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101 gerissen
I P.P. reißenII Adj. umg. (schlau) sly, crafty; (alle Schliche kennend) shrewd, wily; ein gerissener Geschäftsmann etc. a shrewd businessman etc.; ein gerissener Bursche auch a shrewd operator* * *crafty; foxy; vulpine; slippery; quirky; shifty; wily; fly; canny; cagey* * *ge|rịs|sen [gə'rɪsn] ptp von reißenadjcrafty, cunning* * *(crafty, cunning, sly etc: a wily old fox; He is too wily for the police to catch him.) wily* * *ge·ris·sen[gəˈrɪsn̩]* * *1.2. Part. v. reißen2.Adjektiv (ugs.) crafty* * *ein gerissener Bursche auch a shrewd operator* * *1.2. Part. v. reißen2.Adjektiv (ugs.) crafty* * *adj.cagey adj.quirky adj.shifty adj.slippery adj.torn adj.wily adj. adv.quirkily adv.shiftily adv. -
102 cauteloso
adj.1 cautious, careful, prudent, cagey.2 careful, prudent.3 guarded.* * *► adjetivo1 cautious, wary* * *(f. - cautelosa)adj.* * *ADJ1) (=cuidadoso) cautious, wary, careful2) pey (=astuto) cunning, crafty* * ** * *= wary [warier -comp., wariest -sup.], guarded.Ex. The girls were wary, nervously self-conscious, quite unable to behave in a natural and relaxed way.Ex. Britain has given a guarded response to Myanmar's announcement that a referendum will be held on a new constitution in May.* * ** * *= wary [warier -comp., wariest -sup.], guarded.Ex: The girls were wary, nervously self-conscious, quite unable to behave in a natural and relaxed way.
Ex: Britain has given a guarded response to Myanmar's announcement that a referendum will be held on a new constitution in May.* * *cauteloso -sa[ SER] ‹persona› cautiouslos primeros cautelosos pasos the first cautious o tentative steps* * *
cauteloso
cauteloso,-a adjetivo cautious
' cauteloso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cautelosa
English:
cagey
- cautious
- circumspect
- conservative
- guarded
- wary
- err
* * *cauteloso, -a♦ adjcautious, careful♦ nm,fcautious person* * *adj cautious* * *cauteloso, -sa adj: cautious, prudent♦ cautelosamente adv* * *cauteloso adj cautious -
103 escaldado
adj.scalded.m.scalding.past part.past participle of spanish verb: escaldar.* * *1→ link=escaldar escaldar► adjetivo1 scalded2 figurado wary, cautious\salir escaldado,-a figurado to get one's fingers burnt* * *ADJ1) (=escarmentado)gato I, 1., 1)•
salir escaldado, salió escaldado del negocio — he got his fingers burned in the deal2) (=receloso) wary, cautious3) [mujer] loose* * *- da adjetivoa) ( quemado) scaldedb) ( por la orina)tiene las nalgas escaldadas — she has diaper (AmE) o (BrE) nappy rash
c) ( escarmentado)* * *----* salir escaldado = get + the rough edge of + Posesivo + tongue.* * *- da adjetivoa) ( quemado) scaldedb) ( por la orina)tiene las nalgas escaldadas — she has diaper (AmE) o (BrE) nappy rash
c) ( escarmentado)* * ** salir escaldado = get + the rough edge of + Posesivo + tongue.* * *escaldado -da23(escarmentado): salió escaldado de la experiencia he learned his lesson* * *
Del verbo escaldar: ( conjugate escaldar)
escaldado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
escaldado
escaldar
escaldar ( conjugate escaldar) verbo transitivo
escaldarse verbo pronominal
escaldado,-a adj fam cagey, wary, once bitten twice shy: fue una experiencia de la que salí escaldada, that experience made me cagey
escaldar verbo transitivo to scald
escaldar verbo transitivo to scald, burn
' escaldado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
escaldada
English:
bitten
- bite
* * *escaldado, -a adj1. Culin scalded* * *adj scalded;figsalió escaldado del proyecto he got his fingers burned in the project -
104 cagy
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105 escaldada
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106 escaldado
Del verbo escaldar: ( conjugate escaldar) \ \
escaldado es: \ \el participioMultiple Entries: escaldado escaldar
escaldar ( conjugate escaldar) verbo transitivo escaldarse verbo pronominal
escaldado,-a adj fam cagey, wary, once bitten twice shy: fue una experiencia de la que salí escaldada, that experience made me cagey
escaldar verbo transitivo to scald
escaldar verbo transitivo to scald, burn ' escaldado' also found in these entries: Spanish: escaldada English: bitten - bite -
107 kurnaz
adj. cunning, shrewd, astute, tricky, artful, crafty, arch, cagey, calculating, canny, cattish, catty, cute, designing, dodgy, downy, feline, foxy, hard boiled, heady, knowing, leery, politic, quirky, roguish, serpentine, sharp, shifty, slick, slim--------n. wheeler dealer, coon, dodger, weasel, sly old fox, wise guy, fox, slyboots* * *1. cagey 2. cagy 3. crafty 4. cunning 5. foxy 6. leery 7. sly 8. vulpine -
108 escaldada
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109 umpimielinen
yks.nom. umpimielinen; yks.gen. umpimielisen; yks.part. umpimielistä; yks.ill. umpimieliseen; mon.gen. umpimielisten umpimielisien; mon.part. umpimielisiä; mon.ill. umpimielisiincagey (adje)reserved (adje)self-contained (adje)uncommunicative (adje)* * *• uncommunicative• tardy• self-contained• reserved• cagey• unsociable -
110 cachottier
I.n. m. 'Cagey character', keeper of petty secrets. Petit cachottier, va! You are one for secrets, aren't you!II.adj. 'Cagey', secretive (over trivial matters). -
111 уклончивый
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > уклончивый
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112 cagy
[ʹkeıdʒı] = cagey -
113 говорите прямо!
1) General subject: don't be cagy!, don't speak at me, please!, stop beating about the bush!2) Makarov: don't be cagey! -
114 его на мякине не проведёшь
1) General subject: he is a cagy old bird2) Makarov: he is a cagey old birdУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > его на мякине не проведёшь
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115 коварный
1) General subject: Byzantian, Jesuitic, Jesuitical, artful, astucious, astute, cattish, catty, crafty, cunning, designing, devious, foxlike, full of deceit, full of guile, guileful, insidious, proditorous, scheming, serpentine, sly, snaky, sneaky, tortuous, treacherous, tricky, underhand, underhanded, versute, vulpine, wily, subtle, callid, dark-minded, conniving, wilier2) Zoology: feline4) Bookish: proditory5) History: Punic6) Rare: subdolous8) Australian slang: cunning as a shithouse rat9) Diplomatic term: Byzantine10) Scottish language: loopy11) Jargon: cagey, cagy, chicken, greasy, slippery, poison (Stay away from her. She's poison. Держись от неё подальше. Она коварна.), crazy12) Makarov: crazy as a fox, crazy like a fox, crazy like as a fox, subtile -
116 ловкий
1) General subject: a good hand at (smth.), a man of quick hands, adept, adroit, ambidexter, ambidexterous, ambidextrous, arch, artful, boorish, cannie, canny, clean, clever, compleat, crafty, deft, dexterous, dextrous, diplomatic, diplomatical, dodgy, ept, expedient (о ходе, шаге и т.п.), fly, fly (о пальцах), forthright, habile, handy, knacky, knowing, light fingers, light handed, light-fingered, light-handed, maladroit, natty, neat, neat handed, neat-handed, nimble, nimble fingered, nimble footed, nimble-fingered (о карманнике), nimble-footed, politic, quirky, resourceful, sharp, shifty, shuffling, skilful, skilled, skillful, skillfull, slick, slim, sly, smart, smooth, stalky, swift handed, swift-handed, tactical, tricky, twisty, two handed, uncouth, subtle2) Colloquial: brown, wide-awake3) Dialect: peart6) Literal: sharpest tool in a shed (о человеке)8) Aviation medicine: high-skilled9) Makarov: subtile -
117 не виляйте
General subject: don't be so cagey -
118 не виляйте!
1) General subject: don't be cagy!2) Makarov: don't be cagey! -
119 неразговорчивый
1) General subject: cagey, incommunicative, laconic, laconical, short spoken, short-spoken, taciturn, uncommunicative, uncompanionable, close-mouthed2) Colloquial: cagy3) Bookish: unvocal4) Psychoanalysis: unconversable5) Makarov: incommunicable -
120 он скрывал свой возраст
1) General subject: he was cagy about his age2) Makarov: he was cagey about his ageУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > он скрывал свой возраст
См. также в других словарях:
cagey — [adj] tricky cagey, careful, circumspect, crafty, cunning, leery, secretive, shrewd, sly, wary, wily; concepts 401,545 … New thesaurus
cagey — index machiavellian Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
cagey — evasive, reticent, 1909, U.S. colloquial, of unknown origin … Etymology dictionary
cagey — is more recent than people realize (first recorded 1909) and is an Americanism. This is a better spelling than its variant cagy … Modern English usage
cagey — (also cagy) ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ uncommunicative owing to caution or suspicion. DERIVATIVES cagily adverb caginess (also cageyness) noun. ORIGIN of unknown origin … English terms dictionary
cagey — ☆ cagey or cagy [kā′jē ] adj. cagier, cagiest [< ?] Informal 1. sly; tricky; cunning 2. careful not to get caught or fooled cagily adv. caginess n … English World dictionary
cagey — UK [ˈkeɪdʒɪ] / US adjective Word forms cagey : adjective cagey comparative cagier superlative cagiest informal not saying much about something, because you do not want people to know very much cagey about: He was very cagey about his reasons for… … English dictionary
cagey — also cagy adjective (cagier; est) Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1893 1. hesitant about committing oneself < officials are cagey about giving out details > 2. a. wary of being trapped or deceived ; shrewd … New Collegiate Dictionary
cagey — adj. (colloq.) sly cagey about * * * [ keɪdʒɪ] (colloq.) [ sly ] cagey about … Combinatory dictionary
cagey — cag|ey [ˈkeıdʒi] adj unwilling to tell people about your plans, intentions, or opinions cagey about ▪ He was very cagey about the deal. >cagily adv >caginess n … Dictionary of contemporary English
cagey — ca|gey [ keıdʒi ] adjective INFORMAL not saying much about something, because you do not want people to know very much: SECRETIVE: cagey about: He was very cagey about his reasons for leaving. ╾ ca|gi|ly adverb … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English