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  • 121 hocico

    m.
    1 muzzle.
    meter los hocicos en un asunto to stick one's nose into something
    3 snout, snout muzzle, muzzle, nose.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: hocicar.
    * * *
    1 (de animal) snout, muzzle
    2 peyorativo (de persona) nose, snout
    \
    caer de hocicos / darse de hocicos to fall flat on one's face
    dar de hocicos contra to bump into
    estar de hocico / poner hocico to be in a bad mood
    meter los hocicos en algo familiar to stick one's nose into something, poke one's nose into something
    * * *
    SM
    1) [de animal] snout, nose
    2) [de persona] (=cara) mug *; (=nariz) snout *

    cerrar el hocico — ** to shut one's trap **, belt up **

    dar de hocicos contra algo — to bump o walk into sth

    torcer el hocico — to make a (wry) face, look cross

    * * *
    masculino ( de cerdo) snout; (de perro, lobo) snout, muzzle
    * * *
    = mush, muzzle, snout, snooter.
    Ex. I socked him hard in the mush and he didn't like it too much, but I wasn't trying to get on his Christmas card list.
    Ex. Its muzzle is somewhat shorter and broader than that of the river crocodile.
    Ex. The reduction of the snout in primates is a correlate of the diminution of the sense of smell, or olfaction.
    Ex. He wasn't thrown from a car, but the scars on his snooter pay homage to his fending for himself while on the streets.
    * * *
    masculino ( de cerdo) snout; (de perro, lobo) snout, muzzle
    * * *
    = mush, muzzle, snout, snooter.

    Ex: I socked him hard in the mush and he didn't like it too much, but I wasn't trying to get on his Christmas card list.

    Ex: Its muzzle is somewhat shorter and broader than that of the river crocodile.
    Ex: The reduction of the snout in primates is a correlate of the diminution of the sense of smell, or olfaction.
    Ex: He wasn't thrown from a car, but the scars on his snooter pay homage to his fending for himself while on the streets.

    * * *
    (de un cerdo) snout; (de un perro, lobo) snout, muzzle
    meter el hocico en algo ( fam); to poke one's nose into sth ( colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo hocicar: ( conjugate hocicar)

    hocico es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    hocicó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    hocicar    
    hocico
    hocico sustantivo masculino ( de cerdo) snout;
    (de perro, lobo) snout, muzzle
    hocico sustantivo masculino
    1 (de un animal) snout
    2 pey (de una persona) mug, snout
    ♦ Locuciones: familiar meter el hocico/los hocicos en algo, to stick o poke one's nose into sthg
    ' hocico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    morro
    English:
    muzzle
    - its
    - snout
    * * *
    hocico nm
    1. [de perro, zorro] muzzle;
    [de gato, ratón] nose; [de cerdo] snout
    2. Fam [de personas] [boca] rubber lips;
    [cara] mug;
    caer de hocicos to fall flat on one's face;
    meter los hocicos en algo: siempre está metiendo los hocicos donde lo llaman he's always sticking his nose into other people's business;
    partir el hocico: como no te calles te voy a partir el hocico if you don't shut up I'm going to smash your face in;
    torcer el hocico to pull a face
    * * *
    m snout; de perro muzzle; desp
    de persona mouth, Br
    tb gob pop ;
    dar o
    caer de hocicos fall flat on one’s face
    * * *
    hocico nm
    : snout, muzzle
    * * *
    1. (de perro) nose
    2. (de cerco) snout

    Spanish-English dictionary > hocico

  • 122 idiota

    adj.
    1 stupid (tonto).
    2 mentally deficient (enfermo).
    3 idiot, foolish, dumb, silly.
    4 ament.
    f. & m.
    idiot.
    * * *
    1 MEDICINA idiotic
    2 familiar (tonto) stupid
    1 idiot
    \
    hacer el idiota (hacer payasadas) to be silly, fool about 2 (perder una oportunidad) to be stupid
    * * *
    1. noun mf. 2. adj.
    stupid, idiotic
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ idiotic, stupid
    2.
    SMF idiot

    ¡idiota! — you idiot!

    * * *
    I
    a) (fam) ( tonto) stupid, idiotic
    b) (Med) idiotic
    II
    masculino y femenino ( tonto) (fam) idiot, stupid fool (colloq); (Med) idiot
    * * *
    = idiot, fool, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, arse, mug, berk, prick, moron, cretin, dumbbell, asinine, lemon, airhead, airheaded, bonehead, duffer, drongo, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.
    Ex. Dykstra, M., 'PRECIS: a primer', published in 1985, offers the long-awaited ' idiot's guide' to PRECIS indexing.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
    Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    Ex. Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.
    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. And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.
    Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
    ----
    * como un idiota = stupidly.
    * idiota genio = idiot savant.
    * * *
    I
    a) (fam) ( tonto) stupid, idiotic
    b) (Med) idiotic
    II
    masculino y femenino ( tonto) (fam) idiot, stupid fool (colloq); (Med) idiot
    * * *
    = idiot, fool, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, arse, mug, berk, prick, moron, cretin, dumbbell, asinine, lemon, airhead, airheaded, bonehead, duffer, drongo, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.

    Ex: Dykstra, M., 'PRECIS: a primer', published in 1985, offers the long-awaited ' idiot's guide' to PRECIS indexing.

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
    Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    Ex: Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.
    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: And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.
    Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
    * como un idiota = stupidly.
    * idiota genio = idiot savant.

    * * *
    1 ( fam) (tonto) stupid, idiotic
    me caí de la manera más idiota I had the most idiotic o stupid fall ( colloq)
    ¡no seas idiota! don't be so stupid!, don't be such an idiot!
    2 ( Med) idiotic
    1 ( fam) (tonto) idiot, stupid fool ( colloq)
    2 ( Med) idiot
    Compuesto:
    idealistic puppet o stooge
    * * *

    idiota adjetivo (fam) ( tonto) stupid, idiotic;
    ◊ ¡no seas idiota! don't be such an idiot!

    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino ( tonto) (fam) idiot, stupid fool (colloq)
    idiota
    I adjetivo idiotic, stupid
    II mf idiot, fool

    ' idiota' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    tomar
    - trompo
    - verdadera
    - verdadero
    - pedazo
    - perdido
    English:
    bozo
    - fool
    - idiot
    - idiotic
    - knob
    - make out
    - meathead
    - moron
    - nerd
    - plonker
    - right
    - some
    - inane
    - mug
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [tonto] stupid
    2. [enfermo] mentally deficient
    ♦ nmf
    1. [tonto] idiot
    2. [enfermo] idiot
    * * *
    I adj idiotic
    II m/f idiot
    * * *
    idiota adj
    : idiotic, stupid, foolish
    idiota nmf
    : idiot, foolish person
    * * *
    idiota1 adj stupid [comp. stupider; superl. stupidest]
    idiota2 n idiot

    Spanish-English dictionary > idiota

  • 123 increíble

    adj.
    incredible, unbelievable, beyond belief.
    intj.
    unbelievable, no shit, forsooth.
    * * *
    1 incredible, unbelievable
    * * *
    adj.
    incredible, unbelievable
    * * *
    ADJ incredible, unbelievable

    es increíble que... — it is incredible o unbelievable that...

    * * *
    adjetivo incredible, unbelievable
    * * *
    = extraordinary, fantastic, incredible, terrific, unbelievable, fantastical, astonishing, beyond belief, out of this world, marvel.
    Ex. Having entered the next state and a highway off the turnpike, he was amazed by the extraordinary flatness of the land, especially in contrast to the hilly terrain he had grown up with back home.
    Ex. GODORT has done a fantastic job of dealing with and solving documents problems.
    Ex. I could tell you many things about Cutter that you probably would find incredible.
    Ex. However, fiction -- from a public library standpoint, but not from a research or academic standpoint -- is a terrific example of undercataloging.
    Ex. The development of digital technology has hastened this process until the point where we are today: the capacity to produce unbelievable volumes of information.
    Ex. Adorno's distinction between fantastical thought & the commodification of fantasy in the form of literature is addressed.
    Ex. It asserts that the answer to the problems relating to the astonishing growth of great research libraries lies in large-scale interlibrary cooperation.
    Ex. His conclusion is both beyond belief and in conflict with common sense.
    Ex. I get a kick when I'm on my racing bike, and when I have my skates on it's out of this world.
    Ex. It is a marvel to think that this is the place a few years back thought to be irretrievably gone to rack and ruin.
    ----
    * aunque parezca increíble = incredibly, incredible though it may seem, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, although it may seem incredible.
    * parecer increíble = beggar + belief.
    * por muy increíble que parezca = incredible though it may seem, incredibly, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, although it may seem incredible.
    * ser increíble = beggar + belief.
    * * *
    adjetivo incredible, unbelievable
    * * *
    = extraordinary, fantastic, incredible, terrific, unbelievable, fantastical, astonishing, beyond belief, out of this world, marvel.

    Ex: Having entered the next state and a highway off the turnpike, he was amazed by the extraordinary flatness of the land, especially in contrast to the hilly terrain he had grown up with back home.

    Ex: GODORT has done a fantastic job of dealing with and solving documents problems.
    Ex: I could tell you many things about Cutter that you probably would find incredible.
    Ex: However, fiction -- from a public library standpoint, but not from a research or academic standpoint -- is a terrific example of undercataloging.
    Ex: The development of digital technology has hastened this process until the point where we are today: the capacity to produce unbelievable volumes of information.
    Ex: Adorno's distinction between fantastical thought & the commodification of fantasy in the form of literature is addressed.
    Ex: It asserts that the answer to the problems relating to the astonishing growth of great research libraries lies in large-scale interlibrary cooperation.
    Ex: His conclusion is both beyond belief and in conflict with common sense.
    Ex: I get a kick when I'm on my racing bike, and when I have my skates on it's out of this world.
    Ex: It is a marvel to think that this is the place a few years back thought to be irretrievably gone to rack and ruin.
    * aunque parezca increíble = incredibly, incredible though it may seem, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, although it may seem incredible.
    * parecer increíble = beggar + belief.
    * por muy increíble que parezca = incredible though it may seem, incredibly, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, although it may seem incredible.
    * ser increíble = beggar + belief.

    * * *
    ‹historia› incredible, unbelievable
    me pasó una cosa increíble ( fam); something incredible happened to me ( colloq)
    * * *

     

    increíble adjetivo
    incredible, unbelievable
    increíble adjetivo incredible, unbelievable: tuvimos una suerte increíble, we had an amazing piece of luck
    familiar es un actor increíble, he's an exceptional actor
    ' increíble' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    novelesca
    - novelesco
    - pachorra
    - alucinante
    English:
    amazing
    - astonishing
    - awesome
    - belief
    - beyond
    - extraordinary
    - incredible
    - unbelievable
    - astounding
    - odds
    - phenomenal
    - terrific
    - world
    * * *
    1. [inconcebible] unbelievable;
    es increíble que pasen cosas así it's hard to believe that such things can happen;
    me parece increíble que no te haya llamado I think it's unbelievable that she hasn't called you
    2. [extraordinario] incredible;
    hace un calor increíble it's incredibly hot;
    tuvimos una suerte increíble we were incredibly lucky
    * * *
    adj incredible
    * * *
    : incredible, unbelievable
    * * *
    increíble adj incredible / unbelievable

    Spanish-English dictionary > increíble

  • 124 meter la pata

    familiar to put one's foot in it
    * * *
    * * *
    (v.) = bark up + the wrong tree, be caught out, put + Posesivo + foot in it, put + Posesivo + foot in + Posesivo + mouth, shoot + Reflexivo + in the foot, stick + Posesivo + foot in it, screw up, make + a bloomer, slip up, make + a blunder, drop + a clanger, drop + a bollock, blunder
    Ex. The article ' Barking up the wrong tree' argues that the belief, by many book publishers, that they can use the Internet to bypass booksellers and sell their books direct to purchasers, is fallacious.
    Ex. All librarians can tell tales of being caught out in this way, to learn of their error only when the answer has been produced: information on dance-halls when dinosaurs was asked for, or on the grey starling when something on Grace Darling was what was wanted = Todos los bibliotecarios pueden contar historias de cuando han metido la pata de este modo para aprender del error sólo cuando se ha producido la respuesta: información sobre los salones de baile cuando se preguntaba por los dinosaurios, o sobre el estornino gris cuando se quería algo sobre Grace Darling.
    Ex. She somehow manages to put her foot in it and get laughed at every time, usually as a direct consequence of her unsureness of her own capabilities.
    Ex. She put her foot in her mouth when she asked a fat woman who was not pregnant when her baby was due.
    Ex. In other words, we have become our worst enemy, continually shooting ourselves in the foot.
    Ex. She's just always shooting her mouth off and sticking her foot in it.
    Ex. Although we're lucky to have them, eager beavers can screw up if you give them the opportunity.
    Ex. He is well-known for making bloomers in public engagements.
    Ex. He knew that if he slipped up again, he could be shipped to a higher-security prison and lose many of his privileges.
    Ex. Since its independence 61 years ago our nation has erred, but this time they have made a blunder.
    Ex. After dropping a clanger, you are left with a sense of shame and you just want to disappear and hide away.
    Ex. But we are all only human and I have recently ' dropped a bollock' as we English say.
    Ex. Michael Howard has blundered again, and again he has done so by trying to imitate Blair while lacking his finesse.
    * * *
    (v.) = bark up + the wrong tree, be caught out, put + Posesivo + foot in it, put + Posesivo + foot in + Posesivo + mouth, shoot + Reflexivo + in the foot, stick + Posesivo + foot in it, screw up, make + a bloomer, slip up, make + a blunder, drop + a clanger, drop + a bollock, blunder

    Ex: The article ' Barking up the wrong tree' argues that the belief, by many book publishers, that they can use the Internet to bypass booksellers and sell their books direct to purchasers, is fallacious.

    Ex: All librarians can tell tales of being caught out in this way, to learn of their error only when the answer has been produced: information on dance-halls when dinosaurs was asked for, or on the grey starling when something on Grace Darling was what was wanted = Todos los bibliotecarios pueden contar historias de cuando han metido la pata de este modo para aprender del error sólo cuando se ha producido la respuesta: información sobre los salones de baile cuando se preguntaba por los dinosaurios, o sobre el estornino gris cuando se quería algo sobre Grace Darling.
    Ex: She somehow manages to put her foot in it and get laughed at every time, usually as a direct consequence of her unsureness of her own capabilities.
    Ex: She put her foot in her mouth when she asked a fat woman who was not pregnant when her baby was due.
    Ex: In other words, we have become our worst enemy, continually shooting ourselves in the foot.
    Ex: She's just always shooting her mouth off and sticking her foot in it.
    Ex: Although we're lucky to have them, eager beavers can screw up if you give them the opportunity.
    Ex: He is well-known for making bloomers in public engagements.
    Ex: He knew that if he slipped up again, he could be shipped to a higher-security prison and lose many of his privileges.
    Ex: Since its independence 61 years ago our nation has erred, but this time they have made a blunder.
    Ex: After dropping a clanger, you are left with a sense of shame and you just want to disappear and hide away.
    Ex: But we are all only human and I have recently ' dropped a bollock' as we English say.
    Ex: Michael Howard has blundered again, and again he has done so by trying to imitate Blair while lacking his finesse.

    Spanish-English dictionary > meter la pata

  • 125 necio

    adj.
    silly, ignorant, stupid, foolish.
    * * *
    1 stupid
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 imbecile, idiot
    * * *
    necio, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=tonto) foolish, stupid
    2) Méx (=terco) stubborn, pig-headed
    3) And (=displicente) peevish
    4) And, Caribe, Cono Sur (=quisquilloso) touchy, hypersensitive
    5) CAm [enfermedad] hard to shake off
    2.
    SM / F fool
    * * *
    - cia adjetivo
    1) ( tonto) stupid
    2) (AmC, Col, Ven fam) ( travieso) naughty
    * * *
    = moron, cretin, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, airhead, airheaded, bonehead, duffer, schmuck, schmo, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, 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. Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.
    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. 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. The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
    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. 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. And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.
    Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
    ----
    * como un necio = stupidly.
    * * *
    - cia adjetivo
    1) ( tonto) stupid
    2) (AmC, Col, Ven fam) ( travieso) naughty
    * * *
    = moron, cretin, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, airhead, airheaded, bonehead, duffer, schmuck, schmo, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, 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: Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.
    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: 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: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
    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: 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: And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.
    Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
    * como un necio = stupidly.

    * * *
    A (tonto) stupid, brainless ( colloq)
    B ( RPl) (susceptible) touchy
    C (AmC, Col, Ven fam) (travieso) naughty
    masculine, feminine
    el necio es atrevido y el sabio comedido fools rush in where angels fear to tread
    B ( RPl) (persona susceptible) touchy person
    C (AmC, Col, Ven fam) (travieso) naughty boy ( o child etc)
    * * *

    necio
    ◊ - cia adjetivo


    b) (AmC, Col, Ven fam) ( travieso) naughty

    necio,-a
    I adjetivo stupid, fatuous
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino stupid fool: su hermano es un necio, his brother's an idiot
    ♦ Locuciones: a palabras necias, oídos sordos, turn a deaf ear to foolish comments
    ' necio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    animal
    - burra
    - burro
    - necia
    - subnormal
    * * *
    necio, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [tonto] stupid, foolish
    2. Am [terco] stubborn, pigheaded
    3. Méx [susceptible] touchy
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [tonto] idiot, fool
    2. Am [terco] stubborn o pigheaded person;
    es un necio he's really stubborn o pigheaded
    3. Méx [susceptible] touchy person;
    es un necio he's really touchy
    * * *
    I adj brainless
    II m, necia f fool, idiot
    * * *
    necio, - cia adj
    1) : foolish, silly, dumb
    2) fam : naughty
    necio, - cia n
    estúpido: fool, idiot

    Spanish-English dictionary > necio

  • 126 no andar en nada bueno

    (v.) = be up to no good, get up to + no good
    Ex. His mom could always tell when he was up to no good -- it must have been that sixth sense mothers have.
    Ex. It's a cartoon about a mischievous youngster who delights in playing pranks, being rotten to his relatives and generally getting up to no good.
    * * *
    (v.) = be up to no good, get up to + no good

    Ex: His mom could always tell when he was up to no good -- it must have been that sixth sense mothers have.

    Ex: It's a cartoon about a mischievous youngster who delights in playing pranks, being rotten to his relatives and generally getting up to no good.

    Spanish-English dictionary > no andar en nada bueno

  • 127 oculto

    adj.
    1 occult, hidden, secret, concealed.
    2 masked.
    3 larval.
    4 occult, supernatural, esoteric.
    5 latent.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: ocultar.
    * * *
    1 (escondido) hidden
    2 (misterioso) cryptic; (esotérico) occult
    * * *
    (f. - oculta)
    adj.
    concealed, hidden
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=escondido) hidden, concealed
    2) (=misterioso) [gen] mysterious; [pensamiento] inner, secret; [motivo] ulterior
    3) [poderes] occult
    ciencia 2)
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo
    a) [ESTAR] ( escondido) hidden
    b) [SER] ( misterioso) <razón/designio> mysterious, occult
    * * *
    = veiled, disguised, in disguise, undisclosed, unrevealed, buried.
    Ex. The question of ideological thought (in the sense of a veiled interest-determined trend of thought) is again rearing its head in present times.
    Ex. One great danger in budgeting is the problem of disguised needs.
    Ex. The author addresses the question of whether a metadata specialist is really a cataloguer in disguise.
    Ex. These records reveal facts about individuals and business entities that the parties concerned might prefer undisclosed.
    Ex. More than half the paintings in the exhibition represented groups of people watching interesting spectacles, some of which were unrevealed.
    Ex. This new signal processing technique improves the detectability of buried anti-personnel land mines using a ground penetrating radar.
    ----
    * cámara oculta = hidden camera.
    * cara oculta, la = dark side, the.
    * lugar oculto = hidden storage place, secret storage location, secret storage place, secret holding location, secret cell.
    * mantener oculto = keep + Nombre + under wraps.
    * no hay nada oculto = what you see is what you get.
    * oculto = lie + hidden.
    * palabra oculta = hidden word.
    * peligro oculto = hidden danger.
    * placer oculto = guilty pleasure.
    * subdivisión jerárquica oculta = hidden link.
    * web oculta, la = hidden Web, the.
    * yacer oculto = lie + hidden.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo
    a) [ESTAR] ( escondido) hidden
    b) [SER] ( misterioso) <razón/designio> mysterious, occult
    * * *
    = veiled, disguised, in disguise, undisclosed, unrevealed, buried.

    Ex: The question of ideological thought (in the sense of a veiled interest-determined trend of thought) is again rearing its head in present times.

    Ex: One great danger in budgeting is the problem of disguised needs.
    Ex: The author addresses the question of whether a metadata specialist is really a cataloguer in disguise.
    Ex: These records reveal facts about individuals and business entities that the parties concerned might prefer undisclosed.
    Ex: More than half the paintings in the exhibition represented groups of people watching interesting spectacles, some of which were unrevealed.
    Ex: This new signal processing technique improves the detectability of buried anti-personnel land mines using a ground penetrating radar.
    * cámara oculta = hidden camera.
    * cara oculta, la = dark side, the.
    * lugar oculto = hidden storage place, secret storage location, secret storage place, secret holding location, secret cell.
    * mantener oculto = keep + Nombre + under wraps.
    * no hay nada oculto = what you see is what you get.
    * oculto = lie + hidden.
    * palabra oculta = hidden word.
    * peligro oculto = hidden danger.
    * placer oculto = guilty pleasure.
    * subdivisión jerárquica oculta = hidden link.
    * web oculta, la = hidden Web, the.
    * yacer oculto = lie + hidden.

    * * *
    oculto -ta
    1 [ ESTAR] (escondido) hidden
    permanecieron ocultos hasta que pasó el peligro they stayed hidden until the danger had passed
    2 [ SER] (misterioso) ‹razón/designio› mysterious, secret, occult ciencia
    * * *

    Del verbo ocultar: ( conjugate ocultar)

    oculto es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    ocultó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    ocultar    
    oculto
    ocultar ( conjugate ocultar) verbo transitivo ( en general) to conceal, hide;
    ‹ persona› to hide;
    ocultole algo A algn to conceal o hide sth from sb
    ocultarse verbo pronominal



    oculto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    a) [ESTAR] ( escondido) hidden

    b) [SER] ( misterioso) ‹razón/designio› mysterious, secret

    ocultar verbo transitivo to conceal, hide: no nos ocultes la verdad, don't hide the truth from us
    oculto,-a adjetivo concealed, hidden
    ' oculto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    descubrir
    - oculta
    - disimulado
    - esconder
    - escondido
    - ocultar
    English:
    bug
    - concealed
    - hidden
    - low
    - occult
    - secret
    - ulterior
    - bury
    - keep
    - unseen
    * * *
    oculto, -a adj
    1. [escondido] hidden
    2. [que se desconoce] secret, hidden;
    su objetivo oculto his secret goal
    3. [sobrenatural] occult;
    las ciencias ocultas the occult sciences, the occult;
    lo oculto the occult
    * * *
    adj
    1 hidden
    2 ( sobrenatural) occult;
    * * *
    oculto, -ta adj
    1) escondido: hidden, concealed
    2) : occult
    * * *
    oculto adj hidden / concealed

    Spanish-English dictionary > oculto

  • 128 orgullo herido

    m.
    injured pride.
    * * *
    (n.) = hurt pride
    Ex. He was glad that he had veered from the edge of possible conflict, and had not let his sense of hurt pride get out of hand.
    * * *
    (n.) = hurt pride

    Ex: He was glad that he had veered from the edge of possible conflict, and had not let his sense of hurt pride get out of hand.

    Spanish-English dictionary > orgullo herido

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