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1 chisme
m.1 rumor, piece of gossip (cotilleo).2 thingamajig, thingy (informal) (cosa).3 gossiping, gossip.4 thing, gadget, doodad, do-dad.pres.subj.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: chismar.* * *1 (comentario) piece of gossip■ ¿cómo funciona este chisme? how does this thing work?\andar con chismes familiar to gossip* * *noun m.1) gossip2) stuff* * *SM1) * (=cosa) thing¿y este chisme para qué sirve? — and what's this thing for?
tiene la cartera llena de chismes — her bag is full of all sorts of things o bits and pieces
un chisme para cortar metal — a thing o whatnot * o thingummyjig * for cutting metal with
2) (=cotilleo)* * *a) ( chismorreo) piece of gossipchismes — gossip, tittle-tattle (colloq)
b) (Esp, Méx fam) (trasto, cacharro) thing, thingamajig (colloq)tiene su cuarto lleno de chismes — his room's full of junk o stuff (colloq)
* * *a) ( chismorreo) piece of gossipchismes — gossip, tittle-tattle (colloq)
b) (Esp, Méx fam) (trasto, cacharro) thing, thingamajig (colloq)tiene su cuarto lleno de chismes — his room's full of junk o stuff (colloq)
* * *chisme11 = widget.Ex: The term widget is taken from the 1963 movie, 'The Wheeler-Dealers'.
chisme22 = titbit [tidbit, -UK], tidbit [titbit, -USA].Ex: Her young companion was exceedingly perturbed by this titbit of news; he knew that Kate Lespran was not one to make empty threats.
Ex: The stories are told in the breathless voice of a gossip, full of juicy tidbits, and a shrewd understanding of what makes one life connect to another.* contar chismes de Alguien = tell + tales out of school about + Alguien.* lleno de chismes = gossipy.* * *1 (cotilleo) piece of gossipno me vengas con chismes don't come gossiping to me, don't come to me with your tittle-tattle o tales¿cómo funciona este chisme? how does this thing work?¿dónde está el chisme para cambiar de canal? where's the thing o thingamajig for changing channels?tiene su cuarto lleno de chismes his room's full of junk o stuff ( colloq)* * *
chisme sustantivo masculino
contar chismes to gossip
◊ un cuarto lleno de chismes a room full of junk o stuff (colloq)
chisme sustantivo masculino
1 familiar (objeto inútil) knick-knack
(cosa, aparato) thing
2 (cotilleo) piece of gossip: no me vengas con chismes, I don't want to hear your gossip
' chisme' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
copucha
- jugoso
- sabroso
English:
gadget
- thing
- titbit
- use
- whatsit
- gossip
- thingamabob
- widget
* * *chisme nm1. [cotilleo] rumour, piece of gossip;no hace más que contar chismes all she does is spread gossip¿para qué sirve este chisme? what's this thing here for?tienes el cuarto lleno de chismes your room is full of junk* * *m fam1 bit of gossip;2 objeto doodad fam, Brdoodah fam* * *chisme nm1) : gossip, tale* * *chisme n1. (cotilleo) gossip2. (aparato) thing -
2 chisme
• doodah• earful• gospeller• gossip column• idle rumor• piece of gossip• scuttlebutt• thine• thing done between others• thing judicially decided• thingamy -
3 chisme de comadre
• old wives' tale -
4 chisme jugoso
• bit of scandal• juicy bit of scandal• juicy news -
5 chisme curiosísimo
m.intriguing little gadget. -
6 chisme jugoso
m.bit of scandal, juicy bit of scandal, juicy news. -
7 chisme malintencionado
m.catty gossip. -
8 el último chisme
• the last word• the last year• the latest scandal• the latter -
9 estar al día con el último chisme
• be always up on the latest scandal• be up on the latest scandalDiccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > estar al día con el último chisme
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10 meter chisme
• carry tales -
11 pasar el chisme
• spread the word -
12 meter chisme
v.to gossip, to carry tales. -
13 cuento
m.1 tale.cuento de hadas fairy talecuento popular folk tale2 short story.3 story, lie (informal) (mentira, exageración).cuento chino tall story, whopperpres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: contar.* * *1 (relato) story, tale2 LITERATURA short story\¿a cuento de qué? familiar why?, what for?dejarse de cuentos familiar (ir al grano) to get to the point 2 (decir mentiras) to stop telling fibsir con el cuento a alguien to go and tell somebodyno hagas como el cuento de la lechera figurado don't count your chickens before they are hatchedtener mucho cuento familiar to make a lot of fusstraer algo a cuento figurado to bring something upvenir a cuento to be pertinentcuento chino tall storycuento de hadas fairy tale* * *noun m.story, tale* * *ISM1) (=historia corta) short story; [para niños] story, taleel cuento de Blancanieves — the tale o story of Snow White
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de cuento, un héroe de cuento — a storybook o fairytale hero•
ir con el cuento, en seguida le fue con el cuento a la maestra — he went straight off and told the teacherel cuento de la lechera —
2) * (=mentira)no le duele nada, no es nada más que cuento — it doesn't hurt at all, he's just putting it on
todo eso es puro cuento para no ir al colegio — he just made it all up because he doesn't want to go to school
¡no me cuentes cuentos!, ¡no me vengas con cuentos!, ¡déjate de cuentos! — don't give me that! *
eso se me hace cuento — Cono Sur * I don't believe that for a minute, come off it! *
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tener cuento, tu hermanito tiene mucho cuento — your little brother is a big fibber *cuento chino — tall story, cock-and-bull story *
¡no me vengas con cuentos chinos! — don't give me that (rubbish)! *
el cuento del tío — And, Cono Sur confidence trick, confidence game ( EEUU)
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¿a cuento de qué?, ¿a cuento de qué sacas ese tema ahora? — what are you bringing that up for now?•
traer algo a cuento — to bring sth up•
venir a cuento, eso no viene a cuento — that's irrelevant, that doesn't come into it, that has nothing to do with ittodo esto viene a cuento de lo que acaba de pasar — this all has some bearing on what has just happened
4) frm (=cómputo)IISM [de bastón] point, tip* * *I1)a) ( narración corta) short story; ( para niños) story, taleel cuento de Cenicienta — the tale o story of Cinderella
aplícate el cuento — (fam) take note
cuento de nunca acabar: esto es el cuento de nunca acabar it just never ends, it just goes on and on; traer algo a cuento to bring something up; venir a cuento: eso no viene a cuento that doesn't come into it; sin venir a cuento — for no reason at all
b) ( chiste) joke, story2)a) (fam) ( chisme)comer cuentos — (Ven fam) to fall for anything
b) (fam) (mentira, excusa) story (colloq)hacerle al cuento — (Méx fam) to pretend
c) (fam) ( exageración)3) ( número)IIsin cuento — countless, innumerable
* * *= story, story book [storybook], tale, yarn, nursery story, storie.Nota: Forma arcaica de "story".Ex. There were lessons in this story which appear to have been ignored but remain valid for the future.Ex. These he bound up in three volumes, and on the fly leaf of the first volume wrote 'I have always retained a kind of affection for little story books, as they recall muy early days'.Ex. 'I only wanted to write an interesting tale,' he will say, ignoring that the interest of a story almost always comes from seeing the human will in action -- against chaos or against order.Ex. Every teacher, I suppose, has his own collection of favorite yarns based on personal experiences.Ex. The child who has the advantage of being brought up enriched by hearing stories and reading books will have the opportunity to air his knowledge about the characters in nursery stories.Ex. One of these collectors was a Captain Cox, stone mason of Coventry, a person with 'great oversight... in matters of storie'.----* aplicársele el cuento a Alguien = cap + fit.* contar un cuento = tell + story.* cuenta-cuentos = storyteller [story-teller], storytelling [story-telling].* cuento chino = tall tale, tall story.* cuento de hadas = fairy story, fairy tale [fairytale].* cuento de viejas = old wives' tale.* cuento escrito = written story.* cuento infantil = picture book.* cuento popular = folk tale, folktale [folk tale].* hora del cuento = story hour [storyhour], storytelling [story-telling], storytime [story time].* lectura de cuentos = story reading.* narración de cuentos = storytelling [story-telling].* narrador de cuentos = storyteller [story-teller], story teller.* que no viene a cuento = off-topic.* rincón del cuento, el = storycorner, the.* ¡se te acabó el cuento! = the jig's up!.* sin venir a cuento = out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue, for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.* urdir un cuento = weave + a tale.* vivir del cuento = live off + the fat of the land.* * *I1)a) ( narración corta) short story; ( para niños) story, taleel cuento de Cenicienta — the tale o story of Cinderella
aplícate el cuento — (fam) take note
cuento de nunca acabar: esto es el cuento de nunca acabar it just never ends, it just goes on and on; traer algo a cuento to bring something up; venir a cuento: eso no viene a cuento that doesn't come into it; sin venir a cuento — for no reason at all
b) ( chiste) joke, story2)a) (fam) ( chisme)comer cuentos — (Ven fam) to fall for anything
b) (fam) (mentira, excusa) story (colloq)hacerle al cuento — (Méx fam) to pretend
c) (fam) ( exageración)3) ( número)IIsin cuento — countless, innumerable
* * *= story, story book [storybook], tale, yarn, nursery story, storie.Nota: Forma arcaica de "story".Ex: There were lessons in this story which appear to have been ignored but remain valid for the future.
Ex: These he bound up in three volumes, and on the fly leaf of the first volume wrote 'I have always retained a kind of affection for little story books, as they recall muy early days'.Ex: 'I only wanted to write an interesting tale,' he will say, ignoring that the interest of a story almost always comes from seeing the human will in action -- against chaos or against order.Ex: Every teacher, I suppose, has his own collection of favorite yarns based on personal experiences.Ex: The child who has the advantage of being brought up enriched by hearing stories and reading books will have the opportunity to air his knowledge about the characters in nursery stories.Ex: One of these collectors was a Captain Cox, stone mason of Coventry, a person with 'great oversight... in matters of storie'.* aplicársele el cuento a Alguien = cap + fit.* contar un cuento = tell + story.* cuenta-cuentos = storyteller [story-teller], storytelling [story-telling].* cuento chino = tall tale, tall story.* cuento de hadas = fairy story, fairy tale [fairytale].* cuento de viejas = old wives' tale.* cuento escrito = written story.* cuento infantil = picture book.* cuento popular = folk tale, folktale [folk tale].* hora del cuento = story hour [storyhour], storytelling [story-telling], storytime [story time].* lectura de cuentos = story reading.* narración de cuentos = storytelling [story-telling].* narrador de cuentos = storyteller [story-teller], story teller.* que no viene a cuento = off-topic.* rincón del cuento, el = storycorner, the.* ¡se te acabó el cuento! = the jig's up!.* sin venir a cuento = out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue, for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.* urdir un cuento = weave + a tale.* vivir del cuento = live off + the fat of the land.* * *A1 (narración corta) short story; (para niños) story, taleescritor de cuentos a short-story writerlibro de cuentos book of short storiesel cuento de Caperucita Roja the tale o story of Little Red Riding Hoodcuéntame un cuento tell me a storyaplícate el cuento ( fam); take notecontar el cuento: un minuto más y no habría contado el cuento one minute more and I wouldn't have been here o have lived to tell the tale ( colloq)el cuento de nunca acabar: ¿otra vez nos vamos a mudar? esto es el cuento de nunca acabar we're going to move again? this is like a neverending story o there seems to be no end to thistraer algo a cuento to bring sth upvenir a cuento: no saques a relucir cosas que no vienen a cuento don't dredge up things that have nothing to do with this o which have no bearing on this o which are irrelevantsin venir a cuento for no reason at all2 (chiste) joke, story¿sabes el cuento del elefante que …? do you know the joke o ( colloq) the one about the elephant that …?Compuestos:short storyfairy story, fairy taleB1 ( fam)(chisme): se enteró y le fue con el cuento al profesor she found out and ran off to tell the teacher ( colloq)siempre anda con cuentos sobre todo el mundo she's always gossiping about everybodycomer cuentos ( Ven fam): ¡tú sí que comes cuentos! you're so gullible! o you'd believe anything! o ( colloq) you'd fall for anything!no me vengas con cuentos I'm not interested in excuses o stories3 ( fam)(exageración): todos esos lloros son puro cuento para que te perdone all that crying is just put on to get me to forgive you¡qué vas a estar enfermo!, ¡tú lo que tienes es mucho cuento! you're not sick, you're just putting it on! ( colloq), you're not sick, stop fibbing! ( colloq)Compuestos:( fam):eso de que se va a casar es un cuento chino all that stuff about getting married is a load of baloney o ( AmE) bull o ( BrE) rubbish ( colloq)yo no soy tan ingenuo, así que no me vengas con cuentos chinos I'm not as gullible as you think, so don't give me your cock-and-bull story ( colloq)me quiso hacer el cuento del tío y no me dejé he tried to con me o pull a fast one on me but I didn't fall for it ( colloq)( fam); old wives' taleC(número): sin cuento countless, innumerable* * *
Del verbo contar: ( conjugate contar)
cuento es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
Multiple Entries:
contar
cuento
contar ( conjugate contar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹dinero/votos/días› to count;
y eso sin cuento las horas extras and that's without including overtime;
lo cuento entre mis amigos I consider him (to be) one of my friends
2 ‹cuento/chiste/secreto› to tell;
es muy largo de cuento it's a long story;
¿qué cuentas (de nuevo)? (fam) how're things? (colloq)
verbo intransitivo
1 ( en general) to count;
¿este trabajo cuenta para la nota final? does this piece of work count toward(s) the final grade?;
ella no cuenta para nada what she says (o thinks etc) doesn't count for anything
2
◊ cuento contigo para la fiesta I'm counting o relying on you being at the party;
sin cuento con que … without taking into account that …
contarse verbo pronominala) (frml) ( estar incluido):
su novela se cuenta entre las mejores his novel is among the bestb)◊ ¿qué te cuentas? how's it going? (colloq)
cuento sustantivo masculino
( para niños) story, tale;
cuento de hadas fairy story, fairy tale;
venir a cuento: eso no viene a cuento that doesn't come into it;
sin venir a cuento for no reason at all
◊ no me vengas con cuentos I'm not interested in your excuses o storiesd) (fam) ( exageración):
eso es un cuento chino what a load of baloney;
el cuento del tío a con trick
contar
I verbo transitivo
1 (un suceso, una historia) to tell
2 (numerar) to count
II verbo intransitivo to count
♦ Locuciones: contar con, (confiar en) to count on
(constar de) to have
cuento sustantivo masculino
1 story
2 Lit short story
contar un cuento, to tell a story
cuento de hadas, fairy tale
3 (embuste) lie: ¡déjate de cuentos!, get on with it!
4 (cotilleo, acusación) ya le fue con el cuento a la suegra, she ran off to tell the tale to her mother-in-law
5 cuento chino, tall story
♦ Locuciones: figurado eso no viene a cuento, that's beside the point
vivir del cuento, to live off other people
' cuento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
colorín
- gratuitamente
- historia
- historieta
- modular
- moraleja
- novela
- si
- tal
- alargar
- aquél
- chabacano
- chiste
- colar
- contar
- inventar
- relato
- tragar
- venir
English:
bank on
- cock and bull story
- expect
- fairy story
- fairy tale
- horror story
- lurid
- moral
- number
- racy
- relate
- run
- spin out
- story
- tale
- tall story
- tell
- unfold
- yarn
- act
- eye
- fairy
- old
- short
- tall
- way
- yet
* * *♦ nm1. [narración] short story;[fábula] tale;un libro de cuentos a storybook;contar un cuento to tell a story;venir a cuento to be relevant;sin venir a cuento for no reason at all;y eso, ¿a cuento de qué? what's all this in aid of?;aplicarse el cuento: ¿ves lo que le ha pasado? pues aplícate el cuento see what happened to him? well, you just have a good think about that;Famir con el cuento a alguien to go and tell sb;Famser el cuento de nunca acabar to be a never-ending story o an endless businesscuento de hadas fairy tale; Fam el cuento de la lechera:es el cuento de la lechera that's pie in the sky¡déjate de cuentos! stop making things up!, don't give me that!;ése tiene mucho cuento he's always putting it on;venir con cuentos to tell fibs o stories;CSurhacerle a alguien el cuento del tío to pull a scam on sb, to con sb;Esptener más cuento que Calleja to be a big fibber;vivir del cuento to live by one's witscuento chino:lo del final del mundo es cuento chino that stuff about the end of the world is a load of Br rubbish o US bull;* * *m1 (short) story;cuento de nunca acabar fig never-ending story;ir con el cuento a alguien tell s.o. tales2 ( pretexto) excuse;tener mucho cuento put it on fam ;vivir del cuento fam live off other people3:venir a cuento be relevant;eso no viene a cuento that’s irrelevant;traer a cuento bring up* * *cuento nm1) : story, tale2)cuento de hadas : fairy tale3)sin cuento : countless* * *cuento n2. (en literatura) short story -
14 sabroso
adj.tasty, luscious, savory, flavorsome.* * *► adjetivo1 (con mucho sabor) tasty, delicious2 (agradable) pleasant, delightful* * *ADJ1) [comida] tasty, delicious2) (=agradable) [libro] solid, meaty; [oferta] substantial; [sueldo] fat3) [broma, historia] racy, daring6) Méx (=fanfarrón) bigheaded, stuck-up ** * *- sa adjetivo1) < comida> tasty, delicious; <chisme/historia> spicy (colloq), juicy (colloq)2)a) (AmL fam) ( agradable) <música/ritmo> pleasant, nice; <clima/agua> beautifulb) (Andes fam) < persona> lively, fun* * *= palatable, delicious, savoury [savory, -USA], juicy [juicier -comp., juiciest -sup.], tasty [tastier -comp., tastiest -sup.], scrumptious, flavourful [flavorful, -USA], full-flavoured [full-flavored, -USA], yummy [yummier -comp., yummiest -sup.].Ex. I never suggested that horseradish would make horse meat any more or less palatable, or that the user was unaware of the fact that Trilling, L. is in fact Trilling, Lionel.Ex. This cookbook is designed to help teachers and librarians engage in beneficial collaborations to bring reading to the lips of students in new and ' delicious' ways.Ex. The majority of the essays concentrate on the fascination that the dance and music traditions have provoked through their savory mix of passion and melancholia.Ex. The stories are told in the breathless voice of a gossip, full of juicy tidbits, and a shrewd understanding of what makes one life connect to another.Ex. Some tasty ready-made sarnies you can buy in shops are so full of salt they should have a health warning, says a group of experts.Ex. They then went to a rather dainty little Italian restaurant where they ate a scrumptious meal and drank a bottle of wine.Ex. Our testing found that gently pounding individual stalks released the delicate, perfumed and flavorful oils of the lemongrass.Ex. Full-flavoured, deliciously sweet and tender, British asparagus is regularly described as the 'best in the world'.Ex. This yummy and mellow fruit is full of phytonutrients, helps fight chronic disease and improves memory and learning.----* hacer más sabroso = pep up.* sabrosa suma de dinero, una = handsome sum of money, a.* * *- sa adjetivo1) < comida> tasty, delicious; <chisme/historia> spicy (colloq), juicy (colloq)2)a) (AmL fam) ( agradable) <música/ritmo> pleasant, nice; <clima/agua> beautifulb) (Andes fam) < persona> lively, fun* * *= palatable, delicious, savoury [savory, -USA], juicy [juicier -comp., juiciest -sup.], tasty [tastier -comp., tastiest -sup.], scrumptious, flavourful [flavorful, -USA], full-flavoured [full-flavored, -USA], yummy [yummier -comp., yummiest -sup.].Ex: I never suggested that horseradish would make horse meat any more or less palatable, or that the user was unaware of the fact that Trilling, L. is in fact Trilling, Lionel.
Ex: This cookbook is designed to help teachers and librarians engage in beneficial collaborations to bring reading to the lips of students in new and ' delicious' ways.Ex: The majority of the essays concentrate on the fascination that the dance and music traditions have provoked through their savory mix of passion and melancholia.Ex: The stories are told in the breathless voice of a gossip, full of juicy tidbits, and a shrewd understanding of what makes one life connect to another.Ex: Some tasty ready-made sarnies you can buy in shops are so full of salt they should have a health warning, says a group of experts.Ex: They then went to a rather dainty little Italian restaurant where they ate a scrumptious meal and drank a bottle of wine.Ex: Our testing found that gently pounding individual stalks released the delicate, perfumed and flavorful oils of the lemongrass.Ex: Full-flavoured, deliciously sweet and tender, British asparagus is regularly described as the 'best in the world'.Ex: This yummy and mellow fruit is full of phytonutrients, helps fight chronic disease and improves memory and learning.* hacer más sabroso = pep up.* sabrosa suma de dinero, una = handsome sum of money, a.* * *A1 ‹comida› tasty, deliciousBme eché una siesta sabrosa I had a lovely o wonderful nap ( colloq)C* * *
sabroso◊ -sa adjetivo
1 ‹ comida› tasty, delicious;
‹chisme/historia› spicy (colloq), juicy (colloq)
2 (AmL fam) ( agradable) ‹música/ritmo› pleasant, nice;
‹clima/agua› beautiful
sabroso,-a adjetivo
1 (un alimento, una bebida) tasty
2 (cuantioso, importante) a la muerte de su padre, ha heredado una sabrosa suma, she inherited a large sum of money on the death of her father
3 fam (una anécdota, etc) juicy: me han contado una anécdota muy sabrosa, I've heard a juicy bit of gossip
4 (ligeramente salado) el guiso te ha salido algo sabroso, the stew has turned out to be a bit salty
' sabroso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
añales
- buena
- bueno
- exquisita
- exquisito
- rica
- rico
- sabrosa
- par
- relamerse
English:
gossip
- savory
- savoury
- tasty
- juicy
- spicy
* * *sabroso, -a♦ adj1. [gustoso] tasty2. [sustancioso] tidy, considerable3. [comentario] [gracioso] juicy, tasty4. [malicioso] mischievous5. Carib, Col, Méx [grato] pleasant, nice;tu compañía es muy sabrosa you're very good company6. Carib, Col, Méx [entretenido] entertaining;su último libro es sabroso his latest book is entertaining o is a good read;nadar es muy sabroso swimming is good fun7. Carib, Col, Méx [contagioso] contagious;tiene una risa sabrosa she has a contagious laugh;ese ritmo es muy sabroso that beat is very catchy♦ advCarib, Col, Méx1. [en forma, bien] on form;hoy me siento sabroso I'm feeling good o on form today2. [con habilidad] well;juega muy sabroso she plays very well;baila sabroso he's a good dancer* * *adj1 comida tasty; figconversación juicy2 L.Am. ( agradable) nice, pleasant* * *sabroso, -sa adj1) rico: delicious, tasty2) agradable: pleasant, nice, lovely* * * -
15 copucha
SF Cono Sur gossip* * ** * ** * *1 (rumor, chisme) rumor*2 (curiosidad) nosiness ( colloq)3(exageración): no creo que le duela tanto, es pura copucha I can't believe it hurts that much, he's putting it on* * *
copucha sustantivo femenino (Chi fam) (rumor, chisme) rumor( conjugate rumor);
( curiosidad) nosiness (colloq)
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16 pelambre
m.1 mane or mop of hair.2 animal hair.pres.subj.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: pelambrar.* * *1 hair* * *SM1) (Zool) skin, fleece ( cut from animal)2) * [de persona] mop of hair *3) [en cabeza, piel] bare patch4) Cono Sur (=murmullos) gossip, slander* * *femenino o masculino1)a) (fam) ( melena) mop (colloq)b) ( de animal) tuft of hair/fur* * *femenino o masculino1)a) (fam) ( melena) mop (colloq)b) ( de animal) tuft of hair/fur* * *orA2 (de un animal) tuft of hair/furB* * *pelambre nm1. [de pelo] mane o mop of hairun pelambre a piece of gossip* * *m, pelambrera f fammop of hair -
17 jugoso
adj.juicy, sappy, succulent.* * *► adjetivo1 (fruta, carne) juicy2 (negocio) substantial, lucrative3 (comentario, novela) meaty* * *ADJ1) [alimento] juicy, succulent2) (=rentable) [aumento, reducción] substantial, considerable; [negocio] profitablejuguéun discurso jugoso — a speech that gives/gave plenty of food for thought
* * *- sa adjetivoa) <fruta/carne> juicyb) <historia/anécdota> colorful*; < chisme> juicyc) <artículo/guión> meatyd) < negocio> lucrative, profitable* * *= juicy [juicier -comp., juiciest -sup.], meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.].Ex. The stories are told in the breathless voice of a gossip, full of juicy tidbits, and a shrewd understanding of what makes one life connect to another.Ex. We want Robyn to write about really meaty issues every week, instead of talking about spousal abuse.* * *- sa adjetivoa) <fruta/carne> juicyb) <historia/anécdota> colorful*; < chisme> juicyc) <artículo/guión> meatyd) < negocio> lucrative, profitable* * *= juicy [juicier -comp., juiciest -sup.], meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.].Ex: The stories are told in the breathless voice of a gossip, full of juicy tidbits, and a shrewd understanding of what makes one life connect to another.
Ex: We want Robyn to write about really meaty issues every week, instead of talking about spousal abuse.* * *jugoso -sa1 ‹fruta/carne› juicy2 ‹historia/anécdota› colorful*unos comentarios jugosos acerca de su último romance some juicy gossip about his latest romance3 ‹artículo/guión› meaty4 ‹negocio› lucrative, profitable* * *
jugoso◊ -sa adjetivo
‹ chisme› juicy
jugoso,-a adjetivo
1 juicy, succulent: es una carne muy jugosa, it's very succulent meat
2 figurado substantial, meaty
un comentario jugoso, a pithy remark
un porcentaje jugoso, a juicy share
' jugoso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
jugosa
English:
juicy
- meaty
* * *jugoso, -a adj1. [con jugo] juicy2. [picante] juicy;traigo un cotilleo muy jugoso I've got some juicy gossip3. [sustancioso] meaty, substantial;[rentable] profitable* * *adj tb figjuicy* * *jugoso, -sa adj: juicy* * * -
18 bochinche
m.1 racket (informal). ( Latin American Spanish)2 fuss, lot of noise, civil commotion, riot.* * *1 (conmoción) fuss, uproar; (ruido) racket, din, row* * *SM1) (=jaleo) uproar, commotion4) Méx (=bar) seedy bar, dive *5) Méx (=tienda) local store6) Caribe muddle, mess* * *masculino (esp AmL fam)a) (riña, pelea) fight, brawlb) (barullo, alboroto) racket (colloq), ruckus (AmE colloq), row (BrE colloq)los vecinos meten mucho bochinche — our neighbors are always making such a row o racket (colloq)
c) (confusión, lío) muddle, mess (colloq)* * *= rumpus, racket.Ex. Then reading of this story aloud to young children as they look at the pictures, needs a firm, quiet voice, until that glorious wordless pictorial passage showing the 'wild rumpus,' when at least one reader discovers it is necessary to give a one-man vocal performance of some rumbustious classical music as accompaniment to the viewing of those pages.Ex. He says the library science degree is a racket; that there's nothing taught in library school that can't be better learned on the job.* * *masculino (esp AmL fam)a) (riña, pelea) fight, brawlb) (barullo, alboroto) racket (colloq), ruckus (AmE colloq), row (BrE colloq)los vecinos meten mucho bochinche — our neighbors are always making such a row o racket (colloq)
c) (confusión, lío) muddle, mess (colloq)* * *= rumpus, racket.Ex: Then reading of this story aloud to young children as they look at the pictures, needs a firm, quiet voice, until that glorious wordless pictorial passage showing the 'wild rumpus,' when at least one reader discovers it is necessary to give a one-man vocal performance of some rumbustious classical music as accompaniment to the viewing of those pages.
Ex: He says the library science degree is a racket; that there's nothing taught in library school that can't be better learned on the job.* * *1 (riña, pelea) fight, brawllos vecinos meten mucho bochinche our neighbors make such a row o racket ( colloq)tanto bochinche para nada all that fuss about nothing ( colloq)3 (confusión, lío) muddle, mess ( colloq)* * *
bochinche sustantivo masculino (esp AmL fam)
bochinche sustantivo masculino
1 rumpus, row, brawl: se armó un bochinche tremendo después de la fiesta, after the party there was a tremendous brawl
2 LAm rumour: por aquél entonces se escuchaban unos bochinches muy peligrosos, at that time some very dangerous rumours were circulating
* * *bochinche nmFam1. Am [ruido] racket;armar bochinche to make a racket2. Am [alboroto] fuss;hizo mucho bochinche para ir a la fiesta y después no fue she kicked up a real fuss about going to the party and then she didn't go* * *m Méxuproar* * * -
19 cacharro
m.1 pot.fregar los cacharros to do the dishes2 piece of junk (informal).3 crock (informal) (machine).4 rickety car, noisy old car, jalopy, buggy.5 old boat.6 old plane.* * *1 (de cocina) crock, piece of crockery■ ¿qué es ese cacharro? what's that thing over there?* * *noun m.object, piece of junk* * *SM1) [de cocina] pot, dishfregar los cacharros — to do o wash the dishes
3) * (=aparato) gadget4) ** (=pistola) rod **, pistol* * *1) ( de cocina) pot2) (fam) ( cachivache) thing; ( coche viejo) jalopy (AmE), old banger (BrE colloq); ( aparato) gadget* * *= gizmo [gismo], jalopy, whatchamacallit.Nota: Expresión utilizada para referirse a un objeto del que no se recuerda el nombre; abreviatura de 'What do you call it?'.Ex. Within, you will find a pleathora of gadgets and gizmos, ranging from the ridiculous to the sublime.Ex. For all Havana's crumbling structures, its disintegrating roads and toxin-belching jalopies, it attracts over a million tourists each year.Ex. In his book's section ' Watchamacallit' he forecasts that communication between user and machine will be through voice for entering text and a pen-like device for pointing.* * *1) ( de cocina) pot2) (fam) ( cachivache) thing; ( coche viejo) jalopy (AmE), old banger (BrE colloq); ( aparato) gadget* * *= gizmo [gismo], jalopy, whatchamacallit.Nota: Expresión utilizada para referirse a un objeto del que no se recuerda el nombre; abreviatura de 'What do you call it?'.Ex: Within, you will find a pleathora of gadgets and gizmos, ranging from the ridiculous to the sublime.
Ex: For all Havana's crumbling structures, its disintegrating roads and toxin-belching jalopies, it attracts over a million tourists each year.Ex: In his book's section ' Watchamacallit' he forecasts that communication between user and machine will be through voice for entering text and a pen-like device for pointing.* * *A (de cocina) potdeja los cacharros para mañana leave the pots and pans for tomorrowB ( fam)1 (cachivache) thingtiene la casa llena de cacharros que no sirven para nada her house is full of junk o useless things3 (aparato) gadget* * *
cacharro sustantivo masculino
( coche viejo) jalopy (AmE), old banger (BrE colloq);
( aparato) gadget
cacharro sustantivo masculino
1 (de loza) earthenware pot o jar
2 familiar (objeto inservible o viejo) thing, piece of junk
3 cacharros pl, (de cocina) pots and pans
fregar los cacharros, to do the washing-up
' cacharro' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
chisme
English:
banger
- battered
- heap
- lemon
- rickety
- thing
- whatsit
- wreck
* * *cacharro nm1. [recipiente] pot;fregar los cacharros to do the dishes[automóvil] heap, bangeraprietas este cacharro y sale agua press this thing o gizmo here and water comes out* * *m1 pot;lavar los cacharros Méx, C.Am. wash the dishes2 Méx, C.Am. ( trasto) piece of junk3 Méx, C.Am.coche junkheap* * *cacharro nm3) cacharros nmpl: pots and pans* * *cacharro n1. (recipiente) pot / pan2. (coche) old banger3. (trasto) piece of junk -
20 habladuría
f.1 piece of gossip, unsustained rumor, bit of gossip, idle rumor.2 chattering, earful, blab, gossiping.3 unsustained claim, unsustained fact.* * ** * *SF1) (=rumor) rumour, rumor (EEUU)2) (=injuria) nasty remark3) (=chisme) piece of gossip4) pl habladurías gossip sing, scandal sing, tittle-tattle * sing* * *= diss.Nota: Derivado del nombre disrespect.Ex. I think the disses come from frustration with the way his work was handled rather than from desperation.* * *= diss.Nota: Derivado del nombre disrespect.Ex: I think the disses come from frustration with the way his work was handled rather than from desperation.
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habladuría sustantivo femenino
1 (rumor) rumour, US rumor
(cotilleo) piece of gossip
2 habladurías, gossip, rumours
* * *habladuría nf1) : rumor2) habladurías nfpl: gossip, scandal
См. также в других словарях:
chisme — sustantivo masculino 1. Noticia, verdadera o falsa, con la que se pretende desacreditar a una persona, enemistarla con otra o murmurar sobre ella: No hagas caso de chismes. Estás todo el día contando chismes. Sinónimo: habladuría. 2.… … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
chisme — (Quizá del lat. cimex, chinche). 1. m. Noticia verdadera o falsa, o comentario con que generalmente se pretende indisponer a unas personas con otras o se murmura de alguna. 2. coloq. Baratija o trasto pequeño. chisme de vecindad. m. coloq. El que … Diccionario de la lengua española
chisme — s. m. 1. Percevejo. • chismes s. m. pl. 2. [Termo venatório] Petrechos de caça. 3. Petrechos necessários para petiscar lume … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
chisme — s. algo no especificado. ❙ «...diciendo que la próstata era un chisme mal inventado...» Luciano G. Egido, El corazón inmóvil, 1995, RAE CREA. ❙ ▄▀ «No quiero que compres más chismes para la casa que luego no sabemos dónde meterlos.» 2. habladuría … Diccionario del Argot "El Sohez"
chisme — 1 s m 1 Noticia o informe que se hace circular, bien sea verdadero o falso, sobre una persona, que puede enemistarla con otra o confundir a quienes lo reciben: Me contaron el chisme de que Pepe y Lucha se pelearon , ¿Sabes el último chisme?...… … Español en México
chisme — ► sustantivo masculino 1 Noticia o rumor que se cuenta por placer o para criticar, y que hace referencia a lo ajeno y privado o que se quiere mantener en secreto: ■ con extrema rapidez corrió el chisme de su cese. SINÓNIMO bulo cuento habladuría… … Enciclopedia Universal
chisme — {{#}}{{LM C08422}}{{〓}} {{SynC08629}} {{[}}chisme{{]}} ‹chis·me› {{《}}▍ s.m.{{》}} {{<}}1{{>}} Noticia o comentario con los que se pretende murmurar de alguien o enemistar a unas personas con otras: • Siempre va contando chismes de unos y… … Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos
chisme — (m) (Intermedio) noticia verdadera o falsa, habitualmente negativa, que corre entre la gente Ejemplos: En una revista de chismes leyó sobre el divorcio de un actriz, pero después resultó ser una mentira. Según el chisme la van a despedir por… … Español Extremo Basic and Intermediate
chisme — pop. Baratija pequeña// murmuración … Diccionario Lunfardo
chisme — Derecho. Información o rumor no necesariamente falso que se usa con ánimo de perjudicar la imagen de una persona o marca … Diccionario de Economía Alkona
chisme — rumor; habladuría sobre persona; rumor virulento; falsedad; cf. cháchara, cagüín, pelambre; si en las universidades chilenas se produjera un milésimo en docencia e investigación de lo que se produce en chismes, chamullos y cagüines, Harvard, Yale … Diccionario de chileno actual