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he's in his fifties

  • 1 cincuentón

    adj.
    fifty-year old, fiftyish.
    m.
    man in his fifties, fifty-year-old man.
    * * *
    1 familiar fifty-year-old
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 fifty-year-old
    * * *
    cincuentón, -ona
    1.
    ADJ fifty-year old, fiftyish
    2.
    SM / F person in his/her fifties
    * * *
    I
    - tona adjetivo (fam)
    II
    - tona masculino, femenino (fam)
    * * *
    I
    - tona adjetivo (fam)
    II
    - tona masculino, femenino (fam)
    * * *
    es cincuentona she is in her fifties
    masculine, feminine
    una cincuentona a woman in her fifties
    * * *

    cincuentón
    ◊ - tona adjetivo (fam): es cincuentón he's in his fifties

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam): una cincuentona a woman in her fifties

    ' cincuentón' also found in these entries:
    English:
    fifty
    * * *
    cincuentón, -ona Fam
    ♦ adj
    un señor cincuentón a man in his fifties
    ♦ nm,f
    person in their fifties;
    es un cincuentón he's in his fifties
    * * *
    I adj in one’s fifties
    II m, cincuentona f person in his/her fifties

    Spanish-English dictionary > cincuentón

  • 2 quincuagenario

    adj.
    fiftieth.
    m.
    fifty-year old, quinquagenarian.
    * * *
    1 quinquagenarian
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 quinquagenarian, person in his/her fifties
    * * *
    quincuagenario, -a
    ADJ, SM / F fifty-year-old
    * * *
    - ria adjetivo 50-year-old
    * * *
    - ria adjetivo 50-year-old
    * * *
    50-year-old
    * * *
    quincuagenario, -a
    ♦ adj
    un político quincuagenario a politician in his fifties
    ♦ nm,f
    Emilio es quincuagenario Emilio is in his fifties
    * * *
    I adj fifty-year-old
    II m, quincuagenaria f person in his/ her fifties

    Spanish-English dictionary > quincuagenario

  • 3 estúpido

    adj.
    1 stupid, foolish, dumb, empty-headed.
    2 stupid, foolish, inane, dumb.
    m.
    stupid, nitwit, fathead, numbskull.
    * * *
    1 stupid, silly
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 berk, idiot
    * * *
    1. (f. - estúpida)
    adj.
    2. (f. - estúpida)
    noun f.
    * * *
    estúpido, -a
    1.
    ADJ stupid
    2.
    SM / F idiot
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo <persona/argumento> stupid, silly

    ay, qué estúpida soy! — oh, how stupid of me!

    II
    - da masculino, femenino idiot, fool
    * * *
    = crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], dummy, foolish, silly, mindless, moron, stupid, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], mad, dumb [dumber -comp., dumbest -sup.], nuts, witless, bonehead, boneheaded, twit, dolally tap, dolally [do-lally], imbecile, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], brainless, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], twat, nonsensical, mug, berk, prick, cretin, dumbbell, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], dits, ditz, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], airhead, airheaded, duffer, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, dork, moonstruck, plonker.
    Ex. Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.
    Ex. We are too prone to be dummy people by day, and thinking, articulate individuals only in the safety of home and leisure.
    Ex. It would be uneconomic and foolish to persevere with human assignment of controlled-language terms.
    Ex. In conclusion, I am sure you all believe me to be either idealistic, unrealistic, radical, or just plain silly.
    Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    Ex. When any librarian is trying to find material on behalf of a user from a poor citation it leads to that librarian appearing slow and stupid to the user.
    Ex. Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    Ex. When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.
    Ex. Techniques such as the automatic detection of anaphora enable systems to appear to be intelligent rather than dumb.
    Ex. I think some people would think my approach is nuts.
    Ex. She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
    Ex. That was a big boneheaded error.
    Ex. Democracy's a nice idea in theory, if it wasn't for all the twits.
    Ex. Now I know this country of ours is totally dolally tap!.
    Ex. The server has gone dolally by the looks of it.
    Ex. The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.
    Ex. It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.
    Ex. Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.
    Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex. The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.
    Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex. I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.
    Ex. Parental protectiveness of children is surely a good thing if sensibly applied, but this nonsensical double standard doesn't help anyone.
    Ex. By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.
    Ex. And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.
    Ex. Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex. Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.
    Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    Ex. An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
    Ex. This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.
    Ex. The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.
    Ex. If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.
    Ex. But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.
    Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex. Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
    Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    Ex. Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.
    Ex. This team of schmoes is capable of anything.
    Ex. Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    Ex. States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.
    Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
    Ex. Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.
    Ex. She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.
    Ex. I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.
    Ex. Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.
    Ex. I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.
    Ex. And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.
    Ex. ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.
    Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
    ----
    * algo estúpido = no-brainer.
    * como un estúpido = stupidly.
    * hacerse el estúpido = dumb down, act + dumb.
    * lo suficientemente estúpido como para = dumb enough to.
    * rubia estúpida = dumb blonde.
    * ser estúpido = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * típica rubia estúpida = bimbo.
    * volverse estúpido = go off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo <persona/argumento> stupid, silly

    ay, qué estúpida soy! — oh, how stupid of me!

    II
    - da masculino, femenino idiot, fool
    * * *
    = crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], dummy, foolish, silly, mindless, moron, stupid, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], mad, dumb [dumber -comp., dumbest -sup.], nuts, witless, bonehead, boneheaded, twit, dolally tap, dolally [do-lally], imbecile, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], brainless, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], twat, nonsensical, mug, berk, prick, cretin, dumbbell, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], dits, ditz, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], airhead, airheaded, duffer, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, dork, moonstruck, plonker.

    Ex: Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.

    Ex: We are too prone to be dummy people by day, and thinking, articulate individuals only in the safety of home and leisure.
    Ex: It would be uneconomic and foolish to persevere with human assignment of controlled-language terms.
    Ex: In conclusion, I am sure you all believe me to be either idealistic, unrealistic, radical, or just plain silly.
    Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex: This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    Ex: When any librarian is trying to find material on behalf of a user from a poor citation it leads to that librarian appearing slow and stupid to the user.
    Ex: Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    Ex: When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.
    Ex: Techniques such as the automatic detection of anaphora enable systems to appear to be intelligent rather than dumb.
    Ex: I think some people would think my approach is nuts.
    Ex: She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
    Ex: That was a big boneheaded error.
    Ex: Democracy's a nice idea in theory, if it wasn't for all the twits.
    Ex: Now I know this country of ours is totally dolally tap!.
    Ex: The server has gone dolally by the looks of it.
    Ex: The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.
    Ex: It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.
    Ex: Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.
    Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex: The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.
    Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex: I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.
    Ex: Parental protectiveness of children is surely a good thing if sensibly applied, but this nonsensical double standard doesn't help anyone.
    Ex: By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.
    Ex: And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.
    Ex: Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex: Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.
    Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    Ex: An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
    Ex: This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.
    Ex: The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.
    Ex: If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.
    Ex: But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.
    Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex: Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
    Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    Ex: Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.
    Ex: This team of schmoes is capable of anything.
    Ex: Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    Ex: States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.
    Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
    Ex: Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.
    Ex: She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.
    Ex: I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.
    Ex: Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.
    Ex: I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.
    Ex: And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.
    Ex: ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.
    Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
    * algo estúpido = no-brainer.
    * como un estúpido = stupidly.
    * hacerse el estúpido = dumb down, act + dumb.
    * lo suficientemente estúpido como para = dumb enough to.
    * rubia estúpida = dumb blonde.
    * ser estúpido = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * típica rubia estúpida = bimbo.
    * volverse estúpido = go off + Posesivo + rocker.

    * * *
    estúpido1 -da
    ‹persona› stupid; ‹argumento› stupid, silly
    ay, qué estúpida, me equivoqué oh, how stupid of me, I've done it wrong
    un gasto estúpido a stupid waste of money
    es estúpido que vayamos las dos it's silly o stupid for us both to go
    estúpido2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    idiot, fool
    el estúpido de mi hermano my stupid brother
    * * *

     

    estúpido
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹ persona› stupid;


    ‹ argumento› stupid, silly;
    ◊ ¡ay, qué estúpida soy! oh, how stupid of me!

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    idiot, fool
    estúpido,-a
    I adjetivo stupid
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino idiot

    ' estúpido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    burra
    - burro
    - estúpida
    - animal
    - apendejarse
    - baboso
    - caballo
    - el
    - embromar
    - gafo
    - huevón
    - pendejo
    English:
    also
    - believe
    - bit
    - bonehead
    - bozo
    - damn
    - dopey
    - equally
    - foolish
    - goof
    - idiotic
    - mindless
    - obtuse
    - pretty
    - shame
    - soft
    - stupid
    - that
    - wonder
    - inane
    - jerk
    * * *
    estúpido, -a
    ♦ adj
    stupid;
    ¡qué estúpido soy! me he vuelto a olvidar what an idiot I am! I've gone and forgotten again;
    sería estúpido no reconocerlo it would be foolish not to admit it
    ♦ nm,f
    idiot;
    el estúpido de mi vecino my idiot of a neighbour
    * * *
    I adj stupid
    II m, estúpida f idiot
    * * *
    estúpido, -da adj
    : stupid
    estúpido, -da n
    idiota: idiot, fool
    * * *
    estúpido1 adj stupid [comp. stupider; superl. stupidest]
    estúpido2 n stupid person / idiot

    Spanish-English dictionary > estúpido

  • 4 fanfarrón

    adj.
    boasting, arrogant, vain, boastful.
    m.
    boaster, blowhard, blowoff, bluffer.
    * * *
    1 familiar swanky, boastful
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 show-off, swank, braggart
    * * *
    fanfarrón, -ona
    1.
    2.
    SM / F boaster, braggart
    * * *
    I
    - rrona adjetivo (fam)
    a) ( al hablar) loudmouthed (colloq)
    b) ( al actuar)
    II
    - rrona masculino, femenino (fam)
    a) ( al hablar) loudmouth (colloq)
    b) ( al actuar) show-off (colloq)
    * * *
    = blowhard, boastful, show-off, showboat, hot dog, braggart, loudmouth.
    Ex. He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
    Ex. The main character displays a boastful attitude that smacks of hubris in the extreme.
    Ex. The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.
    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. Jerry Hairston is a bit of a hot dog and needs to be reined in at times.
    Ex. Palma, described by many as an indiscreet braggart, told people at the gun range that the group was preparing for clandestine trips to Cuba.
    Ex. In that respect, if, in fact, some people may think of her as a ' loudmouth' or 'showboat' or 'jerk,' it could be good for women's soccer.
    ----
    * ser un fanfarrón = be all mouth.
    * * *
    I
    - rrona adjetivo (fam)
    a) ( al hablar) loudmouthed (colloq)
    b) ( al actuar)
    II
    - rrona masculino, femenino (fam)
    a) ( al hablar) loudmouth (colloq)
    b) ( al actuar) show-off (colloq)
    * * *
    = blowhard, boastful, show-off, showboat, hot dog, braggart, loudmouth.

    Ex: He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.

    Ex: The main character displays a boastful attitude that smacks of hubris in the extreme.
    Ex: The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.
    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: Jerry Hairston is a bit of a hot dog and needs to be reined in at times.
    Ex: Palma, described by many as an indiscreet braggart, told people at the gun range that the group was preparing for clandestine trips to Cuba.
    Ex: In that respect, if, in fact, some people may think of her as a ' loudmouth' or 'showboat' or 'jerk,' it could be good for women's soccer.
    * ser un fanfarrón = be all mouth.

    * * *
    ( fam) (al hablar) loudmouthed ( colloq)
    (al actuar): niños fanfarrones luciendo el coche de papá kids showing off o trying to be flashy in their fathers' cars
    no seas fanfarrón stop boasting o swanking around o bragging, don't be such a loudmouth ( colloq)
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam) (al hablar) loudmouth ( colloq), bragger; (al actuar) show-off ( colloq)
    * * *

    fanfarrón
    ◊ - rrona adjetivo (fam) ( al hablar) loudmouthed (colloq);


    ( al actuar):

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) ( al hablar) loudmouth (colloq);

    ( al actuar) show-off (colloq)
    fanfarrón,-ona familiar
    I adjetivo boastful, braggart
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino show-off
    ' fanfarrón' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    charlatán
    - charlatana
    - chula
    - chulo
    - fanfarrona
    - fantasma
    English:
    boastful
    - show-off
    - big
    - show
    - swanky
    * * *
    fanfarrón, -ona Fam
    ♦ adj
    [bravucón, arrogante] bigheaded; [ostentoso] flashy
    ♦ nm,f
    [bravucón, arrogante] bighead; [ostentoso] show-off
    * * *
    I adj boastful
    II m, fanfarrona f boaster
    * * *
    fanfarrón, - rrona adj, mpl - rrones fam : bragging, boastful
    fanfarrón, - rrona n, mpl - rrones fam : braggart
    * * *
    fanfarrón n show off

    Spanish-English dictionary > fanfarrón

  • 5 gilipollas

    adj.
    coward.
    m. s.&pl.
    1 stupid person, jerk, prat, git.
    2 coward.
    * * *
    1 tabú stupid
    1 jerk, arsehole (US asshole), GB prat
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo invariable (Esp fam o vulg)
    II
    masculino y femenino (pl gilipollas) (Esp fam o vulg) jerk (sl & pej)
    * * *
    = dickhead, arsehole [asshole, -USA], twat, arse, wanker, tosser, mug, shithead, prick, schmuck, schmo, jerk, plonker.
    Ex. Whoever said Moby is the leader of dickheads that beat people up? He is just a bald-headed hippie who wouldn't hurt a fly.
    Ex. Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.
    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. These are the wankers who thought they knew all about fashion.
    Ex. The site shows that the highest proportions of ' tossers' -- or overspenders -- are in Northern Ireland and eastern England.
    Ex. By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.
    Ex. With all the pandering shitheads in politics today, it's so refreshing to see some one who will just say 'fuck off, don't bother me'.
    Ex. Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex. Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.
    Ex. This team of schmoes is capable of anything.
    Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo invariable (Esp fam o vulg)
    II
    masculino y femenino (pl gilipollas) (Esp fam o vulg) jerk (sl & pej)
    * * *
    = dickhead, arsehole [asshole, -USA], twat, arse, wanker, tosser, mug, shithead, prick, schmuck, schmo, jerk, plonker.

    Ex: Whoever said Moby is the leader of dickheads that beat people up? He is just a bald-headed hippie who wouldn't hurt a fly.

    Ex: Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.
    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: These are the wankers who thought they knew all about fashion.
    Ex: The site shows that the highest proportions of ' tossers' -- or overspenders -- are in Northern Ireland and eastern England.
    Ex: By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.
    Ex: With all the pandering shitheads in politics today, it's so refreshing to see some one who will just say 'fuck off, don't bother me'.
    Ex: Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex: Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.
    Ex: This team of schmoes is capable of anything.
    Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.

    * * *
    ( Esp fam o vulg): ¡qué gilipollas es ese tío! that guy's such a jerk! ( sl pej), that guy's such a prat o git! ( BrE sl pej)
    jerk ( sl pej), prat ( BrE sl pej), git ( BrE sl pej)
    anda, gilipollas, cállate la boca shut up, you jerk o prat o git!
    * * *

     

    gilipollas adjetivo invariable (Esp fam o vulg):
    ◊ ¡qué gilipollas es ese tío! that guy's such a jerk! (sl &

    pej)
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (pl
    ◊ gilipollas) (Esp fam o vulg) jerk (sl &

    pej)
    gilipollas mf ofens bloody fool o idiot
    ' gilipollas' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    boluda
    - boludo
    English:
    bloody
    - dork
    - jerk
    - prick
    - twat
    - wanker
    * * *
    gilipollas, jilipollas Esp muy Fam
    ♦ adj inv
    ser gilipollas to be a Br prat o Br pillock o US dork
    ♦ nmf inv
    Br prat, Br pillock, US dork
    * * *
    m/f inv pop
    jerk pop

    Spanish-English dictionary > gilipollas

  • 6 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

  • 7 imbécil

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

    ¡imbécil! — you idiot!

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

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

    b) (Med) imbecilic
    II
    masculino y femenino
    a) (fam) ( tonto) stupid idiot, moron (colloq & pej)
    b) (Med) imbecile
    * * *
    = feeble minded, moron, twit, imbecile, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, arse, witless, mug, berk, prick, blockhead, nonce, jerk, dweeb, plonker.
    Ex. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from feeble minded, Imbecility, and Morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    Ex. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    Ex. Democracy's a nice idea in theory, if it wasn't for all the twits.
    Ex. The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.
    Ex. It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.
    Ex. Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.
    Ex. The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.
    Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex. I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.
    Ex. In fact, there was little doubt in his mind that Nigel was an arse of the highest order.
    Ex. She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.
    Ex. By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.
    Ex. And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.
    Ex. Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex. They'd all call him blockhead, the ribbing was endless.
    Ex. Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
    Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
    * * *
    I
    a) (fam) ( tonto) stupid

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

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

    Ex: This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from feeble minded, Imbecility, and Morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.

    Ex: This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    Ex: Democracy's a nice idea in theory, if it wasn't for all the twits.
    Ex: The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.
    Ex: It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.
    Ex: Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.
    Ex: The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.
    Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex: I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.
    Ex: In fact, there was little doubt in his mind that Nigel was an arse of the highest order.
    Ex: She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.
    Ex: By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.
    Ex: And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.
    Ex: Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex: They'd all call him blockhead, the ribbing was endless.
    Ex: Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
    Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.

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

    imbécil adjetivo
    a) (fam) ( tonto) stupid

    b) (Med) imbecilic

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

    b) (Med) imbecile

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

    Spanish-English dictionary > imbécil

  • 8 huevón

    adj.
    lazy, do-nothing, indolent, loafing.
    m.
    1 jerk.
    2 lazy bum, deadbeat, bum, lazy person.
    * * *
    1 sluggish
    * * *
    huevón, -ona **
    1. ADJ
    1) (=flojo) lazy, idle
    2) LAm (=estúpido) stupid, thick *
    3) (=lento) slow
    4) Chile (=cobarde) cowardly, chicken *, yellow *
    2.
    SM / F (=holgazán) lazy sod ***, skiver *, layabout *; (=imbécil) stupid idiot *, bloody fool **
    * * *
    I
    - vona adjetivo
    a) (Andes, Ven fam o vulg) (tonto, estúpido) (fam) dumb (colloq)
    b) (Méx vulg) ( holgazán) lazy (colloq)
    II
    - vona masculino, femenino
    a) (Andes, Ven vulg) ( imbécil) jerk (sl & pej), dickhead (vulg), dumbass (AmE sl)
    b) (Méx vulg) ( holgazán) lazy bum (colloq)
    * * *
    = slowcoach [slow coach], arsehole [asshole, -USA], berk, dickhead, prick, schmuck, twat, twerp, wanker, slowpoke, schmuck, schmo.
    Ex. By today's standards, this processor is a bit of a slowcoach.
    Ex. Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.
    Ex. And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.
    Ex. Whoever said Moby is the leader of dickheads that beat people up? He is just a bald-headed hippie who wouldn't hurt a fly.
    Ex. Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex. Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.
    Ex. I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.
    Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex. These are the wankers who thought they knew all about fashion.
    Ex. The United States is starting to look like a slowpoke on the Internet -- examples abound of countries that have faster broadband connections.
    Ex. Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.
    Ex. This team of schmoes is capable of anything.
    * * *
    I
    - vona adjetivo
    a) (Andes, Ven fam o vulg) (tonto, estúpido) (fam) dumb (colloq)
    b) (Méx vulg) ( holgazán) lazy (colloq)
    II
    - vona masculino, femenino
    a) (Andes, Ven vulg) ( imbécil) jerk (sl & pej), dickhead (vulg), dumbass (AmE sl)
    b) (Méx vulg) ( holgazán) lazy bum (colloq)
    * * *
    = slowcoach [slow coach], arsehole [asshole, -USA], berk, dickhead, prick, schmuck, twat, twerp, wanker, slowpoke, schmuck, schmo.

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

    Ex: Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.
    Ex: And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.
    Ex: Whoever said Moby is the leader of dickheads that beat people up? He is just a bald-headed hippie who wouldn't hurt a fly.
    Ex: Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex: Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.
    Ex: I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.
    Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex: These are the wankers who thought they knew all about fashion.
    Ex: The United States is starting to look like a slowpoke on the Internet -- examples abound of countries that have faster broadband connections.
    Ex: Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.
    Ex: This team of schmoes is capable of anything.

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

    huevón
    ◊ - vona adjetivo

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


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

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

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

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

    Spanish-English dictionary > huevón

  • 9 petulante

    adj.
    1 opinionated, arrogant.
    2 petulant, boasting, vain, cynical.
    f. & m.
    1 opinionated person.
    2 smug person, self-righteous person, self-satisfied person.
    * * *
    1 vain
    * * *
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo smug, self-satisfied
    II
    masculino y femenino smug o self-satisfied fool
    * * *
    = smug, petulant, show-off, showboat, hot dog, hoity-toity, cocksure.
    Ex. A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.
    Ex. His manner was more animated, but not in the usual petulant sense: he even seemed years younger.
    Ex. The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.
    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. Jerry Hairston is a bit of a hot dog and needs to be reined in at times.
    Ex. Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    Ex. The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo smug, self-satisfied
    II
    masculino y femenino smug o self-satisfied fool
    * * *
    = smug, petulant, show-off, showboat, hot dog, hoity-toity, cocksure.

    Ex: A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.

    Ex: His manner was more animated, but not in the usual petulant sense: he even seemed years younger.
    Ex: The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.
    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: Jerry Hairston is a bit of a hot dog and needs to be reined in at times.
    Ex: Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    Ex: The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.

    * * *
    smug, self-satisfied
    smug o self-satisfied fool
    * * *

    petulante adjetivo
    smug, self-satisfied
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    smug o self-satisified fool
    ' petulante' also found in these entries:
    English:
    smug
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    opinionated, arrogant
    ♦ nmf
    opinionated person;
    es un petulante he's very opinionated
    * * *
    adj smug
    * * *
    insolente: insolent, petulant

    Spanish-English dictionary > petulante

  • 10 tonto del culo

    (n.) = mug, prick, as daft as a brush, prize idiot, knucklehead
    Ex. By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.
    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. His colleagues would say he's as daft as a brush, has bags of energy and enthusiasm but gets the job done.
    Ex. Everyone has natural apprehension about doing something new since you' re never sure if you're going to end up looking a prize idiot.
    Ex. It takes more courage to say no and stand up for what's right and is best for them, than it does to cave in to knuckleheads like you two.
    * * *
    (n.) = mug, prick, as daft as a brush, prize idiot, knucklehead

    Ex: By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.

    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: His colleagues would say he's as daft as a brush, has bags of energy and enthusiasm but gets the job done.
    Ex: Everyone has natural apprehension about doing something new since you' re never sure if you're going to end up looking a prize idiot.
    Ex: It takes more courage to say no and stand up for what's right and is best for them, than it does to cave in to knuckleheads like you two.

    Spanish-English dictionary > tonto del culo

  • 11 fardón

    adj.
    showy.
    m.
    show-off, boaster.
    * * *
    1 argot classy, flash
    * * *
    fardón, -ona *
    1. ADJ
    1) [objeto] (=con clase) classy *, posh; (=precioso) nice, great *
    2) (=elegante) [ropa] natty *; [persona] nattily dressed *
    3) (=vanidoso) stuck-up *, swanky *
    2.
    SM / F show-off *
    * * *
    I
    - dona adjetivo (Esp fam)
    b) <coche/ropa> showy (colloq), classy (colloq)
    II
    - dona masculino, femenino (Esp fam) fanfarrón II
    * * *
    = show-off, showboat.
    Ex. The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.
    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.
    * * *
    I
    - dona adjetivo (Esp fam)
    b) <coche/ropa> showy (colloq), classy (colloq)
    II
    - dona masculino, femenino (Esp fam) fanfarrón II
    * * *
    = show-off, showboat.

    Ex: The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.

    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.

    * * *
    ( Esp fam)
    1 ‹persona› fanfarrón1 (↑ fanfarrón (1))
    2 ‹coche/ropa› showy ( colloq), classy ( colloq)
    masculine, feminine
    ( Esp fam) fanfarrón2 (↑ fanfarrón (2))
    * * *
    fardón, -ona Esp Fam
    ♦ adj
    1. [fanfarrón]
    es muy fardón he's a real show-off
    2. [vistoso]
    ¡qué gafas más fardonas! those glasses will really get you noticed!
    ♦ nm,f
    show-off

    Spanish-English dictionary > fardón

  • 12 jactancioso

    adj.
    bragging, braggart, arrogant, boastful.
    m.
    braggart, vaunter.
    * * *
    1 boastful
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 braggart
    * * *
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo boastful
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino boaster, braggart
    * * *
    = boastful, show-off, showboat, hot dog, braggart.
    Ex. The main character displays a boastful attitude that smacks of hubris in the extreme.
    Ex. The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.
    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. Jerry Hairston is a bit of a hot dog and needs to be reined in at times.
    Ex. Palma, described by many as an indiscreet braggart, told people at the gun range that the group was preparing for clandestine trips to Cuba.
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo boastful
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino boaster, braggart
    * * *
    = boastful, show-off, showboat, hot dog, braggart.

    Ex: The main character displays a boastful attitude that smacks of hubris in the extreme.

    Ex: The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.
    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: Jerry Hairston is a bit of a hot dog and needs to be reined in at times.
    Ex: Palma, described by many as an indiscreet braggart, told people at the gun range that the group was preparing for clandestine trips to Cuba.

    * * *
    boastful
    masculine, feminine
    boaster, braggart
    * * *

    jactancioso,-a adjetivo boastful
    ' jactancioso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    jactanciosa
    English:
    boastful
    * * *
    jactancioso, -a adj
    boastful
    * * *
    I adj boastful
    II m, jactanciosa f braggart
    * * *
    jactancioso, -sa adj
    : boastful
    jactancioso, -sa n
    : boaster, braggart

    Spanish-English dictionary > jactancioso

  • 13 chulo1

    1 = pimp, cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.], thug, snobbish, snobby [snobbier -comp., snobbiest -sup.], snob, show-off, showboat, hot dog, ruffian, hoodlum, supercilious.
    Ex. The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.
    Ex. Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.
    Ex. Poole was a notorious gang leader & street thug, murdered by enemies of similar background.
    Ex. It was possible to identify 3 main groups who display 3 different types of attitude -- participative, delegative and ' snobbish'.
    Ex. Every one looked like death warmed up, including the snobby staff who I found far from welcoming.
    Ex. The biggest faux pas according to snobs who take such things seriously is calling a sofa a couch or a setee.
    Ex. The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.
    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. Jerry Hairston is a bit of a hot dog and needs to be reined in at times.
    Ex. The coroner said she had died not from drowning, but from being abused and murdered by a gang of ruffians.
    Ex. Gangs of hoodlums, aged as young as eight, are roaming the streets terrorising store owners and shoppers in broad daylight.
    Ex. A commenter took me to task for being supercilious and said it was inconsistent with my religion.

    Spanish-English dictionary > chulo1

  • 14 fantasma2

    2 = show-off, showboat, hot dog, braggart.
    Ex. The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.
    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. Jerry Hairston is a bit of a hot dog and needs to be reined in at times.
    Ex. Palma, described by many as an indiscreet braggart, told people at the gun range that the group was preparing for clandestine trips to Cuba.
    ----
    * ser un fantasma = be all mouth.

    Spanish-English dictionary > fantasma2

  • 15 chulo

    adj.
    1 nice, neat.
    2 good-looking.
    3 bragging, braggart.
    4 not fashionable.
    5 festive, jaunty.
    m.
    1 pimp.
    2 braggart, brag, flashy harry, flashy type.
    3 free-rider.
    * * *
    1 familiar (descarado) cocky, cheeky
    2 familiar (vistoso) showy, flashy
    3 familiar (bonito) nice, pretty
    ■ ¡qué vestido tan chulo! what a nice dress!
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar (presuntuoso) show-off, swank
    2 familiar (castizo) working-class person from Madrid
    \
    ponerse chulo,-a familiar to get cocky, get cheeky
    ————————
    * * *
    1. ADJ *
    1) (=arrogante) cocky *

    una mujer se abanicaba, muy chula ella, en la ventana — a woman was fanning herself in the window, bold as brass o as brazen as you like

    ponerse chulo: se puso en plan chulo — he got all cocky *

    2) (=bonito)

    ¡qué vestido más chulo! — what a lovely dress!

    ¡qué chulo me ha quedado el dibujo! — my drawing looks great!

    chica, estás chulísima — LAm you look gorgeous

    2.
    ADV CAm, Méx * well
    3.
    SMF ( Hist) typical working-class person from Madrid
    4. SM
    1) * (tb: chulo putas) pimp
    2) Col * (=buitre) vulture, buzzard (EEUU)
    3) (Taur) bullfighter's assistant
    * * *
    I
    - la adjetivo
    1) (fam) ( bonito)
    a) (Esp, Méx) <vestido/casa> neat (AmE colloq), lovely (BrE)

    qué chulas flores te regalaron! — (Méx) what nice flowers they gave you!

    b) (Méx) < hombre> good-looking, cute (esp AmE); < mujer> pretty, cute (esp AmE)

    ¿por qué llora, chula? — why are you crying, sweetheart o love?

    2) (Esp fam) ( bravucón) nervy (AmE colloq), cocky (BrE colloq)

    no te me pongas chulo — don't get nervy o cocky with me (colloq)

    3) (Esp) (satisfecho, garboso)
    4) (Chi fam) ( de mal gusto) tacky (colloq)
    II
    - la masculino, femenino (Esp fam) ( bravucón) flashy type
    III
    masculino (Esp fam)
    1) ( proxeneta) tb
    2) (Col) (Zool) black vulture
    3) (Col) ( signo) check mark (AmE), tick (BrE)
    * * *
    I
    - la adjetivo
    1) (fam) ( bonito)
    a) (Esp, Méx) <vestido/casa> neat (AmE colloq), lovely (BrE)

    qué chulas flores te regalaron! — (Méx) what nice flowers they gave you!

    b) (Méx) < hombre> good-looking, cute (esp AmE); < mujer> pretty, cute (esp AmE)

    ¿por qué llora, chula? — why are you crying, sweetheart o love?

    2) (Esp fam) ( bravucón) nervy (AmE colloq), cocky (BrE colloq)

    no te me pongas chulo — don't get nervy o cocky with me (colloq)

    3) (Esp) (satisfecho, garboso)
    4) (Chi fam) ( de mal gusto) tacky (colloq)
    II
    - la masculino, femenino (Esp fam) ( bravucón) flashy type
    III
    masculino (Esp fam)
    1) ( proxeneta) tb
    2) (Col) (Zool) black vulture
    3) (Col) ( signo) check mark (AmE), tick (BrE)
    * * *
    chulo1
    1 = pimp, cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.], thug, snobbish, snobby [snobbier -comp., snobbiest -sup.], snob, show-off, showboat, hot dog, ruffian, hoodlum, supercilious.

    Ex: The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.

    Ex: Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.
    Ex: Poole was a notorious gang leader & street thug, murdered by enemies of similar background.
    Ex: It was possible to identify 3 main groups who display 3 different types of attitude -- participative, delegative and ' snobbish'.
    Ex: Every one looked like death warmed up, including the snobby staff who I found far from welcoming.
    Ex: The biggest faux pas according to snobs who take such things seriously is calling a sofa a couch or a setee.
    Ex: The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.
    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: Jerry Hairston is a bit of a hot dog and needs to be reined in at times.
    Ex: The coroner said she had died not from drowning, but from being abused and murdered by a gang of ruffians.
    Ex: Gangs of hoodlums, aged as young as eight, are roaming the streets terrorising store owners and shoppers in broad daylight.
    Ex: A commenter took me to task for being supercilious and said it was inconsistent with my religion.

    chulo2
    2 = neat [neater -comp., neatest -sup.], nifty [niftier -comp., nifitiest -sup.], funky [funkier -comp., funkiest -sup.], swish.

    Ex: What is possibly less easy is to making sure that the guiding stays clean, neat and accurate.

    Ex: Another reason why this is nifty is because this site has plenty of resources available for your use, so you're not having to re-invent the wheel should you decide to adopt this assignment for your course.
    Ex: The scarf can be knit with pockets at the end to keep their hands toasty or trimmed with bobbles for a funky look.
    Ex: The entrance to the hotel is very swish and the rooms although small very well maintained and clean.
    * lo chulo = coolness.
    * ser chulo = be cool.

    * * *
    chulo1 -la
    1 (Esp, Méx) ‹vestido/casa› neat ( AmE colloq), lovely ( BrE)
    tiene una casa más chula … she has a gorgeous house!, she has a neat o lovely house!
    ¡qué chulas flores te regalaron! ( Méx); what nice flowers they gave you!
    2 ( Méx) ‹hombre› good-looking, cute ( esp AmE); ‹mujer› pretty, cute ( esp AmE)
    mira qué niño tan chulo what a lovely-looking o cute o sweet little boy
    ¿por qué llora, chula? why are you crying, sweetheart o love?
    B ( Esp fam) (bravucón) nervy ( AmE colloq), smart ( AmE colloq), mouthy ( AmE colloq), cocky ( BrE colloq), cheeky ( BrE colloq)
    no te me pongas chulo don't get nervy o cocky with me ( colloq)
    C
    ( Esp) (satisfecho, garboso): ¡mira qué chula va con su vestido nuevo! doesn't she look pretty parading around in her new dress!
    chulo2 -la
    masculine, feminine
    B ( Esp fam) (bravucón) flashy type, flash harry ( BrE colloq)
    ( Esp fam)
    B ( Col) ( Zool) black vulture
    C ( Col) (marca, signo) check mark ( AmE), tick ( BrE)
    * * *

     

    chulo 1
    ◊ -la adjetivo

    1 (fam) ( bonito)
    a) (Esp, Méx) ‹vestido/casa› neat (AmE colloq), lovely (BrE)

    b) (Méx) ‹ hombre› good-looking, cute (esp AmE);

    ‹ mujer› pretty, cute (esp AmE)
    2 (Esp fam) ( bravucón) nervy (AmE colloq), cocky (BrE colloq)
    3 (Chi fam) ( de mal gusto) tacky (colloq)
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (Esp fam) ( bravucón) flashy type
    chulo 2 sustantivo masculino (Esp fam)
    1 ( proxeneta) pimp
    2 (Col) (Zool) black vulture
    3 (Col) ( signo) check mark (AmE), tick (BrE)
    chulo,-a familiar
    I m,f (presuntuoso) show-off
    (insolente) cocky: tu primo me pareció un chulo, your cousin's a bit of a show-off
    II adjetivo
    1 (insolente, fanfarrón) se puso muy chulo con nosotros, he got all cocky with us
    2 (bonito) smashing: familiar llevas un collar muy chulo, that's a great necklace you've got on
    III sustantivo masculino (proxeneta) pimp
    ' chulo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    chula
    - rufián
    English:
    cocky
    - in-your-face
    - neat
    * * *
    chulo, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. Esp [descarado] cocky;
    ponerse chulo to get cocky
    2. Esp, Méx Fam [bonito] cool, Br top, US neat;
    se ha comprado una moto muy chula she's bought a really cool o Br top o US neat bike;
    esta es la canción más chula del disco this is the coolest song on the record;
    lo más chulo del verano es que los días son más largos the coolest thing about summer is that the days are longer;
    Fam
    ir más chulo que un ocho to have one's glad rags on
    3. Esp Fam [lesionado]
    tengo la pata chula I've done my leg in
    ♦ nm,f
    Esp
    1. [descarado] cocky person;
    Vulg
    es un chulo de mierda he's a cocky little bastard
    2. [madrileño] = lower-class native of 18th-19th century Madrid
    ♦ nm
    Esp [proxeneta] pimp
    * * *
    fam
    I adj
    1 fantastic fam, great fam
    2 Méx ( guapo) attractive
    3 ( presuntuoso) cocky fam ;
    ponerse chulo get cocky
    II m pimp
    * * *
    chulo, -la adj
    1) fam : cute, pretty
    2) Spain fam : cocky, arrogant
    chulo nm, Spain : pimp
    * * *
    chulo adj
    1. (presumido) cocky [comp. cockier; superl. cockiest]
    2. (bonito) smart

    Spanish-English dictionary > chulo

  • 16 fantasma

    adj.
    phantom, solitary, abandoned.
    f. & m.
    show-off (informal) (fanfarrón). (peninsular Spanish)
    m.
    1 ghost, phantom (espectro).
    2 show-off.
    * * *
    1 (espectro) phantom, ghost
    2 familiar (fanfarrón) braggart, show-off
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    1. SM
    1) (=aparición) ghost, phantom liter
    2) (TV) ghost
    2.
    SMF Esp * (=fanfarrón) boaster, braggart
    3. ADJ INV
    1) (=abandonado) ghost antes de s
    2) (=inexistente) phantom antes de s

    compañía fantasma — bogus o dummy company

    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) ( aparición) ghost
    b) ( amenaza) specter*
    2) (TV) ghost
    3) fantasma masculino y femenino (Esp fam) ( fanfarrón) show-off (colloq)
    II
    adjetivo bogus; gabinete, etc
    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) ( aparición) ghost
    b) ( amenaza) specter*
    2) (TV) ghost
    3) fantasma masculino y femenino (Esp fam) ( fanfarrón) show-off (colloq)
    II
    adjetivo bogus; gabinete, etc
    * * *
    fantasma1
    1 = ghost, spectre [specter, -USA], wraith, spook, phantasm, phantom.

    Ex: Some authors, of course, object to their work being subjected to compulsory dissection for exams in the traditional deadly manner and like Bernard Shaw, they swear to haunt anyone who so mistreats them (Shaw's ghost must be busy these days).

    Ex: The automated catalogue became a spectre of looming change because the same electronic advances that made the online catalogue a reality promised even greater transformations = El catálogo automatizado se convirtió en un espectro del inminente cambio ya que los mismos avances electrónicos que hicieron realidad el catálogo en línea prometían transformaciones aún mayores.
    Ex: The article is entitled ' Wraiths, revenants and ritual in medieval culture'.
    Ex: The article 'Ghosts, spooks and spectres' looks briefly at some of the ways in which public librarians have been portrayed in popular fiction.
    Ex: Fourniret is a dangerous man obnubilated by the phantasm of virginity.
    Ex: The phantoms of the book's name are those sensed by amputees who have vividfeeling, even pain, in limbs they know are gone.
    * cazar fantasmas = chase + phantoms, grasp at + shadows.
    * perseguir fantasmas = chase + phantoms, grasp at + shadows.
    * pueblo fantasma = ghost town.
    * ver un fantasma = see + a ghost.

    fantasma2
    2 = show-off, showboat, hot dog, braggart.

    Ex: The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.

    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: Jerry Hairston is a bit of a hot dog and needs to be reined in at times.
    Ex: Palma, described by many as an indiscreet braggart, told people at the gun range that the group was preparing for clandestine trips to Cuba.
    * ser un fantasma = be all mouth.

    * * *
    A
    1 (aparición) ghost
    dicen que en el castillo hay fantasmas the castle is said to have ghosts o to be haunted
    el fantasma de la ópera the Phantom of the Opera
    2 (amenaza) specter*
    torturado por el fantasma del cáncer haunted by the specter of cancer
    B (TV) ghost
    C
    1 (fanfarrón) show-off ( colloq)
    2 (persona misteriosa) mysterious character, mystery ( colloq)
    bogus
    subvenciones para empleados fantasmas subsidies for bogus employees o for employees who do/did not exist
    * * *

     

    fantasma sustantivo masculino

    b) ( amenaza) specter( conjugate specter)

    fantasma
    I sustantivo masculino
    1 (aparición) ghost, phantom
    2 (recuerdos, etc) tienes que deshacerte de tus fantasmas, you must lay the ghosts of your past
    3 fam (fanfarrón) show-off, loud-mouth
    4 (amenaza) specter o spectre: el fantasma de la guerra planeaba sobre el país, the spectre of war loomed over the country
    II adjetivo
    1 (irreal, falso) un buque fantasma, an enchanted ship
    2 (despoblado) un pueblo fantasma, a ghost town
    ' fantasma' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    corpórea
    - corpóreo
    - sugestión
    - aparecer
    - coco
    - desvanecerse
    - encanto
    - espantar
    - espectro
    English:
    apparition
    - bombed-out
    - ghost
    - ghost town
    - haunt
    - phantom
    - sink
    - specter
    - spectre
    - spirit
    - front
    - show
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [deshabitado]
    pueblo/barco fantasma ghost town/ship
    2. [que no existe]
    una noticia fantasma a false report;
    una empresa fantasma a bogus company;
    el informe fantasma sobre la recuperación económica the mythical report on the economic turnaround
    3. Esp Fam
    es muy fantasma [fanfarrón] he's a real show-off
    4. RP Fam
    es muy fantasma [atontado] she's absolutely crazy
    ♦ nm
    1. [espectro] ghost, phantom;
    se le apareció el fantasma de un pirata the ghost of a pirate appeared to him
    el Fantasma de la Ópera the Phantom of the Opera
    2. [amenaza] spectre;
    el fantasma de la guerra civil/del desempleo the spectre of civil war/unemployment
    3. Am TV ghost
    ♦ nmf
    1. Esp Fam [fanfarrón] show-off
    2. RP Fam [atontado] loony
    * * *
    I m ghost; fig
    specter, Br
    spectre
    II m/f fam
    show-off fam
    * * *
    : ghost, phantom
    * * *
    fantasma1 adj ghost
    1. (aparición) ghost
    ¿crees en los fantasmas? do you believe in ghosts?
    2. (fanfarrón) show off

    Spanish-English dictionary > fantasma

  • 17 encargado

    • attendant
    • clerk
    • man in charge
    • man in his fifties
    • man-hours
    • person habitually inclined to petty criticism
    • person in charge
    • person in charge of beating the game for hunting

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > encargado

  • 18 encargado jefe

    • boss
    • general manager
    • man in charge
    • man in his fifties
    • man-hours

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > encargado jefe

  • 19 jefe

    • boss
    • chief
    • chieftain
    • head
    • headlong
    • headman
    • headmaster
    • homosexuality
    • honcho
    • Honduran
    • man in charge
    • man in his fifties
    • man-hours
    • management system
    • manager
    • manager bank
    • principal
    • ringing out
    • ringing up
    • ringleader
    • ringlet
    • top man

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > jefe

  • 20 la carne es débil

    • flesh flick
    • flesh wound
    • man in his fifties
    • man-like

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > la carne es débil

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