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dopey

  • 1 abombado

    adj.
    1 convex.
    2 domed.
    3 confused.
    4 dizzy.
    5 panniered.
    6 torose, torous, bombé.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: abombar.
    * * *
    1 abombar
    1 convex
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=convexo) convex; (=abovedado) domed; (=saltón) bulging
    2) LAm (=aturdido) stunned
    3) Méx * (=borracho) tight *
    4) LAm [comida] rotten

    estar abombado — to smell bad, stink

    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) (AmL fam) ( atontado) dopey (colloq), dozy (colloq)
    2) (AmS) ( en mal estado) < alimento>
    3) < superficie> convex; < techo> domed
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) (AmL fam) ( atontado) dopey (colloq), dozy (colloq)
    2) (AmS) ( en mal estado) < alimento>
    3) < superficie> convex; < techo> domed
    * * *
    A ( AmL fam) (atontado) dopey ( colloq), dozy ( colloq)
    se levantó abombado de la siesta he got up, still feeling dopey o dozy after his nap
    ¡no seas abombado! don't be such a dope! ( colloq)
    B
    ( AmL) (en mal estado): esta carne está abombada this meat has gone bad o ( BrE) is off
    C
    1 ‹superficie› convex; ‹techo› domed
    2 ‹ojos› bulging ( before n)
    * * *

    Del verbo abombar: ( conjugate abombar)

    abombado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    abombado    
    abombar
    abombado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    1 superficie convex;
    techo domed
    2 (AmL fam) ( atontado) dopey (colloq), dozy (colloq)
    3 (AmS) ( en mal estado) ‹ alimento›:
    esta carne está abombada this meat has gone bad o (BrE) is off

    abombado,-a adjetivo
    1 (superficie) convex
    2 LAm (aturdido) dazed
    abombar verbo transitivo to make convex
    ' abombado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abombada
    English:
    puffed
    * * *
    abombado, -a
    adj
    1. [hacia fuera] buckled;
    la lata está un poco abombada the can o Br tin has buckled slightly outwards;
    una pared abombada a wall bulging outwards
    2. Andes, RP Fam [aturdido] dopey
    nm,f
    Andes, RP Fam hothead, scatterbrain
    * * *
    I adj S.Am.
    1 ( tonto) dopey
    2 comida rotten, bad
    II partabombar

    Spanish-English dictionary > abombado

  • 2 atarantado

    adj.
    1 bitten by a tarantula.
    2 stunned, stupefied, dazed (aturdido).
    3 restless (bullicioso).
    4 frightened, terrified (espantado).
    5 surprised, astonished, amazed. (Metaphorical)
    6 groggy.
    7 drunk, plastered.
    8 dopey.
    9 harum-scarum.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: atarantar.
    * * *
    1 (aturdido) stunned, dazed
    2 (inquieto) restless
    * * *
    ADJ Cono Sur impetuous
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) (Col, Méx, Per fam) ( tonto) dopey (colloq)
    b) (Col, Méx, Per fam) ( por golpe) dazed, stunned
    c) (Méx, Per fam) ( confundido) in a spin, dazed
    d) (Chi fam) ( precipitado) harum-scarum (colloq)
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) (Col, Méx, Per fam) ( tonto) dopey (colloq)
    b) (Col, Méx, Per fam) ( por golpe) dazed, stunned
    c) (Méx, Per fam) ( confundido) in a spin, dazed
    d) (Chi fam) ( precipitado) harum-scarum (colloq)
    * * *
    A
    1 (Col, Méx, Per fam) (tonto) dopey ( colloq)
    no seas atarantado don't be so dopey
    2 (Col, Méx, Per fam) (por un golpe) dazed, stunned
    3 (Col, Méx, Per fam) (confundido) in a spin, dazed
    4 ( Andes fam) (precipitado) harum-scarum ( colloq)
    B ( Méx fam) (borracho) plastered ( colloq)
    * * *

    atarantado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) (Col, Méx, Per fam) ( por golpe) dazed, stunned

    b) (Méx, Per fam) ( confundido) in a spin, dazed

    c) (Chi fam) ( precipitado) harum-scarum (colloq)

    * * *
    atarantado, -a adj
    Am Fam
    1. [tonto] dim, slow;
    ese niño siempre fue medio atarantado that boy was always a bit dim o slow
    2. [aturdido] stunned, dazed;
    la noticia lo dejó atarantado he was stunned by the news
    * * *
    atarantado, -da adj, fam
    1) : restless
    2) : dazed, stunned

    Spanish-English dictionary > atarantado

  • 3 pazguato

    adj.
    prudish, doltish, old-maidish.
    m.
    simpleton, prude, dolt.
    * * *
    1 (gazmoño) prudish
    nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (gazmoño) prude; (tonto) nincompoop
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=necio) simple, stupid
    2) (=remilgado) prudish
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo (fam) dopey (colloq)
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino (fam) dope (colloq)
    * * *
    = simp, deadhead, nincompoop.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo (fam) dopey (colloq)
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino (fam) dope (colloq)
    * * *
    = simp, deadhead, nincompoop.

    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.

    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.

    * * *
    pazguato1 -ta
    ( fam); dopey ( colloq), dumb ( AmE colloq)
    pazguato2 -ta
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); dope ( colloq), dummy ( colloq)
    * * *
    pazguato, -a, RP pazcuato, -a Fam
    adj
    1. [simple] simple
    2. [mojigato] prudish
    nm,f
    1. [simple] simpleton
    2. [mojigato] prude
    * * *
    I adj dopey fam, dumb fam
    II m, pazguata f dope fam, dummy fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > pazguato

  • 4 marmota

    f.
    marmot.
    dormir como una marmota to sleep like a log
    * * *
    1 ZOOLOGÍA marmot
    2 familiar (dormilón) sleepyhead
    3 familiar scullery maid
    \
    dormir como una marmota familiar to sleep like a log
    * * *
    SF
    1) (Zool) marmot

    marmota de América — woodchuck, whistler (EEUU)

    2) (=dormilón) sleepyhead *
    3) * (=criada) maid, servant
    * * *
    a) (Zool) marmot
    b) (fam) ( persona - poco espabilada) silly o dopey fool; (- dormilona) sleepyhead (colloq)
    * * *
    = marmot.
    Ex. This paper discusses the reproduction behavior of mink, nutria, raccoon dogs, marmots, chinchillas, sables and martens.
    * * *
    a) (Zool) marmot
    b) (fam) ( persona - poco espabilada) silly o dopey fool; (- dormilona) sleepyhead (colloq)
    * * *

    Ex: This paper discusses the reproduction behavior of mink, nutria, raccoon dogs, marmots, chinchillas, sables and martens.

    * * *
    1 ( Zool) marmot
    2 ( fam) (personapoco espabilada) silly o dopey fool; (— dormilona) sleepyhead ( colloq)
    * * *

    marmota sustantivo femenino
    a) (Zool) marmot

    b) (fam) ( persona dormilona) sleepyhead (colloq)

    ' marmota' also found in these entries:
    English:
    prairie dog
    * * *
    1. [animal] marmot;
    Fam
    dormir como una marmota to sleep like a log
    2. Fam [dormilón] sleepyhead
    * * *
    f ZO marmot;
    dormir como una marmota fam sleep like a log
    * * *
    1) : marmot
    2)
    marmota de América : woodchuck, groundhog

    Spanish-English dictionary > marmota

  • 5 atembado

    ADJ And silly, stupid
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (Col fam) dozy (colloq), dopey (colloq); ( por un golpe) dazed
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (Col fam) dozy (colloq), dopey (colloq); ( por un golpe) dazed
    * * *
    ( Col fam) dozy ( colloq), dopey ( colloq); (por un golpe) dazed

    Spanish-English dictionary > atembado

  • 6 atontar

    v.
    1 to daze, to stun.
    El golpe atontó a Ricardo The blow stunned Richard.
    2 to dull the mind of (volver tonto).
    3 to make dumb, to make dull, to stupefy.
    Las drogas atontan a las personas Drugs make people dumb.
    * * *
    1 (volver tonto) to make stupid, stupefy, turn into a vegetable
    2 (aturdir) to confuse, bewilder, stun; (con un golpe) to stun, daze; (marear) to make dopey
    1 (volverse tonto) to go stupid, turn into a vegetable
    2 (aturdirse) to get confused, be bewildered; to become groggy, begin to feel groggy
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (Med) to stupefy
    2) (=aturdir) to bewilder, stun
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo golpe to stun, daze
    * * *
    verbo transitivo golpe to stun, daze
    * * *
    atontar [A1 ]
    vt
    estas pastillas me están atontando these pills are making me feel groggy o dopey
    tanta televisión va a acabar atontándolos all this television's going to turn them into vegetables o zombies
    el golpe lo atontó he was stunned o dazed by the blow, the blow stunned o dazed him
    * * *

    atontar ( conjugate atontar) verbo transitivo [ golpe] to stun, daze;

    la televisión los atonta television turns them into vegetables o zombies
    atontar verbo transitivo to confuse, bewilder

    ' atontar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atontado
    * * *
    vt
    1. [aturdir] to daze, to stun
    2. [volver tonto] to dull the mind of;
    la televisión atonta a los niños television dulls children's minds
    * * *
    v/t
    1 make groggy o
    dopey; ( volver tonto) turn into a zombie
    2 de golpe stun, daze
    * * *
    1) : to stupefy
    2) : to bewilder, to confuse
    * * *
    1. (volver tonto) to turn into a vegetable
    2. (atolondrar) to stun [pt. & pp. stunned]
    3. (marear) to make sleepy

    Spanish-English dictionary > atontar

  • 7 amuermar

    2 (atontar) to make feel sleepy, make feel dopey, make feel groggy
    3 (deprimir) to depress, get down
    1 (aburrirse) to get bored
    2 (atontarse) to feel sleepy, feel dopey, feel groggy
    3 (deprimirse) to get depressed
    * * *
    amuermar [A1 ]
    vt
    ( Esp fam): la reunión los amuermó a todos they all felt lifeless o half asleep after the meeting
    ( Esp fam): nos vamos a amuermar si nos quedamos aquí we're going to fall asleep if we stay here
    * * *

    amuermar vtr fam
    1 (adormecer) to make sb feel sleepy, dopey o groggy: esta música amuerma, this music puts you to sleep
    2 (aburrir) to bore
    * * *
    vt
    el teatro me amuerma the theatre just sends me to sleep o bores me silly
    vi
    to be incredibly boring
    * * *
    fam
    v/t bore

    Spanish-English dictionary > amuermar

  • 8 ahuevado

    ADJ LAm silly, stupid
    * * *
    ahuevado1 -da, ahuevonado -da
    (Chi, Per vulg) dim, dopey ( colloq), dumb ( colloq)
    ahuevado2 -da, ahuevonado -da
    masculine, feminine
    (Chi, Per vulg)
    dimwit ( colloq), numskull* ( colloq)
    * * *
    ahuevado, -a adj
    1. [forma] egg-shaped
    2. CAm, Ecuad, Perú Fam [cobarde] chicken, gutless;
    ¡no seas ahuevado! don't be chicken!
    3. CAm, Ecuad, Perú Fam [tonto] dopey

    Spanish-English dictionary > ahuevado

  • 9 amuermarse

    1 (aburrirse) to get bored
    2 (atontarse) to feel sleepy, feel dopey, feel groggy
    3 (deprimirse) to get depressed
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (=tener sueño) to feel sleepy ( after a meal); (fig) (=aburrirse) to get bored; (=deprimirse) to get depressed
    2) (=ponerse pesado) to get very dull
    * * *
    vpr
    los niños se amuerman en el verano aquí the kids get bored in the summer here;
    nos amuermamos después de tanta comida we were all a bit dopey after the huge meal
    * * *
    v/r be bored

    Spanish-English dictionary > amuermarse

  • 10 alelado

    adj.
    1 bewildered, stunned, dumbfounded, stupefied.
    2 stupid, foolish, rubberneck.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: alelar.
    * * *
    1→ link=alelar alelar
    1 (atontado) dazed
    2 (asombrado) astonished, amazed
    * * *
    ADJ (=aturdido) stupefied, bewildered; (=bobo) foolish, stupid
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) (fascinado, absorto) spellbound, transfixed
    b) ( atontado) dazed
    c) (fam) ( sorprendido) speechless, amazed
    * * *
    = potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.].
    Ex. The press may be free, but the system is potty.
    Ex. This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    Ex. Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) (fascinado, absorto) spellbound, transfixed
    b) ( atontado) dazed
    c) (fam) ( sorprendido) speechless, amazed
    * * *
    = potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.].

    Ex: The press may be free, but the system is potty.

    Ex: This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    Ex: Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.

    * * *
    alelado -da
    1 (fascinado, absorto) spellbound, transfixed
    2 (atontado) dazed
    ¡date prisa, que estás como alelado! get a move on, you're in a daze!
    es tan alelado que … he's so scatterbrained o ( colloq) dopey that …
    3 ( fam) (sorprendido) speechless, amazed
    * * *
    alelado, -a adj
    no te quedes ahí alelado y haz algo stop sitting around like an idiot and do something;
    estoy alelado hoy I'm just not with it today;
    me quedé alelado cuando me contó lo de su embarazo I was stunned o left speechless when she told me she was pregnant
    * * *
    adj
    :
    estar alelado be in a daze
    * * *
    alelado, -da adj
    1) : bewildered, stupefied
    2) : foolish, stupid

    Spanish-English dictionary > alelado

  • 11 amuermado

    1→ link=amuermar amuermar
    2 (atontado) sleepy, dopey, groggy
    3 (deprimido) down, depressed
    * * *
    = groggy [groggier -comp., groggiest -sup.].
    Ex. The groggy feeling you get after being awakened by an alarm is often the result of an interrupted sleep cycle.
    * * *
    = groggy [groggier -comp., groggiest -sup.].

    Ex: The groggy feeling you get after being awakened by an alarm is often the result of an interrupted sleep cycle.

    * * *
    ( Esp fam): llevas toda la tarde amuermado you've been half asleep o ( colloq) like a zombie all afternoon
    la fiesta fue un rollo, estaba todo el mundo amuermado the party was a drag, nobody had any life in them ( colloq)
    * * *
    amuermado, -a adj
    Esp Fam bored silly

    Spanish-English dictionary > amuermado

  • 12 atontado

    adj.
    dazed, brainless, dimwitted, dumbfounded.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: atontar.
    * * *
    1→ link=atontar atontar
    1 (aturdido) stunned, confused, bewildered
    2 (tonto) stupid, silly, foolish
    * * *
    (f. - atontada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=aturdido) bewildered, stunned
    2) (=tonto) stupid, thick *
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (por golpe, asombro) stunned, dazed; ( distraído)

    contesta, que estás medio atontado — answer me, you're in a daze

    * * *
    = punch-drunk, groggy [groggier -comp., groggiest -sup.].
    Ex. However, Shere cautioned against becoming ' punch-drunk' from the impact of machines.
    Ex. The groggy feeling you get after being awakened by an alarm is often the result of an interrupted sleep cycle.
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    * atontado con = besotted with.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (por golpe, asombro) stunned, dazed; ( distraído)

    contesta, que estás medio atontado — answer me, you're in a daze

    * * *
    = punch-drunk, groggy [groggier -comp., groggiest -sup.].

    Ex: However, Shere cautioned against becoming ' punch-drunk' from the impact of machines.

    Ex: The groggy feeling you get after being awakened by an alarm is often the result of an interrupted sleep cycle.
    * atontado con = besotted with.

    * * *
    1 (por un golpe, el asombro) stunned, dazed
    2
    (distraído): venga hombre, contesta, que estás medio atontado come on, answer me, you're miles away o in a daze
    está como atontado, nunca se entera de nada he's in a world of his own, he never knows what's going on
    * * *

    Del verbo atontar: ( conjugate atontar)

    atontado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    atontado    
    atontar
    atontado
    ◊ -da adjetivo (por golpe, asombro) stunned, dazed;


    ( distraído):
    contesta, que estás medio atontado answer me, you're in a daze;

    ver tb atontar
    atontar ( conjugate atontar) verbo transitivo [ golpe] to stun, daze;
    estas pastillas me atontan these pills make me groggy;
    la televisión los atonta television turns them into vegetables o zombies
    atontado,-a adjetivo
    1 (bobo) silly, foolish
    2 (aturdido) bewildered, amazed
    atontar verbo transitivo to confuse, bewilder

    ' atontado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abotargada
    - abotargado
    - atontada
    - abombado
    English:
    dazed
    - dopey
    - groggy
    - punch
    * * *
    atontado, -a
    adj
    1. [aturdido] dazed, stunned;
    el golpe lo dejó atontado the blow stunned o dazed him
    2. [alelado]
    por las mañanas estoy un poco atontado I'm not really with it in the mornings
    nm,f
    idiot, half-wit
    * * *
    adj dazed, stunned
    * * *
    atontado adj stunned

    Spanish-English dictionary > atontado

  • 13 bobo

    adj.
    silly, booby, foolish, stupid.
    intj.
    you blot, you dope.
    m.
    fool, clod, blockhead, silly.
    * * *
    1 silly, foolish
    nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 fool
    * * *
    1. (f. - boba)
    noun
    fool, simpleton
    2. (f. - boba)
    adj.
    silly, stupid
    * * *
    bobo, -a
    1.
    ADJ (=tonto) silly, stupid; (=ingenuo) simple, naïve
    2.
    SM / F (=tonto) idiot, fool; (Teat) clown, funny man
    3. SM / F
    1) Caribe * (=reloj) watch
    2) Cono Sur (=corazón) heart, ticker *
    * * *
    I
    - ba adjetivo (fam) silly
    II
    - ba masculino, femenino (fam) fool

    deja de hacer el bobo — stop playing the fool, stop being so silly

    * * *
    = daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], fool, simpleton, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], witless, simp, deadhead, nincompoop, dumbbell, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], ditz, dits, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], half-soaked, airhead, airheaded, drongo, dweeb.
    Ex. Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. The article 'Book pricing: economics of a goofy business' examines briefly the economics of the book publishing process from the viewpoint of the book wholesaler.
    Ex. She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex. But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.
    Ex. If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.
    Ex. Three half-soaked security guards sat around a desk at the main entrance letting through more than they checked.
    Ex. Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
    Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex. Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.
    Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
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    * como un bobo = stupidly.
    * tortuga boba = loggerhead turtle.
    * * *
    I
    - ba adjetivo (fam) silly
    II
    - ba masculino, femenino (fam) fool

    deja de hacer el bobo — stop playing the fool, stop being so silly

    * * *
    = daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], fool, simpleton, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], witless, simp, deadhead, nincompoop, dumbbell, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], ditz, dits, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], half-soaked, airhead, airheaded, drongo, dweeb.

    Ex: Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex: The article 'Book pricing: economics of a goofy business' examines briefly the economics of the book publishing process from the viewpoint of the book wholesaler.
    Ex: She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.
    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex: But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.
    Ex: If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.
    Ex: Three half-soaked security guards sat around a desk at the main entrance letting through more than they checked.
    Ex: Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
    Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex: Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.
    Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
    * como un bobo = stupidly.
    * tortuga boba = loggerhead turtle.

    * * *
    bobo1 -ba
    ( fam); silly
    bobo2 -ba
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); fool
    deja de hacer el bobo stop playing the fool, stop being so silly
    * * *

    bobo
    ◊ -ba adjetivo (fam) silly

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) fool
    bobo,-a
    I adj (simple, lelo) stupid, silly
    (cándido) naïve
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino fool

    ' bobo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atontada
    - atontado
    - boba
    - pájaro
    - che
    - hacer
    - pavo
    - primo
    English:
    boob
    - daft
    - dopey
    - dumb
    - dummy
    - goof
    - halfwit
    - lemon
    - mug
    - simple
    - soft-headed
    - sucker
    * * *
    bobo, -a
    adj
    1. [tonto] stupid, daft
    2. [ingenuo] naive, simple
    nm,f
    1. [tonto] fool, idiot;
    hacer el bobo to act o play the fool
    2. [ingenuo] simpleton
    nm
    1. Teatro = rustic simpleton
    2. CAm, Méx [pez] threadfin
    * * *
    I adj silly, foolish
    II m, boba f fool;
    pájaro bobo penguin
    * * *
    bobo, -ba adj
    : silly, stupid
    bobo, -ba n
    : fool, simpleton
    * * *
    bobo1 adj
    1. (tonto) silly [comp. sillier; superl. silliest]
    anda, no seas bobo come on, don't be silly
    2. (ingenuo) naive
    es tan bobo que se lo cree todo he's so naive, he'll believe anything
    bobo2 n fool

    Spanish-English dictionary > bobo

  • 14 estúpido

    adj.
    1 stupid, foolish, dumb, empty-headed.
    2 stupid, foolish, inane, dumb.
    m.
    stupid, nitwit, fathead, numbskull.
    * * *
    1 stupid, silly
    nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 berk, idiot
    * * *
    1. (f. - estúpida)
    adj.
    2. (f. - estúpida)
    noun f.
    * * *
    estúpido, -a
    1.
    ADJ stupid
    2.
    SM / F idiot
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo <persona/argumento> stupid, silly

    ay, qué estúpida soy! — oh, how stupid of me!

    II
    - da masculino, femenino idiot, fool
    * * *
    = crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], dummy, foolish, silly, mindless, moron, stupid, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], mad, dumb [dumber -comp., dumbest -sup.], nuts, witless, bonehead, boneheaded, twit, dolally tap, dolally [do-lally], imbecile, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], brainless, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], twat, nonsensical, mug, berk, prick, cretin, dumbbell, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], dits, ditz, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], airhead, airheaded, duffer, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, dork, moonstruck, plonker.
    Ex. Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.
    Ex. We are too prone to be dummy people by day, and thinking, articulate individuals only in the safety of home and leisure.
    Ex. It would be uneconomic and foolish to persevere with human assignment of controlled-language terms.
    Ex. In conclusion, I am sure you all believe me to be either idealistic, unrealistic, radical, or just plain silly.
    Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    Ex. When any librarian is trying to find material on behalf of a user from a poor citation it leads to that librarian appearing slow and stupid to the user.
    Ex. Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    Ex. When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.
    Ex. Techniques such as the automatic detection of anaphora enable systems to appear to be intelligent rather than dumb.
    Ex. I think some people would think my approach is nuts.
    Ex. She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
    Ex. That was a big boneheaded error.
    Ex. Democracy's a nice idea in theory, if it wasn't for all the twits.
    Ex. Now I know this country of ours is totally dolally tap!.
    Ex. The server has gone dolally by the looks of it.
    Ex. The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.
    Ex. It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.
    Ex. Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.
    Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex. The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.
    Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex. I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.
    Ex. Parental protectiveness of children is surely a good thing if sensibly applied, but this nonsensical double standard doesn't help anyone.
    Ex. By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.
    Ex. And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.
    Ex. Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex. Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.
    Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    Ex. An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
    Ex. This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.
    Ex. The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.
    Ex. If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.
    Ex. But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.
    Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex. Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
    Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    Ex. Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.
    Ex. This team of schmoes is capable of anything.
    Ex. Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    Ex. States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.
    Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
    Ex. Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.
    Ex. She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.
    Ex. I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.
    Ex. Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.
    Ex. I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.
    Ex. And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.
    Ex. ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.
    Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
    ----
    * algo estúpido = no-brainer.
    * como un estúpido = stupidly.
    * hacerse el estúpido = dumb down, act + dumb.
    * lo suficientemente estúpido como para = dumb enough to.
    * rubia estúpida = dumb blonde.
    * ser estúpido = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * típica rubia estúpida = bimbo.
    * volverse estúpido = go off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo <persona/argumento> stupid, silly

    ay, qué estúpida soy! — oh, how stupid of me!

    II
    - da masculino, femenino idiot, fool
    * * *
    = crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], dummy, foolish, silly, mindless, moron, stupid, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], mad, dumb [dumber -comp., dumbest -sup.], nuts, witless, bonehead, boneheaded, twit, dolally tap, dolally [do-lally], imbecile, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], brainless, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], twat, nonsensical, mug, berk, prick, cretin, dumbbell, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], dits, ditz, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], airhead, airheaded, duffer, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, dork, moonstruck, plonker.

    Ex: Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.

    Ex: We are too prone to be dummy people by day, and thinking, articulate individuals only in the safety of home and leisure.
    Ex: It would be uneconomic and foolish to persevere with human assignment of controlled-language terms.
    Ex: In conclusion, I am sure you all believe me to be either idealistic, unrealistic, radical, or just plain silly.
    Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex: This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    Ex: When any librarian is trying to find material on behalf of a user from a poor citation it leads to that librarian appearing slow and stupid to the user.
    Ex: Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    Ex: When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.
    Ex: Techniques such as the automatic detection of anaphora enable systems to appear to be intelligent rather than dumb.
    Ex: I think some people would think my approach is nuts.
    Ex: She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
    Ex: That was a big boneheaded error.
    Ex: Democracy's a nice idea in theory, if it wasn't for all the twits.
    Ex: Now I know this country of ours is totally dolally tap!.
    Ex: The server has gone dolally by the looks of it.
    Ex: The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.
    Ex: It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.
    Ex: Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.
    Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex: The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.
    Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex: I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.
    Ex: Parental protectiveness of children is surely a good thing if sensibly applied, but this nonsensical double standard doesn't help anyone.
    Ex: By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.
    Ex: And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.
    Ex: Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex: Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.
    Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    Ex: An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
    Ex: This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.
    Ex: The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.
    Ex: If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.
    Ex: But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.
    Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex: Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
    Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    Ex: Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.
    Ex: This team of schmoes is capable of anything.
    Ex: Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    Ex: States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.
    Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
    Ex: Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.
    Ex: She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.
    Ex: I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.
    Ex: Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.
    Ex: I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.
    Ex: And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.
    Ex: ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.
    Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
    * algo estúpido = no-brainer.
    * como un estúpido = stupidly.
    * hacerse el estúpido = dumb down, act + dumb.
    * lo suficientemente estúpido como para = dumb enough to.
    * rubia estúpida = dumb blonde.
    * ser estúpido = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * típica rubia estúpida = bimbo.
    * volverse estúpido = go off + Posesivo + rocker.

    * * *
    estúpido1 -da
    ‹persona› stupid; ‹argumento› stupid, silly
    ay, qué estúpida, me equivoqué oh, how stupid of me, I've done it wrong
    un gasto estúpido a stupid waste of money
    es estúpido que vayamos las dos it's silly o stupid for us both to go
    estúpido2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    idiot, fool
    el estúpido de mi hermano my stupid brother
    * * *

     

    estúpido
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹ persona stupid;


    argumento stupid, silly;
    ¡ay, qué estúpida soy! oh, how stupid of me!

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    idiot, fool
    estúpido,-a
    I adjetivo stupid
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino idiot

    ' estúpido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    burra
    - burro
    - estúpida
    - animal
    - apendejarse
    - baboso
    - caballo
    - el
    - embromar
    - gafo
    - huevón
    - pendejo
    English:
    also
    - believe
    - bit
    - bonehead
    - bozo
    - damn
    - dopey
    - equally
    - foolish
    - goof
    - idiotic
    - mindless
    - obtuse
    - pretty
    - shame
    - soft
    - stupid
    - that
    - wonder
    - inane
    - jerk
    * * *
    estúpido, -a
    adj
    stupid;
    ¡qué estúpido soy! me he vuelto a olvidar what an idiot I am! I've gone and forgotten again;
    sería estúpido no reconocerlo it would be foolish not to admit it
    nm,f
    idiot;
    el estúpido de mi vecino my idiot of a neighbour
    * * *
    I adj stupid
    II m, estúpida f idiot
    * * *
    estúpido, -da adj
    : stupid
    estúpido, -da n
    idiota: idiot, fool
    * * *
    estúpido1 adj stupid [comp. stupider; superl. stupidest]
    estúpido2 n stupid person / idiot

    Spanish-English dictionary > estúpido

  • 15 grogui

    adj.
    * * *
    1 DEPORTE punch-drunk, groggy
    2 figurado groggy, half-asleep
    * * *
    = punch-drunk, groggy [groggier -comp., groggiest -sup.].
    Ex. However, Shere cautioned against becoming ' punch-drunk' from the impact of machines.
    Ex. The groggy feeling you get after being awakened by an alarm is often the result of an interrupted sleep cycle.
    ----
    * como grogui = drowsily, groggily.
    * * *
    = punch-drunk, groggy [groggier -comp., groggiest -sup.].

    Ex: However, Shere cautioned against becoming ' punch-drunk' from the impact of machines.

    Ex: The groggy feeling you get after being awakened by an alarm is often the result of an interrupted sleep cycle.
    * como grogui = drowsily, groggily.

    * * *

    grogui adjetivo groggy, sleepy: me acabo de despertar y todavía estoy un poco grogui, I just woke up and am still a bit sleepy
    ' grogui' also found in these entries:
    English:
    dopey
    - groggy
    - punch
    * * *
    grogui adj
    Fam
    1. [en boxeo] groggy
    2. [adormilado]
    esa pastilla me dejó grogui that pill made me feel groggy;
    se quedó grogui delante del televisor he crashed out in front of the television
    * * *
    adj groggy, dazed
    * * *
    grogui adj, fam : dazed, groggy

    Spanish-English dictionary > grogui

  • 16 lelo

    adj.
    silly, foolish, stupid, simpleton.
    m.
    halfwit, dope, silly person.
    * * *
    1 familiar gormless, stupid
    * * *
    lelo, -a *
    1.
    ADJ (=tonto) slow
    2.
    SM / F (=tonto) halfwit

    parece que te ven cara de lelo — they seem to think you're totally stupid, they seem to think you were born yesterday

    * * *
    - la adjetivo (fam) ( tonto) dim; ( pasmado) speechless
    * * *
    = dullard, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], nonce, gaga, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].
    Ex. The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to bad end.
    Ex. The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.
    Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex. I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.
    Ex. The press may be free, but the system is potty.
    Ex. He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.
    Ex. This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    Ex. Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    Ex. Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    Ex. So if Ellen and Baltar are anything to go by, it seems exceptionally smart people are a bit gaga.
    Ex. He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.
    * * *
    - la adjetivo (fam) ( tonto) dim; ( pasmado) speechless
    * * *
    = dullard, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], nonce, gaga, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].

    Ex: The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to bad end.

    Ex: The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.
    Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex: I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.
    Ex: The press may be free, but the system is potty.
    Ex: He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.
    Ex: This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    Ex: Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    Ex: Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    Ex: So if Ellen and Baltar are anything to go by, it seems exceptionally smart people are a bit gaga.
    Ex: He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.

    * * *
    lelo1 -la
    ( fam)
    1 (tonto) slow on the uptake, goofy ( AmE colloq), dozy ( BrE colloq)
    2 (pasmado) speechless
    me quedé lelo con su respuesta I was struck dumb by his reply, his reply left me speechless
    lelo2 -la
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); dummy ( colloq), fool
    * * *

    lelo
    ◊ -la adjetivo (fam) ( tonto) slow on the uptake;


    ( pasmado) speechless
    lelo,-a familiar
    I adjetivo stupid, silly
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino dummy, dimwit
    ' lelo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    boba
    - bobo
    - lela
    English:
    barmy
    - birdbrained
    - dopey
    * * *
    lelo, -a
    adj
    stupid, slow
    nm,f
    idiot
    * * *
    adj slow(-witted)
    * * *
    lelo, -la adj
    : silly, stupid

    Spanish-English dictionary > lelo

  • 17 panoli

    adj.
    daft.
    * * *
    1 familiar simple
    1 familiar simpleton
    * * *
    = daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.].
    Ex. This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    Ex. Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    Ex. The press may be free, but the system is potty.
    * * *
    = daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.].

    Ex: This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.

    Ex: Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    Ex: The press may be free, but the system is potty.

    * * *
    ( fam); dimwitted ( colloq)
    ( fam)
    dimwit ( colloq)
    * * *
    adj
    foolish, silly
    nmf
    fool, idiot
    * * *
    I adj fam
    dopey fam
    II m/f fam
    nitwit

    Spanish-English dictionary > panoli

  • 18 pulpo

    m.
    1 octopus (animal).
    2 spider strap.
    3 profiteer, loan shark, shark.
    * * *
    1 ZOOLOGÍA octopus
    3 (correa) bungee cord
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Zool) octopus
    2) (Aut) elastic strap
    * * *
    1) (Zool) octopus
    2) (Chi fam) ( explotador) shark (colloq)
    * * *
    Ex. The article 'An octopus with tentacles throughout the world' reports the 53rd Council and General Conference of IFLA which was held in Brighton, UK, 14-21 Aug 87.
    * * *
    1) (Zool) octopus
    2) (Chi fam) ( explotador) shark (colloq)
    * * *

    Ex: The article 'An octopus with tentacles throughout the world' reports the 53rd Council and General Conference of IFLA which was held in Brighton, UK, 14-21 Aug 87.

    * * *
    A ( Zool) octopus
    1 (correa) bungee strap, tiger tail
    C ( Chi fam) (explotador) shark ( colloq)
    * * *

     

    pulpo sustantivo masculino (Zool) octopus
    pulpo m Zool octopus
    ' pulpo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    tinta
    English:
    fish
    - octopus
    * * *
    pulpo nm
    1. [animal] octopus
    2. Esp Fam Pey [hombre]
    es un pulpo he can't keep his hands off women
    3. [correa elástica] spider strap
    * * *
    m
    1 ZO octopus
    2 m/f Esp fam ( persona pegajosa) clingy person
    * * *
    pulpo nm
    : octopus
    * * *
    pulpo n octopus [pl. octopuses]

    Spanish-English dictionary > pulpo

  • 19 agüevado

    - da adjetivo [estar] (AmC fam) upset
    * * *
    - da adjetivo [estar] (AmC fam) upset
    * * *
    ( AmC fam) upset
    estoy agüevada por lo que pasó I'm very upset o ( colloq) I feel really sick about what happened
    * * *

    agüevado
    ◊ -da adjetivo (AmC fam) [estar] upset


    * * *
    agüevado, -a adj
    Col Fam dopey

    Spanish-English dictionary > agüevado

  • 20 quedado

    1→ link=quedar quedar
    1 lacking initiative
    * * *
    ADJ Cono Sur, Méx lazy
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) (Ven fam)
    b)

    ser quedado — (Chi, Ven fam) to be slow

    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) (Ven fam)
    b)

    ser quedado — (Chi, Ven fam) to be slow

    * * *
    quedado -da
    A ( Esp fam) (enamorado) estar quedado CON algn; to be crazy o wild ABOUT sb, be mad ABOUT sb ( BrE colloq)
    1
    estar quedado ( Ven fam); to be out of it ( colloq), to feel dopey ( colloq)
    2
    ser quedado ( Chi fam); to be slow, be slow on the uptake ( colloq)
    * * *
    quedado, -a adj
    CSur, Ven Fam lackadaisical;
    es muy quedado, por eso nunca consiguió un buen empleo he's got no initiative, that's why he's never found a decent job

    Spanish-English dictionary > quedado

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  • Dopey — one of the seven ↑dwarfs in the story of ↑Snow White. He is called Dopey because he is rather stupid …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • dopey — 1896, from DOPE (Cf. dope) + Y (Cf. y) (2) …   Etymology dictionary

  • dopey — [adj] stupid comatose, dense, dumb, foolish, heavy, hebetudinous, idiotic, lethargic, senseless, silly, simple, slow, sluggish, slumberish, thick, torpid; concept 402 Ant. brainy, intelligent, sensible, smart …   New thesaurus

  • dopey — (also dopy) ► ADJECTIVE (dopier, dopiest) informal 1) stupefied by sleep or a drug. 2) idiotic. DERIVATIVES dopily adverb dopiness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • dopey — or dopy [dō′pē] adj. dopier, dopiest Informal ☆ 1. under the influence of a narcotic 2. mentally slow or confused; lethargic or stupid 3. silly, ridiculous, etc. dopiness n …   English World dictionary

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  • Dopey — The term dopey means stupid, foolish, or clumsy. It may refer to: Dopey, a character in Disney s 1937 film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Dopey (Land of the Lost), an episode of the 1974 U.S. TV series Land of the Lost Benjamin Fein (also known… …   Wikipedia

  • dopey — UK [ˈdəʊpɪ] / US [ˈdoʊpɪ] adjective Word forms dopey : adjective dopey comparative dopier superlative dopiest informal 1) stupid He s a really dopey child. 2) feeling tired and not able to think quickly, especially because you have been given… …   English dictionary

  • dopey — [[t]do͟ʊpi[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Someone who is dopey is sleepy, as though they have been drugged. The medicine always made him feel dopey and unable to concentrate. Syn: groggy 2) ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as dopey, you mean… …   English dictionary

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