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canalla

  • 1 canalla

    adj.
    rotten, wicked, mean.
    f. & m.
    1 swine, dog.
    2 knave, despicable person, scoundrel, scum.
    3 mob, rabble, canaille, doggery.
    * * *
    1 peyorativo (chusma) riffraff, mob, rabble
    1 peyorativo (hombre ruin) rascal, scoundrel, swine, rotter
    * * *
    noun mf.
    swine, rat
    * * *
    masculino y femenino
    a) (fam) (bribón, granuja) swine (colloq)
    b) canalla femenino (pey) ( chusma)

    la canalla — the rabble o riffraff

    * * *
    = scoundrel, miscreant, scumbag, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, cad, swine, pig, badass, nasty piece of work.
    Ex. Here came every sort of human ingredient -- sturdy homesteaders, skilled craftsmen, precious scoundrels.
    Ex. The forest, therefore, is regarded as the abode of robbers & sundry miscreants, implying its relation to the forces of chaos & disorder.
    Ex. He then made the comment that our soldiers are fighting 'detestable murderers and scumbags'.
    Ex. And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.
    Ex. In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.
    Ex. In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex. Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.
    Ex. In German law it is a criminal offense for A to insult B, for example, by calling him a swine.
    Ex. He was waiting for the opportunity to unleash his fury, no one calls him a pig and gets away with it.
    Ex. In the hardscrabble times of the Bible, where there were plagues, invasions from foreign powers, and swarms of locusts, you pretty much had to be a badass.
    Ex. Mary, on the other hand, is a nasty piece of work who is at her best is frosty and aloof and at her worst is hostile and cruel.
    ----
    * comportarse como un canalla con = be rotten to.
    * portarse como un canalla con = be rotten to.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino
    a) (fam) (bribón, granuja) swine (colloq)
    b) canalla femenino (pey) ( chusma)

    la canalla — the rabble o riffraff

    * * *
    = scoundrel, miscreant, scumbag, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, cad, swine, pig, badass, nasty piece of work.

    Ex: Here came every sort of human ingredient -- sturdy homesteaders, skilled craftsmen, precious scoundrels.

    Ex: The forest, therefore, is regarded as the abode of robbers & sundry miscreants, implying its relation to the forces of chaos & disorder.
    Ex: He then made the comment that our soldiers are fighting 'detestable murderers and scumbags'.
    Ex: And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.
    Ex: In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.
    Ex: In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex: Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.
    Ex: In German law it is a criminal offense for A to insult B, for example, by calling him a swine.
    Ex: He was waiting for the opportunity to unleash his fury, no one calls him a pig and gets away with it.
    Ex: In the hardscrabble times of the Bible, where there were plagues, invasions from foreign powers, and swarms of locusts, you pretty much had to be a badass.
    Ex: Mary, on the other hand, is a nasty piece of work who is at her best is frosty and aloof and at her worst is hostile and cruel.
    * comportarse como un canalla con = be rotten to.
    * portarse como un canalla con = be rotten to.

    * * *
    ( fam); rotten ( colloq), mean ( colloq)
    el muy canalla se largó con toda la plata the rotten swine ran off with all the cash
    1 ( fam) (bribón, granuja) swine ( colloq), bastard (sl)
    2
    canalla feminine ( pey) (chusma): la canalla the rabble o riffraff
    la canalla periodística the press mob ( pej)
    * * *

    canalla sustantivo masculino y femenino (fam) (bribón, granuja) swine (colloq)
    canalla pey
    I mf swine, rotter
    II sustantivo femenino riffraff, mob
    ' canalla' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    miserable
    - sinvergüenza
    English:
    heel
    - rat
    - scoundrel
    - swine
    - unmitigated
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1 [miserable] beastly;
    [bribón] roguish
    2 [barriobajero] low-life
    3 [estado] rogue
    ♦ nmf
    [persona] swine, dog
    ♦ nf
    la canalla the rabble, the riffraff
    * * *
    I m/f swine fam, rat fam
    II f riff-raff
    * * *
    canalla adj, fam : low, rotten
    canalla nmf, fam : bastard, swine

    Spanish-English dictionary > canalla

  • 2 canalla *

    1.
    SMF swine *

    ¡canalla! — you swine!

    2.
    SF rabble, riffraff

    la canalla periodística o de la prensa — the press mob *

    Spanish-English dictionary > canalla *

  • 3 canalla

    • cur
    • despicable person
    • mob
    • rabbity
    • rabble
    • ragtag and bobtail
    • rascal
    • riding whip
    • rifeness
    • riff-raff
    • riffle
    • riffle blade
    • riffle through
    • riffraff
    • rifle
    • scallawag
    • scallywag
    • scapegrace
    • scoundrel

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > canalla

  • 4 canalla organizada

    • gangsterism

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > canalla organizada

  • 5 canalla organizada

    f.
    gangsterism.

    Spanish-English dictionary > canalla organizada

  • 6 comportarse como un canalla con

    (v.) = be rotten to
    Ex. It's a cartoon about a mischievous youngster who delights in playing pranks, being rotten to his relatives and generally getting up to no good.
    * * *

    Ex: It's a cartoon about a mischievous youngster who delights in playing pranks, being rotten to his relatives and generally getting up to no good.

    Spanish-English dictionary > comportarse como un canalla con

  • 7 portarse como un canalla con

    (v.) = be rotten to
    Ex. It's a cartoon about a mischievous youngster who delights in playing pranks, being rotten to his relatives and generally getting up to no good.
    * * *

    Ex: It's a cartoon about a mischievous youngster who delights in playing pranks, being rotten to his relatives and generally getting up to no good.

    Spanish-English dictionary > portarse como un canalla con

  • 8 actuar como canalla

    • behave like a rogue
    • behave like a scoundrel

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > actuar como canalla

  • 9 hacerse un canalla

    • become a rogue
    • turn into a rascal

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > hacerse un canalla

  • 10 sinvergüenza

    adj.
    shameless, barefaced, brazen, cynical.
    intj.
    you little beggar.
    f. & m.
    1 scoundrel, son of a gun, rogue, shyster.
    2 shameless person, shameless individual, cheeky devil, cheeky person.
    * * *
    1 (pícaro) shameless
    2 (descarado) cheeky
    1 (pícaro) rotter, swine, louse
    2 (descarado) cheeky devil
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ (=pillo) rotten; (=descarado) brazen, shameless
    2.
    SMF (=pillo) scoundrel, rogue; (=canalla) rotter *; (=insolente) cheeky devil

    ¡sinvergüenza! — hum you villain!

    * * *
    I
    a) ( canalla)
    b) (hum) ( pícaro) naughty
    II
    masculino y femenino
    a) ( canalla) swine (colloq), scoundrel (dated); (estafador, ladrón) crook (colloq)
    b) (hum) ( pícaro) rascal (hum), little devil o rascal (hum)
    * * *
    = scoundrel, shameless, shyster, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, thug, cad.
    Ex. Here came every sort of human ingredient -- sturdy homesteaders, skilled craftsmen, precious scoundrels.
    Ex. Another librarian described herself as 'a shameless, self-promoter'.
    Ex. When loss of physical and mental rigor is accompanied by financial problems, the retiree may reject himself and fall victim to the con man and shyster.
    Ex. And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.
    Ex. In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.
    Ex. In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex. Poole was a notorious gang leader & street thug, murdered by enemies of similar background.
    Ex. Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.
    * * *
    I
    a) ( canalla)
    b) (hum) ( pícaro) naughty
    II
    masculino y femenino
    a) ( canalla) swine (colloq), scoundrel (dated); (estafador, ladrón) crook (colloq)
    b) (hum) ( pícaro) rascal (hum), little devil o rascal (hum)
    * * *
    = scoundrel, shameless, shyster, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, thug, cad.

    Ex: Here came every sort of human ingredient -- sturdy homesteaders, skilled craftsmen, precious scoundrels.

    Ex: Another librarian described herself as 'a shameless, self-promoter'.
    Ex: When loss of physical and mental rigor is accompanied by financial problems, the retiree may reject himself and fall victim to the con man and shyster.
    Ex: And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.
    Ex: In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.
    Ex: In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex: Poole was a notorious gang leader & street thug, murdered by enemies of similar background.
    Ex: Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.

    * * *
    1
    (canalla): ¡qué hombre más sinvergüenza! what a swine! ( colloq)
    2 ( hum) ‹niño› (travieso) naughty
    1 (canalla) swine ( colloq), scoundrel ( dated); (estafador, ladrón) crook ( colloq)
    2 ( hum) (pícaro) rascal ( hum), little devil o rascal ( hum)
    * * *

    sinvergüenza adjetivo
    a) ( canalla):

    ◊ ¡qué tipo más sinvergüenza! what a swine! (colloq)

    b) (hum) ( pícaro) naughty

    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    a) ( canalla) swine (colloq);

    (estafador, ladrón) crook (colloq)
    b) (hum) ( pícaro) rascal (hum)

    sinvergüenza
    I adjetivo
    1 pey (granuja, inmoral) shameless
    2 hum (pillo) cheeky: pero qué sinvergüenza eres, what a rogue you are
    II mf
    1 (inmoral, sin escrúpulos) crook
    2 (pillo, descarado) rogue
    ' sinvergüenza' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    conchudo
    - redomada
    - redomado
    - atorrante
    - gandalla
    English:
    scoundrel
    - so-and-so
    - crook
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [canalla] shameless
    2. [fresco, descarado] cheeky
    ♦ nmf
    1. [canalla] scoundrel;
    ser un sinvergüenza to be shameless
    2. [fresco, descarado] cheeky person;
    ser un sinvergüenza to be a cheeky rascal o so-and-so;
    ese sinvergüenza me ha quitado el bocadillo that cheeky rascal o so-and-so stole my sandwich
    * * *
    I adj shameless, unscrupulous
    II m/f swine;
    ¡qué sinvergüenza! ( descarado) what a nerve!
    * * *
    1) descarado: shameless, brazen, impudent
    2) travieso: naughty
    1) : rogue, scoundrel
    2) : brat, rascal
    * * *
    sinvergüenza n rogue

    Spanish-English dictionary > sinvergüenza

  • 11 guache

    1 gouache
    * * *
    I
    * SM
    1) Caribe (=del campo) rustic, peasant, hick (EEUU) *
    2) And, Caribe (=zafio) uncouth person
    3) (=vago) layabout, loafer
    II
    SM (Arte) gouache
    * * *
    1) (Art) gouache
    2) (Col, Ven fam & pey) ( canalla) swine (colloq)
    * * *
    ----
    * pintura al guache = gouache.
    * * *
    1) (Art) gouache
    2) (Col, Ven fam & pey) ( canalla) swine (colloq)
    * * *
    * pintura al guache = gouache.
    * * *
    A ( Art) gouache
    B (Col, Ven fam pey) (canalla) swine ( colloq)
    * * *
    guache nm
    1. Arte gouache
    2. Col, Ven [canalla] thug
    3. Col [maraca] maraca
    * * *
    m → gouache

    Spanish-English dictionary > guache

  • 12 miserable

    adj.
    1 poor (pobre).
    2 miserable (penoso, insuficiente).
    3 contemptible, base (vil).
    4 mean (tacaño).
    5 miserly, mean, stingy.
    6 meager, scant.
    f. & m.
    1 wretch, vile person (persona vil).
    2 mean person, miser (tacaño).
    * * *
    1 (desdichado) miserable
    2 (insignificante) miserly; (tacaño) mean
    3 (malvado) wretched
    1 (malvado) wretch
    2 (tacaño) miser
    * * *
    adj.
    1) miserable, wretched
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=tacaño) mean, stingy; (=avaro) miserly
    2) [sueldo] miserable, paltry
    3) (=vil) vile, despicable
    4) [lugar, habitación] squalid, wretched
    5) (=desdichado) wretched
    2. SMF
    1) (=desgraciado) wretch
    2) (=canalla) swine, wretch

    ¡miserable! — you miserable wretch!

    * * *
    I
    a) ( pobre) < vivienda> miserable, wretched; < sueldo> paltry, miserable
    b) ( avaro) mean, stingy (colloq)
    c) ( malvado) malicious, nasty
    II
    masculino y femenino wretch, scoundrel
    * * *
    = mean [meaner -comp., meanest -sup.], miserable, squalid, mean-spirited, paltry [paltrier -comp., paltriest -sup.], measly [measlier -comp., measliest -sup.], dastardly, cheapskate.
    Ex. Whereas in most European countries during this period welfare provision continued to develop, in Australia it languished at a level which, with the exception of Japan, was the meanest of the developed countries.
    Ex. Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Don't waste your time on this mean-spirited little film of no consequence.
    Ex. And there is no guarantee that any of the paltry sums of extra money available will actually benefit the workers in the recipient countries.
    Ex. Despite the Bank of England's base rate having risen by a full percentage point, the average savings rate is still ' measly'.
    Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex. Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.
    ----
    * fracaso miserable = miserable failure.
    * llevar una vida miserable = live + wretched existence.
    * * *
    I
    a) ( pobre) < vivienda> miserable, wretched; < sueldo> paltry, miserable
    b) ( avaro) mean, stingy (colloq)
    c) ( malvado) malicious, nasty
    II
    masculino y femenino wretch, scoundrel
    * * *
    = mean [meaner -comp., meanest -sup.], miserable, squalid, mean-spirited, paltry [paltrier -comp., paltriest -sup.], measly [measlier -comp., measliest -sup.], dastardly, cheapskate.

    Ex: Whereas in most European countries during this period welfare provision continued to develop, in Australia it languished at a level which, with the exception of Japan, was the meanest of the developed countries.

    Ex: Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex: Don't waste your time on this mean-spirited little film of no consequence.
    Ex: And there is no guarantee that any of the paltry sums of extra money available will actually benefit the workers in the recipient countries.
    Ex: Despite the Bank of England's base rate having risen by a full percentage point, the average savings rate is still ' measly'.
    Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex: Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.
    * fracaso miserable = miserable failure.
    * llevar una vida miserable = live + wretched existence.

    * * *
    1 (pobre) ‹vivienda› miserable, wretched; ‹sueldo› paltry, miserable
    2 (avaro) mean, stingy ( colloq)
    3 (malvado) malicious, nasty
    wretch, scoundrel, nasty piece of work ( colloq)
    * * *

    miserable adjetivo

    ‹ sueldo› paltry, miserable
    b) ( avaro) mean, stingy (colloq)


    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    wretch, scoundrel
    miserable
    I adjetivo
    1 (lástimoso, pobre) wretched, poor: gana un sueldo miserable, she earns a miserable salary
    2 (malvado, ruin) despicable
    un comportamiento miserable, despicable behaviour
    3 (avariento) mean
    II mf
    1 (mezquino) miser
    2 (canalla) wretch, scoundrel: un miserable le robó la bicicleta, some scoundrel stole his bicycle
    ' miserable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    astrosa
    - astroso
    - escoria
    - mezquina
    - mezquino
    - mísera
    - miseria
    - mísero
    - pajolera
    - pajolero
    - chancho
    - triste
    English:
    abject
    - miser
    - miserable
    - niggardly
    - skimpy
    - squalid
    - stingy
    - bleak
    - sorry
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [pobre] poor;
    [vivienda] wretched, squalid
    2. [penoso, insuficiente] miserable
    3. [vil] contemptible, base
    4. [tacaño] mean
    ♦ nmf
    1. [persona vil] wretch, vile person
    2. [tacaño] mean person, miser
    * * *
    I adj wretched
    II m/f
    1 ( tacaño) skinflint
    2 ( canalla) swine
    * * *
    1) lastimoso: miserable, wretched
    2) : paltry, meager
    3) mezquino: stingy, miserly
    4) : despicable, vile

    Spanish-English dictionary > miserable

  • 13 coño de madre

    masculino, femenino (Ven vulg) ( canalla) (m) bastard (vulg), son of a bitch (sl); (f) bitch (vulg)
    * * *
    masculino, femenino (Ven vulg) ( canalla) (m) bastard (vulg), son of a bitch (sl); (f) bitch (vulg)
    * * *
    1 (malo) mean ( colloq), low-down ( AmE colloq)
    2 (sarcástico) sarcastic
    masculine, feminine
    1 (canalla) ( masculine) bastard ( vulg); ( feminine) bitch ( vulg)
    2 (persona sarcástica) sarcastic bastard (sl)

    Spanish-English dictionary > coño de madre

  • 14 crápula

    f. & m.
    1 vicious person.
    2 drunkenness, crapulence.
    3 debauchery, dissipation, orgy.
    * * *
    1 (borrachera) drunkenness
    2 figurado (disipación) dissipation, debauchery
    1 (hombre) reprobate, rake
    * * *
    1.
    SF (=embriaguez) drunkenness; (=disipación) dissipation
    2.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino
    a) ( libertino)
    b) (AmL) ( canalla) swine
    * * *
    masculino y femenino
    a) ( libertino)
    b) (AmL) ( canalla) swine
    * * *
    1
    (persona de vida disipada): es un crápula he leads a dissolute o dissipated life
    2 ( AmL) (canalla) swine
    3
    crápula feminine (libertinaje) licentiousness, dissolute o dissipated life
    * * *

    crápula sustantivo masculino pey lecher
    * * *
    ♦ nmf
    1. [libertino] libertine
    2. Am [mala persona] scoundrel, swine
    ♦ nf
    [libertinaje] dissipation, debauchery

    Spanish-English dictionary > crápula

  • 15 comportarse

    1 (portarse) to behave
    * * *
    * * *

    comportarse como es debido — to behave properly, conduct o.s. in a proper fashion frm

    comportarse mal — to misbehave, behave badly

    * * *
    = behave, conduct + Reflexivo.
    Ex. Although the system behaves simply, it incorporates some complex retrieval techniques, developed from information retrieval research.
    Ex. At the next division and department head meeting, Kobitsky was reprimanded and told that she should learn to be an administrator and conduct herself accordingly = En la siguiente reunión de directores de división y departamento, Kobitsky fue amonestada y se le dijo que debería aprender a ser una administradora y actuar consecuentemente.
    ----
    * comportarse + Adverbio = engage in + Adjetivo + behaviour.
    * comportarse como borregos = behave like + sheep.
    * comportarse como se espera = be a sport.
    * comportarse como toda una señora = take + the high road, take + the high ground.
    * comportarse como todo un caballero = take + the high road, take + the high ground.
    * comportarse como un canalla con = be rotten to.
    * comportarse correctamente = get on + the right side of.
    * comportarse mal = misbehave, act up.
    * comportarse muy mal con = be rotten to.
    * * *
    = behave, conduct + Reflexivo.

    Ex: Although the system behaves simply, it incorporates some complex retrieval techniques, developed from information retrieval research.

    Ex: At the next division and department head meeting, Kobitsky was reprimanded and told that she should learn to be an administrator and conduct herself accordingly = En la siguiente reunión de directores de división y departamento, Kobitsky fue amonestada y se le dijo que debería aprender a ser una administradora y actuar consecuentemente.
    * comportarse + Adverbio = engage in + Adjetivo + behaviour.
    * comportarse como borregos = behave like + sheep.
    * comportarse como se espera = be a sport.
    * comportarse como toda una señora = take + the high road, take + the high ground.
    * comportarse como todo un caballero = take + the high road, take + the high ground.
    * comportarse como un canalla con = be rotten to.
    * comportarse correctamente = get on + the right side of.
    * comportarse mal = misbehave, act up.
    * comportarse muy mal con = be rotten to.

    * * *

     

    comportarse ( conjugate comportarse) verbo pronominal
    to behave;

    ■comportarse verbo reflexivo to behave
    comportarse como es debido, to behave properly
    comportarse mal, to misbehave

    ' comportarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ir
    - saber
    - manejar
    - portar
    - propiedad
    - sencillez
    English:
    act
    - amusing
    - behave
    - clean up
    - conduct
    - disgusting
    - naturally
    - oddly
    - rampage
    - wildly
    - finishing
    - social
    * * *
    vpr
    to behave;
    comportarse bien to behave (oneself);
    comportarse mal to behave badly, to misbehave;
    se comporta como una madre she acts o behaves like a mother;
    compórtate o tendré que castigarte behave yourself or I'll have to punish you
    * * *
    v/r behave
    * * *
    : to behave, to conduct oneself
    * * *
    comportarse vb to behave / to act
    comportarse mal to behave badly / to misbehave

    Spanish-English dictionary > comportarse

  • 16 desgraciado

    adj.
    unfortunate, unlucky, fateful, ill-fated.
    f. & m.
    unfortunate, miserable, sorry fellow, poor wretch.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desgraciar.
    * * *
    1→ link=desgraciar desgraciar
    1 (sin suerte) unfortunate, unlucky
    2 (infeliz) unhappy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 wretch, unfortunate person
    \
    ser un,-a pobre desgraciado,-a to be a poor devil
    * * *
    (f. - desgraciada)
    adj.
    * * *
    desgraciado, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) [persona] (=sin suerte) unlucky; (=infeliz) unhappy

    ¡desgraciado de ti si lo haces! — you'd better not do that!, it'll be the worse for you if you do that!

    2) [vida, existencia]

    ¡qué desgraciada existencia la mía! — how wretched I am!

    una vida desgraciada — a wretched life, a life of misery

    3) [accidente, situación] unfortunate
    4) LAm (=asqueroso) lousy *
    2. SM / F
    1) (=infeliz) poor wretch

    la hizo una desgraciada — pey he put her in the family way, he brought shame upon her euf

    2) (=miserable) swine *
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    a) [ser] ( infeliz) unhappy
    b) [ser] ( desafortunado) < viaje> ill-fated
    c) ( desacertado) <elección/coincidencia> unfortunate, unwise
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    1) ( desdichado) wretch
    2) ( persona vil) swine (colloq)
    * * *
    = wretched, unhappy.
    Ex. A card catalog has the capability of being kept up to date, but it is a wretched way to make information available.
    Ex. In this unhappy pattern SLIS are not being singled out for especially harsh treatment.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    a) [ser] ( infeliz) unhappy
    b) [ser] ( desafortunado) < viaje> ill-fated
    c) ( desacertado) <elección/coincidencia> unfortunate, unwise
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    1) ( desdichado) wretch
    2) ( persona vil) swine (colloq)
    * * *
    = wretched, unhappy.

    Ex: A card catalog has the capability of being kept up to date, but it is a wretched way to make information available.

    Ex: In this unhappy pattern SLIS are not being singled out for especially harsh treatment.

    * * *
    A
    1 [ SER] (infeliz) unhappy
    fue muy desgraciado en su matrimonio he was very unhappy in his marriage
    lleva una vida muy desgraciada she leads a miserable life
    2 [ SER]
    (desafortunado): hay días afortunados y días desgraciados there are good days and bad days
    fue un viaje desgraciado it was an ill-fated journey
    ser desgraciado en amores to be unlucky in love
    3 (desacertado) ‹elección› unfortunate, unwise
    B [ SER] (vil) mean, nasty, horrible
    C (sin belleza) ill-favored*, unfortunate
    (sin gracia): ese vestido le queda muy desgraciado that dress doesn't do anything for her o is not at all flattering to her
    masculine, feminine
    A (desdichado) wretch
    la pobre desgraciada the poor wretch
    olvídalo, no es más que un pobre desgraciado forget about him, he's nobody
    B (persona vil) swine ( colloq), creep ( colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo desgraciar: ( conjugate desgraciar)

    desgraciado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    desgraciado    
    desgraciar
    desgraciado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) [ser] ( infeliz) unhappy

    b) [ser] ( desafortunado) ‹ viaje› ill-fated

    c) ( desacertado) ‹elección/coincidencia› unfortunate, unwise

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    1 ( desdichado) wretch
    2 ( persona vil) swine (colloq)
    desgraciado,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (sin suerte, desdichado) unfortunate: aquel fue un día desgraciado, that was a most unfortunate day
    2 (sin felicidad) unhappy: una vida desgraciada, an unhappy life
    3 (desacertado) unwise: regalarles un libro fue una elección desgraciada, it was a bad choice to give them a book
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 unfortunate person
    un pobre desgraciado, a poor devil
    2 pey ofens wretch, vile person: ese desgraciado me golpeó en la cabeza, that despicable person hit me on the head
    ' desgraciado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desgraciada
    - fatalidad
    - infeliz
    - pringada
    - pringado
    English:
    miserable
    - unfortunate
    - unhappy
    - wretch
    * * *
    desgraciado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [desafortunado] [día] ill-fated;
    [suceso, accidente, casualidad] unfortunate
    2. [desacertado] [intervención, elección] unfortunate, unhappy
    3. [sin suerte] unlucky;
    ser desgraciado en el amor to be unlucky in love
    4. [infeliz] unhappy;
    es muy desgraciado en su trabajo he's very unhappy in his work;
    llevar una vida desgraciada to lead an unhappy o a miserable life
    5. [canalla] rotten, nasty
    6. [sin atractivo] unprepossessing, unattractive;
    tiene un físico desgraciado she is physically unattractive
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [persona sin suerte] born loser
    2. [infeliz] wretch;
    es un pobre desgraciado he's a poor wretch
    3. [canalla] swine;
    ¡eres un desgraciado! you're a swine!;
    el muy desgraciado me robó el dinero the swine stole my money
    * * *
    I adj
    1 unfortunate
    2 ( miserable) wretched
    II m, desgraciada f
    1 ( infeliz) wretch
    2 ( sinvergüenza) swine fam
    * * *
    desgraciado, -da adj
    1) : unfortunate, unlucky
    2) : vile, wretched
    desgraciado, -da n
    : unfortunate person, wretch
    * * *
    1. (sin suerte) unlucky [comp. unluckier; superl. unluckiest]
    ¡mira que eres desgraciado! you're so unlucky!
    2. (infeliz) unhappy [comp. unhappier; superl. unhappiest]
    3. (trágico) tragic / unfortunate

    Spanish-English dictionary > desgraciado

  • 17 granuja

    adj.
    rascally, impish, mischievous.
    f. & m.
    1 rogue, scoundrel (pillo).
    2 rascal, little wretch, urchin, gamin.
    3 loose grape separate from the bunch.
    4 seeds of the grape and other small fruits.
    * * *
    1 (uva) grapes plural
    1 (pilluelo) ragamuffin, urchin
    2 (estafador) crook, trickster
    * * *
    1.
    SMF (=bribón) rogue; [dicho con afecto] rascal; (=pilluelo) urchin, ragamuffin
    2.
    SF (=uvas) loose grapes pl ; (=semilla) grape seed
    * * *
    masculino y femenino rascal
    * * *
    = shyster, miscreant, villain, tearaway, lager lout, street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, cad, ragamuffin, ruffian, hoodlum, swine, pig, crook.
    Ex. When loss of physical and mental rigor is accompanied by financial problems, the retiree may reject himself and fall victim to the con man and shyster.
    Ex. The forest, therefore, is regarded as the abode of robbers & sundry miscreants, implying its relation to the forces of chaos & disorder.
    Ex. The father, Old Brightwell, curses his daughter, Jane, for preferring the love of the smooth-tongued villain, Grandley, to that of her own parents.
    Ex. He acused politicians of 'losing the plot' on crime as the 'thriving yob culture' of hooligans and tearaways terrorise the streets.
    Ex. It is routine for people to complain about the 'hordes of lager louts' who turn city centres into 'no-go areas'.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex. This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex. Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex. And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.
    Ex. In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.
    Ex. In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex. Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.
    Ex. He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.
    Ex. The coroner said she had died not from drowning, but from being abused and murdered by a gang of ruffians.
    Ex. Gangs of hoodlums, aged as young as eight, are roaming the streets terrorising store owners and shoppers in broad daylight.
    Ex. In German law it is a criminal offense for A to insult B, for example, by calling him a swine.
    Ex. He was waiting for the opportunity to unleash his fury, no one calls him a pig and gets away with it.
    Ex. The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino rascal
    * * *
    = shyster, miscreant, villain, tearaway, lager lout, street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, cad, ragamuffin, ruffian, hoodlum, swine, pig, crook.

    Ex: When loss of physical and mental rigor is accompanied by financial problems, the retiree may reject himself and fall victim to the con man and shyster.

    Ex: The forest, therefore, is regarded as the abode of robbers & sundry miscreants, implying its relation to the forces of chaos & disorder.
    Ex: The father, Old Brightwell, curses his daughter, Jane, for preferring the love of the smooth-tongued villain, Grandley, to that of her own parents.
    Ex: He acused politicians of 'losing the plot' on crime as the 'thriving yob culture' of hooligans and tearaways terrorise the streets.
    Ex: It is routine for people to complain about the 'hordes of lager louts' who turn city centres into 'no-go areas'.
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex: Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex: This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex: Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex: And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.
    Ex: In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.
    Ex: In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex: Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.
    Ex: He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.
    Ex: The coroner said she had died not from drowning, but from being abused and murdered by a gang of ruffians.
    Ex: Gangs of hoodlums, aged as young as eight, are roaming the streets terrorising store owners and shoppers in broad daylight.
    Ex: In German law it is a criminal offense for A to insult B, for example, by calling him a swine.
    Ex: He was waiting for the opportunity to unleash his fury, no one calls him a pig and gets away with it.
    Ex: The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.

    * * *
    rascal
    ¿dónde se habrá metido este granujilla? where's that little rascal o monkey got(ten) to?
    * * *

    granuja sustantivo masculino y femenino
    rascal
    granuja sustantivo masculino
    1 (pícaro) urchin
    2 (estafador, truhán) swindler
    ' granuja' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bandida
    - bandido
    - pájaro
    - sinvergüenza
    - canalla
    - pajarraco
    - rufián
    English:
    rascal
    - rogue
    * * *
    granuja nmf
    1. [pillo] rogue, scoundrel
    2. [canalla] trickster, swindler
    * * *
    m/f rascal
    * * *
    granuja nmf
    pilluelo: rascal, urchin
    * * *
    granuja adj rascal

    Spanish-English dictionary > granuja

  • 18 portarse

    1 to behave
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (=comportarse) to behave, conduct o.s. frm

    portarse mal — to misbehave, behave badly

    se portó muy bien conmigo — he treated me very well, he was very decent to me

    2) (=distinguirse) to show up well, come through creditably
    3) LAm (=comportarse bien) to behave well
    * * *
    = behave, conduct + Reflexivo.
    Ex. Although the system behaves simply, it incorporates some complex retrieval techniques, developed from information retrieval research.
    Ex. At the next division and department head meeting, Kobitsky was reprimanded and told that she should learn to be an administrator and conduct herself accordingly = En la siguiente reunión de directores de división y departamento, Kobitsky fue amonestada y se le dijo que debería aprender a ser una administradora y actuar consecuentemente.
    ----
    * portarse como un canalla con = be rotten to.
    * portarse muy mal con = be rotten to.
    * * *
    = behave, conduct + Reflexivo.

    Ex: Although the system behaves simply, it incorporates some complex retrieval techniques, developed from information retrieval research.

    Ex: At the next division and department head meeting, Kobitsky was reprimanded and told that she should learn to be an administrator and conduct herself accordingly = En la siguiente reunión de directores de división y departamento, Kobitsky fue amonestada y se le dijo que debería aprender a ser una administradora y actuar consecuentemente.
    * portarse como un canalla con = be rotten to.
    * portarse muy mal con = be rotten to.

    * * *

    ■portarse verbo reflexivo to behave: pórtate bien, behave yourself
    se portó mal con ella, he behaved badly to her
    ' portarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    tratar
    - con
    - portar
    English:
    behave
    - good
    - misbehave
    * * *
    vpr
    to behave;
    portarse bien to behave (well);
    se ha portado bien conmigo she has treated me well;
    portarse mal to misbehave, to behave badly;
    pórtate bien behave (yourself)!;
    se portó muy mal con su hermano he treated his brother very badly;
    Fam
    anda, pórtate bien y tráeme un café be a star and bring me o us a cup of coffee
    * * *
    v/r behave
    * * *
    vr
    conducirse: to behave
    pórtate bien: behave yourself
    * * *
    portarse vb to behave
    pórtate bien behave yourself / be good

    Spanish-English dictionary > portarse

  • 19 puerco

    adj.
    dirty, filthy, grimy, grubby.
    m.
    1 pig, hog, swine.
    2 pork, pork meat.
    * * *
    1 familiar (sucio) filthy
    2 (canalla) rotten
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    3 familiar (sinvergüenza) swine, rotter
    \
    puerco espín / puerco espino porcupine
    * * *
    1. (f. - puerca)
    adj.
    2. (f. - puerca)
    noun
    pig, hog
    * * *
    puerco, -a
    1. SM / F
    1) (=cerdo) pig/sow, hog/sow (EEUU)

    puerco jabalí — wild boar, wild pig

    puerco montés, puerco salvaje — wild boar, wild pig

    Martín
    2) * (=sinvergüenza) pig *; (=canalla) swine *, rotter *
    2. ADJ
    1) (=asqueroso) dirty, filthy
    2) (=repugnante) nasty, disgusting
    3) (=grosero) coarse
    4) (=mezquino) rotten *, mean
    puerca
    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo (fam & pey) ( sucio) dirty; ( despreciable) low-down (colloq)
    II
    - ca masculino, femenino
    1)
    a) ( animal) (m) pig, hog, boar; (f) pig, hog, sow
    b) (Méx) ( carne) pork
    2) (fam) ( persona - sucia) pig (colloq); (- despreciable) swine (colloq)
    * * *
    = mucky pup, swine, pig.
    Ex. I would recommend this product if you don't have many white clothes and if you don't have children, as we all know they are mucky pups.
    Ex. The words ' swine,' 'hogs,' and 'pigs' refer to animals of the porcine family or pig family.
    Ex. A child may find through reading a book that a dull day is transformed because he has met a talking pig and a spider that can write in 'Charlotte's Web'.
    ----
    * puerco espín = hedgehog.
    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo (fam & pey) ( sucio) dirty; ( despreciable) low-down (colloq)
    II
    - ca masculino, femenino
    1)
    a) ( animal) (m) pig, hog, boar; (f) pig, hog, sow
    b) (Méx) ( carne) pork
    2) (fam) ( persona - sucia) pig (colloq); (- despreciable) swine (colloq)
    * * *
    = mucky pup, swine, pig.

    Ex: I would recommend this product if you don't have many white clothes and if you don't have children, as we all know they are mucky pups.

    Ex: The words ' swine,' 'hogs,' and 'pigs' refer to animals of the porcine family or pig family.
    Ex: A child may find through reading a book that a dull day is transformed because he has met a talking pig and a spider that can write in 'Charlotte's Web'.
    * puerco espín = hedgehog.

    * * *
    puerco1 -ca
    1 ‹persona› (sucio) dirty; (despreciable) low-down ( colloq)
    el muy puerco the rat ( colloq), the low-down so-and-so ( colloq)
    2 ‹película/libro› dirty, smutty ( colloq)
    puerco2 -ca
    masculine, feminine
    A
    1 (animal) ( masculine) pig, hog, boar; ( feminine) pig, hog, sow margarita
    a cada puerco le llega su San Martín everyone gets their just deserts o their comeuppance in the end
    2 ( Méx) (carne) pork
    Compuestos:
    porcupine
    wild boar
    B ( fam) (persona — sucia) pig ( colloq); (— despreciable) swine ( colloq)
    * * *

    puerco
    ◊ -ca adjetivo (fam &

    pey) ( sucio) dirty;
    ( despreciable) low-down (colloq)
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    1
    a) ( animal) (m) pig, hog, boar;

    (f) pig, hog, sow;

    b) (Méx) ( carne) pork

    2 (fam) ( persona — sucia) pig (colloq);
    (— despreciable) swine (colloq)
    puerco,-a
    I adj pey (sucio, cochino) dirty, filthy
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 (animal) pig
    (macho) hog, (hembra) sow
    puerco espín, porcupine
    2 pey (persona sucia) pig
    ' puerco' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    puerca
    - carne
    English:
    hog
    - swine
    - pork
    * * *
    puerco, -a
    ♦ adj
    Fam
    1. [sucio] filthy
    2. [malintencionado] nasty, mean
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [animal] pig, f sow
    puerco espín porcupine
    2. Fam [persona malintencionada] swine
    3. Fam [persona sucia] pig
    ♦ nm
    Méx [carne] pork
    * * *
    I adj dirty; fig
    filthy fam
    II m
    1 ZO pig; fig
    persona slob
    2 Méx: cerdo pork
    * * *
    puerco, -ca adj
    : dirty, filthy
    puerco, -ca n
    1) cerdo, marrano: pig, hog
    2) : pig, dirty or greedy person
    3)
    puerco espín : porcupine
    * * *
    puerco n pig

    Spanish-English dictionary > puerco

  • 20 rufián

    adj.
    perverse, base, vile.
    m.
    rogue, villain, bandit, gangster.
    * * *
    2 (canalla) scoundrel, villain, ruffian
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=gamberro) hooligan; (=canalla) scoundrel
    2) (=chulo) pimp
    * * *
    masculino ( granuja) rogue, scoundrel (dated); ( proxeneta) pimp
    * * *
    = ragamuffin, ruffian, hoodlum.
    Ex. He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.
    Ex. The coroner said she had died not from drowning, but from being abused and murdered by a gang of ruffians.
    Ex. Gangs of hoodlums, aged as young as eight, are roaming the streets terrorising store owners and shoppers in broad daylight.
    * * *
    masculino ( granuja) rogue, scoundrel (dated); ( proxeneta) pimp
    * * *
    = ragamuffin, ruffian, hoodlum.

    Ex: He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.

    Ex: The coroner said she had died not from drowning, but from being abused and murdered by a gang of ruffians.
    Ex: Gangs of hoodlums, aged as young as eight, are roaming the streets terrorising store owners and shoppers in broad daylight.

    * * *
    1 (sinvergüenza, granuja) rogue, scoundrel ( dated)
    2 (chulo) pimp
    * * *

    rufián sustantivo masculino ( granuja) rogue, scoundrel (dated);
    ( chulo) pimp
    ' rufián' also found in these entries:
    English:
    hoodlum
    - roughneck
    - ruffian
    * * *
    villain
    * * *
    m rogue

    Spanish-English dictionary > rufián

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  • canalla — m. Hombre vil. Gente ruin. baja …   Diccionario Castellano

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