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con artist

  • 1 con el agua hasta el cuello

    Ex. This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and a idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.
    * * *

    Ex: This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and a idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.

    Spanish-English dictionary > con el agua hasta el cuello

  • 2 estafador

    adj.
    swindling.
    m.
    swindler, con artist, cheat, cheater.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 racketeer, swindler, trickster
    * * *
    estafador, -a
    SM / F
    1) (=timador) swindler, trickster
    2) (Com, Econ) racketeer
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino
    a) (Der) fraudster
    b) (fam) ( timador) con man (colloq)
    * * *
    = con man, crook, swindler, cheater, fraudster, scammer, cuckoo in the nest, con artist, scamster, fraud, hoaxer, hoaxster.
    Ex. His supporters call him a 'smoothie', while his critics generally portray him as a 'glib con man'.
    Ex. The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.
    Ex. The title of the book is 'Net crimes & misdemeanors: outmaneuvering the spammers, swindlers, and stalkers who are targeting you online'.
    Ex. Intenrnet also enables enterprising would-be cheaters to cut and paste material for easy and relatively thought-free composition of essay assignments.
    Ex. The article 'Keeping fraudsters in check' describes computerized systems now being developed to help combat fraud.
    Ex. Phishing (also known as phising or carding) is the practice whereby a scammer who is pretending to be from a legitimate organisation, sends misleading emails requesting personal and financial details from unsuspecting people.
    Ex. This type of relgion is a cuckoo in the nest that, in the name of secular society and pluralism, is pushing out all other gods.
    Ex. This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and an idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.
    Ex. Small business operators can be easy prey for scamsters trying to winkle out money for unsolicited - and unneeded - 'services'.
    Ex. You know what they say, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck, or in this case, a lying, stealing, cheating fraud.
    Ex. In a subsequent call the hoaxer suggested that another bomb had been planted on the highway leading to the airport.
    Ex. This recent tsunami is not the first disaster to be exploited by email hoaxsters.
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino
    a) (Der) fraudster
    b) (fam) ( timador) con man (colloq)
    * * *
    = con man, crook, swindler, cheater, fraudster, scammer, cuckoo in the nest, con artist, scamster, fraud, hoaxer, hoaxster.

    Ex: His supporters call him a 'smoothie', while his critics generally portray him as a 'glib con man'.

    Ex: The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.
    Ex: The title of the book is 'Net crimes & misdemeanors: outmaneuvering the spammers, swindlers, and stalkers who are targeting you online'.
    Ex: Intenrnet also enables enterprising would-be cheaters to cut and paste material for easy and relatively thought-free composition of essay assignments.
    Ex: The article 'Keeping fraudsters in check' describes computerized systems now being developed to help combat fraud.
    Ex: Phishing (also known as phising or carding) is the practice whereby a scammer who is pretending to be from a legitimate organisation, sends misleading emails requesting personal and financial details from unsuspecting people.
    Ex: This type of relgion is a cuckoo in the nest that, in the name of secular society and pluralism, is pushing out all other gods.
    Ex: This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and an idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.
    Ex: Small business operators can be easy prey for scamsters trying to winkle out money for unsolicited - and unneeded - 'services'.
    Ex: You know what they say, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck, or in this case, a lying, stealing, cheating fraud.
    Ex: In a subsequent call the hoaxer suggested that another bomb had been planted on the highway leading to the airport.
    Ex: This recent tsunami is not the first disaster to be exploited by email hoaxsters.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    1 ( Der) fraudster
    2 ( fam) (timador) con man ( colloq), rip-off artist ( AmE colloq), rip-off merchant ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

    estafador
    ◊ - dora sustantivo masculino, femenino

    a) (Der) fraudster

    b) (fam) ( timador) swindler (colloq)

    estafador,-ora sustantivo masculino y femenino swindler, con man: era un estafador sin escrúpulos, he was an unscrupulous con man
    ' estafador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    estafadora
    - gancho
    - granuja
    - mangante
    - sinvergüenza
    English:
    cheat
    - con man
    - rope in
    - shark
    - swindler
    - con
    - hustler
    * * *
    estafador, -ora nm,f
    [timador] swindler; [de empresa, organización] fraudster
    * * *
    m, estafadora f con artist fam, fraudster
    * * *
    : cheat, swindler

    Spanish-English dictionary > estafador

  • 3 timador

    m.
    1 swindler, cheat, con man, confidence man.
    2 impostor, charlatan, faker, fraud.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 swindler, cheat
    * * *
    timador, -a
    SM / F swindler, trickster
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino swindler, cheat
    * * *
    = con man, crook, swindler, con artist, scamster, fraudster, fraud, hoaxer, hoaxster.
    Ex. His supporters call him a 'smoothie', while his critics generally portray him as a 'glib con man'.
    Ex. The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.
    Ex. The title of the book is 'Net crimes & misdemeanors: outmaneuvering the spammers, swindlers, and stalkers who are targeting you online'.
    Ex. This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and an idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.
    Ex. Small business operators can be easy prey for scamsters trying to winkle out money for unsolicited - and unneeded - 'services'.
    Ex. The article 'Keeping fraudsters in check' describes computerized systems now being developed to help combat fraud.
    Ex. You know what they say, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck, or in this case, a lying, stealing, cheating fraud.
    Ex. In a subsequent call the hoaxer suggested that another bomb had been planted on the highway leading to the airport.
    Ex. This recent tsunami is not the first disaster to be exploited by email hoaxsters.
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino swindler, cheat
    * * *
    = con man, crook, swindler, con artist, scamster, fraudster, fraud, hoaxer, hoaxster.

    Ex: His supporters call him a 'smoothie', while his critics generally portray him as a 'glib con man'.

    Ex: The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.
    Ex: The title of the book is 'Net crimes & misdemeanors: outmaneuvering the spammers, swindlers, and stalkers who are targeting you online'.
    Ex: This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and an idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.
    Ex: Small business operators can be easy prey for scamsters trying to winkle out money for unsolicited - and unneeded - 'services'.
    Ex: The article 'Keeping fraudsters in check' describes computerized systems now being developed to help combat fraud.
    Ex: You know what they say, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck, or in this case, a lying, stealing, cheating fraud.
    Ex: In a subsequent call the hoaxer suggested that another bomb had been planted on the highway leading to the airport.
    Ex: This recent tsunami is not the first disaster to be exploited by email hoaxsters.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    swindler, cheat
    * * *

    timador
    ◊ - dora sustantivo masculino, femenino

    swindler, cheat
    timador,-ora sustantivo masculino y femenino swindler

    ' timador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    charlatán
    - charlatana
    - timadora
    - estafador
    English:
    con
    - swindler
    * * *
    timador, -ora nm,f
    con artist, confidence trickster, swindler
    * * *
    m, timadora f cheat
    * * *
    : swindler

    Spanish-English dictionary > timador

  • 4 embaucador

    adj.
    deceptive, deceiving.
    m.
    faker, charlatan, fraud, bamboozler.
    * * *
    1 deceitful
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 cheat, swindler, trickster
    * * *
    embaucador, -a
    SM / F (=estafador) trickster, swindler; (=impostor) impostor; (=farsante) humbug
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo deceitful
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino trickster
    * * *
    = trickster, swindler, wheeler-dealer, duplicitous, two-faced, con artist, con man, humbug, scamster, fraudster, fraud, hoaxer, hoaxster.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. The title of the book is 'Net crimes & misdemeanors: outmaneuvering the spammers, swindlers, and stalkers who are targeting you online'.
    Ex. The term widget is taken from the 1963 movie, 'The Wheeler-Dealers'.
    Ex. This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    Ex. This course looks at this two-faced society with guided field trips to cemeteries and to the architecture of Edinburgh's underworld below the great banks and public buildings.
    Ex. This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and an idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.
    Ex. His supporters call him a 'smoothie', while his critics generally portray him as a 'glib con man'.
    Ex. Worldly people and even monks without spiritual discernment are nearly always attracted by humbugs, imposters, hypocrites and those who are in demonic delusion.
    Ex. Small business operators can be easy prey for scamsters trying to winkle out money for unsolicited - and unneeded - 'services'.
    Ex. The article 'Keeping fraudsters in check' describes computerized systems now being developed to help combat fraud.
    Ex. You know what they say, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck, or in this case, a lying, stealing, cheating fraud.
    Ex. In a subsequent call the hoaxer suggested that another bomb had been planted on the highway leading to the airport.
    Ex. This recent tsunami is not the first disaster to be exploited by email hoaxsters.
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo deceitful
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino trickster
    * * *
    = trickster, swindler, wheeler-dealer, duplicitous, two-faced, con artist, con man, humbug, scamster, fraudster, fraud, hoaxer, hoaxster.

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.

    Ex: The title of the book is 'Net crimes & misdemeanors: outmaneuvering the spammers, swindlers, and stalkers who are targeting you online'.
    Ex: The term widget is taken from the 1963 movie, 'The Wheeler-Dealers'.
    Ex: This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    Ex: This course looks at this two-faced society with guided field trips to cemeteries and to the architecture of Edinburgh's underworld below the great banks and public buildings.
    Ex: This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and an idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.
    Ex: His supporters call him a 'smoothie', while his critics generally portray him as a 'glib con man'.
    Ex: Worldly people and even monks without spiritual discernment are nearly always attracted by humbugs, imposters, hypocrites and those who are in demonic delusion.
    Ex: Small business operators can be easy prey for scamsters trying to winkle out money for unsolicited - and unneeded - 'services'.
    Ex: The article 'Keeping fraudsters in check' describes computerized systems now being developed to help combat fraud.
    Ex: You know what they say, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck, or in this case, a lying, stealing, cheating fraud.
    Ex: In a subsequent call the hoaxer suggested that another bomb had been planted on the highway leading to the airport.
    Ex: This recent tsunami is not the first disaster to be exploited by email hoaxsters.

    * * *
    deceitful
    masculine, feminine
    trickster, con artist ( colloq)
    * * *

    embaucador
    ◊ - dora adjetivo

    deceitful
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    trickster
    embaucador,-ora
    I adjetivo deceitful
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino swindler, cheat

    ' embaucador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    charlatán
    - charlatana
    - embaucadora
    English:
    trickster
    * * *
    embaucador, -ora
    ♦ adj
    deceitful
    ♦ nm,f
    swindler, confodence man o trickster
    * * *
    I adj deceitful
    II m, embaucadora f trickster
    * * *
    : swindler, deceiver

    Spanish-English dictionary > embaucador

  • 5 farsante

    adj.
    1 deceitful.
    2 fake, faker, false, humbug.
    f. & m.
    1 deceitful person.
    es un farsante he's a fraud
    2 phoney, phony, faker, charlatan.
    3 show-off, braggart, boaster, old humbug.
    * * *
    1 lying, deceitful
    1 fake, impostor
    * * *
    masculino y femenino fraud, fake
    * * *
    = charlatan, con artist, con man, humbug, fabricator, fraud, fraudster, hoaxer, hoaxster.
    Ex. He is gullible, not very bright, the ready dupe of the charlatan and the demagogue.
    Ex. This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and an idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.
    Ex. His supporters call him a 'smoothie', while his critics generally portray him as a 'glib con man'.
    Ex. Worldly people and even monks without spiritual discernment are nearly always attracted by humbugs, imposters, hypocrites and those who are in demonic delusion.
    Ex. It is important to remember that the story of the American West has been told as much by fabulists and fabricators as by historians.
    Ex. You know what they say, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck, or in this case, a lying, stealing, cheating fraud.
    Ex. The article 'Keeping fraudsters in check' describes computerized systems now being developed to help combat fraud.
    Ex. In a subsequent call the hoaxer suggested that another bomb had been planted on the highway leading to the airport.
    Ex. This recent tsunami is not the first disaster to be exploited by email hoaxsters.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino fraud, fake
    * * *
    = charlatan, con artist, con man, humbug, fabricator, fraud, fraudster, hoaxer, hoaxster.

    Ex: He is gullible, not very bright, the ready dupe of the charlatan and the demagogue.

    Ex: This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and an idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.
    Ex: His supporters call him a 'smoothie', while his critics generally portray him as a 'glib con man'.
    Ex: Worldly people and even monks without spiritual discernment are nearly always attracted by humbugs, imposters, hypocrites and those who are in demonic delusion.
    Ex: It is important to remember that the story of the American West has been told as much by fabulists and fabricators as by historians.
    Ex: You know what they say, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck, or in this case, a lying, stealing, cheating fraud.
    Ex: The article 'Keeping fraudsters in check' describes computerized systems now being developed to help combat fraud.
    Ex: In a subsequent call the hoaxer suggested that another bomb had been planted on the highway leading to the airport.
    Ex: This recent tsunami is not the first disaster to be exploited by email hoaxsters.

    * * *
    fraud, fake
    * * *

    farsante sustantivo masculino y femenino
    fraud, fake
    farsante mf (impostor) fake, impostor
    ' farsante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    comedianta
    - comediante
    - encantador
    - encantadora
    English:
    fake
    - fraud
    - phoney
    - see
    - sham
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    deceitful;
    ¡qué farsantes son! they're such frauds!
    ♦ nmf
    fraud;
    es un farsante he's a fraud
    * * *
    m/f fraud, fake
    * * *
    charlatán: charlatan, fraud, phony

    Spanish-English dictionary > farsante

  • 6 tranza

    adj.
    crooked, bent, curved, arched.
    f. & m.
    1 Sale of a debtor's property to satisfy his creditors. (Provincial)
    2 con artist, crook, wrongdoer, shark.
    3 scam, swindle, embezzlement, fiddle.
    4 attachment.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: tranzar.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (Méx fam) crooked
    II
    masculino y femenino
    a) (Méx fam) ( persona) con artist (colloq), shark (colloq)
    b) tranza femenino (Méx fam) (engaño, fraude) scam (colloq)
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (Méx fam) crooked
    II
    masculino y femenino
    a) (Méx fam) ( persona) con artist (colloq), shark (colloq)
    b) tranza femenino (Méx fam) (engaño, fraude) scam (colloq)
    * * *
    ( Méx fam) crooked, bent ( colloq)
    1 ( Méx fam) (persona) con artist ( colloq), shark ( colloq), crook ( colloq)
    2
    tranza feminine ( Méx fam) (engaño, fraude) scam ( colloq), fiddle ( colloq), sting ( AmE colloq)
    * * *

    tranza adjetivo (Méx fam) crooked
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (Méx fam) ( persona) con artist (colloq), shark (colloq)
    ■ sustantivo femenino (Méx fam) (engaño, fraude) scam (colloq)
    ' tranza' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    transa

    Spanish-English dictionary > tranza

  • 7 sacacuartos

    1 familiar (espectáculo) swizz, rip-off, swindle
    1 familiar (estafador) rip-off artist, swindler
    * * *
    SM INV = sacadineros
    * * *
    masculino (pl sacacuartos) (Esp fam)
    a) ( timo) rip-off (colloq)
    b) sacacuartos masculino y femenino ( persona) con-artist (colloq)
    * * *
    masculino (pl sacacuartos) (Esp fam)
    a) ( timo) rip-off (colloq)
    b) sacacuartos masculino y femenino ( persona) con-artist (colloq)
    * * *
    1 (timo) rip-off ( colloq), con ( colloq)
    2
    * * *
    sacacuartos, sacadineros, sacaperras
    ♦ nm inv
    Fam [oferta, libro] rip-off;
    este coche es un sacacuartos this car is a drain on our finances
    ♦ nmf inv
    [persona] scrounger

    Spanish-English dictionary > sacacuartos

  • 8 engañabobos

    m.&f. s&pl.
    swindler, trickster.
    * * *
    1 familiar (persona) con artist, trickster
    1 familiar (trampa) con trick, trap
    * * *
    1.
    SMF INV (=persona) trickster
    2.
    SM (=trampa) trick, trap
    * * *
    masculino (pl engañabobos) (fam) con (colloq), swindle (colloq)
    * * *
    masculino (pl engañabobos) (fam) con (colloq), swindle (colloq)
    * * *
    con ( colloq), swindle ( colloq), swizz ( BrE colloq)
    * * *
    ♦ nm inv
    [cosa] con (trick);
    esa promoción es un engañabobos that special offer is a con
    ♦ nmf inv
    [persona] con man, con artist
    * * *
    m inv fam
    1 persona swindler, conman fam
    2 cosa swindle, con fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > engañabobos

  • 9 tramoyista

    f. & m.
    1 stagehand (Teatro).
    2 schemer (tramposo).
    3 scene-shifter, stagehand, sceneshifter.
    * * *
    1 TEATRO sceneshifter, stagehand
    2 figurado schemer, trickster
    * * *
    SMF
    1) (Teat) stagehand, scene shifter
    2) (=estafador) swindler, trickster; (=farsante) humbug; (=impostor) impostor; (=intrigante) schemer
    * * *
    masculino y femenino
    a) (Teatr) sceneshifter, stagehand
    b) (fam) ( enredador) schemer; ( estafador) con artist
    * * *
    Ex. In the world there are dreamers and schemers, which one are you?.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino
    a) (Teatr) sceneshifter, stagehand
    b) (fam) ( enredador) schemer; ( estafador) con artist
    * * *

    Ex: In the world there are dreamers and schemers, which one are you?.

    * * *
    1 ( Teatr) sceneshifter, stagehand
    2 ( fam) (enredador) schemer; (estafador) con artist
    * * *

    tramoyista sustantivo masculino y femenino (Teatr) sceneshifter, stagehand
    tramoyista mf Teat stage machinist/hand
    ' tramoyista' also found in these entries:
    English:
    stagehand
    - stage
    * * *
    1. Teatro stagehand
    2. [tramposo] schemer
    * * *
    m/f TEA scene shifter; fig
    trickster

    Spanish-English dictionary > tramoyista

  • 10 asesino a sueldo

    (n.) = hatchetman, hired assassin, hired gun, hit man
    Ex. The book focuses on Nixon's two terms in office and draws on solid, original source material to get inside the minds of the president and his chief hatchetman, Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman, in particular.
    Ex. He is hounded by hired assassins and eventually flushed out of hiding for a final confrontation with his nemesis.
    Ex. I encourage anyone who wants to understand how warfare is shifting from the citizen soldier to the hired gun to watch this film.
    Ex. This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and a idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.
    * * *
    (n.) = hatchetman, hired assassin, hired gun, hit man

    Ex: The book focuses on Nixon's two terms in office and draws on solid, original source material to get inside the minds of the president and his chief hatchetman, Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman, in particular.

    Ex: He is hounded by hired assassins and eventually flushed out of hiding for a final confrontation with his nemesis.
    Ex: I encourage anyone who wants to understand how warfare is shifting from the citizen soldier to the hired gun to watch this film.
    Ex: This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and a idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.

    * * *
    hired killer, hitman

    Spanish-English dictionary > asesino a sueldo

  • 11 en apuros

    = hard-pressed, beleaguered, in deep trouble, in difficulties, if it comes to the crunch, when push comes to shove, when it comes to the crunch, when the worst comes to the worst, if the worst comes to the worst, in deep water, in hot water, in dire straits
    Ex. However, more and more is now expected of regional systems by their hard pressed member organizations.
    Ex. The prospect of cost savings for beleaguered university budgets have revitalized in resource sharing.
    Ex. I think if someone knowingly took a step which would reduce that security and something went wrong they would be in deep trouble.
    Ex. Several bodies exist that can provide advice and financial assistance to libraries in difficulties, but there are serious gaps.
    Ex. You may never need the soldering iron, but if it comes to the crunch and you suddenly find you need one, you'll be glad it's there.
    Ex. When push comes to shove, it seems that short-term economic interests steamroller scientific arguments.
    Ex. Interestingly, when it comes to the crunch, there seem to be a hell of a lot of agnostics out there.
    Ex. When the worst comes to the worst what we should really fear is ourselves, and each other.
    Ex. If the worst comes to the worst and you are attacked, try to escape rather than fight back, especially if you believe that your assailant may be armed.
    Ex. This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and a idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.
    Ex. Anyway, this time around, the airline is finding itself in hot water for an entirely different reason.
    Ex. Egypt's Internet situation is in dire straits after two undersea cables in the Mediterranean were accidentally severed yesterday.
    * * *
    = hard-pressed, beleaguered, in deep trouble, in difficulties, if it comes to the crunch, when push comes to shove, when it comes to the crunch, when the worst comes to the worst, if the worst comes to the worst, in deep water, in hot water, in dire straits

    Ex: However, more and more is now expected of regional systems by their hard pressed member organizations.

    Ex: The prospect of cost savings for beleaguered university budgets have revitalized in resource sharing.
    Ex: I think if someone knowingly took a step which would reduce that security and something went wrong they would be in deep trouble.
    Ex: Several bodies exist that can provide advice and financial assistance to libraries in difficulties, but there are serious gaps.
    Ex: You may never need the soldering iron, but if it comes to the crunch and you suddenly find you need one, you'll be glad it's there.
    Ex: When push comes to shove, it seems that short-term economic interests steamroller scientific arguments.
    Ex: Interestingly, when it comes to the crunch, there seem to be a hell of a lot of agnostics out there.
    Ex: When the worst comes to the worst what we should really fear is ourselves, and each other.
    Ex: If the worst comes to the worst and you are attacked, try to escape rather than fight back, especially if you believe that your assailant may be armed.
    Ex: This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and a idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.
    Ex: Anyway, this time around, the airline is finding itself in hot water for an entirely different reason.
    Ex: Egypt's Internet situation is in dire straits after two undersea cables in the Mediterranean were accidentally severed yesterday.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en apuros

  • 12 en una situación muy problemática

    = in deep trouble, in deep water
    Ex. I think if someone knowingly took a step which would reduce that security and something went wrong they would be in deep trouble.
    Ex. This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and a idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.
    * * *
    = in deep trouble, in deep water

    Ex: I think if someone knowingly took a step which would reduce that security and something went wrong they would be in deep trouble.

    Ex: This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and a idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en una situación muy problemática

  • 13 engatusar

    v.
    1 to sweet-talk (informal).
    engatusar a alguien para que haga algo to sweet-talk somebody into doing something
    2 to deceive, to coax, to bluff, to fob off.
    * * *
    1 familiar to get round, coax, cajole
    * * *
    VT to coax, wheedle
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to sweet-talk

    engatusar a alguien para que + subj — to sweet-talk somebody into -ing

    * * *
    = bamboozle, con, hoax.
    Ex. Benny Morris claims that Karsh is attempting to hoodwink and bamboozle readers.
    Ex. A number of victims have contacted police after seeing Masterson's mug shot and recognizing him as the man who conned them.
    Ex. He hoaxed the popular media into thinking that he had burnt a million quid for the publicity it would, and has continued to, generate.
    ----
    * engatusar para que + Subjuntivo = wheedle into + Gerundio.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to sweet-talk

    engatusar a alguien para que + subj — to sweet-talk somebody into -ing

    * * *
    = bamboozle, con, hoax.

    Ex: Benny Morris claims that Karsh is attempting to hoodwink and bamboozle readers.

    Ex: A number of victims have contacted police after seeing Masterson's mug shot and recognizing him as the man who conned them.
    Ex: He hoaxed the popular media into thinking that he had burnt a million quid for the publicity it would, and has continued to, generate.
    * engatusar para que + Subjuntivo = wheedle into + Gerundio.

    * * *
    engatusar [A1 ]
    vt
    engatusó a su padre para que se lo comprara she sweet-talked her father into buying it for her
    me engatusó y acabó vendiéndome la radio más cara he gave me his spiel and I ended up buying the most expensive radio
    a mí no me vas a engatusar con zalamerías flattery will get you nowhere
    * * *

    engatusar ( conjugate engatusar) verbo transitivo
    to sweet-talk;
    engatusar a algn para que haga algo to sweet-talk sb into doing sth
    engatusar vtr fam to sweet-talk: no te dejes engatusar, don't fall for their sweet-talking
    ' engatusar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    con
    - sweet-talk
    - fob
    - get
    - sweet
    * * *
    Fam to sweet-talk;
    se dejó engatusar por un timador he let himself be taken in by a con artist;
    no trates de engatusarme don't try to get round me;
    logré engatusarlo para que viniera I managed to coax him into coming
    * * *
    v/t fam
    sweet-talk fam
    * * *
    : to coax, to cajole

    Spanish-English dictionary > engatusar

  • 14 grupo de tres

    (n.) = threesome
    Ex. This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and a idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.
    * * *
    (n.) = threesome

    Ex: This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and a idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.

    Spanish-English dictionary > grupo de tres

  • 15 salir según lo planeado

    (v.) = go off + as planned
    Ex. This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and a idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.
    * * *
    (v.) = go off + as planned

    Ex: This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and a idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.

    Spanish-English dictionary > salir según lo planeado

  • 16 salir según lo previsto

    (v.) = go off + as planned
    Ex. This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and a idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.
    * * *
    (v.) = go off + as planned

    Ex: This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and a idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.

    Spanish-English dictionary > salir según lo previsto

  • 17 sicario

    m.
    hired assassin.
    * * *
    1 hired gunman
    2 (matón) heavy, thug
    * * *
    SM hired killer, hitman *
    * * *
    - ria masculino, femenino hired assassin
    * * *
    = hired assassin, hired gun, hit man.
    Ex. He is hounded by hired assassins and eventually flushed out of hiding for a final confrontation with his nemesis.
    Ex. I encourage anyone who wants to understand how warfare is shifting from the citizen soldier to the hired gun to watch this film.
    Ex. This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and a idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.
    * * *
    - ria masculino, femenino hired assassin
    * * *
    = hired assassin, hired gun, hit man.

    Ex: He is hounded by hired assassins and eventually flushed out of hiding for a final confrontation with his nemesis.

    Ex: I encourage anyone who wants to understand how warfare is shifting from the citizen soldier to the hired gun to watch this film.
    Ex: This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and a idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    hired assassin
    * * *

    sicario sustantivo masculino hired killer, hired assassin
    familiar hit man
    ' sicario' also found in these entries:
    English:
    hatchet man
    - contract
    - hit
    * * *
    hired assassin
    * * *
    m hired assassin o
    killer

    Spanish-English dictionary > sicario

  • 18 trío

    m.
    1 trio.
    2 trio, musical group formed by three performers.
    3 trio, group of three, threesome, trey.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: triar.
    * * *
    1 trio
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM trio
    * * *
    a) (Mús) ( composición) trio; ( conjunto) trio
    b) (fam) ( de personas) trio, threesome
    * * *
    = trio, trio, threesome.
    Ex. Many subjects lend themselves to a quasi-arithmetical arrangement, eg music: solos, duets, trios, etc.
    Ex. When the mission of the public library in society is pondered, the trio of education, information and recreation is frequently injected glibly into the conversation.
    Ex. This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and a idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.
    * * *
    a) (Mús) ( composición) trio; ( conjunto) trio
    b) (fam) ( de personas) trio, threesome
    * * *
    = trio, trio, threesome.

    Ex: Many subjects lend themselves to a quasi-arithmetical arrangement, eg music: solos, duets, trios, etc.

    Ex: When the mission of the public library in society is pondered, the trio of education, information and recreation is frequently injected glibly into the conversation.
    Ex: This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and a idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.

    * * *
    2 ( fam) (de personas) trio, threesome
    * * *

    trío sustantivo masculino
    trio
    trío sustantivo masculino trio
    ' trío' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    terceto
    English:
    trio
    * * *
    trío nm
    1. [de personas] trio, threesome;
    [de naipes] three of a kind
    2. Mús [composición] trio
    * * *
    m trio
    * * *
    trío nm
    : trio
    * * *
    trío n trio

    Spanish-English dictionary > trío

  • 19 artista estafador

    f. & m.
    con artist, con man, artist, confidence man.

    Spanish-English dictionary > artista estafador

  • 20 estafadora

    adj.
    chiseling, swindling.
    f.
    1 impostor, swindler, chiseler, cheat.
    2 con woman.
    * * *

    estafador,-ora sustantivo masculino y femenino swindler, con man: era un estafador sin escrúpulos, he was an unscrupulous con man
    * * *
    m, estafadora f con artist fam, fraudster

    Spanish-English dictionary > estafadora

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