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codgers

  • 1 abuelete

    = codger.
    Ex. This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.
    * * *

    Ex: This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.

    Spanish-English dictionary > abuelete

  • 2 acartonado

    adj.
    cardboard-like, resembling pasteboard.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: acartonarse.
    * * *
    1→ link=acartonarse acartonarse
    1 cardboard-like, stiff
    2 (piel) wizened, shrivelled up
    * * *
    ADJ [superficie] like cardboard; (=enjuto) wizened
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) < piel> wizened
    b) < estilo> stilted; < actuación> wooden; < modales> stuffy, stilted; < sociedad> stultified
    * * *
    = stuffy [stuffier -comp., stuffies -sup.], starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.].
    Ex. Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
    Ex. This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) < piel> wizened
    b) < estilo> stilted; < actuación> wooden; < modales> stuffy, stilted; < sociedad> stultified
    * * *
    = stuffy [stuffier -comp., stuffies -sup.], starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.].

    Ex: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.

    Ex: This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.

    * * *
    1 ‹piel/cara› wizened
    2 ‹estilo› stilted; ‹actuación/interpretación› wooden; ‹modales› stuffy, stilted; ‹sociedad› stultified
    3 ( Chi fam) ‹persona› stiff
    * * *
    acartonado, -a adj
    1. [piel] wizened;
    tengo la piel acartonada my skin feels dry
    2. [tela] stiff
    3. [estilo, personaje] wooden
    4. Am [persona] stiff
    * * *
    adj piel, persona wizened

    Spanish-English dictionary > acartonado

  • 3 almidonado

    adj.
    starched, starchy.
    m.
    starching, stiffening.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: almidonar.
    * * *
    1→ link=almidonar almidonar
    1 familiar (demasiado acicalado) dressed up to the nines
    2 familiar (estirado) stuffy, starchy, uptight
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [ropa] starched
    2) [persona] (=estirado) stiff, starchy; (=pulcro) dapper, spruce
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (fam) < persona> ( estirado) stuffy (colloq); ( demasiado acicalado)
    * * *
    = starched, starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.].
    Ex. The traditional image of nurses, mostly women, in starched uniforms and white caps, giving care at the bedside in the hospital is out of date.
    Ex. This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (fam) < persona> ( estirado) stuffy (colloq); ( demasiado acicalado)
    * * *
    = starched, starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.].

    Ex: The traditional image of nurses, mostly women, in starched uniforms and white caps, giving care at the bedside in the hospital is out of date.

    Ex: This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.

    * * *
    A ‹ropa/mantel› starched
    B ( fam) ‹persona› (estirado) stuffy ( colloq), starchy ( colloq)
    (demasiado acicalado): sus niños van siempre tan almidonados her children are always dressed so neat and tidy
    * * *
    almidonado, -a
    ♦ adj
    starched
    ♦ nm
    starching
    * * *
    adj fig
    stuffy, starchy

    Spanish-English dictionary > almidonado

  • 4 estirado

    adj.
    1 stretched out, dilated, elongated, outstretched.
    2 stiff, airy-fairy, pretentious, prim.
    f. & m.
    stuck-up person, stiff shirt.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: estirar.
    * * *
    1 (textil) drawing
    2 (del pelo) straightening; (de la piel) lift
    ————————
    1→ link=estirar estirar
    1 figurado (en el vestir) stiff, formal, starchy
    2 figurado (orgulloso) stiff, conceited, haughty
    1 (textil) drawing
    2 (del pelo) straightening; (de la piel) lift
    * * *
    (f. - estirada)
    adj.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=alargado) stretched
    2) [persona] (=tieso) stiff, starchy; (=engreído) stuck-up *
    3) (=tacaño) tight-fisted
    2.
    SM [de vidrio] drawing; [de pelo] straightening

    estirado de piel, estirado facial — face lift

    * * *
    - da adjetivo (fam) stuck-up (colloq), snooty (colloq)
    * * *
    = stuffy [stuffier -comp., stuffies -sup.], outstretched, pulled-out, stuck-up, prim [primmer -comp., primmest -sup.], starched, starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.], hoity-toity, stiff.
    Ex. Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
    Ex. The 'law of the outstretched arm', by which is understood the rule that information which is further away than can be physically reached has a major impact on information use patterns.
    Ex. Self-effacing nervousness causes the epiglottis to tighten, strangling the words in the throat and stiffening the diaphragm so that it is like pulled-out elastic unable to propel anything.
    Ex. library users were stereotyped as old people, intellectuals, uninteresting people, shy or stuck-up people and people afraid of life.
    Ex. I am really liking buttoned-up, very prim, demure-to-the-point-of-invisibility dresses lately.
    Ex. Portraits of that nature are a thing of the past with people sitting around looking stiff and starched.
    Ex. This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.
    Ex. Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    Ex. He could have won that election, if he had played his cards right, not come off as such a stiff, and had some real conviction.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (fam) stuck-up (colloq), snooty (colloq)
    * * *
    = stuffy [stuffier -comp., stuffies -sup.], outstretched, pulled-out, stuck-up, prim [primmer -comp., primmest -sup.], starched, starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.], hoity-toity, stiff.

    Ex: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.

    Ex: The 'law of the outstretched arm', by which is understood the rule that information which is further away than can be physically reached has a major impact on information use patterns.
    Ex: Self-effacing nervousness causes the epiglottis to tighten, strangling the words in the throat and stiffening the diaphragm so that it is like pulled-out elastic unable to propel anything.
    Ex: library users were stereotyped as old people, intellectuals, uninteresting people, shy or stuck-up people and people afraid of life.
    Ex: I am really liking buttoned-up, very prim, demure-to-the-point-of-invisibility dresses lately.
    Ex: Portraits of that nature are a thing of the past with people sitting around looking stiff and starched.
    Ex: This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.
    Ex: Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    Ex: He could have won that election, if he had played his cards right, not come off as such a stiff, and had some real conviction.

    * * *
    estirado1 -da
    ( fam); stuck-up ( colloq), snooty ( colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo estirar: ( conjugate estirar)

    estirado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    estirado    
    estirar
    estirado
    ◊ -da adjetivo (fam) stuck-up (colloq), snooty (colloq)

    estirar ( conjugate estirar) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹goma/elástico/suéter› to stretch;

    ‹cable/soga› to pull out, stretch
    b) ‹sábanas/mantel› ( con las manos) to smooth out;

    ( con la plancha) to run the iron over
    2 ‹brazos/piernas/músculo› to stretch;

    3 ‹dinero/comida/recursos› to make … go further
    estirarse verbo pronominal
    to stretch
    estirado,-a adj pey (persona) stiff
    estirar verbo transitivo
    1 (alargar, tensar) to stretch
    2 (alisar) to smooth out: tienes que estirar la cama, you must straighten the covers
    3 (dinero) to spin out ♦ LOC familiar: estirar la pata, to kick the bucket, bite the dust
    estirar las piernas, to stretch one's legs: voy afuera a estirar las piernas un poco, I'm going outside to strech my legs a bit
    ' estirado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    estirada
    English:
    shirt
    - snooty
    - snotty
    - standoffish
    - stiff
    - stiff-necked
    - stuffy
    - stuck
    - toffee
    * * *
    estirado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [persona] [altanero] haughty;
    [adusto] uptight
    2. [brazos, piernas] outstretched
    3. [jersey] baggy, shapeless
    ♦ nm
    stretching
    * * *
    I adj snooty fam, stuck-up fam
    II m face-lift;
    hacerse un estirado have a face-lift
    * * *
    estirado, -da adj
    1) : stretched, extended
    2) presumido: stuck-up, conceited

    Spanish-English dictionary > estirado

  • 5 vejete

    adj.
    old.
    m.
    1 old guy or bloke (informal).
    2 old chap, geezer, old man, oldie.
    * * *
    1 familiar old man
    * * *
    masculino (fam) old guy (colloq)
    * * *
    = codger.
    Ex. This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.
    * * *
    masculino (fam) old guy (colloq)
    * * *

    Ex: This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.

    * * *
    ( fam)
    old guy ( colloq), old buffer o dear ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

    vejete m fam old man
    ' vejete' also found in these entries:
    English:
    codger
    * * *
    vejete nm
    Fam old guy o Br bloke
    * * *
    m fam
    old guy fam, old boy fam
    * * *
    vejete nm
    : old fellow, codger

    Spanish-English dictionary > vejete

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