer, brag, boaster.
    3 chatterbox, chatterer, blabbermouth, talkative person.
    4 charlatan, mountebank, flamboyant deceiver.
    * * *
    1 (hablador) talkative
    2 (chismoso) gossipy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (parlanchín) chatterbox
    2 (chismoso) gossip; (bocazas) bigmouth
    3 (embaucador) trickster
    * * *
    (f. - charlatana)
    noun
    * * *
    charlatán, -ana
    1. ADJ
    1) (=hablador) talkative
    2) (=chismoso) gossipy
    2. SM / F
    1) (=hablador) chatterbox
    2) (=chismoso) gossip
    3) (=estafador) trickster, confidence trickster, con man *
    4) (=vendedor aprovechado) smooth-tongued salesman
    * * *
    I
    - tana adjetivo (fam) talkative
    II
    - tana masculino, femenino (fam)
    a) ( parlanchín) chatterbox (colloq)
    b) ( vendedor deshonesto) dishonest hawker; ( curandero deshonesto) charlatan
    * * *
    = trickster, huckster, charlatan, talkative, chattery, chatterbox, windbag, quack.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. This article presents a view of the Internet as comparable to an American travelling carnival of olden days, the sort operated by con men and hucksters.
    Ex. He is gullible, not very bright, the ready dupe of the charlatan and the demagogue.
    Ex. Both blacks & whites perceived themselves as active, caring, critical, emotional, friendly, individualistic, intelligent, & talkative.
    Ex. He is very chattery when he wants to be, and the rest of the time really chilled out and very rarely stressed.
    Ex. The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.
    Ex. Anyway, some day in the not too distant future the old windbag will be pushing up the daisies.
    Ex. This is another example of how quacks are ignorant not only of physics, but also of psychology.
    * * *
    I
    - tana adjetivo (fam) talkative
    II
    - tana masculino, femenino (fam)
    a) ( parlanchín) chatterbox (colloq)
    b) ( vendedor deshonesto) dishonest hawker; ( curandero deshonesto) charlatan
    * * *
    = trickster, huckster, charlatan, talkative, chattery, chatterbox, windbag, quack.

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.

    Ex: This article presents a view of the Internet as comparable to an American travelling carnival of olden days, the sort operated by con men and hucksters.
    Ex: He is gullible, not very bright, the ready dupe of the charlatan and the demagogue.
    Ex: Both blacks & whites perceived themselves as active, caring, critical, emotional, friendly, individualistic, intelligent, & talkative.
    Ex: He is very chattery when he wants to be, and the rest of the time really chilled out and very rarely stressed.
    Ex: The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.
    Ex: Anyway, some day in the not too distant future the old windbag will be pushing up the daisies.
    Ex: This is another example of how quacks are ignorant not only of physics, but also of psychology.

    * * *
    ( fam); talkative, chatty ( colloq)
    masculine, feminine
    A ( fam) (parlanchín) chatterbox ( colloq)
    B
    1 (vendedor — ambulante) hawker; (— deshonesto) dishonest o cunning salesperson
    * * *

    charlatán
    ◊ - tana adjetivo (fam) talkative

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam)
    a) ( parlanchín) chatterbox (colloq)


    ( curandero) charlatan
    charlatán,-ana
    I adj (hablador) talkative
    (indiscreto) indiscreet, gossipy
    (fanfarrón) boasting
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 (hablador) chatterbox
    (indiscreto) indiscreet person, gossip
    (fanfarrón) boaster, show off
    2 (embaucador, timador) trickster
    ' charlatán' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    charlatana
    - hablador
    - habladora
    - sacamuelas
    - saltabanco
    - saltabancos
    - vocinglera
    - vocinglero
    - curandero
    - loro
    English:
    charlatan
    - garrulous
    - windbag
    - chatter
    - quack
    * * *
    charlatán, -ana
    ♦ adj
    talkative
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [hablador] chatterbox
    2. Pey [mentiroso] trickster, charlatan
    3. [indiscreto] gossip
    4. [vendedor] hawker, pedlar
    ♦ nm
    [ave] bobolink
    * * *
    I adj talkative
    II m, charlatana f chatterbox
    * * *
    : talkative, chatty
    charlatán, - tana n, mpl - tanes
    1) : chatterbox
    2) farsante: charlatan, phony
    * * *
    charlatán1 adj talkative
    charlatán2 n chatterbox [pl. chatterboxes]

    Spanish-English dictionary > charlatán

  • 3 trapacero

    adj.
    swindling, wily, deceitful.
    m.
    1 cheating, deceitful.
    2 swindler, cheat, deceiver, liar.
    * * *
    1 tricky
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 trickster, fiddler
    * * *
    trapacero, -a *
    1.
    ADJ (=tramposo) dishonest, swindling
    2. SM / F
    1) (=tramposo) cheat, swindler
    2) (=chismoso) gossip, mischief-maker
    * * *
    - ra masculino, femenino racketeer
    * * *
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    * * *
    - ra masculino, femenino racketeer
    * * *

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    crook ( colloq)
    * * *

    trapacero,-a, trapacista
    I adjetivo tricky, crafty
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino trickster, cheat
    ' trapacero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    trapacera
    - trapacista
    * * *
    trapacero, -a adj
    dishonest, deceitful

    Spanish-English dictionary > trapacero

  • 4 trapacista

    adj.
    1 impostor, cheat, sharper, swindler; deceiver; fraudulent, false.
    2 swindling, deceitful, wily.
    f. & m.
    swindler, cheat, deceiver, liar.
    * * *
    SMF = trapacero 2.
    * * *
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    * * *

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.

    * * *

    trapacero,-a, trapacista
    I adjetivo tricky, crafty
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino trickster, cheat
    ' trapacista' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    trapacera
    - trapacero

    Spanish-English dictionary > trapacista

  • 5 bobo

    adj.
    silly, booby, foolish, stupid.
    intj.
    you blot, you dope.
    m.
    fool, clod, blockhead, silly.
    * * *
    1 silly, foolish
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 fool
    * * *
    1. (f. - boba)
    noun
    fool, simpleton
    2. (f. - boba)
    adj.
    silly, stupid
    * * *
    bobo, -a
    1.
    ADJ (=tonto) silly, stupid; (=ingenuo) simple, naïve
    2.
    SM / F (=tonto) idiot, fool; (Teat) clown, funny man
    3. SM / F
    1) Caribe * (=reloj) watch
    2) Cono Sur (=corazón) heart, ticker *
    * * *
    I
    - ba adjetivo (fam) silly
    II
    - ba masculino, femenino (fam) fool

    deja de hacer el bobo — stop playing the fool, stop being so silly

    * * *
    = daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], fool, simpleton, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], witless, simp, deadhead, nincompoop, dumbbell, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], ditz, dits, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], half-soaked, airhead, airheaded, drongo, dweeb.
    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. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    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. 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. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    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. 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. But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.
    Ex. If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.
    Ex. Three half-soaked security guards sat around a desk at the main entrance letting through more than they checked.
    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. Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.
    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.
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    * como un bobo = stupidly.
    * tortuga boba = loggerhead turtle.
    * * *
    I
    - ba adjetivo (fam) silly
    II
    - ba masculino, femenino (fam) fool

    deja de hacer el bobo — stop playing the fool, stop being so silly

    * * *
    = daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], fool, simpleton, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], witless, simp, deadhead, nincompoop, dumbbell, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], ditz, dits, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], half-soaked, airhead, airheaded, drongo, dweeb.

    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: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    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: 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: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    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: 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: But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.
    Ex: If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.
    Ex: Three half-soaked security guards sat around a desk at the main entrance letting through more than they checked.
    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: Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.
    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.
    * como un bobo = stupidly.
    * tortuga boba = loggerhead turtle.

    * * *
    bobo1 -ba
    ( fam); silly
    bobo2 -ba
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); fool
    deja de hacer el bobo stop playing the fool, stop being so silly
    * * *

    bobo
    ◊ -ba adjetivo (fam) silly

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) fool
    bobo,-a
    I adj (simple, lelo) stupid, silly
    (cándido) naïve
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino fool

    ' bobo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atontada
    - atontado
    - boba
    - pájaro
    - che
    - hacer
    - pavo
    - primo
    English:
    boob
    - daft
    - dopey
    - dumb
    - dummy
    - goof
    - halfwit
    - lemon
    - mug
    - simple
    - soft-headed
    - sucker
    * * *
    bobo, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [tonto] stupid, daft
    2. [ingenuo] naive, simple
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [tonto] fool, idiot;
    hacer el bobo to act o play the fool
    2. [ingenuo] simpleton
    ♦ nm
    1. Teatro = rustic simpleton
    2. CAm, Méx [pez] threadfin
    * * *
    I adj silly, foolish
    II m, boba f fool;
    pájaro bobo penguin
    * * *
    bobo, -ba adj
    : silly, stupid
    bobo, -ba n
    : fool, simpleton
    * * *
    bobo1 adj
    1. (tonto) silly [comp. sillier; superl. silliest]
    anda, no seas bobo come on, don't be silly
    2. (ingenuo) naive
    es tan bobo que se lo cree todo he's so naive, he'll believe anything
    bobo2 n fool

    Spanish-English dictionary > bobo

  • 6 tramoyista

    f. & m.
    1 stagehand (Teatro).
    2 schemer (tramposo).
    3 scene-shifter, stagehand, sceneshifter.
    * * *
    1 TEATRO sceneshifter, stagehand
    2 figurado schemer, trickster
    * * *
    SMF
    1) (Teat) stagehand, scene shifter
    2) (=estafador) swindler, trickster; (=farsante) humbug; (=impostor) impostor; (=intrigante) schemer
    * * *
    masculino y femenino
    a) (Teatr) sceneshifter, stagehand
    b) (fam) ( enredador) schemer; ( estafador) con artist
    * * *
    Ex. In the world there are dreamers and schemers, which one are you?.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino
    a) (Teatr) sceneshifter, stagehand
    b) (fam) ( enredador) schemer; ( estafador) con artist
    * * *

    Ex: In the world there are dreamers and schemers, which one are you?.

    * * *
    1 ( Teatr) sceneshifter, stagehand
    2 ( fam) (enredador) schemer; (estafador) con artist
    * * *

    tramoyista sustantivo masculino y femenino (Teatr) sceneshifter, stagehand
    tramoyista mf Teat stage machinist/hand
    ' tramoyista' also found in these entries:
    English:
    stagehand
    - stage
    * * *
    1. Teatro stagehand
    2. [tramposo] schemer
    * * *
    m/f TEA scene shifter; fig
    trickster

    Spanish-English dictionary > tramoyista

  • 7 ave negra

    f.
    1 trickster.
    2 shyster lawyer, shyster.
    * * *
    (Ur fam) trickster (colloq)
    * * *
    (Ur fam) trickster (colloq)

    Spanish-English dictionary > ave negra

  • 8 engañabobos

    m.&f. s&pl.
    swindler, trickster.
    * * *
    1 familiar (persona) con artist, trickster
    1 familiar (trampa) con trick, trap
    * * *
    1.
    SMF INV (=persona) trickster
    2.
    SM (=trampa) trick, trap
    * * *
    masculino (pl engañabobos) (fam) con (colloq), swindle (colloq)
    * * *
    masculino (pl engañabobos) (fam) con (colloq), swindle (colloq)
    * * *
    con ( colloq), swindle ( colloq), swizz ( BrE colloq)
    * * *
    ♦ nm inv
    [cosa] con (trick);
    esa promoción es un engañabobos that special offer is a con
    ♦ nmf inv
    [persona] con man, con artist
    * * *
    m inv fam
    1 persona swindler, conman fam
    2 cosa swindle, con fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > engañabobos

  • 9 actor cómico

    m.
    comic actor, comical actor.
    * * *
    comedian
    * * *
    (n.) = comedian, actor-comedian
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. He was a caustic yet perceptive actor-comedian who lived dangerously close to the edge both on stage and off.
    * * *
    (n.) = comedian, actor-comedian

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.

    Ex: He was a caustic yet perceptive actor-comedian who lived dangerously close to the edge both on stage and off.

    Spanish-English dictionary > actor cómico

  • 10 bobalicón

    adj.
    simple, stupid, very stupid, goofy.
    m.
    simpleton, blockhead, idiot, boob.
    * * *
    1 simple
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 simpleton
    * * *
    bobalicón, -ona
    1.
    2.
    SM / F nitwit, clot *, dumbbell (EEUU) *
    * * *
    - cona masculino, femenino (fam) fool, twit (colloq)
    * * *
    = simpleton, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], nincompoop, deadhead, simp, dumbbell, half-soaked, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], drongo.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    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. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    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. Three half-soaked security guards sat around a desk at the main entrance letting through more than they checked.
    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. Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.
    * * *
    - cona masculino, femenino (fam) fool, twit (colloq)
    * * *
    = simpleton, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], nincompoop, deadhead, simp, dumbbell, half-soaked, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], drongo.

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.

    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: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    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: Three half-soaked security guards sat around a desk at the main entrance letting through more than they checked.
    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: Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.

    * * *
    ( fam); silly, daft ( BrE colloq)
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); fool, twit ( colloq)
    * * *

    bobalicón,-ona familiar
    I adjetivo
    1 (tonto) silly, simple, stupid
    2 (ingenuo) gullible
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino idiot, fool: ¡cuando ocurrió, se te quedó una cara de bobalicón!, when it happened you had an idiotic expression on your face
    ' bobalicón' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bobalicona
    English:
    goofy
    * * *
    bobalicón, -ona Fam
    ♦ adj
    simple
    ♦ nm,f
    simpleton
    * * *
    m, bobalicona f fam
    dope fam, Br tb
    twit fam
    * * *
    bobalicón, - cona adj, mpl - cones fam : silly, stupid

    Spanish-English dictionary > bobalicón

  • 11 comediante

    m.
    1 comedian, comical actor, entertainer.
    2 comedienne, comic actress, comical actress.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (hombre) actor; (mujer) actress
    2 figurado hypocrite, comedian
    * * *
    comediante, -a
    SM / F
    1) (Teat) (=actor) actor/actress
    2) (=humorista) (=hombre, mujer) comedian; [solo mujer] comedienne
    3) (=farsante) play-actor
    * * *
    - ta masculino, femenino
    a) (Teatr) (m) actor; (f) actress
    b) ( farsante) fraud
    * * *
    = comedian, comedienne.
    Nota: Maculino comedian.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. The author discusses the trick photography of Weegee, looking especially at a photograph he made of the comedienne Martha Raye ca. 1958.
    * * *
    - ta masculino, femenino
    a) (Teatr) (m) actor; (f) actress
    b) ( farsante) fraud
    * * *
    = comedian, comedienne.
    Nota: Maculino comedian.

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.

    Ex: The author discusses the trick photography of Weegee, looking especially at a photograph he made of the comedienne Martha Raye ca. 1958.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    1 ( Teatr) ( masculine) actor; ( feminine) actress
    2 (farsante) fraud
    es un comediante, mira la que está armando por una heridita de nada he's such a fraud o he's always playacting, look at the fuss he's making over a tiny little cut
    * * *

    comediante
    ◊ -ta sustantivo masculino, femenino

    a) (Teatr) (m) actor;

    (f) actress

    comediante,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 Teat (hombre) actor
    (mujer) actress
    2 (farsante) fraud
    ' comediante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    comedianta
    * * *
    comediante, -a nm,f
    1. [actor] actor, f actress
    2. [farsante] fraud
    * * *
    m actor
    * * *
    : actor, actress f

    Spanish-English dictionary > comediante

  • 12 cómico

    adj.
    comic, comical, funny, risible.
    m.
    comedian, stand-up comedian, comic, funnyman.
    * * *
    1 (divertido) comic, comical, funny
    2 (de comedia) comedy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (actor) comedian, comic
    \
    actor cómico comedian
    cómico,-a de la legua strolling player
    * * *
    1. (f. - cómica)
    noun
    comedian / comedienne
    2. (f. - cómica)
    adj.
    comic, comical
    * * *
    cómico, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=gracioso) comic(al), funny
    2) (Teat) comedy antes de s
    2. SM / F
    1) (Teat) (comic) actor/actress
    2) (=humorista) comedian/comedienne
    CÓMICO ¿"Comic" o "comical"? El adjetivo cómico se puede traducir por comic y comical, pero estos no son intercambiables. Comic ► Algo que es cómico porque se hace o se dice con la intención de hacer reír a la gente se traduce al inglés por comic: El efecto cómico se consigue poniéndose ropa que te queda grande Comic effect is achieved by wearing clothes that are too big ► Cómico también se traduce por comic para describir algo perteneciente o relativo a la comedia: ... un actor cómico...... a comic actor... Hay que tener en cuenta que en este caso comic nunca funciona como atributo. Comi cal ► Cómico se traduce por comical para describir algo o a alguien que resulta gracioso o absurdo (a menudo porque es raro o inesperado): Su gesto rozaba lo cómico Her expression was almost comical Hay algo en él ligeramente cómico There is something slightly comical about him Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada
    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo <actor/género/obra> comedy (before n); <situación/mueca> comical, funny

    lo cómico de la historia es... — the funny thing about the story is...

    II
    - ca masculino, femenino ( actor) comedy actor, comic actor; ( humorista) comedian, comic
    * * *
    = laughable, slapstick, hilarious, humorous, comedian, comic, funny [funnier -comp., funniest -sup.], joky [jokey], comedic, comical.
    Ex. It's laughable when Archie Bunker says that, because we know he's an uneducated slob.
    Ex. What this time will be the cause of his slapstick downfall?.
    Ex. In studying the structure of bibliographic control it is not difficult to discover strange, and even hilarious, examples of specialist bibliographic sources.
    Ex. Supporting material -- cartoons, quotations and humorous excerpts -- are used to keep students intrigued and clues are allowed if students are unable to formulate a research strategy.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. The narrative contrasts sharply with the comic tone of the author's latest book, indicating a remarkably versatile talent.
    Ex. This article reviews on-line data bases that may be used to search for references to humour (cartoons, funny articles and books, and medical aspects of humour).
    Ex. However, his attempt to make cultural and social history more accessible to a wider audience by adopting a homey, jokey style often seems counterproductive.
    Ex. In the year 2000, news and entertainment programs dedicated a great deal of comedic attention to the presidential election.
    Ex. Even so, the ' comical' closing scene is out of keeping with the overall mood of the picture.
    ----
    * actor cómico = comedian, actor-comedian.
    * actriz cómica = comedienne.
    * de modo cómico = comically.
    * situación cómica = comedy sketch.
    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo <actor/género/obra> comedy (before n); <situación/mueca> comical, funny

    lo cómico de la historia es... — the funny thing about the story is...

    II
    - ca masculino, femenino ( actor) comedy actor, comic actor; ( humorista) comedian, comic
    * * *
    = laughable, slapstick, hilarious, humorous, comedian, comic, funny [funnier -comp., funniest -sup.], joky [jokey], comedic, comical.

    Ex: It's laughable when Archie Bunker says that, because we know he's an uneducated slob.

    Ex: What this time will be the cause of his slapstick downfall?.
    Ex: In studying the structure of bibliographic control it is not difficult to discover strange, and even hilarious, examples of specialist bibliographic sources.
    Ex: Supporting material -- cartoons, quotations and humorous excerpts -- are used to keep students intrigued and clues are allowed if students are unable to formulate a research strategy.
    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex: The narrative contrasts sharply with the comic tone of the author's latest book, indicating a remarkably versatile talent.
    Ex: This article reviews on-line data bases that may be used to search for references to humour (cartoons, funny articles and books, and medical aspects of humour).
    Ex: However, his attempt to make cultural and social history more accessible to a wider audience by adopting a homey, jokey style often seems counterproductive.
    Ex: In the year 2000, news and entertainment programs dedicated a great deal of comedic attention to the presidential election.
    Ex: Even so, the ' comical' closing scene is out of keeping with the overall mood of the picture.
    * actor cómico = comedian, actor-comedian.
    * actriz cómica = comedienne.
    * de modo cómico = comically.
    * situación cómica = comedy sketch.

    * * *
    cómico1 -ca
    ‹actor/género/obra› comedy ( before n), comic ( before n); ‹situación/mueca› comical, funny
    lo cómico de la historia es … the funny thing about the story is …
    cómico2 -ca
    masculine, feminine
    1 (actor) comedy actor, comic actor
    2 (humorista) comedian, comic
    * * *

    cómico
    ◊ -ca adjetivo ‹actor/género/obra› comedy ( before n);


    ‹situación/mueca› comical, funny
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( actor) comedy actor, comic actor;
    ( humorista) comedian, comic
    cómico,-a
    I adjetivo (gracioso) comical, funny
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino comic
    (hombre) comedian
    (mujer) comedienne
    ' cómico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cómica
    - humorista
    English:
    comedian
    - comic
    - stand-up comic
    - comical
    - hokum
    - humorous
    * * *
    cómico, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [de la comedia] comedy, comic;
    actor cómico comedy actor;
    cine cómico comedy movies o Br films
    2. [gracioso] comic, comical
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [actor de teatro] actor, f actress
    2. [humorista] comedian, comic, f comedienne
    * * *
    I adj comical
    II m, cómica f comedian
    * * *
    cómico, -ca adj
    : comic, comical
    cómico, -ca n
    humorista: comic, comedian, comedienne f
    * * *
    cómico1 adj
    1. (divertido) funny [comp. funnier; superl. funniest]
    2. (de la comedia) comedy
    cómico2 n comedian

    Spanish-English dictionary > cómico

  • 13 embustero1

    1 = trickster, liar, fabulist, fabricator, fibber.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. That means human beings are natural-born liars.
    Ex. It is important to remember that the story of the American West has been told as much by fabulists and fabricators as by historians.
    Ex. It is important to remember that the story of the American West has been told as much by fabulists and fabricators as by historians.
    Ex. The article 'Frequent fibbers can blame their brain' relates the deficit in grey matter volume to the impulsiveness of fibbers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > embustero1

  • 14 estafador

    adj.
    swindling.
    m.
    swindler, con artist, cheat, cheater.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 racketeer, swindler, trickster
    * * *
    estafador, -a
    SM / F
    1) (=timador) swindler, trickster
    2) (Com, Econ) racketeer
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino
    a) (Der) fraudster
    b) (fam) ( timador) con man (colloq)
    * * *
    = con man, crook, swindler, cheater, fraudster, scammer, cuckoo in the nest, con artist, scamster, fraud, hoaxer, hoaxster.
    Ex. His supporters call him a 'smoothie', while his critics generally portray him as a 'glib con man'.
    Ex. The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.
    Ex. The title of the book is 'Net crimes & misdemeanors: outmaneuvering the spammers, swindlers, and stalkers who are targeting you online'.
    Ex. Intenrnet also enables enterprising would-be cheaters to cut and paste material for easy and relatively thought-free composition of essay assignments.
    Ex. The article 'Keeping fraudsters in check' describes computerized systems now being developed to help combat fraud.
    Ex. Phishing (also known as phising or carding) is the practice whereby a scammer who is pretending to be from a legitimate organisation, sends misleading emails requesting personal and financial details from unsuspecting people.
    Ex. This type of relgion is a cuckoo in the nest that, in the name of secular society and pluralism, is pushing out all other gods.
    Ex. This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and an idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.
    Ex. Small business operators can be easy prey for scamsters trying to winkle out money for unsolicited - and unneeded - 'services'.
    Ex. You know what they say, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck, or in this case, a lying, stealing, cheating fraud.
    Ex. In a subsequent call the hoaxer suggested that another bomb had been planted on the highway leading to the airport.
    Ex. This recent tsunami is not the first disaster to be exploited by email hoaxsters.
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino
    a) (Der) fraudster
    b) (fam) ( timador) con man (colloq)
    * * *
    = con man, crook, swindler, cheater, fraudster, scammer, cuckoo in the nest, con artist, scamster, fraud, hoaxer, hoaxster.

    Ex: His supporters call him a 'smoothie', while his critics generally portray him as a 'glib con man'.

    Ex: The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.
    Ex: The title of the book is 'Net crimes & misdemeanors: outmaneuvering the spammers, swindlers, and stalkers who are targeting you online'.
    Ex: Intenrnet also enables enterprising would-be cheaters to cut and paste material for easy and relatively thought-free composition of essay assignments.
    Ex: The article 'Keeping fraudsters in check' describes computerized systems now being developed to help combat fraud.
    Ex: Phishing (also known as phising or carding) is the practice whereby a scammer who is pretending to be from a legitimate organisation, sends misleading emails requesting personal and financial details from unsuspecting people.
    Ex: This type of relgion is a cuckoo in the nest that, in the name of secular society and pluralism, is pushing out all other gods.
    Ex: This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and an idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.
    Ex: Small business operators can be easy prey for scamsters trying to winkle out money for unsolicited - and unneeded - 'services'.
    Ex: You know what they say, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck, or in this case, a lying, stealing, cheating fraud.
    Ex: In a subsequent call the hoaxer suggested that another bomb had been planted on the highway leading to the airport.
    Ex: This recent tsunami is not the first disaster to be exploited by email hoaxsters.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    1 ( Der) fraudster
    2 ( fam) (timador) con man ( colloq), rip-off artist ( AmE colloq), rip-off merchant ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

    estafador
    ◊ - dora sustantivo masculino, femenino

    a) (Der) fraudster

    b) (fam) ( timador) swindler (colloq)

    estafador,-ora sustantivo masculino y femenino swindler, con man: era un estafador sin escrúpulos, he was an unscrupulous con man
    ' estafador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    estafadora
    - gancho
    - granuja
    - mangante
    - sinvergüenza
    English:
    cheat
    - con man
    - rope in
    - shark
    - swindler
    - con
    - hustler
    * * *
    estafador, -ora nm,f
    [timador] swindler; [de empresa, organización] fraudster
    * * *
    m, estafadora f con artist fam, fraudster
    * * *
    : cheat, swindler

    Spanish-English dictionary > estafador

  • 15 fracaso

    m.
    failure.
    un rotundo fracaso an outright failure
    todo fue un fracaso the whole thing was a disaster
    el fracaso escolar educational failure, poor performance at school
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: fracasar.
    * * *
    1 failure
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *

    la reforma está condenada al fracaso — the reform is doomed to failure, the reform is destined to fail

    ¡es un fracaso! — he's a disaster!

    * * *
    masculino failure

    un fracaso amoroso or sentimental — a disappointment in love

    * * *
    = flop, failure, underdog, bust, dog, defeat, fiasco, flake out, goof, write-off [writeoff], foundering, dud.
    Ex. And at worst, if the trip is a flop (it happens!), at least he is glad to get back to work.
    Ex. DBMS systems aim to cope with system failure and generate restart procedures.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. The article 'El Dorado or bust?' warns that the electronic market is changing.
    Ex. 'On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog -- the digital media has made possible the leveling of the playing field.
    Ex. Indeed, in larger libraries, there are those who regard a referral as tantamount to an admission of defeat.
    Ex. The history of the British Library is presented with particular reference to the political and administrative fiascos that have punctuated its development.
    Ex. The show was a real flake out.
    Ex. The film's supple structure, surprisingly light touch, and bravura performances make it perhaps the most fully formed, half-hearted goof ever.
    Ex. Gareth Jones's film makes a series of misjudgments so damaging that the whole thing is a virtual write-off.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Liberalism in a body bag: the foundering of the Middle East peace process'.
    Ex. It may be tempting the weather gods just to point this out, but this has been a dud of a hurricane season so far.
    ----
    * abocado al fracaso = failing, doomed.
    * abocado al fracaso desde el comienzo = doomed from + the beginning, doomed from + the outset, doomed from + the start.
    * abocado al fracaso desde el principio = doomed from + the start, doomed from + the outset, doomed to + failure from its inception, doomed to + failure, doomed from + the beginning.
    * camino seguro al fracaso = blueprint for failure.
    * condenado al fracaso desde el comienzo = doomed from + the beginning, doomed from + the outset, doomed from + the start.
    * condenado al fracaso desde el principio = doomed from + the start, doomed from + the outset, doomed from + the beginning.
    * conseguir éxitos y fracasos = encounter + problems and successes.
    * éxitos o fracasos = successes or failures.
    * éxitos y fracasos = pitfalls and successes, successes and failures.
    * fórmula para el fracaso = blueprint for failure.
    * fracaso bochornoso = embarrassing failure.
    * fracaso desde el principio = doomed failure.
    * fracaso escolar = school failure.
    * fracaso lamentable = embarrassing failure.
    * fracaso miserable = miserable failure.
    * fracaso rotundo = resounding failure, complete failure.
    * fracaso total = complete failure.
    * fracaso vergonzoso = embarrassing failure.
    * índice de fracaso escolar = failure rate, dropout rate.
    * obtener éxitos y fracasos = experience + problems and successes.
    * predestinado al fracaso = doomed.
    * predestinado al fracaso desde el comienzo = doomed to + failure from its inception, doomed to + failure, doomed to + failure.
    * ser un fracaso = nothing + come of, prove + a failure.
    * significar fracaso = signify + failure, spell + failure.
    * suponer la diferencia entre el éxito o el fracaso = make or break.
    * tasa de fracaso escolar = dropout rate, failure rate.
    * traer consigo fracaso = spell + failure.
    * traer fracaso = spell + failure.
    * * *
    masculino failure

    un fracaso amoroso or sentimental — a disappointment in love

    * * *
    = flop, failure, underdog, bust, dog, defeat, fiasco, flake out, goof, write-off [writeoff], foundering, dud.

    Ex: And at worst, if the trip is a flop (it happens!), at least he is glad to get back to work.

    Ex: DBMS systems aim to cope with system failure and generate restart procedures.
    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex: The article 'El Dorado or bust?' warns that the electronic market is changing.
    Ex: 'On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog -- the digital media has made possible the leveling of the playing field.
    Ex: Indeed, in larger libraries, there are those who regard a referral as tantamount to an admission of defeat.
    Ex: The history of the British Library is presented with particular reference to the political and administrative fiascos that have punctuated its development.
    Ex: The show was a real flake out.
    Ex: The film's supple structure, surprisingly light touch, and bravura performances make it perhaps the most fully formed, half-hearted goof ever.
    Ex: Gareth Jones's film makes a series of misjudgments so damaging that the whole thing is a virtual write-off.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Liberalism in a body bag: the foundering of the Middle East peace process'.
    Ex: It may be tempting the weather gods just to point this out, but this has been a dud of a hurricane season so far.
    * abocado al fracaso = failing, doomed.
    * abocado al fracaso desde el comienzo = doomed from + the beginning, doomed from + the outset, doomed from + the start.
    * abocado al fracaso desde el principio = doomed from + the start, doomed from + the outset, doomed to + failure from its inception, doomed to + failure, doomed from + the beginning.
    * camino seguro al fracaso = blueprint for failure.
    * condenado al fracaso desde el comienzo = doomed from + the beginning, doomed from + the outset, doomed from + the start.
    * condenado al fracaso desde el principio = doomed from + the start, doomed from + the outset, doomed from + the beginning.
    * conseguir éxitos y fracasos = encounter + problems and successes.
    * éxitos o fracasos = successes or failures.
    * éxitos y fracasos = pitfalls and successes, successes and failures.
    * fórmula para el fracaso = blueprint for failure.
    * fracaso bochornoso = embarrassing failure.
    * fracaso desde el principio = doomed failure.
    * fracaso escolar = school failure.
    * fracaso lamentable = embarrassing failure.
    * fracaso miserable = miserable failure.
    * fracaso rotundo = resounding failure, complete failure.
    * fracaso total = complete failure.
    * fracaso vergonzoso = embarrassing failure.
    * índice de fracaso escolar = failure rate, dropout rate.
    * obtener éxitos y fracasos = experience + problems and successes.
    * predestinado al fracaso = doomed.
    * predestinado al fracaso desde el comienzo = doomed to + failure from its inception, doomed to + failure, doomed to + failure.
    * ser un fracaso = nothing + come of, prove + a failure.
    * significar fracaso = signify + failure, spell + failure.
    * suponer la diferencia entre el éxito o el fracaso = make or break.
    * tasa de fracaso escolar = dropout rate, failure rate.
    * traer consigo fracaso = spell + failure.
    * traer fracaso = spell + failure.

    * * *
    1 (acción) failure
    ha sufrido or tenido varios fracasos profesionales she has had several failures in her work
    el proyecto estaba condenado al fracaso the project was destined to fail o doomed to failure
    un fracaso amoroso or sentimental a disappointment in love
    un fracaso rotundo a complete failure
    2 (obra, persona) failure
    su última película fue un fracaso her last movie was a failure o ( colloq) flop, her last movie bombed ( AmE colloq)
    como profesor es un fracaso he's a disaster o failure as a teacher, he's a hopeless teacher
    * * *

     

    Del verbo fracasar: ( conjugate fracasar)

    fracaso es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    fracasó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    fracasar    
    fracaso
    fracasar ( conjugate fracasar) verbo intransitivo
    to fail
    fracaso sustantivo masculino
    failure
    fracasar verbo intransitivo to fail
    fracaso sustantivo masculino failure: el despegue del cohete fue un fracaso, the rocket lift-off was a failure
    ' fracaso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    derrota
    - estrepitosa
    - estrepitoso
    - responsabilizar
    - sed
    - sentenciar
    - servir
    - contundente
    - destinado
    - naufragio
    - rotundo
    English:
    bomb
    - defeat
    - dismal
    - failure
    - flop
    - mainly
    - no-win
    - resounding
    - unmitigated
    - unqualified
    - washout
    - break
    - fiasco
    - why
    * * *
    1. [falta de éxito] failure;
    ha sufrido varios fracasos amorosos he has had a number of failed relationships;
    todo fue un fracaso it was a complete failure;
    la película fue un fracaso comercial the movie o Br film was a commercial failure o flop
    fracaso escolar school failure;
    el entorno familiar contribuye al fracaso escolar the family environment is a contributory factor to educational failure
    2. [persona] failure;
    como profesor es un fracaso as a teacher he's a failure, he's useless as a teacher
    * * *
    m failure
    * * *
    fiasco: failure
    * * *
    fracaso n failure

    Spanish-English dictionary > fracaso

  • 16 granuja

    adj.
    rascally, impish, mischievous.
    f. & m.
    1 rogue, scoundrel (pillo).
    2 rascal, little wretch, urchin, gamin.
    3 loose grape separate from the bunch.
    4 seeds of the grape and other small fruits.
    * * *
    1 (uva) grapes plural
    1 (pilluelo) ragamuffin, urchin
    2 (estafador) crook, trickster
    * * *
    1.
    SMF (=bribón) rogue; [dicho con afecto] rascal; (=pilluelo) urchin, ragamuffin
    2.
    SF (=uvas) loose grapes pl ; (=semilla) grape seed
    * * *
    masculino y femenino rascal
    * * *
    = shyster, miscreant, villain, tearaway, lager lout, street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, cad, ragamuffin, ruffian, hoodlum, swine, pig, crook.
    Ex. When loss of physical and mental rigor is accompanied by financial problems, the retiree may reject himself and fall victim to the con man and shyster.
    Ex. The forest, therefore, is regarded as the abode of robbers & sundry miscreants, implying its relation to the forces of chaos & disorder.
    Ex. The father, Old Brightwell, curses his daughter, Jane, for preferring the love of the smooth-tongued villain, Grandley, to that of her own parents.
    Ex. He acused politicians of 'losing the plot' on crime as the 'thriving yob culture' of hooligans and tearaways terrorise the streets.
    Ex. It is routine for people to complain about the 'hordes of lager louts' who turn city centres into 'no-go areas'.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex. This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex. Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex. And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.
    Ex. In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.
    Ex. In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex. Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.
    Ex. He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.
    Ex. The coroner said she had died not from drowning, but from being abused and murdered by a gang of ruffians.
    Ex. Gangs of hoodlums, aged as young as eight, are roaming the streets terrorising store owners and shoppers in broad daylight.
    Ex. In German law it is a criminal offense for A to insult B, for example, by calling him a swine.
    Ex. He was waiting for the opportunity to unleash his fury, no one calls him a pig and gets away with it.
    Ex. The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino rascal
    * * *
    = shyster, miscreant, villain, tearaway, lager lout, street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, cad, ragamuffin, ruffian, hoodlum, swine, pig, crook.

    Ex: When loss of physical and mental rigor is accompanied by financial problems, the retiree may reject himself and fall victim to the con man and shyster.

    Ex: The forest, therefore, is regarded as the abode of robbers & sundry miscreants, implying its relation to the forces of chaos & disorder.
    Ex: The father, Old Brightwell, curses his daughter, Jane, for preferring the love of the smooth-tongued villain, Grandley, to that of her own parents.
    Ex: He acused politicians of 'losing the plot' on crime as the 'thriving yob culture' of hooligans and tearaways terrorise the streets.
    Ex: It is routine for people to complain about the 'hordes of lager louts' who turn city centres into 'no-go areas'.
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex: Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex: This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex: Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex: And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.
    Ex: In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.
    Ex: In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex: Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.
    Ex: He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.
    Ex: The coroner said she had died not from drowning, but from being abused and murdered by a gang of ruffians.
    Ex: Gangs of hoodlums, aged as young as eight, are roaming the streets terrorising store owners and shoppers in broad daylight.
    Ex: In German law it is a criminal offense for A to insult B, for example, by calling him a swine.
    Ex: He was waiting for the opportunity to unleash his fury, no one calls him a pig and gets away with it.
    Ex: The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.

    * * *
    rascal
    ¿dónde se habrá metido este granujilla? where's that little rascal o monkey got(ten) to?
    * * *

    granuja sustantivo masculino y femenino
    rascal
    granuja sustantivo masculino
    1 (pícaro) urchin
    2 (estafador, truhán) swindler
    ' granuja' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bandida
    - bandido
    - pájaro
    - sinvergüenza
    - canalla
    - pajarraco
    - rufián
    English:
    rascal
    - rogue
    * * *
    granuja nmf
    1. [pillo] rogue, scoundrel
    2. [canalla] trickster, swindler
    * * *
    m/f rascal
    * * *
    granuja nmf
    pilluelo: rascal, urchin
    * * *
    granuja adj rascal

    Spanish-English dictionary > granuja

  • 17 humorista

    adj.
    humoristic, humorous.
    f. & m.
    * * *
    1 humorous
    1 (autor) humorist; (cómico) comedian
    * * *
    SMF
    1) (=cómico) stand-up comedian/comedienne; (=dibujante) cartoonist; (=escritor) humorist
    2) (=persona graciosa) joker
    * * *
    masculino y femenino ( autor) humorist, comic writer; ( dibujante) cartoonist; ( cómico) comic, comedian
    * * *
    = humorist, cartoonist.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. Writers, photographers, and cartoonists create their original literary and artistic works.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino ( autor) humorist, comic writer; ( dibujante) cartoonist; ( cómico) comic, comedian
    * * *
    = humorist, cartoonist.

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.

    Ex: Writers, photographers, and cartoonists create their original literary and artistic works.

    * * *
    (autor) humorist, comic writer; (dibujante) cartoonist; (cómico) comic, comedian
    * * *

    humorista sustantivo masculino y femenino ( autor) humorist, comic writer;
    ( dibujante) cartoonist;
    ( cómico) comic, comedian
    humorista mf humorist, comedian, comic
    humorista gráfico, cartoonist
    ' humorista' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    imitar
    - cómico
    English:
    stand-up comic
    - comedian
    - comic
    * * *
    1. [persona burlona] humorist
    2. [en televisión, teatro] comedian, f comedienne
    humorista gráfico cartoonist
    * * *
    m/f humorist; ( cómico) comedian
    * * *
    : humorist, comedian, comedienne f
    * * *
    humorista n (cómico) comedian

    Spanish-English dictionary > humorista

  • 18 idiota

    adj.
    1 stupid (tonto).
    2 mentally deficient (enfermo).
    3 idiot, foolish, dumb, silly.
    4 ament.
    f. & m.
    idiot.
    * * *
    1 MEDICINA idiotic
    2 familiar (tonto) stupid
    1 idiot
    \
    hacer el idiota (hacer payasadas) to be silly, fool about 2 (perder una oportunidad) to be stupid
    * * *
    1. noun mf. 2. adj.
    stupid, idiotic
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ idiotic, stupid
    2.
    SMF idiot

    ¡idiota! — you idiot!

    * * *
    I
    a) (fam) ( tonto) stupid, idiotic
    b) (Med) idiotic
    II
    masculino y femenino ( tonto) (fam) idiot, stupid fool (colloq); (Med) idiot
    * * *
    = 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.
    * * *
    I
    a) (fam) ( tonto) stupid, idiotic
    b) (Med) idiotic
    II
    masculino y femenino ( tonto) (fam) idiot, stupid fool (colloq); (Med) idiot
    * * *
    = 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.

    * * *
    1 ( fam) (tonto) stupid, idiotic
    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) idiotic
    1 ( fam) (tonto) idiot, stupid fool ( colloq)
    2 ( Med) idiot
    Compuesto:
    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
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [tonto] stupid
    2. [enfermo] mentally deficient
    ♦ nmf
    1. [tonto] idiot
    2. [enfermo] idiot
    * * *
    I adj idiotic
    II m/f idiot
    * * *
    idiota adj
    : idiotic, stupid, foolish
    idiota nmf
    : idiot, foolish person
    * * *
    idiota1 adj stupid [comp. stupider; superl. stupidest]
    idiota2 n idiot

    Spanish-English dictionary > idiota

  • 19 inocentón

    adj.
    gullible, credulous, naive, simple-minded.
    m.
    simpleton, babe in the woods, April fool, easy mark.
    * * *
    1 familiar naive
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar naive person, gullible person
    * * *
    inocentón, -ona *
    1.
    ADJ gullible, naïve
    2.
    SM / F simpleton
    * * *
    - tona adjetivo (fam) innocent, wet behind the ears (colloq)
    * * *
    = simpleton, dupe, gullible, fall guy, April fool, drongo.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. He is gullible, not very bright, the ready dupe of the charlatan and the demagogue.
    Ex. I argue that intellectual vices (such as being gullible, dogmatic, pigheaded, or prejudiced) are essential.
    Ex. This biopic of the serial killer Ted Bundy portraying him as a sex maniac and a grotesque fall guy is misguided.
    Ex. The classic form of April fool hoax is to present an improbable situation in such a convincing way that people fall for it on the spur of the moment but later cannot understand why they did so.
    Ex. Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.
    ----
    * inocentones, los = gullible, the.
    * * *
    - tona adjetivo (fam) innocent, wet behind the ears (colloq)
    * * *
    = simpleton, dupe, gullible, fall guy, April fool, drongo.

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.

    Ex: He is gullible, not very bright, the ready dupe of the charlatan and the demagogue.
    Ex: I argue that intellectual vices (such as being gullible, dogmatic, pigheaded, or prejudiced) are essential.
    Ex: This biopic of the serial killer Ted Bundy portraying him as a sex maniac and a grotesque fall guy is misguided.
    Ex: The classic form of April fool hoax is to present an improbable situation in such a convincing way that people fall for it on the spur of the moment but later cannot understand why they did so.
    Ex: Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.
    * inocentones, los = gullible, the.

    * * *
    ( fam); innocent, wet behind the ears ( colloq)
    * * *
    inocentón, -ona Fam
    ♦ adj
    naive
    ♦ nm,f
    es un inocentón he's so naive
    * * *
    inocentón, - tona adj, mpl
    - tones : naive, gullible
    inocentón, - tona n, mpl
    - tones : simpleton, dupe

    Spanish-English dictionary > inocentón

  • 20 perdedor

    adj.
    1 losing.
    2 money-losing.
    m.
    loser, failure, non-achiever, quitter.
    * * *
    1 losing
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 loser
    * * *
    (f. - perdedora)
    noun
    * * *
    perdedor, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) [baza, equipo] losing
    2) (=olvidadizo) forgetful, given to losing things
    2.
    SM / F loser
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo losing (before n)
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino loser

    es un buen/mal perdedor — he's a good/bad loser

    * * *
    = loser, underdog, dog, quitter.
    Ex. The jungle fighter views his life and work in terms of winners and losers, with power as his goal.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. 'On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog -- the digital media has made possible the leveling of the playing field.
    Ex. Here are a few examples of some famous quitters, people who didn't always stick it out.
    ----
    * mal perdedor = sore loser, bad loser.
    * más perdedor = losingest.
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo losing (before n)
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino loser

    es un buen/mal perdedor — he's a good/bad loser

    * * *
    = loser, underdog, dog, quitter.

    Ex: The jungle fighter views his life and work in terms of winners and losers, with power as his goal.

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex: 'On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog -- the digital media has made possible the leveling of the playing field.
    Ex: Here are a few examples of some famous quitters, people who didn't always stick it out.
    * mal perdedor = sore loser, bad loser.
    * más perdedor = losingest.

    * * *
    losing ( before n)
    masculine, feminine
    loser
    es un buen/mal perdedor he's a good/bad loser
    es un perdedor nato he's a born loser
    * * *

     

    perdedor
    ◊ - dora adjetivo

    losing ( before n)
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    loser;
    es un mal perdedor he's a bad loser
    perdedor,-ora
    I adjetivo losing
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino loser

    ' perdedor' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ganarse
    - mofarse
    - perdedora
    English:
    loser
    - born
    - lose
    * * *
    perdedor, -ora
    ♦ adj
    losing;
    el equipo perdedor the losing team, the losers
    ♦ nm,f
    loser;
    es un mal perdedor he's a bad loser
    * * *
    I adj losing
    II m, perdedora f loser;
    ser buen/mal perdedor en juegos be a good/bad loser
    * * *
    perdedor, - dora adj
    : losing
    : loser
    * * *
    perdedor1 adj losing
    perdedor2 n loser

    Spanish-English dictionary > perdedor

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