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1 listo
adj.1 clever, alert, sharp, smart.2 ready, all set, at hand, finished.3 able-minded.intj.1 done.2 see you later.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: listar.* * *► adjetivo1 (inteligente) clever, smart2 (preparado) ready■ ¿estás lista? are you ready?3 (acabado) finished4 (diligente) quick, prompt► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 clever person\ir listo,-a familiar to have another thing coming■ va listo si se cree que el premio es suyo if he thinks he's going to get the prize he's got another thing comingpasarse de listo,-a familiar to be too clever by half* * *(f. - lista)adj.1) ready2) clever, smart* * *1. ADJ1) (=dispuesto) ready¿estás listo? — are you ready?
¡preparados, listos, ya! — ready, steady, go!
¿listos para el ataque? — ready to attack?
listo para usar — ready to use, ready for use
2) (=terminado) finisheduna última lectura y listo — one last read through and that's it o it's finished
la traducción tendrá que estar lista para mañana — the translation will have to be finished for tomorrow
estar o ir listo * —
pues está lista si espera que yo la llame — well, if she expects me to call her she's got another think coming
¿que quieres ir al cine? ¡estás listo! — so you want to go to the cinema? no way! *
-el tren va con retraso -¡pues estamos listos! — "the train is running late" - "well, we've had it now o we've really had it now!" *
3) (=inteligente) clever, bright, smart *el más listo de la clase — the cleverest o brightest o smartest * in the class
¿te crees muy lista, verdad? — you think you're really smart, don't you?
tú, listo, ¿a qué no sabes una cosa? — iró OK, cleverclogs o wise guy, I bet you don't know this *
¡listo! — OK!
2. SMF1) (=inteligente) clever one, smart one *2) pey cleverclogs *, smart arse ***, smart ass (EEUU) **siempre hay algún listo que te hace una pregunta — there's always some cleverclogs * o smart arse *** who asks you a question
* * *I- ta adjetivo1) [ser] < persona> clever, bright, smart (colloq)estar or (Esp) ir listo — (fam)
está lista si cree eso — if that's what she thinks, she's got another think coming (colloq)
2)a) [estar] ( preparado) readypreparados or (RPl) prontos, listos, ya! — (get) ready, set, go!
listo para + inf — ready to + inf
b) [estar] ( terminado) finishedc) (Andes fam) ( manifestando acuerdo) okay (colloq)II- ta masculino, femenino (esp Esp)a) ( inteligente) clever oneel listo de la clase — (pey) the class know-it-all (colloq & pej)
b) (vivo, astuto) tricky customer (colloq)* * *I- ta adjetivo1) [ser] < persona> clever, bright, smart (colloq)estar or (Esp) ir listo — (fam)
está lista si cree eso — if that's what she thinks, she's got another think coming (colloq)
2)a) [estar] ( preparado) readypreparados or (RPl) prontos, listos, ya! — (get) ready, set, go!
listo para + inf — ready to + inf
b) [estar] ( terminado) finishedc) (Andes fam) ( manifestando acuerdo) okay (colloq)II- ta masculino, femenino (esp Esp)a) ( inteligente) clever oneel listo de la clase — (pey) the class know-it-all (colloq & pej)
b) (vivo, astuto) tricky customer (colloq)* * *listo11 = clever [cleverer -comp., cleverest -sup.], brainy [brainier -comp., brainiest -sup.], shrewd [shrewder -comp., shrewdest -sup.].Ex: It is readily possible to construct a machine which will manipulate premises in accordance with formal logic, simply by the clever use of relay circuits.
Ex: It has been said that, with this show, a canny critic inaugurated the enticingly slick and brainy strain of 1980s art.Ex: Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.* no muy listos, los = none-too-bright, the.* persona no muy lista pero trabajadora = plodder.listo2= ready [readier -comp., readiest -sup.], at the ready.Ex: Copies with holds must be cataloged quickly to have them ready for the borrower.
Ex: The Queen's undertakers keep a special coffin at the ready in case a member of the Royal family dies suddenly abroad.* dar la señal de estar listo = prompt.* estar listo = stand + ready, be ready.* estar listo para = be poised to, stand + poised, be all set to.* indicador de estar listo = screen prompt.* listo para = on track for.* listo para el consumo = ready-to-eat.* listo para usar = off-the-rack.* listo para usarse = on tap.* ¡Preparados, listos, ya! = On your mark, get set, go!, ready, set, go!.* ¡y listo! = and presto.* * *A [ SER] ‹persona› clever, bright, smart ( colloq)te crees listo ¿verdad? you think you're so smart o clever, don't you? ( colloq)te pasaste de listo you've gone too farestar or ir listo ( fam): ahora sí que estamos or vamos listos we're (really) done for now ( colloq), we're in real trouble now ( colloq), we've really had it now ( BrE colloq)está lista si se cree que la voy a seguir manteniendo if she thinks I'm going to carry on supporting her then she's got another think coming ( colloq)B1 [ ESTAR] (preparado) readyno creo que esté listo a tiempo I don't think it'll be ready on timela comida ya está lista the food's readylisto PARA algo:¿estás listo para salir? are you ready to go?el avión estaba listo para el despegue the plane was ready for takeoff2 [ ESTAR] (terminado) finishedel trabajo deberá estar listo para el jueves the job has to be finished by Thursdayle das una pasadita más con la brocha y listo you go over it once more with the paintbrush and that's it (finished) o ( BrE colloq) and Bob's your unclemasculine, feminine( esp Esp)1 (inteligente) clever one, brainy one ( colloq)es el listo de la clase he's the brainy o clever one o the brains of the class;( pey) he's the class know-it-all o know-all ( colloq pej)2 (vivo, astuto) tricky customer ( colloq)* * *
Del verbo listar: ( conjugate listar)
listo es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
listó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
listar
listo
listar ( conjugate listar) verbo transitivo
to list
listo◊ -ta adjetivo
1 [ser] ‹ persona› clever, bright, smart (colloq);
estar listo (fam): ahora sí que estamos listos we're in real trouble now (colloq);
está lista si cree eso if that's what she thinks, she's got another think coming (colloq)
2
listo para algo/hacer algo ready for sth/to do sth
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (esp Esp)
◊ el listo de la clase (pey) the class know-it-all (colloq &
pej)
listo,-a adjetivo
1 (despierto, agudo) smart
2 (preparado) ready
♦ Locuciones: (apañado) estás listo si crees que voy a ayudarte, you are sadly mistaken if you think I'm going to help you
pasarse de listo, to be too clever by half
' listo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
curso
- espabilada
- espabilado
- ir
- hambre
- lista
- nadie
- para
- preparada
- preparado
- presumir
- creer
- dar
- dicho
- estar
- mirar
- pendejo
English:
alert
- as
- astute
- brainy
- bright
- clever
- dare
- hat
- it
- just
- nimble
- operator
- outfox
- outwit
- poised
- quick
- readiness
- ready
- ripe
- score
- set
- sharp
- since
- smart
- so
- stand by
- oven
- some
- whenever
- yes
* * *listo, -a♦ adj1. [inteligente, hábil] clever, smart;dárselas de listo to make oneself out to be clever;pasarse de listo to be too clever by half;¡no te pases de listo! don't be such a smart alec(k)!;ser más listo que el hambre to be nobody's fool2. Fam [aprovechado]fue muy listo y se marchó sin pagar he was really smart and left without paying3. [preparado] ready;¿estás listo? are you ready?;¡listo! (that's me) ready!, finished!;lo pones cinco minutos al fuego, y listo you heat it for five minutes and that's it;¡estamos listos! we're in real trouble!, we've had it!♦ nm,f¿quién es el listo que ha apagado la luz? who's the bright spark who switched the light off?;hay mucho listo por ahí que se cree que esto es fácil there are a lot of smart alec(k)s around who think this is easy;hacerse el listo: no te hagas el listo, que conozco tus intenciones don't try and be clever, I know what you're up to♦ interjAndes, RP OK;¿nos vemos a las ocho? – ¡listo! shall we meet at eight? – OK! o sure!* * *adj1 ( inteligente) clever;pasarse de listo fam try to be too smart fam ;ser más listo que el hambre fam be a smart cookie2 ( preparado) ready;estar listo fig fam be finished* * *listo, -ta adj1) dispuesto, preparado: ready¿estás listo?: are you ready?2) : clever, smart* * *listo adj2. (preparado) ready¿estás listo? are you ready? -
2 Trickser
m; -s, -; umg. tricky operator ( oder customer), trickster umg.; SPORT auch deceptive ( oder inventive) player* * *Trịck|ser ['trɪksɐ]m -s, - (inf)tricky customer, trickster (inf); (SPORT AUCH) deceptive or inventive player* * *Trick·ser(in)<-s, ->m(f) (fam) grifter, con artist* * * -
3 roué
roue [ʀu]feminine noun[de véhicule, loterie, moulin] wheel ; [d'engrenage] cogwheel• la roue tourne ! things change!► roue à aubes [de bateau] paddle wheel• véhicule à 4 roues motrices 4-wheel drive vehicle ► roue de secours spare wheel (Brit) or tire (US)* * *ʀu1) (de véhicule, jeu) wheelêtre roue(s) à roue(s) or roue dans roue — to be neck and neck
avoir une roue à plat — to have a flat tyre GB ou tire US; grand
2) ( en gymnastique) cartwheel3) ( de mécanisme) wheel4) ( supplice) wheel•Phrasal Verbs:••être la cinquième roue du carrosse — ( inutile) to be superfluous; ( de trop) to feel unwanted
faire la roue — [paon] to spread its tail, to display; [personne] pej to strut around; ( en gymnastique) to do a cartwheel
* * *ʀu nffaire la roue [paon] — to spread its tail, GYMNASTIQUEto do a cartwheel
* * *roue nf1 (de véhicule, loterie, jeu) wheel; changer la roue d'une voiture to change the wheel on a car; un véhicule à quatre/deux roues a four-/two-wheel vehicle; roue avant/arrière front/back ou rear wheel; roue de gouvernail helm; être roue(s) à roue(s) or roue dans roue to be neck and neck; sur or dans la roue de qn hot on sb's tail; avoir une roue à plat to have a flat tyre GB ou tire US; ⇒ grand;2 ( en gymnastique) cartwheel; faire une roue to do a cartwheel;3 ( dans un mécanisme) wheel; roue dentée cog ou toothed wheel; roue de transmission toothed gear ou wheel; roue de friction frictional wheel; roue hydraulique water wheel;4 ( supplice) (le supplice de) la roue the wheel.roue à aube paddle wheel; roue directrice leading ou guiding wheel; roue de la fortune wheel of fortune; roue de l'histoire wheel of history; roue d'impression print wheel; roue libre freewheel; être or pédaler en roue libre to freewheel; descendre une côte en roue libre to freewheel down a hill; roue motrice driving wheel; véhicule à 4 roues motrices four-wheel-drive vehicle; roue de secours spare wheel ou tyre GB ou tire US.être la cinquième or dernière roue du carrosse or de la charrette ( inutile) to be superfluous; ( de trop) to feel unwanted; pousser qn à la roue to be behind sb; faire la roue [paon] to spread its tail, to display; [personne] pej to strut ou parade around; ( en gymnastique) to do a cartwheel.————————, rouée [rwe] nom masculin, nom féminin[friponne] sly ou tricky customer -
4 покупатель
сущ.Русское существительное покупатель относится к любому человеку, который что-либо покупает, независимо от того что покупается и где производилась покупка. В английском языке различаются покупатели в зависимости от того, где и как производится покупка.1. buyer — покупатель (используется для названия лица, покупающего обычно вещи большей частью дорогие, предназначаемые не для повседневного использования, такие как дома, картины, машины; также обозначает лицо, приобретающее вещи не только в магазинах, но и у других частных лиц): a wholesale buyer — оптовый покупатель; a regular buyer — постоянный покупатель; a prospective buyer — предполагаемый покупатель; а potential buyer — потенциальный покупатель; a heavy buyer — покупающий много; to attract buyers — привлекать покупателей; to look for (to find) a buyer for smth — искать (найти) покупателя на что-либо The prices didn't tempt buyers. — Цены не соблазняли покупателей. The country is a heavy buyer of Japanese goods. — Эта страна закупает мною товаров в Японии. If he didn't ask such an exorbitant price he would easily find a buyer. — Если бы он не заломил такую цену, он бы быстро нашел покупателя. They received many enquiries about the company — there was no shortage of potential buyers. — Они получили много запросов относительно этой компании — недостатка в потенциальных покупателях не было. Reducing interest rates is good news for homebuyers. — Снижение процентных ставок — хорошая новость для покупателей внутреннею рынка. We have problems of finding overseas buyers for our products. — Мы испытываем трудности в том, чтобы найти зарубежных покупателей на нашу продукцию. We hope lower prices will attract more buyers. — Мы надеемся, что более низкие цены привлекут больше покупателей. The house is for sale and he expects potential buyers to come to view it. — Дом продается, и он ждет потенциальных покупателей для осмотра дома.2. customer — покупатель, клиент, постоянный покупатель (как правило относится к покупающему какие-либо товары в магазинах или торговых предприятиях в одном и том же месте): a likely customer — потенциальный покупатель; a prospective customer — возможный покупатель; a casualty/chance customer — случайный покупатель; an old customer— старый/давний покупатель; a regular customer — постоянный покупатель; a tough/tricky customer — несговорчивый покупатель; a pleased/well-satisfied customer — довольный покупатель; a wholesale customer — оптовый покупатель; a credit customer — покупатель, имеющий кредит; a mail-order customer — покупатель, получающий и заказывающий товар по почте; to win customers — завоевывать покупателей/завоевывать клиентов; to attract customers — привлекать покупателей; to compete for regular customers — бороться за постоянных покупателей/бороться за постоянных клиентов; to lose customers — терять покупателей/кл иеитов; to keep/to retain one's customers — удерживать своих покупателей/удерживать своих клиентов; to take the interests of the customers into account — учитывать интересы покупателей; to satisfy customers — удовлетворять покупателей; to treat customers fairly — относиться к покупателям хорошо/относиться к покупателям честно; to give customers good service — хорошо обслуживать покупателей/ хорошо обслуживать клиентов Our busiest day is Saturday when we have very many customers. — Суббота у нас самый напряженный лень, когда у нас много покупателей. A pleased/satisfied customer will recommend others. — Если покупатель доволен, он порекомендует этот магазин другим. A satisfied customer is the best advertisement. — Довольный покупатель — лучшая реклама./Довольный клиент — лучшая реклама. It was closing time and the barman was serving the last customers of the evening. — Бар уже закрывался, и бармен обслуживал последних посетителей. The sales campaign was another attempt to bring in new customers. — Распродажа была еще одной попыткой привлечь новых покупателей. Не is our regular customer. — Он наш постоянный покупатель. Apply to the customers' complaints department. — Обратитесь в отдел жалоб покупателей. Our task is to keep the shop's regular customer happy. — Наша задача в том, чтобы паши постоянные покупатели магазина были довольны. We don't want to lose our biggest customers. — Мы не хотим терять наших оптовых гюкупателей./Мы не хотим терять наших крупных покупателей. Supermarkets use a variety of methods to attract and retain customers. — Супермаркеты применяют разнообразные приемы и методы, чтобы привлечь и удержать покупателей./Большие рынки используют разные приемы и методы, чтобы привлечь и удержать покупателей. Discounts are available for our regular customers. — Нашим постоянным покупателям предоставляются скидки.3. shopper — покупатель (лицо, покупающее в магазинах): It was closing time and the streets were crowded with shoppers. — Время приближалось к закрытию магазинов, и улицы были полны покупателей. The department store was full of late shoppers. — В универмаге было много запоздалых покупателей.4. purchaser — покупатель (существительное purchaser в отличие от существительного buyer используется в более официальной речи): a regular purchaser — постоянный покупатель; an intending/a prospective purchaser — потенциальный покупатель; a frequent purchaser — частый покупатель; a wholesale (retail) purchaser — оптовый (розничный) покупатель These countries are regular purchasers of our silk. — Эти страны — постоянные покупатели нашего шелка. These goods we hope may attract retail purchasers. — Эти товары, мы надеемся, смогут привлечь розничных покупателей. The house is in a good state and we expect to find a good purchaser. — Дом в хорошем состоянии, и мы надеемся найти хорошего покупателя. -
5 он ловкач
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6 он пройдоха
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7 он проныра
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8 с ним надо держать ухо востро
General subject: he a tricky customer, he is a tricky customerУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > с ним надо держать ухо востро
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9 croix
n. f.1. 'Burk', 'mutt-head', fool.2. lllitcrate person (i.e. one who signs his name with a cross).3. (Prostitutes' slang): Awkward customer.4. (Gangland slang): Outsider, one who is not part of the milieu.5. 'Tricky customer', awkward person. C'est une vraie croix! He's a right pain in the neck!6. C'est la croix et la bannière: It's a terrible drag —It's darned awkward.7. Mettre une croix dessus: To 'say goodbye to something', to give something up for lost.8. Décrocher la croix de bois: To get 'bumped off', killed in the war.9. Croix de bois, croix de fer ( si je mens je vais en enfer): Cross my heart and hope to die! (if what I say is a lie).10. La croix des vaches: Punishment inflicted by old-time pimps on recalcitrant prostitutes: deep facial cuts in the shape of a cross, made to fester and leave indelible scars.11. Le trafic des croix: Illegal trade of the Swiss twenty- franc gold coin known popularly as une croix. -
10 sac
n. m.1. 'Belly', stomach. S'en mettre plein le sac: To 'stuff one's face', to have a hearty meal.2. Unit of ten francs or ten-franc note. (Prior to the 1958 remonetization, the amount was 1000 francs. According to certain sources inflation in the mid-yos resulted in an upgrading of the sac to 100 nouveaux francs.)3. Etre au sac (also: avoir le sac): To be 'stinking rich', to be 'rolling in it', to be very wealthy. (Expressions such as épouser un sac: to marry a wealthy girl, and terms like gros sac: wealthy so-and-so, confirm the money image of this meaning of the word.)4. Faire son sac: To 'make one's pile', to amass a fortune.5. L'affaire est dans le sac!a It's in the bag! — It's a dead-cert! — It's a sure thing!b (iron.): She's preggers! — She is pregnant.6. Avoir son sac: To 'have had a skinful', to be drunk. (The boozing image is further illustrated in the term sac à vin: 'wino', dipsomaniac.)a (of person): To be 'dressed like a guy', to be frumpily attired.b (of work, plans, etc.): To be in a right old mcss, in total disarray.8. Vider son Sac: To 'get something off one's chest', to speak onc's mind.9. Mettez ça dans votre sac!a Keep it under your hat! — Keep this to yourself! — Don't mention this to anyone!b Put that in your pipe and smoke it! — Accept that fact if you can! (There's littlc else you can do!)10. Travailler le sac (Boxing): To have a workout with the punchbag.11. Mettre dans le meme sac (fig.): To 'tar with the same brush', to 'lump together', to judge in the same manner.12. Avoir la tête dans le sac: To be completely out of funds, to be near to financial ruin.14. Sac à malice(s): 'Tricky customer', cunning so- and-so (character who always seems to have something left in his bag of tricks).15. Sac d'embrouilles: Inextricably jumbled issue or situation (literally a tangled web. Also: sac de næuds).16. Sac à viande (joc.): Sleeping-bag.17. Sac d'os: 'Bag of bones', skinny person. Quel sac d'os! I've seen more meat on a butcher's pencil! -
11 fregado
m.washing, scour, scouring, scrub.past part.past participle of spanish verb: fregar.* * ** * *noun m.* * *fregado, -a1. ADJ1) LAm * (=molesto) annoying3) LAm * [persona] (=en mala situación económica) broke *; (=deprimido) down, in a bad way *; (=dañado, enfermo) in a bad way *4) LAm * (=puñetero) damn *, lousy *, bloody **2.3. SM1) (=acción de fregar) [con fregona] mopping; [con estropajo, cepillo] scrubbing; [con esponja, trapo] washing; [de platos] washing-up2) * (=lío) mess3) * (=riña) row* * *I- da adjetivo1) (AmL exc RPl fam)a) ( molesto) annoyingno seas fregado, hombre! — stop being such a pain o a bore (colloq)
b) ( difícil) <examen/tema> tricky (colloq), tough (colloq); <persona/carácter> difficultc) [estar] (enfermo, delicado) in a bad way (colloq)d) [estar] ( sin dinero) broke (colloq)2) (Andes, Ven fam) ( exigente) strict3) (Col, Per fam) ( astuto) sly, sneaky (colloq)II- da masculino, femenino1) (AmL exc RPl fam) ( persona difícil) difficult person2) fregado masculinoa) ( restregadura) scrub, scrubbingb) (Esp) (fam) ( lío) mess* * *= mess, row, fray, wrangle, spat, squabbling, squabble, bickering, fracas.Ex. 'Look, Mel,' said James after the hiatus, 'I'm irritated at the convoluted mess this simple case of filling a vacancy has become'.Ex. The rows over Britain's contributions to the Community budget and runaway spending on the the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which took up two thirds of the budget, were documented blow by blow in the press.Ex. The academic librarian, by remaining neutral, can stay above the fray and does not need to take sides in order to provide scholars with access to the truth.Ex. This is a history of The Old Librarian's Almanack (a pamphlet produced as a hoax in 1909) and of the literary wrangles which ensued from its publication.Ex. It also includes a blow-by-blow account of spats between management and labor.Ex. The DVD-RW drive has arrived but not without lots of squabbling among industry competitors.Ex. One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere 'banana republic' squabble over power.Ex. Even if the management decided to make an arbitrary decision, it would be better than the endless bickering and ad-hoc measures we are having to put up with.Ex. There are, as I see it, approximately three positions one can take on the matter, each with its own adherents in the current fracas.----* meterse en todos los fregados = have + a finger in every pie.* * *I- da adjetivo1) (AmL exc RPl fam)a) ( molesto) annoyingno seas fregado, hombre! — stop being such a pain o a bore (colloq)
b) ( difícil) <examen/tema> tricky (colloq), tough (colloq); <persona/carácter> difficultc) [estar] (enfermo, delicado) in a bad way (colloq)d) [estar] ( sin dinero) broke (colloq)2) (Andes, Ven fam) ( exigente) strict3) (Col, Per fam) ( astuto) sly, sneaky (colloq)II- da masculino, femenino1) (AmL exc RPl fam) ( persona difícil) difficult person2) fregado masculinoa) ( restregadura) scrub, scrubbingb) (Esp) (fam) ( lío) mess* * *= mess, row, fray, wrangle, spat, squabbling, squabble, bickering, fracas.Ex: 'Look, Mel,' said James after the hiatus, 'I'm irritated at the convoluted mess this simple case of filling a vacancy has become'.
Ex: The rows over Britain's contributions to the Community budget and runaway spending on the the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which took up two thirds of the budget, were documented blow by blow in the press.Ex: The academic librarian, by remaining neutral, can stay above the fray and does not need to take sides in order to provide scholars with access to the truth.Ex: This is a history of The Old Librarian's Almanack (a pamphlet produced as a hoax in 1909) and of the literary wrangles which ensued from its publication.Ex: It also includes a blow-by-blow account of spats between management and labor.Ex: The DVD-RW drive has arrived but not without lots of squabbling among industry competitors.Ex: One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere 'banana republic' squabble over power.Ex: Even if the management decided to make an arbitrary decision, it would be better than the endless bickering and ad-hoc measures we are having to put up with.Ex: There are, as I see it, approximately three positions one can take on the matter, each with its own adherents in the current fracas.* meterse en todos los fregados = have + a finger in every pie.* * *A ( AmL exc RPl fam)1 (molesto) annoying¡no seas fregado, hombre, ven con nosotros! stop being such a pain o a bore and come with us ( colloq)¡qué niño más fregado!, no me ha dejado descansar ni un momento that kid's a real pest o nuisance, he hasn't given me a moment's peace ( colloq)el asunto está fregado, no creo que nos lo den it's all very iffy o things are a bit tricky, I don't think they'll give it to us ( colloq)con la edad se ha puesto muy fregado he's become very cantankerous o difficult in his old age3 (fastidiado) in a bad wayanda muy fregado he's in a terrible state o in a very bad way ( colloq)es muy fregado con la puntualidad he's a real stickler for punctuality, he's really strict about punctualitymasculine, feminineB* * *
Del verbo fregar: ( conjugate fregar)
fregado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
fregado
fregar
fregado◊ -da adjetivo (AmL exc RPl fam)
◊ ¡no seas fregado, hombre! stop being such a pain (colloq)
‹persona/carácter› difficult
( sin dinero) broke (colloq)
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (AmL exc RPl fam) ( persona difícil) difficult person
fregar ( conjugate fregar) verbo transitivo
1 (lavar, limpiar) to wash;
( con cepillo) I scrubbed the floor;
2 (AmL exc RPl fam)
verbo intransitivo
1 ( lavar los platos) to wash the dishes, to do the dishes (colloq);
( limpiar) to clean;
( restregar) to scrub
2 (AmL exc RPl fam) ( molestar):◊ ¡déjate de fregado! stop being such a pest!;
¡no friegues! ( no digas) you're kidding! (colloq)
fregarse verbo pronominal
1 (AmL fam) ( embromarse):◊ ¡te friegas! tough! (colloq);
¡me fregué! I've really done it now! (colloq)
2 (AmL exc RPl fam) ( malograrse):◊ se fregadoon nuestros planes that's ruined o messed up our plans (colloq)
fregado sustantivo masculino
1 (lavado) washing
2 (asunto complicado) messy affair: no quiero que me metas en tus fregados, I don't want you to involve me in your messes
3 LAm fam (molestia) pain in the neck: cuidar de tus amigos es un fregado, it's a pain in the neck to have to take care of your friends
fregar verbo transitivo
1 (limpiar con agua) to wash: hoy te toca fregar los platos, today is your turn to do the dishes
yo fregaré el suelo, I'll mop the floor
2 LAm fam to annoy, irritate
' fregado' also found in these entries:
English:
scrub
- washing-up
* * *fregado, -a♦ adjAndes, Méx, Ven Fam1. [persona] [ser] annoying;mi vecino es muy fregado my neighbour's a real pain2. [persona] [estar]perdí las llaves, ¡estoy fregada! I've lost my keys, I've had it!3. [situación] tricky;este problema es muy fregado this problem is really tricky o a real stinker4. [objeto] bust;ese reloj está fregado that watch has had it♦ nm1. [lavado] [de platos, suelo] wash;[frotando] scrubmeterse en un fregado to get into a mess♦ nm,fAndes, Méx, Ven Fam [persona] pain, awkward customer;tu hermano es un fregado your brother's an awkward little beggar* * *I adj L.Am.annoyingII m2 fam ( lío) mess;meterse en un buen fregado fig fam get into a fine mess fam* * *fregado nm1) : scrubbing, scouring -
12 hueso
m.1 bone.acabar o dar con sus huesos en (informal figurative) to end up inno poder con sus huesos (informal figurative) to be ready to drop, to be exhaustedhueso de santo (cooking) = small marzipan roll filled with egg yolk2 stone (British), pit (United States) (of fruit).aceitunas sin hueso pitted olives3 very strict person (informal) (person).4 contacts, influence (informal) (enchufe). (Mexican Spanish)5 pit.6 safe government job.7 cushy job, soft job, prebend, sinecure.8 personal connection.* * *1 ANATOMÍA bone2 (de fruta) stone, US pit\dar con los huesos en figurado to end up indar con los huesos en el suelo to end up on the floordarle a la sin hueso to talk one's head offestar en los huesos figurado to be all skin and boneno poder con sus huesos figurado to be all inromperle los huesos a alguien figurado to beat somebody upser un hueso duro de roer figurado to be a hard nut to cracktener los huesos molidos to be exhausted, be dead beat* * *noun m.1) bone2) pit, stone* * *SM1) (Anat) bonedar con los huesos en —
dio con sus huesos en la cárcel — he landed o ended up in jail
darle a la sin hueso — * to talk a lot
irse de la sin hueso, soltar la sin hueso — * to shoot one's mouth off *
hueso de santo — filled roll of marzipan
2) (Bot) stone, pit (EEUU)ser un hueso * —
4) And mule5)hueso colorado — Méx strong northerly wind
* * *1)a) (Anat) bonecalado or empapado hasta los huesos — soaked to the skin, wet through
dar con los or sus huesos en algo: fue a dar con sus huesos en la cárcel he finished up o ended up in jail; en los huesos — (fam) nothing but skin and bone(s) (colloq)
b)(de) color hueso — off-white, bone-colored
c) (Méx fam) ( puesto público) safe (government) job (colloq); ( sinecura) cushy job (colloq)2) ( de fruta) pit (AmE), stone (BrE)ser un hueso (duro de roer) — ( ser difícil) to be a hard o tough nut to crack
* * *1)a) (Anat) bonecalado or empapado hasta los huesos — soaked to the skin, wet through
dar con los or sus huesos en algo: fue a dar con sus huesos en la cárcel he finished up o ended up in jail; en los huesos — (fam) nothing but skin and bone(s) (colloq)
b)(de) color hueso — off-white, bone-colored
c) (Méx fam) ( puesto público) safe (government) job (colloq); ( sinecura) cushy job (colloq)2) ( de fruta) pit (AmE), stone (BrE)ser un hueso (duro de roer) — ( ser difícil) to be a hard o tough nut to crack
* * *hueso11 = bone.Ex: The large stores of inscription on bones or tortoise shells of the Yin and Shang dynasties unearthed by paleontologists are the seeds of the earliest ancient Chinese archives.
* blanco hueso = off-white.* calado hasta los huesos = drenched to the skin, soaked to the skin, wringing wet, soaking wet, wet through to the skin.* carne + desprenderse del hueso = meat + fall off + the bone.* color hueso = off-white.* con muchos huesos y poca carne = bony [bonier -comp., boniest -sup.].* cortar llegando al hueso = cut to + the bone.* de carne y hueso = flesh-and-blood.* empapado hasta los huesos = drenched to the skin, soaked to the skin, wringing wet, soaking wet, wet through to the skin.* en carne y hueso = in the flesh.* helado hasta la médula de los huesos = frozen to the bone, frozen to the marrow (of the bones), chilled to the bone, chilled to the marrow (of the bones).* hueso de la risa = funny bone.* hueso duro = tough nut.* hueso duro de roer = uphill struggle, tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack.* hueso metatarsiano = metatarsal.* hueso roto = broken bone.* hueso temporal = temporal bone.* lleno de huesos = bony [bonier -comp., boniest -sup.].* salud de los huesos = bone health.* ser un saco de huesos = be a bag of bones.* sin hueso = boneless.hueso22 = pit, stone.Nota: De la fruta.Ex: On Crete the locals eat them by the handful and spit out the pits like watermelon seeds.
Ex: Once you have removed the stones from fruits such as apricots and plums, you can turn the fruit halves inside out, then place them skin down on the tray.* * *A1 ( Anat) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] bonecalado or empapado hasta los huesos soaked to the skin, wet throughdar con los or sus huesos en algo: fue a dar con sus huesos en la cárcel he finished up o ended up in jaildio con los huesos en el suelo he ended up o landed up o finished up on the floordar or pinchar en hueso ( Esp fam): con éste hemos dado en hueso we've come up against a tricky o difficult customer here ( colloq)está/se ha quedado en los huesos he's nothing but o he's all skin and bone(s)2(de) color hueso off-white, bone-coloredCompuestos:● hueso or huesito de la suertewishbonempl marzipan shapes ( traditionally eaten on All Saints' Day)ser un hueso (duro de roer) (ser difícil): su rival es un hueso (duro de roer) ( fam); his opponent is a tough o hard nut to crack ( colloq)para mí la química es un hueso duro de roer chemistry is an uphill struggle for me* * *
hueso sustantivo masculino
1a) (Anat) bone;◊ en los huesos (fam) nothing but skin and bone(s) (colloq)b)
2 ( de fruta) pit (AmE), stone (BrE)
hueso sustantivo masculino
1 Anat bone
2 (de una fruta) stone, US pit
3 (persona difícil de complacer) hard nut
4 fig (tarea trabajosa) hard work
5 LAm (enchufe) contact
♦ Locuciones: estar en los huesos, to be all skin and bone
Esp pinchar/dar en hueso, to come up against a tricky or difficult person: conmigo has pinchado en hueso en cuanto a la financiación de tu aventura, to get me to pay for your adventure will be tricky
la sin hueso, the tongue
' hueso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
caballete
- caña
- carne
- carné
- desencajar
- desencajada
- desencajado
- desencajarse
- desenterrar
- frontal
- médula
- pepita
- roer
- romperse
- rotura
- soldarse
- tuétano
- zafarse
- aceituna
- astilla
- astillarse
- componer
- fragmento
- pelado
- pómulo
- quebradizo
- quebrado
- saliente
English:
ankle bone
- bone
- bony
- break
- crack
- dislodge
- flesh
- for
- life
- live
- mend
- nut
- off-white
- pit
- set
- splinter
- stone
- off
* * *hueso nm1. [del cuerpo] bone;Famnos calamos hasta los huesos we got soaked to the skin;de color hueso ivory (coloured);Famtropezó y dio con sus huesos en el suelo she tripped and tumbled to the ground;la descubrieron y acabó con sus huesos en la cárcel she was caught out and ended up in jail;Famestar en los huesos to be all skin and bones;Famno puedo con mis huesos I'm ready to drop, I'm exhausted;Famser un hueso duro de roer to be a hard nut to crack;Famla sin hueso [la lengua] the tongue;soltar la sin hueso to shoot one's mouth offhueso del cráneo skull bone;hueso maxilar jawbone, Espec mandible;hueso de santo [pastel] = small roll of marzipan filled with sweetened egg yolk2. [de fruto] Br stone, US pit;aceitunas sin hueso pitted olivesel profe de inglés es un hueso our English teacher is dead strict5.huesos [restos] bones;el cementerio en el que descansan sus huesos the cemetery where her bones were laid to rest[trabajo fácil] cushy job* * *m1 ANAT bone;estar en los huesos be all skin and bone;moler/romper los huesos a alguien beat s.o. up;dar con sus huesos en la cárcel end up in jailhueso duro de roer fig fam hard nut to crack fam3 Méx famcushy number fam4 Méx fam ( influencia) influence, pull fam* * *hueso nm1) : bone2) : pit, stone (of a fruit)* * *hueso n1. (del cuerpo) bone2. (de aceituna, cereza) stone -
13 retors
retorse ʀətɔʀ, ɔʀs adjectif pej [personne] crafty; [argument] devious* * *ʀətɔʀ, ɔʀs adj retors, -e(personne) wily* * *2 Tex [fil] twisted.méfie-toi, il est retors be careful, he's a wily customer ou he knows all the tricks of the trade -
14 скользкий
прлско́льзкая доро́га — slippery road
ско́льзкий челове́к — a slippery customer
ско́льзкая те́ма опасная tricky/ щекотливая — delicate subject
на у́лице ско́льзко нрч — it's slippery outside, the streets are slippery
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