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121 reducción
f.1 reduction, decrease, decline, fall.2 curtailment, deescalation, cut, cutback.* * *1 reduction* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=disminución)a) [de cantidad, precios, consumo, tamaño] reductionuna reducción del gasto público — a cut o reduction in public spending
estudian nuevas reducciones de personal — they are considering new staff cuts o reductions in staff
b) [de tiempo] reductionla reducción a cinco años del mandato presidencial — the reduction of the presidential term to five years
los sindicatos piden la reducción de la jornada laboral — they unions are calling for a shorter working day
2) (Mat) (=conversión) [de unidades, medidas] conversion; [de ecuaciones] reduction3) [de rebeldes] defeat4) (Med) setting, reduction frm6) LAm ( Hist) settlement of Christianized Indians* * *1)a) ( disminución) reductionla reducción del precio del pan — the reduction in o lowering of the price of bread
reducción de impuestos — tax cuts, reduction in taxes
b) (Fot) reduction2) (Mat, Quím, Med) reduction3) (Chi) ( de indígenas) reservation* * *= compression, curtailment, cutting, reduction, shrinkage, contraction, dilution, diminution, abatement, slashing, ebbing, depletion, narrowing, cut, effacement, drawdown, mark-down.Ex. The compression keys are built for all main and added entry combinations appropriate to a record.Ex. This paper emphasises the need for booksellers to keep informed of new developments and of the danger of curtailment of present activities, but also to be prepared to experiment.Ex. This article concludes that cutting the number of words could lead to undesirable impoverishing of data bases rendering them useless as an independent source of information.Ex. A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.Ex. DBMS systems aim to allow data to be re-organised to accommodate growth, shrinkage and so on.Ex. The euphoric years of affluence and expansion in the decades immediately following the midpoint of the century have given way to traumatic years of austerity and contraction.Ex. The good novelist is therefore an author with a wide appeal but this wide appeal is not attained, or even sought, through a dilution of quality; it is simply that this type of writer has a different sort of skill.Ex. Most adults feel the awakening of interest in biography and a diminution at the same time of the fondness for fiction.Ex. The asbestos literature is discussed under its industrial, medical, legal, control and abatement aspects.Ex. But more to the point, the claim that 2 1/2 million jobs depend on slashing red tape is a misrepresentation of a CBI survey carried out in advance of the UK general election of 1983.Ex. The article is entitled 'The ebbing of municipal documents and the flow of public information in New York'.Ex. Results indicated that there will be a serious depletion of resources in library schools before the year 2001.Ex. The narrowing of the curriculum has implications for the future.Ex. Meanwhile a coalition of cells has been effected at intervals through the effacement of their walls.Ex. Commanders in Iraq have decided to begin the drawdown of U.S. forces in volatile Diyala province, marking a turning point in the U.S. military mission.Ex. Customers will be charged either a mark-up or a mark-down, depending on whether they are buying or selling.----* escala de reducción = reduction ratio.* mamoplastía de reducción = reduction mammoplasty.* mecanismo de reducción de situaciones difíciles = threat-reduction mechanism.* reducción al mínimo = minimisation [minimization, -USA].* reducción de costes = cost saving [cost-saving].* reducción de gastos = cost cutting, cost saving [cost-saving], cost reduction.* reducción de impuestos = tax cut.* reducción de la cuota de los países endeudados = debt relief.* reducción de la deuda externa = debt relief.* reducción de las diferencias entre... y = narrowing gap between... and, narrowing of the gap between... and.* reducción de los precios = price cut.* reducción de los tipos de interés = rate cut, interest-rate cut.* reducción de pecho = breast reduction.* reducción de personal = staff cutbacks, downsizing.* reducción de plantilla = downsizing.* reducción de precios = pricecutting.* reducción de tipo impositivo = tax abatement.* reducción de una palabra a su raíz = stemming.* reducciones presupuestarias = budgetary restrictions.* reducción fiscal = tax cut.* reducción para piano = piano score.* reducción presupuestaria = budget reduction, budgetary constraint.* reducción tributaria = tax reduction.* * *1)a) ( disminución) reductionla reducción del precio del pan — the reduction in o lowering of the price of bread
reducción de impuestos — tax cuts, reduction in taxes
b) (Fot) reduction2) (Mat, Quím, Med) reduction3) (Chi) ( de indígenas) reservation* * *= compression, curtailment, cutting, reduction, shrinkage, contraction, dilution, diminution, abatement, slashing, ebbing, depletion, narrowing, cut, effacement, drawdown, mark-down.Ex: The compression keys are built for all main and added entry combinations appropriate to a record.
Ex: This paper emphasises the need for booksellers to keep informed of new developments and of the danger of curtailment of present activities, but also to be prepared to experiment.Ex: This article concludes that cutting the number of words could lead to undesirable impoverishing of data bases rendering them useless as an independent source of information.Ex: A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.Ex: DBMS systems aim to allow data to be re-organised to accommodate growth, shrinkage and so on.Ex: The euphoric years of affluence and expansion in the decades immediately following the midpoint of the century have given way to traumatic years of austerity and contraction.Ex: The good novelist is therefore an author with a wide appeal but this wide appeal is not attained, or even sought, through a dilution of quality; it is simply that this type of writer has a different sort of skill.Ex: Most adults feel the awakening of interest in biography and a diminution at the same time of the fondness for fiction.Ex: The asbestos literature is discussed under its industrial, medical, legal, control and abatement aspects.Ex: But more to the point, the claim that 2 1/2 million jobs depend on slashing red tape is a misrepresentation of a CBI survey carried out in advance of the UK general election of 1983.Ex: The article is entitled 'The ebbing of municipal documents and the flow of public information in New York'.Ex: Results indicated that there will be a serious depletion of resources in library schools before the year 2001.Ex: The narrowing of the curriculum has implications for the future.Ex: Meanwhile a coalition of cells has been effected at intervals through the effacement of their walls.Ex: Commanders in Iraq have decided to begin the drawdown of U.S. forces in volatile Diyala province, marking a turning point in the U.S. military mission.Ex: Customers will be charged either a mark-up or a mark-down, depending on whether they are buying or selling.* escala de reducción = reduction ratio.* mamoplastía de reducción = reduction mammoplasty.* mecanismo de reducción de situaciones difíciles = threat-reduction mechanism.* reducción al mínimo = minimisation [minimization, -USA].* reducción de costes = cost saving [cost-saving].* reducción de gastos = cost cutting, cost saving [cost-saving], cost reduction.* reducción de impuestos = tax cut.* reducción de la cuota de los países endeudados = debt relief.* reducción de la deuda externa = debt relief.* reducción de las diferencias entre... y = narrowing gap between... and, narrowing of the gap between... and.* reducción de los precios = price cut.* reducción de los tipos de interés = rate cut, interest-rate cut.* reducción de pecho = breast reduction.* reducción de personal = staff cutbacks, downsizing.* reducción de plantilla = downsizing.* reducción de precios = pricecutting.* reducción de tipo impositivo = tax abatement.* reducción de una palabra a su raíz = stemming.* reducciones presupuestarias = budgetary restrictions.* reducción fiscal = tax cut.* reducción para piano = piano score.* reducción presupuestaria = budget reduction, budgetary constraint.* reducción tributaria = tax reduction.* * *A1(disminución): reducción de gastos reduction in costsla reducción del precio del pan the reduction in o lowering of the price of breadno habrá reducción de los impuestos there will be no tax cuts o no reduction in taxesuna reducción del personal a reduction o cutback in the workforcese ha producido una reducción en el consumo de tabaco there has been a reduction o drop in tobacco consumptionuna reducción de tres horas semanales a reduction of three hours a weekse solicitó la reducción de la pena they asked for the sentence to be commuted o reduced2 ( Fot) reductionB1 ( Mat) reduction2 ( Quím) reductionC (de una ciudad) conquest; (de los rebeldes, enemigos) defeatD2 ( Chi) (de indígenas) reservationE (de una fractura) setting, reduction ( tech)* * *
reducción sustantivo femenino
reduction;◊ reducción de impuestos tax cuts, reduction in taxes;
una reducción de personal a reduction o cutback in the workforce
reducción sustantivo femenino reduction
reducción de plantilla, streamlining
' reducción' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
contrapartida
- polvareda
- rebaja
- despedir
English:
cut
- cutback
- decrease
- reduction
- redundant
- remission
- retrenchment
- board
* * *reducción nf1. [disminución] reduction;piden la reducción de la jornada laboral they are asking for working hours to be shortened;se ha producido una reducción de los precios de 5 puntos porcentuales prices have gone down o fallen by 5 percentreducción al absurdo reductio ad absurdum;reducción de condena remission;reducción de gastos cost cutting;han anunciado una reducción de gastos they have announced that they are going to cut costs;reducción de jornada: [m5] estar en reducción de jornada to work part-time;reducción de precios [acción] price-cutting;[resultado] price cut;reducción tributaria tax cut2. [sometimiento] [de rebelión] suppression;[de ejército] defeat4. Quím reduction5. Hist = settlement of Indians converted to Christianity6. RP [de cadáver] exhumation [for reburial of bones in smaller container]* * *f1 reduction;reducción de empleo job cuts pl ;reducción de impuestos tax cut;reducción de la jornada laboral shortening of the working day;plantilla cutbacks pl, job cuts pl2 MED setting* * ** * *reducción n reduction -
122 robo
m.1 robbery, theft (atraco, hurto).robo a mano armada armed robbery2 stolen goods (cosa robada).pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: robar.* * *2 (en naipes) draw\cometer un robo to commit a robberyser un robo (muy caro) to be daylight robberyrobo a mano armada armed robbery* * *noun m.burglary, robbery, theft* * *SM1) [de dinero, objetos] theft; [en vivienda] burglary; [en tienda, banco] robbery2) (=estafa)¡esto es un robo! — this is daylight robbery!
¿cinco mil por una camiseta? ¡vaya robo! — five thousand for a T-shirt? what a rip-off! *
3) (=cosa robada) stolen article; (=cosas robadas) stolen goods pl* * *a) (en banco, museo) robbery; (hurto de dinero, objeto) theftb) ( en vivienda) burglary; ( forzando la entrada) break-inc) (fam) ( estafa) rip-off (colloq)* * *= theft, burglary, robbery, larceny, stealing, thieving, rustling, daylight robbery, depredation, depredation, plundering, thievery, break-in.Nota: Con allanamiento de morada.Ex. I have never seen any statistics showing that nonbook materials are more subject to theft than books.Ex. This article describes the means of protecting the library against burglary, fire and unauthorised borrowing.Ex. Crimes against the person include homicide, rape, assault and robbery.Ex. The article is entitled 'Library and archival crime: some recent larcenies, misappropriations and other peccadilloes'.Ex. The stealing of books and mutilation of reading materials are common in many libraries: only the magnitude of the crime may differ.Ex. A major concern for organisations today is the protection of competitive information from thieving.Ex. The disease spread rapidly through rustling of sick or infected animals.Ex. Health-care price hike is daylight robbery.Ex. Libraries and archives are the subject of increasing depredations by thieves and vandals.Ex. Libraries and archives are the subject of increasing depredations by thieves and vandals.Ex. The focus of the study was the plundering of Jewish gold in the German death camps.Ex. Due to economic depression, lap dog thievery is now on the increase.Ex. An hapless burglar was left hanging upside down outside a house after trapping a shoelace on a window during a break-in.----* antirrobo = anti-theft.* a prueba de robos = theft proof.* cometer un robo = execute + theft.* detección de robos = theft detection.* dispositivo de detección de robos = theft detection device.* intento de robo fallido = failed robbery attempt.* llevar a cabo un robo = execute + theft, pull off + heist.* robo a mano armada = armed robbery, highway robbery.* robo con allanamiento de morada = burglary.* robo con cómplice interno = inside job.* robo con los inquilinos dentro = home invasion.* robo de ganado = cattle rustling.* robo de identidad = identity theft.* robo de libros = book stealing, book theft.* robo de pertenencias = theft of belongings.* robo perpetrado por alguien de dentro = inside job.* robo por medio del tirón = purse snatching.* sistema electrónico de detección de robos = electronic theft detection system.* * *a) (en banco, museo) robbery; (hurto de dinero, objeto) theftb) ( en vivienda) burglary; ( forzando la entrada) break-inc) (fam) ( estafa) rip-off (colloq)* * *= theft, burglary, robbery, larceny, stealing, thieving, rustling, daylight robbery, depredation, depredation, plundering, thievery, break-in.Nota: Con allanamiento de morada.Ex: I have never seen any statistics showing that nonbook materials are more subject to theft than books.
Ex: This article describes the means of protecting the library against burglary, fire and unauthorised borrowing.Ex: Crimes against the person include homicide, rape, assault and robbery.Ex: The article is entitled 'Library and archival crime: some recent larcenies, misappropriations and other peccadilloes'.Ex: The stealing of books and mutilation of reading materials are common in many libraries: only the magnitude of the crime may differ.Ex: A major concern for organisations today is the protection of competitive information from thieving.Ex: The disease spread rapidly through rustling of sick or infected animals.Ex: Health-care price hike is daylight robbery.Ex: Libraries and archives are the subject of increasing depredations by thieves and vandals.Ex: Libraries and archives are the subject of increasing depredations by thieves and vandals.Ex: The focus of the study was the plundering of Jewish gold in the German death camps.Ex: Due to economic depression, lap dog thievery is now on the increase.Ex: An hapless burglar was left hanging upside down outside a house after trapping a shoelace on a window during a break-in.* antirrobo = anti-theft.* a prueba de robos = theft proof.* cometer un robo = execute + theft.* detección de robos = theft detection.* dispositivo de detección de robos = theft detection device.* intento de robo fallido = failed robbery attempt.* llevar a cabo un robo = execute + theft, pull off + heist.* robo a mano armada = armed robbery, highway robbery.* robo con allanamiento de morada = burglary.* robo con cómplice interno = inside job.* robo con los inquilinos dentro = home invasion.* robo de ganado = cattle rustling.* robo de identidad = identity theft.* robo de libros = book stealing, book theft.* robo de pertenencias = theft of belongings.* robo perpetrado por alguien de dentro = inside job.* robo por medio del tirón = purse snatching.* sistema electrónico de detección de robos = electronic theft detection system.* * *A2 (hurto de dinero, de un objeto) theftCompuestos:armed robberyidentity theft¡esto es un robo (a mano armada)! this is a rip-off o this is daylight robbery! ( colloq)* * *
Del verbo robar: ( conjugate robar)
robo es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
robó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
robar
robo
robar ( conjugate robar) verbo transitivo
1
‹ banco› to rob;
robole algo a algn to steal sth from sb;
le robaron el bolso she had her bag stolen
2 ( estafar) to cheat, rip off (colloq)
3 (Jueg) (en naipes, dominó) to draw, pick up (colloq)
verbo intransitivo
to steal;
¡me han robado! I've been robbed!
robo sustantivo masculino
(hurto de dinero, objeto) theft;
( forzando la entrada) break-in
robar verbo transitivo
1 (cosas materiales) to steal: robar algo a alguien, to steal sthg from sb
(a una persona, un banco) to rob: me robaron en la calle, I was robbed in the street
(en una casa) to burgle: anoche robaron en casa de mi vecino, my neighbour's house was burgled last night
2 (el tiempo) to take up: debo robarte unos minutos para que me expliques este problema, may I take a few minutes of your time and ask you to explain this problem to me?
le roba horas al estudio para ver la televisión, he spends hours of his study time watching TV
3 (metros de un espacio) to take off
4 Naipes to draw, pick up
To steal se aplica a lo que el ladrón se lleva (dinero, joyas, etc.). To rob se refiere al lugar desde donde se lo lleva (un banco, una casa). To burgle significa entrar en una casa con la intención de robar.
persona acto verbo
ladrón robo robar
thief theft
robber robbery to rob
to steal
burglar burglary to burgle
robo sustantivo masculino
1 (de cosas materiales) theft: llamaron inmediatamente para avisar del robo, they called to report the theft immediately
(en un banco, etc) robbery
(en una casa) burglary
2 (cosa robada) stolen article
3 fam (de precios) daylight robbery: en ciertas tiendas para turistas los precios son un robo, certain souvenir shops are a ripoff ➣ Ver nota en robar
' robo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
botín
- golpe
- implicar
- intento
- miserable
- robar
- saco
- tentativa
- tirón
- condenar
- denuncia
- denunciar
- hurto
- participación
English:
armed robbery
- break-in
- burglary
- daylight
- insure
- larceny
- premeditated
- raid
- robbery
- snatch
- theft
- tip off
- wrongly
- armed
- break
- identity
- rip-off
* * *robo nm1. [atraco] robbery;[hurto] theft; [en casa] burglary robo a mano armada armed robbery;robo de identidad identity theft2. [cosa robada] stolen goods¡qué robo! what a rip-off!* * *ser un robo fig be a rip-off fam* * *robo nm: robbery, theft* * *robo n1. (de dinero, objeto) theft / stealing -
123 suelto
adj.1 loose, not firm, unattached, untied.2 separate, detached.m.1 loose change, small change, change.2 short article in newspaper.past part.past participle of spanish verb: solver.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: soltar.* * *► adjetivo1 (no sujeto) loose2 (desatado) undone, untied3 (no envasado o empaquetado) loose4 (desaparejado) odd5 (dinero) in change6 (en libertad) free; (huido) at large7 (disgregado) scattered8 (con diarrea) loose9 (prenda) loose, loose-fitting10 figurado (estilo etc) flowing, easy11 figurado (atrevido) daring1 (en prensa) item, short article2 (cambio) change, small change, loose change\estar muy suelto,-a en algo figurado to be good at something————————1 (en prensa) item, short article2 (cambio) change, small change, loose change* * *(f. - suelta)adj.1) loose2) odd* * *1. ADJ1) (=libre) [gen] free; [criminal] free, out; [animal] loose2) (=desatado) [cordones] undone, untied; [cabo, hoja, tornillo] loose3)4) [prenda de vestir] loose, loose-fittingiba con el pelo suelto — she had her hair down o loose
5) [vientre] loose6)suelto de lengua — (=parlanchín) talkative; (=respondón) cheeky; (=soplón) blabbing; (=obsceno) foul-mouthed
7) (=separado) [trozo, pieza] separate, detached; [ejemplar, volumen] individual, odd; [calcetín] oddno se venden sueltos — they are not sold singly o separately
es un trozo suelto de la novela — it's a separate extract from the novel, it's an isolated passage from the novel
8) (Com) (=no envasado) loose9) [movimiento] (=libre) free, easy; (=ágil) quick10) (=fluido) [estilo] fluent; [conversación] easy, easy-flowingestá muy suelto en inglés — he is very good at o fluent in English
11) [moralmente] free and easy12) (Literat) [verso] blank2. SM1) (=cambio) loose change, small change2) (=artículo) item, short article, short report* * *I- ta adjetivo1)a) <animal/perro>b) <vestido/abrigo> loose-fitting, fullc) (separado, aislado)ejemplares sueltos — individual o single issues
no los vendemos sueltos — <yogures/sobres> we don't sell them individually o separately; <caramelos/tornillos> we don't sell them loose
2) <tornillo/tabla> loose; < cordones> loose, untiedesta hoja está suelta — this page has come loose o fallen out
3)a) < dinero> ( fraccionado)¿tienes mil pesetas sueltas? — do you have a thousand pesetas in change?
b) <lenguaje/estilo> fluent; < movimientos> fluidc) (euf) < vientre> looseII* * *= detachable, loose [looser -comp., loosest -sup.], odd, loose fitting, stray, on the loose, at large, loose fit.Ex. Manufacturers have produced screens which can be tilted and moved from side to side, together with detachable keyboards which can be placed in the most comfortable position.Ex. The main rule, however, is do not have loose cables hanging all over the place -- not only is it unsightly but also extremely dangerous.Ex. For example, review articles are expected to be supported by extensive bibliographies, whilst it is unusual for a letter to carry more than the odd citation.Ex. Documents should be kept in acid free boxes with loose fitting tops on shelves preferably made from baked enamel steel.Ex. If the machine is in constant use the selenium drum may not be cleaned sufficiently and stray particles of carbon will appear as minute black spots on the copies.Ex. The article 'Librarians on the loose' reports on visits to foreign libraries by several Zimbabwe librarians.Ex. The article is entitled 'Librarian at large'.Ex. His offices and warehouses were one of the first designs which was subsequently described as loose fit, low energy building.----* cabos sueltos = loose ends.* cabo suelto = unfinished business, unresolved matter.* catálogo de hojas sueltas = sheaf catalogue.* da rienda suelta a tu imaginación = let + your imagination fly!.* dar rienda suelta a = vent.* dinero suelto = change, loose change.* hojas sueltas = looseleaf [loose-leaf].* hoja suelta = broadsheet, sheaf, flysheet, handout [hand-out].* manual de hojas sueltas = loose-leaf manual.* no dejar ni un cabo suelto = tie up + all the loose ends.* pintura suelta = flaky paint.* pliego suelto = broadside, sheet-book.* sueltos por ahí = hanging about.* * *I- ta adjetivo1)a) <animal/perro>b) <vestido/abrigo> loose-fitting, fullc) (separado, aislado)ejemplares sueltos — individual o single issues
no los vendemos sueltos — <yogures/sobres> we don't sell them individually o separately; <caramelos/tornillos> we don't sell them loose
2) <tornillo/tabla> loose; < cordones> loose, untiedesta hoja está suelta — this page has come loose o fallen out
3)a) < dinero> ( fraccionado)¿tienes mil pesetas sueltas? — do you have a thousand pesetas in change?
b) <lenguaje/estilo> fluent; < movimientos> fluidc) (euf) < vientre> looseII* * *= detachable, loose [looser -comp., loosest -sup.], odd, loose fitting, stray, on the loose, at large, loose fit.Ex: Manufacturers have produced screens which can be tilted and moved from side to side, together with detachable keyboards which can be placed in the most comfortable position.
Ex: The main rule, however, is do not have loose cables hanging all over the place -- not only is it unsightly but also extremely dangerous.Ex: For example, review articles are expected to be supported by extensive bibliographies, whilst it is unusual for a letter to carry more than the odd citation.Ex: Documents should be kept in acid free boxes with loose fitting tops on shelves preferably made from baked enamel steel.Ex: If the machine is in constant use the selenium drum may not be cleaned sufficiently and stray particles of carbon will appear as minute black spots on the copies.Ex: The article 'Librarians on the loose' reports on visits to foreign libraries by several Zimbabwe librarians.Ex: The article is entitled 'Librarian at large'.Ex: His offices and warehouses were one of the first designs which was subsequently described as loose fit, low energy building.* cabos sueltos = loose ends.* cabo suelto = unfinished business, unresolved matter.* catálogo de hojas sueltas = sheaf catalogue.* da rienda suelta a tu imaginación = let + your imagination fly!.* dar rienda suelta a = vent.* dinero suelto = change, loose change.* hojas sueltas = looseleaf [loose-leaf].* hoja suelta = broadsheet, sheaf, flysheet, handout [hand-out].* manual de hojas sueltas = loose-leaf manual.* no dejar ni un cabo suelto = tie up + all the loose ends.* pintura suelta = flaky paint.* pliego suelto = broadside, sheet-book.* sueltos por ahí = hanging about.* * *A1 ‹animal/perro›el perro está suelto en el jardín the dog's loose in the gardenel asesino anda suelto the murderer is on the loose2 ‹vestido/abrigo› loose, loose-fitting, fulldéjate el pelo suelto leave your hair loose o downes un traje suelto de cintura it is a loose-waisted dress3(separado, aislado): ejemplares sueltos individual o single issuesno los vendemos sueltos ‹yogures/sobres› we don't sell them individually o separately;‹caramelos/tornillos› we don't sell them loose[ S ] pares sueltos loose pairsencontré un pendiente/calcetín suelto I found an odd earring/sockB ‹tornillo/tabla› loose; ‹cordones› loose, untiedlas tapas del libro están sueltas the cover of the book is coming offesta hoja está suelta this page has come loose o fallen outla anoté en un papel suelto I wrote it on an odd scrap of paperechar una gota de aceite para que el arroz quede suelto add a drop of oil to stop the rice sticking together o to keep the grains separateC1 ‹dinero›(fraccionado): ¿tienes seis euros sueltos? do you have six euros in change?no tengo nada suelto I don't have any (loose) change2 ‹lenguaje/estilo› fluentes muy suelto para bailar he moves very well on the dance floor, he's a good dancer3 ( euf); ‹vientre/tripa› loosebailar suelto to dance without holding on to one's partner1 (Esp, Méx) (monedas) change, small changeno tengo suelto I don't have any (loose) change2 (en un periódico) short item* * *
Del verbo soltar: ( conjugate soltar)
suelto es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
Multiple Entries:
soltar
suelto
soltar ( conjugate soltar) verbo transitivo
1 ( dejar ir) ‹ persona› to release, to let … go;
2 ( dejar de tener agarrado) to let go of;
soltó el dinero y huyó he dropped/let go of the money and ran;
¡suelta la pistola! drop the gun!
3
b) ( aflojar):◊ suelta la cuerda poco a poco let o pay out the rope gradually
‹ embrague› to let out
‹ tuerca› to undo, get … undone
4 ( desprender) ‹calor/vapor› to give off;
‹ pelo› to shed
5 ‹ carcajada› to let out;
‹palabrotas/disparates› to come out with;
‹ grito› to let out
soltarse verbo pronominal
1 ( refl) [ perro] to get loose;
2 ( desatarse) [ nudo] to come undone, come loose;
( aflojarse) [ nudo] to loosen, come loose;
[ tornillo] to come loose
suelto 1◊ -ta adjetivo
1
‹ cordones› loose, untiedb) ( libre):
el asesino anda suelto the murderer is on the loose
◊ déjate el pelo suelto leave your hair loose o downd) ( separado):◊ ejemplares sueltos individual o single issues;
no los vendemos sueltos ‹yogures/sobres› we don't sell them individually o separately;
‹caramelos/tornillos› we don't sell them loose
2a) ( fraccionado):
diez euros sueltos ten euros in change
‹ movimientos› fluid
suelto 2 sustantivo masculino (Esp, Méx) ( monedas) (small) change
soltar verbo transitivo
1 (dejar en libertad) to release
2 (desasir) to let go off: soltó el perro por la finca, he let the dog run loose around the estate
¡suéltale!, let him go!, suelta esa cuerda, undo that rope
3 (despedir) to give off: suelta un olor pestilente, it stinks
(un líquido) to ooze
4 (decir inopinadamente) me soltó una fresca, he answered me back
soltó una tontería, he made a silly remark
5 (dar de pronto) to give: me soltó una patada, he gave me a kick
(una carcajada, un estornudo) to let out
suelto,-a
I adjetivo
1 (no sujeto, con libertad de movimiento) loose
(un animal) el perro estaba suelto en el jardín, the dog was loose in the garden
(libre, huido) el ladrón aún anda suelto, the burglar is still at large o free
(los cordones) undone
(el pelo) lleva el pelo suelto, she wears her hair loose
2 (estilo, lenguaje) loose, fluent
3 (ropa) loose, loose-fitting
4 Med estar suelto de vientre, to have diarrhoea 5 dinero suelto, loose o small change
6 (por separado) separate: se venden sueltos, they are sold separately
7 (sin envasar, sin empaquetar) venden té suelto, tea is sold loose
II m (dinero, moneda fraccional) loose o small change
' suelto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cabo
- dinero
- llevar
- suelta
- cambio
- feria
- melena
- menudo
- morralla
- pelo
- sencillo
- vuelta
English:
baggy
- detached
- flowing
- large
- loose
- unattached
- change
- free
- hang
- small
- stray
* * *suelto, -a♦ adj1. [animal, criminal] loose;las vacas pastaban sueltas por el prado the cows grazed freely in the meadow;andar suelto [animal] to be on the loose;[criminal] to be at large2. [tornillo, cuerda] loose;[cordones] undone;deja el cinturón un poco más suelto loosen your belt a little3. [vestido] loose, loose-fitting;la falda me queda muy suelta the skirt is very loose on me4. [separado] separate;[desparejado] odd;no los vendemos sueltos we don't sell them separately;guardo algunos números sueltos de esa revista I've kept a few odd numbers of that magazine5. [no envasado] loose;venden los tornillos sueltos they sell the screws loose o singly6. [dinero]¿tienes 25 céntimos sueltos? have you got 25 cents in loose change?7. [arroz] fluffy8. [lenguaje, estilo] fluent, fluid9. [desenvuelto] comfortable, at ease♦ nm1. [calderilla] loose change;¿llevas suelto? do you have any change?2. [en periódico] short item* * *I adj1 ( libre) loose, free;estar oir suelto be o go free;andar suelto be at large2 ( separado):un pendiente suelto a single o an odd earringII m loose change* * *suelto, -ta adj: loose, free, unattachedsuelto nm: loose change* * *suelto1 adj1. (no sujeto, no atado) loose2. (desparejado) oddsuelto2 n loose change / changelo siento, no llevo suelto sorry, I haven't got any change -
124 tembloroso
adj.shaky, quaky, quavering, quivering.* * *► adjetivo2 (voz) quivering* * *ADJ1) [persona] [por miedo] shaking, trembling; [por frío] shiveringcon voz temblorosa — in a tremulous o shaky voice
2) [llama] flickering* * *- sa adjetivob) <llama/luz> flickering, quivering* * *= trembling, doddering.Ex. 'I can't take it any more, Tom,' said Lespran, in a trembling and wrathful voice.Ex. The article is entitled 'Dawn raids and doddering academics'.* * *- sa adjetivob) <llama/luz> flickering, quivering* * *= trembling, doddering.Ex: 'I can't take it any more, Tom,' said Lespran, in a trembling and wrathful voice.
Ex: The article is entitled 'Dawn raids and doddering academics'.* * *tembloroso -sa1 ‹manos› trembling, shaking; ‹voz› trembling, quivering, quavering, tremuloustemblorosa de miedo llamó a la policía shaking with fear she called the policellegaron temblorosos de frío they arrived shivering with cold2 ‹llama/luz› flickering, quivering* * *
tembloroso◊ -sa adjetivo
‹ voz› trembling, tremulous;
tembloroso,-a adjetivo shaking
(voz) quivering, (de frío) shivering
(de miedo) trembling
manos temblorosas, shaky hands
' tembloroso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
temblorosa
English:
quavering
- shaky
- trembling
- unsteady
- wobbly
* * *tembloroso, -a adj1. [persona, manos, piernas] trembling, shaky;[voz] trembling, quavering; [labios] quivering2. [luz, llama] flickering, quivering* * *adj trembling, shaking; de frío shivering* * *tembloroso, -sa adj: tremulous, trembling, shakingcon la voz temblorosa: with a shaky voice* * * -
125 tender una emboscada
to lay an ambush* * ** * *(v.) = ambushEx. The article is entitled 'More practices we'd like to see less: many vendors continue to ' ambush' the info pros - their most loyal customers'.* * *(v.) = ambushEx: The article is entitled 'More practices we'd like to see less: many vendors continue to ' ambush' the info pros - their most loyal customers'.
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126 todo el mundo
everybody* * *everyone, everybody* * *= all and sundry, every Tom, Dick and Harry, everybody, each and everyoneEx. The article is entitled 'Ingratiating yourself to all and sundry or how I crawled my way to notoriety'.Ex. It really is time we stopped kow-towing to every Tom, Dick and Harry who runs down our industry.Ex. Although recognising some such affinities between subjects, it is more difficult to find an overall order of main classes which suits everybody.Ex. The problem is that it benefits each and everyone, but none in particular.* * *= all and sundry, every Tom, Dick and Harry, everybody, each and everyoneEx: The article is entitled 'Ingratiating yourself to all and sundry or how I crawled my way to notoriety'.
Ex: It really is time we stopped kow-towing to every Tom, Dick and Harry who runs down our industry.Ex: Although recognising some such affinities between subjects, it is more difficult to find an overall order of main classes which suits everybody.Ex: The problem is that it benefits each and everyone, but none in particular. -
127 tonto
adj.1 silly, dull, empty-headed, foolish.2 silly, footling, foolish.3 useless, dumb.4 stupefied.m.fool, blockhead, dunce, idiot.* * *► adjetivo1 silly, stupid, US dumb■ ¡qué idea más tonta! what a stupid idea!► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 fool, idiot\a tontas y a locas without rhyme or reasonhacer el tonto / hacer la tonta to act the foolhacerse el tonto / hacerse la tonta to play dumbponerse tonto,-a familiar to get stroppytonto,-a de remate / tonto,-a de capirote familiar prize idiotun,-a tonto,-a del bote familiar a right berk, a real twerp* * *1. (f. - tonta)noun2. (f. - tonta)adj.foolish, stupid* * *tonto, -a1. ADJ1) [persona]a) (=bobo) [dicho con afecto] silly; [dicho con enfado] stupidvenga, vente con nosotros, ¡no seas tonto! — come on, come with us, don't be silly!
¡qué tonto soy! — how silly o stupid of me!
¿tú te has creído que yo soy tonto?, ¿me tomas por tonto? — do you think I'm stupid?
b) [poco inteligente] stupid¡y parecía tonto! — and we thought he was stupid!
a lo tonto —
¿para qué esforzarse a lo tonto? — why go to all that trouble for nothing?
y a lo tonto, a lo tonto, se le pasó la mitad del día — and before he knew it, half the day had slipped by
a tontas y a locas —
piénsalo bien, no quiero que actúes/hables a tontas y a locas — think carefully, don't just do/say the first thing that comes into your head
esos jóvenes sin seso que solo hablan a tontas y a locas — these silly youngsters who chatter away without even thinking what they're saying
c) (=insolente) silly¡si te pones tonto no te vuelvo a traer al cine! — if you start being silly I won't take you to the cinema again!
d) (=torpe)hoy se me olvida todo, estoy como tonto — I keep forgetting things today, I'm out of it *
dejar a algn tonto — Esp to leave sb speechless
e) (=presumido) stuck-up *f) (Med) imbecilepelo 8)2) [risa, frase, accidente] silly¡qué fallo más tonto! — it was a really silly mistake!
caja 1)me pilló en una hora tonta y le presté el dinero — I wasn't thinking at that moment and I lent him the money
2. SM / F1) idiotsoy un tonto, ¡nunca debí haberla escuchado! — I'm such an idiot, I should never have listened to her!
allí estaba, riéndome como una tonta — there I was, laughing like an idiot
2) (Med) imbecile3. SM1) (Circo, Teat) clown, funny man* * *I- ta adjetivo1)a) [SER] < persona> ( falto de inteligencia) stupid, dumb (colloq); ( ingenuo) sillyfui tan tonto como para decirle que sí — I was stupid o foolish enough to say yes
b) [ESTAR] ( intratable) difficult, silly; ( disgustado) upsetdejar tonto a alguien — (Esp fam) to leave somebody speechless
hacer tonto a alguien — (Chi fam) to fool somebody
2) <excusa/error/historia> sillyIIhacer el tonto — ( hacer payasadas) to play o act the fool; ( actuar con necedad) to make a fool of oneself
hacerse el tonto — to act dumb
* * *= fool, witless, bonehead, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], imbecile, cretin, lemon, airheaded, duffer, drongo, schmuck, schmo, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.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. The article 'Book pricing: economics of a goofy business' examines briefly the economics of the book publishing process from the viewpoint of the book wholesaler.Ex. The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.Ex. Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.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. 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. 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. 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.----* a tontas y a ciegas = headlong, runaway.* a tontas y locas = like there's no tomorrow, without rhyme or reason.* chica bonita y tonta = bimbo.* chiste tonto para desternillarse = knee slapper.* chiste tonto pero gracioso = knee slapper.* como un tonto = stupidly, foolishly.* guaperas tonto = himbo.* hacer el tonto = fool around, horse around/about.* hacerse el tonto = act + dumb.* no tener un pelo de tonto = there are no flies (on/about) + Pronombre.* risa tonta = giggle.* risita tonta = giggle.* rubia tonta = dumb blonde.* típica rubia tonta = bimbo.* típico guaperas tonto = himbo.* tonto de capirote = blockhead, prize idiot.* tonto del bote = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, as daft as a brush, bonehead, birdbrain, knucklehead.* tonto del bote, tonto de remate, tonto del culo, tonto perdido, chiflado per = knucklehead.* tonto del cullo = arsehole [asshole, -USA].* tonto del culo = mug, prick, as daft as a brush, prize idiot, knucklehead.* tonto del pueblo, el = village fool, the.* tonto de marca mayor = prize idiot.* tonto de remate = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, prize idiot, knucklehead.* tonto genio = idiot savant.* tonto perdido = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, knucklehead.* tontos /tarea de tontos = fool's errand.* * *I- ta adjetivo1)a) [SER] < persona> ( falto de inteligencia) stupid, dumb (colloq); ( ingenuo) sillyfui tan tonto como para decirle que sí — I was stupid o foolish enough to say yes
b) [ESTAR] ( intratable) difficult, silly; ( disgustado) upsetdejar tonto a alguien — (Esp fam) to leave somebody speechless
hacer tonto a alguien — (Chi fam) to fool somebody
2) <excusa/error/historia> sillyIIhacer el tonto — ( hacer payasadas) to play o act the fool; ( actuar con necedad) to make a fool of oneself
hacerse el tonto — to act dumb
* * *= fool, witless, bonehead, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], imbecile, cretin, lemon, airheaded, duffer, drongo, schmuck, schmo, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
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: The article 'Book pricing: economics of a goofy business' examines briefly the economics of the book publishing process from the viewpoint of the book wholesaler.Ex: The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.Ex: Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.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: 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: 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: 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.* a tontas y a ciegas = headlong, runaway.* a tontas y locas = like there's no tomorrow, without rhyme or reason.* chica bonita y tonta = bimbo.* chiste tonto para desternillarse = knee slapper.* chiste tonto pero gracioso = knee slapper.* como un tonto = stupidly, foolishly.* guaperas tonto = himbo.* hacer el tonto = fool around, horse around/about.* hacerse el tonto = act + dumb.* no tener un pelo de tonto = there are no flies (on/about) + Pronombre.* risa tonta = giggle.* risita tonta = giggle.* rubia tonta = dumb blonde.* típica rubia tonta = bimbo.* típico guaperas tonto = himbo.* tonto de capirote = blockhead, prize idiot.* tonto del bote = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, as daft as a brush, bonehead, birdbrain, knucklehead.* tonto del bote, tonto de remate, tonto del culo, tonto perdido, chiflado per = knucklehead.* tonto del cullo = arsehole [asshole, -USA].* tonto del culo = mug, prick, as daft as a brush, prize idiot, knucklehead.* tonto del pueblo, el = village fool, the.* tonto de marca mayor = prize idiot.* tonto de remate = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, prize idiot, knucklehead.* tonto genio = idiot savant.* tonto perdido = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, knucklehead.* tontos /tarea de tontos = fool's errand.* * *A¡pero qué tonto eres! ¿de verdad te lo has creído? you idiot! did you really believe it?mírala … y parecía tonta look at her, and we thought she was stupid!no seas tonta, aprovecha ahora que puedes don't be silly! make the most of it while you cany él fue tan tonto como para decirle que sí and he was stupid o dumb o foolish enough to say yes2 [ ESTAR] (travieso) difficult, silly; (disgustado) upsetno me hagas caso, hoy estoy tonta don't take any notice of me, I'm in a funny mood todayse pone muy tonto siempre que hay visita he gets really silly o difficult when there are visitorsa lo tonto: a lo tonto, a lo tonto lleva ya ganados varios millones he's won several million just like that o without even tryinglo dijo a lo tonto y resulta que acertó it was a wild guess o he said it without thinking and it turned out to be righthablas a lo tonto you're talking through your hata tontas y a locas without thinkinggasta el dinero a tontas y a locas she spends money like there's no tomorrow ( colloq)ser más tonto que Abundio or que hecho de encargo or que una mata de habas ( Esp fam); to be as dumb as they come ( colloq), to be daft as a brush ( BrE colloq)B ‹excusa/error/historia› sillyfue una caída de lo más tonta pero ya ves, me rompí el tobillo it was such a silly o ridiculous fall but, as you see, I broke my anklemasculine, feminineeres un tonto por haberte dejado engañar así you're an idiot o a fool to let yourself be taken in like thathacer el tonto (hacer payasadas) to play o act the fool, to fool o clown around; (actuar con necedad) to make a fool of oneselfhacerse el tonto to act dumbno te hagas la tonta, que sabes muy bien de lo que estoy hablando you know very well what I'm talking about so don't pretend you don't o so don't act dumble gusta/gustaba más que a un tonto una tiza or un lápiz or un palo ( Esp fam); he is/was crazy o nuts about it ( colloq)Compuestos:prize idiot, utter foolvillage idiotidealistic puppet o stooge* * *
tonto◊ -ta adjetivo
1
( ingenuo) silly
( disgustado) upset
2 ‹excusa/error/historia› silly
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( falto de inteligencia) idiot, dummy (colloq);
( ingenuo) idiot, fool;
( actuar con necedad) to make a fool of oneself;◊ hacerse el tonto to act dumb
tonto,-a
I adjetivo silly, familiar dumb: ¿cómo pude ser tan tonto?, how could I be so stupid?
fue lo bastante tonto como para decirle la verdad, he was foolish enough to tell him the truth
una observación tonta, a trivial remark
II sustantivo masculino y femenino fool, idiot, familiar dummy
hacer el tonto, to play the fool
hacerse el tonto, to play dumb
tonto de remate, prize idiot
' tonto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bobalicón
- bobalicona
- boluda
- boludo
- burrada
- capirote
- definitivamente
- fatua
- fatuo
- hacer
- hombre
- manteca
- pelo
- perdida
- perdido
- remate
- simple
- tarugo
- todavía
- tonta
- tratar
- asno
- baboso
- gana
- ganso
- huevón
- idiota
- imbécil
- lelo
- lerdo
- mongólico
- necio
- pavo
- pendejo
- salame
- soquete
- tontear
- tontería
- zanahoria
English:
act
- asinine
- clot
- clown around
- dim
- do
- dozy
- dumb
- fool
- goof
- help
- idiotic
- lark about
- lark around
- mess about
- mess around
- muck about
- muck around
- need
- play
- prize
- silly
- soft-headed
- such
- thing
- daft
- foolish
- kind
- know
- stupid
- that
* * *tonto, -a♦ adj1. [persona] [estúpido] stupid;[menos fuerte] silly;pero ¿seré tonto? otra vez me he vuelto a confundir I must be stupid or something, I've gone and got it wrong again;nos toman por tontos they think we're idiots;¿estás tonto? ¿para qué me pegas? don't be stupid! what are you hitting me for?;no seas tonto, no hay por qué preocuparse don't be silly, there's no need to worry;ser más tonto que Abundio to be as thick as two short planks2. [retrasado mental] dim, backward3.[arrogante] to get awkward, Br to get stroppyponerse tonto [pesado, insistente] to be difficult;4. [sin sentido] [risa] mindless;[esfuerzo] pointless;fue una caída tonta it was so silly, falling over like that;a lo tonto: lo perdí a lo tonto I stupidly lost it;me tropecé a lo tonto I tripped over like an idiot;me he ido haciendo con una extensa colección de sellos a lo tonto I've built up a sizeable stamp collection without hardly realizing it♦ nm,fidiot;los listos y los tontos de la clase the bright ones and the dim ones in the class;el tonto del pueblo the village idiot;hacer el tonto [juguetear] to mess around;[no actuar con inteligencia] to be stupid o foolish;estoy haciendo el tonto intentando convencerle I'm wasting my time trying to convince him;hacerse el tonto to act innocent;a tontas y a locas without thinkingtonto útil useful idiot* * *I adj silly, foolishII m, tonta f fool, idiot;haba fam complete idiot;tonto del pueblo village idiot;hacer el tonto play the fool;hacerse el tonto act dumb fam ;a tontas y a locas in a slapdash way* * *tonto, -ta adj1) : dumb, stupid2) : silly3)a tontas y a locas : without thinking, haphazardlytonto, -ta n: fool, idiot* * *¡qué fallo más tonto! what a stupid mistake!tonto2 n fool / idiot -
128 tonto del bote
(n.) = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, as daft as a brush, bonehead, birdbrain, knuckleheadEx. Her husband is still as thick as a brick and he still thinks he's been the model husband but Rome wasn't built in a day.Ex. Ashdown, for example, is an out'and'out Nazi, while Menzies'Campbell, who is supposed to be their expert on foreign affairs, is as thick as two planks.Ex. His colleagues would say he's as daft as a brush, has bags of energy and enthusiasm but gets the job done.Ex. The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.Ex. I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.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.) = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, as daft as a brush, bonehead, birdbrain, knuckleheadEx: Her husband is still as thick as a brick and he still thinks he's been the model husband but Rome wasn't built in a day.
Ex: Ashdown, for example, is an out'and'out Nazi, while Menzies'Campbell, who is supposed to be their expert on foreign affairs, is as thick as two planks.Ex: His colleagues would say he's as daft as a brush, has bags of energy and enthusiasm but gets the job done.Ex: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.Ex: I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.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.
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