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1 dolor sordo
• dull ache• dull nagging pain• dull pain -
2 torpes, los
= dull-witted, the -
3 árido intelectualmente
• dull intellectually• jejune -
4 blanquecino
• dull yellowish white• hoarsen• hoax• off-white• very pale• whitish -
5 jabonero
• dull yellowish white• off-white -
6 lugarón
• dull country town• one-horse• one-hundred -
7 período de poca actividad
• dull period• slackDiccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > período de poca actividad
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8 pueblo pequeńo
• dull country town• one-horse• one-hundred• small town• small village -
9 sabor insípido
• dull taste -
10 sonido apagado
• dull sound• muffle up• muffler -
11 sonido sordo
• dull sound• surd• thud• woody sound -
12 sosaina
• dull person -
13 soso
adj.1 boring, dull, soggy, spiritless.2 tasteless, dull, flat, flavorless.3 drab, dull.m.bore, boring person.* * *► adjetivo1 (insípido) tasteless; (sin sal) unsalted2 figurado dull, insipid* * *(f. - sosa)adj.1) flavorless, saltless2) dull* * *ADJ1) (Culin) (=insípido) tasteless, insipid; (=sin sal) unsaltedestas patatas están sosas — these potatoes are unsalted o need more salt
2) (=aburrido, inexpresivo) dull, uninteresting* * *- sa adjetivob) <persona/película> boring, dull; < estilo> flat, drab* * *= dull, wishy-washy, lifeless, bland, insipid, party pooper, cut and dried [cut and dry], vapid, wet blanket.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. This is not the way for many wishy-washy persons who have never considered Cutter, probably one of the greatest librarians of his day.Ex. Despite the proliferation of biographies aimed at young adults which have lavish illustrations, easy-to-read print and attractive layout, most of them are lifeless and mediocre.Ex. While bending over backwards to avoid bias biographies present their subjects' lives in a bland and uninteresting way = Al hacer lo imposible por evitar la parcialidad, las biografías presentan las vidas de las personas de una forma sosa y poco atractiva.Ex. Otherwise, the result will probably be too small and insipid to be of any real use.Ex. He is a self-confessed party pooper, he doesn't drink, smoke, or do drugs and his only vices are caffeine, fatty foods, and the Internet.Ex. I don't like to hear cut-and-dried sermons -- when I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.Ex. Television has become so vapid and devoid of information that I didn't see the point of watching the presidential debate.Ex. I can also remember a time when slurs were uttered about Jewish people and if you didn't laugh you were considered a wet blanket.----* sosa cáustica = caustic soda.* * *- sa adjetivob) <persona/película> boring, dull; < estilo> flat, drab* * *= dull, wishy-washy, lifeless, bland, insipid, party pooper, cut and dried [cut and dry], vapid, wet blanket.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: This is not the way for many wishy-washy persons who have never considered Cutter, probably one of the greatest librarians of his day.Ex: Despite the proliferation of biographies aimed at young adults which have lavish illustrations, easy-to-read print and attractive layout, most of them are lifeless and mediocre.Ex: While bending over backwards to avoid bias biographies present their subjects' lives in a bland and uninteresting way = Al hacer lo imposible por evitar la parcialidad, las biografías presentan las vidas de las personas de una forma sosa y poco atractiva.Ex: Otherwise, the result will probably be too small and insipid to be of any real use.Ex: He is a self-confessed party pooper, he doesn't drink, smoke, or do drugs and his only vices are caffeine, fatty foods, and the Internet.Ex: I don't like to hear cut-and-dried sermons -- when I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.Ex: Television has become so vapid and devoid of information that I didn't see the point of watching the presidential debate.Ex: I can also remember a time when slurs were uttered about Jewish people and if you didn't laugh you were considered a wet blanket.* sosa cáustica = caustic soda.* * *soso -sa1 ‹comida/sopa› (falto de sabor) bland, tastelessestá soso (sin sabor) it's bland o tasteless, it doesn't have much taste o flavor to it; (sin sal) it needs more salt, it doesn't have enough salt in it2 ‹persona/película› boring, dull3 ‹estilo› flat, drab* * *
soso◊ -sa adjetivo
( sin sal) it needs more salt
‹ estilo› flat, drab
soso,-a
I adjetivo
1 (sin sal) lacking in salt
(sin sabor) flavourless, tasteless
la comida está sosa, the food is tasteless
2 fig (sin gracia) bland, insipid, dull
es una mujer muy sosa, she's a bore
II sustantivo masculino y femenino bore: los dos son unos sosos, both of them are dull and boring
' soso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
anodina
- anodino
- insípida
- insípido
- sopa
- sosa
English:
bland
- colourless
- drip
- flair
- flat
- flavorless
- flavourless
- insipid
- nondescript
- wishy-washy
- drab
- so
- tasteless
* * *soso, -a♦ adj1. [insípido] bland, tasteless;esta sopa está sosa this soup needs more salt;el guiso ha quedado muy soso the stew hasn't got much flavour2. [sin gracia] dull, insipid♦ nm,fdull person, bore* * *I adj tasteless, insipid; figdullII m, sosa f stick-in-the-mud fam* * *soso, -sa adj1) insípido: bland, flavorless2) aburrido: dull, boring* * *soso adj1. (sin gusto) bland / tasteless2. dull / boring -
14 sordo
adj.1 deaf, unhearing.2 dull, low-frequency, low-sounding.3 mute, unvoiced, voiceless, surd.Una vocal sorda A mute vowel.m.deaf person.* * *► adjetivo1 (persona) deaf2 (sonido, dolor, golpe) dull3 LINGÚÍSTICA voiceless, unvoiced► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (persona) deaf person\a lo sordo familiar silently, on the quietestar sordo,-a como una tapia figurado to be stone-deaf, be as deaf as a postpermanecer sordo,-a a... figurado to remain deaf to...quedarse sordo,-a to go deaf* * *(f. - sorda)adj.* * *sordo, -a1. ADJ1) [persona] deafmostrarse sordo a, permanecer sordo a — to be deaf to
se mostró sordo a sus súplicas — he was deaf to her entreaties, her entreaties fell on deaf ears
2) (=insonoro) [ruido] dull, muffled; [dolor] dull; [emoción, ira] suppressed3) (Ling) voiceless2.SM / F deaf personhacerse el sordo — to pretend not to hear, turn a deaf ear
* * *I- da adjetivo1) (Med) deaf2) <ruido/golpe> dull, muffled; < dolor> dull; (Ling) voicelessII- da masculino, femenino deaf personhacerse el sordo — to pretend not to hear
* * *= deaf.Ex. Contrary to popular belief, people who have been deaf from birth are not indifferent to aesthetic literature.----* caer en oídos sordos = fall on + deaf ears, meet + deaf ears.* con un ruido sordo = plump.* hacer oídos sordos = turn + a deaf ear to.* hacerse el sordo = turn + a deaf ear to, pretend + not to have heard, turn + a blind eye to.* más sordo que una tapia = as deaf as a post.* oídos sordos = deaf ears.* ruido sordo = thud.* servicios bibliotecarios para los sordos = library services for the deaf.* sordos, los = deaf, the, deafened people.* tan sordo como una tapia = as deaf as a post.* * *I- da adjetivo1) (Med) deaf2) <ruido/golpe> dull, muffled; < dolor> dull; (Ling) voicelessII- da masculino, femenino deaf personhacerse el sordo — to pretend not to hear
* * *= deaf.Ex: Contrary to popular belief, people who have been deaf from birth are not indifferent to aesthetic literature.
* caer en oídos sordos = fall on + deaf ears, meet + deaf ears.* con un ruido sordo = plump.* hacer oídos sordos = turn + a deaf ear to.* hacerse el sordo = turn + a deaf ear to, pretend + not to have heard, turn + a blind eye to.* más sordo que una tapia = as deaf as a post.* oídos sordos = deaf ears.* ruido sordo = thud.* servicios bibliotecarios para los sordos = library services for the deaf.* sordos, los = deaf, the, deafened people.* tan sordo como una tapia = as deaf as a post.* * *A ( Med) deafse quedó sordo he went deafes sordo de nacimiento he was born deafno me grites que no soy or ( esp Esp) no estoy sordo don't shout, I'm not deafpermaneció sordo a or ante mis súplicas my pleas fell on deaf ears, he remained deaf to my pleasB1 ‹ruido/golpe› dull, muffled2 ( Ling) voiceless3 ‹dolor› dull4 ‹cólera/rabia› supressed, pent-upmasculine, femininedeaf personuna escuela para sordos a school for the deafa lo sordo on the quiethacerse el sordo to pretend not to hearno hay peor sordo que el que no quiere oír there are none so deaf as those who will not hear* * *
sordo◊ -da adjetivo
1 (Med) deaf;
es sordo de nacimiento he was born deaf
2 ‹ruido/golpe› dull, muffled;
‹ dolor› dull;
(Ling) voiceless
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
deaf person;◊ hacerse el sordo to pretend not to hear
sordo,-a
I adjetivo
1 (que no puede oír) deaf
2 (golpe, ruido) dull, low
(dolor) dull
3 (insensible a los consejos, súplicas) deaf
4 Ling voiceless, un sonido sordo, an unvoiced sound
II sustantivo masculino y femenino deaf person
los sordos, the deaf pl
♦ Locuciones: fam fig hacerse el sordo, to turn a deaf ear
' sordo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ensordecer
- hacerse
- sorda
- tapia
English:
can
- deaf
- dull
- go
- muffled
- muted
- rumble
- rumbling
- stone-deaf
- thud
- thump
- unvoiced
- what
- ache
- heavy
- stone
* * *sordo, -a♦ adj1. [que no oye] deaf;quedarse sordo to go deaf;¡no chilles, que no estoy sordo! there's no need to shout, I'm not deaf!;estar sordo como una tapia, estar más sordo que una tapia to be (as) deaf as a post;2. [pasos] quiet, muffled3. [ruido, dolor] dull4. Gram voiceless, unvoiced♦ nm,f[persona] deaf person;los sordos the deaf;hacerse el sordo to turn a deaf ear;el jefe se hacía el sordo cuando oía hablar de aumentos de sueldo the boss pretended not to hear when people mentioned pay Br rises o US raises* * *I adj1 deaf2 sonido dullII m, sorda f deaf person;hacerse el sordo turn a deaf ear;los sordos the deaf pl* * *sordo, -da adj1) : deaf2) : muted, muffled* * *sordo1 adj1. (persona) deaf2. (ruido) low / dullsordo2 n deaf person -
15 apagado
adj.1 extinguished, burn-out, unenlightened.2 matt, dull, drab, unglazed.3 turned off, out, off.4 muffled.5 dull.past part.past participle of spanish verb: apagar.* * *1→ link=apagar apagar► adjetivo1 (luz etc) out, off2 (persona) spiritless, lifeless4 (color) dull5 (volcán) extinct* * *(f. - apagada)adj.1) off, out2) dull, subdued* * *1. ADJ1) [volcán] extinct; [cal] slakedestar apagado — [fuego] to be out; [luz, radio] to be off
2) [sonido] muted, muffled; [voz] quiet3) [color] dull4) [persona, temperamento] listless, spiritless; [mirada] lifeless, dull2.botón de apagado — off button, off switch
* * *- da adjetivo1) < persona> [ser] spiritless, lifeless; [ESTAR] subdued2)a) < sonido> muffledb) < color> muted, dull3)a) ( no encendido)b) < volcán> extinct* * *- da adjetivo1) < persona> [ser] spiritless, lifeless; [ESTAR] subdued2)a) < sonido> muffledb) < color> muted, dull3)a) ( no encendido)b) < volcán> extinct* * *apagado11 = off.Ex: The computer, in essence, can do one thing and one thing only; it can recognize the difference between the two states 'on' and 'off'; rather like a person being able to tell whether a light is on or off.
* apagado y encendido = off and on, on and off.* cal apagada = slaked lime.* estar apagado = be off.* interruptor de encendido = ON/OFF switch.apagado22 = subdued, muffled, dulled.Ex: And then he added, with a subdued laugh: 'After all, we librarians are trained to do research for people!'.
Ex: Garschine cupped his hand over the mouthpiece and uttered some muffled words = Garschine cubrió el microfóno con la mano y pronunció algunas palabras con voz apagada.Ex: Adolescents cannot be led so easily, so unselfconsciously as children, and disenchantment can be a door that closes tight against attempts to reinvigorate dulled literary receptivity.* tono apagado = flat tone.* * *apagado -daA ‹persona›1 [ SER] spiritless, lifeless2 [ ESTAR] subduedB1 ‹sonido› muffledcon voz apagada in a subdued voice2 ‹color› muted, dullC1(no encendido): la luz está apagada the light is off o isn't onasegúrate de que el fuego esté apagado/la cocina esté apagada make sure the fire is out/the stove is switched offcon el motor apagado with the engine off2 ‹volcán› extinct* * *
Del verbo apagar: ( conjugate apagar)
apagado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
apagado
apagar
apagado◊ -da adjetivo
1 ‹ persona› [ser] spiritless, lifeless;
[ESTAR] subdued
2
3a) ( no encendido):◊ la televisión/luz está apagada the TV/light is off;
el horno está apagado the oven is switched off;
con el motor apagado with the engine off
apagar ( conjugate apagar) verbo transitivo ‹luz/televisión/motor› to turn off, switch off;
‹cigarrillo/fuego› to put out;
‹vela/cerilla› to put out;
( soplando) to blow out
apagarse verbo pronominal [luz/fuego/vela] to go out
apagado,-a adjetivo
1 (luz, cigarro) out
2 (color pálido) dull
(voz tenue) sad
(mirada) expressionless, lifeless
3 (persona falta de ánimo) spiritless
apagar vtr (un fuego) to put out
(una luz, una radio, etc) to turn off, switch off
(un color) to soften
(la sed) to quench
' apagado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apagada
- lánguida
- lánguido
- tenue
- mirar
English:
drab
- dull
- hollow
- muffled
- muted
- off
- out
- subdued
- dead
- extinct
- faded
- lack
* * *apagado, -a♦ adj1. [luz, fuego] out;[aparato] off;asegúrate de que el coche esté apagado make sure the car's engine isn't running2. [color] subdued3. [sonido] dull, muffled;[voz] low, quiet4. [persona] subdued;estás muy apagado, ¿qué te pasa? you seem very subdued, what's wrong?♦ nmInformát shutdown apagado automático automatic shutdown* * *adj2 persona dull3 color subdued* * *apagado, -da adj1) : off, outla luz está apagada: the light is off2) : dull, subdued* * *apagado adj1. (color) dull2. (persona) depressed -
16 entorpecer
v.1 to hinder (debilitar) (movimientos).Elsa entorpeció la búsqueda Elsa hindered the search.2 to obstruct, to hinder.3 to make it difficult to.Elsa entorpece buscar comida Elsa makes it difficult to search for food.4 to dull, to blunt.Su torpeza entorpeció el cuchillo His clumsiness dulled the knife.5 to stupefy, to make dumb.El golpe entorpeció a Ricardo The blow made Richard dumb.6 to benumb.* * *1 to make numb, make dull* * *VT1) (=estorbar) [gen] to obstruct, hinder; [+ proyectos] to set back; [+ tráfico] to slow down, slow up; [+ trabajo] to delay, hinder2) (=aletargar) [+ entendimiento] to dull, stupefy; [+ miembro] to make numb* * *1.verbo transitivoa) ( dificultar) < tráfico> to hold up, slow down; <planes/movimiento> to hinderb) < entendimiento> to dull; < reacciones> to dull, slow down2.* * *= hamper, hinder, cripple, dull, get in + the way (of), stand in + the way (of).Ex. Unfortunately, the inclusion of abstracts in most services tends to hamper currency.Ex. In practice the application of recall and precision in the evaluation of indexes is hindered by the difficulty of evaluating some of the components in the definition.Ex. The objection to it seems to be that by reading rubbish children cripple their own imaginative, linguistic or moral powers.Ex. Too much heat, like too much cold, dulls the mind.Ex. At the end of the day, librarians must 'produce the goods' and prove their worth -- professionalism could get in the way.Ex. It may be objected that a direct experience of the country by visiting it does not ensure a true picture, in fact that it may even stand in the way.----* entorpecer la labor judicial = pervert + the course of justice.* entorpecerse mutuamente = trip over + each other.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) ( dificultar) < tráfico> to hold up, slow down; <planes/movimiento> to hinderb) < entendimiento> to dull; < reacciones> to dull, slow down2.* * *= hamper, hinder, cripple, dull, get in + the way (of), stand in + the way (of).Ex: Unfortunately, the inclusion of abstracts in most services tends to hamper currency.
Ex: In practice the application of recall and precision in the evaluation of indexes is hindered by the difficulty of evaluating some of the components in the definition.Ex: The objection to it seems to be that by reading rubbish children cripple their own imaginative, linguistic or moral powers.Ex: Too much heat, like too much cold, dulls the mind.Ex: At the end of the day, librarians must 'produce the goods' and prove their worth -- professionalism could get in the way.Ex: It may be objected that a direct experience of the country by visiting it does not ensure a true picture, in fact that it may even stand in the way.* entorpecer la labor judicial = pervert + the course of justice.* entorpecerse mutuamente = trip over + each other.* * *entorpecer [E3 ]vt1(dificultar): está entorpeciendo el tráfico it is holding up o slowing down o obstructing the trafficestas cajas entorpecen el paso these boxes are (getting) in the wayen lugar de ayudar entorpece la marcha del trabajo instead of helping she's slowing the job up o she's a hindrancesu enfermedad entorpece nuestros planes her illness is a setback to o is hindering our plansentorpecía sus movimientos it hindered o restricted her movements2 ‹entendimiento› to dull; ‹reacciones› to dull, slow down«entendimiento» to become dulled; «reacciones» to become dulled, be slowed down* * *
entorpecer ( conjugate entorpecer) verbo transitivo
‹planes/movimiento› to hinder;
entorpecerse verbo pronominal [entendimiento/reacciones] to become dulled
entorpecer verbo transitivo
1 (un acuerdo, un camino) to hinder: las obras entorpecen el tráfico, the road works are holding up the traffic
2 (las capacidades, los sentidos) to dull
' entorpecer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
impedir
- obstruir
English:
hinder
- set back
- cramp
- deaden
- dull
- hold
* * *entorpecer vt1. [dificultar] [proceso, movimientos, negociaciones] to hinder;[tráfico] to slow down;problemas de última hora entorpecen la firma del tratado last-minute problems are holding up o delaying the signing of the treaty;el viento entorpecía el ritmo de los ciclistas the wind slowed the cyclists down;¡estás entorpeciendo el paso! you're getting in the way!2. [debilitar] [miembros] to numb;[mente] to cloud* * *v/t1 hold up, hinder; paso obstruct2 entendimiento dull* * *entorpecer {53} vt1) : to hinder, to obstruct2) : to dull* * *entorpecer vb to hinder -
17 insulso
adj.1 dull, unentertaining, boring, uninteresting.2 tasteless, bland, dull, insipid.* * *► adjetivo1 (comida) insipid, tasteless2 (persona) dull* * *ADJ1) [comida] tasteless, insipid2) [charla, persona] dull* * *- sa adjetivoa) < comida> insipid, tasteless, blandb) < persona> insipid, dull; <conversación/libro> dull* * *= listless, bland, insipid, unexciting, unmoving, soulless, vapid.Ex. Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.Ex. While bending over backwards to avoid bias biographies present their subjects' lives in a bland and uninteresting way = Al hacer lo imposible por evitar la parcialidad, las biografías presentan las vidas de las personas de una forma sosa y poco atractiva.Ex. Otherwise, the result will probably be too small and insipid to be of any real use.Ex. The author argues that the advantages for higher education are unclear, and rather unexciting.Ex. The outcome is strangely unmoving.Ex. Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.Ex. Television has become so vapid and devoid of information that I didn't see the point of watching the presidential debate.----* de un modo insulso = prosaically, listlessly.* * *- sa adjetivoa) < comida> insipid, tasteless, blandb) < persona> insipid, dull; <conversación/libro> dull* * *= listless, bland, insipid, unexciting, unmoving, soulless, vapid.Ex: Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.
Ex: While bending over backwards to avoid bias biographies present their subjects' lives in a bland and uninteresting way = Al hacer lo imposible por evitar la parcialidad, las biografías presentan las vidas de las personas de una forma sosa y poco atractiva.Ex: Otherwise, the result will probably be too small and insipid to be of any real use.Ex: The author argues that the advantages for higher education are unclear, and rather unexciting.Ex: The outcome is strangely unmoving.Ex: Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.Ex: Television has become so vapid and devoid of information that I didn't see the point of watching the presidential debate.* de un modo insulso = prosaically, listlessly.* * *insulso -sa1 ‹comida› insipid, tasteless, bland2 ‹persona› insipid, dull; ‹conversación/libro› dull* * *
insulso◊ -sa adjetivo
‹conversación/libro› dull
insulso,-a adjetivo insipid: es una persona muy insulsa, he's a very dull person
' insulso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
insulsa
English:
insipid
- tame
- uninspired
- bland
- nondescript
- unexciting
* * *insulso, -a adj1. [comida] bland, insipid2. [persona, libro] insipid, dull* * *adj bland, insipid* * *insulso, -sa adj1) insípido: insipid, bland2) : dull -
18 embotar
v.1 to dull (sentidos).tenía la mente embotada de tanto estudiar his mind had been dulled by so much studyingEl uso embotó el cuchillo Use dulled the knife.2 to daze, to stupefy.La falta de sueño embotó a Ricardo The lack of sleep dazed Richard.* * *1 (arma etc) to blunt1 (arma etc) to become blunt* * *VT1) [+ objeto] to blunt2) [+ sentidos] to dull, blunt; (=debilitar) to weaken, enervate* * *1.verbo transitivo <mente/sentidos> to dull2.embotarse v pron* * *= blunt, dull.Ex. It is arguable that such exhortation and implied criticism blunts receptivity and that it is ultimately counterproductive.Ex. Too much heat, like too much cold, dulls the mind.* * *1.verbo transitivo <mente/sentidos> to dull2.embotarse v pron* * *= blunt, dull.Ex: It is arguable that such exhortation and implied criticism blunts receptivity and that it is ultimately counterproductive.
Ex: Too much heat, like too much cold, dulls the mind.* * *embotar [A1 ]vt‹mente/sentidos› to dulltener que rellenar tantos papeles te embota it's mind-numbing having to fill in all those formsuno se embota de tanto estudiar your brain seizes up o you can't take in any more o you feel as if your head is going to burst ( colloq)* * *
embotar ( conjugate embotar) verbo transitivo ‹mente/sentidos› to dull
embotar vtr (los sentidos) to dull
(el intelecto) to befuddle
' embotar' also found in these entries:
English:
dull
- blunt
* * *♦ vt[sentidos, mente] to dull; [cabeza] to make muzzy* * *embotar vt1) : to dull, to blunt2) : to weaken, to enervate -
19 romo
adj.blunt, dull, edgeless, obtuse.* * *► adjetivo1 (sin punta) blunt, dull2 (nariz) snub* * *ADJ1) (=sin punta) blunt; [persona] snub-nosed2) (=aburrido) dull, lifeless* * *- ma adjetivo1) <cuchillo/tijeras> blunt; < nariz> snub (before n)2) < persona> dull* * *= dull, chipped.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. Here and there, elderly citizens tend tiny, packed shops selling candy and chipped bottles of cold soda.----* antigua Roma = ancient Rome.* Tratado de Roma, el = Treaty of Rome, the.* * *- ma adjetivo1) <cuchillo/tijeras> blunt; < nariz> snub (before n)2) < persona> dull* * *= dull, chipped.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: Here and there, elderly citizens tend tiny, packed shops selling candy and chipped bottles of cold soda.* antigua Roma = ancient Rome.* Tratado de Roma, el = Treaty of Rome, the.* * *romo -maA1 ‹cuchillo/tijeras› blunt2 ‹nariz› snub ( before n)B ‹persona›1 (tosco) uncouth2 (lerdo) dull* * *
romo,-a adjetivo
1 (cuchillo, tijeras) blunt
2 (sin gracia, sin agudeza) dull, boorish, uncouth: tiene un ingenio muy romo, his humour is quite boorish
3 (nariz) snub
' romo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
roma
English:
blunt
- dull
* * *romo, -a adj1. [sin filo] blunt2. [de nariz] snub-nosed* * *adj blunt* * *romo, -ma adj: blunt, dull -
20 deslucido
adj.shabby, lackluster, lacklustre, mediocre.past part.past participle of spanish verb: deslucir.* * *1→ link=deslucir deslucir► adjetivo1 (sin brillantez) faded, dull2 (sin gracia) unimpressive, unexciting, dull, lacklustre (US lackluster)* * *ADJ1) (=sin brillo) [metal] tarnished; [mármol] worn, faded2) (=aburrido) [actor] dull, lacklustre; [toro] unimpressive; [actuación] undistinguished3) (=desgarbado) graceless, inelegant* * *- da adjetivo <actuación/desfile> dull, lackluster*; <colores/paredes> faded, drab; < plata> tarnished* * *= dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.], tarnished.Ex. Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.Ex. Coca-Cola appears to be taking pains to buff up its tarnished image -- a controversy continues to brew over pesticides found in its soda products.* * *- da adjetivo <actuación/desfile> dull, lackluster*; <colores/paredes> faded, drab; < plata> tarnished* * *= dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.], tarnished.Ex: Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
Ex: Coca-Cola appears to be taking pains to buff up its tarnished image -- a controversy continues to brew over pesticides found in its soda products.* * *deslucido -da1 ‹actuación/desfile› dull, unimpressive, lackluster*2 ‹colores/paredes› faded, drab, dingy; ‹plata› tarnished* * *
Del verbo deslucir: ( conjugate deslucir)
deslucido es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
deslucido
deslucir
deslucido
‹colores/paredes› faded, drab;
‹ plata› tarnished
deslucir vtr (un acto, espectáculo) to mar: el mal sonido deslució el concierto, the concert was marred by poor sound equipment
una pelea deslució la fiesta, the party was ruined because of a fight
' deslucido' also found in these entries:
English:
dingy
- fifth
- lack
- second
* * *deslucido, -a adj1. [sin brillo] [color, tapicería, pintura] faded;[plata] tarnished2. [sin gracia] [acto, ceremonia] dull;[actuación] lacklustre, uninspired* * *adj2 colores dull, drab* * *deslucido, -da adj1) : unimpressive, dull2) : faded, dingy, tarnished
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