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1 dunce
(a person who is slow at learning or stupid: I was an absolute dunce at school.) tontotr[dʌns]1 tonto,-a, burro,-adunce ['dʌnts] n: estúpido m, -da f; burro m, -rra f famn.• animal* s.m.• avestruz s.f.• babieca** s.f.• bestia* s.f.• bobalías s.f.pl.• bobo s.m.• camueso s.m.• tonto s.m.• zamacuco s.m.• zonzo s.m.• zopenco s.m.dʌnsnoun (pej) burro, -rra m,f[dʌns]N (Scol) zopenco(-a) m / f* * *[dʌns]noun (pej) burro, -rra m,f -
2 dunce cap
BrE dunce's cap noun capirote m, orejas fpl de burro* * *BrE dunce's cap noun capirote m, orejas fpl de burro -
3 animal
'æniməl1) (a living being which can feel things and move freely: man and other animals.) animal2) (an animal other than man: a book on man's attitude to animals; (also adjective) animal behaviour.) animal•animal n animal
animal adjetivo 1 ‹ instinto› animal ( before n) 2 (fam) ■ sustantivo masculinoa) (Zool) animal;( mascota) pet (— grosera) lout
animal
I sustantivo masculino
1 animal
2 fig (persona bruta, fuerte) brute (necio) dunce
II adjetivo animal ' animal' also found in these entries: Spanish: abandonar - abrir - acariciar - arisca - arisco - babear - bellota - bestia - bicha - bicho - brazo - buey - bufar - caballería - cadáver - callejera - callejero - calostro - caricia - cebar - cerda - cerdo - cola - congénere - consigo - cordera - cordero - cría - cruce - cruzar - cruzada - cruzado - cualquiera - cuarta - cuarto - degollar - despiece - deyección - disecar - diurna - diurno - domesticar - dopar - ejemplar - él - ella - enjaular - entrañas - fiera - fiero English: animal - antenna - baby - back - bellow - belly - bite - breed - brute - bugger - care for - coat - creep - cub - den - destroy - dig - domestic - domesticated - fierce - finish off - flamingo - flesh - forerunner - fur - furry - good-natured - habit - hardy - hide - host - house-train - instinct - kick - kill - lap - lap up - lead - lean - leg - magnetism - master - maul - milk - mistress - neck - neglect - nocturnal - nurture - pack-animaltr['ænɪməl]1 animal1 animal nombre masculino\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLanimal magnetism magnetismo animalanimal rights derechos nombre masculino plural de los animalesanimal ['ænəməl] n1) : animal m2) brute: bruto m, -ta fadj.• animal adj.n.• alimaña s.f.• animal s.m.
I 'ænəməl, 'ænɪməla) ( creature) animal m; (before n)animal lover — amante mf de los animales
b) ( brute) animal mf, bestia f
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['ænɪmǝl]1. N1) (=not plant) animal m2) (fig) (=thing) cosa f3) * pej (=person) animal * mf, bestia * mfyou animal! — ¡animal! *, ¡bestia! *
2.ADJ animal3.CPDanimal cracker N — (US) galletita f de animales
animal experiment N — experimento m con animales
animal fats NPL — grasas fpl de animal
animal husbandry N — cría f de animales
animal instinct N — instinto m animal
Animal Liberation Front N — (Brit) Frente m de Liberación Animal
animal liberationist N — miembro mf del Frente de Liberación de los Animales
animal lover N — amante mf de los animales
animal magnetism N — [of person] atracción f animal, magnetismo m salvaje
animal rights NPL — derechos mpl de los animales
animal rights campaigner N — activista mf por los derechos de los animales
animal rights movement N — movimiento m por los derechos de los animales
animal sanctuary N — centro m de acogida para animales
animal spirits NPL — vitalidad f
animal testing N — pruebas fpl de laboratorio con animales
animal welfare N — protección f de los animales
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I ['ænəməl, 'ænɪməl]a) ( creature) animal m; (before n)animal lover — amante mf de los animales
b) ( brute) animal mf, bestia f
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4 moron
tr['mɔːrɒn]2 SMALLMEDICINE/SMALL retrasado,-a mentalmoron ['mor.ɑn] n1) : retrasado m, -da f mental2) dunce: estúpido m, -da f; tonto m, -ta fn.• atrasado mental s.m.• imbécil s.m.• morón s.m.'mɔːrɑːn, 'mɔːrɒnnoun (colloq & pej) imbécil mf, tarado, -da m,f (fam)['mɔːrɒn]N1) * (=idiot) imbécil mf2) (Med, Psych) † retrasado(-a) m / f mental* * *['mɔːrɑːn, 'mɔːrɒn]noun (colloq & pej) imbécil mf, tarado, -da m,f (fam)
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dunce — ► NOUN ▪ a person who is slow at learning. ORIGIN originally a name for a follower of the 13th century Scottish theologian John Duns Scotus, whose followers were ridiculed by humanists and reformers as enemies of learning … English terms dictionary
dunce's cap — noun a cone shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils • Syn: ↑dunce cap, ↑fool s cap • Hypernyms: ↑hat, ↑chapeau, ↑lid * * * noun see dunce cap * * * … Useful english dictionary
dunce cap — noun a cone shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils • Syn: ↑dunce s cap, ↑fool s cap • Hypernyms: ↑hat, ↑chapeau, ↑lid * * * noun or … Useful english dictionary
dunce — noun a person who is slow at learning. Word History Dunce was originally a name for a follower of the 13th century Scottish theologian John Duns Scotus, whose system of theology and philosophy, known as scholasticism, with its emphasis on… … English new terms dictionary
dunce cap — noun a) A conical hat one is forced to wear to indicate he is a dunce. b) The topological space obtained by identifying the sides comprising the boundary of a triangle, two sides with consistent orientation and the third with the … Wiktionary
dunce hat — noun a) A conical hat one is forced to wear to indicate he is a dunce. b) The topological space obtained by identifying the sides comprising the boundary of a triangle, two sides with consistent orientation and the third with the reverse … Wiktionary
dunce's cap — ► NOUN ▪ a paper cone formerly put on the head of a dunce at school as a mark of disgrace … English terms dictionary
dunce cap — noun Date: 1840 a conical cap formerly used as a punishment for slow learners at school called also dunce s cap … New Collegiate Dictionary
dunce's cap — noun see dunce cap … New Collegiate Dictionary
dunce — noun Dunce is used before these nouns: ↑cap … Collocations dictionary
dunce — [ dʌns ] noun count OLD FASHIONED 1. ) HUMOROUS a stupid person 2. ) OFFENSIVE someone, especially a child, who has difficulty learning things … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English