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Scruffy

  • 1 desastrado

    adj.
    ragged, sloppy, bedraggled, down-at-heel.
    * * *
    1 (desgraciado) unfortunate
    2 (desaseado) untidy, slovenly, unkempt, scruffy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 untidy person, scruff
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona, aspecto] (=sucio) scruffy, untidy; (=harapiento) shabby, ragged
    2) (=desgraciado) unlucky
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < persona> scruffy, untidy; <habitación/trabajo> untidy
    * * *
    = scruffy [scruffier -comp., scuffiest -sup.], dag, scruff, daggy [daggier -comp., daggiest -sup].
    Nota: Palabra de origen australiano que en su origen se refiere a la suciedad que se le pega a las ovejas en el trasero.
    Ex. The article 'Surprise: Scruffy Students Now Don Glad Rags for Class' reports that high school students throughout the country are dressing up these days and that what is chic varies from region to region.
    Ex. A dag will commonly not really care what they're wearing, being more interested in comfort than looks.
    Ex. Part of the reason he is such a scruff is he took on sponsorship to raise money for charity by agreeing to not have his beard or hair cut for the better part of a year.
    Ex. What wearing daggy clothes is all about for me is feeling relaxed, knowing I can wear them around people I'm comfortable with.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < persona> scruffy, untidy; <habitación/trabajo> untidy
    * * *
    = scruffy [scruffier -comp., scuffiest -sup.], dag, scruff, daggy [daggier -comp., daggiest -sup].
    Nota: Palabra de origen australiano que en su origen se refiere a la suciedad que se le pega a las ovejas en el trasero.

    Ex: The article 'Surprise: Scruffy Students Now Don Glad Rags for Class' reports that high school students throughout the country are dressing up these days and that what is chic varies from region to region.

    Ex: A dag will commonly not really care what they're wearing, being more interested in comfort than looks.
    Ex: Part of the reason he is such a scruff is he took on sponsorship to raise money for charity by agreeing to not have his beard or hair cut for the better part of a year.
    Ex: What wearing daggy clothes is all about for me is feeling relaxed, knowing I can wear them around people I'm comfortable with.

    * * *
    A (desaseado) ‹persona› scruffy, untidy; ‹habitación/trabajo› untidy
    B ( liter) (sin estrella, desgraciado) ‹persona› ill-starred ( liter); ‹proyecto› ill-fated ( liter)
    * * *

    desastrado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹ persona› scruffy, untidy;


    ‹habitación/trabajo› untidy
    desastrado,-a
    I adjetivo untidy, scruffy
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino scruff, scruffy person
    ' desastrado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desastrada
    English:
    seedy
    * * *
    desastrado, -a adj
    [desaseado] scruffy;
    ¿cómo puedes ir siempre tan desastrado? how can you always go about looking so scruffy?
    * * *
    adj untidy

    Spanish-English dictionary > desastrado

  • 2 desaliñado

    adj.
    untidy, messy, sloppy, bedraggled.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desaliñar.
    * * *
    1→ link=desaliñar desaliñar
    1 untidy, unkempt, scruffy
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=descuidado) slovenly
    2) (=desordenado) untidy, dishevelled, disheveled (EEUU)
    3) (=negligente) careless, slovenly
    * * *
    - da adjetivo slovenly
    * * *
    = messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], scruffy [scruffier -comp., scuffiest -sup.], bedraggled, unkempt, scruff.
    Ex. The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex. The article 'Surprise: Scruffy Students Now Don Glad Rags for Class' reports that high school students throughout the country are dressing up these days and that what is chic varies from region to region.
    Ex. This novel's far-fetched but intriguing plot places a rather bedraggled and unimpressive Hitler on Australian soil in 1919.
    Ex. Modern tourists lack a classical training, and most of them are bewildered by such unkempt ruins as those that are found in Rome.
    Ex. Part of the reason he is such a scruff is he took on sponsorship to raise money for charity by agreeing to not have his beard or hair cut for the better part of a year.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo slovenly
    * * *
    = messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], scruffy [scruffier -comp., scuffiest -sup.], bedraggled, unkempt, scruff.

    Ex: The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.

    Ex: The article 'Surprise: Scruffy Students Now Don Glad Rags for Class' reports that high school students throughout the country are dressing up these days and that what is chic varies from region to region.
    Ex: This novel's far-fetched but intriguing plot places a rather bedraggled and unimpressive Hitler on Australian soil in 1919.
    Ex: Modern tourists lack a classical training, and most of them are bewildered by such unkempt ruins as those that are found in Rome.
    Ex: Part of the reason he is such a scruff is he took on sponsorship to raise money for charity by agreeing to not have his beard or hair cut for the better part of a year.

    * * *
    slovenly
    * * *

    Del verbo desaliñar: ( conjugate desaliñar)

    desaliñado es:

    el participio

    desaliñado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    slovenly
    desaliñado,-a adjetivo scruffy, untidy

    ' desaliñado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desaliñada
    English:
    disheveled
    - dishevelled
    - dowdy
    - frumpy
    - scruffily
    - scruffy
    - sloppy
    - slovenly
    - untidy
    - bedraggled
    * * *
    desaliñado, -a adj
    [persona, aspecto] scruffy;
    un tipo de aspecto desaliñado a scruffy-looking guy
    * * *
    adj slovenly
    * * *
    desaliñado, -da adj
    : slovenly, untidy
    * * *
    desaliñado adj scruffy [comp. scruffier; superl. scruffiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > desaliñado

  • 3 desaseado

    adj.
    unclean, sloppy, dirty, seedy.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desasear.
    * * *
    1 (sucio) untidy, dirty
    2 (dejado) untidy, slovenly, unkempt, scruffy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 untidy person, scruff
    * * *
    ADJ [persona] dirty, grubby; [aspecto, pelo] untidy, unkempt
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < niño> grubby; < habitación> messy
    * * *
    = scruffy [scruffier -comp., scuffiest -sup.], scruff.
    Ex. The article 'Surprise: Scruffy Students Now Don Glad Rags for Class' reports that high school students throughout the country are dressing up these days and that what is chic varies from region to region.
    Ex. Part of the reason he is such a scruff is he took on sponsorship to raise money for charity by agreeing to not have his beard or hair cut for the better part of a year.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < niño> grubby; < habitación> messy
    * * *
    = scruffy [scruffier -comp., scuffiest -sup.], scruff.

    Ex: The article 'Surprise: Scruffy Students Now Don Glad Rags for Class' reports that high school students throughout the country are dressing up these days and that what is chic varies from region to region.

    Ex: Part of the reason he is such a scruff is he took on sponsorship to raise money for charity by agreeing to not have his beard or hair cut for the better part of a year.

    * * *
    ‹niño› grubby; ‹habitación› messy
    tu cuaderno está muy desaseado your exercise book's very messy o untidy
    no sean desaseados, cuiden su presentación personal try not to look scruffy/dirty, take care over your appearance
    * * *

    Del verbo desasear: ( conjugate desasear)

    desaseado es:

    el participio

    desaseado,-a
    I adjetivo unkempt, grubby, grimy
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino grubby person
    ' desaseado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desaseada
    - atorrante
    English:
    seedy
    * * *
    desaseado, -a adj
    1. [sucio] dirty
    2. [desarreglado] untidy
    * * *
    adj fam
    scruffy, untidy
    * * *
    desaseado, -da adj
    1) : dirty
    2) : messy, untidy

    Spanish-English dictionary > desaseado

  • 4 zarrapastroso

    adj.
    ragged, in tatters, shabby.
    m.
    scruffy person, scruff.
    * * *
    1 familiar scruffy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 scruff
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo (fam) shabby
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino (fam) scruffy person (colloq)
    * * *
    = tattered, shabby [shabbier -comp., shabbiest -sup.], scruff, in tatters.
    Ex. He inherited a deplorable 'library' with a randomly-chosen collection of tattered, torn, defaced books.
    Ex. Behind the shabby desk was a rather shabby man, with a tired and indecisive face.
    Ex. Part of the reason he is such a scruff is he took on sponsorship to raise money for charity by agreeing to not have his beard or hair cut for the better part of a year.
    Ex. Saddam Hussein, the tyrant of Iraq, was pitiful when he was discovered in his hiding spot dirty, hungry and in tatters.
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo (fam) shabby
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino (fam) scruffy person (colloq)
    * * *
    = tattered, shabby [shabbier -comp., shabbiest -sup.], scruff, in tatters.

    Ex: He inherited a deplorable 'library' with a randomly-chosen collection of tattered, torn, defaced books.

    Ex: Behind the shabby desk was a rather shabby man, with a tired and indecisive face.
    Ex: Part of the reason he is such a scruff is he took on sponsorship to raise money for charity by agreeing to not have his beard or hair cut for the better part of a year.
    Ex: Saddam Hussein, the tyrant of Iraq, was pitiful when he was discovered in his hiding spot dirty, hungry and in tatters.

    * * *
    ( fam); shabby
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam)
    scruffy person ( colloq), scruff ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

    zarrapastroso,-a
    I adj pey (andrajoso) tattered, shabby, dirty
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 (golfo) ragamuffin
    2 (sucio, andrajoso) scruff
    3 f (ramera, fulana) slut
    ' zarrapastroso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    zarrapastrosa
    English:
    scruff
    - scruffy
    * * *
    zarrapastroso, -a, CSur zaparrastroso, -a Fam
    ♦ adj
    scruffy, shabby
    ♦ nm,f
    scruff
    * * *
    adj shabby

    Spanish-English dictionary > zarrapastroso

  • 5 rotoso

    adj.
    ragged, in tatters.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) (CS, Per fam) <persona/ropa> scruffy
    b) (Chi fam & pey) <barrio/gente> lower-class (pej)
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) (CS, Per fam) <persona/ropa> scruffy
    b) (Chi fam & pey) <barrio/gente> lower-class (pej)
    * * *
    rotoso1 -sa
    1 (CS, Per fam) ‹chaqueta/pantalones› scruffy; ‹persona› scruffy
    no puedes ir así tan rotoso you can't go looking so scruffy
    2 ( Chi fam pey) ‹barrio/gente› lower-class ( pej), plebby ( colloq pej)
    rotoso2 -sa
    masculine, feminine
    pleb ( colloq pej)
    * * *

    rotoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a) (CS, Per fam) ‹persona/ropa› scruffy

    b) (Chi fam & pey) ‹barrio/gente› lower-class (pej)

    * * *
    rotoso, -a Andes, RP
    ♦ adj
    ragged, in tatters
    ♦ nm,f
    scarecrow
    * * *
    adj Rpl
    scruffy

    Spanish-English dictionary > rotoso

  • 6 fachoso

    adj.
    1 odd-looking, ridiculous-looking.
    2 elegant, smart.
    3 conceited.
    * * *
    1 familiar odd-looking
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) (fam) ( extravagante) bizarre, weird (colloq)
    b) (Chi fam) ( de buen aspecto) nice-looking (colloq)
    c) (Méx fam) ( desaliñado) scruffy
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) (fam) ( extravagante) bizarre, weird (colloq)
    b) (Chi fam) ( de buen aspecto) nice-looking (colloq)
    c) (Méx fam) ( desaliñado) scruffy
    * * *
    fachoso -sa
    1 ( fam) (raro, extravagante) bizarre, weird ( colloq)
    2 ( Chi fam) (de buen aspecto) nice-looking ( colloq)
    3 ( Chi fam) (vanidoso) full of oneself ( colloq)
    ¡no seas fachoso! stop showing off! ( colloq)
    4 ( Méx fam) (desaliñado) scruffy
    estoy muy fachosa I look really scruffy o a mess o a sight ( colloq)
    * * *
    fachoso, -a adj
    Fam
    1. [desastrado] scruffy;
    ir fachoso to be o look scruffy
    2. Pey [fascista] fascist
    3. Andes, Méx, Ven [fachendoso] bigheaded

    Spanish-English dictionary > fachoso

  • 7 dejado

    adj.
    1 lazy, shiftless, careless, negligent.
    2 abandoned, dejected.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: dejar.
    * * *
    1→ link=dejar dejar
    1 (descuidado) untidy, slovenly
    2 (negligente) negligent
    3 (perezoso) lazy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 untidy person, slovenly person
    \
    dejado,-a de la mano de Dios familiar godforsaken
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=desaliñado) [en las costumbres] slovenly; [en la apariencia] scruffy
    2) (=negligente) careless, sloppy
    Dios 3)
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( en aseo personal) slovenly
    b) (en tarea, trabajo) slack, lazy
    * * *
    ----
    * dejado al azar = stochastic.
    * dejado de la mano de Dios = God-forsaken.
    * persona dejada = slob.
    * ser dejado en la obligación de Uno = be derelict in + duty.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( en aseo personal) slovenly
    b) (en tarea, trabajo) slack, lazy
    * * *
    * dejado al azar = stochastic.
    * dejado de la mano de Dios = God-forsaken.
    * persona dejada = slob.
    * ser dejado en la obligación de Uno = be derelict in + duty.
    * * *
    dejado1 -da
    un hombre joven con un aspecto muy dejado a young man of unkempt o slovenly appearance
    ¡qué dejados son! mira cómo tienen la casa they're so untidy! just look at the mess the house is in!
    desde que murió su mujer está muy dejado since his wife died he's let himself go
    2
    (en una tarea, un trabajo): se atrasó en los pagos por dejada she got behind with the payments through laziness
    era tan dejado que acabaron por despedirlo he had such a couldn't-care-less attitude o he was so slack in his work that they ended up firing him
    dejado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    1
    (en el aseo personal): es una dejada, la casa está que da asco she's so slovenly, the house is in a disgusting state
    eres un dejado, ¿cuánto hace que no te cambias de ropa? you're such a slob, how long is it since you changed your clothes?
    2
    (en una tarea, un trabajo): seguro que no lo hizo adrede, sabes que es una dejada … I'm sure she didn't do it on purpose, you know how careless she is …
    * * *

    Del verbo dejar: ( conjugate dejar)

    dejado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    dejado    
    dejar
    dejado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) (en aseo personal, aspecto) slovenly

    b) (en tarea, trabajo) slack, lazy

    dejar ( conjugate dejar) verbo transitivo
    1


    dejó a los niños en el colegio she dropped the children (off) at school;
    dejado un recado to leave a message;
    dejado propina to leave a tip;
    deja ese cuchillo put that knife down;
    déjala, ella no tuvo la culpa leave her alone, it wasn't her fault;
    dejado mucho que desear to leave a great deal to be desired
    b) ( olvidar) ‹dinero/objeto› to leave;

    ◊ ¡déjalo! forget it!


    2
    a) ‹mancha/huella/sabor› to leave

    b) ‹ ganancia› to produce;


    3 ( abandonar) ‹novia/marido› to leave;
    ‹ familia› to leave, abandon;
    ‹ trabajo› to give up, leave;
    ‹ lugar› to leave;

    4 (+ compl) ( en cierto estado) to leave;

    me dejó esperando afuera she left me waiting outside;
    ¡déjame en paz! leave me alone!;
    me lo dejó en 1.000 pesos he let me have it for 1,000 pesos;
    See also→ lado 3
    5

    ◊ no lo dejes para después, hazlo ahora don't put it off o leave it until later, do it now

    b) (reservar, guardar) ‹espacio/margen/comida› to leave

    ( permitir)
    ◊ dejadoa algo/algn hacer algo to let sth/sb do sth;

    déjalo entrar let it/him in;
    deja correr el agua let the water run;
    ¿me dejas ir? will you let me go?;
    dejado que algo/algn haga algo to let sb/sth do sth;
    déjame que te ayude let me help you;
    See Also→ caer 1, See Also→ paso 1 b
    verbo intransitivo dejado de hacer algo to stop doing sth;
    ◊ dejado de fumar to give up o to stop smoking;

    no dejes de escribirme make sure you write to me
    dejarse verbo pronominal
    1

    b)

    ◊ dejadose hacer algo: se deja dominar por la envidia he lets his feelings of envy get the better of him;

    se deja influir fácilmente he's easily influenced;
    dejadose llevar por la música to let oneself be carried along by the music;
    dejadose estar (AmL);

    ( descuidarse) to be careless;
    ( abandonarse) to let oneself go
    2 ‹barba/bigote› to grow
    3 dejadose de hacer algo to stop doing sth;

    4 (esp Esp fam) ( olvidar) to leave
    dejado,-a adjetivo
    1 (descuidado en el aseo) untidy, slovenly
    2 (negligente, despreocupado) negligent, careless
    ♦ Locuciones: familiar dejado de la mano de Dios, godforsaken: su prima vive en un pueblo dejado de la mano de Dios, her cousin lives in a village in the middle of nowhere
    dejar
    1 verbo transitivo
    1 (poner en un sitio una cosa) to leave: déjalo donde estaba, leave it where it was
    no sé dónde dejé las llaves, I don't know where I left my keys
    (a una persona en un lugar) to drop off
    2 (prestar) to lend: ¿me dejas tu blusa?, may I borrow your blouse?
    3 (abandonar a un niño) to abandon
    (romper relaciones con) to leave: Carmen dejó a su novio, Carmen broke up with her boyfriend
    (una actividad) to give up: dejó de bailar, she gave up dancing
    dejar el trabajo, to leave one's job
    (desistir) to give up: lo dejé por imposible, I gave it up
    4 (autorizar, dar permiso) to let, allow: no sé si le dejarán viajar solo, I don't know if they'll let her travel unaccompanied
    dejar entrar/salir, to let in/out ➣ Ver nota en let 5 (no molestar) to leave sb alone: deja a mamá, que está descansando, leave mummy alone, she's having a rest
    6 (producir beneficios) to produce
    7 (aplazar) dejaron la visita para otro día, they put the visit off for another day
    8 (+ adjetivo: en un estado) to make
    dejar cansado, to make (sb) tired
    dejar preocupado/satisfecho, to worry/satisfy
    II v aux ( dejar de + infinitivo) to stop, give up: no deja de hablar de él, she never stops talking about him
    no dejes de llamar para avisarme, don't forget to call me
    de pronto dejó de respirar, suddenly he stoped breathing ➣ Ver nota en give y stop
    ♦ Locuciones: déjame en paz, leave me alone
    dejar dicho, to leave a word o a message
    dejar fuera, (excluir, no tener en cuenta) to leave out, omit
    dejar mucho que desear, to leave a lot to be desired: su examen dejó mucho que desear, his exam performance left a lot to be desired
    ' dejado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    defensa
    - dejada
    - dejarse
    - estropajosa
    - estropajoso
    - estupefacta
    - estupefacto
    - horda
    - secuela
    - deber
    - entrever
    English:
    discontinue
    - godforsaken
    - jack in
    - leave
    - numb
    - off
    - reportedly
    - resign
    - shut out
    - slob
    - some
    - stop
    - wherever
    - neglected
    - scruffy
    * * *
    dejado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [desaseado] slovenly, slobbish;
    ¡no seas tan dejado y dúchate más a menudo! don't be such a slob, and have a shower more often!;
    podías ser menos dejado y limpiar la cocina de vez en cuando you could try not to be such a slob and clean the kitchen occasionally
    2. [descuidado] careless, sloppy;
    [perezoso] lazy;
    no seas tan dejado y escríbenos de vez en cuando don't be so lazy and write to us occasionally
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [desaseado] slovenly person, slob;
    ¡eres un dejado! you're so slovenly!
    2. [descuidado] careless person
    * * *
    I part → dejar
    II adj slovenly
    * * *
    dejado, -da adj
    1) : slovenly
    2) : careless, lazy

    Spanish-English dictionary > dejado

  • 8 descuidado

    adj.
    1 careless, forgetful, reckless, carefree.
    2 neglected, forsaken, deserted, abandoned.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: descuidar.
    * * *
    1→ link=descuidar descuidar
    1 (negligente) careless, negligent
    2 (desaseado) slovenly, untidy, neglected
    3 (desprevenido) unprepared
    * * *
    (f. - descuidada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] (=despreocupado) careless; (=olvidadizo) forgetful; (=desprevenido) unprepared; (=tranquilo) easy in one's mind

    coger o pillar a algn descuidado — to catch sb off his guard

    puedes estar descuidado — you needn't worry, you can relax

    2) (=desaliñado) [aspecto] untidy, slovenly; [habitación] untidy, messy
    3) (=abandonado) neglected
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) [ser] ( negligente) careless
    b) [estar] ( desatendido) neglected
    * * *
    = run-down, sloppy [sloppier -comp., sloppiest -sup.], careless, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], rough and tumble, neglected, scruffy [scruffier -comp., scuffiest -sup.], unattended, unkempt, abandoned, dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.], be remiss, thoughtless.
    Ex. In order to overcome the limitations of legal advice centres a number of lawyers in the early seventies began to set up law centres in run-down inner-city areas.
    Ex. Even the best abstractors and indexers may be subject to sloppy practices and grammatical indiscretions from time to time.
    Ex. They will spend time trying to ascribe reasons to the variations whereas the true facts are that the citer was simply sloppy and careless.
    Ex. The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex. Gloucester has been a rough and tumble fishing community and seaport since the 1600's.
    Ex. The work of the Belgian internationalist and documentalist, Paul Otlet (1868-1944) forms an important and neglected part of the history of information.
    Ex. The article 'Surprise: Scruffy Students Now Don Glad Rags for Class' reports that high school students throughout the country are dressing up these days and that what is chic varies from region to region.
    Ex. He was hired to bring the library up to speed after a period of 2 years when it had been unattended by a librarian.
    Ex. Modern tourists lack a classical training, and most of them are bewildered by such unkempt ruins as those that are found in Rome.
    Ex. It tells the story of a young detective who stumbles across a stash of jewel thieves hiding out in an abandoned house.
    Ex. Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
    Ex. Yet readers would be remiss to rely solely on any single source for handling such sensitive and critical situations.
    Ex. Frivolous or thoughtless spending can eat up your income and hence your future savings.
    ----
    * usar de un modo descuidado = bandy (about/around).
    * uso de un modo descuidado = bandying about.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) [ser] ( negligente) careless
    b) [estar] ( desatendido) neglected
    * * *
    = run-down, sloppy [sloppier -comp., sloppiest -sup.], careless, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], rough and tumble, neglected, scruffy [scruffier -comp., scuffiest -sup.], unattended, unkempt, abandoned, dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.], be remiss, thoughtless.

    Ex: In order to overcome the limitations of legal advice centres a number of lawyers in the early seventies began to set up law centres in run-down inner-city areas.

    Ex: Even the best abstractors and indexers may be subject to sloppy practices and grammatical indiscretions from time to time.
    Ex: They will spend time trying to ascribe reasons to the variations whereas the true facts are that the citer was simply sloppy and careless.
    Ex: The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex: Gloucester has been a rough and tumble fishing community and seaport since the 1600's.
    Ex: The work of the Belgian internationalist and documentalist, Paul Otlet (1868-1944) forms an important and neglected part of the history of information.
    Ex: The article 'Surprise: Scruffy Students Now Don Glad Rags for Class' reports that high school students throughout the country are dressing up these days and that what is chic varies from region to region.
    Ex: He was hired to bring the library up to speed after a period of 2 years when it had been unattended by a librarian.
    Ex: Modern tourists lack a classical training, and most of them are bewildered by such unkempt ruins as those that are found in Rome.
    Ex: It tells the story of a young detective who stumbles across a stash of jewel thieves hiding out in an abandoned house.
    Ex: Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
    Ex: Yet readers would be remiss to rely solely on any single source for handling such sensitive and critical situations.
    Ex: Frivolous or thoughtless spending can eat up your income and hence your future savings.
    * usar de un modo descuidado = bandy (about/around).
    * uso de un modo descuidado = bandying about.

    * * *
    1 [ SER] (negligente) careless
    es muy descuidado al escribir he writes very carelessly o sloppily
    es muy descuidado, yo que tú no se lo prestaría he's very careless with things, if I were you I wouldn't lend him it
    es muy descuidada en su forma de vestir she's very sloppy about o slapdash about o slovenly in the way she dresses
    2 [ ESTAR] (desatendido) neglected
    el jardín está muy descuidado the garden is very neglected o overgrown
    tiene la casa muy descuidada he hasn't been looking after the house, his house is a mess ( colloq), his house is in a real state ( BrE colloq)
    al hijo lo tienen muy descuidado they neglect their son terribly
    los edificios son impresionantes, es una pena que estén tan descuidados the buildings are impressive, it's just a shame that they're so neglected o run-down
    * * *

    Del verbo descuidar: ( conjugate descuidar)

    descuidado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    descuidado    
    descuidar
    descuidado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) [ser] ( negligente) careless;

    ( en el vestir) sloppy
    b) [estar] ( desatendido) neglected

    descuidar ( conjugate descuidar) verbo transitivo ‹negocio/jardín› to neglect
    verbo intransitivo:
    ◊ descuide, yo me ocuparé de eso don't worry, I'll see to that

    descuidarse verbo pronominal
    a) (no prestar atención, distraerse):


    si te descuidas, te roban if you don't watch out, they'll rob you;
    como te descuides, te van a quitar el puesto if you don't look out, they'll take your job from you

    descuidado,-a adjetivo
    1 (poco aseado) untidy, neglected
    2 (poco cuidadoso) careless, negligent
    3 (desprevenido) off one's guard
    descuidar verbo transitivo to neglect, overlook
    ♦ Locuciones: descuida, don't worry
    ' descuidado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    dejada
    - dejado
    - descuidada
    - descuidarse
    - abandonado
    - despreocupado
    English:
    careless
    - neglected
    - neglectful
    - negligent
    - slack
    - slapdash
    - sloppy
    - slovenly
    - unkempt
    - untidy
    - grow
    - messy
    - straggly
    - untended
    * * *
    descuidado, -a adj
    1. [desaseado] [persona, aspecto] untidy;
    arréglate un poco, no vayas tan descuidado tidy yourself up a bit, don't be so slovenly
    2. [abandonado] [jardín, casa] neglected;
    [habitación] untidy; [barrio, ciudad] run-down;
    un paraje bellísimo, pero muy descuidado a lovely spot, but very poorly looked after
    3. [negligente] careless;
    es muy descuidado con sus cosas he's very careless with his things
    4. [distraído]
    estaba descuidado he wasn't paying attention
    * * *
    adj careless
    * * *
    descuidado, -da adj
    1) : neglectful, careless
    2) : neglected, unkempt
    * * *
    1. (poco cuidadoso) careless
    2. (desatentido) neglected

    Spanish-English dictionary > descuidado

  • 9 abandonado

    adj.
    1 abandoned, forlorn, forsaken, uncared-for.
    2 abandoned, sloppy, neglectful, negligent.
    3 abandoned, deserted, desert-like, phantom.
    4 abandoned, dissipated, dissolute, incontinent.
    5 abandoned, derelict.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: abandonar.
    * * *
    1→ link=abandonar abandonar
    1 abandoned
    2 (descuidado) neglected
    3 (desaseado) untidy, unkempt
    * * *
    (f. - abandonada)
    adj.
    1) abandoned, deserted
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=sin gente) [pueblo, vivienda vacía] abandoned, deserted; [fábrica, cantera] disused; [edificio en ruinas] derelict
    2) (=desatendido) [jardín, terreno] neglected

    la casa estaba muy abandonada, toda cubierta de polvo — the house was really neglected, completely covered in dust

    ¡abandonado me tenías! — you'd forgotten all about me!

    • dejar abandonado — [+ cónyuge, hijo] to abandon, desert; [+ animal, casa, vehículo] to abandon

    3) (=despreocupado) slack
    4) (=desaliñado) scruffy, shabby

    a ver si no eres tan abandonado y te arreglas un poco — come on, tidy yourself up a bit and stop looking so scruffy o shabby

    5) (=solitario) desolate, forlorn frm
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) [ESTAR] ( deshabitado) deserted
    2) [ESTAR] <niño/perro/coche> abandoned
    3) [estar] (desatendido, descuidado) <jardín/parque> neglected
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) [ESTAR] ( deshabitado) deserted
    2) [ESTAR] <niño/perro/coche> abandoned
    3) [estar] (desatendido, descuidado) <jardín/parque> neglected
    * * *
    abandonado1
    1 = relegated, neglected, deserted, abandoned, lorn, forsaken, disused.

    Ex: The recommendations seemed to indicate that the British Library would have been swamped with relegated books from the low-use stock of university libraries.

    Ex: The work of the Belgian internationalist and documentalist, Paul Otlet (1868-1944) forms an important and neglected part of the history of information.
    Ex: The best sequence in the movie takes place at a deserted train station where the children play hide and seek amongst the abandoned train cars.
    Ex: It tells the story of a young detective who stumbles across a stash of jewel thieves hiding out in an abandoned house.
    Ex: I felt lorn and bereft, then suddenly it was gone, leaving me empty and shaken the way a storm shakes the land and the sea.
    Ex: She was his only intimate friend for years before he died, for he was a most lonely forsaken man.
    Ex: There is also a museum of mining which is partly housed in a disused mine shaft.
    * abandonado y en ruinas = derelict.
    * niño abandonado = waif.

    abandonado2
    2 = sloppy [sloppier -comp., sloppiest -sup.], scruffy [scruffier -comp., scuffiest -sup.].

    Ex: Even the best abstractors and indexers may be subject to sloppy practices and grammatical indiscretions from time to time.

    Ex: The article 'Surprise: Scruffy Students Now Don Glad Rags for Class' reports that high school students throughout the country are dressing up these days and that what is chic varies from region to region.

    * * *
    A [ ESTAR] (deshabitado) ‹pueblo/casa› deserted, abandoned
    B [ ESTAR] ‹niño/perro/coche› abandoned
    C
    1 [ ESTAR]
    (desatendido, descuidado): el jardín está muy abandonado the garden is really neglected o overgrown
    nos tienes muy abandonados, ya no nos visitas you've forgotten o deserted o abandoned us, you never come and see us anymore
    tiene a su familia muy abandonada he hardly spends any time with o he neglects his family
    2 (dejado, desaliñado) ‹persona›
    es muy abandonado en el vestir he's very sloppy in the way he dresses, he dresses very scruffily
    últimamente está muy abandonada she's really let herself go recently
    no seas abandonado y pon un poco de orden en esta habitación don't be a slob, straighten up this room a bit
    ¡qué abandonado es! hace años que no va al dentista he doesn't look after himself, he hasn't been to the dentist for years
    es tan abandonado, todo lo deja para mañana he's so slack about everything, he's always putting things off
    * * *

    Del verbo abandonar: ( conjugate abandonar)

    abandonado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    abandonado    
    abandonar
    abandonado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    1 [ESTAR] ( deshabitado) deserted
    2 [ESTAR] ‹niño/perro/coche› abandoned
    3 [estar] (desatendido, descuidado) ‹jardín/parque› neglected
    abandonar ( conjugate abandonar) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) (frml) ‹ lugar› to leave

    b) ‹familia/bebé› to leave, abandon;

    ‹marido/amante› to leave;
    ‹coche/barco› to abandon;

    2 [ fuerzas] to desert
    3
    a) ‹actividad/propósito/esperanza› to give up;

    ◊ abandonado los estudios to drop out of school/college

    b) (Dep) ‹carrera/partido› to retire from, pull out of

    verbo intransitivo (Dep)
    a) (en carrera, competición) to pull out


    (en boxeo, lucha) to concede defeat
    abandonarse verbo pronominal
    1 ( entregarse) abandonadose a algo ‹a vicios/placeres› to abandon oneself to sth
    2 ( en el aspecto personal) to let oneself go
    abandonado,-a adjetivo
    1 (lugar) deserted
    (persona, perro) abandoned
    tiene a su madre completamente abandonada, he takes absolutely no care of his mother
    2 (aspecto) neglected, untidy, unkempt
    abandonar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (irse de) to leave, quit: tenemos que vernos hoy, porque mañana abandono Madrid, we've got to see eachother today because I'm leaving Madrid tomorrow
    2 (a una persona, a un animal) to abandon
    abandonar a alguien a su suerte, to leave someone to his fate
    3 (un proyecto, los estudios) to give up
    4 Dep (retirarse de una carrera) to drop out of
    (un deporte) to drop
    II vi (desfallecer) to give up: los resultados no son los esperados, pero no abandones, the results aren't as good as we expected, but don't give up
    ' abandonado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abandonada
    - abandonarse
    - guacho
    English:
    abandoned
    - derelict
    - deserted
    - disused
    - forlorn
    - godforsaken
    - marooned
    - neglect
    - neglected
    * * *
    abandonado, -a adj
    1. [desierto] deserted;
    una casa abandonada [desocupada] a deserted house;
    [en mal estado] a derelict house;
    viven en un cobertizo abandonado they live in a disused shed
    2. [niño, animal, vehículo] abandoned
    3. [descuidado] [persona] unkempt;
    [jardín, casa] neglected;
    es muy abandonado he neglects o doesn't look after his appearance;
    tiene muy abandonadas a sus plantas she's been neglecting o hasn't been looking after her plants;
    tiene la tesis muy abandonada he has hardly done any work on his thesis (recently)
    4. Perú [depravado] depraved
    * * *
    I adj abandoned
    II part → abandonar
    * * *
    abandonado, -da adj
    1) : abandoned, deserted
    2) : neglected
    3) : slovenly, unkempt

    Spanish-English dictionary > abandonado

  • 10 atorrante

    adj.
    lazy. ( River Plate)
    f. & m.
    1 layabout.
    2 vagabond, bum, good-for-nothing person.
    3 prostitute, whore.
    * * *
    And, Cono Sur
    1.
    ADJ lazy
    2.
    SMF tramp, bum (EEUU) *
    * * *
    I
    1) (Andes, CS fam) ( holgazán) lazy; ( desaseado) scruffy
    2) (Bol, RPl fam) ( sinvergüenza) crooked
    3) (Col, Per fam) (pesado, cargante)
    II
    masculino y femenino
    1) (Andes, CS fam)
    a) ( vagabundo) tramp
    b) ( holgazán) good-for-nothing, layabout; ( desaseado) slob (colloq)
    2) (Bol, RPl fam) ( sinvergüenza)

    a ver, atorrante, que te lavo esa cara — come on you little terror, let's wash that face (colloq)

    3) (Col, Per fam) (pesado, cargante) pain in the neck (colloq)
    * * *
    I
    1) (Andes, CS fam) ( holgazán) lazy; ( desaseado) scruffy
    2) (Bol, RPl fam) ( sinvergüenza) crooked
    3) (Col, Per fam) (pesado, cargante)
    II
    masculino y femenino
    1) (Andes, CS fam)
    a) ( vagabundo) tramp
    b) ( holgazán) good-for-nothing, layabout; ( desaseado) slob (colloq)
    2) (Bol, RPl fam) ( sinvergüenza)

    a ver, atorrante, que te lavo esa cara — come on you little terror, let's wash that face (colloq)

    3) (Col, Per fam) (pesado, cargante) pain in the neck (colloq)
    * * *
    A (Andes, RPI fam) (holgazán) lazy; (desaseado) scruffy
    B
    (Bol, RPI fam) (sinvergüenza): un comerciante medio atorrante a storekeeper who's a bit of a crook o a bit crooked ( colloq), a shopkeeper who's a bit dodgy ( BrE colloq)
    C
    (Col, Per fam) (pesado, cargante): no seas atorrante, déjame en paz don't be such a pain in the neck, leave me alone ( colloq)
    A
    1 (Andes, RPI fam) (vagabundo) tramp, hobo ( AmE), bum ( AmE colloq)
    2 (Andes, RPI fam) (holgazán) good-for-nothing, layabout, bum ( AmE colloq); (desaseado) slob ( colloq)
    B
    (Bol, RPI fam) (sinvergüenza): es un atorrante he's a bit of a crook ( colloq)
    a ver, atorrante, que te lavo esa cara come on you little terror, let's wash that face ( colloq)
    C (Col, Per fam) (pesado, cargante) pain in the neck ( colloq)
    * * *

    atorrante adjetivo
    a) (Andes, CS fam) ( holgazán) lazy;

    ( desaseado) scruffy
    b) (Bol, RPl fam) ( sinvergüenza) crooked

    c) (Col, Per fam) (pesado, cargante):


    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    a) (Andes, CS fam) ( vagabundo) tramp;

    ( holgazán) good-for-nothing, layabout;
    ( desaseado) slob (colloq)
    b) (Bol, RPl fam) ( sinvergüenza):


    c) (Col, Per fam) (pesado, cargante) pain in the neck (colloq)

    * * *
    atorrante, -a Fam
    ♦ adj
    1. RP [perezoso] lazy
    2. RP [sinvergüenza] crooked
    3. RP [vagabundo] good-for-nothing
    4. Ecuad [antipático] boorish
    ♦ nm,f
    1. RP [perezoso] lazybones, Br layabout
    2. RP [sinvergüenza] twister, crook
    3. RP [vagabundo] good-for-nothing
    4. Ecuad [antipático] boor
    * * *
    m Rpl, Chi fam
    1 bum fam, Br
    tramp
    2 ( holgazán) bum fam, Br
    layabout fam
    * * *
    atorrante nmf, Arg : bum, loafer

    Spanish-English dictionary > atorrante

  • 11 chancludo

    adj.
    scruffy, sloppy, bedraggled, slovenly.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (Méx fam) scruffy, sloppy
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (Méx fam) scruffy, sloppy
    * * *
    ( Méx fam) scruffy, sloppy

    Spanish-English dictionary > chancludo

  • 12 chaparrastroso

    adj.
    ragged, in tatters, shabby.
    m.
    scruffy person, scruff.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo (Méx fam) scruffy
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo (Méx fam) scruffy
    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    * * *

    chaparrastroso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo (Méx fam) scruffy


    Spanish-English dictionary > chaparrastroso

  • 13 fachento

    adj.
    1 stuck-up, pretentious, snooty.
    2 slovenly, bedraggled, scruffy.
    m.
    show-off, showoff, bragger, boaster.
    * * *
    ( Méx fam); scruffy fachoso adj 4. (↑ fachoso)
    * * *
    fachento, -a adj
    Méx Fam scruffy;
    andar fachento to be o look scruffy

    Spanish-English dictionary > fachento

  • 14 fachudo

    fachudo -da
    (Ur fam) scruffy
    estoy muy fachuda I look a mess o a sight o really scruffy ( colloq)
    * * *
    fachudo, -a adj
    Urug Fam scruffy;
    andar fachudo to be o look scruffy

    Spanish-English dictionary > fachudo

  • 15 abandonado2

    2 = sloppy [sloppier -comp., sloppiest -sup.], scruffy [scruffier -comp., scuffiest -sup.].
    Ex. Even the best abstractors and indexers may be subject to sloppy practices and grammatical indiscretions from time to time.
    Ex. The article 'Surprise: Scruffy Students Now Don Glad Rags for Class' reports that high school students throughout the country are dressing up these days and that what is chic varies from region to region.

    Spanish-English dictionary > abandonado2

  • 16 corazón de piedra

    (n.) = stony heart, heart of stone
    Ex. In fact, then as now, a publisher, to achieve success, needed charm, financial acumen, a knowledge of the future, a stony heart, and a very rich wife.
    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.
    * * *
    (n.) = stony heart, heart of stone

    Ex: In fact, then as now, a publisher, to achieve success, needed charm, financial acumen, a knowledge of the future, a stony heart, and a very rich wife.

    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.

    Spanish-English dictionary > corazón de piedra

  • 17 golfillo

    m.
    street urchin, street Arab, gamin, guttersnipe.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 street urchin
    * * *
    SM urchin, street urchin
    * * *
    - lla masculino, femenino street urchin
    * * *
    = street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, ragamuffin.
    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. He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.
    * * *
    - lla masculino, femenino street urchin
    * * *
    = street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, ragamuffin.

    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: He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.

    * * *
    urchin, street urchin
    * * *

    golfillo
    ◊ - lla sustantivo masculino, femenino

    street urchin

    ' golfillo' also found in these entries:
    English:
    urchin
    * * *
    urchin
    * * *
    m (street) urchin

    Spanish-English dictionary > golfillo

  • 18 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

  • 19 paternalista

    adj.
    1 paternalistic.
    2 paternalist, paternalistic.
    f. & m.
    paternalist.
    * * *
    1 paternalistic
    2 peyorativo patronizing
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ paternalistic; pey patronizing
    2.
    SMF paternalist; pey patronizing person
    * * *
    adjetivo paternalistic
    * * *
    = paternalist, parternalistic, paternalistic.
    Ex. The article 'What our children are dying to know: AIDS information dissemination and the library' examines the paternalist approach (which censors information available and advocates abstinence) and the neutralist approach (which is based a respect for adolescent autonomy and reservation of moral judgement).
    Ex. Much of the readily accessible visual information suffers from imperialistic, colonial, paternalistic, and propagandistic interpretations.
    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.
    ----
    * estado paternalista = nanny state.
    * gobierno paternalista = nanny state.
    * * *
    adjetivo paternalistic
    * * *
    = paternalist, parternalistic, paternalistic.

    Ex: The article 'What our children are dying to know: AIDS information dissemination and the library' examines the paternalist approach (which censors information available and advocates abstinence) and the neutralist approach (which is based a respect for adolescent autonomy and reservation of moral judgement).

    Ex: Much of the readily accessible visual information suffers from imperialistic, colonial, paternalistic, and propagandistic interpretations.
    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.
    * estado paternalista = nanny state.
    * gobierno paternalista = nanny state.

    * * *
    paternalistic, paternalist ( before n)
    * * *

    paternalista adjetivo
    paternalistic
    paternalista adjetivo paternalistic
    * * *
    paternalistic

    Spanish-English dictionary > paternalista

  • 20 pillo

    f. & m.
    1 rascal, scamp, sly fellow.
    2 burglar, thief.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: pillar.
    * * *
    1 (travieso) naughty
    2 (astuto) crafty
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (niño) little monkey, little devil
    2 (adulto) rogue, rascal
    * * *
    pillo, -a
    1.
    ADJ [adulto] sly, crafty; [niño] naughty
    2.
    SM / F (=adulto) rogue, scoundrel; (=niño) rascal, scamp
    * * *
    I
    - lla adjetivo (fam) ( travieso) naughty, wicked (colloq); ( astuto) crafty, cunning
    II
    - lla masculino, femenino (fam) ( travieso) rascal (colloq); ( astuto) crafty o cunning devil (colloq)
    * * *
    = streetwise [street-wise], crafty, street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion.
    Ex. And because it refuses to express itself in the kind of language we have to assume would be natural to Slake himself slangy, staccato, flip, street-wise we are forced into the position of observing him rather than feeling at one with him.
    Ex. Crafty! He wanted nothing to do with the straitjacket of guidelines and so-called standards = ¡Qué astuto! no quería saber nada de las restricciones que imponen las directrices y las "supuestas" normas.
    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.
    * * *
    I
    - lla adjetivo (fam) ( travieso) naughty, wicked (colloq); ( astuto) crafty, cunning
    II
    - lla masculino, femenino (fam) ( travieso) rascal (colloq); ( astuto) crafty o cunning devil (colloq)
    * * *
    = streetwise [street-wise], crafty, street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion.

    Ex: And because it refuses to express itself in the kind of language we have to assume would be natural to Slake himself slangy, staccato, flip, street-wise we are forced into the position of observing him rather than feeling at one with him.

    Ex: Crafty! He wanted nothing to do with the straitjacket of guidelines and so-called standards = ¡Qué astuto! no quería saber nada de las restricciones que imponen las directrices y las "supuestas" normas.
    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.

    * * *
    ( fam)
    1 (travieso) naughty, wicked ( colloq)
    2 (astuto) crafty, cunning
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam)
    1 (travieso) rascal ( colloq)
    2 (astuto) crafty o cunning devil ( colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo pillar: ( conjugate pillar)

    pillo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    pilló es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    pillar    
    pillo
    pillar ( conjugate pillar) verbo transitivo
    1 (fam)

    ◊ le pilló un dedo it caught o trapped her finger;

    ¡te pillé! caught o got you!
    b) ‹catarro/resfriado› to catch

    2 (Esp fam) [ coche] to hit
    pillarse verbo pronominal (fam) ‹dedos/manga› to catch
    pillo
    ◊ - lla adjetivo (fam) ( travieso) naughty, wicked (colloq);


    ( astuto) crafty, cunning
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) ( travieso) rascal (colloq);
    ( astuto) crafty o cunning devil (colloq)
    pillar verbo transitivo
    1 (una cosa, enfermedad) to catch
    2 (atropellar) to run over
    3 (sorprender) to catch
    4 (un chiste, una idea) to get
    5 (robar) to steal ➣ Ver nota en catch
    ♦ Locuciones: me pilla de camino, it's on my way
    pillo,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (travieso, trasto) naughty
    2 (astuto) cunning
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 (niño travieso) rascal
    2 (astuto) cunning devil
    ' pillo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    pilla
    - renuncio
    - sinvergüenza
    - tuna
    - tuno
    - pillar
    English:
    rascal
    - roguish
    - tag
    - rogue
    * * *
    pillo, -a Fam
    ♦ adj
    1. [travieso] mischievous
    2. [astuto] crafty
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [pícaro] rascal
    2. [astuto] crafty person
    * * *
    I adj mischievous
    II m, pilla f rascal
    * * *
    pillo, - lla adj
    : cunning, crafty
    pillo, - lla n
    1) : rascal, brat
    2) : rogue, scoundrel
    * * *
    pillo n (niño) rascal

    Spanish-English dictionary > pillo

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