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grumpy

  • 1 gruñón

    adj.
    grumpy, cranky, grouchy, gruff.
    m.
    grouch, grumbler, grump, snarler.
    * * *
    1 grumbling, grumpy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 grumbler, grouch
    * * *
    gruñón, -ona
    1.
    ADJ grumpy, grumbling
    2.
    SM / F grumbler
    * * *
    I
    - ñona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq)
    II
    - ñona masculino, femenino (fam) grump (colloq), grouse (colloq)
    * * *
    = grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], curmudgeon, curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], irascible, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], ornery, misery guts, grouch, sour puss, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].
    Ex. That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex. For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex. The most common problem suffered by curmudgeons turns out to be their circumscribed social life.
    Ex. Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex. To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex. He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex. For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex. He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.
    Ex. The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex. My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex. At the other end of the scale are misery guts, who are neither happy with their job role nor their employer.
    Ex. We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    Ex. It is no fun being around you when you are being such a sour puss.
    Ex. We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.
    ----
    * vieja gruñona = grumpy old woman.
    * viejo gruñón = grumpy old man, grumpy old sod.
    * * *
    I
    - ñona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq)
    II
    - ñona masculino, femenino (fam) grump (colloq), grouse (colloq)
    * * *
    = grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], curmudgeon, curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], irascible, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], ornery, misery guts, grouch, sour puss, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].

    Ex: That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.

    Ex: For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex: The most common problem suffered by curmudgeons turns out to be their circumscribed social life.
    Ex: Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex: To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex: He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex: For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex: He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.
    Ex: The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex: My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex: At the other end of the scale are misery guts, who are neither happy with their job role nor their employer.
    Ex: We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    Ex: It is no fun being around you when you are being such a sour puss.
    Ex: We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.
    * vieja gruñona = grumpy old woman.
    * viejo gruñón = grumpy old man, grumpy old sod.

    * * *
    ( fam); grumpy ( colloq)
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); grump ( colloq), grouch ( colloq), misery ( BrE colloq), moaner ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

    gruñón
    ◊ - ñona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq)

    gruñón,-ona adjetivo grumpy

    ' gruñón' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    gruñona
    English:
    grouch
    - grouchy
    - grump
    - grumpy
    - nag
    - nagging
    * * *
    gruñón, -ona Fam
    ♦ adj
    grumpy
    ♦ nm,f
    old grump
    * * *
    I adj fam
    grumpy
    II m, gruñona f fam
    grouch fam
    * * *
    gruñón, - ñona adj, mpl gruñones fam : grumpy, crabby
    gruñón, - ñona n, mpl gruñones fam : grumpy person, nag
    * * *
    gruñón1 adj grumpy [comp. grumpier; superl. grumpiest]
    gruñón2 n moaner

    Spanish-English dictionary > gruñón

  • 2 cascarrabias

    adj.
    crabby, crotchety.
    m.&f. s&pl.
    1 grouch, misery guts.
    2 crabby person, bad-tempered person, grouch, grumpy person.
    * * *
    1 familiar grumpy person, bad-tempered person
    * * *
    SMF INV grouch *
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo invariable (fam) cantankerous, grumpy
    II
    masculino y femenino (pl cascarrabias) (fam) cantankerous o grumpy person
    * * *
    = grouchy [grouchier -comp., grouchiest -sup.], grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeon, curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], ornery, misery guts, grouch, sour puss.
    Ex. The book 'The Grouchy Ladybug' describes how a ladybug can be used to teach entomology, natural selection, comparative anatomy, food chains and symbiotic relationships.
    Ex. That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex. The most common problem suffered by curmudgeons turns out to be their circumscribed social life.
    Ex. Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex. To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex. He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex. The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex. My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex. At the other end of the scale are misery guts, who are neither happy with their job role nor their employer.
    Ex. We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    Ex. It is no fun being around you when you are being such a sour puss.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo invariable (fam) cantankerous, grumpy
    II
    masculino y femenino (pl cascarrabias) (fam) cantankerous o grumpy person
    * * *
    = grouchy [grouchier -comp., grouchiest -sup.], grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeon, curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], ornery, misery guts, grouch, sour puss.

    Ex: The book 'The Grouchy Ladybug' describes how a ladybug can be used to teach entomology, natural selection, comparative anatomy, food chains and symbiotic relationships.

    Ex: That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex: The most common problem suffered by curmudgeons turns out to be their circumscribed social life.
    Ex: Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex: To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex: He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex: The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex: My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex: At the other end of the scale are misery guts, who are neither happy with their job role nor their employer.
    Ex: We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    Ex: It is no fun being around you when you are being such a sour puss.

    * * *
    ( fam); cantankerous, grumpy
    cantankerous o grumpy person
    es un viejo cascarrabias he's a cantankerous old devil ( o sod etc) ( colloq)
    * * *

    cascarrabias adjetivo invariable (fam) cantankerous, grumpy
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (pl
    ◊ cascarrabias) grouch (colloq)

    cascarrabias
    I mf inv familiar bad-tempered person
    familiar misery
    II adjetivo grumpy: no seas cascarrabias, don't be such a misery guts o don't be such a stick in the mud

    ' cascarrabias' also found in these entries:
    English:
    grouch
    - irascible
    - crank
    * * *
    ♦ adj inv
    grouchy, cranky;
    un viejo cascarrabias an old grouch, Br an old misery-guts
    ♦ nmf inv
    grouch, Br misery-guts,
    * * *
    m/f inv fam
    grouch fam
    * * *
    cascarrabias nmfs & pl, fam : grouch, crab

    Spanish-English dictionary > cascarrabias

  • 3 refunfuñón

    adj.
    grumpy, grumbling, moaning, grumbly.
    m.
    grumbler, grouch.
    * * *
    1 familiar grumpy, grumbling, moaning
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar grumbler, moaner
    * * *
    refunfuñón, -ona *
    1.
    ADJ grumpy
    2.
    SM / F grouch *
    * * *
    I
    - ñona adjetivo (fam) grouchy (colloq), grumpy (colloq)
    II
    - ñona masculino, femenino (fam) grouch (colloq), grumbler (colloq)
    * * *
    = grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], ornery, in a mard, grouch.
    Ex. That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex. Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex. To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex. He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex. For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex. The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex. My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex. She's been a right bitch and in a mard over the last week.
    Ex. We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    * * *
    I
    - ñona adjetivo (fam) grouchy (colloq), grumpy (colloq)
    II
    - ñona masculino, femenino (fam) grouch (colloq), grumbler (colloq)
    * * *
    = grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], ornery, in a mard, grouch.

    Ex: That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.

    Ex: Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex: To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex: He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex: For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex: The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex: My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex: She's been a right bitch and in a mard over the last week.
    Ex: We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.

    * * *
    ( fam); grouchy ( colloq), grumpy ( colloq)
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam)
    grouch ( colloq), grumbler ( colloq)
    * * *

    refunfuñón
    ◊ - ñona adjetivo (fam) grouchy (colloq), grumpy (colloq)


    * * *
    refunfuñón, -ona
    ♦ adj
    grumpy
    ♦ nm,f
    grumbler
    * * *
    I adj grouchy, grumpy
    II m, refunfuñona f grouch, grump

    Spanish-English dictionary > refunfuñón

  • 4 viejo gruñón

    (n.) = grumpy old man, grumpy old sod
    Ex. The idea of male menopause (andropause) -- or grumpy old men syndrome -- has been steadily gaining ground in recent years.
    Ex. One of the few consolations of getting old is you are allowed to be a ' grumpy old sod'.
    * * *
    (n.) = grumpy old man, grumpy old sod

    Ex: The idea of male menopause (andropause) -- or grumpy old men syndrome -- has been steadily gaining ground in recent years.

    Ex: One of the few consolations of getting old is you are allowed to be a ' grumpy old sod'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > viejo gruñón

  • 5 malhumorado

    adj.
    bad-humored, cranky, bad-tempered, crabbed.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: malhumorar.
    * * *
    1 bad-tempered
    \
    estar malhumorado,-a to be in a bad mood
    * * *
    (f. - malhumorada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ bad-tempered, grumpy
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) [SER] <persona/gesto> bad-tempered
    b) [ESTAR] < persona> in a bad mood
    * * *
    = sullen, surly [surlier -comp., surliest -sup.], crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], truculent, peevish, morose, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], ill-humoured [ill-humored, -USA], cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], moody [moodier -comp., moodiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], short-tempered, hipped, ornery, mardy [mardier -comp., mardiest -sup.], grouch, in a grouch.
    Ex. He makes his feelings abundantly clear by sullen silences and glances that indicate complete disgust.
    Ex. He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.
    Ex. For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex. Senior staff members said that these fevers of truculent behavior had manifested themselves only within the past two or three years.
    Ex. In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
    Ex. His limber writing consequentializes the inconsequential, and there is not one morose moment in his work, no hint of sourness.
    Ex. That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex. The presence of this irony in ill-humored short articles from various journalistic sources is described.
    Ex. For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex. Moody explorations of unexplained phenomenon can also be found = También se pueden encontrar exploraciones taciturnas de fenómenos inexplicables.
    Ex. Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex. To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex. He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex. The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex. A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex. His in danger of becoming hipped, a prey to his own doubts and fears, and unable to accomplish anything in life beyond catering to his own morbid fancies.
    Ex. My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex. They were be very mardy about it, but they accepted it, because if they hadn't their course grade would have suffered.
    Ex. We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    Ex. Life is too short to be in a grouch all the time.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) [SER] <persona/gesto> bad-tempered
    b) [ESTAR] < persona> in a bad mood
    * * *
    = sullen, surly [surlier -comp., surliest -sup.], crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], truculent, peevish, morose, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], ill-humoured [ill-humored, -USA], cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], moody [moodier -comp., moodiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], short-tempered, hipped, ornery, mardy [mardier -comp., mardiest -sup.], grouch, in a grouch.

    Ex: He makes his feelings abundantly clear by sullen silences and glances that indicate complete disgust.

    Ex: He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.
    Ex: For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex: Senior staff members said that these fevers of truculent behavior had manifested themselves only within the past two or three years.
    Ex: In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
    Ex: His limber writing consequentializes the inconsequential, and there is not one morose moment in his work, no hint of sourness.
    Ex: That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex: The presence of this irony in ill-humored short articles from various journalistic sources is described.
    Ex: For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex: Moody explorations of unexplained phenomenon can also be found = También se pueden encontrar exploraciones taciturnas de fenómenos inexplicables.
    Ex: Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex: To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex: He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex: The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex: A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex: His in danger of becoming hipped, a prey to his own doubts and fears, and unable to accomplish anything in life beyond catering to his own morbid fancies.
    Ex: My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex: They were be very mardy about it, but they accepted it, because if they hadn't their course grade would have suffered.
    Ex: We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    Ex: Life is too short to be in a grouch all the time.

    * * *
    1 [ SER] ‹persona/gesto› bad-tempered
    2 [ ESTAR] ‹persona› in a bad mood
    hoy se ha levantado/anda muy malhumorado he has woken up/he is in a very bad mood today
    * * *

    Del verbo malhumorar: ( conjugate malhumorar)

    malhumorado es:

    el participio

    malhumorado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) [SER] ‹persona/gesto› bad-tempered

    b) [ESTAR] ‹ persona› in a bad mood

    malhumorado,-a adjetivo bad-tempered
    ' malhumorado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    malencarada
    - malencarado
    - malhumorada
    - colérico
    - taimado
    English:
    crabby
    - cross
    - crotchety
    - crusty
    - grumpy
    - ill-humoured
    - ill-tempered
    - mean
    - moody
    - morose
    - peevish
    - petulant
    - stroppy
    - bad
    - sulky
    - truculent
    * * *
    malhumorado, -a adj
    1. [de mal carácter] bad-tempered
    2. [enfadado] in a bad mood
    * * *
    adj bad-tempered
    * * *
    malhumorado, -da adj
    : bad-tempered, cross
    * * *
    malhumorado adj bad tempered [comp. worse tempered; superl. worst tempered]

    Spanish-English dictionary > malhumorado

  • 6 regañón

    adj.
    scolding, grumbling, grumpy, nagging.
    m.
    grumbler, nag, grouch, grump.
    * * *
    1 familiar grumpy, irritable
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 grumbler, moaner
    * * *
    ADJ (=gruñón) grumbling; [mujer] nagging
    * * *
    I
    - ñona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq)
    II
    - ñona masculino, femenino (fam) grumbler (colloq)
    * * *
    = nag, shrewish.
    Ex. No supervisor should be a tiresome nag, but the achievements and failings of a persons's performance deserves mention in a constructive way at timely, regular intervals.
    Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    * * *
    I
    - ñona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq)
    II
    - ñona masculino, femenino (fam) grumbler (colloq)
    * * *
    = nag, shrewish.

    Ex: No supervisor should be a tiresome nag, but the achievements and failings of a persons's performance deserves mention in a constructive way at timely, regular intervals.

    Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.

    * * *
    ( fam); grumpy ( colloq), grouchy ( colloq)
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam)
    grumbler ( colloq), grouch ( colloq)
    * * *
    regañón, -ona
    ♦ adj
    es muy regañón he's always telling people off for nothing
    ♦ nm,f
    es un regañón he's always telling people off for nothing
    * * *
    regañon, - ñona adj, mpl - ñones fam : grumpy, irritable

    Spanish-English dictionary > regañón

  • 7 quejica

    adj.
    whining, hard to please, querulous, whimpering.
    f. & m.
    grouse, moaner, railer.
    * * *
    1 familiar complaining, grumpy, querulous
    1 moaner, grouse
    * * *
    1.
    2.
    SMF moaner, grumbler
    * * *
    adjetivo/masculino, femenino (Esp fam) quejón I, II
    * * *
    = curmudgeon, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, cantankerous, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], cry-baby, whiner, ornery, fusspot, fussbudget, whinging [winging].
    Ex. The most common problem suffered by curmudgeons turns out to be their circumscribed social life.
    Ex. That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex. Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex. To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex. For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex. Scientists agree: Conservatives are spoiled, selfish cry-babies.
    Ex. That being said, every normal person can think of places we've worked where we were more like whiners than winners.
    Ex. My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex. As for Steve, he traded his days as a bachelor for life with a fusspot.
    Ex. And they're playing an odd couple reminiscent of Neil Simon's classic pairing of a fussbudget and a slob.
    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.
    * * *
    adjetivo/masculino, femenino (Esp fam) quejón I, II
    * * *
    = curmudgeon, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, cantankerous, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], cry-baby, whiner, ornery, fusspot, fussbudget, whinging [winging].

    Ex: The most common problem suffered by curmudgeons turns out to be their circumscribed social life.

    Ex: That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex: Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex: To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex: For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex: Scientists agree: Conservatives are spoiled, selfish cry-babies.
    Ex: That being said, every normal person can think of places we've worked where we were more like whiners than winners.
    Ex: My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex: As for Steve, he traded his days as a bachelor for life with a fusspot.
    Ex: And they're playing an odd couple reminiscent of Neil Simon's classic pairing of a fussbudget and a slob.
    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.

    * * *
    ( Esp fam) whining ( before n) ( colloq)
    ( Esp fam)
    crybaby ( colloq), whinger ( colloq)
    * * *

    quejica adjetivo, masculino y femenino (Esp fam) See Also→

    quejica familiar
    I adjetivo whining
    II mf whiner, moaner

    * * *
    ♦ adj
    whining, Br whingeing;
    es muy quejica he's always whining o Br whingeing;
    no seas quejica y ponte a trabajar stop whining o Br whingeing and get some work done
    ♦ nmf
    whiner, Br whinger
    * * *
    fam
    I adj whining fam
    II m/f crybaby
    * * *
    quejica n moaner

    Spanish-English dictionary > quejica

  • 8 trompa

    adj.
    f.
    1 horn (Music).
    2 trunk.
    3 tube (anatomy).
    trompa de Eustaquio/de Falopio Eustachian/Fallopian tube
    4 horn player (musician).
    5 hornplayer, horn.
    6 long face.
    7 salpinx.
    * * *
    1 MÚSICA horn
    3 (de insecto) proboscis
    4 ANATOMÍA tube
    5 familiar figurado (nariz) hooter, snout
    1 MÚSICA horn player
    \
    estar trompa / coger una trompa / llevar una trompa familiar to be plastered
    trompa de Eustaquio Eustachian tube
    trompa de Falopio Fallopian tube
    * * *
    noun f.
    1) horn
    2) tube
    * * *
    1. SF
    1) (Mús) horn
    2) (=juguete) spinning top
    3) (Zool) [de elefante] trunk; [de insecto] proboscis
    4) * (=nariz) snout **, hooter **; LAm (=labios) thick lips pl, blubber lips pl

    ¡cierra la trompa! — CAm, Méx ** shut your trap! **

    5) (Anat) tube, duct
    6) (Meteo) = tromba
    7) * (=borrachera)

    cogerse o agarrarse una trompa — to get tight *

    8) Méx (Ferro) cowcatcher
    2. SMF
    1) (Mús) horn player
    2) Cono Sur * (=patrón) boss, chief
    3.
    ADJ *
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( de elefante) trunk; ( de insecto) proboscis
    b) (Esp fam) ( nariz) nose, conk (BrE colloq)
    2) (Mús)
    a) ( instrumento) horn
    b) trompa masculino y femenino ( persona) hornplayer
    3) (Esp fam) ( borrachera)
    4)
    a) (AmL fam) ( boca) lips (pl), mouth
    b) (AmS fam) (gesto, expresión)
    * * *
    ----
    * de las trompas = tubal.
    * ligadura de trompas = tubal ligation.
    * trompa de caza = corn.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( de elefante) trunk; ( de insecto) proboscis
    b) (Esp fam) ( nariz) nose, conk (BrE colloq)
    2) (Mús)
    a) ( instrumento) horn
    b) trompa masculino y femenino ( persona) hornplayer
    3) (Esp fam) ( borrachera)
    4)
    a) (AmL fam) ( boca) lips (pl), mouth
    b) (AmS fam) (gesto, expresión)
    * * *
    * de las trompas = tubal.
    * ligadura de trompas = tubal ligation.
    * trompa de caza = corn.
    * * *
    ( Esp fam) plastered ( colloq), smashed ( colloq)
    A
    1 ( Zool) (de un elefante) trunk; (de un insecto) proboscis
    2 ( Esp fam) (nariz) nose, conk ( BrE colloq)
    Compuestos:
    Eustachian tube
    Fallopian tube
    B ( Mús)
    2
    Compuestos:
    hunting horn
    alpenhorn, alphorn
    C
    ( Esp fam) (borrachera): coger una trompa to get plastered o smashed ( colloq)
    D ( Arquit) pendentive
    E
    1 ( AmS fam) (boca) lips (pl), mouth, smacker ( colloq dated)
    ¡qué trompa tiene ese tipo! what a smacker that guy has!, that guy has such thick lips!
    con semejante trompa no se debería pintar los labios de rojo with lips like that o with a mouth like that she shouldn't wear red lipstick
    2
    ( AmS fam) (gesto, expresión): ¿qué le pasa que anda con trompa? why is he walking around with such a long face o ( AmE) with such a puss on?
    no pongas esa trompa stop looking so miserable o grumpy ( colloq)
    * * *

    trompa sustantivo femenino
    1 ( de elefante) trunk;
    ( de insecto) proboscis
    2 ( boca) (AmL fam) lips (pl), mouth
    3 ( instrumento) horn
    4 (Esp fam) ( borrachera):

    5
    ◊ trompa sustantivo masculino y femenino ( músico) horn-player

    trompa sustantivo femenino
    1 (de un elefante) trunk
    (de un mosquito, insecto) proboscis
    2 Anat tube
    3 fam (borrachera, cogorza) se agarró una buena trompa, she got completely smashed
    4 Mús horn
    ' trompa' also found in these entries:
    English:
    horn
    - proboscis
    - trunk
    - Fallopian tube
    - nose
    * * *
    ♦ nf
    1. [de elefante] trunk;
    [de oso hormiguero] snout; [de insecto] proboscis
    2. Anat tube
    trompa de Eustaquio Eustachian tube;
    trompa de Falopio Fallopian tube
    3. [instrumento] horn
    4. Fam [nariz] Br hooter, US schnozzle
    5. Fam [borrachera]
    coger o [m5] pillar una trompa to get plastered
    6. Andes, RP Fam [boca] mouth
    7. Andes, RP Fam [gesto] grumpy look;
    ¿se puede saber por qué estás con esa trompa? what are you looking so grumpy for?
    ♦ nmf
    [músico] horn player
    ♦ adj
    Fam [borracho] plastered
    * * *
    I adj fam
    wasted fam
    II f
    1 MÚS horn; instrumentista horn player
    2 ZO trunk
    III m MÚS horn player
    * * *
    trompa nf
    1) : trunk (of an elephant), proboscis (of an insect)
    2) : horn
    trompa de caza: hunting horn
    3) : tube, duct (in the body)
    * * *
    1. (de elefante) trunk

    Spanish-English dictionary > trompa

  • 9 rezongón

    adj.
    grumbling, grumpy.
    m.
    nag, fussbudget, grouch, grump.
    * * *
    1 familiar grumbling, griping
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar grumbler, griper
    * * *
    ADJ grumbling, grouchy *, cantankerous
    * * *
    I
    - gona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq)
    II
    - gona masculino, femenino (fam) grouch (colloq)
    * * *
    I
    - gona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq)
    II
    - gona masculino, femenino (fam) grouch (colloq)
    * * *
    ( fam); grumpy ( colloq)
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam)
    grouch ( colloq)
    * * *
    rezongón, -ona
    ♦ adj
    es muy rezongón he's always grumbling o moaning
    ♦ nm,f
    grumbler, moaner
    * * *
    adj fam
    grumpy

    Spanish-English dictionary > rezongón

  • 10 viejo

    adj.
    1 old, elderly, senile, long in the tooth.
    2 old, aged, antique.
    m.
    1 old man, elder, old timer, aged man.
    2 father.
    * * *
    1 (gen) old
    2 (desgastado) old, worn-out
    3 (antiguo) old, ancient
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (hombre) old man; (mujer) old woman
    1 elderly people
    \
    caerse de viejo,-a figurado to be falling apart with age
    estar viejo,-a to look old
    hacer la cuenta a la vieja to count on one's fingers
    hacerse viejo,-a to grow old
    más viejo,-a que Matusalén / más viejo,-a que ir a pie familiar as old as the hills
    mi viejo,-a familiar (hombre) my old man, the old man 2 (mujer) my old woman, my old lady, the old lady
    mis viejos familiar my folks, my parents
    morir de viejo to die of old age
    ser gato viejo / ser perro viejo familiar to be a sly old fox
    viejo verde familiar dirty old man
    * * *
    1. (f. - vieja)
    adj.
    1) old
    2) worn
    2. (f. - vieja)
    noun
    old man / woman
    * * *
    viejo, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=de mucha edad) old

    hacerse o ponerse viejo — to grow old, get old

    de viejo me gustaría vivir junto al mar — when I'm old, I'd like to live by the sea

    - más viejo que el cagar
    2) (=envejecido) old
    3) (=usado) old

    ropa vieja — old clothes [pl] ; (=de segunda mano) secondhand clothes [pl]

    4) (=antiguo) old
    5)
    2. SM/ F
    1) (=persona mayor) old man/old woman

    los viejos — the elderly, old people

    el Viejo de Pascua — (LAm) Father Christmas

    verde 1., 6)
    2) (LAm)
    *

    mi viejo — (=padre, esposo) my old man *

    mi vieja — (=madre, esposa) my old woman *

    mis viejos — ( esp LAm) (=padres) my parents, my folks *

    3) (LAm)
    * (en oración directa) (=querido) darling
    4) (LAm)
    * (=chica)

    las viejas — the chicks *, the birds *

    5) *
    (como excl) (=tío, colega) mate *, pal *, buddy (EEUU) *
    * * *
    I
    - ja adjetivo
    1) [ser] <persona/animal> old; <coche/ropa/casa> old

    ser más viejo que Matusalén — to be as old as the hills

    2)
    a) [estar] <persona/animal> ( envejecido) old
    b) [estar] <zapatos/pantalones> ( desgastado) old
    3) (delante del n) ( antiguo) <costumbre/amigo> old
    •
    II
    - ja masculino, femenino
    1) (m) old man; (f) old woman

    los viejos — old people, the elderly

    un viejecito or viejito encantador — a delightful old man

    de viejo: se casó de viejo he was an old man when he got married; se murió de viejo — he died of old age

    mi viejo/mi vieja — my old man/lady (colloq)

    tus viejos — your folks, your Mom and Dad

    3) (AmL) (hablándole a un niño, al cónyuge etc) darling (colloq), love (colloq); ( a un amigo) buddy (AmE), mate (BrE)
    4) (Méx fam) ( esposo) (m) old man (colloq); (f) old woman o lady (colloq)
    * * *
    I
    - ja adjetivo
    1) [ser] <persona/animal> old; <coche/ropa/casa> old

    ser más viejo que Matusalén — to be as old as the hills

    2)
    a) [estar] <persona/animal> ( envejecido) old
    b) [estar] <zapatos/pantalones> ( desgastado) old
    3) (delante del n) ( antiguo) <costumbre/amigo> old
    •
    II
    - ja masculino, femenino
    1) (m) old man; (f) old woman

    los viejos — old people, the elderly

    un viejecito or viejito encantador — a delightful old man

    de viejo: se casó de viejo he was an old man when he got married; se murió de viejo — he died of old age

    mi viejo/mi vieja — my old man/lady (colloq)

    tus viejos — your folks, your Mom and Dad

    3) (AmL) (hablándole a un niño, al cónyuge etc) darling (colloq), love (colloq); ( a un amigo) buddy (AmE), mate (BrE)
    4) (Méx fam) ( esposo) (m) old man (colloq); (f) old woman o lady (colloq)
    * * *
    viejo1
    = old [older -comp., oldest -sup.], long-standing, age-old, olde, hoary [hoarier -comp., hoariest -sup.], senile, timeworn, long-time [longtime].

    Ex: These circumvent many of the problems that must be tackled in subject indexing such as the emergence of new terms and new meanings for old words.

    Ex: The struggle to make the library an integral part of the educational process is a long-standing one which has yet to be resolved.
    Ex: The current environment in higher education is providing an opportunity for librarians to define a future that will ensure their central role in the educational process and thus resolve these remaining age-old questions.
    Ex: The article 'Ye olde smart card' presents an annotated list of information sources on the credit card industry.
    Ex: I know this is a rather hoary topic, but I am going to mention it again.
    Ex: However, the advertisements were not found to support the societal stereotypes that the aged are inflexible, senile, physically deteriorated, and dependent.
    Ex: In the crest of the timeworn Black Mountains lies the summit of Mount Mitchell, the highest point east of the Mississippi.
    Ex: The late James Bennet Childs, one-time head of Descriptive Cataloging at LC and long-time documents specialist, has often pointed out how the quality of documents cataloging went downhill after the special cataloging unit was abolished.
    * cada vez más viejo = aging [ageing].
    * coche viejo = lemon, jalopy.
    * de la vieja guardia = old-style.
    * desde los viejos tiempos = since olden times.
    * loro viejo no aprende a hablar = you can't teach an old dog new tricks.
    * los viejos tiempos = the good old days.
    * más viejo que Matusalén = as old as Methuselah, as old as the hills.
    * morir de viejo = die of + old age.
    * Posesivo + viejas costumbres = Posesivo + old ways, Posesivo + old ways.
    * Posesivo + viejos hábitos = Posesivo + old ways, Posesivo + old ways.
    * ropa vieja = bubble and squeak.
    * vieja escuela, la = old school, the.
    * vieja guardia, la = old guard, the.
    * viejas costumbres nunca desaparecen, las = old ways never die, the.
    * viejo amigo = old friend, old buddy.
    * viejo amor = old flame.
    * Viejo Mundo, el = Old World, the.
    * viejos tiempos, los = good old days, the.
    * vino viejo en pellejos nuevos = old wine in new bottles.

    viejo2
    = old geezer, oldtimer [old-timer], old man, wrinkly [wrinklies, -pl.], long in the tooth.

    Ex: 'Old geezer!' exclaimed Carpozzi, staggered, dumbfounded.

    Ex: Throughout the book, he demonstrates how racial tensions often overshadowed class and cultural differences between oldtimers and newcomers.
    Ex: The book follows Philip's development from a bashful teenager to a more self-assured, but tortured, adult, and finally to a pathetic old man, who often suffered from long bouts of debilitating depression.
    Ex: These wrinklies are the wise men who have been to hell and back.
    Ex: Training would be needed for the reception staff, who all said they were a bit long in the tooth for learning how to use a computer.
    * el viejo = the elder.
    * Plinio el Viejo = Pliny the Elder.
    * Posesivo + viejo = Posesivo + old man.
    * viejo chochopelmazo = dodderer, old fart.
    * viejo gruñón = grumpy old man, grumpy old sod.
    * viejo lobo de mar = old sea dog, old salty dog.
    * viejo pelmazo = old fart.
    * viejo pesado = old fart.
    * viejo verde = dirty old man.
    * viejo veterano = war horse.

    * * *
    viejo1 -ja
    A
    1 [ SER] ‹persona/animal› (de edad) old
    no es tan viejo como parece he's not as old as he looks
    te estás haciendo viejo you're getting old
    ese peinado te hace vieja that hairstyle makes you look old
    2 [ SER] ‹coche/ropa/casa› old
    toda la ropa que tengo es vieja all my clothes are old
    ser más viejo que Matusalén or (CS) que andar a pie to be as old as the hills
    ese remedio es más viejo que Matusalén or que andar a pie that cure is as old as the hills o ( colloq) has been around for donkey's years
    3
    de viejo: una librería de viejo a secondhand bookshop
    B
    1 [ ESTAR] ‹persona/animal› (envejecido) old
    ya está viejo he's got(ten) old
    ¡qué vieja estoy! ¡mírame las arrugas! I look so old! just look at these wrinkles!
    2 [ ESTAR] ‹zapatos/pantalones› (desgastado) old
    es un abrigo bonito pero ya está viejo it's a nice coat but it's seen better days o it's getting old
    C ( delante del n) (antiguo) ‹costumbre/amigo› old
    estábamos recordando los viejos tiempos we were remembering old times o the old days
    una vieja leyenda an old legend
    Compuestos:
    feminine old guard
    el Viejo Mundo the Old World
    masculine Old Testament
    D (anterior, precedente) old
    la cocina vieja era mejor que ésta the old stove was better than this one
    viejo2 -ja
    masculine, feminine
    A ( masculine) old man; ( feminine) old woman
    los viejos old people, the elderly
    no llegará a viejo he'll never reach old age
    de viejo hizo las paces con ella as an old man o when he was old he made his peace with her
    un viejo gruñón a grumpy old man
    una viejecita or viejita muy amable a dear o sweet little old lady
    un viejecito or viejito encantador a delightful old man
    Compuestos:
    masculine ( fam); dirty old man
    B ( fam)
    (refiriéndose a los padres): mayor que mi viejo/mi vieja older than my old man/my old lady ( colloq)
    pídele dinero a tus viejos ask your folks o your Mom and Dad for some money ( colloq)
    C ( AmL fam) (hablándole a un niño, al cónyuge etc) darling ( colloq), love ( colloq)
    (hablándole a un amigo): ¿te tomas otra copa, viejo? do you want another drink, pal o ( AmE) buddy o ( BrE) mate? ( colloq)
    D ( Méx fam) (esposo) ( masculine) old man ( colloq); ( feminine) old woman o girl ( colloq)
    * * *

     

    viejo
    ◊ -ja adjetivo

    1 [ser] ‹persona/animal› old;
    ‹coche/ropa/casa› old;

    2
    a) [estar] ‹persona/animal› ( envejecido) old;


    ¡qué vieja estoy! I look so old!
    b) [estar] ‹zapatos/pantalones› ( desgastado) old

    3 ( delante del n) ( antiguo) ‹costumbre/amigo› old;

    Vviejo Testamento Old Testament
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    1 (m) old man;
    (f) old woman;

    llegar a viejo to reach old age;
    se casó de viejo he was an old man when he got married;
    se murió de viejo he died of old age;
    Vviejo Pascuero (Chi) See Also→ Papá Noel;
    viejo verde or (Méx) viejo rabo verde (fam) dirty old man
    2 (fam) ( refiriéndose a los padres):
    ◊ mi viejo/mi vieja my old man/lady (colloq);

    tus viejos your folks, your Mom and Dad
    3 (AmL) (hablándole a un niño, al cónyuge etc) darling (colloq), love (colloq);
    ( a un amigo) buddy (AmE), mate (BrE)
    4 (Méx fam) ( esposo) (m) old man (colloq);
    (f) old woman o lady (colloq)
    viejo,-a
    I adjetivo old
    una vieja iglesia, an old church
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino old person
    (hombre) old man
    fam (padre) dad
    (mujer) old woman
    fam (madre) mum, US mom
    fam (los padres) los viejos, the parents o folks
    ' viejo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acabada
    - acabado
    - cacharro
    - casarse
    - casco
    - continente
    - engarzar
    - ir
    - resabio
    - retrasarse
    - tartana
    - usada
    - usado
    - verde
    - vieja
    - zorra
    - zorro
    - antiguo
    - barrigón
    - cafetera
    - carcacha
    - cascajo
    - chocho
    - de
    - envejecer
    - llegar
    - maña
    - para
    - vez
    English:
    ageing
    - archaic
    - banger
    - battered
    - dig out
    - dinosaur
    - dirty
    - ditch
    - dog
    - fall for
    - frumpy
    - get on
    - grouch
    - hulk
    - irascible
    - locate
    - long-standing
    - old
    - old-looking
    - rickety
    - rust
    - salvage
    - shabby
    - standby
    - sugar daddy
    - swap for
    - trade in
    - used
    - date
    - decrepit
    - dirty old man
    - father
    - junk
    - Santa Claus
    - second-hand
    - stale
    - way
    * * *
    viejo, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [en edad] old;
    está muy viejo para su edad he looks very old for his age;
    ya soy o [m5] estoy viejo para estas cosas I'm a bit old for that sort of thing;
    esa ropa te hace más viejo those clothes make you look older;
    hacerse viejo to get o grow old;
    de viejo fue cuando empezó a viajar it was only as an old man that he started to travel;
    morirse de viejo to die from old age;
    RP Fam
    ser más viejo que andar a pie to be as old as the hills, to have come out of the ark
    2. [usado] [ropa, aparato] old;
    estas botas están ya viejas these boots are worn out o past it now;
    una radio vieja an old radio;
    una librería de viejo a second-hand bookshop
    3. [antiguo] old;
    viejas canciones old songs;
    un viejo conocido an old acquaintance;
    es un chiste muy viejo it's a really old joke
    4. RP [de toda la vida]
    baila muy bien, es tanguero viejo he dances very well, he's always loved tango;
    a ése no le creas, que es mentiroso viejo don't you believe him, he's a born liar
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [anciano] old man, f old lady;
    los viejos the elderly;
    los viejos del pueblo the old people in the village;
    llegar a viejo to live to be an old man
    RP Fam el viejo de la bolsa the bogeyman; Chile el Viejo Pascuero o de Pascua Santa Claus, Father Christmas;
    viejo verde dirty old man
    2. Fam [padre] old man;
    [madre] old girl;
    mis viejos my folks
    3. Am Fam [apelativo] [amigo] pal, Br mate, US buddy;
    [amiga] girl, US girlfriend;
    ¿qué hay de nuevo, viejo? what's new, Br mate o US buddy?
    4. Méx, RP Fam [apelativo] [esposo, esposa] Br love, US honey
    5. RP Fam [apelativo] [cariñoso o paternalista] Br love, US honey;
    ¿querés un caramelo, mi viejo? Br do you want a sweet, love?, US do you want a piece of candy, honey?
    * * *
    I adj old
    II m old man;
    mis viejos L.Am. fam my folks fam
    * * *
    viejo, -ja adj
    1) anciano: old, elderly
    2) antiguo: former, longstanding
    viejas tradiciones: old traditions
    viejos amigos: old friends
    3) gastado: old, worn, worn-out
    viejo, -ja n
    anciano: old man m, old woman f
    * * *
    viejo1 adj old
    viejo2 n old man [pl. men]

    Spanish-English dictionary > viejo

  • 11 de mal genio

    (adj.) = bad-tempered, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], irascible, shrewish, short-tempered, ill-natured
    Ex. He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex. That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex. Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex. For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex. He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.
    Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex. A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex. Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.
    * * *
    (adj.) = bad-tempered, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], irascible, shrewish, short-tempered, ill-natured

    Ex: He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.

    Ex: That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex: Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex: For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex: He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.
    Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex: A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex: Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de mal genio

  • 12 vieja gruñona

    Ex. American propaganda was very successful in portraying Russians as little more than a group of grumpy old women.
    * * *

    Ex: American propaganda was very successful in portraying Russians as little more than a group of grumpy old women.

    Spanish-English dictionary > vieja gruñona

  • 13 chinchudo

    - da adjetivo (Arg fam) grumpy
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (Arg fam) grumpy
    * * *
    chinchudo1 -da
    ( Arg fam) grumpy
    hoy está chinchudo he's grumpy o in a bad mood today
    chinchudo2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    ( Arg fam) grouch ( colloq)
    * * *
    chinchudo, -a adj
    RP prickly, touchy

    Spanish-English dictionary > chinchudo

  • 14 renegón

    adj.
    1 fussy.
    2 cantankerous.
    * * *
    1 familiar grumpy, grouchy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 grumbler, moaner
    * * *
    - gona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq), grouchy (colloq)
    * * *
    - gona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq), grouchy (colloq)
    * * *
    ( fam); grumpy ( colloq), grouchy ( colloq)

    Spanish-English dictionary > renegón

  • 15 atufado

    adj.
    1 angry, mad.
    2 irritated.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: atufar.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (Méx, RPl fam) grouchy (colloq), grumpy
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (Méx, RPl fam) grouchy (colloq), grumpy
    * * *
    atufado -da
    (Méx, RPl fam) grouchy ( colloq), grumpy

    Spanish-English dictionary > atufado

  • 16 abuelete

    = codger.
    Ex. This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.
    * * *

    Ex: This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.

    Spanish-English dictionary > abuelete

  • 17 acartonado

    adj.
    cardboard-like, resembling pasteboard.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: acartonarse.
    * * *
    1→ link=acartonarse acartonarse
    1 cardboard-like, stiff
    2 (piel) wizened, shrivelled up
    * * *
    ADJ [superficie] like cardboard; (=enjuto) wizened
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) < piel> wizened
    b) < estilo> stilted; < actuación> wooden; < modales> stuffy, stilted; < sociedad> stultified
    * * *
    = stuffy [stuffier -comp., stuffies -sup.], starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.].
    Ex. Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
    Ex. This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) < piel> wizened
    b) < estilo> stilted; < actuación> wooden; < modales> stuffy, stilted; < sociedad> stultified
    * * *
    = stuffy [stuffier -comp., stuffies -sup.], starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.].

    Ex: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.

    Ex: This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.

    * * *
    1 ‹piel/cara› wizened
    2 ‹estilo› stilted; ‹actuación/interpretación› wooden; ‹modales› stuffy, stilted; ‹sociedad› stultified
    3 ( Chi fam) ‹persona› stiff
    * * *
    acartonado, -a adj
    1. [piel] wizened;
    tengo la piel acartonada my skin feels dry
    2. [tela] stiff
    3. [estilo, personaje] wooden
    4. Am [persona] stiff
    * * *
    adj piel, persona wizened

    Spanish-English dictionary > acartonado

  • 18 almidonado

    adj.
    starched, starchy.
    m.
    starching, stiffening.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: almidonar.
    * * *
    1→ link=almidonar almidonar
    1 familiar (demasiado acicalado) dressed up to the nines
    2 familiar (estirado) stuffy, starchy, uptight
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [ropa] starched
    2) [persona] (=estirado) stiff, starchy; (=pulcro) dapper, spruce
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (fam) < persona> ( estirado) stuffy (colloq); ( demasiado acicalado)
    * * *
    = starched, starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.].
    Ex. The traditional image of nurses, mostly women, in starched uniforms and white caps, giving care at the bedside in the hospital is out of date.
    Ex. This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (fam) < persona> ( estirado) stuffy (colloq); ( demasiado acicalado)
    * * *
    = starched, starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.].

    Ex: The traditional image of nurses, mostly women, in starched uniforms and white caps, giving care at the bedside in the hospital is out of date.

    Ex: This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.

    * * *
    A ‹ropa/mantel› starched
    B ( fam) ‹persona› (estirado) stuffy ( colloq), starchy ( colloq)
    (demasiado acicalado): sus niños van siempre tan almidonados her children are always dressed so neat and tidy
    * * *
    almidonado, -a
    ♦ adj
    starched
    ♦ nm
    starching
    * * *
    adj fig
    stuffy, starchy

    Spanish-English dictionary > almidonado

  • 19 colarse

    1 (escabullirse) to slip in, gatecrash
    2 (en una cola) to push in, jump the queue, US jump the line
    3 familiar (equivocarse) to slip up, make a mistake
    4 (enamorarse) to fall ( por, for)
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (=filtrarse)
    2) [personas] [sin pagar] to get in without paying; [en lugar prohibido] to sneak in; [en fiesta] to gatecrash
    3) [error]
    4) [en una cola] to jump the queue, cut in line (EEUU)

    ¡oiga, no se cuele! — excuse me, there's a queue!

    5) Esp * (=equivocarse) to get it wrong *

    ¡huy! ¡me colé! — oops! I got it wrong! *

    ahí te has colado porque yo no dije nada de eso — you got it wrong there, because I didn't say anything about that

    6) Esp (=enamorarse)
    * * *
    = creep + past, sneak + past, sneak through, slither + Posesivo + way into, seep, creep (up) (in/into), sneak, weasel + Posesivo + way into, sneak into, worm + Posesivo + way through.
    Ex. Too frequently absurd errors creep past the abstractor who does not know the field.
    Ex. The more expensive media such as kits, models, and games are too large for someone to sneak past a vigilant charge out system = Los conjuntos documentales multimedia, las maquetas y los juegos son demasiado grandes para que alguien los pase sin ser visto por el sistema de préstamo.
    Ex. I think I am probably 99.9% effective at catching these spams but this was one of the.1% that snuck through.
    Ex. That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex. The outer edges of the sheet -- the deckle edges -- are rough and uneven where the stuff seeped between the deckle and the mould.
    Ex. Abstracting may not always be accorded a high priority by volunteer abstractors and undesirable delays may creep into the preparation of abstracts.
    Ex. With a no fine policy there'll no longer be a need for patrons to sneak books back on the shelves after they're due and then pretend they were there all the time = Sin una política de sanciones los usuarios ya no tendrán la necesidad de devolver los libros a los estantes sin ser vistos después de haber vencido su préstamo y luego fingir que estaban allí desde hace tiempo.
    Ex. He then rented a hidden camera and weaseled his way into the private ceremony to take a shot of the singer.
    Ex. The police said that he had sneaked into a her house and raped her nearly 200 times over a 13-month period.
    Ex. Corruption wormed its way through their ranks, as it did through the ranks of their kinfolk.
    ----
    * colarse en = slip into.
    * colarse inadvertidamente = slip through.
    * * *
    = creep + past, sneak + past, sneak through, slither + Posesivo + way into, seep, creep (up) (in/into), sneak, weasel + Posesivo + way into, sneak into, worm + Posesivo + way through.

    Ex: Too frequently absurd errors creep past the abstractor who does not know the field.

    Ex: The more expensive media such as kits, models, and games are too large for someone to sneak past a vigilant charge out system = Los conjuntos documentales multimedia, las maquetas y los juegos son demasiado grandes para que alguien los pase sin ser visto por el sistema de préstamo.
    Ex: I think I am probably 99.9% effective at catching these spams but this was one of the.1% that snuck through.
    Ex: That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex: The outer edges of the sheet -- the deckle edges -- are rough and uneven where the stuff seeped between the deckle and the mould.
    Ex: Abstracting may not always be accorded a high priority by volunteer abstractors and undesirable delays may creep into the preparation of abstracts.
    Ex: With a no fine policy there'll no longer be a need for patrons to sneak books back on the shelves after they're due and then pretend they were there all the time = Sin una política de sanciones los usuarios ya no tendrán la necesidad de devolver los libros a los estantes sin ser vistos después de haber vencido su préstamo y luego fingir que estaban allí desde hace tiempo.
    Ex: He then rented a hidden camera and weaseled his way into the private ceremony to take a shot of the singer.
    Ex: The police said that he had sneaked into a her house and raped her nearly 200 times over a 13-month period.
    Ex: Corruption wormed its way through their ranks, as it did through the ranks of their kinfolk.
    * colarse en = slip into.
    * colarse inadvertidamente = slip through.

    * * *

    ■colarse verbo reflexivo
    1 (entrar sin ser visto) to slip in
    (sin ser invitado) to gatecrash
    (sin pagar) se coló en el autobús, he got onto the bus without paying
    2 (saltarse el turno) to jump the queue, US to cut in the line
    3 fam (meter la pata) to slip up, go too far
    ' colarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    colar
    English:
    cut in
    - gatecrash
    - jump
    - push in
    - queue
    - thread
    - worm
    - crash
    - gate
    - line
    - push
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [líquido, gas]
    colarse por to seep through;
    el aire se cuela por esta rendija air passes through this crack;
    las llaves se colaron por la alcantarilla the keys dropped down the drain;
    el balón se coló por la portería sin que ningún jugador pudiera detenerlo the ball just slipped into the goal and no one could stop it
    2. [en cola] to Br jump the queue o US cut in line;
    ¡eh, no te cueles! Br oi, don't jump the queue!, US hey, don't cut in line!
    3. [en sitio] to slip, to sneak (en into);
    se colaron en el tren they slipped o sneaked onto the train without paying;
    colarse en una fiesta to gatecrash a party;
    nos colamos por la puerta de atrás we sneaked in (by) the back door
    4. Fam [equivocarse] to slip up;
    te has colado, no es mi hermana you've got it wrong, she's not my sister
    5. Fam [enamorarse]
    colarse por alguien to fall for sb
    * * *
    v/r fam
    1 en un lugar get in
    2 en una fiesta gatecrash; en una cola cut in line, Br
    push in
    3
    :
    colarse por alguien fam fall for s.o.
    * * *
    vr
    1) : to sneak in, to cut in line, to gate-crash
    2) : to slip up, to make a mistake
    * * *
    1. (meterse en un lugar) to sneak in
    se coló en el concierto he sneaked into the concert / he got into the concert without paying
    2. (meterse en una cola) to push in
    3. (equivocarse en general) to slip up / to be wrong
    4. (equivocarse hablando) to put your foot in it
    te has colado, no debías decirle eso you've put your foot in it you shouldn't have said that

    Spanish-English dictionary > colarse

  • 20 estirado

    adj.
    1 stretched out, dilated, elongated, outstretched.
    2 stiff, airy-fairy, pretentious, prim.
    f. & m.
    stuck-up person, stiff shirt.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: estirar.
    * * *
    1 (textil) drawing
    2 (del pelo) straightening; (de la piel) lift
    ————————
    1→ link=estirar estirar
    1 figurado (en el vestir) stiff, formal, starchy
    2 figurado (orgulloso) stiff, conceited, haughty
    1 (textil) drawing
    2 (del pelo) straightening; (de la piel) lift
    * * *
    (f. - estirada)
    adj.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=alargado) stretched
    2) [persona] (=tieso) stiff, starchy; (=engreído) stuck-up *
    3) (=tacaño) tight-fisted
    2.
    SM [de vidrio] drawing; [de pelo] straightening

    estirado de piel, estirado facial — face lift

    * * *
    - da adjetivo (fam) stuck-up (colloq), snooty (colloq)
    * * *
    = stuffy [stuffier -comp., stuffies -sup.], outstretched, pulled-out, stuck-up, prim [primmer -comp., primmest -sup.], starched, starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.], hoity-toity, stiff.
    Ex. Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
    Ex. The 'law of the outstretched arm', by which is understood the rule that information which is further away than can be physically reached has a major impact on information use patterns.
    Ex. Self-effacing nervousness causes the epiglottis to tighten, strangling the words in the throat and stiffening the diaphragm so that it is like pulled-out elastic unable to propel anything.
    Ex. library users were stereotyped as old people, intellectuals, uninteresting people, shy or stuck-up people and people afraid of life.
    Ex. I am really liking buttoned-up, very prim, demure-to-the-point-of-invisibility dresses lately.
    Ex. Portraits of that nature are a thing of the past with people sitting around looking stiff and starched.
    Ex. This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.
    Ex. Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    Ex. He could have won that election, if he had played his cards right, not come off as such a stiff, and had some real conviction.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (fam) stuck-up (colloq), snooty (colloq)
    * * *
    = stuffy [stuffier -comp., stuffies -sup.], outstretched, pulled-out, stuck-up, prim [primmer -comp., primmest -sup.], starched, starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.], hoity-toity, stiff.

    Ex: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.

    Ex: The 'law of the outstretched arm', by which is understood the rule that information which is further away than can be physically reached has a major impact on information use patterns.
    Ex: Self-effacing nervousness causes the epiglottis to tighten, strangling the words in the throat and stiffening the diaphragm so that it is like pulled-out elastic unable to propel anything.
    Ex: library users were stereotyped as old people, intellectuals, uninteresting people, shy or stuck-up people and people afraid of life.
    Ex: I am really liking buttoned-up, very prim, demure-to-the-point-of-invisibility dresses lately.
    Ex: Portraits of that nature are a thing of the past with people sitting around looking stiff and starched.
    Ex: This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.
    Ex: Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    Ex: He could have won that election, if he had played his cards right, not come off as such a stiff, and had some real conviction.

    * * *
    estirado1 -da
    ( fam); stuck-up ( colloq), snooty ( colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo estirar: ( conjugate estirar)

    estirado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    estirado    
    estirar
    estirado
    ◊ -da adjetivo (fam) stuck-up (colloq), snooty (colloq)

    estirar ( conjugate estirar) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹goma/elástico/suéter› to stretch;

    ‹cable/soga› to pull out, stretch
    b) ‹sábanas/mantel› ( con las manos) to smooth out;

    ( con la plancha) to run the iron over
    2 ‹brazos/piernas/músculo› to stretch;

    3 ‹dinero/comida/recursos› to make … go further
    estirarse verbo pronominal
    to stretch
    estirado,-a adj pey (persona) stiff
    estirar verbo transitivo
    1 (alargar, tensar) to stretch
    2 (alisar) to smooth out: tienes que estirar la cama, you must straighten the covers
    3 (dinero) to spin out ♦ LOC familiar: estirar la pata, to kick the bucket, bite the dust
    estirar las piernas, to stretch one's legs: voy afuera a estirar las piernas un poco, I'm going outside to strech my legs a bit
    ' estirado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    estirada
    English:
    shirt
    - snooty
    - snotty
    - standoffish
    - stiff
    - stiff-necked
    - stuffy
    - stuck
    - toffee
    * * *
    estirado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [persona] [altanero] haughty;
    [adusto] uptight
    2. [brazos, piernas] outstretched
    3. [jersey] baggy, shapeless
    ♦ nm
    stretching
    * * *
    I adj snooty fam, stuck-up fam
    II m face-lift;
    hacerse un estirado have a face-lift
    * * *
    estirado, -da adj
    1) : stretched, extended
    2) presumido: stuck-up, conceited

    Spanish-English dictionary > estirado

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