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1 backhanded
tr[bæk'hændɪd]1 dado,-a con el dorso de la mano2 (compliment) equívoco,-abackhanded ['bæk.hændəd] adj1) : dado con el revés, de revés2) indirect: indirecto, ambiguoadj.• al revés adj.• irónico, -a adj.'bæk'hændəd, ˌbæk'hændɪda backhanded compliment — un cumplido de esos que no sabes cómo or por dónde tomarlo
['bæk'hændɪd]ADJ1) [blow] de revés2) (fig) [compliment] ambiguo, equívoco* * *['bæk'hændəd, ˌbæk'hændɪd]a backhanded compliment — un cumplido de esos que no sabes cómo or por dónde tomarlo
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2 backhanded
adj.1 equívoco(a), ambiguo(a).2 inclinado(a)3 de revés.4 de doble intención. -
3 backhanded compliment
s.cumplido de doble intención. -
4 backhanded slap
s.cachetazo con el revés de la mano. -
5 ambiguo
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6 cumplido
Del verbo cumplir: ( conjugate cumplir) \ \
cumplido es: \ \el participioMultiple Entries: cumplido cumplir
cumplido 1
◊ -da adjetivo [ser]ver tb◊ cumplir
cumplido 2 sustantivo masculino: una visita de cumplido a duty o courtesy call; la invitó por cumplido he invited her because he felt he ought to
cumplir ( conjugate cumplir) verbo transitivo 1 ‹ ley› to obey; ‹ compromiso› to honor( conjugate honor), fulfill( conjugate fulfill); ‹obligación/contrato› to fulfill( conjugate fulfill) ‹ requisitos› fulfill( conjugate fulfill);◊ ¡misión cumplida! mission accomplished2 ‹condena/sentencia› to serve; ‹ servicio militar› to do 3 ‹años/meses›: ¡que cumplas muchos más! many happy returns!; mañana cumplimos 20 años de casados (AmL) tomorrow we'll have been married 20 years verbo intransitivo ‹ con tarea› to carry out sth; ‹ con trámite› to comply with sth; ‹con requisito/condición› to fulfill( conjugate fulfill) sth;b) ( con una obligación social):con los Lara ya hemos cumplido we've done our bit as far as the Laras are concerned (colloq) cumplirse verbo pronominal [ ambición] to be realized, be fulfilledb) [ plazo]:hoy se cumple el primer aniversario de … today marks the first anniversary of …
cumplido,-a
I adjetivo
1 (abundante) plentiful (holgado) loose-fitting
2 (cortés) polite
3 (plazo) expired (misión) accomplished
II sustantivo masculino compliment
cumplir
I verbo transitivo
1 (un proyecto, tarea) to carry out, fulfil, US fulfill
2 (un deseo) to fulfil (promesa) to keep
3 (sentencia) to serve
4 (años) ayer cumplí treinta años, I was thirty (years old) yesterday
II verbo intransitivo
4 (actuar de acuerdo con) cumplir con lo pactado, to carry out an agreement
5 (quedar bien) to do the right thing (by): tenemos que cumplir con tu madre, we have to do our bit for your mother
6 (plazo) to expire, end ' cumplido' also found in these entries: Spanish: cumplida - cumplir - recién - satisfacción English: backhanded - compliment - lap up - pay - should - arrears - unfulfilled
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backhanded — index indirect, oblique (evasive) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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backhanded — back•hand•ed [[t]ˈbækˌhæn dɪd[/t]] adj. 1) performed with the back of the hand turned or facing forward: a backhanded stroke[/ex] 2) sloping in a downward direction from left to right: backhanded writing[/ex] 3) oblique or ambiguous in meaning: a … From formal English to slang
backhanded — adjective 1 a backhanded remark or compliment 1 (1) seems to express praise or admiration but in fact means the opposite: Brave can be a backhanded way of saying crazy . 2 a backhanded shot etc is made with a backhand … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
backhanded — adjective a) With the hand turned backward. a backhanded blow b) Indirect; awkward; insincere; sarcastic. a backhanded compliment … Wiktionary