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blowhard

  • 1 fanfarrón

    adj.
    boasting, arrogant, vain, boastful.
    m.
    boaster, blowhard, blowoff, bluffer.
    * * *
    1 familiar swanky, boastful
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 show-off, swank, braggart
    * * *
    fanfarrón, -ona
    1.
    2.
    SM / F boaster, braggart
    * * *
    I
    - rrona adjetivo (fam)
    a) ( al hablar) loudmouthed (colloq)
    b) ( al actuar)
    II
    - rrona masculino, femenino (fam)
    a) ( al hablar) loudmouth (colloq)
    b) ( al actuar) show-off (colloq)
    * * *
    = blowhard, boastful, show-off, showboat, hot dog, braggart, loudmouth.
    Ex. He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
    Ex. The main character displays a boastful attitude that smacks of hubris in the extreme.
    Ex. The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.
    Ex. Steve knows that he is a ' showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex. Jerry Hairston is a bit of a hot dog and needs to be reined in at times.
    Ex. Palma, described by many as an indiscreet braggart, told people at the gun range that the group was preparing for clandestine trips to Cuba.
    Ex. In that respect, if, in fact, some people may think of her as a ' loudmouth' or 'showboat' or 'jerk,' it could be good for women's soccer.
    ----
    * ser un fanfarrón = be all mouth.
    * * *
    I
    - rrona adjetivo (fam)
    a) ( al hablar) loudmouthed (colloq)
    b) ( al actuar)
    II
    - rrona masculino, femenino (fam)
    a) ( al hablar) loudmouth (colloq)
    b) ( al actuar) show-off (colloq)
    * * *
    = blowhard, boastful, show-off, showboat, hot dog, braggart, loudmouth.

    Ex: He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.

    Ex: The main character displays a boastful attitude that smacks of hubris in the extreme.
    Ex: The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.
    Ex: Steve knows that he is a ' showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex: Jerry Hairston is a bit of a hot dog and needs to be reined in at times.
    Ex: Palma, described by many as an indiscreet braggart, told people at the gun range that the group was preparing for clandestine trips to Cuba.
    Ex: In that respect, if, in fact, some people may think of her as a ' loudmouth' or 'showboat' or 'jerk,' it could be good for women's soccer.
    * ser un fanfarrón = be all mouth.

    * * *
    ( fam) (al hablar) loudmouthed ( colloq)
    (al actuar): niños fanfarrones luciendo el coche de papá kids showing off o trying to be flashy in their fathers' cars
    no seas fanfarrón stop boasting o swanking around o bragging, don't be such a loudmouth ( colloq)
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam) (al hablar) loudmouth ( colloq), bragger; (al actuar) show-off ( colloq)
    * * *

    fanfarrón
    ◊ - rrona adjetivo (fam) ( al hablar) loudmouthed (colloq);


    ( al actuar):

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) ( al hablar) loudmouth (colloq);

    ( al actuar) show-off (colloq)
    fanfarrón,-ona familiar
    I adjetivo boastful, braggart
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino show-off
    ' fanfarrón' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    charlatán
    - charlatana
    - chula
    - chulo
    - fanfarrona
    - fantasma
    English:
    boastful
    - show-off
    - big
    - show
    - swanky
    * * *
    fanfarrón, -ona Fam
    ♦ adj
    [bravucón, arrogante] bigheaded; [ostentoso] flashy
    ♦ nm,f
    [bravucón, arrogante] bighead; [ostentoso] show-off
    * * *
    I adj boastful
    II m, fanfarrona f boaster
    * * *
    fanfarrón, - rrona adj, mpl - rrones fam : bragging, boastful
    fanfarrón, - rrona n, mpl - rrones fam : braggart
    * * *
    fanfarrón n show off

    Spanish-English dictionary > fanfarrón

  • 2 adornar

    v.
    1 to decorate.
    2 to adorn.
    Ellos adornaron la estancia They adorned the room.
    Ella adornó la verdad She adorned the truth.
    3 to be decorative.
    hace falta algo que adorne we need to add some sort of decorative touch
    * * *
    1 to adorn, decorate
    2 figurado to embellish
    * * *
    verb
    1) to adorn, decorate
    2) trim
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=decorar) to adorn, decorate (de with)
    (Cos) to trim (de with) (Culin) to garnish (de with)
    2) [+ persona] (=dotar) to endow, bless (de with)
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <habitación/sombrero/comida> to decorate
    b) <relato/discurso> to embellish
    c) flores/banderas to adorn
    2.
    adornarse v pron (refl) <cabeza/pelo> to adorn
    * * *
    = embroider, deck out, ornament, adorn, stud, embellish, grace, trim, drape, ornate.
    Ex. This very absence of quality is what makes these books attractive to children, not just because they are easy to read, undemanding, untaxing, but because the simplistic plots and characters leave children free to embroider and enrich the stories in their own way as they read.
    Ex. He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
    Ex. Then, from about 1830, the covering material was further ornamented in an embossing machine = Entonces, aproximadamente a partir de 1830, el material de la cubierta se adornaba aún más con la ayuda de una máquina de estampar en relieve.
    Ex. Florence used the occasion to boost its international prestige by creating a triumphal arch adorned with inscriptions and sculptures.
    Ex. Substantial improvements in access and off-street parking have been made, and shopping centers now stud the landscape.
    Ex. In industrial societies even the poorest people acquire artefacts to embellish their surroundings; such 'bric-a-brac' may in some cases be the detritus of a previous age or a more affluent environment, and in some cases is destined to become 'collectable' in time to come.
    Ex. The greatest living theoretician of descriptive cataloging, Professor Seymour Lubetzky, graced our library with his brilliance, insight, and fierce dedication to the integrity of the catalog.
    Ex. The scarf can be knit with pockets at the end to keep their hands toasty or trimmed with bobbles for a funky look.
    Ex. Classrooms were draped with cloth and garlanded with lattices and vines.
    Ex. The bottom of the map is ornated with a large decorative allegoric city view of Stralsund flanked by two sea monsters.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <habitación/sombrero/comida> to decorate
    b) <relato/discurso> to embellish
    c) flores/banderas to adorn
    2.
    adornarse v pron (refl) <cabeza/pelo> to adorn
    * * *
    = embroider, deck out, ornament, adorn, stud, embellish, grace, trim, drape, ornate.

    Ex: This very absence of quality is what makes these books attractive to children, not just because they are easy to read, undemanding, untaxing, but because the simplistic plots and characters leave children free to embroider and enrich the stories in their own way as they read.

    Ex: He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
    Ex: Then, from about 1830, the covering material was further ornamented in an embossing machine = Entonces, aproximadamente a partir de 1830, el material de la cubierta se adornaba aún más con la ayuda de una máquina de estampar en relieve.
    Ex: Florence used the occasion to boost its international prestige by creating a triumphal arch adorned with inscriptions and sculptures.
    Ex: Substantial improvements in access and off-street parking have been made, and shopping centers now stud the landscape.
    Ex: In industrial societies even the poorest people acquire artefacts to embellish their surroundings; such 'bric-a-brac' may in some cases be the detritus of a previous age or a more affluent environment, and in some cases is destined to become 'collectable' in time to come.
    Ex: The greatest living theoretician of descriptive cataloging, Professor Seymour Lubetzky, graced our library with his brilliance, insight, and fierce dedication to the integrity of the catalog.
    Ex: The scarf can be knit with pockets at the end to keep their hands toasty or trimmed with bobbles for a funky look.
    Ex: Classrooms were draped with cloth and garlanded with lattices and vines.
    Ex: The bottom of the map is ornated with a large decorative allegoric city view of Stralsund flanked by two sea monsters.

    * * *
    adornar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 «persona» ‹habitación› to decorate; ‹vestido/sombrero› to trim, decorate; ‹plato/comida› to garnish, decorate
    adornaron la iglesia con flores they decorated o ( liter) decked the church with flowers
    2 ‹relato/discurso› to embellish
    3 «flores/banderas» to adorn
    las banderas que adornan la fachada del hotel the flags which adorn the facade of the hotel
    las virtudes/cualidades que lo adornan ( liter); the virtues/qualities with which he is blessed ( liter)
    ( refl):
    los domingos se adornan y salen de paseo on Sundays they get dressed up and go out for a stroll
    se adornó los brazos con pulseras she adorned her arms with bracelets
    * * *

    adornar ( conjugate adornar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹habitación/sombrero/comida› to decorate

    b) ‹relato/discurso› to embellish

    c) [flores/banderas] to adorn

    adornarse verbo pronominal ( refl) ‹cabeza/pelo› to adorn
    adornar verbo transitivo to adorn, decorate
    ' adornar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cinta
    - peineta
    - purpurina
    English:
    adorn
    - deck
    - decorate
    - embellish
    - embroider
    - garnish
    - hang
    - trim
    - festoon
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [decorar] to decorate;
    adornó la habitación con cuadros she decorated o hung the room with paintings
    2. [aderezar] to adorn ( con with);
    adornó el relato con florituras del lenguaje she embellished the story with fancy language
    ♦ vi
    to be decorative;
    hace falta algo que adorne we need to add some sort of decorative touch
    * * *
    v/t decorate
    * * *
    decorar: to decorate, to adorn
    * * *
    adornar vb to decorate

    Spanish-English dictionary > adornar

  • 3 ataviar

    v.
    1 to dress up.
    2 to adorn, to deck out, to accouter, to attire.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ DESVIAR], like link=desviar desviar
    1 (arreglar) to dress up
    2 (adornar) to adorn, deck
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=vestir) to dress up, get up (con, de in)
    2) LAm (=adaptar) to adapt, adjust, accommodate
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo (liter)
    2.
    ataviarse v pron (liter)
    * * *
    Ex. He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
    ----
    * ataviarse = tog out, tog up.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo (liter)
    2.
    ataviarse v pron (liter)
    * * *

    Ex: He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.

    * ataviarse = tog out, tog up.

    * * *
    vt
    ( liter) ataviar a algn CON algo to attire sb IN sth ( liter), to dress sb up IN sth
    ( liter) ataviarse CON algo to attire oneself IN sth ( liter), to dress oneself up IN sth
    iba bien/mal ataviado para la ocasión he was suitably/unsuitably attired for the occasion ( frml)
    * * *

    ataviar verbo transitivo to dress sombody up in something
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to dress up;
    ataviar a alguien con algo to dress sb up in sth
    * * *
    v/t dress s.o. up
    * * *
    ataviar {85} vt
    : to dress, to clothe

    Spanish-English dictionary > ataviar

  • 4 con pretensiones de superioridad moral

    (adj.) = self-righteous
    Ex. He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
    * * *

    Ex: He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > con pretensiones de superioridad moral

  • 5 dar caladas

    (v.) = puff
    Ex. He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
    * * *
    (v.) = puff

    Ex: He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dar caladas

  • 6 engalanar

    v.
    1 to decorate.
    2 to adorn, to deck out, to attire, to doll up.
    * * *
    1 (cosa) to festoon, deck out
    1 (persona) to dress up, get dressed up
    * * *
    1.
    VT to adorn, deck (de with)
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to decorate, deck

    engalanar algo/a alguien con algo — to deck something/somebody (out) with something

    2.
    engalanarse v pron (refl) to get all dressed up, dress up in one's Sunday best
    * * *
    = deck out, festoon, garland.
    Ex. He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
    Ex. In front of the Buddha images is a table that serves as the altar, festooned with fruit, flowers, incense, and candles.
    Ex. Classrooms were draped with cloth and garlanded with lattices and vines.
    ----
    * engalanar con guirnaldas = festoon, garland.
    * engalanarse = tog out, tog up.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to decorate, deck

    engalanar algo/a alguien con algo — to deck something/somebody (out) with something

    2.
    engalanarse v pron (refl) to get all dressed up, dress up in one's Sunday best
    * * *
    = deck out, festoon, garland.

    Ex: He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.

    Ex: In front of the Buddha images is a table that serves as the altar, festooned with fruit, flowers, incense, and candles.
    Ex: Classrooms were draped with cloth and garlanded with lattices and vines.
    * engalanar con guirnaldas = festoon, garland.
    * engalanarse = tog out, tog up.

    * * *
    engalanar [A1 ]
    vt
    to decorate, deck
    balcones engalanados de flores balconies decorated o decked o festooned with flowers
    la ciudad estaba engalanada para recibir al Rey the city was decked out for the King's visit
    ( refl) to get all dressed up, dress up in one's Sunday best
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to decorate
    * * *
    v/t decorate, deck
    * * *
    : to decorate, to deck out

    Spanish-English dictionary > engalanar

  • 7 engreído

    adj.
    vain, cocky, proud, bigheaded.
    f. & m.
    swell-headed person, conceited person, swellhead.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: engreír.
    * * *
    1 vain, conceited, stuck-up
    * * *
    engreído, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=vanidoso) vain, stuck-up *
    2) LAm (=afectuoso) affectionate; (=mimado) spoiled, spoilt
    2.
    SM / F bighead *, spoiled brat
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( vanidoso) conceited, bigheaded (colloq)
    b) (Per) ( mimado) spoiled*
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    a) ( vanidoso) bighead (colloq)
    b) (Per) ( mimado) spoiled* brat
    * * *
    = conceited, self-inflated, stuck-up, self-important, cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.], high-blown, snobbish, snobby [snobbier -comp., snobbiest -sup.], snob, haughty [haughtier -comp., haughtiest -sup.], hoity-toity, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], cocksure, supercilious, big-headed.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.
    Ex. library users were stereotyped as old people, intellectuals, uninteresting people, shy or stuck-up people and people afraid of life.
    Ex. He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
    Ex. Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.
    Ex. In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.
    Ex. It was possible to identify 3 main groups who display 3 different types of attitude -- participative, delegative and ' snobbish'.
    Ex. Every one looked like death warmed up, including the snobby staff who I found far from welcoming.
    Ex. The biggest faux pas according to snobs who take such things seriously is calling a sofa a couch or a setee.
    Ex. The only blot on his escutcheon is, that after his great success he grew to be haughty and insolent in his demands.
    Ex. Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    Ex. The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.
    Ex. The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
    Ex. A commenter took me to task for being supercilious and said it was inconsistent with my religion.
    Ex. I alwasy knew she was a pain in the arse, without knowing her you can just tell, by the way she behaves, that she is big-headed and thinks she's god's gift to the human race.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( vanidoso) conceited, bigheaded (colloq)
    b) (Per) ( mimado) spoiled*
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    a) ( vanidoso) bighead (colloq)
    b) (Per) ( mimado) spoiled* brat
    * * *
    = conceited, self-inflated, stuck-up, self-important, cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.], high-blown, snobbish, snobby [snobbier -comp., snobbiest -sup.], snob, haughty [haughtier -comp., haughtiest -sup.], hoity-toity, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], cocksure, supercilious, big-headed.

    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.

    Ex: Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.
    Ex: library users were stereotyped as old people, intellectuals, uninteresting people, shy or stuck-up people and people afraid of life.
    Ex: He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
    Ex: Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.
    Ex: In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.
    Ex: It was possible to identify 3 main groups who display 3 different types of attitude -- participative, delegative and ' snobbish'.
    Ex: Every one looked like death warmed up, including the snobby staff who I found far from welcoming.
    Ex: The biggest faux pas according to snobs who take such things seriously is calling a sofa a couch or a setee.
    Ex: The only blot on his escutcheon is, that after his great success he grew to be haughty and insolent in his demands.
    Ex: Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    Ex: The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.
    Ex: The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
    Ex: A commenter took me to task for being supercilious and said it was inconsistent with my religion.
    Ex: I alwasy knew she was a pain in the arse, without knowing her you can just tell, by the way she behaves, that she is big-headed and thinks she's god's gift to the human race.

    * * *
    engreído1 -da
    1 (vanidoso, presumido) conceited, bigheaded ( colloq)
    2 ( Per) (mimado) spoiled*
    engreído2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    1 (vanidoso) bighead ( colloq)
    2 ( Per) (mimado) spoiled* brat
    * * *

    Del verbo engreír: ( conjugate engreír)

    engreído es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    engreído    
    engreír
    engreído
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) ( vanidoso) conceited, bigheaded (colloq)

    b) (Per) ( mimado) spoiled( conjugate spoiled)

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    a) ( vanidoso) bighead (colloq)

    b) (Per) ( mimado) spoiled brat

    engreído,-a adjetivo conceited
    ' engreído' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    además
    - cambio
    - corte
    - engreída
    - estiramiento
    - fatua
    - fatuo
    - parecer
    - ufana
    - ufano
    - creído
    - pituco
    - presumido
    - sobrado
    English:
    bighead
    - bigheaded
    - cocksure
    - fatuous
    - self-important
    - smug
    - toffee-nosed
    - conceited
    - puffed
    - self
    * * *
    engreído, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [creído] conceited, full of one's own importance
    2. Perú [mimado] spoiled
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [creído] conceited person;
    ser un engreído to be very conceited
    2. Perú [mimado]
    ser un engreído to be spoiled
    * * *
    adj conceited
    * * *
    engreído, -da adj
    presumido, vanidoso: vain, conceited, stuck-up

    Spanish-English dictionary > engreído

  • 8 farisaico

    adj.
    pharisaical, pharisaic.
    * * *
    1 Pharisaic, Pharisaical
    2 figurado (falso) hypocritical
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (Rel) Pharisaic(al)
    2) (=hipócrita) hypocritical, Pharisaic(al) frm
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo (Bib) pharisaic; <piedad/actitud> (pey) hypocritical
    * * *
    Ex. He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo (Bib) pharisaic; <piedad/actitud> (pey) hypocritical
    * * *

    Ex: He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.

    * * *
    1 ( Bib) pharisaic
    2 ( pey); ‹piedad/actitud› hypocritical, pharisaical ( liter)
    * * *
    farisaico, -a adj
    1. Hist Pharisaic, Pharisaical
    2. [hipócrita] hypocritical
    * * *
    adj fig
    hypocritical

    Spanish-English dictionary > farisaico

  • 9 muy usado

    adj.
    1 well-thumbed, dog-eared, much-utilised, much-used.
    2 very used, well-used, used a whole lot, used a lot.
    * * *
    (adj.) = shabby [shabbier -comp., shabbiest -sup.], high-use, well-used [well used], well-worn, well-worn, heavily used, much-used
    Ex. Seventeenth-century English printing was abysmally poor, and there are few books that were not set in ill-cast, battered type, clumsily arranged and carelessly printed in brown ink on shabby paper.
    Ex. Compact shelving can be used successfully to store a high-use book or periodical collection in an undergraduate library.
    Ex. Small, brightly coloured, modern libraries in well-used public areas attract the public and create more demand for library services.
    Ex. He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
    Ex. To use a well-worn example, the string (2) physiotherapy (6) nurses $h for (6) bibliographies obviously represents a different sense from the similar string (2) physiotherapy (6) bibliographies (6) nurses $h for.
    Ex. The result is a digital library that has been in operation since 1997, that continues to expand in size, that is heavily used and that is highly regarded by its users.
    Ex. In just a few years, comprehensive directories of businesses have become a significant source of local information and a much-used feature of the Internet.
    * * *
    (adj.) = shabby [shabbier -comp., shabbiest -sup.], high-use, well-used [well used], well-worn, well-worn, heavily used, much-used

    Ex: Seventeenth-century English printing was abysmally poor, and there are few books that were not set in ill-cast, battered type, clumsily arranged and carelessly printed in brown ink on shabby paper.

    Ex: Compact shelving can be used successfully to store a high-use book or periodical collection in an undergraduate library.
    Ex: Small, brightly coloured, modern libraries in well-used public areas attract the public and create more demand for library services.
    Ex: He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
    Ex: To use a well-worn example, the string (2) physiotherapy (6) nurses $h for (6) bibliographies obviously represents a different sense from the similar string (2) physiotherapy (6) bibliographies (6) nurses $h for.
    Ex: The result is a digital library that has been in operation since 1997, that continues to expand in size, that is heavily used and that is highly regarded by its users.
    Ex: In just a few years, comprehensive directories of businesses have become a significant source of local information and a much-used feature of the Internet.

    Spanish-English dictionary > muy usado

  • 10 pipa

    f.
    1 pipe.
    fumar en pipa to smoke a pipe
    2 seed, pip (pepita).
    3 barrel (tonel).
    4 tank truck, tank car, tanker.
    5 coconut.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: pipar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: pipar.
    * * *
    1 (de girasol) sunflower seed
    \
    no tener ni para pipas familiar to be broke, be skint
    pasarlo pipa familiar to have a brilliant time, have a ball
    ————————
    \
    fumar en pipa to smoke a pipe
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    I
    SF
    1) [de fumar] pipe

    fumar en pipa, fumar una pipa — to smoke a pipe

    2) [de vino] (=barril) cask, barrel; (=medida) pipe
    3) (Bot) (=semilla) pip, seed; [de girasol] (edible) sunflower seed
    4) (Mús) reed
    5) LAm * (=barriga) belly *
    6) ** (=pistola) rod **, pistol; (=ametralladora) machine-gun
    7)
    8) And, CAm (Bot) green coconut
    II
    * SM
    1) (Mús) assistant
    2) (=mozo de carga) porter
    3) (=utillero) boy, mate
    * * *
    1) ( para fumar) pipe

    fumar la pipa de la paz — to smoke the pipe of peace

    2) ( tonel) cask, barrel

    como pipa — (Chi fam) plastered (colloq)

    3) (Esp) (de sandía, mandarina) pip; (de girasol, calabaza) seed

    pasarlo pipa — (Esp fam) to have a great time

    4)
    a) (Col) ( de gas) cylinder, bottle
    b) (Col, Per fam) ( barriga) belly
    c) (Méx) ( camión) tanker
    * * *
    = pipe.
    Ex. He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
    ----
    * fumar la pipa de la paz = smoke + the peace pipe, smoke + the pipe of peace.
    * más quemado que la pipa (de) un indio = completely burned-out, totally burned-out.
    * pasarlo pipa = have + a whale of a time.
    * pasárselo pipa = have + a great time.
    * pipa de la paz = peace pipe, pipe of peace, calumet.
    * * *
    1) ( para fumar) pipe

    fumar la pipa de la paz — to smoke the pipe of peace

    2) ( tonel) cask, barrel

    como pipa — (Chi fam) plastered (colloq)

    3) (Esp) (de sandía, mandarina) pip; (de girasol, calabaza) seed

    pasarlo pipa — (Esp fam) to have a great time

    4)
    a) (Col) ( de gas) cylinder, bottle
    b) (Col, Per fam) ( barriga) belly
    c) (Méx) ( camión) tanker
    * * *
    = pipe.

    Ex: He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.

    * fumar la pipa de la paz = smoke + the peace pipe, smoke + the pipe of peace.
    * más quemado que la pipa (de) un indio = completely burned-out, totally burned-out.
    * pasarlo pipa = have + a whale of a time.
    * pasárselo pipa = have + a great time.
    * pipa de la paz = peace pipe, pipe of peace, calumet.

    * * *
    fumar (en) pipa to smoke a pipe
    fumarse a algn en pipa ( RPl fam); to take sb for a ride ( colloq)
    fumar la pipa de la paz to smoke the pipe of peace
    B (tonel) cask, barrel
    como pipa ( Chi fam); plastered ( colloq)
    C ( Esp) (semilla — de sandía, mandarina) pip; (— de girasol, calabaza) seed
    con ese dinero no le da or llega ni para pipas that money won't go very far o get him very far
    pasarlo pipa ( Esp fam); to have a fantastic o great time ( colloq), to have a whale of a time ( colloq)
    D
    1 ( Col) (de gas) cylinder, bottle
    2 (Col, Per fam) (barriga) belly
    3 ( Méx) (camión) tanker
    * * *

    pipa sustantivo femenino
    1 ( para fumar) pipe;

    2 ( tonel) cask, barrel
    3 (Esp) (de sandía, mandarina) pip;
    (de girasol, calabaza) seed;
    ◊ pasarlo pipa (fam) to have a great time

    4 (Méx) ( camión) tanker
    pipa
    I sustantivo femenino
    1 (de fumar) pipe
    fumar en pipa, to smoke a pipe
    2 (de fruta) pip, seed
    (de girasol) sunflower seed
    II adv fam pasarlo pipa, to have a great time
    ' pipa' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    boquilla
    - diecinueveava
    - diecinueveavo
    - tabaquera
    - chupada
    - chupar
    - fumar
    - tabaco
    English:
    pipe
    - puff
    - pull
    - time
    - look
    - smoke
    - sun
    * * *
    ♦ nf
    1. [para fumar] pipe;
    fumar en pipa to smoke a pipe;
    fumar la pipa de la paz to smoke the pipe of peace
    2. [pepita] seed
    3.
    pipas [de girasol] sunflower seeds [sold as a snack];
    eso no te da ni para pipas that's not even enough to buy a bag of peanuts!
    4. [tonel] barrel
    5. [lengüeta] reed
    6. Fam [pistola] piece
    7. Méx [camión] tanker;
    una pipa de agua a water tanker
    8. PRico Fam [barriga] belly
    ♦ adv
    Fam
    pasarlo o [m5] pasárselo pipa to have a great time;
    en esta playa se está pipa it's great on this beach
    * * *
    f
    1 de fumar pipe;
    pasarlo pipa fam have a great time
    2
    :
    pipas pl semillas sunflower seeds
    camión tanker
    * * *
    pipa nf
    : pipe (for smoking)
    * * *
    pipa n
    1. (de fumar) pipe
    2. (del girasol) sunflower seed

    Spanish-English dictionary > pipa

  • 11 prepotente

    adj.
    1 domineering, overbearing (arrogante).
    2 very powerful (poderoso).
    3 prepotent, domineering.
    f. & m.
    arrogant person.
    * * *
    1 arrogant, domineering
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=arrogante) high-handed
    2) (=poderoso) powerful
    * * *
    adjetivo < persona> arrogant, overbearing; < actitud> high-handed
    * * *
    = full of opinions, opinionated, overbearing, self-important, supercilious, haughty [haughtier -comp., haughtiest -sup.], cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.].
    Ex. He was most definitely not their kind of Republican - a moderate, a maverick; outspokenly full of opinions that made their hair stand on end.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. Overbearing parents are likely to raise obsessive kids, according to a new study.
    Ex. He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
    Ex. A commenter took me to task for being supercilious and said it was inconsistent with my religion.
    Ex. The only blot on his escutcheon is, that after his great success he grew to be haughty and insolent in his demands.
    Ex. Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.
    * * *
    adjetivo < persona> arrogant, overbearing; < actitud> high-handed
    * * *
    = full of opinions, opinionated, overbearing, self-important, supercilious, haughty [haughtier -comp., haughtiest -sup.], cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.].

    Ex: He was most definitely not their kind of Republican - a moderate, a maverick; outspokenly full of opinions that made their hair stand on end.

    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex: Overbearing parents are likely to raise obsessive kids, according to a new study.
    Ex: He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
    Ex: A commenter took me to task for being supercilious and said it was inconsistent with my religion.
    Ex: The only blot on his escutcheon is, that after his great success he grew to be haughty and insolent in his demands.
    Ex: Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.

    * * *
    ‹persona› arrogant, overbearing; ‹actitud› high-handed
    * * *

    prepotente adjetivo ‹ persona› arrogant, overbearing;
    ‹ actitud› high-handed
    prepotente adjetivo overbearing, arrogant
    ' prepotente' also found in these entries:
    English:
    arrogant
    - high-handed
    - pushy
    * * *
    1. [arrogante] domineering, overbearing
    2. [poderoso] very powerful
    * * *
    adj arrogant
    * * *
    : arrogant, domineering, overbearing

    Spanish-English dictionary > prepotente

  • 12 presumido

    adj.
    conceited, arrogant, vain, assuming.
    f. & m.
    conceited person, swell-headed person, vain person, poseur.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: presumir.
    * * *
    1 (arrogante) conceited; (en el vestir) vain
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (arrogante) conceited person; (en el vestir) vain person
    * * *
    (f. - presumida)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ (=creído) conceited; (=coqueto) vain
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( engreído) conceited, full of oneself; ( arrogante) arrogant
    b) ( coqueto) vain
    * * *
    = conceited, smug, presumptuous, self-important, high-blown, hoity-toity, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], poseur.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.
    Ex. Many feel that it is presumptuous to think that a 150- to 250-word abstract can carry enough information from a well-written 3,000-word paper to be of much use except as a guide.
    Ex. He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
    Ex. In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.
    Ex. It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.
    Ex. The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.
    Ex. This is an interesting little town wholly populated by poseurs and backpackers with a few salty sea dogs thrown in for good measure.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( engreído) conceited, full of oneself; ( arrogante) arrogant
    b) ( coqueto) vain
    * * *
    = conceited, smug, presumptuous, self-important, high-blown, hoity-toity, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], poseur.

    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.

    Ex: A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.
    Ex: Many feel that it is presumptuous to think that a 150- to 250-word abstract can carry enough information from a well-written 3,000-word paper to be of much use except as a guide.
    Ex: He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
    Ex: In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.
    Ex: It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.
    Ex: The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.
    Ex: This is an interesting little town wholly populated by poseurs and backpackers with a few salty sea dogs thrown in for good measure.

    * * *
    1 (engreído) conceited, full of oneself; (arrogante) arrogant
    2 (coqueto) vain
    * * *

     

    Del verbo presumir: ( conjugate presumir)

    presumido es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    presumido    
    presumir
    presumido
    ◊ -da adjetivo


    ( arrogante) arrogant

    presumir ( conjugate presumir) verbo intransitivo
    to show off;
    presumido DE algo ‹ de dinero› ( hablando) to boast o brag about sth;
    ( enseñándolo) to flash sth around;

    verbo transitivo: se presume una reacción violenta there is likely to be a violent reaction;
    era de presumido occurriría it was quite predictable what would happen
    presumido,-a
    I adjetivo vain
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino vain person, familiar poser
    presumir
    I vtr (sospechar) to predict, suppose
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 (de una cualidad) to fancy oneself as: presume de listo, he thinks he's very smart
    2 (de una posesión) to boast [de, about]: le gusta presumir de coche, he likes to show off his car

    ' presumido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    presumida
    - presuntuosa
    - presuntuoso
    - autosuficiente
    - vanidoso
    English:
    overconfident
    - toffee-nosed
    - vain
    - self
    * * *
    presumido, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [jactancioso]
    ser presumido to be a show-off
    2. [vanidoso] vain
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [jactancioso] show-off
    2. [vanidoso]
    ser un presumido to be vain
    * * *
    I adj
    1 ( creído) conceited
    2 ( coqueto) vain
    II m, presumida f bighead
    * * *
    presumido, -da adj
    vanidoso: conceited, vain
    * * *
    presumido adj vain

    Spanish-English dictionary > presumido

  • 13 raído

    adj.
    frayed, torn, shabby, worn.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: raer.
    * * *
    1→ link=raer raer
    1 (deteriorado) threadbare, worn
    2 figurado (descarado) shameless, cheeky
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [paño] frayed, threadbare; [ropa, persona] shabby
    2) (=desvergonzado) shameless
    * * *
    - da adjetivo worn-out, threadbare
    * * *
    = frayed, worn, well-worn, moth-eaten, mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.], timeworn.
    Ex. It has a time-worn and frayed look.
    Ex. Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    Ex. He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
    Ex. He said: 'The outer shell of democracy is, no doubt, intact but it appears to be moth-eaten from inside'.
    Ex. So, he cleaned the bird cage from top to bottom and threw out all the mothy bird seed.
    Ex. In the crest of the timeworn Black Mountains lies the summit of Mount Mitchell, the highest point east of the Mississippi.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo worn-out, threadbare
    * * *
    = frayed, worn, well-worn, moth-eaten, mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.], timeworn.

    Ex: It has a time-worn and frayed look.

    Ex: Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    Ex: He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
    Ex: He said: 'The outer shell of democracy is, no doubt, intact but it appears to be moth-eaten from inside'.
    Ex: So, he cleaned the bird cage from top to bottom and threw out all the mothy bird seed.
    Ex: In the crest of the timeworn Black Mountains lies the summit of Mount Mitchell, the highest point east of the Mississippi.

    * * *
    raído -da
    worn-out, threadbare
    * * *

    Del verbo raer: ( conjugate raer)

    raído es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    raer    
    raído
    raer ( conjugate raer) verbo transitivo ‹ superficie› to scrape;
    ‹barniz/pintura› to scrape off
    raído
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    worn-out, threadbare
    raído,-a adjetivo worn (out)

    ' raído' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    raída
    English:
    mangy
    - shabby
    - threadbare
    - thread
    - worn
    * * *
    raído, -a adj
    [desgastado] threadbare; [por los bordes] frayed
    * * *
    adj threadbare
    * * *
    raído, -da adj
    : worn, shabby
    * * *
    raído adj shabby [comp. shabbier; superl. shabbiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > raído

  • 14 tela de cuadros

    (n.) = tweed
    Ex. He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
    * * *
    (n.) = tweed

    Ex: He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > tela de cuadros

  • 15 farolero

    adj.
    boastful, vain.
    m.
    1 lamplighter.
    2 boaster.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (de profesión) lamplighter
    ————————
    1 (de profesión) lamplighter
    * * *
    farolero, -a
    1.
    ADJ * boastful
    2. SM / F
    1) * (=fanfarrón) boaster
    2) * (=mentiroso) bullshitter ***
    3) (=fabricante) lamp-maker
    4) † [del alumbrado público] lamplighter
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo (Esp)
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino (Esp) boaster, bragger
    * * *
    Nota: Persona que antigüamente se encargaba de encencer y apagar las luces de las calles.
    Ex. On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo (Esp)
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino (Esp) boaster, bragger
    * * *
    Nota: Persona que antigüamente se encargaba de encencer y apagar las luces de las calles.

    Ex: On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.

    * * *
    farolero1 -ra
    1 (presumido) flashy ( colloq)
    2
    (que se tira faroles): es muy farolero he's always bragging o ( colloq) shooting his mouth off
    farolero2 -ra
    masculine, feminine
    1 (presumido) show-off ( colloq)
    2 (jactancioso) boaster, bragger
    meterse a farolero ( fam); to poke one's nose into things one knows nothing about ( colloq)
    * * *
    farolero, -a
    ♦ adj
    Fam bragging
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [oficio] lamplighter
    2. Fam [fanfarrón] braggart
    * * *
    m, farolera f blowhard fam, boaster
    * * *
    farolero, -ra n, fam : bluffer

    Spanish-English dictionary > farolero

  • 16 gastado1

    1 = hackneyed, worn, shabby [shabbier -comp., shabbiest -sup.], well-worn, spent.
    Ex. It is the order of words that helps us to distinguish between 'office post' and 'post office' or, to quote the hackneyed example, 'blind Venetian' and 'Venetian blind'.
    Ex. Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    Ex. Seventeenth-century English printing was abysmally poor, and there are few books that were not set in ill-cast, battered type, clumsily arranged and carelessly printed in brown ink on shabby paper.
    Ex. He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
    Ex. If you repeatedly deadhead - trim off the spent flowers - the plant goes into overdrive.
    ----
    * batería gastada = dud battery.
    * gastado por el uso = worn-out.
    * muy gastado = worn-out.

    Spanish-English dictionary > gastado1

  • 17 gastado

    adj.
    worn-out, used-up, worn-down, outworn.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: gastar.
    * * *
    1→ link=gastar gastar
    1 (desgastado) worn-out
    2 (acabado) finished, empty, used up
    3 (manido) hackneyed, well-worn
    4 (abatido) worn-out, drained; (aviejado) old
    5 (debilitado) weak, spent, finished
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=desgastado) [ropa, neumático, superficie] worn
    2) (=trillado) [metáfora] stale, hackneyed; [broma] old, stale
    3) [pilas] dead
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <ropa/zapatos> worn-out; <político/cantante> washed-up (colloq)
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <ropa/zapatos> worn-out; <político/cantante> washed-up (colloq)
    * * *
    gastado1
    1 = hackneyed, worn, shabby [shabbier -comp., shabbiest -sup.], well-worn, spent.

    Ex: It is the order of words that helps us to distinguish between 'office post' and 'post office' or, to quote the hackneyed example, 'blind Venetian' and 'Venetian blind'.

    Ex: Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    Ex: Seventeenth-century English printing was abysmally poor, and there are few books that were not set in ill-cast, battered type, clumsily arranged and carelessly printed in brown ink on shabby paper.
    Ex: He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
    Ex: If you repeatedly deadhead - trim off the spent flowers - the plant goes into overdrive.
    * batería gastada = dud battery.
    * gastado por el uso = worn-out.
    * muy gastado = worn-out.

    gastado2

    Ex: The estimated cost on the original order record is then deducted from the committed expenditure.

    * * *
    gastado -da
    1 ‹ropa/zapatos› worn-out
    los codos están muy gastados the elbows have worn very thin o are threadbare
    2
    (envejecido): sólo tiene 40 años pero está muy gastado he's only 40 but he looks much older
    3 ‹político/deportista/cantante› washed-up ( colloq), finished ( colloq)
    el gobierno ya está muy gastado the government has had its day
    * * *

    Del verbo gastar: ( conjugate gastar)

    gastado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    gastado    
    gastar
    gastado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹ropa/zapatos› worn-out;


    ‹político/cantante› washed-up (colloq)
    gastar ( conjugate gastar) verbo transitivo
    1 ( consumir)
    a) ‹ dinero› to spend;

    gastado algo en algo to spend sth on sth
    b) ‹gasolina/electricidad› to use

    2 (desperdiciar, malgastar) ‹dinero/tiempo/energía› to waste
    3 ( desgastar) ‹ropa/zapatos› to wear out;
    ‹ tacones› to wear down
    4 (fam) (llevar, usar) ‹ropa/gafas› to wear;

    5 ‹ broma› to play;
    ◊ le gastadoon una broma they played a joke o trick on him

    gastarse verbo pronominal
    1 ( enf) ‹ dinero› to spend
    2 [pilas/batería] to run down;

    3 [ropa/zapatos] ( desgastarse) to wear out
    4 ( enf) (fam) ( tener) to have;
    ◊ se gasta un genio … he has a terrible temper!

    gastado,-a adjetivo
    1 (usado, deteriorado) worn-out
    2 fig (manido) hackneyed
    gastar verbo transitivo
    1 (dinero, tiempo) to spend
    (gasolina, energía) to consume
    2 (desperdiciar) to waste
    3 (terminar) to use up
    4 (emplear, usar) (ropa, gafas, zapatos) to wear: gasta papel de cartas azul, he uses blue writing paper
    5 le gastaron una broma, they played a joke on him
    ♦ Locuciones: gastarlas, to behave, act: procura no llevarte mal con el jefe, que no sabes como las gasta, tread carefully with the boss until you find out what sort of person she is
    ' gastado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    gastada
    - rozado
    - usado
    - ya
    English:
    go through
    - low
    - shabby
    - spend
    - spent
    - tatty
    - worn
    - worn-out
    - bald
    - thread
    - well
    * * *
    gastado, -a adj
    [objeto] worn out; [frase, tema] hackneyed; [persona] broken, burnt out; [pila] dead; [batería] flat
    * * *
    adj worn out
    * * *
    gastado, -da adj
    1) : spent
    2) : worn, worn-out
    * * *
    gastado adj (ropa, zapatos, etc) worn out

    Spanish-English dictionary > gastado

  • 18 farolera

    m, farolera f blowhard fam, boaster

    Spanish-English dictionary > farolera

  • 19 fanfarrón

    • arrogant
    • blowhard
    • blowoff
    • bluffer
    • boaster
    • boastful
    • boastful person
    • braggart
    • bragger
    • conceited
    • four-flusher
    • fourflusher
    • gascon
    • swaggerer
    • swank
    • swanker
    • thrasonical
    • vain
    • vaunter

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > fanfarrón

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