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1 zoquete
adj.1 thick, dense (informal).2 wooden-headed.f. & m.blockhead, idiot (informal) (tonto).m.ankle sock (calcetín). (Southern Cone)* * *1 familiar nincompoop, numskull* * *1.SMF * (=zopenco) blockhead; (=patán) lout, oaf2. SM1) [de madera] block2) [de pan] crust3) LAm (=suciedad) body dirt, human dirt* * *Iadjetivo (fam) dim, dense (colloq)II1) (CS) (Indum) sock, ankle sock* * *= oaf, dullard, blockhead, duffer.Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.Ex. The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to bad end.Ex. They'd all call him blockhead, the ribbing was endless.Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.* * *Iadjetivo (fam) dim, dense (colloq)II1) (CS) (Indum) sock, ankle sock* * *= oaf, dullard, blockhead, duffer.Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
Ex: The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to bad end.Ex: They'd all call him blockhead, the ribbing was endless.Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.* * *A (CS) ( Indum) sock, ankle sockB* * *
zoquete adjetivo (fam) dim, dense (colloq)
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (fam) ( persona) dimwit (colloq), blockhead
■ sustantivo masculino (CS) (Indum) sock, ankle sock
zoquete mf fam blockhead
' zoquete' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
salvaje
- tarugo
English:
oaf
* * *♦ adjFam thick, dense♦ nmCSur [calcetín] ankle sock♦ nmfFam [tonto] blockhead, idiot* * *m/f famdimwit fam* * * -
2 zoquete
• blockhead• numbskull• oaf• wooden-headed -
3 tarugo
adj.wooden-headed.m.1 blockhead (informal) (necio).2 block of wood.3 chunk (of stale bread).4 chuck of stale bread.5 bribe, kickback, backhander.6 fear.7 anxiety.* * *1 (de madera) lump of wood2 (de pan) hunk of stale bread* * *1. ADJ1) * (=zoquete) stupid2) Caribe (=adulador) fawning2. SM1) (=pedazo de madera) lump, chunk; (=clavija) wooden peg; (=tapón) plug, stopper; (=adoquín) wooden paving block2) (=pan) chunk of stale bread3) * (=imbécil) chump *, blockhead *4) Caribe * (=susto) fright, scare5) Méx (=miedo) fear, anxiety6) ** (=soborno) backhander ** * *a) ( de madera) piece; ( de pan duro) piece, hunkb) ( clavija) peg, dowelc) (fam) ( persona torpe) blockhead (colloq)* * *= dimwit, blockhead, nonce, birdbrain.Nota: Nombre y adjetivo.Ex. The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.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. I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.* * *a) ( de madera) piece; ( de pan duro) piece, hunkb) ( clavija) peg, dowelc) (fam) ( persona torpe) blockhead (colloq)* * *= dimwit, blockhead, nonce, birdbrain.Nota: Nombre y adjetivo.Ex: The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.
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: I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.* * *1 (de madera) piece; (de pan duro) piece, hunk2 (clavija) peg, dowel* * *
tarugo sustantivo masculino
1 (de madera) lump of wood
2 (de pan duro) hunk
3 fam pey (tonto, zoquete) oaf, blockhead
' tarugo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adoquín
English:
dope
* * *tarugo nm1. [de madera] block of wood2. [de pan] hunk [of stale bread]* * *m famblockhead -
4 Juan
m.John.* * *1 John\Juan Palomo, yo me lo guiso, yo me lo como I'm all right Jackser un Don Juan to be a flirt, be a philanderer* * *SM JohnJuan Lanas — CAm pey simpleton; (=marido) henpecked husband
Juan Palomo — (=solitario) lone wolf, loner; (=egoísta) person who looks after Number One
Juan Vainas — = Juan Lanas
* * *----* Juan el Bautista = John the Baptist.* * ** Juan el Bautista = John the Baptist.* * *San Juan Bautista/Evangelista John the Baptist/Evangelist* * *Juan n prFamdon Juan lady-killer, Casanova, Don Juan;san Juan Bautista (St) John the Baptist;Ven FamJuan de Borbón Juan de Borbón [father of King Juan Carlos of Spain];Juan Carlos I, Juan Carlos de Borbón y Borbón (King) Juan Carlos [of Spain];san Juan de la Cruz St John of the Cross;san Juan Evangelista (St) John the Evangelist;Juan Pablo I/II (Pope) John Paul I/II;Cuba, RP FamJuan de los Palotes anybody (you like), whoever (you like);Juan sin Tierra King John (of England) -
5 salvaje
adj.1 wild (animal, terreno).el salvaje oeste the wild West2 savage (pueblo, tribu).3 brutal, savage (cruel, brutal).f. & m.1 savage (primitivo).2 brute (bruto).unos salvajes prendieron fuego a un inmigrante some inhuman brutes set fire to an immigrant* * *► adjetivo2 (animal) wild3 (pueblo, tribu) savage, uncivilized5 (bruto) uncouth, boorish6 figurado (incontrolado) haphazard, uncontrolled1 (no civilizado) savage2 figurado (violento) savage3 (bruto) brute, boor* * *1. noun mf. 2. adj.1) savage2) wild* * *1. ADJ1) [planta, animal, tierra] wild2) (=no autorizado) [huelga] unofficial, wildcat; [construcción] unauthorized3) [pueblo, tribu] savage4) (=brutal) savage, brutalun salvaje asesinato — a brutal o savage murder
5) LAm * (=estupendo) terrific *, smashing *2.SMF (lit, fig) savage* * *I1)a) < animal> wildc) <vegetación/terreno> wild2) ( cruel) <persona/tortura> brutal; <ataque/matanza> savageII* * *= uncivilised [uncivilized, -USA], savage, wild [wilder -comp., wildest -sup.], swingeing, savage, barbarian, barbarian, in the wild, feral, brutish.Ex. It was on the tip of his tongue to say: 'Must you speak to me in this uncivilized fashion?' But he discreetly forbore.Ex. The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.Ex. The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.Ex. Faced with the prospect of a swingeing cut of 15% in the periodical budget, the library had to determine which titles could be cancelled with least damage to the integrity of the research collections.Ex. The father is ultimately a figure of fun and the archetype of an irrational savage.Ex. The article is entitled 'Waiting for the barbarians? Multicultural public library services in Australia 1985-1992'.Ex. The writer examines the hierarchy and organization of barbarian churches that developed in the western Roman Empire in late antiquity.Ex. I spoke of capturing e-scholarship disseminated outside the library, or, as one librarian put it, ' in the wild'.Ex. The film offers a repulsive creature whose croaks and drools recall the demonic child in The Exorcist, instead of the feral but relatively articulate person that Morrison created.Ex. In his most famous work, the Leviathan, Hobbes famously argued that life in the state of nature is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short'.----* crecer salvaje = grow + rampant.* flor salvaje = wildflower [wild flower].* gato salvaje = feral cat.* monte salvaje = backcountry.* regiones salvajes de Africa, las = wilds of Africa, the.* vida salvaje = wildlife.* zonas salvajes del interior = back country.* * *I1)a) < animal> wildc) <vegetación/terreno> wild2) ( cruel) <persona/tortura> brutal; <ataque/matanza> savageII* * *= uncivilised [uncivilized, -USA], savage, wild [wilder -comp., wildest -sup.], swingeing, savage, barbarian, barbarian, in the wild, feral, brutish.Ex: It was on the tip of his tongue to say: 'Must you speak to me in this uncivilized fashion?' But he discreetly forbore.
Ex: The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.Ex: The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.Ex: Faced with the prospect of a swingeing cut of 15% in the periodical budget, the library had to determine which titles could be cancelled with least damage to the integrity of the research collections.Ex: The father is ultimately a figure of fun and the archetype of an irrational savage.Ex: The article is entitled 'Waiting for the barbarians? Multicultural public library services in Australia 1985-1992'.Ex: The writer examines the hierarchy and organization of barbarian churches that developed in the western Roman Empire in late antiquity.Ex: I spoke of capturing e-scholarship disseminated outside the library, or, as one librarian put it, ' in the wild'.Ex: The film offers a repulsive creature whose croaks and drools recall the demonic child in The Exorcist, instead of the feral but relatively articulate person that Morrison created.Ex: In his most famous work, the Leviathan, Hobbes famously argued that life in the state of nature is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short'.* crecer salvaje = grow + rampant.* flor salvaje = wildflower [wild flower].* gato salvaje = feral cat.* monte salvaje = backcountry.* regiones salvajes de Africa, las = wilds of Africa, the.* vida salvaje = wildlife.* zonas salvajes del interior = back country.* * *A1 ‹animal› wild2 (primitivo) ‹tribu› savage3 ‹vegetación/terreno› wildB (cruel) ‹persona/tortura› brutal; ‹ataque/matanza› savagehay que ser salvaje para decirle eso a una pobre anciana ( fam); you have to be pretty cruel o brutal o nasty to say a thing like that to an old lady ( colloq)se vuelve muy salvaje cuando está borracho he gets very vicious o brutal when he's drunkC ‹construcción› uncontrolled, illegal; ‹camping› unauthorizedpara controlar la colocación salvaje de carteles to control illegal o unauthorized bill posting1 (primitivo) savagete comportaste como un salvaje you behaved like a savage o an animal* * *
salvaje adjetivo
1
2 ( cruel) ‹persona/tortura› brutal;
‹ataque/matanza› savage
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino ( primitivo) savage;
( bruto) (pey) animal, savage
salvaje
I adjetivo
1 Bot Zool wild: el tigre es un animal salvaje, the tiger is a wild animal
2 (terreno) uncultivated
3 (cultura, tribu) savage
4 (comportamiento) cruel, brutal
5 (incontrolable, imparable) huelga salvaje, protracted strike
6 pey (inculto, maleducado) uncouth
(zoquete) thick: no seas salvaje, claro que fue Colón, don't be so thick, of course it was Columbus
II m, f
1savage
2 fam (bruto) animal, savage
' salvaje' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
brava
- bravo
- lado
- selvática
- selvático
- bestia
- indomable
English:
abundance
- frazzled
- loose
- rice
- savage
- savagely
- wild
- wilderness
- wildness
- cut
- vicious
* * *♦ adj1. [animal] wild2. [planta, terreno] wild3. [pueblo, tribu] savage4. [cruel, brutal] brutal, savage;se escuchó una explosión salvaje there was a massive explosion;el capitalismo salvaje ruthless capitalismuna huelga salvaje an unofficial strike, a wildcat strike;vertidos salvajes illegal dumping♦ nmf1. [primitivo] savage2. [bruto] brute;unos salvajes prendieron fuego a un inmigrante some inhuman brutes set fire to an immigrant;la salvaje de tu hermana ha suspendido todas las asignaturas your thick sister has failed every subject;es un salvaje, se comió un pollo él sólo he's an animal, he ate a whole chicken by himself;eres un salvaje, ¿cómo tratas así a tu madre? you're a monster, how can you treat your mother like that?* * *I adj1 animal wild2 ( bruto) brutalII m/f savage* * *salvaje adj1) : wildanimales salvajes: wild animals2) : savage, cruel3) : primitive, uncivilizedsalvaje nmf: savage* * *salvaje adj1. (animal) wild2. (tribu) savage -
6 leño
m.1 log, backed timber, trunk.2 billet, chunk of firewood.* * *1 log\dormir como un leño to sleep like a log* * *noun m.* * *SM1) (=tronco) log, lumber (EEUU)2) * (=zoquete) dolt *, blockhead ** * *masculino log* * *masculino log* * *logdormir como un leño to sleep like a log* * *
leño sustantivo masculino
log
leño sustantivo masculino log
' leño' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dormir
- madero
- humeante
- tizón
- tronco
English:
log
* * *leño nm1. [de madera] log;Famdormir como un leño to sleep like a log* * *m log* * *leño nm: log* * *leño n log
См. также в других словарях:
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zoquete — (Del ár. suqat, sin valor.) ► adjetivo/ sustantivo masculino femenino 1 coloquial Se aplica a la persona que aprende o percibe las cosas con dificultad o lentitud o actúa con poca inteligencia: ■ sacas malas notas porque eres el más zoquete de la … Enciclopedia Universal
zoquete — s. necio, tonto. torpe. ❙ «Eres un zoquete y ya no sé qué hacer para que me entiendas.» CL. ❙ «Inteligentes y cultos o auténticos zoquetes...» A. Gómez Rufo, Cómo ligar con ese chico que pasa de ti o se hace el duro. ❙ «Hombre, en política,… … Diccionario del Argot "El Sohez"
zoquete — {{#}}{{LM SynZ41636}}{{〓}} {{CLAVE Z40608}}{{\}}{{CLAVE}}{{/}}{{\}}SINÓNIMOS Y ANTÓNIMOS:{{/}} {{[}}zoquete{{]}} {{《}}▍ adj./s.com.{{》}} = {{<}}1{{>}} {{※}}col.{{¤}} {{SynT39081}}{{↑}}torpe{{↓}} • {{SynT39005}}{{↑}}tonto{{↓}} • bruto • borrico… … Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos
zoquete — Hay dos teorías sobre el origen de este término. La primera lo emparenta con el árabe suqвt, desecho, objeto inútil . Zoquete se documenta en español a mediados del siglo XVII con el significado de pedazo de madera o de pan sobrantes y que,… … Diccionario del origen de las palabras
zoquete — sustantivo masculino 1) tarugo, taco, leño, despezo. Despezo es término usado en carpintería. 2) mendrugo, corrusco. adjetivo y sustantivo masculino 3) coloquial zote, tarugo … Diccionario de sinónimos y antónimos
zoquete — pop. Hombre feo y de mala traza, especialmente si es pequeño y gordo// tosco y rudo// mendrugo de pan// pedazo de cualquier cosa (JAS)// trompazo (JAS)// lo despreciable (JAS) … Diccionario Lunfardo
zoquete — m. Persona tosca para aprender. Calcetines que cubren sólo hasta el tobillo … Diccionario Castellano
zoquete — 1) costeñol. pendejo 2) alguien que es malo haciendo algo. con pocas habilidades. torpe 3) insulto común … Colombianismos
mendrugo — ► adjetivo 1 coloquial Que aprende o percibe las cosas con dificultad o actúa con poca inteligencia: ■ ya se lo he explicado pero como es un mendrugo no lo entiende. SINÓNIMO tonto zoquete ► sustantivo masculino 2 Pedazo de pan duro: ■ necesito… … Enciclopedia Universal
rabera — ► sustantivo femenino 1 Parte posterior de cualquier cosa. SINÓNIMO trasero 2 Zoquete de madera que une, en los carros, las tablas del asiento. 3 AGRICULTURA Residuo que queda sin apurar después de aventar y cribar los granos. * * * rabera 1 f.… … Enciclopedia Universal