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  • 21 sordomudo

    adj.
    deaf-mute, deaf and dumb.
    m.
    deaf-mute, deaf-and-dumb, deaf and dumb person.
    * * *
    1 deaf and dumb, deaf mute
    nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 deaf and dumb person, deaf mute
    * * *
    sordomudo, -a
    1.
    2.
    SM / F deaf-mute
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo deaf-mute (before n), deaf and dumb (BrE)
    II
    - da masculino, femenino deaf-mute
    * * *
    = deaf and dumb, deaf mute.
    Ex. The author challenges librarians to explore ways and means of extending library facilities to the disadvantaged -- physically handicapped, blind, and deaf and dumb.
    Ex. In the book, Romania is a madhouse filled with the handicapped, deaf mutes, and stutterers.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo deaf-mute (before n), deaf and dumb (BrE)
    II
    - da masculino, femenino deaf-mute
    * * *
    = deaf and dumb, deaf mute.

    Ex: The author challenges librarians to explore ways and means of extending library facilities to the disadvantaged -- physically handicapped, blind, and deaf and dumb.

    Ex: In the book, Romania is a madhouse filled with the handicapped, deaf mutes, and stutterers.

    * * *
    sordomudo1 -da
    deaf-mute ( before n), deaf and dumb ( BrE)
    sordomudo2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    deaf-mute
    * * *

    sordomudo
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    deaf-mute ( before n), deaf and dumb (BrE)
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    deaf-mute
    sordomudo,-a
    I adjetivo deaf and dumb
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino deaf-mute

    ' sordomudo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    sordomuda
    English:
    deaf-and-dumb
    - deaf
    * * *
    sordomudo, -a
    adj
    deaf and dumb
    nm,f
    deaf-mute
    * * *
    I adj deaf and dumb
    II m, sordomuda f deaf-mute
    * * *
    sordomudo, -da n
    : deaf-mute
    * * *
    sordomudo1 adj deaf and dumb
    sordomudo2 n deaf mute

    Spanish-English dictionary > sordomudo

  • 22 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

  • 23 loco

    adj.
    1 crazy, cracked, batty, crazed.
    2 crazy.
    m.
    madman, crackpot, crazy person, head case.
    * * *
    1 (gen) mad, crazy, insane
    2 (muy ocupado) terribly busy
    nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 lunatic, insane person
    \
    a lo loco any old how
    como un,-a loco,-a like mad
    estar loco,-a de alegría to be over the moon
    estar loco,-a por alguien to be mad about somebody
    hacer el loco to act wild
    hacerse el/la loco,-a to pretend to know nothing, act dumb
    ¡ni loco,-a! no way!
    volver loco,-a a alguien to drive somebody crazy, drive somebody mad
    volverse loco,-a to go mad
    loco,-a de remate stark raving mad
    * * *
    1. (f. - loca)
    adj.
    crazy, mad
    2. (f. - loca)
    noun
    * * *
    loco, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=no cuerdo) mad, crazy

    ¿estás loco? — are you mad o crazy?

    no seas loco, eso es muy arriesgado — don't be stupid, that's very risky

    una brújula locaa compass whose needle no longer points north

    estaba loco de alegríahe was mad o wild with joy

    andar o estar loco con algo — (=preocupado) to be worried to death about sth; (=contento) to be crazy about sth

    está loco por algn/algo, está loco por esa chica — he's mad o crazy about that girl

    anda o está loca por irse a Inglaterra — she's mad keen to go to England

    tener o traer loco a algn, este asunto me tiene o trae loco — this business is driving me crazy

    volver loco a algn — to drive sb mad, drive sb round the bend

    volverse loco — to go insane, go mad

    2) (=frenético) hectic
    3) * (=enorme)
    2.
    SM / F lunatic, madman/madwoman

    el loco de César se ha comprado otro cochethat lunatic o madman César has bought another car

    correr como un loco — to run like mad

    gritar como un loco — to shout like a madman, shout one's head off

    hacerse el loco — to act the fool

    es un loco perdidohe's stark raving mad

    ponerse como un loco — to start acting like a madman/madwoman

    3.
    SM Chile abalone, false abalone
    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo
    1)
    a) (Med, Psic) mad, insane
    b) ( chiflado) crazy (colloq), nuts (colloq)

    este tipo está medio loco — (fam) the guy's not all there (colloq)

    no seas loco, te vas a matar — don't be stupid, you'll kill yourself

    ¿disculparme yo? ni (que estuviera) loco! — what, me apologize? not in a million years!

    hacer algo a lo locoto do something any which way (AmE) o (BrE) any old how (colloq)

    estar loco de remate or de atar — (fam) to be completely nuts (colloq)

    tener or (Esp) traer loco a alguien — to be driving somebody crazy (colloq)

    c) (contento, entusiasmado)

    están locos con el nietothey're besotted with their grandchild

    d) (fam) ( ajetreado)
    2)
    b)

    loco de algo: estaba loca de alegría she was blissfully happy; está loco de celos he's wild with jealousy; estaba loco de dolor he was racked with pain; está loca de amor — she's madly in love

    II
    - ca masculino, femenino
    1) ( enfermo mental) (m) madman; (f) madwoman

    maneja or (Esp) conduce como un loco — he drives like a lunatic

    corrimos como locos — (fam) we ran like crazy o mad (colloq)

    el loco de Javier se vino a pie — Javier walked here, mad fool that he is

    hay mucho loco suelto — (fam) there are a lot of weirdos about (colloq)

    cada loco con su tema — (fam) to each his own

    la loca de la casa — (liter) the imagination

    2) loco masculino (Zool) abalone
    * * *
    = crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], demented, crazed, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], bananas, mad, insane, deranged, out of + Posesivo + mind, lunatic, nut, bonkers, wacko, dolally tap, dolally [do-lally], imbecile, berserk, wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], madman, nutter, off + Posesivo + nut, kook, daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], loony [loonier -comp., looniest -sup], maniac, out of + Posesivo + senses, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, moonstruck.
    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. Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.
    Ex. Many of the inhabitants were shot dead or injured by a crazed gunman.
    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. It is frequently lack of that causes teachers to accuse children of being lazy, uncooperative, insubordinate, rude, or plain bananas.
    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. Ramakrishna was deemed holy by his followers but considered insane by many non-Hindus chiefly because of his behavior when interacting with the goddess Kali.
    Ex. Accessing the web today is like entering a large library, where there is no catalogue but where a deranged janitor has assembled in the lobby a few pages torn from the indexes of randomly selected volumes.
    Ex. The article ' Out of their minds: legal theory in neural networks' criticises the use of neural networks in law.
    Ex. This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.
    Ex. The ratings war between TV programmes has produced an emphasis on ' nuts, sluts, & perverts' & their victims, & discussion of sexual problems are commonplace on TV talk shows.
    Ex. This client was bonkers, but believable.
    Ex. Varieties of bad bosses include disagreeable taskmasters, overly ambitious artists, and outright ' wackos'.
    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. Today, hyperbolic comic and cartoon imagery is an established movie aesthetic -- a berserk but ironic Pop Art expressionism.
    Ex. 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.
    Ex. Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.
    Ex. Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.
    Ex. A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.
    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. Some loud loonies are not dangerous to the library while others may be; the librarian needs to be able to guess which is which.
    Ex. The novel is a crude barbaric mixture of verse and prose, poetry and realism, crammed with ghosts, corpses, maniacs all very unlike Racine.
    Ex. He means well for his country, is always an honest man, often a wise one, but sometimes and in some things, absolutely out of his senses.
    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. ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.
    ----
    * a lo loco = helter-skelter, like there's no tomorrow.
    * a tontas y locas = like there's no tomorrow, without rhyme or reason.
    * buscando como loco = in hot pursuit of.
    * casa de locos = lunatic asylum, madhouse, bedlam.
    * casa de los locos = asylum, mental asylum, madhouse.
    * chillar como un loco = shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.
    * como loco = like hell, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, like a madman.
    * como un loco = like crazy, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, madly, like a madman.
    * estar loco = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * estar loco de alegría = be chuffed to bits, thrill + Nombre + to bits, be tickled pink.
    * estar loco de contento = be beside + Reflexivo + with joy, be over the moon.
    * estar loco de remate = be a real nutter.
    * estar loco por = have + a crush on.
    * gritar como un loco = shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.
    * hacerse el loco = act + dumb, turn + a blind eye to, pretend + not to have heard, pretend + not to have seen, turn + a deaf ear to.
    * idea loca = wild thought.
    * loco como una cabra = raving lunatic.
    * loco de alegría = chuffed to bits.
    * loco de atar = stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic, stir-crazy.
    * loco de contento = chuffed to bits.
    * loco del deporte = sports freak.
    * loco de remate = barking mad, certified madman.
    * loco perdido = stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic.
    * ¡ni loco! = Not on your life!, You won't catch me doing it.
    * parecer loco = sound + crazy.
    * ponerse como loco = get + (all) worked up (about), get + hot under the collar.
    * ponerse loco = go + berserk, go + postal, work up + a lather.
    * sine loco (s.l.) = s.l. (sine loco).
    * trabajar como un loco = work off + Posesivo + shoes.
    * volver a Alguien loco = drive + Alguien + up a wall, drive + Alguien + to despair, drive + Alguien + mad, drive + Alguien + insane, drive + Alguien + crazy, drive + Alguien + nuts, drive + Alguien + potty.
    * volver loco = drive + Alguien + (a)round the bend, piss + Nombre + off.
    * volver loco a Alguien = have + Nombre + jump through the hoops, push + Alguien + over the edge.
    * volverse loco = go + bananas, take + leave of + Posesivo + senses, go + mad, run + amok, lose + Posesivo + marbles, go + bonkers, go + berserk, go + postal, go + wild, go + crazy, go + nuts, go + potty, get + a buzz from, go out of + Posesivo + mind, throw + a wobbly, go off + the rails, throw + a wobbler, go + haywire, go off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * volverse loco de alegría = thrill + Nombre + to bits, be chuffed to bits, be tickled pink.
    * volverse loco por = sweep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + feet, go + gaga (over).
    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo
    1)
    a) (Med, Psic) mad, insane
    b) ( chiflado) crazy (colloq), nuts (colloq)

    este tipo está medio loco — (fam) the guy's not all there (colloq)

    no seas loco, te vas a matar — don't be stupid, you'll kill yourself

    ¿disculparme yo? ni (que estuviera) loco! — what, me apologize? not in a million years!

    hacer algo a lo locoto do something any which way (AmE) o (BrE) any old how (colloq)

    estar loco de remate or de atar — (fam) to be completely nuts (colloq)

    tener or (Esp) traer loco a alguien — to be driving somebody crazy (colloq)

    c) (contento, entusiasmado)

    están locos con el nietothey're besotted with their grandchild

    d) (fam) ( ajetreado)
    2)
    b)

    loco de algo: estaba loca de alegría she was blissfully happy; está loco de celos he's wild with jealousy; estaba loco de dolor he was racked with pain; está loca de amor — she's madly in love

    II
    - ca masculino, femenino
    1) ( enfermo mental) (m) madman; (f) madwoman

    maneja or (Esp) conduce como un loco — he drives like a lunatic

    corrimos como locos — (fam) we ran like crazy o mad (colloq)

    el loco de Javier se vino a pie — Javier walked here, mad fool that he is

    hay mucho loco suelto — (fam) there are a lot of weirdos about (colloq)

    cada loco con su tema — (fam) to each his own

    la loca de la casa — (liter) the imagination

    2) loco masculino (Zool) abalone
    * * *
    = crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], demented, crazed, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], bananas, mad, insane, deranged, out of + Posesivo + mind, lunatic, nut, bonkers, wacko, dolally tap, dolally [do-lally], imbecile, berserk, wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], madman, nutter, off + Posesivo + nut, kook, daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], loony [loonier -comp., looniest -sup], maniac, out of + Posesivo + senses, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, moonstruck.

    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: Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.
    Ex: Many of the inhabitants were shot dead or injured by a crazed gunman.
    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: It is frequently lack of that causes teachers to accuse children of being lazy, uncooperative, insubordinate, rude, or plain bananas.
    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: Ramakrishna was deemed holy by his followers but considered insane by many non-Hindus chiefly because of his behavior when interacting with the goddess Kali.
    Ex: Accessing the web today is like entering a large library, where there is no catalogue but where a deranged janitor has assembled in the lobby a few pages torn from the indexes of randomly selected volumes.
    Ex: The article ' Out of their minds: legal theory in neural networks' criticises the use of neural networks in law.
    Ex: This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.
    Ex: The ratings war between TV programmes has produced an emphasis on ' nuts, sluts, & perverts' & their victims, & discussion of sexual problems are commonplace on TV talk shows.
    Ex: This client was bonkers, but believable.
    Ex: Varieties of bad bosses include disagreeable taskmasters, overly ambitious artists, and outright ' wackos'.
    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: Today, hyperbolic comic and cartoon imagery is an established movie aesthetic -- a berserk but ironic Pop Art expressionism.
    Ex: 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.
    Ex: Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.
    Ex: Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.
    Ex: A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.
    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: Some loud loonies are not dangerous to the library while others may be; the librarian needs to be able to guess which is which.
    Ex: The novel is a crude barbaric mixture of verse and prose, poetry and realism, crammed with ghosts, corpses, maniacs all very unlike Racine.
    Ex: He means well for his country, is always an honest man, often a wise one, but sometimes and in some things, absolutely out of his senses.
    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: ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.
    * a lo loco = helter-skelter, like there's no tomorrow.
    * a tontas y locas = like there's no tomorrow, without rhyme or reason.
    * buscando como loco = in hot pursuit of.
    * casa de locos = lunatic asylum, madhouse, bedlam.
    * casa de los locos = asylum, mental asylum, madhouse.
    * chillar como un loco = shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.
    * como loco = like hell, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, like a madman.
    * como un loco = like crazy, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, madly, like a madman.
    * estar loco = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * estar loco de alegría = be chuffed to bits, thrill + Nombre + to bits, be tickled pink.
    * estar loco de contento = be beside + Reflexivo + with joy, be over the moon.
    * estar loco de remate = be a real nutter.
    * estar loco por = have + a crush on.
    * gritar como un loco = shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.
    * hacerse el loco = act + dumb, turn + a blind eye to, pretend + not to have heard, pretend + not to have seen, turn + a deaf ear to.
    * idea loca = wild thought.
    * loco como una cabra = raving lunatic.
    * loco de alegría = chuffed to bits.
    * loco de atar = stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic, stir-crazy.
    * loco de contento = chuffed to bits.
    * loco del deporte = sports freak.
    * loco de remate = barking mad, certified madman.
    * loco perdido = stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic.
    * ¡ni loco! = Not on your life!, You won't catch me doing it.
    * parecer loco = sound + crazy.
    * ponerse como loco = get + (all) worked up (about), get + hot under the collar.
    * ponerse loco = go + berserk, go + postal, work up + a lather.
    * sine loco (s.l.) = s.l. (sine loco).
    * trabajar como un loco = work off + Posesivo + shoes.
    * volver a Alguien loco = drive + Alguien + up a wall, drive + Alguien + to despair, drive + Alguien + mad, drive + Alguien + insane, drive + Alguien + crazy, drive + Alguien + nuts, drive + Alguien + potty.
    * volver loco = drive + Alguien + (a)round the bend, piss + Nombre + off.
    * volver loco a Alguien = have + Nombre + jump through the hoops, push + Alguien + over the edge.
    * volverse loco = go + bananas, take + leave of + Posesivo + senses, go + mad, run + amok, lose + Posesivo + marbles, go + bonkers, go + berserk, go + postal, go + wild, go + crazy, go + nuts, go + potty, get + a buzz from, go out of + Posesivo + mind, throw + a wobbly, go off + the rails, throw + a wobbler, go + haywire, go off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * volverse loco de alegría = thrill + Nombre + to bits, be chuffed to bits, be tickled pink.
    * volverse loco por = sweep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + feet, go + gaga (over).

    * * *
    loco1 -ca
    A
    1 ( Med, Psic) mad, insane
    2 (chiflado) crazy ( colloq), nuts ( colloq), mad ( BrE colloq)
    este tipo está medio loco ( fam); this guy's not all there ( colloq), this guy's a bit cracked ( colloq)
    ¡pero ustedes están or ( AmL) son locos! you must be crazy o mad o insane o out of your mind! ( colloq)
    no seas loco, te vas a matar don't be so stupid o foolish, you'll kill yourself
    eso no lo hago (pero) ni loco there's no way I'd do that, nothing in the world would make me do that o induce me to do that
    ¿disculparme yo? ¡ni (que estuviera) loco! what, me apologize? not in a million years o no way o never!
    llenó el formulario a lo loco she completed the form any which way ( AmE) o ( BrE) any old how ( colloq)
    gasta dinero a lo loco he spends money like water o like there's no tomorrow
    estar loco de remate or de atar ( fam); to be stark raving o stark staring mad, to be nutty as a fruitcake ( colloq), to be completely nuts ( colloq), to be mad as a hatter ( BrE)
    traer or tener loco a algn ( Esp); to be driving sb mad o crazy o up the wall o round the bend ( colloq)
    volver loco a algn to drive sb mad o crazy ( colloq)
    vuelve locos a los hombres she drives men wild ( colloq)
    el chocolate me vuelve loca I adore chocolate, I'm a chocolate addict ( colloq)
    volverse loco to go mad
    este desorden es para volverse loco this mess is enough to drive you crazy ( colloq)
    3
    (contento, entusiasmado): están locos con el nieto they're besotted with o crazy about their grandchild
    está loca por él she's mad o crazy o wild about him ( colloq)
    está loco por verla/por que le presenten a Laura he's dying o ( BrE) mad keen to see her/to be introduced to Laura ( colloq)
    es loco por las aceitunas (CS); he's crazy about o mad on olives ( colloq)
    4 ( fam) (preocupado) worried sick ( colloq)
    anda (como) loco con las pruebas he's worried sick about the tests
    B
    1
    (indicando gran cantidad): tengo unas ganas locas de verla I'm really looking forward to seeing her, I'm dying to see her ( colloq)
    tuvo una suerte loca she was incredibly lucky
    la obra tuvo un éxito loco the play was hugely successful
    tienen la guita loca ( RPl arg); they're rolling in it ( colloq), they're absolutely loaded ( colloq)
    2 loco DE algo:
    estaba loca de alegría or de contenta she was incredibly happy, she was over the moon ( BrE colloq)
    está loco de ira/celos he's wild with anger/jealousy
    estaba loco de dolor he was racked with pain
    está loca de amor por él she's madly in love with him
    3
    (CS fam) (indicando poca cantidad): por cuatro clientes locos que puedan venir, no vamos a abrir it's not worth opening up just for a few odd customers
    loco2 -ca
    masculine, feminine
    A (enfermo mental) ( masculine) madman; ( feminine) madwoman
    se puso como un loco al oír la noticia he went crazy o mad when he heard the news
    maneja or ( Esp) conduce como un loco he drives like a madman o lunatic
    corrimos como locos para alcanzar el autobús ( fam); we ran like crazy o mad to catch the bus ( colloq)
    gritaba como una loca she was shouting like a madwoman, she was shouting her head off ( colloq)
    ¡qué desorganización, esto es de locos! what chaos! this is pure o sheer madness!
    el loco de Javier se ha venido a pie Javier walked here, madman that he is
    hoy en día hay mucho loco suelto ( fam); there are a lot of loonies o nutcases o weirdos about these days ( colloq)
    cada loco con su tema ( fam); to each his own, each to his own ( BrE)
    ahora le ha dado por el budismocada loco con su tema she's into Buddhism now — oh well, each to his own o ( colloq) whatever turns you on
    hacer el loco ( Chi fam); to make a fool of oneself
    hacerse el loco to act dumb ( colloq)
    no te hagas el loco don't act dumb, don't pretend you haven't seen/heard
    la loca de la casa ( liter); the imagination
    B
    loco masculine ( Chi) ( Zool) abalone
    C
    loco masculine ( RPl arg) (hombre) guy ( colloq), bloke ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

     

    loco 1
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    a) (Med, Psic) mad, insane

    b) ( chiflado) crazy (colloq), nuts (colloq);


    eso no lo hago (pero) ni loco there's no way I'd do that;
    hacer algo a lo loco to do sth any which way (AmE) o (BrE) any old how (colloq);
    estar loco de remate (fam) to be completely nuts (colloq);
    tener or (Esp) traer loco a algn to be driving sb crazy (colloq);
    volver loco a algn to drive sb crazy (colloq);
    volverse loco to go mad


    está loco por volver he's dying to come back (colloq)
    d) (fam) ( ajetreado):




    tuvo una suerte loca she was incredibly lucky
    f) estar loco de algo: ‹de entusiasmo/furia/celos› to be wild with sth;

    de dolor/remordimiento› to be racked with sth;

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( enfermo mental) (m) madman;
    (f) madwoman;
    se puso como un loco he went crazy o mad;

    corrimos como locos (fam) we ran like crazy o mad (colloq);
    hacerse el loco to act dumb (colloq)
    loco 2 sustantivo masculino (Chi) (Zool) abalone
    loco,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 mad, crazy
    volverse loco, to lose one's mind o to go mad
    2 (deseoso) estoy loco por ir a París, I'm eager to travel to Paris
    3 (entusiasmado) está loca de alegría, she's thrilled
    está loco por las motos, he's crazy about motorbikes
    II m,f (hombre) madman, (mujer) madwoman
    ♦ Locuciones: hacerse el loco, to act the fool
    familiar ¡ni loco!, I'd sooner die!
    familiar traer/volver loco a alguien, to drive sb crazy
    a lo loco, crazily

    ' loco' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atar
    - chiflada
    - chiflado
    - conforme
    - enajenar
    - enajenarse
    - estragos
    - hormigueo
    - ida
    - ido
    - loc. cit.
    - loca
    - tema
    - tocada
    - tocado
    - trastocarse
    - trastornar
    - volver
    - volverse
    - carro
    - maniaco
    - perdido
    - poner
    - rayado
    - rayar
    - rematado
    English:
    amok
    - away
    - bend
    - berserk
    - beside
    - bit
    - bonkers
    - certifiable
    - change over
    - cracker
    - crazy
    - cuckoo
    - delirious
    - demented
    - drive
    - gaga
    - head
    - hijack
    - insane
    - loony
    - lunatic
    - mad
    - madly
    - madman
    - maniac
    - mind
    - moon
    - nut
    - nuts
    - nutter
    - nutty
    - parched
    - potshot
    - rampage
    - raving
    - roadhog
    - send
    - some
    - something
    - stark
    - wall
    - wild
    - wildly
    - wind up
    - wit
    - bumper car
    - cracked
    - fear
    - flap
    - go
    * * *
    loco, -a
    adj
    1. [demente] mad, crazy;
    volver loco a alguien [enajenar, aturdir] to drive sb mad;
    esos martillazos en la pared me van a volver loco that hammering on the wall is driving me mad;
    el dolor lo volvía loco the pain was driving him mad;
    volverse loco to go mad;
    este niño me trae loco this child is driving me mad;
    estar loco de atar o [m5] de remate to be stark raving mad;
    ¡ni loco! (absolutely) no way!;
    ¡no lo haría ni loco! there's no way you'd get me doing that!
    2. [insensato] mad, crazy;
    no seas loca, es muy peligroso don't be (so) stupid, it's very dangerous;
    está medio loco pero es muy simpático he's a bit crazy, but he's very nice with it;
    a lo loco [sin pensar] hastily;
    [temerariamente] wildly;
    conduce o Am [m5] maneja a lo loco he drives like a madman
    3. [apasionado, entusiasmado] mad, crazy;
    la abuela está loca con su nieto the grandmother's mad o crazy about her grandson;
    estar loco de contento/pasión to be wild with joy/passion;
    estar loco de amor to be madly in love;
    estar loco de celos to be wildly o insanely jealous;
    estar loco de ira to be raging mad;
    estar o CSur [m5]ser loco por algo/alguien to be mad about sth/sb;
    está o CSur [m5] es loco por ella [enamorado] he's madly in love with her, he's crazy about her;
    está loca por conocerte she's dying to meet you;
    está (como) loco por que lleguen los invitados he's desperate for the guests to arrive, he can't wait for the guests to arrive;
    le vuelve loco el fútbol he's mad about soccer o Br football, he's soccer-crazy o Br football-crazy;
    la vuelve loca la paella she absolutely adores paella
    4. [muy ajetreado] mad, hectic;
    llevamos una semana loca it's been a mad week for us
    5. [enorme]
    tengo unas ganas locas de conocer Italia I'm absolutely dying to go to Italy;
    tuvimos una suerte loca we were extraordinarily o amazingly lucky;
    RP Fam
    tener la guita loca to be rolling in it
    6. RP Fam [insignificante]
    sólo van a venir tres o cuatro invitados locos only a handful of guests will show up;
    no nos vamos a pelear por dos pesos locos let's not quarrel over a few measly pesos
    nm,f
    1. [enfermo] [hombre] lunatic, madman;
    [mujer] lunatic, madwoman;
    conduce o Am [m5] maneja como un loco he drives like a madman;
    corrimos como locos we ran like mad o crazy;
    el loco de tu marido se puso a chillar that madman husband of yours started shouting;
    ponerse como un loco [enfadarse] to go mad;
    sería de locos empezar de nuevo todo el trabajo it would be crazy o madness to start the whole job over again;
    Fam
    ¡deja de hacer el loco! stop messing around!;
    cada loco con su tema: ya está otra vez Santi con lo del yoga, cada loco con su tema Santi's going on about yoga again, the man's obsessed!;
    Fam
    hacerse el loco to play dumb, to pretend not to understand
    2. RP, Ven Fam [como apelativo]
    este loco se encarga de todo this guy's in charge of everything;
    loco, vení para acá come over here, Br mate o US buddy
    3. Chile [molusco comestible] false abalone
    * * *
    I adj mad, crazy;
    a lo loco fam ( sin pensar) hastily;
    es para volverse loco it’s enough to drive you mad o crazy;
    remate completely mad;
    estar loco de alegría be insanely happy;
    estar loco por alguien be mad o crazy about s.o.
    II m
    1 madman;
    cada loco con su tema each to his own;
    hacer el loco make a fool of o.s.
    guy;
    loco, ayudame help me, pal
    * * *
    loco, -ca adj
    1) demente: crazy, insane, mad
    2)
    a lo loco : wildly, recklessly
    3)
    volverse loco : to go mad
    loco, -ca n
    1) : crazy person, lunatic
    2)
    hacerse el loco : to act the fool
    * * *
    loco1 adj crazy [comp. crazier; superl. craziest] / mad [comp. madder; superl. maddest]
    loco2 n lunatic

    Spanish-English dictionary > loco

  • 24 pendejo

    adj.
    coward.
    m.
    1 coward.
    2 jerk, asshole, arsehole.
    * * *
    1 familiar nincompoop
    * * *
    pendejo, -a *
    1. ADJ
    1) LAm (=imbécil) idiotic; (=cobarde) cowardly, yellow *
    2) And (=listo) smart; (=taimado) cunning
    3) Caribe, Méx (=torpe) ham-fisted
    2. SM / F
    1) LAm (=imbécil) fool, idiot; (=cobarde) coward
    2) Cono Sur (=muchacho) kid *; (=sabelotodo) know-all
    3.
    SM [del pubis] pubic hair, pube **
    * * *
    I
    - ja adjetivo
    a) (AmL exc CS fam) ( estúpido) dumb (AmE colloq), thick (BrE colloq)
    b) (Per fam) ( listo) sly, sharp (colloq)
    II
    - ja masculino, femenino
    a) (AmL exc CS fam) ( estúpido) dummy (colloq), nerd (colloq)

    hacerse el pendejo — (fam) ( hacerse el tonto) to act dumb (colloq); ( no hacer nada) to loaf around (colloq)

    b) (Per fam) ( persona lista) sly devil
    c) (CS vulg) ( mocoso) snotty-nosed kid (colloq)
    * * *
    = wanker, tosser, shithead.
    Ex. These are the wankers who thought they knew all about fashion.
    Ex. The site shows that the highest proportions of ' tossers' -- or overspenders -- are in Northern Ireland and eastern England.
    Ex. With all the pandering shitheads in politics today, it's so refreshing to see some one who will just say 'fuck off, don't bother me'.
    * * *
    I
    - ja adjetivo
    a) (AmL exc CS fam) ( estúpido) dumb (AmE colloq), thick (BrE colloq)
    b) (Per fam) ( listo) sly, sharp (colloq)
    II
    - ja masculino, femenino
    a) (AmL exc CS fam) ( estúpido) dummy (colloq), nerd (colloq)

    hacerse el pendejo — (fam) ( hacerse el tonto) to act dumb (colloq); ( no hacer nada) to loaf around (colloq)

    b) (Per fam) ( persona lista) sly devil
    c) (CS vulg) ( mocoso) snotty-nosed kid (colloq)
    * * *
    = wanker, tosser, shithead.

    Ex: These are the wankers who thought they knew all about fashion.

    Ex: The site shows that the highest proportions of ' tossers' -- or overspenders -- are in Northern Ireland and eastern England.
    Ex: With all the pandering shitheads in politics today, it's so refreshing to see some one who will just say 'fuck off, don't bother me'.

    * * *
    pendejo1 -ja
    1 ( AmL exc CS fam) (estúpido) dumb ( AmE colloq), thick ( BrE colloq)
    2 ( Per fam) (listo) sly, sharp ( colloq)
    pendejo2 -ja
    masculine, feminine
    A
    1 ( AmL exc CS fam) (estúpido) dummy ( colloq), nerd ( colloq)
    hacerse el pendejo ( fam) (hacerse el tonto) to act dumb ( colloq) (no hacer nada) to bum around (sl), to loaf around ( colloq)
    2 ( Per fam) (persona lista) sly devil, sharp character ( colloq)
    3 (CS vulg) (mocoso) snotty-nosed kid ( colloq)
    B
    pendejo masculine ( vulg) (vello pubiano) pubic hair, pube ( colloq)
    * * *

    pendejo
    ◊ -ja adjetivo

    a) (AmL exc CS fam) ( estúpido) dumb (AmE colloq), thick (BrE colloq)

    b) (Per fam) ( listo) sly, sharp (colloq)

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    a) (AmL exc CS fam) ( estúpido) dummy (colloq), nerd (colloq);



    ( no hacer nada) to loaf around (colloq)
    b) (Per fam) ( persona lista) sly devil

    ' pendejo' also found in these entries:
    English:
    wanker
    - jerk
    * * *
    pendejo, -a
    nm
    muy Fam [pelo] pube; RP muy Fam Hum
    un pendejo tira más que una yunta de bueyes sex appeal can move mountains
    nm,f
    1. Méx Fam [cobarde] coward
    2. Am muy Fam [tonto] jerk, Br tosser;
    Méx Fam
    hacerse pendejo to act dumb
    3. RP muy Fam Pey [adolescente] spotty teenager
    * * *
    I m ( pelea) fight
    II m, pendeja f L.Am. fam
    dummy fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > pendejo

  • 25 hacerse el estúpido

    (v.) = dumb down, act + dumb
    Ex. The article 'Cataloguing electronic resources: wise up or dumb down?' argues that WWW search engines do a good job in impossibly difficult circumstances but that they do not provide enough information about a resource.
    Ex. In fact, his success was directly attributable to how smart he was by acting dumb.
    * * *
    (v.) = dumb down, act + dumb

    Ex: The article 'Cataloguing electronic resources: wise up or dumb down?' argues that WWW search engines do a good job in impossibly difficult circumstances but that they do not provide enough information about a resource.

    Ex: In fact, his success was directly attributable to how smart he was by acting dumb.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacerse el estúpido

  • 26 burro

    m.
    1 donkey, ass, jackass, burro.
    2 ass, imbecile, jerk, pompous ass.
    3 sawhorse, trestle.
    4 ironing board.
    5 stepladder.
    6 corncob.
    * * *
    1 stupid
    nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (animal) donkey, ass
    1 (de carpintero) sawhorse
    \
    apearse del burro / bajarse del burro to climb down
    no ver tres en un burro to be as blind as a bat
    no verse tres en un burro to be pitch dark
    burro de carga workhorse
    ————————
    1 (de carpintero) sawhorse
    * * *
    (f. - burra)
    noun
    ass, donkey
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) * (=estúpido) stupid

    ¡qué burro! ¡no sabe la capital de Italia! — what a fool o moron *, he doesn't know the capital of Italy!

    2) (=bruto)

    ¡deja de empujar, no seas burro! — stop pushing, you great oaf o you big brute! *

    ¡el muy burro se comió el pastel entero! — he ate the whole cake, the pig! *

    3) (=obstinado) pig-headed *

    ponerse burro — to dig one's heels in, be pigheaded *

    2. SM
    1) (Zool) donkey; Cono Sur hum racehorse; (=perdedor en carrera) also-ran

    salto de burro Méx leapfrog

    - apearse o bajarse del burro

    a pesar de las críticas, el gobierno no se apea o baja del burro — in spite of the criticism, the government refuses to back down

    ¡el niño no se apea o baja del burro! — this kid doesn't know when he's beaten!

    - caerse del burro

    comer burro —

    esto comió burro Cono Sur * it got lost, it vanished

    - el burro grande, ande o no ande
    - poner a algn a caer de un burro

    si los burros volaran, todos nos haríamos ricos con ese negocio — this business could make us rich, and pigs might fly

    burro de agua Caribe, Méx big wave

    burro de carga, trata a su empleados como burros de carga — he treats his workers like slaves

    2) * (=estúpido) fool, moron *

    ¡burro!, tres y dos son cinco — you fool o moron *, three plus two makes five!

    3) * (=bruto)

    eres un burro, lo has roto — you're so rough you've gone and broken it

    4) (=obstinado) stubborn fool

    es un burro y no lo vas a convencerhe's so pig-headed * o stubborn you'll never persuade him

    5) (Naipes) old maid
    6) (Téc) sawhorse, sawbuck (EEUU)

    burro de planchar Méx ironing board

    7) Méx (=escalera) stepladder
    8) And, Caribe (=columpio) swing
    * * *
    I
    - rra adjetivo
    1)
    a) (fam) ( ignorante) stupid, dumb (AmE colloq), thick (BrE colloq)
    b) (fam) (bruto, tosco) rough

    no seas burro, me has hecho daño! — careful, that hurt!

    c) (fam) (obstinado, cabezón) pigheaded (colloq)
    2) (Col arg) ( marihuanero)
    II
    - rra masculino, femenino
    1) (Zool)
    a) ( asno) (m) donkey; (f) female donkey, jenny

    apearse or bajarse del burro — to back down

    trabajar como un burroto slog one's guts out

    ver burros negros — (Chi fam) to be in agony, see stars (colloq)

    b) (CS fam) ( caballo de carrera) racehorse
    2) (fam)
    a) ( ignorante) idiot
    b) (bruto, tosco) oaf
    c) (cabezón, obstinado) stubborn mule, obstinate pig (colloq); ver tb burra
    III
    a) ( en carpintería) sawhorse; ( en herrería) workbench
    b) (Méx) ( para planchar) ironing board
    c) (Méx) ( caballete) trestle
    * * *
    = donkey, ass, asinine, moke.
    Ex. To date, four of these donkey mobile libraries are operational in Zimbabwe.
    Ex. Harting primarily addresses the iconography of two altarpiece wings which depict a landscape with oxen and an ass.
    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. States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.
    ----
    * no bajarse del burro = stick to + Posesivo + guns.
    * orejas de burro = dunce cap.
    * tirado por burro = donkey-driven.
    * tirado por burros = donkey drawn.
    * * *
    I
    - rra adjetivo
    1)
    a) (fam) ( ignorante) stupid, dumb (AmE colloq), thick (BrE colloq)
    b) (fam) (bruto, tosco) rough

    no seas burro, me has hecho daño! — careful, that hurt!

    c) (fam) (obstinado, cabezón) pigheaded (colloq)
    2) (Col arg) ( marihuanero)
    II
    - rra masculino, femenino
    1) (Zool)
    a) ( asno) (m) donkey; (f) female donkey, jenny

    apearse or bajarse del burro — to back down

    trabajar como un burroto slog one's guts out

    ver burros negros — (Chi fam) to be in agony, see stars (colloq)

    b) (CS fam) ( caballo de carrera) racehorse
    2) (fam)
    a) ( ignorante) idiot
    b) (bruto, tosco) oaf
    c) (cabezón, obstinado) stubborn mule, obstinate pig (colloq); ver tb burra
    III
    a) ( en carpintería) sawhorse; ( en herrería) workbench
    b) (Méx) ( para planchar) ironing board
    c) (Méx) ( caballete) trestle
    * * *
    = donkey, ass, asinine, moke.

    Ex: To date, four of these donkey mobile libraries are operational in Zimbabwe.

    Ex: Harting primarily addresses the iconography of two altarpiece wings which depict a landscape with oxen and an ass.
    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: States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.
    * no bajarse del burro = stick to + Posesivo + guns.
    * orejas de burro = dunce cap.
    * tirado por burro = donkey-driven.
    * tirado por burros = donkey drawn.

    * * *
    A
    1 ( fam) (ignorante) stupid, dumb ( AmE colloq), thick ( BrE colloq)
    2 ( fam)
    (bruto, tosco): ¡no seas burro, me has hecho daño! don't be so rough, that hurt!
    ¡qué burro es! lo movió él solo con todo lo que pesa what a brute! he moved it all on his own and it must weigh a ton ( colloq hum)
    3 ( fam) (obstinado, cabezón) pigheaded ( colloq)
    B
    ( Col arg) (marihuanero): son muy burros they're real dope fiends ( colloq)
    masculine, feminine
    A ( Zool)
    1 (asno) ( masculine) donkey; ( feminine) female donkey, jenny
    me tienen de burro de carga I'm just a dogsbody o drudge around here, I get landed o ( BrE) lumbered with all the donkey work
    brincar al burro ( Méx); to play leapfrog
    no ver tres en un burro ( fam); to be as blind as a bat ( colloq)
    trabajar como un burro to work like a dog o horse
    ver burros negros ( Chi fam); to be in agony, see stars ( colloq)
    burro grande, ande o no ande never mind the quality, feel the width ( colloq hum)
    después del burro muerto la cebada al rabo there's no point locking the stable door after the horse has bolted
    quien nace para burro, muere rebuznando a leopard never changes its spots
    2 (CS fam) (caballo de carrera) racehorse
    perdió todo en los burros he lost everything on the horses
    B ( fam)
    1 (ignorante) idiot
    2 (bruto, tosco) oaf
    es un burro trabajando, aguanta lo que le echen he's a real brute! he can take any amount of work ( colloq hum)
    3 (cabezón, obstinado) stubborn mule, obstinate pig ( colloq) ver tb burra
    A
    1 (en carpintería) sawhorse, sawbuck ( AmE); (en herrería) workbench
    2 ( Méx) (para planchar) ironing board
    3 ( Méx) (caballete) trestle
    4 ( Méx) (escalera) stepladder
    B (juegode naipes) ≈ donkey; (— de niños) game similar to leapfrog
    C ( Méx) (de la mazorca) corncob
    entre menos burros más burros ( Méx fam); all the more for us/them ( colloq)
    D ( Chi) (de cerveza) small, squat stein ( AmE) o ( BrE) tankard ver tb burro2 (↑ burro (2))
    * * *

     

    burro 1
    ◊ - rra adjetivo

    a) (fam) ( ignorante) stupid, dumb (AmE colloq), thick (BrE colloq)

    b) (fam) (obstinado, cabezón) pigheaded (colloq)

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    1 (Zool) ( asno) (m) donkey;
    (f) female donkey, jenny;
    trabajar como un burro to slog one's guts out

    2 (fam)

    b) (cabezón, obstinado) stubborn mule, obstinate pig (colloq)

    burro 2 sustantivo masculino

    ( en herrería) workbench

    ( caballete) trestle;
    ( escalera) stepladder
    burro,-a
    I sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 donkey, ass
    burro de carga, (persona) dogsbody
    2 fam (estúpido) dimwit, blockhead
    II adjetivo
    1 fam (necio) stupid, dumb
    2 fam (terco) stubborn
    ♦ Locuciones: fam fig bajarse/apearse del burro, to climb down o to back down
    fam fig caer de la burra, to realize o to twig
    familiar no ver tres en un burro, to be as blind as a bat
    ' burro' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    burra
    - so
    - lomo
    English:
    ass
    - donkey
    - dunce
    - jackass
    - slave
    - thick
    - dense
    - ironing
    - leapfrog
    - mule
    - road
    - speed
    * * *
    burro, -a
    adj
    Fam
    1. [necio] thick, dumb
    2. [tosco] rough, oafish;
    ¡eres más burro! you're such an oaf!
    3. [terco] pigheaded;
    se puso burro y no pudimos convencerle he dug his heels in and we couldn't convince him
    nm,f
    1. [animal] donkey;
    Fam
    apearse o [m5] bajarse del burro to back down;
    Fam
    no ver tres en un burro to be as blind as a bat;
    con estas gafas no veo tres en un burro I can't see a thing with these glasses;
    Fam Hum
    ¡la carne de burro no es transparente! you make a better door than a window!
    Fam
    burro grande, ande o no ande big is best
    burro de carga workhorse
    2. Fam [necio] ass, dimwit;
    hacer el burro to behave like an idiot
    3. Fam [bruto] oaf
    4. Fam [terco] stubborn mule;
    es un burro he's as stubborn as a mule, he's really pigheaded
    5. Fam [trabajador]
    burro (de carga) workhorse;
    trabaja como una burra she works like a slave
    nm
    1. Esp [juego de cartas] ≈ old maid
    2. CSur [caballo de carreras] racehorse
    3. Carib [banco] improvised bench
    4. Arg burro de arranque starter motor
    5. Carib, Méx [escalera] stepladder
    6. Méx [tabla de planchar] ironing board
    7. Am Fam [transportador de drogas] mule
    8. RP Fam [caballo con arcos] pommel horse
    * * *
    m, burra f
    1 ZO donkey;
    caer o
    apearse del burro fam back down;
    no ver tres en un burro be as blind as a bat
    2 fam
    persona idiot
    3 Méx ( tabla de planchar) ironing board
    * * *
    burro, - rra adj, fam : dumb, stupid
    burro, - rra n
    1) asno: donkey, ass
    2) fam : dunce, poor student
    burro nm
    1) : sawhorse
    2) Mex : ironing board
    3) Mex : stepladder
    * * *
    burro1 adj
    1. (estúpido) thick / stupid [comp. stupider; superl. stupidest]
    2. (bruto) rough
    burro2 n
    1. (animal) donkey
    2. (idiota) idiot
    ¡qué burro eres! what an idiot!
    3. (bestia) brute
    ¡hay que ser burro para pegarle de esa forma al niño! what a brute, hitting the boy like that!

    Spanish-English dictionary > burro

  • 27 huevón

    adj.
    lazy, do-nothing, indolent, loafing.
    m.
    1 jerk.
    2 lazy bum, deadbeat, bum, lazy person.
    * * *
    1 sluggish
    * * *
    huevón, -ona **
    1. ADJ
    1) (=flojo) lazy, idle
    2) LAm (=estúpido) stupid, thick *
    3) (=lento) slow
    4) Chile (=cobarde) cowardly, chicken *, yellow *
    2.
    SM / F (=holgazán) lazy sod ***, skiver *, layabout *; (=imbécil) stupid idiot *, bloody fool **
    * * *
    I
    - vona adjetivo
    a) (Andes, Ven fam o vulg) (tonto, estúpido) (fam) dumb (colloq)
    b) (Méx vulg) ( holgazán) lazy (colloq)
    II
    - vona masculino, femenino
    a) (Andes, Ven vulg) ( imbécil) jerk (sl & pej), dickhead (vulg), dumbass (AmE sl)
    b) (Méx vulg) ( holgazán) lazy bum (colloq)
    * * *
    = slowcoach [slow coach], arsehole [asshole, -USA], berk, dickhead, prick, schmuck, twat, twerp, wanker, slowpoke, schmuck, schmo.
    Ex. By today's standards, this processor is a bit of a slowcoach.
    Ex. Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.
    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. Whoever said Moby is the leader of dickheads that beat people up? He is just a bald-headed hippie who wouldn't hurt a fly.
    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. 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. 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. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex. These are the wankers who thought they knew all about fashion.
    Ex. The United States is starting to look like a slowpoke on the Internet -- examples abound of countries that have faster broadband connections.
    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.
    * * *
    I
    - vona adjetivo
    a) (Andes, Ven fam o vulg) (tonto, estúpido) (fam) dumb (colloq)
    b) (Méx vulg) ( holgazán) lazy (colloq)
    II
    - vona masculino, femenino
    a) (Andes, Ven vulg) ( imbécil) jerk (sl & pej), dickhead (vulg), dumbass (AmE sl)
    b) (Méx vulg) ( holgazán) lazy bum (colloq)
    * * *
    = slowcoach [slow coach], arsehole [asshole, -USA], berk, dickhead, prick, schmuck, twat, twerp, wanker, slowpoke, schmuck, schmo.

    Ex: By today's standards, this processor is a bit of a slowcoach.

    Ex: Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.
    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: Whoever said Moby is the leader of dickheads that beat people up? He is just a bald-headed hippie who wouldn't hurt a fly.
    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: 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: 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: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex: These are the wankers who thought they knew all about fashion.
    Ex: The United States is starting to look like a slowpoke on the Internet -- examples abound of countries that have faster broadband connections.
    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.

    * * *
    1 (Andes, Ven fam o vulg) (tonto, estúpido) dumb ( colloq)
    es tan huevón he's so dumb ( colloq), he's so fucking stupid ( vulg)
    ¡hay que ser huevón para creerse una cosa así! you'd have to be dumb o a jerk to believe something like that! (sl)
    me dio una respuesta bien huevona she gave me a really dumb o stupid answer
    3
    ( Esp vulg) (cachazudo): es tan huevón he's such a slowpoke ( AmE) o ( BrE) slowcoach ( colloq)
    masculine, feminine
    1 (Andes, Ven vulg) (imbécil) dickhead ( vulg), asshole ( AmE vulg), prat ( BrE sl)
    2 ( Méx vulg) (holgazán) lazy bum ( colloq)
    3 ( Esp vulg) (cachazudo) slowpoke ( AmE colloq), slowcoach ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

    huevón
    ◊ - vona adjetivo

    a) (Andes, Ven fam o vulg) (tonto, estúpido) (fam) dumb (colloq);


    b) (Méx vulg) ( holgazán) lazy (colloq)

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    a) (Andes, Ven vulg) ( imbécil) dickhead (vulg), asshole (AmE vulg)

    b) (Méx vulg) ( holgazán) lazy bum (colloq)

    huevón,-ona adj pey vulgar sluggish
    ' huevón' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    huevona
    English:
    jerk
    * * *
    huevón, -ona, güevón, -ona muy Fam
    adj
    1. Cuba, Méx [vago]
    es muy huevón Br he's a lazy sod o git, US he's so goddamn lazy
    2. Andes, Arg, Ven [tonto, torpe]
    es muy huevón Br he's a prat o pillock, US he's a jerk;
    me dio una respuesta huevona she gave me a really Br prattish o US jerky answer
    nm,f
    1. Cuba, Méx [vago]
    es un huevón Br he's a lazy sod o git, US he's so goddamn lazy
    2. Andes, Arg, Ven [tonto, torpe] Br prat, Br pillock, US jerk;
    son una tropa de huevones Br they're a bunch of prats o pillocks, US they're a bunch of jerks;
    hacer el huevón Br to prat around, US to act like a jerk
    * * *
    m, huevona f
    idiot
    2 L.Am. fam ( flojo) idler fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > huevón

  • 28 memo

    adj.
    silly, stupid, brainless.
    m.
    1 memo, written note, memorandum.
    2 fool, dunce, simpleton, dweeb.
    * * *
    1 familiar stupid, dim
    nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar dummy, moron
    * * *
    I memo, -a *
    1.
    ADJ silly, stupid
    2.
    SM / F idiot
    II
    * SM memo *, memorandum
    * * *
    I
    - ma adjetivo (Esp fam) stupid, dumb (colloq)
    II
    - ma masculino, femenino
    1) (Esp fam) idiot, peabrain (colloq)
    2) memo masculino ( memorándum) memo
    * * *
    = goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], dullard, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, witless, dumbbell, dull-witted, asinine, nonce, gaga, dweeb.
    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. 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. 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 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. 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. 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.
    * * *
    I
    - ma adjetivo (Esp fam) stupid, dumb (colloq)
    II
    - ma masculino, femenino
    1) (Esp fam) idiot, peabrain (colloq)
    2) memo masculino ( memorándum) memo
    * * *
    = goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], dullard, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, witless, dumbbell, dull-witted, asinine, nonce, gaga, dweeb.

    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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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.

    * * *
    memo1 -ma
    ( fam); stupid, dumb ( colloq)
    no seas memo don't be so stupid o dumb
    ¡no te quedes ahí mirando como si estuvieras mema! don't just stand there like an idiot!
    memo2 -ma
    masculine, feminine
    A ( Esp fam) idiot, peabrain ( colloq), dummy ( colloq)
    B
    * * *

    memo,-a insult
    I adjetivo silly, stupid
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino idiot
    ' memo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    boluda
    - boludo
    - mema
    - circular
    - memorándum
    English:
    memo
    - nitwit
    - soft-headed
    - goofy
    * * *
    memo, -a Esp
    adj
    stupid
    nm,f
    idiot, fool
    * * *
    fam
    I adj dumb fam
    II m, mema f idiot
    * * *
    memo, -ma adj
    : silly, stupid
    * * *
    memo1 adj silly [comp. sillier; superl. silliest]
    memo2 n idiot

    Spanish-English dictionary > memo

  • 29 leso

    adj.
    injured, hurt, offended.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) frm (=ofendido) hurt

    crimen de lesa majestad — lese-majesty, treason

    2) LAm * (=necio) simple, stupid

    hacer leso a algn Cono Sur to play a trick on sb

    * * *
    - sa adjetivo (Chi fam) dumb (colloq)
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo (Chi fam) dumb (colloq)
    * * *
    leso1 -sa
    ( Chi fam) dumb ( colloq)
    hacer leso a algn ( fam); to make a monkey out of sb ( colloq)
    leso2 -sa
    masculine, feminine
    ( Chi fam) fool
    hacerse el leso to act dumb o stupid, play the fool
    * * *

    leso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo (Chi fam) dumb (colloq);

    hacer leso a algn (fam) to make a monkey out of sb (colloq)

    * * *
    leso, -a adj
    1. Formal
    crimen de lesa humanidad crime against humanity;
    crimen de lesa patria high treason;
    delito de lesa majestad treason, lese-majesty
    2. Andes Fam [tonto] stupid, dumb
    * * *
    adj
    :
    delito de lesa majestad lese-majesty, treason

    Spanish-English dictionary > leso

  • 30 buey

    adj.
    dumb.
    m.
    1 ox.
    2 edible crab.
    3 idiot, imbecile.
    * * *
    1 ox, bullock
    \
    buey marino sea cow
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Zool) ox

    buey corneta And, Cono Sur one-horned ox; (fig) (=entrometido) busybody, nosey-parker *

    buey de marvariety of crab or crawfish

    buey muerto Caribe bargain

    2)

    chinches como bueyes — bedbugs the size of elephants, enormous bedbugs

    ser un buey para algo —

    3) LAm (=cornudo) cuckold
    4) Caribe (=dineral) big sum of money
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (Méx fam) dumb (colloq)
    II
    1) (Agr, Zool) ox

    hablar de bueyes perdidos — (RPl) to chat

    entre bueyes no hay cornadas — (RPl) birds of a feather stick together

    2) (Méx fam) ( idiota) idiot, imbecile (colloq)
    * * *
    = bullock, ox [oxen, -pl.].
    Ex. A mobile bullock cart library service and a 'barefoot library service' operating in rural areas of the country are also described.
    Ex. Harting primarily addresses the iconography of two altarpiece wings which depict a landscape with oxen and an ass.
    ----
    * carreta de bueyes = ox cart.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (Méx fam) dumb (colloq)
    II
    1) (Agr, Zool) ox

    hablar de bueyes perdidos — (RPl) to chat

    entre bueyes no hay cornadas — (RPl) birds of a feather stick together

    2) (Méx fam) ( idiota) idiot, imbecile (colloq)
    * * *
    = bullock, ox [oxen, -pl.].

    Ex: A mobile bullock cart library service and a 'barefoot library service' operating in rural areas of the country are also described.

    Ex: Harting primarily addresses the iconography of two altarpiece wings which depict a landscape with oxen and an ass.
    * carreta de bueyes = ox cart.

    * * *
    ( Méx fam) dumb ( colloq)
    A ( Agr, Zool) ox
    habló el buey y dijo mu ( fr hecha); when he opened his mouth what he said was a load of nonsense ( o when you open your mouth you come out with a load of nonsense etc)
    saber con qué bueyes se ara ( RPl): no lo va a hacer, sé con qué bueyes aro she won't do it, I know her o I know what she's like o I know what I'm talking about
    el buey suelto bien se lame there's nothing like freedom
    nunca falta un buey corneta ( RPl); there's always one! ( colloq)
    entre bueyes no hay cornadas ( RPl); birds of a feather stick together, there's honor among thieves
    Compuesto:
    musk ox ojo
    B ( Méx fam) (idiota) idiot, imbecile ( colloq)
    * * *

     

    buey sustantivo masculino (Agr, Zool) ox
    ■ adjetivo (Méx fam) dumb (colloq)
    buey m (animal doméstico) ox, bullock
    buey (de mar) (marisco) crab
    ' buey' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    uncir
    - ojo
    English:
    bullock
    - horse
    - ox
    - oxtail
    - port
    - steer
    * * *
    buey (pl bueyes)
    nm
    1. [mamífero] ox;
    trabajar como un buey to work like a slave;
    RP
    hablar de bueyes perdidos to chatter about nothing in particular;
    RP
    saber con qué bueyes se ara to know what sort of people one is dealing with;
    RP
    entre bueyes no hay cornadas birds of a feather stick together
    buey almizclero musk ox
    2. [crustáceo] edible crab, Br brown crab
    buey de mar edible crab, Br brown crab
    3. Méx Fam [hombre] guy;
    siempre vienen los mismos bueyes it's always the same guys who come
    interj
    Méx Fam
    ¿qué tal estás, buey? how are you doing, man o Br my son?;
    ¡espérame, buey! hang on, man o Br mate!
    * * *
    m ZO ox
    * * *
    buey nm
    : ox, steer
    * * *
    buey n ox [pl. oxen]

    Spanish-English dictionary > buey

  • 31 ceporro

    m.
    1 idiot, blockhead (informal).
    2 old stock.
    * * *
    1 (cepo) log
    2 figurado dimwit, blockhead
    \
    dormir como un ceporro figurado to sleep like a log
    * * *
    a)

    dormir como un ceporro — (fam) to sleep like a log

    b) (fam) ( persona torpe) dimwit
    * * *
    = asinine, dumb [dumber -comp., dumbest -sup.], thick [thicker -comp., thickest -sup.].
    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. Techniques such as the automatic detection of anaphora enable systems to appear to be intelligent rather than dumb.
    Ex. To call him thick is possibly the nicest thing you can say about the man.
    * * *
    a)

    dormir como un ceporro — (fam) to sleep like a log

    b) (fam) ( persona torpe) dimwit
    * * *
    = asinine, dumb [dumber -comp., dumbest -sup.], thick [thicker -comp., thickest -sup.].

    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: Techniques such as the automatic detection of anaphora enable systems to appear to be intelligent rather than dumb.
    Ex: To call him thick is possibly the nicest thing you can say about the man.

    * * *
    ( fam); dumb ( colloq), thick ( colloq)
    1 (tronco) old vine stock
    dormir como un ceporro ( fam); to sleep like a log
    estar como un ceporro to be very fat
    2 ( fam) (persona torpe) dimwit, thickhead ( colloq)
    * * *
    ceporro, -a Fam
    adj
    thick, dim
    nm,f
    1. [torpe] idiot, blockhead
    2. Comp
    dormir como un ceporro to sleep like a log
    * * *
    m, ceporra f
    1 fig
    idiot
    2
    :
    dormir como un ceporro sleep like a log

    Spanish-English dictionary > ceporro

  • 32 enmudecer

    v.
    1 to silence.
    2 to fall silent, to go quiet.
    3 to go speechless, to become dumb.
    El chico enmudeció de espanto The boy became dumb with fear.
    4 to dumbfound, to silence, to leave speechless.
    La sorpresa enmudeció a María The surprise dumbfounded Mary.
    5 to remain speechless, to become silent, to be dumbfounded, to clam up.
    Se me pasó estudiar para mañana I skipped studying for tomorrow's class.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ AGRADECER], like link=agradecer agradecer
    1 (hacer callar) to silence
    1 (quedar mudo) to be struck dumb; (perder la voz) to lose one's voice
    2 (callar) to fall silent, keep quiet
    * * *
    1.
    2.
    VI (=perder el habla) [gen] to go dumb; [por miedo, sorpresa] to be dumbstruck
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo to fall silent
    2.
    enmudecer vt to silence
    * * *
    = be speechless, be gobsmacked.
    Ex. Arriving at the Bouchaine Winery in early September, I was speechless as I glanced over the breathtaking views of the famous wine country for the first time.
    Ex. Lorene, who cut her spurs fighting for equal pay, said she was `absolutely gobsmacked' at having won the award.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo to fall silent
    2.
    enmudecer vt to silence
    * * *
    = be speechless, be gobsmacked.

    Ex: Arriving at the Bouchaine Winery in early September, I was speechless as I glanced over the breathtaking views of the famous wine country for the first time.

    Ex: Lorene, who cut her spurs fighting for equal pay, said she was `absolutely gobsmacked' at having won the award.

    * * *
    enmudecer [E3 ]
    vi
    to fall silent
    ■ enmudecer
    vt
    to silence
    * * *

    enmudecer ( conjugate enmudecer) verbo intransitivo
    to fall silent
    enmudecer
    I vi (quedar callado) to fall silent: enmudecimos de asombro, we were dumbstruck
    II verbo transitivo su interpretación enmudeció al público, his performance made the audience fall silent
    * * *
    vt
    to silence
    vi
    1. [callarse] to fall silent, to go quiet;
    [dejar de sonar] to fall silent;
    todos enmudecieron de asombro everyone stopped talking in astonishment;
    las sirenas enmudecieron the sirens fell silent
    2. [perder el habla] to be struck dumb
    * * *
    I v/t silence
    II v/i fall silent
    * * *
    enmudecer {53} vt
    : to mute, to silence
    : to fall silent
    * * *
    enmudecer vb to fall silent [pt. fell; pp. fallen]

    Spanish-English dictionary > enmudecer

  • 33 gili

    f. & m.
    1 pompous ass.
    2 pompous ass.
    * * *
    1 argot peyorativo→ link=gilipolla gilipolla
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (Esp fam) silly, dumb (colloq)
    II
    masculino y femenino (Esp fam) nerd (colloq), twit (colloq)
    * * *
    = daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.].
    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.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (Esp fam) silly, dumb (colloq)
    II
    masculino y femenino (Esp fam) nerd (colloq), twit (colloq)
    * * *
    = daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.].

    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.

    * * *
    ( Esp fam) silly, dumb ( colloq), daft ( BrE colloq)
    ( Esp fam)
    nerd ( colloq), twit ( colloq), twerp ( colloq), wally ( BrE colloq)
    * * *
    adj
    stupid
    nmf
    jerk, Br twit
    * * *
    adj fam
    dumb fam, silly;
    no seas gilí don’t be so dumb fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > gili

  • 34 hacerse el tonto

    * * *
    (v.) = act + dumb
    Ex. In fact, his success was directly attributable to how smart he was by acting dumb.
    * * *
    (v.) = act + dumb

    Ex: In fact, his success was directly attributable to how smart he was by acting dumb.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacerse el tonto

  • 35 gafo

    adj.
    1 infected with leprosy.
    2 indisposed with a contraction of the nerves.
    3 paralytic, tremulous. (Peru)
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: gafar.
    * * *
    gafo, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) LAm (=cansado) footsore
    2) Méx (=adormecido) numb
    3)

    estar gafo CAm * to be broke *

    4) Caribe (=no fiable) unreliable, erratic; (=bruto) ** thick *
    2.
    SM / F Caribe idiot
    gafa
    * * *
    - fa adjetivo (Ven fam) ( estúpido) dumb (colloq)
    * * *
    - fa adjetivo (Ven fam) ( estúpido) dumb (colloq)
    * * *
    gafo1 -fa
    ( Ven fam)
    2
    (cansón): no seas tan gafo stop being such a pain in the neck ( colloq)
    gafo2 -fa
    masculine, feminine
    ( Ven fam)
    1 (estúpido) dummy ( colloq), idiot ( colloq)
    2 (cansón) pain in the neck ( colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo gafar: ( conjugate gafar)

    gafo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    gafó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    gafar    
    gafo
    gafar ( conjugate gafar) verbo transitivo (Esp fam) to jinx
    gafo
    ◊ -fa adjetivo (Ven fam) ( estúpido) dumb (colloq)

    gafar vtr fam to put a jinx on: es mejor que no esté tu padre, nos gafa todas las actuaciones, it's just as well your dad isn't here - he always brings us bad luck

    * * *
    gafo, -a Ven Fam
    adj
    1. [tonto] dumb, dim-witted
    2. [ingenuo] innocent, naive
    3. [torpe] oafish, clumsy
    nm,f
    1. [tonto] dummy, dim-wit
    2. [ingenuo] innocent
    3. [torpe] clumsy oaf

    Spanish-English dictionary > gafo

  • 36 guanaco

    m.
    1 guanaco, S. (Zoology)
    2 salvadorian.
    * * *
    1 guanaco
    * * *
    guanaco, -a
    1.
    ADJ LAm * (=tonto) simple, silly; (=torpe) slow
    2. SM / F *
    1) LAm (=tonto) simpleton, dimwit *; (=campesino) rustic, bumpkin *
    2) CAm pey (=salvadoreño) Salvadorean
    3. SM
    1) (Zool) guanaco
    2) Cono Sur (=antidisturbios) water cannon
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (AmL fam) dumb (colloq)
    II
    1) (Zool) guanaco
    2) (Chi fam) ( de la policía) water cannon
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (AmL fam) dumb (colloq)
    II
    1) (Zool) guanaco
    2) (Chi fam) ( de la policía) water cannon
    * * *
    ( AmL fam) dumb ( colloq)
    ¡qué guanaco eres! ¡así no se hace! dumbo! that's not how you do it! ( colloq)
    A ( Zool) guanaco
    B ( Chi fam) (de la policía) water cannon
    guanaco3 -ca
    masculine, feminine
    ( Col fam pey) Guatemalan
    * * *

    guanaco sustantivo masculino
    1 (Zool) guanaco
    2 (Chi fam) ( de la policía) water cannon
    guanaco,-a
    I sustantivo masculino Zool guanaco
    II adj LAm dumb, stupid
    ' guanaco' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    guanaca
    * * *
    adj
    Am Fam [bobalicón] nitwit
    nm
    1. [animal] guanaco, wild llama
    2. Chile Fam [camión] water cannon
    * * *
    I adj L.Am. fam
    dumb fam, stupid
    II m ZO guanaco
    III m, guanaca f persona idiot
    * * *
    : guanaco

    Spanish-English dictionary > guanaco

  • 37 capirote

    m.
    1 hood (gorro).
    2 dunce cap, dunce's cap, foolscap.
    * * *
    1 (gen) hood; (de mujer) hennin
    2 (capirotazo) flip, flick
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Univ, Orn) hood
    2) (=golpe) flip, flick
    3)

    tonto de capirote — dunce, complete idiot

    4) (Culin) cloth strainer ( for coffee etc)
    * * *
    a) (Indum) pointed hood
    b) ( en cetrería) hood
    * * *
    Ex. She was determined that she would do her best to wriggle out from under the dunce cap he was trying to place on her.
    ----
    * tonto de capirote = blockhead, prize idiot.
    * * *
    a) (Indum) pointed hood
    b) ( en cetrería) hood
    * * *

    Ex: She was determined that she would do her best to wriggle out from under the dunce cap he was trying to place on her.

    * tonto de capirote = blockhead, prize idiot.

    * * *
    1 ( Indum) pointed hood
    ser tonto del capirote to be real dumb ( AmE colloq), to be as thick as two short planks ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

    capirote m (gorro) pointed hood
    ♦ Locuciones: ser tonto del capirote, to be really stupid o to be an utter fool
    ' capirote' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cucurucho
    English:
    hood
    * * *
    1. [gorro] pointed hood;
    Fam
    ser tonto de capirote to be a complete idiot
    2. [en cetrería] hood
    * * *
    m fam
    hood;
    ser tonto de capirote fam be dumb fam, be a complete idiot

    Spanish-English dictionary > capirote

  • 38 etiqueta de código de barras sin codificar

    (n.) = dumb barcode
    Ex. During the summer of 1987 the library began a massive barcoding of the library's circulating collection using a combination of smart and dumb barcodes prepared by the bibliographic utility UTLAS = Durante el verano de 1987 la biblioteca comenzó la codificación masiva de su colección de préstamo usando una mezcla de etiquetas de código de barras precodificadas y sin codificar preparadas por el servicio bibliográfico UTLAS.
    * * *

    Ex: During the summer of 1987 the library began a massive barcoding of the library's circulating collection using a combination of smart and dumb barcodes prepared by the bibliographic utility UTLAS = Durante el verano de 1987 la biblioteca comenzó la codificación masiva de su colección de préstamo usando una mezcla de etiquetas de código de barras precodificadas y sin codificar preparadas por el servicio bibliográfico UTLAS.

    Spanish-English dictionary > etiqueta de código de barras sin codificar

  • 39 hacerse el loco

    (v.) = act + dumb, turn + a blind eye to, pretend + not to have heard, pretend + not to have seen, turn + a deaf ear to
    Ex. In fact, his success was directly attributable to how smart he was by acting dumb.
    Ex. Teachers and librarians cannot afford to turn a blind eye to the literature a child is brought up with at home, no matter how anemic and worthless it may seem to be.
    Ex. The women will either look uncomfortable and make a hasty exit or will stand there with blank looks on their faces pretending not to have heard.
    Ex. She deliberately refused to rise to her feet when he entered a room as was customary, often pretending not to have seen him.
    Ex. This is not simply another story of the powerful and comfortable turning a deaf ear to the cries of the sick and poor.
    * * *
    (v.) = act + dumb, turn + a blind eye to, pretend + not to have heard, pretend + not to have seen, turn + a deaf ear to

    Ex: In fact, his success was directly attributable to how smart he was by acting dumb.

    Ex: Teachers and librarians cannot afford to turn a blind eye to the literature a child is brought up with at home, no matter how anemic and worthless it may seem to be.
    Ex: The women will either look uncomfortable and make a hasty exit or will stand there with blank looks on their faces pretending not to have heard.
    Ex: She deliberately refused to rise to her feet when he entered a room as was customary, often pretending not to have seen him.
    Ex: This is not simply another story of the powerful and comfortable turning a deaf ear to the cries of the sick and poor.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacerse el loco

  • 40 imbécil

    adj.
    imbecile, fatheaded, stupid, half-witted.
    f. & m.
    imbecile, idiot, blinking idiot, cretin.
    * * *
    2 familiar stupid, imbecile
    1 MEDICINA imbecile
    2 familiar idiot, imbecile
    * * *
    1. adj. 2. noun mf.
    2) idiot, fool
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=idiota) silly, stupid
    2) (Med) imbecile
    2. SMF
    1) (=idiota) imbecile, idiot

    ¡imbécil! — you idiot!

    2) (Med) imbecile
    * * *
    I
    a) (fam) ( tonto) stupid

    qué imbécil eres! — you're so stupid!, you're such an idiot!

    b) (Med) imbecilic
    II
    masculino y femenino
    a) (fam) ( tonto) stupid idiot, moron (colloq & pej)
    b) (Med) imbecile
    * * *
    = feeble minded, moron, twit, imbecile, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, arse, witless, mug, berk, prick, blockhead, nonce, jerk, dweeb, plonker.
    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. 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. Democracy's a nice idea in theory, if it wasn't for all the twits.
    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. 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. In fact, there was little doubt in his mind that Nigel was an arse of the highest order.
    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. 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. They'd all call him blockhead, the ribbing was endless.
    Ex. Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    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. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
    * * *
    I
    a) (fam) ( tonto) stupid

    qué imbécil eres! — you're so stupid!, you're such an idiot!

    b) (Med) imbecilic
    II
    masculino y femenino
    a) (fam) ( tonto) stupid idiot, moron (colloq & pej)
    b) (Med) imbecile
    * * *
    = feeble minded, moron, twit, imbecile, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, arse, witless, mug, berk, prick, blockhead, nonce, jerk, dweeb, plonker.

    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: 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: Democracy's a nice idea in theory, if it wasn't for all the twits.
    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: 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: In fact, there was little doubt in his mind that Nigel was an arse of the highest order.
    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: 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: They'd all call him blockhead, the ribbing was endless.
    Ex: Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    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: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.

    * * *
    1 ( fam) (tonto) stupid
    ¡qué imbécil eres! you're so stupid!, you're such an idiot!
    2 ( Med) imbecilic
    1 ( fam) (tonto) stupid idiot, moron ( colloq pej), imbecile ( colloq pej)
    2 ( Med) imbecile
    * * *

    imbécil adjetivo
    a) (fam) ( tonto) stupid

    b) (Med) imbecilic

    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    a) (fam) ( tonto) stupid idiot, moron (colloq & pej)

    b) (Med) imbecile

    imbécil
    I adjetivo stupid, silly
    II mf idiot, fool
    ' imbécil' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    capullo
    - trompo
    - boludo
    - huevón
    - pelota
    - verdadero
    English:
    absolute
    - berk
    - call
    - dead
    - dimwit
    - dope
    - feeble-minded
    - feel
    - git
    - halfwit
    - idiot
    - imbecile
    - jerk
    - knob
    - nitwit
    - perfect
    - raving
    - stupid
    - then
    - twit
    - wally
    - weak-minded
    - ass
    - moron
    - prat
    - sucker
    * * *
    adj
    1. [tonto] stupid
    2. [enfermo] imbecile
    nmf
    1. [tonto] idiot
    2. [enfermo] imbecile
    * * *
    I adj
    1 stupid
    2 MED imbecilic
    II m/f idiot, imbecile
    * * *
    : stupid, idiotic
    1) : imbecile
    2) fam : idiot, dope
    * * *
    imbécil1 adj stupid [comp. stupider; superl. stupidest]
    imbécil2 n idiot

    Spanish-English dictionary > imbécil

См. также в других словарях:

  • Dumb — Dumb, a. [AS. dumb; akin to D. dom stupid, dumb, Sw. dumb, Goth. dumbs; cf. Gr. ? blind. See {Deaf}, and cf. {Dummy}.] 1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes. [1913 Webster] To unloose the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dumb´ly — dumb «duhm», adjective, verb. –adj. 1. not able to speak: »dumb animals. Helen Keller learned to speak; she was blind and deaf but not dumb. 2. silenced for the moment by fear, surprise, shyness, or other emotion: »She was struck dumb with… …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Dumb — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda «Dumb» Canción de Nirvana álbum In Utero Publicación 21 de septiembre de 1993 …   Wikipedia Español

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  • dumb — dəm adj 1) lacking the human power of speech <dumb animals> 2) of a person often offensive lacking the ability to speak dumb·ly dəm lē adv dumb·ness n …   Medical dictionary

  • dumb — (adj.) O.E. dumb silent, unable to speak, from PIE *dheubh confusion, stupefaction, dizziness, from root *dheu (1) dust, mist, vapor, smoke, and related notions of defective perception or wits. The Old English, Old Saxon (dumb), Gothic (dumbs),… …   Etymology dictionary

  • dumb — ► ADJECTIVE 1) unable to speak; lacking the power of speech. 2) temporarily unable or unwilling to speak. 3) informal, chiefly N. Amer. stupid. 4) (of a computer terminal) having no independent processing capability. ► VERB 1) (dumb down) N …   English terms dictionary

  • Dumb — Dumb, v. t. To put to silence. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dumb — [adj1] unable to speak at a loss for words*, inarticulate, incoherent, mousy*, mum, mute, quiet, silent, soundless, speechless, tongue tied, uncommunicative, voiceless, wordless; concept 593 Ant. speaking dumb [adj2] stupid, unintelligent dense,… …   New thesaurus

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