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1 tontería
f.1 foolish thing to say, silly thing to say, silly remark, dumb comment.2 foolish thing to do, dumb action, foolish act, foolish action.3 silliness, stupidness, foolishness, dumbheadedness.* * *1 (calidad de tonto) stupidity, silliness2 (dicho, hecho) silly thing, stupid thing3 (insignificancia) trifle4 (regalito) little something\decir tonterías to talk nonsense■ ¡déjate de tonterías! stop messing about!hacer tonterías to mess about, fool around* * *noun f.foolishness, stupidity* * *SF1) (=dicho)eso son tonterías, eso es una tontería — that's nonsense o rubbish o ( esp EEUU) garbage
decir tonterías — to talk nonsense o rubbish o ( esp EEUU) garbage
¡qué tontería acabas de decir! — that was a silly thing to say!
¡déjate de tonterías! — don't be silly!, don't talk nonsense!
2) (=acto)hacer una tontería — to do a silly thing o something silly
no hace nada más que tonterías — he's always doing silly things o being silly
3) (=insignificancia) silly little thingcualquier tontería le afecta — he gets upset over any silly little thing o the slightest thing
4) (=remilgo)5) (=cualidad) silliness, foolishness* * *a) ( cosa tonta) silly o stupid thing; ( dicho tonto) silly remarkb) ( cosa insignificante) silly thing, small thingoye, que cien mil pesos no son ninguna tontería — come on, a hundred thousand pesos is no small sum
c) ( cualidad) stupidity* * *= silliness, balderdash, humbug.Ex. The 'Good Times' virus hoax was the precursor of this particular form of silliness.Ex. I am concerned with matters of consequence, I don't amuse myself with balderdash.Ex. That is what he does now, only now there is a lot of palaver and humbug and pretense of deliberation, which the bill proposes to continue, but which everybody can see would be a false pretense.----* cometer una tontería = pull + stunt.* decir tonterías = talk + rubbish, talk + nonsense, talk through + Posesivo + hat.* tonterías = drivel, nonsense, baloney, blather, piffle, palaver, moonshine, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk, hogwash.Ex. The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.* tonterías al cuadrado = nonsense on stilts.* una tontería = a little something.* * *a) ( cosa tonta) silly o stupid thing; ( dicho tonto) silly remarkb) ( cosa insignificante) silly thing, small thingoye, que cien mil pesos no son ninguna tontería — come on, a hundred thousand pesos is no small sum
c) ( cualidad) stupidity* * *= silliness, balderdash, humbug.Ex: The 'Good Times' virus hoax was the precursor of this particular form of silliness.
Ex: I am concerned with matters of consequence, I don't amuse myself with balderdash.Ex: That is what he does now, only now there is a lot of palaver and humbug and pretense of deliberation, which the bill proposes to continue, but which everybody can see would be a false pretense.* cometer una tontería = pull + stunt.* decir tonterías = talk + rubbish, talk + nonsense, talk through + Posesivo + hat.* tonterías = drivel, nonsense, baloney, blather, piffle, palaver, moonshine, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk, hogwash.Ex: The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.* tonterías al cuadrado = nonsense on stilts.* una tontería = a little something.* * *1 (cosa tonta) silly o stupid thing; (dicho tonto) silly o stupid o foolish remark¡cuántas tonterías se cometen de joven! the (silly) things we do when we're young!siempre sale con alguna tontería he always comes out with some stupid remarkfue una tontería no aceptar it was stupid not to acceptdéjate de tonterías que estamos tratando de trabajar en serio stop being silly o stop fooling around, we're trying to get some serious work done¡tonterías! nonsense!2 (cosa insignificante) silly thing, small thingpor cualquier tontería se enfada she gets angry over the slightest little thingoye, que cien mil pesos no son ninguna tontería come on, a hundred thousand pesos is no small sum3 (cualidad) stupidity* * *
tontería sustantivo femenino
( dicho tonto) silly remark;◊ ¡déjate de tonterías! stop fooling around;
¡tonterías! nonsense!
tontería sustantivo femenino
1 (acción, cosa) silly thing: ¡deja de decir tonterías!, stop talking nonsense!
(cosa sin importancia) trifle, small thing: le compré una tontería, I bought her a little something
me regañaron por una tontería, they told me off over something silly
2 (cualidad) stupidity, foolishness, silliness
' tontería' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
admitir
- bobada
- caer
- colmo
- desatino
- eso
- follón
- gilipollez
- mayor
- mosquearse
- saltar
- soberana
- soberano
- solemne
- soltar
- supina
- supino
- tontedad
- tontera
- tontuna
- valiente
- jalada
- macana
- payasada
- pelear
- ridiculez
- simpleza
English:
absurd
- stupidity
* * *1. [estupidez] stupid thing;ha sido una tontería no presentarse al examen it was stupid not to take the exam;decir una tontería to say something stupid;eso son tonterías that's nonsense;decir tonterías to talk nonsense;hacer una tontería to do something stupid;hizo la tontería de decírselo she was stupid enough to tell him;¡cuánta tontería hay en el mundo! people can be really stupid sometimes!2. [cosa sin importancia o valor] trifle;no es ninguna tontería [va en serio] it's serious;[no está mal] it's not bad at all;¿qué te ha pasado? – nada, una tontería what happened to you? – oh, it's nothing serious;por hacer cuatro tonterías me ha cobrado 1.000 pesos he charged me 1,000 pesos for doing next to nothing* * *f figstupid odumb famthing;tonterías pl nonsense sg* * *tontería nf1) : foolishness2) : stupid remark or action3)decir tonterías : to talk nonsense* * *tontería n1. (acción, dicho) silly thing¡qué tontería! how silly!2. (cosa insignificante) little thing -
2 supino
adj.1 supine, face-up, that is lying down face up.2 crass, gross.Has dicho una supina tontería You have a said a cross stupidity.* * *► adjetivo1 (boca arriba) supine, face up2 figurado (absoluto) total, absolute1 LINGÚÍSTICA supine————————1 LINGÚÍSTICA supine* * *ADJ SM supine* * *- na adjetivo1) < posición> supine2) <ignorancia/tontería> crass* * *= supine, sublime, crass [crasser -comp., crassest -sup.].Ex. His point is apparently that the public library needs to be more than a supine service.Ex. When she said 'That's no way to speak about a patron, Mike,' he turned on her a look of sublime unconcern.Ex. The crass ignorance he showed then created a huge stir upsetting very many people.----* inorancia supina = gross ignorance.* * *- na adjetivo1) < posición> supine2) <ignorancia/tontería> crass* * *= supine, sublime, crass [crasser -comp., crassest -sup.].Ex: His point is apparently that the public library needs to be more than a supine service.
Ex: When she said 'That's no way to speak about a patron, Mike,' he turned on her a look of sublime unconcern.Ex: The crass ignorance he showed then created a huge stir upsetting very many people.* inorancia supina = gross ignorance.* * *A ‹posición› supineB ‹ignorancia/tontería› crasssupine* * *
supino,-a adjetivo
1 (posición) supine, face up
2 fig (enorme) tontería/ignorancia supina, crass stupidity/ ignorance
' supino' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
supina
* * *supino, -a♦ adj1. [tendido] supine2. [excesivo] utter♦ nmGram supine* * *adj1 posición supine2:ignorancia supina crass ignorance* * *supino, -na adj: supine -
3 craso
adj.1 crass, gross, coarse, raw.Has dicho una supina tontería You have a said a cross stupidity.2 crass, greasy, fatty, pinguid.* * *► adjetivo1 (gordo) fat, gross* * *(f. - crasa)adj.* * *ADJ1) (=gordo) [persona] fat; [líquido] greasy, thick2) [error] gross, crass* * *- sa adjetivo1) (delante del n)2) (Bot) succulent* * *= crass [crasser -comp., crassest -sup.].Ex. The crass ignorance he showed then created a huge stir upsetting very many people.----* error craso = crass mistake, crass error, blunder, monumental mistake, monumental error.* ignorance crasa = gross ignorance.* * *- sa adjetivo1) (delante del n)2) (Bot) succulent* * *= crass [crasser -comp., crassest -sup.].Ex: The crass ignorance he showed then created a huge stir upsetting very many people.
* error craso = crass mistake, crass error, blunder, monumental mistake, monumental error.* ignorance crasa = gross ignorance.* * *craso -saA ( delante del n):¿se lo contaste a él? ¡craso error! you told him? that was a big mistake!decir que México está en Sudamérica es un craso error to say that Mexico is in South America is a terrible o an inexcusable mistakedando muestras de crasa ignorancia demonstrating his crass ignoranceB ( Bot) succulent* * *
craso,-a adjetivo flagrant, crass, inexcusable: nos ha ocasionado un gran perjuicio tu craso comportamiento, your inexcusable behaviour has caused us great harm
' craso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
crasa
English:
crass
- gross
* * *craso, -a adj1. [grave] [error] serious;[ignorancia] astonishing2. [grueso] fat* * *
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