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  • 61 honrado

    adj.
    1 honest, decent, honorable, honourable.
    2 honored, aboveboard, honoured.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: honrar.
    * * *
    1→ link=honrar honrar
    1 (honesto) honest
    2 (decente) upright, respectable
    3 (honorable) honourable (US honorable)
    * * *
    (f. - honrada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=honesto) honest

    hombre honrado — honest man, decent man

    2) (=honorable) honourable, honorable (EEUU), upright
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( honesto) honest, honorable*
    b) < mujer> respectable
    * * *
    = law abiding, righteous, upstanding, upright.
    Ex. Rehabilitation, i.e. preparing the offender to function productively as a law abiding citizen in society, is very costly.
    Ex. His goal was to contribute to the 'uplift' of the masses and to make men sober, righteous, conservative, patient, and devout -- in short, to make others more like himself.
    Ex. Harris' defence attorney attempted to portray her as an upstanding, well-bred member of the community, and as a powerless, unwilling part of a love triangle.
    Ex. He speaks of him as 'a man of great gravity, calmness, sound principles, of no faction, an excellent preacher, of an upright life'.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( honesto) honest, honorable*
    b) < mujer> respectable
    * * *
    = law abiding, righteous, upstanding, upright.

    Ex: Rehabilitation, i.e. preparing the offender to function productively as a law abiding citizen in society, is very costly.

    Ex: His goal was to contribute to the 'uplift' of the masses and to make men sober, righteous, conservative, patient, and devout -- in short, to make others more like himself.
    Ex: Harris' defence attorney attempted to portray her as an upstanding, well-bred member of the community, and as a powerless, unwilling part of a love triangle.
    Ex: He speaks of him as 'a man of great gravity, calmness, sound principles, of no faction, an excellent preacher, of an upright life'.

    * * *
    honrado -da
    1 (honesto) honest, honorable*
    es un hombre honrado he is an honest o an honorable man
    actuó de manera honrada she behaved honorably
    2 (decente) ‹mujer› respectable
    * * *

    Del verbo honrar: ( conjugate honrar)

    honrado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    honrado    
    honrar
    honrado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) ( honesto) honest, honorable( conjugate honorable)

    b) ‹ mujer› respectable

    honrar ( conjugate honrar) verbo transitivo
    1 [comportamiento/actitud] to do … credit o honor( conjugate honor);

    2 ( respetar) to honor( conjugate honor)
    honrarse verbo pronominal
    to be honored( conjugate honored)
    honrado,-a adjetivo
    1 (persona) honest
    2 (negocio, trabajo) upright, respectable
    honrar verbo transitivo
    1 (respetar, venerar) to honour, US honor
    honrar a los padres, to respect one's parents
    2 (enaltecer, ennoblecer) to be a credit to: ese gesto le honra, that gesture does him credit
    ' honrado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    deshonesta
    - deshonesto
    - honrada
    - noble
    - decente
    - escrupuloso
    - recto
    English:
    above
    - above-board
    - cowboy
    - decent
    - disingenuous
    - honest
    - honourable
    - level
    - reputable
    - right-minded
    - rough
    - straight
    - straightforward
    - upright
    - righteous
    * * *
    honrado, -a adj
    1. [honesto] honest, honourable
    2. [decente] decent, respectable
    * * *
    adj honest
    * * *
    honrado, -da adj
    1) honesto: honest, upright
    2) : honored
    * * *
    honrado adj honest

    Spanish-English dictionary > honrado

  • 62 indecente

    adj.
    1 indecent.
    2 miserable, wretched (indigno).
    f. & m.
    indecent person.
    * * *
    1 (impúdico) indecent; (indecoroso) improper
    2 (indigno) miserable; (cochambroso) filthy
    3 (vil) wretched
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] (=falto de decencia) indecent; (=obsceno) obscene

    ¡indecente! — you brute!

    2) (=asqueroso) filthy
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo <persona/vestido> indecent; <película/lenguaje> obscene
    II
    masculino y femenino rude o shameless person
    * * *
    = filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], indecent, abject, abjected, obscene.
    Ex. Printing houses -- apart from the few that had been built for the purpose rather than converted from something else -- were generally filthy and badly ventilated.
    Ex. The passage of the Exon bill would make criminal the sending of obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent data over the Net = La aprobación de la ley Exon haría que fuese un delito el envío a través de Internet de información obscena, lujuriosa, lasciva, inmoral o indecente.
    Ex. Her art works incorporate such abject materials as dirt, hair, excrement, dead animals, menstrual blood and rotting food in order to confront taboo issues of gender and sexuality.
    Ex. In this study of sapphism in the British novel, Moore often directs our attention to the periphery of sapphic romances, when an abjected body suffers on behalf of the stainless heroine.
    Ex. Prompt responses are required to bomb threats and reports of such dangerous or criminal conduct as sprinkling acid on chairs or clothing, mutilating books, tampering with the card catalog, or obscene behavior.
    ----
    * exposición indecente = indecent exposure.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo <persona/vestido> indecent; <película/lenguaje> obscene
    II
    masculino y femenino rude o shameless person
    * * *
    = filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], indecent, abject, abjected, obscene.

    Ex: Printing houses -- apart from the few that had been built for the purpose rather than converted from something else -- were generally filthy and badly ventilated.

    Ex: The passage of the Exon bill would make criminal the sending of obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent data over the Net = La aprobación de la ley Exon haría que fuese un delito el envío a través de Internet de información obscena, lujuriosa, lasciva, inmoral o indecente.
    Ex: Her art works incorporate such abject materials as dirt, hair, excrement, dead animals, menstrual blood and rotting food in order to confront taboo issues of gender and sexuality.
    Ex: In this study of sapphism in the British novel, Moore often directs our attention to the periphery of sapphic romances, when an abjected body suffers on behalf of the stainless heroine.
    Ex: Prompt responses are required to bomb threats and reports of such dangerous or criminal conduct as sprinkling acid on chairs or clothing, mutilating books, tampering with the card catalog, or obscene behavior.
    * exposición indecente = indecent exposure.

    * * *
    1 ‹persona› indecent; ‹vestido› indecent; ‹película/lenguaje› obscene
    2 (miserable) wretched, miserable
    rude o shameless person
    * * *

    indecente adjetivo ‹persona/vestido› indecent;
    ‹película/lenguaje› obscene
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    rude o shameless person
    indecente adjetivo
    1 (obsceno, inmoral) indecent
    2 (intolerable) dreadful: llegó a casa a una hora indecente, he arrived home very late
    ' indecente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    sórdida
    - sórdido
    - deshonesto
    - guarro
    English:
    filthy
    - immodest
    - improper
    - indecent
    - rude
    - suggestive
    * * *
    1. [impúdico] indecent
    2. [indigno] miserable, wretched
    * * *
    adj indecent; película obscene
    * * *
    : indecent, obscene
    * * *
    1. (inmoral) indecent
    2. (sucio) filthy [comp. filthier; superl. filthiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > indecente

  • 63 profano

    adj.
    profane, worldly, irreligious.
    f. & m.
    1 lay person, non-specialist.
    2 layman.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: profanar.
    * * *
    1 (no sagrado) profane, secular
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (hombre) layman; (mujer) laywoman
    \
    ser profano,-a en la materia to know nothing about the subject
    * * *
    profano, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=laico) profane, secular
    2) (=irrespetuoso) irreverent
    3) (=no experto) lay, uninitiated; (=ignorante) ignorant

    soy profano en música — I don't know anything about music, I'm a layman when it comes to music

    4) (=deshonesto) indecent, immodest
    2.
    SM / F (=inexperto) layman/laywoman; (=ajeno) outsider
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( no sagrado) <escritor/música> secular, profane (frml); < fiesta> secular
    b) ( antirreligioso) profane (frml), irreverent
    II
    - na masculino, femenino
    1) (Relig) (m) layman; (f) laywoman
    2) ( no especialista) non-specialist
    * * *
    = layman [laymen, -pl.], outsider, lay, lay person [layperson], unholy, pedestrian.
    Ex. Mechanization may yet force the issue, especially in the scientific field; whereupon scientific jargon would become still less intelligible to the layman.
    Ex. If we look at a totally different sort of book, romantic fiction, we find here a form of novel which, to the outsider who has never read one of them, may seem to be endlessly repetitious.
    Ex. Most public libraries in western countries are under local control and the smaller the local government unit, the more all embracing is the lay, and therefore uninformed, control.
    Ex. This is an evaluative tool which brings lay people together with experts, under pressure of limited time, for study of specific problems.
    Ex. The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.
    Ex. The article 'Modems: an overview for the pedestrian' offers help in selecting a modem for a personal computer.
    ----
    * profano en la materia = non-scholar.
    * representación de personas profanas en la materia = lay representation.
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( no sagrado) <escritor/música> secular, profane (frml); < fiesta> secular
    b) ( antirreligioso) profane (frml), irreverent
    II
    - na masculino, femenino
    1) (Relig) (m) layman; (f) laywoman
    2) ( no especialista) non-specialist
    * * *
    = layman [laymen, -pl.], outsider, lay, lay person [layperson], unholy, pedestrian.

    Ex: Mechanization may yet force the issue, especially in the scientific field; whereupon scientific jargon would become still less intelligible to the layman.

    Ex: If we look at a totally different sort of book, romantic fiction, we find here a form of novel which, to the outsider who has never read one of them, may seem to be endlessly repetitious.
    Ex: Most public libraries in western countries are under local control and the smaller the local government unit, the more all embracing is the lay, and therefore uninformed, control.
    Ex: This is an evaluative tool which brings lay people together with experts, under pressure of limited time, for study of specific problems.
    Ex: The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.
    Ex: The article 'Modems: an overview for the pedestrian' offers help in selecting a modem for a personal computer.
    * profano en la materia = non-scholar.
    * representación de personas profanas en la materia = lay representation.

    * * *
    profano1 -na
    A
    1 (no sagrado) ‹escritor/música› secular, profane ( frml); ‹fiesta› secular
    2 (antirreligioso) profane, irreverent
    B
    (no especializado): soy profano en la materia I'm not an expert on the subject
    profano2 -na
    masculine, feminine
    A ( Relig) ( masculine) layman; ( feminine) laywoman
    B (no especialista) non-specialist
    su nombre no dice demasiado a los profanos his name doesn't mean much to the non-specialist o the layperson o the layman
    * * *

    Del verbo profanar: ( conjugate profanar)

    profano es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    profanó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    profanar    
    profano
    profanar ( conjugate profanar) verbo transitivo ‹templo/sepultura› to desecrate, defile
    profano
    ◊ -na adjetivo

    1
    a) ( no sagrado) ‹escritor/música› secular, profane (frml);

    ‹ fiesta› secular

    2 ( no especializado):

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    1 (Relig) (m) layman;
    (f) laywoman
    2 ( no especialista) non-specialist
    profanar verbo transitivo to desecrate
    profano,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (no sacro) profane, secular
    2 (no experto) ignorant, lay
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino layperson
    (hombre) layman
    (mujer) laywoman
    ' profano' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    profana
    - temporal
    English:
    lay
    - profane
    - secular
    * * *
    profano, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [no sagrado] profane, secular;
    literatura/música profana secular literature/music
    2. [ignorante] ignorant, uninitiated;
    soy profano en la materia I'm a layman when it comes to that subject, I know nothing about the subject
    ♦ nm,f
    layman, f laywoman;
    soy un profano en cuestiones de economía I'm a layman when it comes to economics, I know nothing about economics
    * * *
    I adj fig
    lay atr
    II m layman
    * * *
    profano, -na adj
    1) : profane
    2) : worldly, secular
    profano, -na n
    : nonspecialist

    Spanish-English dictionary > profano

  • 64 pudoroso

    adj.
    shy, bashful.
    * * *
    1 decent, chaste
    * * *
    ADJ (=recatado) modest; (=tímido) shy; (=casto) chaste, virtuous
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo púdico
    * * *
    Ex. Keep in mind that the Bible commands women to wear clothing that is in keeping with being shamefaced.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo púdico
    * * *

    Ex: Keep in mind that the Bible commands women to wear clothing that is in keeping with being shamefaced.

    * * *
    * * *

    pudoroso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo See Also→ púdico


    ' pudoroso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    deshonesta
    - deshonesto
    - gazmoño
    - recatado
    English:
    modest
    * * *
    pudoroso, -a adj
    1. [recatado] modest, demure
    2. [modesto] modest, shy
    * * *
    adj modest
    * * *
    pudoroso, -sa adj
    : modest, reserved, shy

    Spanish-English dictionary > pudoroso

  • 65 pícaro

    adj.
    mischievous, impish, rascally, naughty.
    m.
    rascal, little wretch, scamp, picaro.
    * * *
    1 (astuto) crafty, sly
    2 (atrevido) wicked
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (persona astuta) slyboots, crafty devil
    * * *
    pícaro, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=taimado) sly, crafty; (=travieso) [niño] naughty, mischievous
    2) (=deshonesto) crooked; (=pillo) roguish, knavish
    3) hum naughty, wicked

    ¡este pícaro siglo! — what naughty times we live in!

    4) (=precoz) [niño] precocious, knowing ( esp sexually aware before the proper age)
    2. SM / F
    1) (=granuja) rogue, scoundrel; (=ladino) sly sort; (=niño) rascal, scamp

    ¡pícaro! — you rascal!

    2) (Literat) rogue
    PÍCARO In Spanish literature, especially of the Golden Age, the pícaro is a roguish character whose travels and adventures are used as a vehicle for social satire. The anonymous Lazarillo de Tormes (1554), which relates the life and adventures of one such character, is thought to be the first of the genre known as the picaresque novel, or novela picaresca. Other well-known picaresque novels were written by Cervantes (Rinconete y Cortadillo) and Francisco de Quevedo (El Buscón).
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo
    a) ( ladino) crafty, cunning
    b) ( malicioso) < persona> naughty, wicked (colloq); <chiste/comentario> naughty, racy; <mirada/sonrisa> wicked (colloq), cheeky (BrE)
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino
    a) (Lit) rogue, villain
    b) ( astuto) cunning o crafty devil (colloq)
    * * *
    = rogue, elfin, impish, crafty, mischievous, playful.
    Ex. Some headings are vague and without scope notes to define them: ROBBERS AND OUTLAWS; CRIME AND CRIMINALS; rogues AND VAGABONDS.
    Ex. Then, with an elfin smile she said: 'You see, I haven't been entirely unconcerned!'.
    Ex. Then, leaning back in her chair and with an impish smile playing about her mouth, she said: 'You know I can't quite get used to the idea of him giving up his job to follow his wife'.
    Ex. Crafty! He wanted nothing to do with the straitjacket of guidelines and so-called standards = ¡Qué astuto! no quería saber nada de las restricciones que imponen las directrices y las "supuestas" normas.
    Ex. Frequently the youngest child takes on the role of the mascot; he acts cute, mischievous, and endearing.
    Ex. The article is a playful attempt to describe the historical determinations of the subject.
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo
    a) ( ladino) crafty, cunning
    b) ( malicioso) < persona> naughty, wicked (colloq); <chiste/comentario> naughty, racy; <mirada/sonrisa> wicked (colloq), cheeky (BrE)
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino
    a) (Lit) rogue, villain
    b) ( astuto) cunning o crafty devil (colloq)
    * * *
    = rogue, elfin, impish, crafty, mischievous, playful.

    Ex: Some headings are vague and without scope notes to define them: ROBBERS AND OUTLAWS; CRIME AND CRIMINALS; rogues AND VAGABONDS.

    Ex: Then, with an elfin smile she said: 'You see, I haven't been entirely unconcerned!'.
    Ex: Then, leaning back in her chair and with an impish smile playing about her mouth, she said: 'You know I can't quite get used to the idea of him giving up his job to follow his wife'.
    Ex: Crafty! He wanted nothing to do with the straitjacket of guidelines and so-called standards = ¡Qué astuto! no quería saber nada de las restricciones que imponen las directrices y las "supuestas" normas.
    Ex: Frequently the youngest child takes on the role of the mascot; he acts cute, mischievous, and endearing.
    Ex: The article is a playful attempt to describe the historical determinations of the subject.

    * * *
    pícaro1 -ra
    1 (ladino) crafty, cunning
    2 (malicioso) ‹persona› naughty, wicked ( colloq); ‹chiste/comentario› naughty, racy; ‹mirada/sonrisa› wicked ( colloq), cheeky ( BrE)
    pícaro2 -ra
    masculine, feminine
    1 ( Lit) rogue, villain
    2 (astuto) cunning o crafty devil ( colloq)
    * * *

    pícaro
    ◊ -ra adjetivo


    b) ( malicioso) ‹ persona› naughty, wicked (colloq);

    ‹chiste/comentario› naughty, racy;
    ‹mirada/sonrisa› mischievous, cheeky (BrE)
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    a) (Lit) rogue, villain

    b) ( astuto) cunning o crafty devil (colloq)

    ' pícaro' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bandida
    - bandido
    - granuja
    - maliciosa
    - malicioso
    - socarrón
    - socarrona
    - sabandija
    - sinvergüenza
    English:
    glint
    - mischievous
    - rogue
    - roguish
    - cheeky
    - playful
    * * *
    pícaro, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [astuto] cunning, crafty;
    ¡qué pícaro es este gato! this cat is very cunning o sly
    2. [travieso] naughty, mischievous
    3. [atrevido] [persona] bold, daring;
    [comentario] naughty, racy; [sonrisa] wicked, cheeky
    ♦ nm,f
    1. Lit rogue [protagonist in picaresque novels]
    2. [astuto] sly person, rogue
    3. [travieso] rascal
    4. [atrevido] brazen person
    * * *
    I adj
    1 persona crafty, sly
    2 comentario mischievous
    II m rogue
    * * *
    pícaro, -ra adj
    1) : mischievous
    2) : cunning, sly
    3) : off-color, risqué
    pícaro, -ra n
    1) : rogue, scoundrel
    2) : rascal

    Spanish-English dictionary > pícaro

  • 66 tramposo

    adj.
    tricky, cheating, crooked, deceitful.
    m.
    tricky person, cheat, swindler, dodger.
    * * *
    1 deceitful, tricky
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 trickster, cheat (en las cartas) cardsharp
    * * *
    (f. - tramposa)
    noun
    cheat, swindler
    * * *
    tramposo, -a
    1.
    ADJ crooked, tricky
    2. SM / F
    1) [en el juego] cheat; (=estafador) crook *, shyster (EEUU), swindler; (=tahúr) cardsharp
    2) (Econ) bad payer
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino cheat
    * * *
    = shifty, cheater, cardsharp, dishonest.
    Ex. 'Client' has overtones of shifty lawyers and overpaid realtors.
    Ex. Intenrnet also enables enterprising would-be cheaters to cut and paste material for easy and relatively thought-free composition of essay assignments.
    Ex. He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex. Mostly facsimiles are made without dishonest intent, although some have certainly been intended to deceive, and the ease with which they can be identified varies with the reproduction process used.
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino cheat
    * * *
    = shifty, cheater, cardsharp, dishonest.

    Ex: 'Client' has overtones of shifty lawyers and overpaid realtors.

    Ex: Intenrnet also enables enterprising would-be cheaters to cut and paste material for easy and relatively thought-free composition of essay assignments.
    Ex: He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex: Mostly facsimiles are made without dishonest intent, although some have certainly been intended to deceive, and the ease with which they can be identified varies with the reproduction process used.

    * * *
    tramposo1 -sa
    es muy tramposa she's a real cheat
    tramposo2 -sa
    masculine, feminine
    cheat
    * * *

     

    tramposo
    ◊ -sa adjetivo: ser tramposo to be a cheat

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    cheat
    tramposo,-a
    I adjetivo deceitful
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino cheat

    ' tramposo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    tahúr
    - tramposa
    - cochino
    - deshonesto
    English:
    cheat
    - dodger
    * * *
    tramposo, -a
    ♦ adj
    cheating;
    no seas tan tramposo don't be such a cheat
    ♦ nm,f
    cheat
    * * *
    I adj crooked
    II m, tramposa f cheat, crook
    * * *
    tramposo, -sa adj
    : crooked, cheating
    tramposo, -sa n
    : cheat, swindler
    * * *
    tramposo adj n cheat

    Spanish-English dictionary > tramposo

  • 67 buscón

    m.
    1 do-it-all agent, go-getter agent, person who makes a living doing errands for a fee, facilitator.
    2 searcher, person who searches for gold or other metallic ores, mine prospector, prospector.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (ladrón) petty thief
    * * *
    buscón, -ona
    1.
    ADJ (=deshonesto) thieving, crooked
    2.
    SM / F †† (=ladronzuelo) petty thief, rogue
    * * *
    - cona masculino, femenino
    1) (ant) ( rufián) rogue (dated), scoundrel (dated)
    2) buscona femenino (pey) ( prostituta) whore (pej)
    * * *
    - cona masculino, femenino
    1) (ant) ( rufián) rogue (dated), scoundrel (dated)
    2) buscona femenino (pey) ( prostituta) whore (pej)
    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    A ( ant) (rufián) rogue ( dated), scoundrel ( dated)
    B
    * * *
    buscón, -ona nm,f
    [estafador] swindler
    * * *
    m rogue

    Spanish-English dictionary > buscón

  • 68 mentiroso

    adj.
    deceptive, liar, deceitful, dishonest.
    m.
    liar, storyteller.
    * * *
    1 lying
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 liar
    * * *
    mentiroso, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=que miente) lying

    ¡es tan mentiroso! — he's such a liar!

    ¡mentiroso! — you liar!

    2) [texto] full of errors, full of misprints
    2.
    SM / F (=que miente) liar
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo

    es muy mentiroso — he's an awful o terrible liar; ( dicho sin ánimo de ofender) he's a real fibber (colloq)

    II
    - sa masculino, femenino liar; ( dicho sin ánimo de ofender) fibber (colloq)
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo

    es muy mentiroso — he's an awful o terrible liar; ( dicho sin ánimo de ofender) he's a real fibber (colloq)

    II
    - sa masculino, femenino liar; ( dicho sin ánimo de ofender) fibber (colloq)
    * * *
    mentiroso1
    1 = fibber, liar, fabulist, fabricator.

    Ex: The article 'Frequent fibbers can blame their brain' relates the deficit in grey matter volume to the impulsiveness of fibbers.

    Ex: That means human beings are natural-born liars.
    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: It is important to remember that the story of the American West has been told as much by fabulists and fabricators as by historians.
    * mentiroso compulsivo = pathological liar, compulsive liar.
    * mentiroso patológico = pathological liar, compulsive liar.

    mentiroso2
    2 = mendacious, lying, deceitful.

    Ex: I love movies like that -- where slowly, gradually, bit by bit, all the characters realize that the villain was really disastrously mendacious and criminal.

    Ex: The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.
    Ex: Again, on the matter of the sources already consulted by the enquirer, the implication is not that he is unreliable or deceitful, but that in looking up the Encyclopedia Americana he may not be aware of the existence of the index.

    * * *
    mentiroso1 -sa
    es muy mentiroso he's an awful o terrible liar; (dicho sin ánimo de ofender) he's a real fibber ( colloq)
    mentiroso2 -sa
    masculine, feminine
    antes se coge al mentiroso que al cojo or más rápido cae un mentiroso que un cojo the liar is sooner caught than the cripple
    * * *

     

    mentiroso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo: es muy mentiroso he's an awful o terrible liar;


    ( dicho sin ánimo de ofender) he's a real fibber (colloq)
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    liar;
    ( dicho sin ánimo de ofender) fibber (colloq)
    mentiroso,-a
    I adjetivo lying: es un chico muy mentiroso, he's a big liar
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino liar
    ' mentiroso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    engañosa
    - engañoso
    - mentirosa
    - chanta
    - cuentero
    - deshonesto
    - hablador
    - incorregible
    English:
    consummate
    - habitual
    - liar
    - lying
    - storyteller
    - untruthful
    * * *
    mentiroso, -a
    ♦ adj
    lying;
    [engañoso] deceptive
    ♦ nm,f
    liar
    * * *
    I adj
    :
    ser muy mentiroso tell a lot of lies
    II m, mentirosa f liar
    * * *
    mentiroso, -sa adj
    embustero: lying, untruthful
    mentiroso, -sa n
    embustero: liar
    * * *
    mentiroso n liar

    Spanish-English dictionary > mentiroso

  • 69 sucia

    adj.&f.
    1 dirty, nasty, filthy (mugriento).
    2 stained with sin, tainted with guilt and imperfections.
    3 obscene (palabra), unchaste, smutty.
    4 uncivil, unpolished.
    5 Foul; applied to a ship's bottom, to the sky or weather; to rowing out of rhythm; and to a rocky shore, or a bottom where there are reefs. (Nautical)
    * * *
    f., (m. - sucio)
    * * *

    sucio,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 dirty: tienes las manos sucias, your hands are dirty
    2 (obsceno) filthy, dirty
    3 (inmoral, deshonesto) juego sucio, foul play
    una jugada sucia, a dirty trick
    negocio sucio, shady business o deal
    trabajo sucio, dirty work
    (fraudulento) underhand
    4 (que se ensucia con facilidad) el blanco es un color muy sucio para vestir, white clothes get dirty so easily
    II adverbio unfairly
    jugar sucio, to play unfairly
    ' sucia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cerda
    - cochina
    - cochino
    - marrana
    - marrano
    - puerca
    - puerco
    - sucio
    - cesto
    - chancho
    - conciencia
    - guarro
    - ropa
    English:
    be
    - clothes basket
    - dingy
    - laundry
    - murky
    - linen

    Spanish-English dictionary > sucia

  • 70 Lujurioso

    Vide: deshonesto.

    Vocabulario Spanish-Aymara > Lujurioso

  • 71 ATORRANTE

    сущ.
    бездельник, безработный. Грязный, в состоянии беспорядка. Вещь невысокого качества. Бесчестный, непорядочный человек. Может звучать и как оскорбление, и, если произнести нежно, как ласковое обращение
    Vago, sin ocupacion; sucio, desarreglado; objeto de poca calidad, persona sin escrupulos, deshonesto. Se usa como insulto, y tambien como voz carinosa.

    Diccionario español-ruso de la jerga > ATORRANTE

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  • deshonesto — Derecho. Ver: condición deshonesta …   Diccionario de Economía Alkona

  • deshonesto — Derecho. Ver: condición deshonesta …   Diccionario de Economía

  • deshonesto — ta adj. Falto de honestidad. Impúdico. No conforme a las ideas tenidas por buenas …   Diccionario Castellano

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  • deshonestidad — ► sustantivo femenino 1 Falta de honestidad. 2 Acción o palabra deshonesta. * * * deshonestidad 1 f. Cualidad de deshonesto. ⊚ Conducta deshonesta. 2 Acción o dicho deshonesto. * * * deshonestidad. f. Cualidad de deshonesto. || 2. Dicho o hecho… …   Enciclopedia Universal

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