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1 comportamiento necio y tonto
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2 jarana
f.1 rumpus, shindy (alboroto).2 noise, racket, din.3 spree, revel, high jinks, jinks.* * *2 (jaleo) racket, din\armar jarana to make a racketirse de jarana to go out on the town* * *SF1) * (=juerga) binge *andar/ir de jarana — to be/go out on the town
2) Méx (Mús) small guitar3) Perú (=baile) dance4) Caribe (=banda) dance band5) CAm (=deuda) debt6) And (=embuste) fib7) LAm (=broma) practical joke, hoaxla jarana sale a la cara — CAm a joke can come back on you
* * *1) (fam)a) ( bromas)basta de jarana — that's enough fun and games o fooling around (colloq)
b) ( juerga)salir de jarana — to go out on the town o out partying (colloq)
3)b) (Per) ( fiesta) party ( with folk music)* * *= fireworks, high jinks [hijinks], horseplay, hijinks [high jinks], revels, partying, beano.Ex. 'You know, Tom, if I ever find another job -- and I'm already looking -- there will be some fireworks around here before I leave, I can guarantee you that!'.Ex. The novel has a striking emphasis on matters such high jinks, horseplay, capers, and antics.Ex. The novel has a striking emphasis on matters such high jinks, horseplay, capers, and antics.Ex. Again and again, the author races past important events in Evans' life in order to dwell on all his bedroom conquests and juvenile hijinks.Ex. Virtually all of the revels at court and many of the temporary, purpose built banqueting houses used to celebrate diplomatic occasions between 1543 and 1559 were produced and built under the supervision of Sir Thomas Cawarden.Ex. The party raged into the early morning hours drawing the attention of police, who have increased patrols in the area because of end of the year partying.Ex. Things take a turn for the unexpected, however, when Herman suggests that the three of them head off for a beano by the sea.----* de jarana = out on the town, a (late) night out on the town.* irse de jarana = paint + the town red, go out on + the town.* salir de jarana = paint + the town red, go out on + the town.* * *1) (fam)a) ( bromas)basta de jarana — that's enough fun and games o fooling around (colloq)
b) ( juerga)salir de jarana — to go out on the town o out partying (colloq)
3)b) (Per) ( fiesta) party ( with folk music)* * *= fireworks, high jinks [hijinks], horseplay, hijinks [high jinks], revels, partying, beano.Ex: 'You know, Tom, if I ever find another job -- and I'm already looking -- there will be some fireworks around here before I leave, I can guarantee you that!'.
Ex: The novel has a striking emphasis on matters such high jinks, horseplay, capers, and antics.Ex: The novel has a striking emphasis on matters such high jinks, horseplay, capers, and antics.Ex: Again and again, the author races past important events in Evans' life in order to dwell on all his bedroom conquests and juvenile hijinks.Ex: Virtually all of the revels at court and many of the temporary, purpose built banqueting houses used to celebrate diplomatic occasions between 1543 and 1559 were produced and built under the supervision of Sir Thomas Cawarden.Ex: The party raged into the early morning hours drawing the attention of police, who have increased patrols in the area because of end of the year partying.Ex: Things take a turn for the unexpected, however, when Herman suggests that the three of them head off for a beano by the sea.* de jarana = out on the town, a (late) night out on the town.* irse de jarana = paint + the town red, go out on + the town.* salir de jarana = paint + the town red, go out on + the town.* * *A ( fam)12C* * *
jarana sustantivo femenino
1 (fam)a) ( bromas):◊ basta de jarana that's enough fun and games o fooling around (colloq)b) ( juerga):◊ salir de jarana to go out on the town o out partying (colloq)
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jarana f fam (juerga) binge, spree
' jarana' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
pachanga
English:
revelry
* * *jarana nfFamirse de jarana to go out on the town2. [alboroto] rumpus;se organizó una gran jarana all hell broke loose* * *f fam1 partying fam ;irse de jarana go out on the town fam, go out partying fam2 ( alboroto) racket* * *jarana nf3) : small guitar -
3 tontería
f.1 foolish thing to say, silly thing to say, silly remark, dumb comment.2 foolish thing to do, dumb action, foolish act, foolish action.3 silliness, stupidness, foolishness, dumbheadedness.* * *1 (calidad de tonto) stupidity, silliness2 (dicho, hecho) silly thing, stupid thing3 (insignificancia) trifle4 (regalito) little something\decir tonterías to talk nonsense■ ¡déjate de tonterías! stop messing about!hacer tonterías to mess about, fool around* * *noun f.foolishness, stupidity* * *SF1) (=dicho)eso son tonterías, eso es una tontería — that's nonsense o rubbish o ( esp EEUU) garbage
decir tonterías — to talk nonsense o rubbish o ( esp EEUU) garbage
¡qué tontería acabas de decir! — that was a silly thing to say!
¡déjate de tonterías! — don't be silly!, don't talk nonsense!
2) (=acto)hacer una tontería — to do a silly thing o something silly
no hace nada más que tonterías — he's always doing silly things o being silly
3) (=insignificancia) silly little thingcualquier tontería le afecta — he gets upset over any silly little thing o the slightest thing
4) (=remilgo)5) (=cualidad) silliness, foolishness* * *a) ( cosa tonta) silly o stupid thing; ( dicho tonto) silly remarkb) ( cosa insignificante) silly thing, small thingoye, que cien mil pesos no son ninguna tontería — come on, a hundred thousand pesos is no small sum
c) ( cualidad) stupidity* * *= silliness, balderdash, humbug.Ex. The 'Good Times' virus hoax was the precursor of this particular form of silliness.Ex. I am concerned with matters of consequence, I don't amuse myself with balderdash.Ex. That is what he does now, only now there is a lot of palaver and humbug and pretense of deliberation, which the bill proposes to continue, but which everybody can see would be a false pretense.----* cometer una tontería = pull + stunt.* decir tonterías = talk + rubbish, talk + nonsense, talk through + Posesivo + hat.* tonterías = drivel, nonsense, baloney, blather, piffle, palaver, moonshine, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk, hogwash.Ex. The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.* tonterías al cuadrado = nonsense on stilts.* una tontería = a little something.* * *a) ( cosa tonta) silly o stupid thing; ( dicho tonto) silly remarkb) ( cosa insignificante) silly thing, small thingoye, que cien mil pesos no son ninguna tontería — come on, a hundred thousand pesos is no small sum
c) ( cualidad) stupidity* * *= silliness, balderdash, humbug.Ex: The 'Good Times' virus hoax was the precursor of this particular form of silliness.
Ex: I am concerned with matters of consequence, I don't amuse myself with balderdash.Ex: That is what he does now, only now there is a lot of palaver and humbug and pretense of deliberation, which the bill proposes to continue, but which everybody can see would be a false pretense.* cometer una tontería = pull + stunt.* decir tonterías = talk + rubbish, talk + nonsense, talk through + Posesivo + hat.* tonterías = drivel, nonsense, baloney, blather, piffle, palaver, moonshine, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk, hogwash.Ex: The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.* tonterías al cuadrado = nonsense on stilts.* una tontería = a little something.* * *1 (cosa tonta) silly o stupid thing; (dicho tonto) silly o stupid o foolish remark¡cuántas tonterías se cometen de joven! the (silly) things we do when we're young!siempre sale con alguna tontería he always comes out with some stupid remarkfue una tontería no aceptar it was stupid not to acceptdéjate de tonterías que estamos tratando de trabajar en serio stop being silly o stop fooling around, we're trying to get some serious work done¡tonterías! nonsense!2 (cosa insignificante) silly thing, small thingpor cualquier tontería se enfada she gets angry over the slightest little thingoye, que cien mil pesos no son ninguna tontería come on, a hundred thousand pesos is no small sum3 (cualidad) stupidity* * *
tontería sustantivo femenino
( dicho tonto) silly remark;◊ ¡déjate de tonterías! stop fooling around;
¡tonterías! nonsense!
tontería sustantivo femenino
1 (acción, cosa) silly thing: ¡deja de decir tonterías!, stop talking nonsense!
(cosa sin importancia) trifle, small thing: le compré una tontería, I bought her a little something
me regañaron por una tontería, they told me off over something silly
2 (cualidad) stupidity, foolishness, silliness
' tontería' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
admitir
- bobada
- caer
- colmo
- desatino
- eso
- follón
- gilipollez
- mayor
- mosquearse
- saltar
- soberana
- soberano
- solemne
- soltar
- supina
- supino
- tontedad
- tontera
- tontuna
- valiente
- jalada
- macana
- payasada
- pelear
- ridiculez
- simpleza
English:
absurd
- stupidity
* * *1. [estupidez] stupid thing;ha sido una tontería no presentarse al examen it was stupid not to take the exam;decir una tontería to say something stupid;eso son tonterías that's nonsense;decir tonterías to talk nonsense;hacer una tontería to do something stupid;hizo la tontería de decírselo she was stupid enough to tell him;¡cuánta tontería hay en el mundo! people can be really stupid sometimes!2. [cosa sin importancia o valor] trifle;no es ninguna tontería [va en serio] it's serious;[no está mal] it's not bad at all;¿qué te ha pasado? – nada, una tontería what happened to you? – oh, it's nothing serious;por hacer cuatro tonterías me ha cobrado 1.000 pesos he charged me 1,000 pesos for doing next to nothing* * *f figstupid odumb famthing;tonterías pl nonsense sg* * *tontería nf1) : foolishness2) : stupid remark or action3)decir tonterías : to talk nonsense* * *tontería n1. (acción, dicho) silly thing¡qué tontería! how silly!2. (cosa insignificante) little thing -
4 cachondeo
m.1 joke (Pejorative).tomarse algo a cachondeo to treat something as a joke2 mockery, joke, farce joke.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: cachondear.* * *\armar cachondeo familiar to lark aboutestar de cachondeo to be jokingirse de cachondeo to go out on the towntomarse algo a cachondeo familiar to treat something as a joke* * *masculino (Esp fam)venga, menos cachondeo — come on, less of this fooling around
¿qué cachondeo es éste? — is this some kind of a joke? (colloq)
* * *= joking, teasing.Ex. In some instance the joking or teasing is only verbal, in others it includes horseplay; in some it includes elments of obscenity, it others not.Ex. In some instances the joking or teasing is only verbal, in others it includes horseplay; in some it includes elments of obscenity, it others not.----* de cachondeo = teasingly.* ¿estás de cachondeo? = you must be joking!, you must be kidding!.* * *masculino (Esp fam)venga, menos cachondeo — come on, less of this fooling around
¿qué cachondeo es éste? — is this some kind of a joke? (colloq)
* * *= joking, teasing.Ex: In some instance the joking or teasing is only verbal, in others it includes horseplay; in some it includes elments of obscenity, it others not.
Ex: In some instances the joking or teasing is only verbal, in others it includes horseplay; in some it includes elments of obscenity, it others not.* de cachondeo = teasingly.* ¿estás de cachondeo? = you must be joking!, you must be kidding!.* * *1(juerga, broma): eso no puede ser, hombre, tú estás de cachondeo oh come on, that's just not possible, you're putting ( AmE) o ( BrE) having me on ( colloq)todo se lo toma a cachondeo he treats everything as a jokevenga, menos cachondeo y a ver si empezáis a trabajar come on, less of this fooling around and let's see you get down to some work¡qué cachondeo nos llevábamos en clase de historia! what a laugh we used to have in the history class!, we used to really lark around in the history class2(tomadura de pelo): el debate fue un cachondeo, todos hablaban al mismo tiempo the debate was a farce o a joke, everyone was talking at once¿qué cachondeo es éste? what the hell's going on here? ( colloq), is this some kind of a joke? ( colloq)esto es un cachondeo, lleva dos horas de retraso this is ridiculous o a joke, it's two hours late!* * *
Del verbo cachondearse: ( conjugate cachondearse)
me cachondeo es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
se cachondeó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
cachondeo sustantivo masculino (Esp fam):
se lo toma a cachondeo he treats it as a joke
cachondeo sustantivo masculino familiar
1 (risa, diversión) messing about: ¡menos cachondeo!, settle down!
2 (desorden, falta de seriedad) el transporte público es un cachondeo, public transport is a joke
♦ Locuciones: estar de cachondeo, to be joking
tomar algo a cachondeo, to take sthg as a joke
* * *cachondeo nmEsp Famirse de cachondeo to go out on the town;ya está bien de cachondeo, vamos a ponernos a estudiar that's enough fooling o larking about, let's get down to some studying;se llevan un cachondeo enorme con sus nuevos vecinos they get on like a house on fire with their new neighbours;se llevan mucho cachondeo con mi nuevo sombrero they think my new hat is a great laugh2. [broma] joke;tomarse algo a cachondeo to treat sth as a joke;no le hagas caso, está de cachondeo don't pay any attention to him, he's having you on;me voy a vivir a Nepal, y no estoy de cachondeo I'm going to live in Nepal and I'm not kidding you¡este gobierno es un cachondeo! this government is a joke!* * *m:estar de cachondeo fam be joking;tomar a cachondeo fam take as a joke;¡vaya cachondeo! fam what a laugh! fam -
5 tontear
v.1 to act the fool, to fool about, to fool around (hacer el tonto).2 to act the fool on.Me tontea el estudiante nuevo The new student acts the fool on me.* * *1 (decir tonterías) to act the clown, fool about2 (galantear) to flirt* * *verb* * *verbo intransitivoa) ( hacer el tonto) to play the fool; ( decir tonterías) to talk nonsenseb) ( flirtear) to fool around (colloq)* * *= fool around, horse around/about, muck around/about.Ex. For those professional fools, the clowns, fooling around is serious business.Ex. Angus has a lot of energy -- he is always horsing around with his foster brothers and sister.Ex. Rather than spend the money on the navy we could stop mucking about with wind farms and build more proper power stations.----* tontear con = mess with, fool around with.* * *verbo intransitivoa) ( hacer el tonto) to play the fool; ( decir tonterías) to talk nonsenseb) ( flirtear) to fool around (colloq)* * *= fool around, horse around/about, muck around/about.Ex: For those professional fools, the clowns, fooling around is serious business.
Ex: Angus has a lot of energy -- he is always horsing around with his foster brothers and sister.Ex: Rather than spend the money on the navy we could stop mucking about with wind farms and build more proper power stations.* tontear con = mess with, fool around with.* * *tontear [A1 ]vi1 (hacer el tonto) to play the fool, mess around; (decir tonterías) to talk nonsense2 (flirtear) to fool around ( colloq), to flirt* * *
tontear ( conjugate tontear) verbo intransitivo
( decir tonterías) to talk nonsense
tontear verbo intransitivo
1 (hacer tonterías) to play the fool, to fool about
2 (coquetear) to flirt
' tontear' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
lesear
- monerías
English:
cavort
* * *tontear vi1. [hacer el tonto] to fool about* * *v/i fam2 ( coquetear) flirt* * *tontear vi1) : to fool around, to play the fool2) : to flirt -
6 zanganear
v.1 to laze about (informal).2 to loaf around, to idle, to laze around, to loaf.* * *1 to loaf around* * *verbo intransitivo (fam) to loaf o laze around (colloq)* * *= fool around, horse around/about.Ex. For those professional fools, the clowns, fooling around is serious business.Ex. Angus has a lot of energy -- he is always horsing around with his foster brothers and sister.* * *verbo intransitivo (fam) to loaf o laze around (colloq)* * *= fool around, horse around/about.Ex: For those professional fools, the clowns, fooling around is serious business.
Ex: Angus has a lot of energy -- he is always horsing around with his foster brothers and sister.* * *zanganear [A1 ]vi* * *
zanganear verbo intransitivo to drone, idle, loaf, waste one's time
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7 payasear
v.1 to monkey around, to camp it up, to clown about, to clown.2 to clown at.Te payasea el alumno The student clowns at you.* * *VI LAm to clown around* * *verbo intransitivo (AmL fam) to clown around (colloq)* * *= fool around.Ex. For those professional fools, the clowns, fooling around is serious business.* * *verbo intransitivo (AmL fam) to clown around (colloq)* * *= fool around.Ex: For those professional fools, the clowns, fooling around is serious business.
* * *payasear [A1 ]vi* * *
payasear ( conjugate payasear) verbo intransitivo (AmL fam) to clown around (colloq)
' payasear' also found in these entries:
English:
clown
* * *payasear viAm Fam to clown o fool around* * *v/i L.Am.clown around* * *payasear vi: to clown around -
8 hacer el tonto
[a propósito]to act the fool, play the fool; [sin querer]to be a fool* * *(v.) = fool around, horse around/aboutEx. For those professional fools, the clowns, fooling around is serious business.Ex. Angus has a lot of energy -- he is always horsing around with his foster brothers and sister.* * *(v.) = fool around, horse around/aboutEx: For those professional fools, the clowns, fooling around is serious business.
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9 hacer el monigote
to fool around, clown around* * *(v.) = fool aroundEx. For those professional fools, the clowns, fooling around is serious business.* * *(v.) = fool aroundEx: For those professional fools, the clowns, fooling around is serious business.
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10 hacer patochadas
v.to fool around.* * *(v.) = fool aroundEx. For those professional fools, the clowns, fooling around is serious business.* * *(v.) = fool aroundEx: For those professional fools, the clowns, fooling around is serious business.
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11 bola
f.1 ball (esfera).bola de alcanfor mothballbola de billar billiard ballbola de cristal crystal ballbola del mundo globebola de naftalina mothballbola de nieve snowball2 fib (informal) (mentira).contar bolas to fib, to tell fibs3 rumor (informal).corre la bola por ahí de que te has echado novio they say you've got yourself a boyfriend4 shoe polish. ( Latin American Spanish)5 shoeblacking, shoe polish, shoe cream.6 scoop of ice cream.7 polishing, shoe polishing.8 tall story, cock-and-bull story, snow job.9 lie, porky, porky pie.* * *1 (gen) ball2 familiar fib, lie\bola de nieve snowballbola de cristal crystal ball* * *noun f.1) ball2) lie, fib* * *SF1) (=cuerpo esférico) ball; [de helado] scoop; (=canica) marblebola de fuego — (Mil) fireball; (Meteo) ball lightning
pie 2), queso 1)bola de tempestad, bola de tormenta — storm signal
2) (Dep) ball; [de petanca] boule- andar como bola huacha- dar bolase lo he dicho mil veces pero no me da bola — I've told him a thousand times but he doesn't take any notice o a blind bit of notice
¡dale bola! — what, again!
- parar bolasno me paró bolas — he didn't take any notice, he didn't pay attention
- pasar la bolabola de billar — billiard ball, snooker ball
bola de partido — Esp (Tenis) match ball
bola de set — Esp (Tenis) set point
3) [en lana, algodón] bobblehacerse bolas — [jersey, abrigo] to get bobbly; Méx * [persona] to get o.s. tied up in knots
5) ** (=cabeza) nut *, noggin (EEUU) **- en bolasaquí todo el mundo va o está en bolas — everyone goes round naked o in the nude here
- hasta las bolasme tiene hasta las bolas con sus tonterías — I'm pissed off with his fooling around ***, I've had it up to here with his fooling around *
- pillar a algn en bolas7) * (=mentira) fib¡vaya bola que nos metiste! — what a fib you told us!
¡qué bola más grande! — what a whopper! *
¿no te habrás tragado esa bola? — you didn't swallow that one, did you? *, you didn't fall for it, did you? *
8) (=rumor)¿quién ha corrido la bola de que se van a vivir al extranjero? — who's been spreading the word that they're going to move abroad?
9) Méx10) (Naipes) (grand) slam11) (Náut) signal (with discs)12) (Tip) golf ball13) (Mec) ball bearing* * *1)a) ( cuerpo redondo) ball; ( de helado) scoopb) (Dep) ball; ( de petanca) boule; ( canica) (Col, Per) marbleparar or poner bolas — (Col fam) to pay attention, listen up (AmE colloq)
tener la cabeza como una bola de billar — to be as bald as a cue ball (AmE) o (BrE) as bald as a coot (colloq)
c) bolas femenino plural (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) ( testículos) balls (pl) (colloq or vulg)estar en bolas — (fam o vulg) to be stark naked (colloq)
estar hasta las bolas — (vulg) to be pissed off (sl)
hacerse bolas con algo — (Méx) to get in a mess over something
pillar a alguien en bolas — (fam o vulg) to catch somebody with their pants (AmE) o (BrE) trousers down (colloq)
d) (fam) ( músculo - del brazo) biceps; (- de la pantorrilla) calf musclesacar bola — (Esp) to flex one's muscles
2) (fam) ( mentira) lie, fib (colloq)contar/decir bolas — to fib (colloq), to tell fibs (colloq)
se tragó la bola! — she swallowed it! (colloq)
3) (Andes, RPl fam) ( atención)4) (Méx fam) ( montón)una bola de — loads of (colloq)
5) (Méx) revolution, uprising ( esp the Mexican Revolution)armarse la bola — (Méx)
se armó la bola — all hell broke loose (colloq)
* * *= fib, fibbing, ball.Ex. Democracy's most acute failures tend to result from power brokers who tell big fibs about the distribution of power.Ex. When it comes to fibbing, women are far ahead of their male counterparts, a new survey has revealed.Ex. People are positively delighted to find that there are motion picture loops on how to throw a ball properly, art slides, and all this sort of thing.----* bañarse en bolas = skinny dip.* bola de alcanfor = mothball, moth crystal, camphor ball.* bola de barro = mudpie.* bola de cristal = crystal ball.* bola de cristal con nieve dentro = snow globe.* bola de hacer punto = knitting yarn.* bola de molienda = grinding ball.* bola de naftalina = mothball, moth crystal, camphor ball.* bola para el control del cursor en pantalla = trackball.* decir bolas = fib.* echar la bola a rodar = get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling.* efecto bola de nieve = snowball effect.* en bolas = stark naked, in the nod, in the buff.* hacer una bola con Algo = ball + Nombre + up.* mantener la bola rodando = keep + the ball rolling.* mirar la bola de cristal = gaze into + crystal ball.* parada de bola = fielding.* * *1)a) ( cuerpo redondo) ball; ( de helado) scoopb) (Dep) ball; ( de petanca) boule; ( canica) (Col, Per) marbleparar or poner bolas — (Col fam) to pay attention, listen up (AmE colloq)
tener la cabeza como una bola de billar — to be as bald as a cue ball (AmE) o (BrE) as bald as a coot (colloq)
c) bolas femenino plural (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) ( testículos) balls (pl) (colloq or vulg)estar en bolas — (fam o vulg) to be stark naked (colloq)
estar hasta las bolas — (vulg) to be pissed off (sl)
hacerse bolas con algo — (Méx) to get in a mess over something
pillar a alguien en bolas — (fam o vulg) to catch somebody with their pants (AmE) o (BrE) trousers down (colloq)
d) (fam) ( músculo - del brazo) biceps; (- de la pantorrilla) calf musclesacar bola — (Esp) to flex one's muscles
2) (fam) ( mentira) lie, fib (colloq)contar/decir bolas — to fib (colloq), to tell fibs (colloq)
se tragó la bola! — she swallowed it! (colloq)
3) (Andes, RPl fam) ( atención)4) (Méx fam) ( montón)una bola de — loads of (colloq)
5) (Méx) revolution, uprising ( esp the Mexican Revolution)armarse la bola — (Méx)
se armó la bola — all hell broke loose (colloq)
* * *= fib, fibbing, ball.Ex: Democracy's most acute failures tend to result from power brokers who tell big fibs about the distribution of power.
Ex: When it comes to fibbing, women are far ahead of their male counterparts, a new survey has revealed.Ex: People are positively delighted to find that there are motion picture loops on how to throw a ball properly, art slides, and all this sort of thing.* bañarse en bolas = skinny dip.* bola de alcanfor = mothball, moth crystal, camphor ball.* bola de barro = mudpie.* bola de cristal = crystal ball.* bola de cristal con nieve dentro = snow globe.* bola de hacer punto = knitting yarn.* bola de molienda = grinding ball.* bola de naftalina = mothball, moth crystal, camphor ball.* bola para el control del cursor en pantalla = trackball.* decir bolas = fib.* echar la bola a rodar = get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling.* efecto bola de nieve = snowball effect.* en bolas = stark naked, in the nod, in the buff.* hacer una bola con Algo = ball + Nombre + up.* mantener la bola rodando = keep + the ball rolling.* mirar la bola de cristal = gaze into + crystal ball.* parada de bola = fielding.* * *A1 (cuerpo redondo) ball; (de helado) scoopse hacen bolas con la masa form the dough into ballsel gato estaba hecho una bolita en el sofá the cat was curled up (in a little ball) on the sofase me hizo una bola en el estómago I got a knot in my stomachtengo una bola en el estómago de haber comido tan rápido I ate too fast, my stomach feels heavyte vas a poner como una bola you're going to get very fatalgunos tejidos se hacen bolas some materials get o go bobblymáquina de escribir de bola golf ball typewriterandar como bola huacha ( Chi fam): ando como bola huacha I'm at a loss, I don't know what to do with myselfcomo bola sin manija ( RPl fam): me tiene como bola sin manija he has me running about from pillar to postdesde que se mudaron los amigos anda como bola sin manija since his friends moved away he's been at a complete loss o he's been wandering around like a lost soul o he hasn't known what to do with himselfecharse la bolita ( Méx); to pass the buckpare bolas, que le estoy hablando pay attention when I'm talking to youle advertí, pero no me puso bolas I warned him, but he didn't take the slightest notice ( colloq)(pelado) como una bola de billar ( RPl); as bald as a coot ( colloq), bald as a cue ball ( AmE) o ( BrE) billiard balltener la cabeza como una bola de billar to be as bald as a coot ( colloq), to be as bald as a cue ball ( AmE) o ( BrE) billiard ballme da por las bolas que me empujen it really gets on my nerves o up my nose when people push me ( colloq), it really pisses me off when people push me (sl)hacerse bolas con algo ( Méx); to get in a mess over sthpillar a algn en bolas to catch sb on the hop ( colloq), to catch sb with their pants ( AmE) o ( BrE) trousers down ( colloq)sacar bola to flex one's musclesCompuestos:crystal ballsnowballmatch pointset pointme metió una bola he told me a fibcorre la bola de que … (the) word is that …, word has it that …, it's going round that …C(Andes, RPI fam) (atención): se lo dije pero él no me dio bola or pero él, ni bola I told him, but he didn't take the slightest bit o ( BrE) a blind bit of notice ( colloq)Duna bola de libros stacks o loads of books ( colloq)EF ( Méx) revolution, uprising ( esp the Mexican Revolution)armarse la bola ( Méx): cuando marcaron el penalty se armó la bola when they scored from the penalty all hell broke loose ( colloq)¿por qué se armó la bola? — porque no había boletos what was all the fuss about? — there were no tickets left ( colloq)* * *
bola sustantivo femenino
1 ( cuerpo redondo) ball;
( de helado) scoop;
(Dep) ball;
( de petanca) boule;
( canica) (Col, Per) marble;
bola de nieve snowball;
bola de partido/de set match/set point
2◊ bolas sustantivo femenino plural (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) ( testículos) balls (pl) (colloq or vulg);
estar en bolas (fam or vulg) to be stark naked (colloq);
hacerse bolas con algo (Méx) to get in a mess over sth
3 (fam) ( mentira) lie, fib (colloq);
contar/decir bolas to fib (colloq), to tell fibs (colloq)
4 (Méx fam) ( montón):◊ una bola de loads of (colloq)
bola sustantivo femenino
1 ball
(canica) marble
2 fam (mentira) fib
♦ Locuciones: correr la bola, to spread a rumour
(desprevenido) without warning
no dar pie con bola, to be unable to do anything right
vulgar en bolas, (desnudo) naked
' bola' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
billar
- borla
- terráquea
- terráqueo
- efecto
- granizo
- hueco
- ratón
English:
ball
- bowl
- crystal ball
- dip
- dumpling
- mothball
- pellet
- scoop
- snowball
- crumple
- crystal
- fib
- into
- putt
- roll-on
- track
* * *bola nf1. [esfera] ball;[de helado] scoop;tengo una bola en el estómago my stomach feels bloated;si sigues comiendo pasteles te pondrás como una bola if you carry on eating cakes, you'll get fat;dejar rodar la bola to let it ridebola de alcanfor mothball;bola de cristal crystal ball;bola de fuego fireball;bola del mundo globe;bola de naftalina mothball;bola de nieve snowball;Figconvertirse en una bola de nieve to snowball2. [pelota] ball;[canica] marble; Esp Famno tocar o [m5]rascar bola: se pasó el partido entero sin tocar o [m5] rascar bola he didn't do a single thing in the whole match;no dio pie con bola he didn't do o get a thing rightbola de billar billiard ball;bola de break [en tenis] break point;Ven bolas criollas bowls [singular];bola de juego [en tenis] game point;bola jugadora [en billar] cue ball;bola de partido [en tenis] match point;bola de set [en tenis] set pointcontar bolas to fib, to tell fibs;me intentó meter una bola she tried to tell me a fib;esa bola no me la trago I'm not going to fall for that one4. Fam [rumor]corre la bola por ahí de que te has echado novio they say you've got yourself a boyfriend;¡corre la bola!, nos van a poner un examen mañana they're going to give us an exam tomorrow, pass it on!Ven Famecharle bolas: tienes que echarle bolas al asunto you really need to put some oomph o guts into it;Fampillar a alguien en bolas [sin nada, desprevenido] to catch sb out;¡me has pillado en bolas!, ¡no tengo ni idea! you've got me there, I haven't a clue!;el profesor nos pilló en bolas the teacher caught us unprepared;RP muy Fam8. Am [betún] shoe polishen bola [en grupo] in a crowd, as a group13. FamEspa mi/tu/su bola: nosotros trabajando y él, a su bola we were working and there he was, just doing his own thing;Bol, RPandar como bola sin manija to wander around;Vende bola que sí sure, you bet your life;Méx Méxhacerse bolas to get muddled up;RP RPdar bola a alguien to pay attention to sb;nadie le da bola al nuevo compañero nobody takes any notice of our new colleague;nunca le dio bola a su hijo she never showed any interest in her son;Andes, Venparar bola a alguien to pay attention to sb;RPtener bolas [ser valiente] to have guts;[ser lento] to be slow o thick* * *f1 ball;no dar pie con bola get everything wrong;dejar que ruede la bola fig let things take their course2 TÉC ball bearing3 de helado scoop4 fam ( mentira) fib fam5:en bolas fam stark naked* * *bola nf1) : ballbola de nieve: snowballuna bola de rateros: a bunch of thieves* * *bola n1. (esfera) ball2. (mentira) lie -
12 hacer payasadas
v.to play the clown, to cut up, to clown about, to clown.* * *(v.) = fool aroundEx. For those professional fools, the clowns, fooling around is serious business.* * *(v.) = fool aroundEx: For those professional fools, the clowns, fooling around is serious business.
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13 tontear con
(v.) = mess with, fool around withEx. Once music is digitized you can filter it, bend it, archive it, rearrange it, remix it, mess with it.Ex. When you start fooling around with drugs, you're hurting your creativity, you're hurting your health -- drugs are death, in one form or another.* * *(v.) = mess with, fool around withEx: Once music is digitized you can filter it, bend it, archive it, rearrange it, remix it, mess with it.
Ex: When you start fooling around with drugs, you're hurting your creativity, you're hurting your health -- drugs are death, in one form or another. -
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15 payaso
adj.clownish.m.clown, patch, joker, buffoon.* * *► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (artista de circo) clown2 familiar joker\hacer el payaso familiar to clown around* * *payaso, -aSM / F clown (tb fig)* * *- sa masculino, femeninoa) (Espec) clownhacer or hacerse el payaso — to clown around (colloq)
b) ( persona - cómica) clown, comedian; (- poco seria) joker (colloq & pej)* * *= clown, buffoon, joker.Ex. The article 'Every picture tells a story' describes a new labelling system for the categorisation of library materials which includes a star-shaped badge for Westerns, a flower for gardening and plants, a tank for war, and a clown's face for 'funny stories'.Ex. It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.Ex. However, it is concluded that sociology's role as an 'undisciplined joker' in the scientific realm may itself have value.* * *- sa masculino, femeninoa) (Espec) clownhacer or hacerse el payaso — to clown around (colloq)
b) ( persona - cómica) clown, comedian; (- poco seria) joker (colloq & pej)* * *= clown, buffoon, joker.Ex: The article 'Every picture tells a story' describes a new labelling system for the categorisation of library materials which includes a star-shaped badge for Westerns, a flower for gardening and plants, a tank for war, and a clown's face for 'funny stories'.
Ex: It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.Ex: However, it is concluded that sociology's role as an 'undisciplined joker' in the scientific realm may itself have value.* * *payaso -samasculine, feminine1 ( Espec) clownhacer or hacerse el payaso to clown around ( colloq)* * *
payaso◊ -sa sustantivo masculino, femeninoa) (Espec) clown;◊ hacer(se) el payaso to clown around (colloq)
(— poco seria) joker (colloq & pej)
payaso sustantivo masculino clown
' payaso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
nacer
- amenizar
- entretener
- maroma
English:
buffoon
- clown
- clown around
- delight
* * *payaso, -a♦ adjFam Pey¡no seas payaso! stop clowning o fooling around!♦ nm,f1. [de circo] clown2. Fam Pey [poco serio]¡mi profesor es un payaso! my teacher is a clown!, my teacher is always clowning around!* * *m, payasa f clown* * *payaso, -sa n: clown* * *payaso n clown -
16 mónada
f.1 little beauty (person).2 lovely thing (cosa).3 antic (gracia).4 babe, attractive young woman, miss, gal.5 monad, atom, simplest substance, ultimate matter.* * *1 (cosa bonita) beauty, lovely thing; (persona) gorgeous person, sweet thing, delight■ ¡este niño es una monada! what a gorgeous baby!■ ¡qué monada de jersey! what a lovely jumper!3 (zalamería) winning ways plural* * *SF1) (=cosa)la casa es una monada — the house is gorgeous o lovely
¡qué monada! — isn't it gorgeous o lovely?
¡qué monada de perrito! — what a cute o lovely little dog!
2) (=chica) pretty girl¡hola, monada! — hello gorgeous o beautiful! *
3) (=tontería)4) [de niño] charming habit, sweet little way6) (=cualidad) silliness, childishness* * *femenino (fam)a) ( cosa bonita)qué monada de vestido! — what a lovely o gorgeous dress!
b) ( persona bonita)su novia es una monada — his girlfriend's gorgeous o a real stunner (colloq)
qué monada de niño! — what a lovely o (colloq) cute kid
c) (RPl) ( persona encantadora) angel (colloq)no hagas monadas — stop monkeying o clowning around (colloq)
* * *= monad, nymphet.Ex. Any such monad can create relations with other monads forming a bipolar unity at a higher level.Ex. The archetypal nymphet is the character Lolita of Vladimir Nabokov's novel.* * *femenino (fam)a) ( cosa bonita)qué monada de vestido! — what a lovely o gorgeous dress!
b) ( persona bonita)su novia es una monada — his girlfriend's gorgeous o a real stunner (colloq)
qué monada de niño! — what a lovely o (colloq) cute kid
c) (RPl) ( persona encantadora) angel (colloq)no hagas monadas — stop monkeying o clowning around (colloq)
* * *= monad, nymphet.Ex: Any such monad can create relations with other monads forming a bipolar unity at a higher level.
Ex: The archetypal nymphet is the character Lolita of Vladimir Nabokov's novel.* * *( fam)A1(cosa bonita): tiene una casa que es una monada she has a lovely o gorgeous house¡qué monada de vestido! what a beautiful o gorgeous o cute dress!2(persona bonita): su novia es una verdadera monada his girlfriend's gorgeous o a real stunner ( colloq)¡qué monada de niño! what a lovely o ( colloq) cute kidoye, monada, hoy te toca fregar los platos que yo lo hice ayer listen buddy ( AmE) o ( BrE) sunshine, it's your turn to do the dishes, I did them yesterday ( colloq)* * *
Multiple Entries:
monada
mónada
monada sustantivo femenino (fam)a) ( cosa bonita):◊ ¡qué mónada de vestido! what a lovely dress!b) ( persona bonita):
¡qué mónada de niño! what a lovely o (colloq) cute kid
monada f fam (bonito, gracioso) cute, lovely person o thing: los niños hacían unas monadas sobre el escenario, the children gave an enchanting performance on stage
mónada f Fil monad
' mónada' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
monada
- monería
English:
cute
* * *monada nfFam¡qué monada de bebé! what a lovely baby!;su mujer es una monada his wife's gorgeous;¿bailas, monada? hey gorgeous, do you want to dance? o Br do you fancy a dance?ese sombrero es una monada that's a lovely hat* * *f:su hija es una monada her daughter is lovely;¡qué monada! how lovely! -
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18 guasa
f.1 humor (gracia).estar de guasa to be joking2 joking, jocularity, mocking.3 joke, persiflage, jest, banter.* * *1 jest, fun, mockery\con guasa jokinglyestar de guasa to be joking* * *SF1) (=chanza) joking, teasing, kidding *con o de guasa — jokingly, in fun
estar de guasa — to be joking o kidding
2) (=sosería) dullness, insipidness3) CAm (=suerte) luckguaso* * *1) (fam) (broma, burla) jokeno te lo tomes a guasa — it's no joke, it's no laughing matter
2) (Col) ( arandela) washer* * *= joking, teasing, banter.Ex. In some instance the joking or teasing is only verbal, in others it includes horseplay; in some it includes elments of obscenity, it others not.Ex. In some instances the joking or teasing is only verbal, in others it includes horseplay; in some it includes elments of obscenity, it others not.Ex. The magician, by luck or misfortune, called me onto the stage, but I slightly disrupted his act with a little banter and then played with the contents of his 'box of tricks', bringing a few laughs.----* de guasa = teasingly.* * *1) (fam) (broma, burla) jokeno te lo tomes a guasa — it's no joke, it's no laughing matter
2) (Col) ( arandela) washer* * *= joking, teasing, banter.Ex: In some instance the joking or teasing is only verbal, in others it includes horseplay; in some it includes elments of obscenity, it others not.
Ex: In some instances the joking or teasing is only verbal, in others it includes horseplay; in some it includes elments of obscenity, it others not.Ex: The magician, by luck or misfortune, called me onto the stage, but I slightly disrupted his act with a little banter and then played with the contents of his 'box of tricks', bringing a few laughs.* de guasa = teasingly.* * *A ( fam) (broma, burla) jokeme lo dijo de guasa she said it as a joke o in jestsiempre está de guasa he's always kidding o joking around ( colloq)no te lo tomes a guasa it's no joke, it's no laughing mattertener guasa ( fam); to be annoyingB ( Col) (arandela) washer* * *
guasa sustantivo femenino (fam) (broma, burla) joke;
no te lo tomes a guasa it's no joke, it's no laughing matter
guasa sustantivo femenino mockery
* * *guasa nfestar de guasa to be joking;parece que has venido con ganas de guasa it looks like you're in the mood for having a laugh;tomarse algo a guasa to treat sth as a joke2. Cuba, Méx, Ven [pez] jewfish* * *f L.Am.joke;de guasa as a jokeI adj S.Am.rudepeasant* * *1) : joking, fooling around2)de guasa : in jest, as a joke -
19 hartar
v.1 to stuff (full).2 to get sick, to irritate, to put off, to overtire.Su actitud harta a María His attitude overtires Mary.3 to satiate, to fill up, to glut, to feed up.La comida harta a Ricardo The food satiates Richard.4 to annoy, to cheese up, to suck.Su actitud harta His attitude annoys.* * *1 (atiborrar) to satiate, fill up2 figurado (deseo etc) to satisfy3 (fastidiar) to annoy, irritate4 (cansar) to tire, bore5 (causar, dar) to overwhelm (de, with)1 (atiborrarse) to eat one's fill, stuff oneself2 (cansarse) to get fed up (de, with), get tired (de, of)3 familiar (hacer algo) to do nothing but\hasta hartarse to repletion* * *1. VT1) (=cansar)me harta tanta televisión — I get tired of o fed up with * o sick of * watching so much television
los estás hartando con tantas bobadas — they're getting tired of o fed up with * o sick of * your fooling around
ya me está hartando que siempre me hable de lo mismo — I'm getting tired of o fed up with * o sick of * him always talking about the same thing
2) (=atiborrar)hartar a algn a o de — [+ comida, alcohol] to fill sb full of
nos hartan a chistes malos — we get fed up with * o sick of * o tired of their bad jokes
3) CAm (=maldecir de) to malign, slander2.VI (=cansar)todos estos tópicos manidos ya hartan — all these worn-out clichés get so boring, you get tired of o get fed up with * o sick of * all these worn-out clichés
3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) (cansar, fastidiar)me hartó con sus quejas — I got tired o (colloq) sick of his complaints
2) (fam) ( llenar)2.hartar a alguien a or de algo: nos hartaban a sopa they fed us on nothing but soup; lo hartaron a palos — they gave him a real beating
hartarse v pron1) (cansarse, aburrirse) to get fed uphartarse de algo — to get tired o sick of something, get fed up with something
hartarse de alguien — get tired of somebody, get fed up with somebody
hartarse de + inf — to get tired o sick of -ing, get fed up with -ing
me harté de que se burlara de mí — I got fed up with o I got tired of her making fun of me
2) ( llenarse)comieron hasta hartarse — they gorged o (colloq) stuffed themselves
hartarse de algo — to gorge oneself on something, to stuff oneself with something (colloq)
* * *= weary.Ex. She wearies of the constant procession of visitors, and the round of invitations and commissions, which swallow up her time.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) (cansar, fastidiar)me hartó con sus quejas — I got tired o (colloq) sick of his complaints
2) (fam) ( llenar)2.hartar a alguien a or de algo: nos hartaban a sopa they fed us on nothing but soup; lo hartaron a palos — they gave him a real beating
hartarse v pron1) (cansarse, aburrirse) to get fed uphartarse de algo — to get tired o sick of something, get fed up with something
hartarse de alguien — get tired of somebody, get fed up with somebody
hartarse de + inf — to get tired o sick of -ing, get fed up with -ing
me harté de que se burlara de mí — I got fed up with o I got tired of her making fun of me
2) ( llenarse)comieron hasta hartarse — they gorged o (colloq) stuffed themselves
hartarse de algo — to gorge oneself on something, to stuff oneself with something (colloq)
* * *= weary.Ex: She wearies of the constant procession of visitors, and the round of invitations and commissions, which swallow up her time.
* * *hartar [A1 ]vtA(cansar, fastidiar): me estás empezando a hartar con tus quejas I'm beginning to get sick o tired of your complaints, your complaints are beginning to get on my nervesnos hartaban a sopa de verduras they used to give us vegetable soup until it came out of our ears ( colloq), they fed us on nothing but vegetable soupentre los tres lo hartaron a palos the three of them gave him a real beating■ hartarseA (cansarse, aburrirse) to get fed upun día se hartó y se fue one day he got fed up and left, one day he got sick o tired of it ( o of things etc) and he lefthartarse DE algo to get tired o sick OF sth, get fed up WITH sthya me estoy hartando de tus tonterías I'm getting tired of o sick of o fed up with your nonsensehartarse DE algn to tire of sb, get tired OF sb, get fed up WITH sbpronto se hartará de él she'll soon tire of him o get tired of him o get fed up with himhartarse DE + INF to get tired o sick of -ING, get fed up WITH -INGme harté de repetírselo I got tired o sick of telling him over and over again, I got fed up with telling him over and over againhartarse DE QUE + SUBJ:me harté de que se burlara de mí I got fed up with o I got tired of her making fun of meBvamos a hartarnos de mariscos y champán we're going to gorge ourselves on o stuff ourselves with shellfish and champagne* * *
hartar ( conjugate hartar) verbo transitivo
1 (cansar, fastidiar):
2 (fam) ( llenar): nos hartaban a or de sopa they fed us on nothing but soup;
hartarse verbo pronominal
1 (cansarse, aburrirse) to get fed up;
hartarse de algo/algn to get tired o sick of sth/sb, get fed up with sth/sb;
hartarse de hacer algo to get tired o sick of doing sth, get fed up with doing sth
2 ( llenarse): hartarse (de algo) to gorge oneself (on sth), to stuff oneself (with sth) (colloq)
hartar verbo transitivo
1 (molestar, cansar) to annoy: la escuché hasta que me hartó con tanto reproche, I listened to her until I got sick of hearing so much criticism
2 (saciar) to satiate
3 (dar en abundancia) to overwhelm [de, with]: me hartaron de comida, they made me eat too much
' hartar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cansar
- asquear
English:
weary
* * *♦ vt1. [atiborrar] to stuff (full);hartaron de regalos a sus nietos they showered gifts on their grandchildren;sus detractores lo hartaron a insultos his critics showered him with insults;los atacantes los hartaron a golpes they were very badly beaten up by the attackersme estás hartando con tantas exigencias I'm getting fed up with all your demands♦ viesta comida harta mucho you can't eat a lot of this food;esta telenovela ya está empezando a hartar this soap is beginning to get tedious* * *v/t:hartar a alguien con algo tire s.o. with sth;hartar a alguien de algo give s.o. too much of sth* * *hartar vt1) : to glut, to satiate2) fastidiar: to tire, to irritate, to annoy -
20 toreo
m.bullfighting.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: torear.* * *1 bullfighting\¡se acabó el toreo! familiar no more fooling around!* * ** * *masculino bullfighting* * *= bullfighting.Ex. Animal rights campaigners object strongly to bullfighting because they think that the killing of an animal should not be abused for entertainment.* * *masculino bullfighting* * *= bullfighting.Ex: Animal rights campaigners object strongly to bullfighting because they think that the killing of an animal should not be abused for entertainment.
* * *bullfighting* * *
Del verbo torear: ( conjugate torear)
toreo es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
toreó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
torear
toreo
torear ( conjugate torear) verbo intransitivo
to fight;
verbo transitivo
1 ‹toro/novillo› to fight
2 (fam)
toreo sustantivo masculino
bullfighting
torear verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo
1 to fight
2 fig (engañar a alguien o ser engañado) ya está harto de que le toreen con falsas promesas, he's fed up of being messed about with false promises
toreo sustantivo masculino bullfighting
' toreo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acero
English:
bullfighting
* * *toreo nmbullfighting* * *m bullfighting* * *toreo nm: bullfighting
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fool around — or[mess around] or[play around] or[monkey around] {v.}, {informal} 1. To spend time playing, fooling, or joking instead of being serious or working; waste time. * /If you go to college, you must work, not fool around./ * /The boys fooled around… … Dictionary of American idioms
fool around — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you fool around, you behave in a silly, dangerous, or irresponsible way. [V P] They were fooling around on an Army firing range... [V P with n] Have you been fooling around with something you shouldn t? 2) PHRASAL VERB If… … English dictionary
fool\ around — • fool around • mess around • play around • monkey around v informal 1. To spend time playing, fooling, or joking instead of being serious or working; waste time. If you go to college, you must work, not fool around. The boys fooled around all… … Словарь американских идиом
monkey\ around — • fool around • mess around • play around • monkey around v informal 1. To spend time playing, fooling, or joking instead of being serious or working; waste time. If you go to college, you must work, not fool around. The boys fooled around all… … Словарь американских идиом
play\ around — • fool around • mess around • play around • monkey around v informal 1. To spend time playing, fooling, or joking instead of being serious or working; waste time. If you go to college, you must work, not fool around. The boys fooled around all… … Словарь американских идиом
fool around — phrasal verb fool around or fool about [intransitive] Word forms fool around : present tense I/you/we/they fool around he/she/it fools around present participle fooling around past tense fooled around past participle fooled around 1) to behave in … English dictionary