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1 a fool and his money are soon parted
a los tontos no les dura el dineroEnglish-spanish dictionary > a fool and his money are soon parted
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2 fool
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1. noun(a person without sense or intelligence: He is such a fool he never knows what to do.) tonto, imbécil
2. verb1) (to deceive: She completely fooled me with her story.) engañar2) ((often with about or around) to act like a fool or playfully: Stop fooling about!) hacer el tonto, bromear•- foolish- foolishly
- foolishness
- foolhardy
- foolhardiness
- foolproof
- make a fool of
- make a fool of oneself
- play the fool
fool1 n idiota / tontoto make a fool of yourself hacer el ridículo / ponerte en ridículofool2 vb engañaryou can't fool me! ¡a mí no me engañas!tr[fʊːl]1 SMALLCOOKERY/SMALL mousse nombre femenino de fruta————————tr[fʊːl]1 tonto,-a, imbécil nombre masulino o femenino2 (jester) bufón,-ona1 engañar1 bromear\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLa fool and his money are soon parted a los tontos no les dura el dineroto be nobody's fool no dejarse engañar por nadie, no chuparse el dedoto make a fool of somebody poner en ridículo a alguien, dejar a alguien en ridículoto act the fool / play the fool hacer el tontomore fool somebody peor para alguien■ my car's been stolen. --more fool you, you should have locked it me han robado el coche. --peor para ti, debiste cerrarlo con llavethere is no fool like an old fool no hay peor tonto que un viejo tontofool ['fu:l] vi1) joke: bromear, hacer el tonto2) toy: jugar, jugueteardon't fool with the computer: no juegues con la computadora3)to fool around : perder el tiempohe fools around instead of working: pierde el tiempo en vez de trabajarfool vtdeceive: engañar, burlarfool n1) idiot: idiota mf; tonto m, -ta f; bobo m, -ba f2) jester: bufón m, -fona fadj.• tonto, -a adj.n.• bambarria s.f.• bausán s.m.• bobo s.m.• borrico s.m.• bufona s.f.• bufón s.m.• desatinado s.m.• guaje s.m.• memo s.m.• mendrugo s.m.• mentecato s.m.• necio s.m.• tontaina s.f.• tonto s.m.• títere s.m.v.• chancear v.• chasquear v.• embaucar v.• engañar v.• guasearse v.• tontear v.
I fuːl1) ca) ( stupid person) idiota mf, tonto, -ta m,fto make a fool of oneself — hacer* el ridículo
well, more fool you — pues peor para ti
he's no o nobody's fool — no tiene un pelo de tonto, nadie le toma el pelo
not to suffer fools gladly — tener* muy poca paciencia con las estupideces de la gente
to act o play the fool — hacer* payasadas
b) ( jester) bufón m
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transitive verb engañarto fool somebody INTO -ING: I fooled him into thinking that... — le hice creer que...
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via) fool aroundb) ( joke) bromearPhrasal Verbs:
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adjective (before n) (AmE) tonto
I [fuːl]1. N1) (=idiot) tonto(-a) m / f, zonzo(-a) m / f (LAm)don't be a fool! — ¡no seas tonto!
I was a fool not to go! — ¡qué tonto fui en no ir!
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to act the fool — hacer el tonto•
to be fool enough to do sth — ser lo bastante tonto como para hacer algo•
to make a fool of sb — poner or dejar a algn en ridículoto make a fool of o.s. — quedar en ridículo
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I'm nobody's fool — yo no me chupo el dedo, yo no tengo un pelo de tonto•
to play the fool — hacer el tonto•
some fool of a civil servant — algún funcionario imbécil•
you fool! — ¡idiota!, ¡imbécil!- live in a fool's paradise- fools rush in2) (=jester) bufón m2.ADJ (US) tonto, zonzo (LAm)3.VT (=deceive) engañar•
you can't fool me — a mí no me engañas•
"my husband has always been faithful to me" - "you could have fooled me!" — iro -mi marido siempre me ha sido fiel -¡qué fiel ni qué ocho cuartos! *•
you had me fooled there — casi lo creí, por poco me lo trago *•
that fooled him! — ¡aquello coló! *, ¡se lo tragó! *that fooled nobody — aquello no engañó a nadie, nadie se tragó aquello *
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no fooling — en serio•
I was only fooling — solo era una broma•
quit fooling! — ¡déjate de tonterías!5.CPDfool's gold N — (=iron pyrites) pirita f de hierro
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[fuːl]N (Brit) (Culin) (also: fruit fool) puré de frutas con nata o natillas* * *
I [fuːl]1) ca) ( stupid person) idiota mf, tonto, -ta m,fto make a fool of oneself — hacer* el ridículo
well, more fool you — pues peor para ti
he's no o nobody's fool — no tiene un pelo de tonto, nadie le toma el pelo
not to suffer fools gladly — tener* muy poca paciencia con las estupideces de la gente
to act o play the fool — hacer* payasadas
b) ( jester) bufón m
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transitive verb engañarto fool somebody INTO -ING: I fooled him into thinking that... — le hice creer que...
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via) fool aroundb) ( joke) bromearPhrasal Verbs:
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adjective (before n) (AmE) tonto
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