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1 cuadrilla
f.1 group.2 team of helpers.3 gang, caboodle, crew, band.4 square dance, folkloric dance.* * *1 (grupo) party, gang2 (de bandidos etc) gang, band3 (de obreros) gang, team4 MILITAR squad5 (de toreros) bullfighter's team* * *noun f.* * *SF1) [de amigos] party, group; [de obreros] gang, team¡menuda cuadrilla! — a fine bunch they are!
2) (Taur) bullfighting team3) (Mil) squadcuadrilla de noche — night shift, night squad
* * *a) (Taur) cuadrilla ( team of matador's assistants)b) ( de obreros) team, gang; ( de soldados) squad; ( de maleantes) gang* * *= squad, team.Ex. This concept comes mainly from the military, where a designated number of troops make a squad, a platoon, a regiment, etc..Ex. Guidelines are also valuable introductory material for any new abstractors, whether geographically separated from the remainder of the abstracting team or not.----* miembro de una cuadrilla = crew member.* * *a) (Taur) cuadrilla ( team of matador's assistants)b) ( de obreros) team, gang; ( de soldados) squad; ( de maleantes) gang* * *= squad, team.Ex: This concept comes mainly from the military, where a designated number of troops make a squad, a platoon, a regiment, etc..
Ex: Guidelines are also valuable introductory material for any new abstractors, whether geographically separated from the remainder of the abstracting team or not.* miembro de una cuadrilla = crew member.* * *1 ( Taur) cuadrilla ( team of matador's assistants)¡vaya cuadrilla de vagos! what a bunch of layabouts!* * *
cuadrilla sustantivo femenino
( de soldados) squad;
( de maleantes) gang
cuadrilla sustantivo femenino
1 (equipo) team
2 Taur bullfighter's team
3 Mil squad
' cuadrilla' also found in these entries:
English:
band
- gang
- squad
* * *cuadrilla nf1. [de amigos, trabajadores] group;[de maleantes] gang2. Taurom team of helpers* * *f squad, team* * *cuadrilla nf: gang, team, group* * *cuadrilla n gang -
2 golfería
f.vandalism, hooliganism.* * *2 (acción) loutish act, act of vandalism* * *SF1) (=golfos) louts pl ; (=golfillos) street urchins pl2) (=comportamiento) idling; (=estilo de vida) life of idleness; (=vida callejera) street life3) (=trampa) dirty trick* * ** * *golfería nfFam1. [golfos] layabouts, good-for-nothings2. [actitud, comportamiento] loutish o Br yobbish behaviour -
3 flojo
adj.1 loose, non tight, not tight, slack.2 lax, relaxed.3 loose, droopy, flabby, limp.4 loose, not firm, waggly.5 lazy, slothful.6 unconvincing.m.1 lazy person, deadbeat.2 characterless person, sop, namby-pamby.* * *► adjetivo1 (suelto) loose; (no tensado) slack2 (débil) weak3 (perezoso) lazy, idle4 (mediocre) poor5 (poco activo) slack, slow■ por la mañana trabajamos pero la tarde fue muy floja we worked hard in the morning, but the afternoon was very slack► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 lazybones, idler\estar flojo,-a en algo to be weak at somethingme la trae floja argot I couldn't give a toss* * *(f. - floja)adj.1) loose2) weak3) limp4) lazy* * *ADJ1) [nudo, tuerca] loose; [cable, cuerda] slack2) (=débil) [persona] weak; [viento] light3) (=mediocre) [trabajo, actuación] poor, feeble; [estudiante, equipo] weak, poorha escrito una redacción muy floja — he's written a very poor o feeble essay
4) [té, vino] weak5) [demanda, mercado] slack6) (=holgazán) lazy, idle7) LAm (=cobarde) cowardly* * *I- ja adjetivo1)a) <nudo/tornillo/vendaje> loose; < cuerda> slackme la trae floja — (Esp vulg) I don't give a shit (vulg)
b) ( débil) weakc) < vientos> lightd) <café/té> weak2) ( mediocre) <trabajo/examen> poor; <película/vino> second-rate; < estudiante> poorestá flojo en física — he's weak in (AmE) o (BrE) at physics
3) (Com, Econ) slackII- ja masculino, femeninoa) (fam) ( perezoso) lazybones (colloq)b) (Col fam) ( cobarde) coward* * *= slacker, feeble, wobbly [wobblier -comp., wobbliest -sup.], lazybones, layabout, lazy [lazier -comp., laziest -sup.].Ex. The article is entitled 'No slackers here: SLA's youngest members have the vision and enthusiasm to shape the profession'.Ex. Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.Ex. The conference had a wobbly start in 1997 but has since grown increasingly stronger and has had its best ever year with over 650 attendees.Ex. Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.Ex. There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.Ex. It is most likely to occur when a supervisor is careless or lazy about the rating or does not know the worker well.----* andar por la cuerda floja = walk + the tightrope.* caminar por la cuerda floja = walk + the tightrope, walk + the tight wire.* cuerda floja = tightrope [tight-rope].* traérsela floja a Alguien = not give a shit.* * *I- ja adjetivo1)a) <nudo/tornillo/vendaje> loose; < cuerda> slackme la trae floja — (Esp vulg) I don't give a shit (vulg)
b) ( débil) weakc) < vientos> lightd) <café/té> weak2) ( mediocre) <trabajo/examen> poor; <película/vino> second-rate; < estudiante> poorestá flojo en física — he's weak in (AmE) o (BrE) at physics
3) (Com, Econ) slackII- ja masculino, femeninoa) (fam) ( perezoso) lazybones (colloq)b) (Col fam) ( cobarde) coward* * *= slacker, feeble, wobbly [wobblier -comp., wobbliest -sup.], lazybones, layabout, lazy [lazier -comp., laziest -sup.].Ex: The article is entitled 'No slackers here: SLA's youngest members have the vision and enthusiasm to shape the profession'.
Ex: Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.Ex: The conference had a wobbly start in 1997 but has since grown increasingly stronger and has had its best ever year with over 650 attendees.Ex: Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.Ex: There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.Ex: It is most likely to occur when a supervisor is careless or lazy about the rating or does not know the worker well.* andar por la cuerda floja = walk + the tightrope.* caminar por la cuerda floja = walk + the tightrope, walk + the tight wire.* cuerda floja = tightrope [tight-rope].* traérsela floja a Alguien = not give a shit.* * *A1 ‹nudo/tornillo/vendaje› loosela cuerda está floja the rope is slackhaces el punto muy flojo you knit very looselyme la trae floja ( vulg); I couldn't give a damn (sl), I couldn't give a shit o ( BrE) a toss ( vulg)2 (débil) weak3 ‹vientos› lightsoplarán vientos flojos del sur there will be light, southerly winds4 ‹café/té› weakB (mediocre) ‹trabajo/examen› poor; ‹película› second-rate; ‹estudiante› poorestá flojo en física he's weak at physicshizo un examen muy flojo he did a very poor examsu expediente académico es flojo his academic record is pooreste vino es muy flojo this wine is very poor quality o is second-rateel mercado estuvo flojo the market was slackD ‹persona›1 ( fam) (perezoso) lazyno terminó la carrera por flojo he didn't finish his degree because he was so lazymasculine, feminine* * *
flojo◊ -ja adjetivo
1
‹cuerda/goma› slack
2 ( mediocre) ‹trabajo/examen› poor;
‹película/vino› second-rate;
‹ estudiante› poor;◊ está flojo en física he's weak in (AmE) o (BrE) at physics
3 ‹ persona› (fam) ( perezoso) lazy
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) ( perezoso) lazybones (colloq)
flojo,-a adjetivo
1 (tornillo, cuerda, etc) loose, slack
2 (examen, trabajo) poor
3 (vago, perezoso) lazy, idle
' flojo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
floja
English:
limp
- loose
- slack
- sluggish
- weak
- depth
- feeble
- flabby
- shaky
- wobbly
* * *flojo, -a♦ adj1. [suelto] loose;esta falda me queda floja this skirt is too loose for me2. [débil] [persona] weak;[sonido] faint; [salud] poor; [viento] light; [bebida] weak3. [sin calidad, aptitudes] poor;una obra muy floja a very poorly written play;estar flojo en algo to be poor o weak at sth;el pianista ha estado un poco flojo hoy the pianist has been a bit off form today;tuvo una floja actuación he gave a poor performance;4. [mercado, negocio] slack;las ventas están muy flojas sales are very slack5. Compmuy Fam♦ nm,fAndes Fam [holgazán] layabout, lazybones* * *adj1 lazada loose;me la trae floja pop I couldn’t give a damn fam5 L.Am. ( perezoso) lazy* * *flojo, -ja adj1) suelto: loose, slack2) : weak, poorestá flojo en las ciencias: he's weak in science3) perezoso: lazy* * *flojo adj1. (poco fuerte, débil) weak3. (viento) light4. (tornillo, nudo) loose5. (goma, cuerda) slack -
4 gandul
adj.lazy, loafing, truant, slothful.f. & m.loafer, idler, good-for-nothing, shirker.* * *► adjetivo1 lazy, idle► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 idler, loafer, lazybones, slacker* * *gandul, -a1.ADJ (=holgazán) idle, slack; (=inútil) good-for-nothing2.SM / F (=holgazán) idler, slacker; (=inútil) good-for-nothing* * *- dula masculino, femenino (fam) lazybones (colloq)* * *= dodger, lazybones, layabout, idler.Ex. Street boys like Slake, a dodger used to running away, do not, even when they are myopic and dreamers, allow themselves to bump into lampposts.Ex. Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.Ex. There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.Ex. This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.* * *- dula masculino, femenino (fam) lazybones (colloq)* * *= dodger, lazybones, layabout, idler.Ex: Street boys like Slake, a dodger used to running away, do not, even when they are myopic and dreamers, allow themselves to bump into lampposts.
Ex: Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.Ex: There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.Ex: This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.* * *masculine, feminine* * *
gandul
gandul,-ula sustantivo masculino y femenino loafer
' gandul' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
gandula
- vaga
- vago
English:
skiver
* * *gandul, -ula Fam♦ adjlazy♦ nm,flazybones, layabout* * *I adj idleII m, gandula f lazybones sg* * ** * *gandul2 n lazybones -
5 holgazán
adj.lazy, bum, slothful, do-nothing.m.loafer, bum, dawdler, do-nothing.* * *► adjetivo1 idle, lazy► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 lazybones, layabout* * *(f. - holgazana)noun* * *holgazán, -ana1.ADJ idle, lazy2.SM / F idler, loafer, layabout ** * *I- zana adjetivo lazyII- zana masculino, femenino idler, lazybones (colloq)* * *= bum, shiftless, lazybones, layabout, idler.Ex. Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex. Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.Ex. There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.Ex. This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.* * *I- zana adjetivo lazyII- zana masculino, femenino idler, lazybones (colloq)* * *= bum, shiftless, lazybones, layabout, idler.Ex: Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.
Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex: Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.Ex: There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.Ex: This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.* * *lazyes muy holgazán he's very lazy, he's bone-idle ( BrE)masculine, feminineidler, lazybones ( colloq)* * *
holgazán◊ - zana adjetivo
lazy
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
idler, lazybones (colloq)
holgazán,-ana
I adjetivo lazy, idle
II sustantivo masculino y femenino lazybones inv, layabout
' holgazán' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
holgazana
- señorito
- vaga
- vago
- atorrante
- cómodo
- golfo
- huevón
- patán
- perezoso
English:
bum
- do-nothing
- idle
* * *holgazán, -ana♦ adjidle, lazy♦ nm,flayabout, lazybones* * *m idler* * ** * * -
6 zángano
adj.loafing, bum, gadabout.m.1 loafer, idler.2 drone, drone honey bee, male of the honeybee.* * *► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (insecto) drone* * *zángano, -a1. SM / F1) * (=holgazán) idler, slacker2) * (=pícaro) rogue3) * (=pesado) bore2.SM (=insecto) drone* * *- na masculino, femenino1) (fam) ( persona) lazybones (colloq)* * *= drone, lazybones, layabout, idler.Ex. Consider the question, 'Where can I find out about Drones?'.Ex. Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.Ex. There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.Ex. This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.* * *- na masculino, femenino1) (fam) ( persona) lazybones (colloq)* * *= drone, lazybones, layabout, idler.Ex: Consider the question, 'Where can I find out about Drones?'.
Ex: Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.Ex: There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.Ex: This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.* * *zángano -namasculine, feminineB* * *
zángano◊ -na sustantivo masculino, femenino
1 (fam) ( persona) lazybones (colloq)
2
zángano,-a
I m Zool (de una colmena) drone
II m,f fam (persona) idler, slacker, lazybones inv
' zángano' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
zángana
English:
drone
* * *zángano, -a♦ nm,fFam [persona] lazy oaf, idler♦ nm[abeja] drone* * *m ZO drone; fig famlazybones sg* * *zángano nm: drone, male bee -
7 atajo
m.1 short cut.2 bunch (Pejorative). (peninsular Spanish)3 shortcut, short-cut, byroad, by-road.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: atajar.* * *1 (camino) short cut2 (rebaño) herd\echar por el atajo / tirar por el atajo figurado to take a shortcut, take the easiest way outno hay atajo sin trabajo shortcuts don't help in the long run, there are no gains without pains* * *SM1) [en camino] short cut2) (Dep) tackle* * *masculino short cutechar or salir por el atajo — to take the easy way out
ponerle atajo a algo — (Chi) to put a stop to something
* * *= shortcut [short cut/short-cut].Ex. If they are novices, the search should proceed meticulously, step by step; if they are sophisticated, shortcuts may work.----* tomar atajos = take + shortcuts.* tomar un atajo por = cut across.* * *masculino short cutechar or salir por el atajo — to take the easy way out
ponerle atajo a algo — (Chi) to put a stop to something
* * *= shortcut [short cut/short-cut].Ex: If they are novices, the search should proceed meticulously, step by step; if they are sophisticated, shortcuts may work.
* tomar atajos = take + shortcuts.* tomar un atajo por = cut across.* * *A (en el camino) short cutsi vamos or cortamos por el atajo llegaremos antes if we take the short cut we'll get there quickerechar or salir por el atajo to take the easy way outponerle atajo a algo ( Chi); to put a stop to sthB ( Inf) short cutatajo de teclado shortcut key* * *
Del verbo atajar: ( conjugate atajar)
atajo es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
atajó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
atajar
atajo
atajar ( conjugate atajar) verbo transitivo
1
2
(interrumpir, detener) to stop
3 ‹enfermedad/problema› to keep … in check;
‹ incendio› to contain;
‹ rumor› to quell
atajo sustantivo masculino
short cut
atajar verbo intransitivo
1 to take a shortcut [por, through]
2 (parar) to put a stop to
atajo sustantivo masculino
1 shortcut
coger un atajo, to take a shortcut
2 (puñado) pey bunch: sois un atajo de inútiles, you're a useless bunch
' atajo' also found in these entries:
English:
cut
- cut across
- rat
- short
* * *atajo nm1. [camino corto] short cut;2. [medio rápido] short cutInformát atajo de teclado keyboard short cutsoltó un atajo de disparates he came out with a pack of nonsense* * *m short cut* * *atajo nm: shortcut* * *atajo n short cut -
8 caterva
f.1 host, multitude.2 crowd, mob, throng.* * *1 peyorativo throng, crowd* * *SF throng, crowdvenir en caterva — to come in a throng, come thronging
* * ** * *= clique, crowd, throng of people.Ex. One of the criticisms levelled at this literary prize is that it is run by a metropolitan clique in which books are written, read and reviewed all by the same people.Ex. The second example specifies, 'far adj3 crowd', that the two words, 'far' and 'crowd', must appear within 3 words of one another.Ex. We were amazed at the throngs of people out and about that day, enjoying the unusually warm and sunny October afternoon.----* caterva de gente = throng of people.* * ** * *= clique, crowd, throng of people.Ex: One of the criticisms levelled at this literary prize is that it is run by a metropolitan clique in which books are written, read and reviewed all by the same people.
Ex: The second example specifies, 'far adj3 crowd', that the two words, 'far' and 'crowd', must appear within 3 words of one another.Ex: We were amazed at the throngs of people out and about that day, enjoying the unusually warm and sunny October afternoon.* caterva de gente = throng of people.* * *una caterva de imbéciles a bunch o pack of idiots ( colloq)tenemos una caterva de problemas we have loads of problems ( colloq)* * *
caterva f pey (de objetos, trabajo) mass
(personas) gang, horde
* * *caterva nfuna caterva de vagos a shower of layabouts;una caterva de trastos inútiles a heap of useless junk* * *f load -
9 palomilla
f.1 grain moth (insect).2 butterfly nut, wing nut (rosca).3 bracket (soporte).4 dyer's alkanet.5 gang, band, mob.6 liver fluke.7 pompano.8 support plate.* * *1 (insecto) moth2 (tuerca) wing nut3 (armazón) bracket* * *SF1) (Entomología) moth; [esp] grain moth; (=crisálida) nymph, chrysalis2) (Téc) (=tuerca) wing nut3) (=soporte) wall bracket, angle iron4) [de caballo] back, backbone5) * And, Cono Sur (=niño vagabundo) urchin, ragamuffin; CAm, Cono Sur, Méx [de niños] mob of kids; (=pandilla) crowd of layabouts, band of hooligans* * *I II1) ( mariposa nocturna) moth; ( crisálida) chrysalis3) (Méx fam) (pandilla, grupo) gangIIImasculino y femenino (Andes fam) ( muchacho - callejero) street kid (colloq); (- travieso) little monkey (colloq), little devil (colloq)* * *= thumb-screw, moth.Ex. Chases with thumb-screws in two of the sides for locking up the forme without the use of quoins were used in France and Germany until the seventeenth century.Ex. Animals profiled include buzzards, moths, leeches, jellyfish, snakes, slugs, and toads.* * *I II1) ( mariposa nocturna) moth; ( crisálida) chrysalis3) (Méx fam) (pandilla, grupo) gangIIImasculino y femenino (Andes fam) ( muchacho - callejero) street kid (colloq); (- travieso) little monkey (colloq), little devil (colloq)* * *= thumb-screw, moth.Ex: Chases with thumb-screws in two of the sides for locking up the forme without the use of quoins were used in France and Germany until the seventeenth century.
Ex: Animals profiled include buzzards, moths, leeches, jellyfish, snakes, slugs, and toads.* * *A1 (mariposa nocturna) moth2 (crisálida) chrysalisCompuesto:( Méx) woodwormB1 (tuerca) wing nut, butterfly nut2 (soporte) wall bracket(muchacho — callejero) street kid ( colloq); (— travieso) little monkey ( colloq), little devil ( colloq)* * *
palomilla sustantivo femenino
1 ( mariposa nocturna) moth;
( crisálida) chrysalis
2 ( tuerca) wing nut, butterfly nut;
( soporte) wall bracket
3 (Méx fam) (pandilla, grupo) gang
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (Andes fam) ( muchacho — callejero) street kid (colloq);
(— travieso) little monkey (colloq), little devil (colloq)
' palomilla' also found in these entries:
English:
moth
* * *♦ adjPerú Fam mischievous♦ nf1. [insecto] grain moth2. [rosca] butterfly nut, wing nut3. [soporte] bracket* * *f C.Am., Méxgang* * *palomilla nf: moth -
10 panda
adj.&f.feminine of PANDO.f.crowd, gang (de amigos). (peninsular Spanish)m.panda.* * *1 (de amigos) group; (de gamberros) gang————————1 ZOOLOGÍA panda* * *ISMF (Zool) pandaIISF = pandillaIII* * *Imasculino y femenino pandaIIfemenino (Esp fam) gang* * *= panda, team, group, band.Ex. Results indicate that panda milk has higher protein but lower lactose content than milk in domestic ungulates and humans.Ex. Guidelines are also valuable introductory material for any new abstractors, whether geographically separated from the remainder of the abstracting team or not.Ex. The groups continue, however, to keep alive their heritages through festivals and cultural activities.Ex. In recent years a band of disciples has grown up in India, and has contributed to the revision and expansion of the schedules.----* oso panda = panda bear.* * *Imasculino y femenino pandaIIfemenino (Esp fam) gang* * *= panda, team, group, band.Ex: Results indicate that panda milk has higher protein but lower lactose content than milk in domestic ungulates and humans.
Ex: Guidelines are also valuable introductory material for any new abstractors, whether geographically separated from the remainder of the abstracting team or not.Ex: The groups continue, however, to keep alive their heritages through festivals and cultural activities.Ex: In recent years a band of disciples has grown up in India, and has contributed to the revision and expansion of the schedules.* oso panda = panda bear.* * *panda* * *
panda sustantivo masculino y femenino
panda
■ sustantivo femenino (Esp fam) gang
panda 1 m Zool panda
panda 2 sustantivo femenino
1 (de criminales) gang: son una panda de cretinos, they are a bunch of cretins
2 (de amigos) group, gang
' panda' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
botarate
- hipócrita
- osa
- oso
English:
hoodlum
- panda
* * *♦ adjoso panda panda♦ nmpandapanda gigante giant panda♦ nfEsp Fam1. [de amigos] crowd, gang2. [de gamberros, delincuentes] gang;¡menuda panda de vagos estáis hechos! what a bunch of layabouts you've become!* * *1 f → pandilla2 m ZO panda* * *panda nmf: panda* * * -
11 rácano2
-
12 vago1
1 = slacker, bum, lazybones, layabout, idler.Ex. The article is entitled 'No slackers here: SLA's youngest members have the vision and enthusiasm to shape the profession'.Ex. Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.Ex. Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.Ex. There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.Ex. This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.----* persona vaga y mal vestida = slob. -
13 rácano
adj.1 slothful, idle.2 stingy, mean.m.1 Scrooge, mean devil.2 bum.* * *► adjetivo2 familiar (holgazán) idle, lazy* * *rácano, -a *1. ADJ1) (=tacaño) stingy *, mean2) (=vago) bone idle3) (=artero) sly, cunning2. SM / F1) (=tacaño) mean devil, scrooge *2) (=vago) slacker, idler* * *I II* * *I II* * *rácano11 = stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, scrooge, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad.Ex: All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.
Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.Ex: If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.rácano22 = layabout.Ex: There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.
* * *( fam)2 (malhumorado) bad-temperedmasculine, feminine( fam)2 (malhumorado) bad-tempered person ( o devil etc)* * *
rácano,-a
I adj fam pey
1 (con el dinero) stingy, mean
2 (con el trabajo) lazy
II sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 (con el dinero) scrooge, miser
2 (con el trabajo) layabout, slacker
' rácano' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aflojar
- rácana
* * *rácano, -a Fam Pey♦ adj1. [tacaño] mean, stingy2. [holgazán] idle, lazy♦ nm,f1. [tacaño] mean o stingy devil2. [holgazán] lazybones* * *I adj famstingy fam, meanII m, rácana f tightwad fam, skinflint fam* * * -
14 vago
adj.1 footloose, errant, roving, shiftless.2 nebulous, amorphous, formless, shapeless.3 vague, general, unspecific.4 rambling, excursive.f. & m.1 bum, loafer, deadbeat, good-for-nothing.2 vagus.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: vagar.* * *► adjetivo1 (impreciso) vague————————► adjetivo1 (vacío) empty; (desocupado) vacant2 (holgazán) lazy, idle► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (holgazán) idler, layabout, slacker2 DERECHO vagrant\hacer el vago to laze around* * *1. (f. - vaga)adj.1) idle, lazy2) vague2. (f. - vaga)noun* * *vago, -a1. ADJ1) (gen) vague; (Arte, Fot) blurred, ill-defined; (=indeterminado) indeterminate2) [persona] (=perezoso) lazy, slack; (=poco fiable) unreliable; (=ocioso) idle, unemployed3) [ojo] lazy; [objeto] idle, unused; [espacio] empty4) (=errante) roving, wandering5) †en vago — [mantenerse] unsteadily; [esforzarse] in vain
dar golpes en vago — to flail about, beat the air
2. SM/ F1) (=holgazán) idler, lazybones *; (=inútil) useless individual, dead loss2) (=vagabundo) tramp, vagrant, bum (EEUU); (=pobre) down-and-out* * *I- ga adjetivo1) (fam) < persona> lazy, idle2) <recuerdo/idea> vague, hazy; <contorno/forma> vague, indistinct; < explicación> vagueII- ga masculino, femenino (fam) layabout, slacker (colloq)* * *I- ga adjetivo1) (fam) < persona> lazy, idle2) <recuerdo/idea> vague, hazy; <contorno/forma> vague, indistinct; < explicación> vagueII- ga masculino, femenino (fam) layabout, slacker (colloq)* * *vago11 = slacker, bum, lazybones, layabout, idler.Ex: The article is entitled 'No slackers here: SLA's youngest members have the vision and enthusiasm to shape the profession'.
Ex: Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.Ex: Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.Ex: There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.Ex: This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.* persona vaga y mal vestida = slob.vago22 = dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], fuzzy [fuzzier - comp., fuzziest -sup.], vague [vaguer -comp., vaguest -sup.], feeble, loose [looser -comp., loosest -sup.], wooly [woolier -comp., wooliest -sup.], indistinct, indistinctive, nebulous.Ex: The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.
Ex: This is a rather fuzzy basis for establishing subject headings, but fuzziness is not the guidelines only fault.Ex: Some of the terms are vague.Ex: Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.Ex: Kast points out that there is a 'rather loose, conglomeration of interests and approaches' in this developing field.Ex: On the other side, some aspects of the planning study remains wooly.Ex: The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.Ex: This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.Ex: The concept of such a center remained nebulous at best, and we later learned that communication problems early on had muddied the message about what was really needed.* de manera vaga = hazily.* * *A ( fam); ‹persona› lazy, idleB ‹recuerdo/idea› vague, hazy; ‹contorno/forma› vague, indistincthay un vago parecido entre los dos there is a vague resemblance between themme dio una explicación muy vaga de lo que había sucedido she gave me a very vague explanation of what had happened, she only explained very vaguely what had happenedtengo la vaga sensación de haberlo visto antes I have a vague feeling I've seen him beforemasculine, feminine( fam)layabout, slacker ( colloq)deja ya de hacer el vago y ponte a trabajar stop lazing around and get some work done ( colloq)* * *
Del verbo vagar: ( conjugate vagar)
vago es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
vagó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
vagar
vago
vagar ( conjugate vagar) verbo intransitivo
to wander, roam
vago◊ -ga adjetivo
1 (fam) ‹ persona› lazy, idle
2 ‹recuerdo/idea› vague, hazy;
‹contorno/forma› vague, indistinct;
‹explicación/parecido› vague
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) layabout, slacker (colloq);◊ deja ya de hacer el vago stop lazing around (colloq)
vagar vi (ir sin rumbo fijo) to wander, roam: vagamos por la ciudad toda la noche, we wandered around the town all night long
vagaba por el desierto, he was wandering about in the desert
vago,-a
I adjetivo
1 pey (holgazán) lazy
2 (difuso) slight, vague: tiene una vaga idea de lo que ocurrió, he has a vague idea of what happened
II m,f (gandul) layabout
' vago' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
boluda
- boludo
- floja
- flojo
- sambenito
- señorito
- vaga
- hecho
- indeterminado
English:
bone-idle
- dim
- do-nothing
- easy-going
- faint
- hazy
- indistinct
- layabout
- obscure
- screw around
- slack
- slob
- swan about
- swan around
- vague
- work shy
- bum
- wooly
* * *vago, -a♦ adj1. [persona] lazy, idle;Fam Humser más vago que la chaqueta de un guardia to be bone-idle2. [imagen, recuerdo] vague♦ nm,flazy person, idler;ser un vago to be lazy o idle♦ nmhacer el vago to laze around* * *I adj1 ( holgazán) lazy;hacer el vago laze around2 ( indefinido) vagueII m, vaga f idler, Brlayabout fam* * *vago, -ga adj1) : vague2) perezoso: lazy, idlevago, -ga n1) : idler, loafer2) vagabundo: vagrant, bum* * *vago1 adj2. (impreciso) vaguevago2 n lazybones
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