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  • 1 monótono

    adj.
    monotonous, boring, drab, dull.
    * * *
    1 monotonous
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=uniforme) [voz, sonido] monotonous
    2) (=aburrido) [trabajo, discurso] tedious, monotonous; [vida] dreary, humdrum
    * * *
    - na adjetivo
    a) <vida/trabajo> monotonous, humdrum; <discurso/espectáculo> monotonous, tedious
    b) < voz> monotonous
    * * *
    = dull, monotone, monotonous, stale, drab, dreary [drearier -comp., dreariest -sup.], uninspiring.
    Ex. These librarians are given Haykin upon the day of their arrival and are expected to read the entire dull document and use it as a guideline in establishing subject headings.
    Ex. The notion of functional dependency requires an additional structure in the form of a monotone nondecreasing function.
    Ex. An ugly voice, one that is monotonous or grating, weak in power, incomprehensible or strained, is never likely to receive and retain anyone's attention for long.
    Ex. We librarians are already infiltrators into the stale round of our readers' domestic daily life.
    Ex. Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.
    Ex. The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').
    Ex. Though the novel begins like a house ablaze, it later thickens slightly into an acceptable if uninspiring finale.
    ----
    * hacerse monótono = go + stale.
    * recitar en tono monótono = chant.
    * trabajo monótono = drudge work.
    * * *
    - na adjetivo
    a) <vida/trabajo> monotonous, humdrum; <discurso/espectáculo> monotonous, tedious
    b) < voz> monotonous
    * * *
    = dull, monotone, monotonous, stale, drab, dreary [drearier -comp., dreariest -sup.], uninspiring.

    Ex: These librarians are given Haykin upon the day of their arrival and are expected to read the entire dull document and use it as a guideline in establishing subject headings.

    Ex: The notion of functional dependency requires an additional structure in the form of a monotone nondecreasing function.
    Ex: An ugly voice, one that is monotonous or grating, weak in power, incomprehensible or strained, is never likely to receive and retain anyone's attention for long.
    Ex: We librarians are already infiltrators into the stale round of our readers' domestic daily life.
    Ex: Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.
    Ex: The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').
    Ex: Though the novel begins like a house ablaze, it later thickens slightly into an acceptable if uninspiring finale.
    * hacerse monótono = go + stale.
    * recitar en tono monótono = chant.
    * trabajo monótono = drudge work.

    * * *
    1 ‹vida/trabajo› monotonous, humdrum, dreary; ‹discurso/espectáculo› monotonous, tedious
    2 ‹voz› monotonous, monotone ( before n), droning ( before n)
    * * *

    monótono
    ◊ -na adjetivo

    monotonous
    monótono,-a adjetivo monotonous: un discurso verdaderamente largo y monótono, a really long and monotonous speech

    ' monótono' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    monótona
    English:
    drab
    - featureless
    - monotonous
    - soul-destroying
    - tediously
    - dreary
    - flat
    - grind
    - humdrum
    * * *
    monótono, -a adj
    monotonous
    * * *
    adj monotonous
    * * *
    monótono, -na adj
    : monotonous
    * * *
    monótono adj monotonous / drab [comp. drabber; superl. drabbest] / dreary [comp. drearier; superl. dreariest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > monótono

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