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2 deviousness
s.1 extravío, descarrío; desviación del camino recto.2 carácter taimado.3 tortuosidad, retorcimiento. -
3 devious
'di:viəs(not direct; not straightforward: We climbed the hill by a devious route; He used devious methods to get what he wanted.) tortuoso- deviousness
tr['diːvɪəs]1 (of route, path, etc) tortuoso,-a, sinuoso,-a2 pejorative (cunning, dishonest - person) taimado,-a, artero,-a, zorro,-a; (- plan, method, scheme) astuto,-a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLby devious means con artimañasdevious ['di:viəs] adj1) crafty: taimado, artero2) winding: tortuoso, sinuosoadj.• desviado, -a adj.• tortuoso, -a adj.'diːviəsby devious means — con artimañas, con tejemanejes
b) ( roundabout) <route/path> tortuoso, sinuoso['diːvɪǝs]ADJ1) (=twisting, winding) [path] tortuoso, sinuoso; [argument] intrincado, enrevesado2) (=crafty) [means] dudoso, artero; [person] taimado* * *['diːviəs]by devious means — con artimañas, con tejemanejes
b) ( roundabout) <route/path> tortuoso, sinuoso -
4 astucia
astucia sustantivo femenino (— de ladino) (pey) craftiness, cunning;
astucia sustantivo femenino shrewdness (triquiñuela) ruse ' astucia' also found in these entries: Spanish: habilidad - picardía English: cunning - deviousness - guile - outsmart - ruse -
5 carácter
carácter sustantivo masculino (pl◊ - racteres)el restaurante tiene mucho carácter the restaurant has lots of character; une persona de carácter fuerte a person of strong character; una persona de buen carácter a good-natured person; un carácter abierto an open nature; tener mal carácter to have a (bad) temper heridas de carácter leve (period) minor woundsc) (Biol) characteristic
carácter sustantivo masculino
1 (genio, nervio) character: es una persona de mucho carácter, he is a person with a strong character
2 (modo de ser) tiene un carácter muy dulce, she's a very sweet person
tener buen/mal carácter, to be good-natured/bad-tempered
3 (condición, naturaleza) nature: es una medida de carácter transitorio, it's a temporary measure
4 Impr character ' carácter' also found in these entries: Spanish: abismo - accesible - acto - agriar - amorfa - amorfo - arrollador - arrolladora - áspera - áspero - blanda - blando - cambiante - cardo - de - débil - debilidad - dramatizar - empañarse - endurecer - fortaleza - genio - humildad - humilde - imposible - índole - moldear - nervio - ni - prudente - radical - rasgo - rebelde - revestir - severa - severidad - severo - sombra - sosegada - sosegado - suavizar - suavidad - suavizarse - talante - teatralidad - temperamento - tinte - tipismo - trato - variable English: character - close - colour - deviousness - disposition - elusiveness - good-natured - make-up - mold - mould - nature - nice - rugged - self-assertion - self-assertive - self-assertiveness - serious - sliminess - solid - spineless - spirit - technical hitch - temper - temperamentally - tough-minded - type - versatility - weak - weakness - wimpish - forceful - intimate - make - mellow -
6 taimado
taimado
◊ -da adjetivo1 ( astuto) crafty, cunning 2 (Chi) ( malhumorado) sulky, huffy
taimado,-a adjetivo astute, cunning, crafty ' taimado' also found in these entries: Spanish: resabiada - resabiado - taimada - zorra - zorro - ladino - socarrón English: devious - deviousness - sly - underhand - sneaky -
7 tortuosidad
tortuosidad sustantivo femenino
1 (de camino, carretera) tortuousness
2 (de plan,' conducta) deviousness ' tortuosidad' also found in these entries: English: indirectness
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deviousness — noun see devious … New Collegiate Dictionary
deviousness — See deviously. * * * … Universalium
deviousness — noun The characteristic of being devious; sneakiness; underhandedness … Wiktionary
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deviousness — de·vi·ous·ness || dɪËvɪəs n. perversion, deception, sneakiness; circuitousness … English contemporary dictionary
deviousness — de·vi·ous·ness … English syllables
deviousness — See: devious … English dictionary