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hoodlums

  • 1 cafre

    adj.
    1 brutish.
    2 barbarian.
    3 uncouth, boorish.
    f. & m.
    1 brute.
    2 Kaffir.
    * * *
    1 figurado (bárbaro) brutal, barbarous
    2 figurado (rústico) rough, coarse
    1 figurado (bárbaro) savage, beast
    2 figurado (rústico) rough person
    * * *
    1. SMF
    1) [de África] Kaffir
    2) (=bruto) savage

    como cafres — like savages, like beasts

    2. ADJ
    1) [de África] Kaffir
    2) (=brutal) uncouth, boorish
    * * *
    I
    1) ( de África) Kaffir (before n)
    2) ( ignorante) moronic (colloq & pej); ( vándalo)

    los muy cafres — the vandals o (AmE) hoodlums

    II
    masculino y femenino
    1) ( de África) Kaffir
    2) ( ignorante) idiot, moron (colloq & pej); ( vándalo) lout, punk (AmE)
    * * *
    = Kafir.
    Nota: Apelativo usado en sentido ofensivo para referirse a cualquier persona de color negro de origen africano.
    Ex. Kafirs, which LC recently changed, is the equivalent of niggers.
    * * *
    I
    1) ( de África) Kaffir (before n)
    2) ( ignorante) moronic (colloq & pej); ( vándalo)

    los muy cafres — the vandals o (AmE) hoodlums

    II
    masculino y femenino
    1) ( de África) Kaffir
    2) ( ignorante) idiot, moron (colloq & pej); ( vándalo) lout, punk (AmE)
    * * *
    Nota: Apelativo usado en sentido ofensivo para referirse a cualquier persona de color negro de origen africano.

    Ex: Kafirs, which LC recently changed, is the equivalent of niggers.

    * * *
    B
    1 (ignorante) stupid, idiotic ( colloq), moronic ( colloq pej)
    2
    (vándalo): no seas cafre, devuélvele el chocolate don't be so horrible o such a bully, give him his chocolate back
    los muy cafres destruyeron las cabinas telefónicas they smashed up the call boxes, the vandals o ( AmE) hoodlums o ( BrE) yobs!
    A (de África) Kaffir
    B
    1 (ignorante) idiot, moron ( colloq pej)
    2 (vándalo) lout, punk ( AmE), yob ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

    cafre
    I mf
    1 (miembro de tribu) Kaffir
    2 figurado savage, beast
    II adjetivo
    1 Kaffir
    2 figurado barbaric, wild
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [bruto] brutish
    2. Méx Fam [dominguero]
    ¡qué cafre eres! you're a terrible driver!
    ♦ nmf
    1. [bruto] brute, boor
    2. Méx Fam [dominguero] Sunday driver
    * * *
    m/f & adj savage

    Spanish-English dictionary > cafre

  • 2 a plena luz del día

    in broad daylight
    * * *
    Ex. Gangs of hoodlums, aged as young as eight, are roaming the streets terrorising store owners and shoppers in broad daylight.
    * * *

    Ex: Gangs of hoodlums, aged as young as eight, are roaming the streets terrorising store owners and shoppers in broad daylight.

    Spanish-English dictionary > a plena luz del día

  • 3 en pleno día

    Ex. Gangs of hoodlums, aged as young as eight, are roaming the streets terrorising store owners and shoppers in broad daylight.
    * * *

    Ex: Gangs of hoodlums, aged as young as eight, are roaming the streets terrorising store owners and shoppers in broad daylight.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en pleno día

  • 4 granuja

    adj.
    rascally, impish, mischievous.
    f. & m.
    1 rogue, scoundrel (pillo).
    2 rascal, little wretch, urchin, gamin.
    3 loose grape separate from the bunch.
    4 seeds of the grape and other small fruits.
    * * *
    1 (uva) grapes plural
    1 (pilluelo) ragamuffin, urchin
    2 (estafador) crook, trickster
    * * *
    1.
    SMF (=bribón) rogue; [dicho con afecto] rascal; (=pilluelo) urchin, ragamuffin
    2.
    SF (=uvas) loose grapes pl ; (=semilla) grape seed
    * * *
    masculino y femenino rascal
    * * *
    = shyster, miscreant, villain, tearaway, lager lout, street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, cad, ragamuffin, ruffian, hoodlum, swine, pig, crook.
    Ex. When loss of physical and mental rigor is accompanied by financial problems, the retiree may reject himself and fall victim to the con man and shyster.
    Ex. The forest, therefore, is regarded as the abode of robbers & sundry miscreants, implying its relation to the forces of chaos & disorder.
    Ex. The father, Old Brightwell, curses his daughter, Jane, for preferring the love of the smooth-tongued villain, Grandley, to that of her own parents.
    Ex. He acused politicians of 'losing the plot' on crime as the 'thriving yob culture' of hooligans and tearaways terrorise the streets.
    Ex. It is routine for people to complain about the 'hordes of lager louts' who turn city centres into 'no-go areas'.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex. This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex. Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex. And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.
    Ex. In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.
    Ex. In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex. Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.
    Ex. He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.
    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. In German law it is a criminal offense for A to insult B, for example, by calling him a swine.
    Ex. He was waiting for the opportunity to unleash his fury, no one calls him a pig and gets away with it.
    Ex. The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino rascal
    * * *
    = shyster, miscreant, villain, tearaway, lager lout, street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, cad, ragamuffin, ruffian, hoodlum, swine, pig, crook.

    Ex: When loss of physical and mental rigor is accompanied by financial problems, the retiree may reject himself and fall victim to the con man and shyster.

    Ex: The forest, therefore, is regarded as the abode of robbers & sundry miscreants, implying its relation to the forces of chaos & disorder.
    Ex: The father, Old Brightwell, curses his daughter, Jane, for preferring the love of the smooth-tongued villain, Grandley, to that of her own parents.
    Ex: He acused politicians of 'losing the plot' on crime as the 'thriving yob culture' of hooligans and tearaways terrorise the streets.
    Ex: It is routine for people to complain about the 'hordes of lager louts' who turn city centres into 'no-go areas'.
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex: Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex: This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex: Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex: And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.
    Ex: In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.
    Ex: In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex: Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.
    Ex: He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.
    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: In German law it is a criminal offense for A to insult B, for example, by calling him a swine.
    Ex: He was waiting for the opportunity to unleash his fury, no one calls him a pig and gets away with it.
    Ex: The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.

    * * *
    rascal
    ¿dónde se habrá metido este granujilla? where's that little rascal o monkey got(ten) to?
    * * *

    granuja sustantivo masculino y femenino
    rascal
    granuja sustantivo masculino
    1 (pícaro) urchin
    2 (estafador, truhán) swindler
    ' granuja' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bandida
    - bandido
    - pájaro
    - sinvergüenza
    - canalla
    - pajarraco
    - rufián
    English:
    rascal
    - rogue
    * * *
    granuja nmf
    1. [pillo] rogue, scoundrel
    2. [canalla] trickster, swindler
    * * *
    m/f rascal
    * * *
    granuja nmf
    pilluelo: rascal, urchin
    * * *
    granuja adj rascal

    Spanish-English dictionary > granuja

  • 5 rufián

    adj.
    perverse, base, vile.
    m.
    rogue, villain, bandit, gangster.
    * * *
    2 (canalla) scoundrel, villain, ruffian
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=gamberro) hooligan; (=canalla) scoundrel
    2) (=chulo) pimp
    * * *
    masculino ( granuja) rogue, scoundrel (dated); ( proxeneta) pimp
    * * *
    = ragamuffin, ruffian, hoodlum.
    Ex. He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.
    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.
    * * *
    masculino ( granuja) rogue, scoundrel (dated); ( proxeneta) pimp
    * * *
    = ragamuffin, ruffian, hoodlum.

    Ex: He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.

    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.

    * * *
    1 (sinvergüenza, granuja) rogue, scoundrel ( dated)
    2 (chulo) pimp
    * * *

    rufián sustantivo masculino ( granuja) rogue, scoundrel (dated);
    ( chulo) pimp
    ' rufián' also found in these entries:
    English:
    hoodlum
    - roughneck
    - ruffian
    * * *
    villain
    * * *
    m rogue

    Spanish-English dictionary > rufián

  • 6 tendero

    m.
    1 storekeeper, general grocer, grocer, shopkeeper.
    2 store owner, shop owner.
    3 tentmaker.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 shopkeeper
    * * *
    (f. - tendera)
    noun
    * * *
    tendero, -a
    SM / F [gen] shopkeeper, storekeeper (EEUU); [de comestibles] grocer
    * * *
    - ra masculino, femenino storekeeper (esp AmE), shopkeeper (esp BrE)
    * * *
    = storekeeper, shopkeeper [shop-keeper], grocer, store owner.
    Ex. Certainly the last thing we want is that books be shut up in tastefully decorated warehouses, watched over by highly trained storekeepers whose main purpose is to see that everything is kept tidily in its place and, as far as possible, untouched by human hands -- especially the sticky-fingered hands of marauding children.
    Ex. A librarian should be as unwilling to allow an enquirer to leave the library with his question unanswered as a shop-keeper is to have a customer go out of his store without making a purchase.
    Ex. To sell books is still more special than to sell groceries even though the profits may be pitifully low and to be a bookshop proprietor is a much more middle-class status than is that of grocer, haberdasher or vendor of garden implements.
    Ex. Gangs of hoodlums, aged as young as eight, are roaming the streets terrorising store owners and shoppers in broad daylight.
    * * *
    - ra masculino, femenino storekeeper (esp AmE), shopkeeper (esp BrE)
    * * *
    = storekeeper, shopkeeper [shop-keeper], grocer, store owner.

    Ex: Certainly the last thing we want is that books be shut up in tastefully decorated warehouses, watched over by highly trained storekeepers whose main purpose is to see that everything is kept tidily in its place and, as far as possible, untouched by human hands -- especially the sticky-fingered hands of marauding children.

    Ex: A librarian should be as unwilling to allow an enquirer to leave the library with his question unanswered as a shop-keeper is to have a customer go out of his store without making a purchase.
    Ex: To sell books is still more special than to sell groceries even though the profits may be pitifully low and to be a bookshop proprietor is a much more middle-class status than is that of grocer, haberdasher or vendor of garden implements.
    Ex: Gangs of hoodlums, aged as young as eight, are roaming the streets terrorising store owners and shoppers in broad daylight.

    * * *
    tendero -ra
    masculine, feminine
    storekeeper ( esp AmE), shopkeeper ( esp BrE)
    * * *

    tendero
    ◊ -ra sustantivo masculino, femenino

    storekeeper (esp AmE), shopkeeper (esp BrE)
    tendero,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino shopkeeper

    ' tendero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    óbice
    - tendera
    - abarrotero
    - bodeguero
    - encomendero
    - guardapolvo
    English:
    grocer
    - shopkeeper
    - storekeeper
    - shop
    - store
    - trade
    * * *
    tendero, -a nm,f
    storekeeper, shopkeeper
    * * *
    m, tendera f storekeeper, shopkeeper
    * * *
    tendero, -ra n
    : shopkeeper, storekeeper
    * * *
    tendero n shopkeeper

    Spanish-English dictionary > tendero

  • 7 chorizo2

    2 = thug, ruffian, hoodlum.
    Ex. Poole was a notorious gang leader & street thug, murdered by enemies of similar background.
    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.

    Spanish-English dictionary > chorizo2

  • 8 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

  • 9 macarra1

    1 = thug, lout, ruffian, hoodlum.
    Ex. Poole was a notorious gang leader & street thug, murdered by enemies of similar background.
    Ex. It is not just yobbos and louts that are guilty of antisocial behaviour.
    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.

    Spanish-English dictionary > macarra1

  • 10 chorizo

    m.
    1 thief (informal) (ladrón). (peninsular Spanish)
    2 sausage, pork sausage.
    3 shady business.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: chorizar.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar (carterista) thief, pickpocket; (delincuente) yob
    2 (balancín) balancing pole
    ————————
    2 (balancín) balancing pole
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Culin) hard pork sausage
    2) [en circo] balancing pole
    3) * (=ratero) small-time crook *; (=maleante) criminal; (=carterista) pickpocket
    4) And, Cono Sur
    (Culin)
    5) And, Cono Sur (Arquit) mixture of clay and straw used in plastering
    6) And * (=idiota) idiot
    7) Caribe (=mulato) mulatto
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( embutido curado) chorizo ( highly-seasoned pork sausage); ( salchicha) (RPl) sausage
    b) (Méx, RPl) ( corte de carne) cut of beef
    2) (vulg) ( de excremento) turd (vulg)
    3) (Esp) (fam) ( ratero) petty thief
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( embutido curado) chorizo ( highly-seasoned pork sausage); ( salchicha) (RPl) sausage
    b) (Méx, RPl) ( corte de carne) cut of beef
    2) (vulg) ( de excremento) turd (vulg)
    3) (Esp) (fam) ( ratero) petty thief
    * * *
    chorizo1

    Ex: My favourite recipe with chorizo sausage is a corn and potato chowder with chorizo and baby spinach, made in the crockpot.

    chorizo2
    2 = thug, ruffian, hoodlum.

    Ex: Poole was a notorious gang leader & street thug, murdered by enemies of similar background.

    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.

    * * *
    A
    2 ( RPl) (salchicha) sausage
    C ( Esp)
    1 ( fam) (ratero) petty thief, small-time crook ( colloq)
    2 ( arg) (gamberro) punk ( AmE), yob ( BrE colloq)
    D ( Chi fam) ( Elec) element
    * * *

     

    chorizo sustantivo masculino ( embutido curado) chorizo ( highly-seasoned pork sausage);
    ( salchicha) (RPl) sausage
    chorizo,-a
    I sustantivo masculino
    1 Culin chorizo, highly-seasoned pork sausage
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino familiar (ladrón de poca monta) thief, pickpocket
    ' chorizo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    choriza
    English:
    sausage
    * * *
    chorizo1 nm
    1. [embutido] chorizo, = cured pork sausage, flavoured with paprika
    2. muy Fam [excremento] turd
    chorizo2, -a nm,f Esp Fam
    1. [ladrón] thief
    2. [persona corrupta] crook;
    dice que todos los políticos son unos chorizos he says all politicians are crooks
    * * *
    I m
    1 chorizo (spicy cured sausage)
    2 Rpl ( filete) rump steak
    II m, choriza f fam
    thief
    * * *
    : chorizo, sausage
    * * *
    chorizo n (embutido) spicy pork sausage

    Spanish-English dictionary > chorizo

  • 11 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

  • 12 macarra

    1 (hortera) flash Harry
    * * *
    macarra1
    1 = thug, lout, ruffian, hoodlum.

    Ex: Poole was a notorious gang leader & street thug, murdered by enemies of similar background.

    Ex: It is not just yobbos and louts that are guilty of antisocial behaviour.
    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.

    macarra2
    2 = tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], naff.

    Ex: There was nothing tacky about the invitation, other that the request that gifts be in the form of cash, of course.

    Ex: This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.
    Ex: Elton then started to metamorphose from 'sensitive guy' singer into someone famous for wearing naff sunglasses and dressing up as a duck.

    * * *
    ( Esp fam)
    1
    (hortera): es un tío muy macarra he's a real flashy type ( colloq), he's a real spiv ( BrE sl)
    2 (gamberro) loutish, thuggish
    ( Esp fam)
    1 (hortera) medallion man ( colloq)
    2 (rufián) lout, thug
    3 (chulo) pimp
    * * *

    macarra
    I mf argot su hermana es una macarra, his sister is a big-head
    ¡no seas macarra!, stop behaving like a lout
    II adjetivo tacky: llevaba un camiseta muy macarra, he was wearing a really tacky T-shirt
    III m (de prostituta) pimp
    ' macarra' also found in these entries:
    English:
    flash
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [matón] loutish, Br yobbish
    2. [vulgar] flashy;
    conduce un coche muy macarra he drives a really tasteless flashy car
    ♦ nm
    1. [de prostitutas] pimp
    2. [matón] lout, Br yob
    3. [vulgar] flash Harry
    * * *
    I m pop
    pimp
    II adj fam
    :
    ser macarra be a bastard pop

    Spanish-English dictionary > macarra

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