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  • 1 imbécil

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

    ¡imbécil! — you idiot!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    imbécil adjetivo
    a) (fam) ( tonto) stupid

    b) (Med) imbecilic

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

    b) (Med) imbecile

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

    Spanish-English dictionary > imbécil

  • 2 bellaco

    adj.
    1 roguish, wicked.
    2 sly, cunning.
    m.
    rogue, villain, cad.
    * * *
    1 (malo) wicked
    2 (astuto) cunning, sly
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 villain, rogue
    * * *
    bellaco, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) [persona] (=malvado) wicked; (=astuto) cunning, sly; (=pícaro) rascally
    2) Cono Sur, Méx [caballo] vicious, hard-to-control; And, CAm brave
    2.
    SM / F (=bribón) scoundrel, rogue
    3.
    SM Cono Sur, Méx (=caballo) difficult horse
    * * *
    - ca masculino, femenino (fam & hum) rogue (colloq & hum)
    * * *
    = miscreant, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, cad.
    Ex. The forest, therefore, is regarded as the abode of robbers & sundry miscreants, implying its relation to the forces of chaos & disorder.
    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.
    ----
    * mentir como un bellaco = lie through + Posesivo + teeth, lie + straight-faced.
    * trabajar como un bellaco = work + Reflexivo + to the ground, work + Reflexivo + to death.
    * * *
    - ca masculino, femenino (fam & hum) rogue (colloq & hum)
    * * *
    = miscreant, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, cad.

    Ex: The forest, therefore, is regarded as the abode of robbers & sundry miscreants, implying its relation to the forces of chaos & disorder.

    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.
    * mentir como un bellaco = lie through + Posesivo + teeth, lie + straight-faced.
    * trabajar como un bellaco = work + Reflexivo + to the ground, work + Reflexivo + to death.

    * * *
    bellaco1 -ca
    ( fam hum); roguish ( colloq hum)
    bellaco2 -ca
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam hum); rogue ( colloq hum)
    * * *

    bellaco
    ◊ -ca sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam &

    hum) rogue (colloq & hum)
    ' bellaco' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mentir
    * * *
    bellaco, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. Literario [bribón] villainous, wicked
    2. RP [caballo] spirited, hard to control
    3. Ecuad, Pan [valiente] brave
    ♦ nm,f
    Literario villain, scoundrel
    * * *
    I adj rascally, roguish
    II m, bellaca f rascal, rogue
    * * *
    bellaco, -ca adj
    : sly, cunning
    bellaco, -ca n
    : rogue, scoundrel

    Spanish-English dictionary > bellaco

  • 3 bribón

    adj.
    rascally, mischievous, roguish, scamp.
    m.
    rascal, scamp, miscreant, rapscallion.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    2 (niño) rascal, little rascal
    * * *
    bribón, -ona
    1. ADJ
    1) (=vago) lazy
    2) (=criminal) dishonest, rascally
    2. SM / F
    1) (=vagabundo) vagabond, vagrant
    2) (=holgazán) loafer
    3) (=granuja) rascal, rogue
    * * *
    - bona masculino, femenino (fam) rascal (colloq), scamp (colloq)
    * * *
    = glutton, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, cad, ruffian.
    Ex. The writer discusses the designation of Jesus as a ' glutton and a drunkard'.
    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. The coroner said she had died not from drowning, but from being abused and murdered by a gang of ruffians.
    * * *
    - bona masculino, femenino (fam) rascal (colloq), scamp (colloq)
    * * *
    = glutton, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, cad, ruffian.

    Ex: The writer discusses the designation of Jesus as a ' glutton and a drunkard'.

    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: The coroner said she had died not from drowning, but from being abused and murdered by a gang of ruffians.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); rascal ( colloq), scamp ( colloq)
    ven aquí, bribón come here, you little rascal o scamp
    * * *

    bribón
    ◊ - bona sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) rascal (colloq), scamp (colloq)

    bribón,-ona sustantivo masculino y femenino ruffian, rogue: ¡menudo bribón estás hecho!, you're a regular scallywag!

    ' bribón' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bribona
    - canalla
    * * *
    bribón, -ona
    ♦ adj
    [pícaro] roguish
    ♦ nm,f
    scoundrel, rogue
    * * *
    I adj rascally
    II m, bribona f rascal
    * * *
    bribón, - bona n, mpl bribones : rascal, scamp

    Spanish-English dictionary > bribón

  • 4 canalla

    adj.
    rotten, wicked, mean.
    f. & m.
    1 swine, dog.
    2 knave, despicable person, scoundrel, scum.
    3 mob, rabble, canaille, doggery.
    * * *
    1 peyorativo (chusma) riffraff, mob, rabble
    1 peyorativo (hombre ruin) rascal, scoundrel, swine, rotter
    * * *
    noun mf.
    swine, rat
    * * *
    masculino y femenino
    a) (fam) (bribón, granuja) swine (colloq)
    b) canalla femenino (pey) ( chusma)

    la canalla — the rabble o riffraff

    * * *
    = scoundrel, miscreant, scumbag, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, cad, swine, pig, badass, nasty piece of work.
    Ex. Here came every sort of human ingredient -- sturdy homesteaders, skilled craftsmen, precious scoundrels.
    Ex. The forest, therefore, is regarded as the abode of robbers & sundry miscreants, implying its relation to the forces of chaos & disorder.
    Ex. He then made the comment that our soldiers are fighting 'detestable murderers and scumbags'.
    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. 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. In the hardscrabble times of the Bible, where there were plagues, invasions from foreign powers, and swarms of locusts, you pretty much had to be a badass.
    Ex. Mary, on the other hand, is a nasty piece of work who is at her best is frosty and aloof and at her worst is hostile and cruel.
    ----
    * comportarse como un canalla con = be rotten to.
    * portarse como un canalla con = be rotten to.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino
    a) (fam) (bribón, granuja) swine (colloq)
    b) canalla femenino (pey) ( chusma)

    la canalla — the rabble o riffraff

    * * *
    = scoundrel, miscreant, scumbag, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, cad, swine, pig, badass, nasty piece of work.

    Ex: Here came every sort of human ingredient -- sturdy homesteaders, skilled craftsmen, precious scoundrels.

    Ex: The forest, therefore, is regarded as the abode of robbers & sundry miscreants, implying its relation to the forces of chaos & disorder.
    Ex: He then made the comment that our soldiers are fighting 'detestable murderers and scumbags'.
    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: 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: In the hardscrabble times of the Bible, where there were plagues, invasions from foreign powers, and swarms of locusts, you pretty much had to be a badass.
    Ex: Mary, on the other hand, is a nasty piece of work who is at her best is frosty and aloof and at her worst is hostile and cruel.
    * comportarse como un canalla con = be rotten to.
    * portarse como un canalla con = be rotten to.

    * * *
    ( fam); rotten ( colloq), mean ( colloq)
    el muy canalla se largó con toda la plata the rotten swine ran off with all the cash
    1 ( fam) (bribón, granuja) swine ( colloq), bastard (sl)
    2
    canalla feminine ( pey) (chusma): la canalla the rabble o riffraff
    la canalla periodística the press mob ( pej)
    * * *

    canalla sustantivo masculino y femenino (fam) (bribón, granuja) swine (colloq)
    canalla pey
    I mf swine, rotter
    II sustantivo femenino riffraff, mob
    ' canalla' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    miserable
    - sinvergüenza
    English:
    heel
    - rat
    - scoundrel
    - swine
    - unmitigated
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1 [miserable] beastly;
    [bribón] roguish
    2 [barriobajero] low-life
    3 [estado] rogue
    ♦ nmf
    [persona] swine, dog
    ♦ nf
    la canalla the rabble, the riffraff
    * * *
    I m/f swine fam, rat fam
    II f riff-raff
    * * *
    canalla adj, fam : low, rotten
    canalla nmf, fam : bastard, swine

    Spanish-English dictionary > canalla

  • 5 estúpido

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

     

    estúpido
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹ persona› stupid;


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

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

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

    Spanish-English dictionary > estúpido

  • 6 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

  • 7 idiota

    adj.
    1 stupid (tonto).
    2 mentally deficient (enfermo).
    3 idiot, foolish, dumb, silly.
    4 ament.
    f. & m.
    idiot.
    * * *
    1 MEDICINA idiotic
    2 familiar (tonto) stupid
    1 idiot
    \
    hacer el idiota (hacer payasadas) to be silly, fool about 2 (perder una oportunidad) to be stupid
    * * *
    1. noun mf. 2. adj.
    stupid, idiotic
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ idiotic, stupid
    2.
    SMF idiot

    ¡idiota! — you idiot!

    * * *
    I
    a) (fam) ( tonto) stupid, idiotic
    b) (Med) idiotic
    II
    masculino y femenino ( tonto) (fam) idiot, stupid fool (colloq); (Med) idiot
    * * *
    = idiot, fool, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, arse, mug, berk, prick, moron, cretin, dumbbell, asinine, lemon, airhead, airheaded, bonehead, duffer, drongo, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.
    Ex. Dykstra, M., 'PRECIS: a primer', published in 1985, offers the long-awaited ' idiot's guide' to PRECIS indexing.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.
    Ex. Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.
    Ex. The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.
    Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex. I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.
    Ex. In fact, there was little doubt in his mind that Nigel was an arse of the highest order.
    Ex. By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.
    Ex. And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.
    Ex. Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    Ex. Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.
    Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    Ex. This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.
    Ex. The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.
    Ex. Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
    Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
    Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    Ex. Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.
    Ex. Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.
    Ex. This team of schmoes is capable of anything.
    Ex. Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    Ex. States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.
    Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
    Ex. Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.
    Ex. She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.
    Ex. I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.
    Ex. And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.
    Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
    ----
    * como un idiota = stupidly.
    * idiota genio = idiot savant.
    * * *
    I
    a) (fam) ( tonto) stupid, idiotic
    b) (Med) idiotic
    II
    masculino y femenino ( tonto) (fam) idiot, stupid fool (colloq); (Med) idiot
    * * *
    = idiot, fool, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, arse, mug, berk, prick, moron, cretin, dumbbell, asinine, lemon, airhead, airheaded, bonehead, duffer, drongo, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.

    Ex: Dykstra, M., 'PRECIS: a primer', published in 1985, offers the long-awaited ' idiot's guide' to PRECIS indexing.

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex: It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.
    Ex: Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.
    Ex: The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.
    Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex: I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.
    Ex: In fact, there was little doubt in his mind that Nigel was an arse of the highest order.
    Ex: By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.
    Ex: And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.
    Ex: Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex: This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    Ex: Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.
    Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    Ex: This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.
    Ex: The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.
    Ex: Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
    Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
    Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    Ex: Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.
    Ex: Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.
    Ex: This team of schmoes is capable of anything.
    Ex: Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    Ex: States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.
    Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
    Ex: Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.
    Ex: She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.
    Ex: I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.
    Ex: And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.
    Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
    * como un idiota = stupidly.
    * idiota genio = idiot savant.

    * * *
    1 ( fam) (tonto) stupid, idiotic
    me caí de la manera más idiota I had the most idiotic o stupid fall ( colloq)
    ¡no seas idiota! don't be so stupid!, don't be such an idiot!
    2 ( Med) idiotic
    1 ( fam) (tonto) idiot, stupid fool ( colloq)
    2 ( Med) idiot
    Compuesto:
    idealistic puppet o stooge
    * * *

    idiota adjetivo (fam) ( tonto) stupid, idiotic;
    ◊ ¡no seas idiota! don't be such an idiot!

    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino ( tonto) (fam) idiot, stupid fool (colloq)
    idiota
    I adjetivo idiotic, stupid
    II mf idiot, fool

    ' idiota' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    tomar
    - trompo
    - verdadera
    - verdadero
    - pedazo
    - perdido
    English:
    bozo
    - fool
    - idiot
    - idiotic
    - knob
    - make out
    - meathead
    - moron
    - nerd
    - plonker
    - right
    - some
    - inane
    - mug
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [tonto] stupid
    2. [enfermo] mentally deficient
    ♦ nmf
    1. [tonto] idiot
    2. [enfermo] idiot
    * * *
    I adj idiotic
    II m/f idiot
    * * *
    idiota adj
    : idiotic, stupid, foolish
    idiota nmf
    : idiot, foolish person
    * * *
    idiota1 adj stupid [comp. stupider; superl. stupidest]
    idiota2 n idiot

    Spanish-English dictionary > idiota

  • 8 imbecilidad

    f.
    1 stupidity.
    decir/hacer una imbecilidad to say/do something stupid
    2 imbecility, foolishness, feeblemindedness, stupidity.
    3 stupid thing to do, stupid act, stupid action, stupidity.
    4 stupid thing to say, stupid remark.
    * * *
    1 MEDICINA imbecility
    2 familiar stupid thing to do
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=idiotez) stupidity, idiocy
    2) (Med) imbecility
    * * *
    a) (fam) ( cosa estúpida)

    decir/hacer imbecilidades — to say/do stupid things

    b) (Med) imbecility
    * * *
    = imbecility, idiocy.
    Ex. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, imbecility, and Morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    Ex. The article 'The circulation idiom and the idiocy of fashion' argues that the belief that high circulation figures are the preeminent measure of the quality of a library's service is dangerous = El artículo "El modismo de la circulación y la idotez de la moda" postula que es peligroso creer que la medida prevalente de la calidad del servicio de una biblioteca es un número elevado de préstamos.
    * * *
    a) (fam) ( cosa estúpida)

    decir/hacer imbecilidades — to say/do stupid things

    b) (Med) imbecility
    * * *
    = imbecility, idiocy.

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

    Ex: The article 'The circulation idiom and the idiocy of fashion' argues that the belief that high circulation figures are the preeminent measure of the quality of a library's service is dangerous = El artículo "El modismo de la circulación y la idotez de la moda" postula que es peligroso creer que la medida prevalente de la calidad del servicio de una biblioteca es un número elevado de préstamos.

    * * *
    1 ( fam)
    (cosa estúpida): no para de decir/hacer imbecilidades she's always saying/doing stupid things
    2 ( Med) imbecility
    * * *

    imbecilidad sustantivo femenino stupidity, imbecility
    ' imbecilidad' also found in these entries:
    English:
    idiocy
    * * *
    [acto, dicho] stupid thing;
    decir/hacer una imbecilidad to say/do something stupid;
    no dice más que imbecilidades he talks nothing but nonsense;
    ¿y por eso se enfada? ¡vaya (una) imbecilidad! and she got angry about that? how stupid!
    * * *
    f
    1 stupidity;
    ¡qué imbecilidad decir eso! what a stupid thing to say!
    2 MED imbecility

    Spanish-English dictionary > imbecilidad

  • 9 mudo

    adj.
    1 dumb, muted, tongue-tied, speechless.
    2 mute, silent, mum.
    3 dumb, unable to speak.
    4 mute, voiceless, surd, silent.
    5 soundless, songless.
    f. & m.
    mute, dumb person, person incapable of speech, person who cannot speak.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: mudar.
    * * *
    1 (por defecto) dumb; (por voluntad) silent, quiet
    3 (vocal, consonante) mute
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 dumb person
    \
    estar mudo,-a to be dumb
    mudo,-a de asombro dumbfounded
    quedarse mudo,-a to be left speechless
    * * *
    (f. - muda)
    adj.
    1) dumb
    2) mute
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (Med) dumb, mute frm
    2) (=callado) silent, mute

    quedarse mudo de asombro — to be left speechless, be dumbfounded

    quedarse mudo de envidia — Esp to be green with envy

    3) (Ling) [letra] mute, silent; [consonante] voiceless
    4) [película] silent
    5)

    papel mudo — (Teat) walk-on part

    6) And, CAm (=tonto) foolish, silly
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    a) (Med) dumb, mute
    b) < letra> silent, mute
    II
    - da masculino, femenino mute
    * * *
    = mute, dumb [dumber -comp., dumbest -sup.].
    Ex. The young librarian was not accustomed to seeing the head of reference red-faced with mute anger or the head of technical services mumbling uncontrollably to himself.
    Ex. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and Morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    ----
    * quedarse mudo = be speechless, be gobsmacked.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    a) (Med) dumb, mute
    b) < letra> silent, mute
    II
    - da masculino, femenino mute
    * * *
    = mute, dumb [dumber -comp., dumbest -sup.].

    Ex: The young librarian was not accustomed to seeing the head of reference red-faced with mute anger or the head of technical services mumbling uncontrollably to himself.

    Ex: This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and Morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    * quedarse mudo = be speechless, be gobsmacked.

    * * *
    mudo1 -da
    1 ( Med) dumb, mute
    es mudo de nacimiento he was born mute, he's been dumb o mute from birth
    se quedó mudo de asombro he was dumbfounded
    se quedó mudo de emoción he was speechless with emotion
    2 ‹letra› silent, mute
    mudo2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    mute, dumb person
    * * *

     

    Del verbo mudar: ( conjugate mudar)

    mudo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    mudó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    mudar    
    mudo
    mudar ( conjugate mudar) verbo intransitivo
    1 ( cambiar):
    ◊ las serpientes mudan de piel snakes slough off o shed their skin;

    cuando mudó de voz when his voice broke
    2 (Méx) ( cambiar los dientes) to lose one's milk teeth
    verbo transitivo
    1 ‹bebé/sábanas› to change
    2 (Zool) ‹piel/plumas› to molt, shed
    mudarse verbo pronominal



    mudo
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) (Med) dumb, mute;


    se quedó mudo de asombro he was dumbfounded
    b) ‹ letra› silent, mute

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    mute
    mudar verbo transitivo
    1 (ropa, pañales) to change
    2 Zool to shed
    mudo,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (que no habla) dumb
    2 fig (sin palabras) speechless, dumbstruck: estaba mudo de asombro, he was speechless with amazement
    3 (letra, cine) mute, silent
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino mute
    ' mudo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cine
    - muda
    - nacimiento
    - mudar
    English:
    dumb
    - dumbfounded
    - dumbstruck
    - move out
    - mute
    - silent
    - speechless
    - strike
    * * *
    mudo, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [sin habla] mute, dumb;
    es mudo de nacimiento he was born mute
    2. [callado] silent, mute;
    fue mudo testigo del asesinato she was a silent witness to the murder;
    se quedó mudo he was left speechless;
    me quedé mudo de terror I was speechless o I was struck dumb with fright
    3. [sin sonido] silent;
    cine mudo silent films
    4. [letra] silent
    ♦ nm,f
    dumb person, mute
    * * *
    adj
    1 persona mute
    2 letra silent
    * * *
    mudo, -da adj
    1) silencioso: silent
    el cine mudo: silent films
    2) : mute, dumb
    mudo, -da n
    : mute
    * * *
    mudo1 adj
    1. (persona) dumb
    2. (cine, letra) silent
    mudo2 n dumb person

    Spanish-English dictionary > mudo

  • 10 necio

    adj.
    silly, ignorant, stupid, foolish.
    * * *
    1 stupid
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 imbecile, idiot
    * * *
    necio, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=tonto) foolish, stupid
    2) Méx (=terco) stubborn, pig-headed
    3) And (=displicente) peevish
    4) And, Caribe, Cono Sur (=quisquilloso) touchy, hypersensitive
    5) CAm [enfermedad] hard to shake off
    2.
    SM / F fool
    * * *
    - cia adjetivo
    1) ( tonto) stupid
    2) (AmC, Col, Ven fam) ( travieso) naughty
    * * *
    = moron, cretin, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, airhead, airheaded, bonehead, duffer, schmuck, schmo, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.
    Ex. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    Ex. Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.
    Ex. An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
    Ex. This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.
    Ex. The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.
    Ex. Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
    Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
    Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    Ex. 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.
    ----
    * como un necio = stupidly.
    * * *
    - cia adjetivo
    1) ( tonto) stupid
    2) (AmC, Col, Ven fam) ( travieso) naughty
    * * *
    = moron, cretin, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, airhead, airheaded, bonehead, duffer, schmuck, schmo, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.

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

    Ex: Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.
    Ex: An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
    Ex: This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.
    Ex: The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.
    Ex: Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
    Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
    Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    Ex: 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.
    * como un necio = stupidly.

    * * *
    A (tonto) stupid, brainless ( colloq)
    B ( RPl) (susceptible) touchy
    C (AmC, Col, Ven fam) (travieso) naughty
    masculine, feminine
    el necio es atrevido y el sabio comedido fools rush in where angels fear to tread
    B ( RPl) (persona susceptible) touchy person
    C (AmC, Col, Ven fam) (travieso) naughty boy ( o child etc)
    * * *

    necio
    ◊ - cia adjetivo


    b) (AmC, Col, Ven fam) ( travieso) naughty

    necio,-a
    I adjetivo stupid, fatuous
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino stupid fool: su hermano es un necio, his brother's an idiot
    ♦ Locuciones: a palabras necias, oídos sordos, turn a deaf ear to foolish comments
    ' necio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    animal
    - burra
    - burro
    - necia
    - subnormal
    * * *
    necio, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [tonto] stupid, foolish
    2. Am [terco] stubborn, pigheaded
    3. Méx [susceptible] touchy
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [tonto] idiot, fool
    2. Am [terco] stubborn o pigheaded person;
    es un necio he's really stubborn o pigheaded
    3. Méx [susceptible] touchy person;
    es un necio he's really touchy
    * * *
    I adj brainless
    II m, necia f fool, idiot
    * * *
    necio, - cia adj
    1) : foolish, silly, dumb
    2) fam : naughty
    necio, - cia n
    estúpido: fool, idiot

    Spanish-English dictionary > necio

  • 11 pillo

    f. & m.
    1 rascal, scamp, sly fellow.
    2 burglar, thief.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: pillar.
    * * *
    1 (travieso) naughty
    2 (astuto) crafty
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (niño) little monkey, little devil
    2 (adulto) rogue, rascal
    * * *
    pillo, -a
    1.
    ADJ [adulto] sly, crafty; [niño] naughty
    2.
    SM / F (=adulto) rogue, scoundrel; (=niño) rascal, scamp
    * * *
    I
    - lla adjetivo (fam) ( travieso) naughty, wicked (colloq); ( astuto) crafty, cunning
    II
    - lla masculino, femenino (fam) ( travieso) rascal (colloq); ( astuto) crafty o cunning devil (colloq)
    * * *
    = streetwise [street-wise], crafty, street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion.
    Ex. And because it refuses to express itself in the kind of language we have to assume would be natural to Slake himself slangy, staccato, flip, street-wise we are forced into the position of observing him rather than feeling at one with him.
    Ex. Crafty! He wanted nothing to do with the straitjacket of guidelines and so-called standards = ¡Qué astuto! no quería saber nada de las restricciones que imponen las directrices y las "supuestas" normas.
    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.
    * * *
    I
    - lla adjetivo (fam) ( travieso) naughty, wicked (colloq); ( astuto) crafty, cunning
    II
    - lla masculino, femenino (fam) ( travieso) rascal (colloq); ( astuto) crafty o cunning devil (colloq)
    * * *
    = streetwise [street-wise], crafty, street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion.

    Ex: And because it refuses to express itself in the kind of language we have to assume would be natural to Slake himself slangy, staccato, flip, street-wise we are forced into the position of observing him rather than feeling at one with him.

    Ex: Crafty! He wanted nothing to do with the straitjacket of guidelines and so-called standards = ¡Qué astuto! no quería saber nada de las restricciones que imponen las directrices y las "supuestas" normas.
    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.

    * * *
    ( fam)
    1 (travieso) naughty, wicked ( colloq)
    2 (astuto) crafty, cunning
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam)
    1 (travieso) rascal ( colloq)
    2 (astuto) crafty o cunning devil ( colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo pillar: ( conjugate pillar)

    pillo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    pilló es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    pillar    
    pillo
    pillar ( conjugate pillar) verbo transitivo
    1 (fam)

    ◊ le pilló un dedo it caught o trapped her finger;

    ¡te pillé! caught o got you!
    b) ‹catarro/resfriado› to catch

    2 (Esp fam) [ coche] to hit
    pillarse verbo pronominal (fam) ‹dedos/manga› to catch
    pillo
    ◊ - lla adjetivo (fam) ( travieso) naughty, wicked (colloq);


    ( astuto) crafty, cunning
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) ( travieso) rascal (colloq);
    ( astuto) crafty o cunning devil (colloq)
    pillar verbo transitivo
    1 (una cosa, enfermedad) to catch
    2 (atropellar) to run over
    3 (sorprender) to catch
    4 (un chiste, una idea) to get
    5 (robar) to steal ➣ Ver nota en catch
    ♦ Locuciones: me pilla de camino, it's on my way
    pillo,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (travieso, trasto) naughty
    2 (astuto) cunning
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 (niño travieso) rascal
    2 (astuto) cunning devil
    ' pillo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    pilla
    - renuncio
    - sinvergüenza
    - tuna
    - tuno
    - pillar
    English:
    rascal
    - roguish
    - tag
    - rogue
    * * *
    pillo, -a Fam
    ♦ adj
    1. [travieso] mischievous
    2. [astuto] crafty
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [pícaro] rascal
    2. [astuto] crafty person
    * * *
    I adj mischievous
    II m, pilla f rascal
    * * *
    pillo, - lla adj
    : cunning, crafty
    pillo, - lla n
    1) : rascal, brat
    2) : rogue, scoundrel
    * * *
    pillo n (niño) rascal

    Spanish-English dictionary > pillo

  • 12 pinta

    f.
    1 spot.
    2 appearance (aspecto).
    tener pinta de algo to look o seem something
    tiene buena pinta it looks good
    4 graffiti (pintada). (Mexican Spanish)
    5 cative, pannus carateus.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: pintar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: pintar.
    * * *
    1 (mancha) dot
    2 (medida) pint
    ■ ¡vaya una pinta que llevas con ese traje! you look dreadful in that suit!
    1 familiar peyorativo (persona) dodgy character
    * * *
    noun f.
    2) pint
    * * *
    I
    SF
    1) (=lunar) [gen] spot, dot; (Zool) spot, mark
    2) [de líquidos] drop, spot; [de lluvia] drop; (=bebida) * drop to drink
    3) * (=aspecto) appearance

    tener buena pinta — [persona] to look good, look well; [comida] to look good

    tiene pinta de español — he looks Spanish, he looks like a Spaniard

    ¿qué pinta tiene? — what does he look like?

    - estar a la pinta
    4) LAm (Zool) (=colorido) colouring, coloring (EEUU), coloration; (=característica) family characteristic, distinguishing mark
    5) CAm, Méx (=pintada) piece of graffiti
    6) (Naipes) spot ( indicating suit)

    ¿a qué pinta? — what's trumps?, what suit are we in?

    7) And, Cono Sur (=juego) draughts pl ; (=dados) dice
    8) Cono Sur (Min) high-grade ore
    9)
    - hacer pinta
    II
    SF (=medida inglesa) pint
    III
    * SM rogue
    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) (fam) ( aspecto)

    ¿dónde vas con esa(s) pinta(s)? — where are you going looking like that?

    echar or tirar (Andes) or hacer (RPl) — (fam) to impress

    b) (Chi fam) ( vestimenta) clothes (pl), outfit
    2)
    a) ( en una tela) spot, dot
    b) (Zool) spot
    3) ( medida) pint
    4) (Méx fam) ( de la escuela)

    irse de pinta — to play hooky* (esp AmE colloq), to skive off (school) (BrE colloq)

    II
    masculino (Esp fam) rogue (colloq)
    * * *
    2 = rapscallion, rogue, rascal, look, scallywag [scalawag, -USA].
    Ex. In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex. Some headings are vague and without scope notes to define them: ROBBERS AND OUTLAWS; CRIME AND CRIMINALS; rogues AND VAGABONDS.
    Ex. And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.
    Ex. We went head-to-head with those that wanted a uniform look for the whole library Website!.
    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.
    ----
    * estar hecho un pinta = be a bit of a lad.
    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) (fam) ( aspecto)

    ¿dónde vas con esa(s) pinta(s)? — where are you going looking like that?

    echar or tirar (Andes) or hacer (RPl) — (fam) to impress

    b) (Chi fam) ( vestimenta) clothes (pl), outfit
    2)
    a) ( en una tela) spot, dot
    b) (Zool) spot
    3) ( medida) pint
    4) (Méx fam) ( de la escuela)

    irse de pinta — to play hooky* (esp AmE colloq), to skive off (school) (BrE colloq)

    II
    masculino (Esp fam) rogue (colloq)
    * * *
    pinta1
    1 = stain.
    Nota: Mancha rojiza u ocre que aparece en el papel de los libros debido a la humedad.

    Ex: Even though the facsimilist's paper is of the same period as that of the rest of the book, he is most unlikely to be able to match it precisely in all its characteristics thickness, texture, colour, chain-lines, watermark, and the propinquity of worm-holes and stains.

    pinta3
    3 = pint.

    Ex: Two million fewer pints of beer are being sold every day than a year ago as a resul of the present economic crisis.

    2 = rapscallion, rogue, rascal, look, scallywag [scalawag, -USA].

    Ex: In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.

    Ex: Some headings are vague and without scope notes to define them: ROBBERS AND OUTLAWS; CRIME AND CRIMINALS; rogues AND VAGABONDS.
    Ex: And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.
    Ex: We went head-to-head with those that wanted a uniform look for the whole library Website!.
    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.
    * estar hecho un pinta = be a bit of a lad.

    * * *
    A
    1 ( fam)
    (aspecto): ¡qué buena pinta tiene el pastel! the cake looks delicious o great!
    tiene pinta de extranjero he looks foreign
    tiene pinta de delincuente he has a shady look about him ( colloq), he looks like a criminal
    ¿dónde vas con esa(s) pinta(s)? where are you going looking like that?
    ¡qué pinta(s) llevas! pareces un pordiosero just look at you! you look like a beggar
    hacer pinta ( RPl) or ( Chi) tirar pinta or ( Col) echar pinta ( fam); to impress
    se puso la chaqueta nueva para hacer pinta she put on her new jacket to show off o to impress ( colloq)
    salió en el auto del papá a tirar pinta he went out in his dad's car to impress everyone with it
    ser algn en pinta ( RPl fam); to be the spitting image of sb
    2 ( Chi fam) (vestimenta) clothes (pl), outfit
    ponerse la pinta ( Col fam); to put on one's glad rags ( colloq), to get dressed up to the nines ( colloq)
    B
    1 (en una tela) spot, dot
    2 ( Zool) spot
    C (medida) pint
    D
    ( Méx fam) (de la escuela): irse de pinta to play hooky* ( esp AmE colloq), to skive off (school) ( BrE colloq)
    ( Esp fam)
    rogue ( colloq), dodgy character ( colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo pintar: ( conjugate pintar)

    pinta es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    pinta    
    pintar
    pinta sustantivo femenino
    1 (fam) ( aspecto) look;

    tiene pinta de extranjero he looks foreign;
    ¿dónde vas con esa(s) pinta(s)? where are you going looking like that?;
    echar or tirar (Andes) or (RPl) hacer pinta (fam) to impress
    2 (en tela, animal) spot
    3 ( medida) pint
    4 (Méx fam) ( de la escuela):
    ◊ irse de pinta to play hooky( conjugate hooky) (esp AmE colloq), to skive off (school) (BrE colloq)

    pintar ( conjugate pintar) verbo transitivo


    pinta algo al óleo to paint sth in oils
    b) (fam) ( dibujar) to draw

    verbo intransitivo
    1

    b) (fam) ( dibujar) to draw

    2 ( en naipes) to be trumps
    pintarse verbo pronominal ( refl) ( maquillarse) to put on one's makeup;

    pintase los ojos to put on eye makeup;
    pintase las uñas to paint one's nails
    pinta sustantivo femenino
    1 fam (aspecto) look
    2 (mancha, mota) dot, spot
    3 (medida) pint
    pintar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (una superficie) to paint
    2 (dibujar) to draw, sketch
    3 (una situación) describe: me pintó su viaje con todo detalle, he described his trip in graphic detail
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 (un bolígrafo, etc) to write
    2 (ser importante) to count: ella no pintaba nada allí, she was out of place there
    3 (en juegos de naipes) to be trumps

    ' pinta' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    menda
    English:
    black
    - come in
    - half-pint
    - look
    - pint
    - pt
    - sleazy
    - wash
    - gill
    - half
    - hooky
    - oil
    - speckle
    - truant
    - wet
    * * *
    ♦ nf
    1. [lunar] spot
    2. [aspecto]
    tiene pinta de estar enfadado he looks like he's annoyed;
    tiene buena pinta it looks good;
    ese cocido tiene muy buena pinta that stew looks delicious;
    ¡menuda pinta tienes, todo lleno de barro! you look a real sight, all covered in mud!;
    Am
    echar o [m5] hacer o [m5] tirar pinta to show off;
    RP
    ser alguien en pinta to be the spitting image of sb
    3. [unidad de medida] pint
    4. Méx [pintada] graffiti
    5. Méx
    irse de pinta [hacer novillos] Br to play truant, US to play hookey
    ♦ nmf
    Urug Fam [hombre] guy, Br bloke; [mujer] woman
    * * *
    f
    1 medida pint
    2 aspecto looks pl ;
    tener buena pinta fig look inviting;
    tener pinta de look like
    * * *
    pinta nf
    1) : dot, spot
    2) : pint
    3) fam : aspect, appearance
    las peras tienen buena pinta: the pears look good
    4) pintas nfpl Mex: graffiti
    * * *
    1. (mancha) spot
    2. (medida) pint

    Spanish-English dictionary > pinta

  • 13 sinvergüenza

    adj.
    shameless, barefaced, brazen, cynical.
    intj.
    you little beggar.
    f. & m.
    1 scoundrel, son of a gun, rogue, shyster.
    2 shameless person, shameless individual, cheeky devil, cheeky person.
    * * *
    1 (pícaro) shameless
    2 (descarado) cheeky
    1 (pícaro) rotter, swine, louse
    2 (descarado) cheeky devil
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ (=pillo) rotten; (=descarado) brazen, shameless
    2.
    SMF (=pillo) scoundrel, rogue; (=canalla) rotter *; (=insolente) cheeky devil

    ¡sinvergüenza! — hum you villain!

    * * *
    I
    a) ( canalla)
    b) (hum) ( pícaro) naughty
    II
    masculino y femenino
    a) ( canalla) swine (colloq), scoundrel (dated); (estafador, ladrón) crook (colloq)
    b) (hum) ( pícaro) rascal (hum), little devil o rascal (hum)
    * * *
    = scoundrel, shameless, shyster, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, thug, cad.
    Ex. Here came every sort of human ingredient -- sturdy homesteaders, skilled craftsmen, precious scoundrels.
    Ex. Another librarian described herself as 'a shameless, self-promoter'.
    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. 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. Poole was a notorious gang leader & street thug, murdered by enemies of similar background.
    Ex. Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.
    * * *
    I
    a) ( canalla)
    b) (hum) ( pícaro) naughty
    II
    masculino y femenino
    a) ( canalla) swine (colloq), scoundrel (dated); (estafador, ladrón) crook (colloq)
    b) (hum) ( pícaro) rascal (hum), little devil o rascal (hum)
    * * *
    = scoundrel, shameless, shyster, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, thug, cad.

    Ex: Here came every sort of human ingredient -- sturdy homesteaders, skilled craftsmen, precious scoundrels.

    Ex: Another librarian described herself as 'a shameless, self-promoter'.
    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: 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: Poole was a notorious gang leader & street thug, murdered by enemies of similar background.
    Ex: Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.

    * * *
    1
    (canalla): ¡qué hombre más sinvergüenza! what a swine! ( colloq)
    2 ( hum) ‹niño› (travieso) naughty
    1 (canalla) swine ( colloq), scoundrel ( dated); (estafador, ladrón) crook ( colloq)
    2 ( hum) (pícaro) rascal ( hum), little devil o rascal ( hum)
    * * *

    sinvergüenza adjetivo
    a) ( canalla):

    ◊ ¡qué tipo más sinvergüenza! what a swine! (colloq)

    b) (hum) ( pícaro) naughty

    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    a) ( canalla) swine (colloq);

    (estafador, ladrón) crook (colloq)
    b) (hum) ( pícaro) rascal (hum)

    sinvergüenza
    I adjetivo
    1 pey (granuja, inmoral) shameless
    2 hum (pillo) cheeky: pero qué sinvergüenza eres, what a rogue you are
    II mf
    1 (inmoral, sin escrúpulos) crook
    2 (pillo, descarado) rogue
    ' sinvergüenza' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    conchudo
    - redomada
    - redomado
    - atorrante
    - gandalla
    English:
    scoundrel
    - so-and-so
    - crook
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [canalla] shameless
    2. [fresco, descarado] cheeky
    ♦ nmf
    1. [canalla] scoundrel;
    ser un sinvergüenza to be shameless
    2. [fresco, descarado] cheeky person;
    ser un sinvergüenza to be a cheeky rascal o so-and-so;
    ese sinvergüenza me ha quitado el bocadillo that cheeky rascal o so-and-so stole my sandwich
    * * *
    I adj shameless, unscrupulous
    II m/f swine;
    ¡qué sinvergüenza! ( descarado) what a nerve!
    * * *
    1) descarado: shameless, brazen, impudent
    2) travieso: naughty
    1) : rogue, scoundrel
    2) : brat, rascal
    * * *
    sinvergüenza n rogue

    Spanish-English dictionary > sinvergüenza

  • 14 tunante

    adj.
    roguish, crooked, rascally.
    f. & m.
    rascal, rogue.
    * * *
    1 rascal, rogue
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 rascal, rogue
    * * *
    SM rogue, villain

    ¡tunante! — you villain!; [a un niño] you young scamp!

    * * *
    = rascal, rogue, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, cad.
    Ex. And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.
    Ex. Some headings are vague and without scope notes to define them: ROBBERS AND OUTLAWS; CRIME AND CRIMINALS; rogues AND VAGABONDS.
    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.
    * * *
    = rascal, rogue, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, cad.

    Ex: And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.

    Ex: Some headings are vague and without scope notes to define them: ROBBERS AND OUTLAWS; CRIME AND CRIMINALS; rogues AND VAGABONDS.
    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.

    * * *
    tunante1 -ta
    ( ant); roguish ( dated)
    tunante2 -ta
    masculine, feminine
    ( ant)
    rascal ( dated), rogue ( dated)
    * * *

    tunante,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 (afectivo) rascal
    2 (peyorativo) rogue
    ' tunante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    tunanta
    * * *
    tunante, -a
    ♦ adj
    ¡el muy tunante ¡ the rascal!
    ♦ nm,f
    rascal, rogue
    * * *
    m, tunanta f rogue

    Spanish-English dictionary > tunante

  • 15 Casa Blanca, la

    = White House, the
    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.

    Spanish-English dictionary > Casa Blanca, la

  • 16 cretino1

    1 = moron, cretin.
    Ex. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    Ex. Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cretino1

  • 17 volver

    v.
    1 to turn round (dar la vuelta a).
    al volver la esquina when we turned the corner
    Ella volvió la tortilla She turned the tortilla.
    Volvió inservible el carro.. It rendered the car useless.
    2 to turn (cabeza, ojos).
    3 to go back, to return (ir de vuelta).
    yo allí no vuelvo I'm not going back there
    vuelve, no te vayas come back, don't go
    al volver pasé por el supermercado I stopped off at the supermarket on the o my way back
    aún no ha vuelto del trabajo she isn't back o hasn't got back from work yet
    volver en sí to come to, to regain consciousness
    Ellos volvieron ayer They returned yesterday.
    4 to come back to.
    Me volvieron los recuerdos Memories came back to me.
    5 to vomit.
    Ella volvió los tacos She vomited the tacos.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ MOVER], like link=mover mover (pp vuelto,-a)
    1 (dar vuelta a) to turn, turn over; (hacia abajo) to turn upside down; (de dentro afuera) to turn inside out; (lo de atrás hacia delante) to turn back to front
    2 (convertir) to turn, make, change
    3 (devolver) to give back; (a su lugar) to put back
    4 (torcer) to turn
    1 (regresar) to return; (ir) to go back; (venir) to come back
    2 (a un tema etc) to return, revert
    1 (regresar - ir) to go back; (- venir) to come back
    3 (convertirse) to turn, become
    \
    volver a alguien a la vida to revive somebody, bring somebody back to life
    volver a las andadas to fall back into one's old habits
    volver del revés to turn inside out
    volver en sí to regain consciousness, come round
    volver los ojos hacia to turn one's eyes towards
    volver sobre sus pasos to retrace one's steps
    volverle la espalda a alguien figurado to turn one's back on somebody
    volverse atrás figurado to go back on one's word, back out
    volverse en contra de alguien to turn against somebody
    * * *
    verb
    2) go back, come back
    4) cause, drive, make
    •
    - volverse
    * * *
    ( pp vuelto)
    1. VT
    1) (=dar la vuelta a) [+ cabeza] to turn; [+ colchón, tortilla, enfermo] to turn over; [+ jersey, calcetín] to turn inside out; [+ página] to turn, turn over

    • volver la espalda — to turn away

    • volver la esquina — to go round o turn the corner

    2) (=cambiar la orientación de) to turn

    • volver la vista atrás — to look back

    • volver los ojos al pasado — to look back

    • volver el pensamiento a Dios — to turn one's thoughts to God

    • volver la proa al viento — to turn the bow into the wind

    3) *
    (=devolver) [+ compra] to return; [+ comida] to bring up; [+ imagen] to reflect; [+ objeto lanzado] to send back, return; [+ visita] to return

    volver algo a su lugar — to return sth to its place, put sth back (in its place)

    volver la casa a su estado original — to return o restore the house to its original condition

    4) (=enrollar) [+ manga] to roll up
    5) [+ adj] to make

    el ácido lo vuelve azul — the acid turns it blue, the acid makes it go blue

    6) (Ling) to translate (a into)
    2. VI
    1) (=regresar) (a donde se está) to come back, return; (a donde se estaba) to go back, return (a to) ([de] from)

    volver victorioso — to come back victorious, return in triumph

    volviendo a lo que decía... — going back o returning to what I was saying...

    • volver atrás — to go back, turn back

    • volver a una costumbre — to revert to a habit

    2)

    • volver a hacer algo — to do sth again

    me he vuelto a equivocar — I've made a mistake again, I've made another mistake

    volvió a casarse — she remarried, she (got) married again

    3)

    • volver en sí — to come to, come round

    4) [camino] to turn (a to)
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1) ( regresar - al lugar donde se está) to come back; (- a otro lugar) to go back

    ¿cómo vas a volver? — how are you getting back?

    volvió muy cambiada — she came back o returned a different person

    ¿cuándo piensas volver por aquí? — when do you think you'll be o come back this way?

    volver a algo — < a un lugar> to go back to something; <a una situación/actividad> to return to something

    volviendo a lo que decía... — to get o go back to what I was saying...

    volver de algo: ¿cuándo volviste de las vacaciones? when did you get back from your vacation?; ha vuelto de Roma she's back from Rome; volvió cansado del trabajo he was tired when he got home from work; volver atrás — ( literal) to go o turn back; ( al pasado) to turn back the clock

    2)
    a) ( repetirse) momento to return
    b) calma/paz to return
    3)
    2.
    volver v aux

    volver a + inf: volver a empezar to start again o (AmE) over; no volverá a ocurrir it won't happen again; no lo volví a ver I never saw him again; lo tuve que volver a llevar al taller — I had to take it back to the workshop

    3.
    volver vt
    a) <colchón/tortilla> to turn (over); < tierra> to turn o dig over; <calcetín/chaqueta> ( poner del revés) to turn... inside out; ( poner del derecho) to turn... the right way round; < cuello> to turn
    b) <cabeza/mirada>
    c) < esquina> to turn
    2) (convertir en, poner)

    me está volviendo loca — it's/he's/she's driving me mad

    3) (Méx)
    4.
    volverse v pron
    1) ( girar) to turn (around)

    no te vuelvas, que nos están siguiendo — don't look back, we're being followed

    volverse boca arriba/abajo — to turn over onto one's back/stomach

    volverse atrás — to back out

    2) (convertirse en, ponerse)

    se vuelve agrio — it turns o goes sour

    * * *
    = come back, render, return, switch back, turn back, turn over + page, turn over, get back, be back.
    Ex. He wondered whether to chase after Duff and order him to come back or wait and see him later, after she had regained her composure.
    Ex. So strongly was it felt by proponents of change that just such unconscious biases rendered libraries 'part of the problem, instead of the solution'.
    Ex. Returning to government agencies, some agencies are treated as subordinate to a government, whilst others are entered independently.
    Ex. A code at the bottom of the local document summary and full information screens allow switching back to the system catalog.
    Ex. It might be wise for you to turn back and re-read what was said in section 2.
    Ex. Turn over the page and you will find suggested analyses against which you can check your solution.
    Ex. Then he picked up about 2 cm. of type from the right-hand end of the uppermost line (i.e. the last word or two of the last line) with the thumb and forefinger of his right hand, read it, and dropped the pieces of type one by one into their proper boxes, turning over the old house.
    Ex. I have been off on vacation and just got back.
    Ex. Which means I'd give the whole shooting match just to be back where I was before I quit sleeping under the stars and come into the hen-coops.
    ----
    * acción de volver a contar algo = retelling.
    * aguas + volver a su cauce = dust + settle.
    * hacer que la gente se vuelva a mirar = make + heads turn.
    * hora de volver a casa = curfew.
    * la historia + volverse a repetir = history + come full circle.
    * las cosas + volver + a su punto de partida = the wheel + turn + full circle.
    * no volver = go + forever.
    * no volver hasta + Expresión Temporal = not be back for + Expresión Temporal.
    * no volver la vista atrás = never + look back.
    * que puede volver a cerrarse herméticamente = resealable.
    * volvemos siempre al principio = things swing full circle.
    * volver a = depart to, get back to, go back to, move back to, revert (to), go + full circle back to, circle back to, backtrack [back-track], recur to, roll back to, revert back to, head back to, slide back to, default to.
    * volver a abrir = be back in business.
    * volver a adoptar = resume.
    * volver a albergar = rehouse [re-house].
    * volver a alfombrar = recarpet [re-carpet].
    * volver a Alguien loco = drive + Alguien + up a wall, drive + Alguien + to despair, drive + Alguien + mad, drive + Alguien + insane, drive + Alguien + crazy, drive + Alguien + nuts, drive + Alguien + potty.
    * volver a almacenar = rehouse [re-house].
    * volver a alojar = rehouse [re-house].
    * volver a alquilar = rehire [re-hire].
    * volver a analizar = reexamine [re-examine], reanalyse [reanalyze, -USA].
    * volver a aparecer = resurface.
    * volver a aprender = relearn.
    * volver a asegurar = reinsure.
    * volver a asentar = resettle.
    * volver a atar = re-tie.
    * volver a bautizar = re-baptise [re-baptize, -USA].
    * volver a caer (en) = relapse (into).
    * volver a calcular = recalculation.
    * volver a cargar = reload.
    * volver a casa = go + home again.
    * volver a casarse = remarry.
    * volver a clasificar = refolder.
    * volver a combinar = recombine [re-combine].
    * volver a comprimir = recompress.
    * volver a comprobar = check back.
    * volver a conectar = reconnect [re-connect].
    * volver a congelarse = re-freeze [refreeze].
    * volver a considerar = reconsider.
    * volver a consultar = revisit, check back.
    * volver a contar = recount, retell.
    * volver a contextualizar = recontextualise [recontextualize, USA].
    * volver a contratar = rehire [re-hire].
    * volver a convertir = reconvert.
    * volver a convocar = reconvene.
    * volver a copiar = recopy.
    * volver a crear = recreate [re-create].
    * volver a dar forma = reshape [re-shape].
    * volver a descubrir = rediscover.
    * volver a despertar = reawaken [re-awaken].
    * volver a determinar = respecify.
    * volver a diseñar = redesign [re-design], repurpose [re-purpose].
    * volver a dotar = re-equip [reequip].
    * volver a ejecutar = rerun [re-run].
    * volver a empezar = return to + the drawing boards, back to the drawing board, a fresh start, start over, go back to + square one, be back to square one.
    * volver a empezar de cero = be back to square one, go back to + square one.
    * volver a encuadernar = rebind [re-bind].
    * volver a enmoquetar = recarpeting.
    * volver a enseñar = retrain [re-train].
    * volver a entrar = come back in.
    * volver a enviar = resubmit [re-submit], reship, resend [re-send].
    * volver a equipar = re-equip [reequip].
    * volver a escribir = retype [re-type], rewrite [re-write].
    * volver a especificar = respecify.
    * volver a establecer equivalencias = remap.
    * volver a evaluar = reassess [re-assess], reevaluate [re-evaluate], reappraise.
    * volver a financiar = re-fund.
    * volver a formarse = reform.
    * volver a formatear = reformat [re-format].
    * volver a funcionar = be back in business.
    * volver a guardar = rehouse [re-house].
    * volver a hablar innecesariamente = belabour [belabor, -USA].
    * volver a hacer = redo [re-do], remake.
    * volver a hacer un examen = retake + an exam.
    * volver a hidratar = rehydrate.
    * volver a imprimir = reprint.
    * volver a incluir = reinstate.
    * volver a indizar = re-index [reindex].
    * volver a inscribir = reregister.
    * volver a insertar = reinsert.
    * volver a insertar en el ordenador = rekey [re-key].
    * volver a intentar = retry [re-try].
    * volver a interpretar = reinterpret [re-interpret].
    * volver a introducir = re-enter [reenter], reintroduce, reinsert.
    * volver a juzgar = retry [re-try].
    * volver a la etapa de planificación = return to + the drawing boards, back to the drawing board.
    * volver a la normalidad = get back to + normal, return to + normalcy, get (back) into + the swings of things.
    * volver a la popularidad = return to + favour.
    * volver a la seguridad de = burrow back into.
    * volver a la vida normal = get (back) into + the swings of things.
    * volver a leer = reread [re-read].
    * volver a levantar el sistema = restart.
    * volver Algo a su estado anterior = put + Nombre + back on track.
    * volver Algo del revés = turn + Nombre + inside-out.
    * volver Algo en Otra Cosa = turn + Nombre + into.
    * volver al pasado = turn + the clock back.
    * volver al principio = come + full circle, bring + Pronombre + full-circle.
    * volver al punto de partida = come + full circle, bring + Pronombre + full-circle, go back to + square one, be back to square one.
    * volver al redil = return to + the fold.
    * volver a manejar = rehandle.
    * volver a mezclar = remix.
    * volver a montar = reassemble [re-assemble].
    * volver a mostrar = redisplay.
    * volver a nacer = have + a lucky escape, have + a narrow escape.
    * volver a nombrar = rename.
    * volver a ordenar = resort.
    * volver a oxidar = reoxidise [reoxidize, -USA].
    * volver a pedir = reorder [re-order].
    * volver a pintar = repaint [re-paint].
    * volver a planificar = reschedule.
    * volver a plantearse = reconceive of.
    * volver a ponerse al día = be back on track, be on track.
    * volver a por sus fueros = be back on track, be on track, bite back.
    * volver a preguntar = check back.
    * volver a presentar = resubmit [re-submit].
    * volver a prestar atención = refocus + attention.
    * volver a procesar = reprocess.
    * volver a programar = reschedule.
    * volver a promover un producto = rehyping.
    * volver a publicar = reissue [re-issue].
    * volver a recibir financiación = re-fund.
    * volver a representar = remap.
    * volver a reunir = reassemble [re-assemble].
    * volver a salir = come back out.
    * volver a salir a la superficie = resurface.
    * volver a ser condenado = reconviction.
    * volver a ser lo que era = be back on track, be on track.
    * volver a subvencionar = re-fund.
    * volver a su camino = get back on + track, get back on + Posesivo + path.
    * volver a tomar = regain, retake.
    * volver a traducir = remap.
    * volver a traer = restore.
    * volver atrás = turn + the clock back, go + backwards.
    * volver a tratar = revisit.
    * volver a unir = reunite [re-unite].
    * volver a untar grasa al cojinete = repack + bearing.
    * volver a usar = reuse [re-use].
    * volver a utilizar = recapture, reutilise [reutilize, -USA].
    * volver a vivir = relive.
    * volver corriendo = scurry back.
    * volver de nuevo = come back out.
    * volver el reloj atrás = turn + the clock back.
    * volver en + Expresión Temporal = be back in + Expresión Temporal.
    * volver en sí = regain + Posesivo + consciousness.
    * volver hacia atrás = backtrack [back-track].
    * volver la casa al revés = turn + everything upside down.
    * volver la espalda = give + Nombre + the cold shoulder, turn + a cold shoulder to, cold-shoulder.
    * volver la espalda a = turn + Posesivo + back on.
    * volver la página = turn over + page.
    * volver las tornas = turn + the tables (on).
    * volver la vista atrás = look back.
    * volverlo a hacer = go and do it again.
    * volver loco = drive + Alguien + (a)round the bend, piss + Nombre + off.
    * volver loco a Alguien = have + Nombre + jump through the hoops, push + Alguien + over the edge.
    * volver loco, exasperar, sacar de quicio, cabrear, encabronar, dar por culo, = piss + Nombre + off.
    * volver pronto = haste back.
    * volverse = become, turn into, swing around, turn (a)round.
    * volverse + Adjetivo = grow + Adjetivo.
    * volverse a reunir = reconvene.
    * volverse a unir a = rejoin.
    * volverse chalado = go off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * volverse chiflado = go + potty, go off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * volverse ciego = become + blind.
    * volverse + Color = turn to + Color.
    * volverse cruel = become + vicious.
    * volverse en contra de = turn against.
    * volverse estúpido = go off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * volverse etéreo = etherealise [etherealize, -USA].
    * volverse frenético = go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy, work up + a lather.
    * volverse ilegible = become + unreadable.
    * volverse líquido = turn to + liquid.
    * volverse loco = go + bananas, take + leave of + Posesivo + senses, go + mad, run + amok, lose + Posesivo + marbles, go + bonkers, go + berserk, go + postal, go + wild, go + crazy, go + nuts, go + potty, get + a buzz from, go out of + Posesivo + mind, throw + a wobbly, go off + the rails, throw + a wobbler, go + haywire, go off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * volverse loco de alegría = thrill + Nombre + to bits, be chuffed to bits, be tickled pink.
    * volverse loco por = sweep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + feet, go + gaga (over).
    * volverse majareta = go + potty, go out of + Posesivo + mind, go off + the rails, go off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * volverse marrón = turn + brown.
    * volverse obscuro = turn + dark.
    * volverse obsoleto = go out of + date, become + obsolete, go out of + fashion, obsolesce.
    * volverse obsoleto, pasar de moda, caducar = become + obsolete.
    * volverse oscuro = turn + dark.
    * volverse violento = turn + violent.
    * volver sobre = retrace.
    * volver sobre los pasos de Uno = double-back, retrace + Posesivo + steps, retrace + Posesivo + footsteps, go back on + Posesivo + steps.
    * volver tarde a casa = stay out + late.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1) ( regresar - al lugar donde se está) to come back; (- a otro lugar) to go back

    ¿cómo vas a volver? — how are you getting back?

    volvió muy cambiada — she came back o returned a different person

    ¿cuándo piensas volver por aquí? — when do you think you'll be o come back this way?

    volver a algo — < a un lugar> to go back to something; <a una situación/actividad> to return to something

    volviendo a lo que decía... — to get o go back to what I was saying...

    volver de algo: ¿cuándo volviste de las vacaciones? when did you get back from your vacation?; ha vuelto de Roma she's back from Rome; volvió cansado del trabajo he was tired when he got home from work; volver atrás — ( literal) to go o turn back; ( al pasado) to turn back the clock

    2)
    a) ( repetirse) momento to return
    b) calma/paz to return
    3)
    2.
    volver v aux

    volver a + inf: volver a empezar to start again o (AmE) over; no volverá a ocurrir it won't happen again; no lo volví a ver I never saw him again; lo tuve que volver a llevar al taller — I had to take it back to the workshop

    3.
    volver vt
    a) <colchón/tortilla> to turn (over); < tierra> to turn o dig over; <calcetín/chaqueta> ( poner del revés) to turn... inside out; ( poner del derecho) to turn... the right way round; < cuello> to turn
    b) <cabeza/mirada>
    c) < esquina> to turn
    2) (convertir en, poner)

    me está volviendo loca — it's/he's/she's driving me mad

    3) (Méx)
    4.
    volverse v pron
    1) ( girar) to turn (around)

    no te vuelvas, que nos están siguiendo — don't look back, we're being followed

    volverse boca arriba/abajo — to turn over onto one's back/stomach

    volverse atrás — to back out

    2) (convertirse en, ponerse)

    se vuelve agrio — it turns o goes sour

    * * *
    = come back, render, return, switch back, turn back, turn over + page, turn over, get back, be back.

    Ex: He wondered whether to chase after Duff and order him to come back or wait and see him later, after she had regained her composure.

    Ex: So strongly was it felt by proponents of change that just such unconscious biases rendered libraries 'part of the problem, instead of the solution'.
    Ex: Returning to government agencies, some agencies are treated as subordinate to a government, whilst others are entered independently.
    Ex: A code at the bottom of the local document summary and full information screens allow switching back to the system catalog.
    Ex: It might be wise for you to turn back and re-read what was said in section 2.
    Ex: Turn over the page and you will find suggested analyses against which you can check your solution.
    Ex: Then he picked up about 2 cm. of type from the right-hand end of the uppermost line (i.e. the last word or two of the last line) with the thumb and forefinger of his right hand, read it, and dropped the pieces of type one by one into their proper boxes, turning over the old house.
    Ex: I have been off on vacation and just got back.
    Ex: Which means I'd give the whole shooting match just to be back where I was before I quit sleeping under the stars and come into the hen-coops.
    * acción de volver a contar algo = retelling.
    * aguas + volver a su cauce = dust + settle.
    * hacer que la gente se vuelva a mirar = make + heads turn.
    * hora de volver a casa = curfew.
    * la historia + volverse a repetir = history + come full circle.
    * las cosas + volver + a su punto de partida = the wheel + turn + full circle.
    * no volver = go + forever.
    * no volver hasta + Expresión Temporal = not be back for + Expresión Temporal.
    * no volver la vista atrás = never + look back.
    * que puede volver a cerrarse herméticamente = resealable.
    * volvemos siempre al principio = things swing full circle.
    * volver a = depart to, get back to, go back to, move back to, revert (to), go + full circle back to, circle back to, backtrack [back-track], recur to, roll back to, revert back to, head back to, slide back to, default to.
    * volver a abrir = be back in business.
    * volver a adoptar = resume.
    * volver a albergar = rehouse [re-house].
    * volver a alfombrar = recarpet [re-carpet].
    * volver a Alguien loco = drive + Alguien + up a wall, drive + Alguien + to despair, drive + Alguien + mad, drive + Alguien + insane, drive + Alguien + crazy, drive + Alguien + nuts, drive + Alguien + potty.
    * volver a almacenar = rehouse [re-house].
    * volver a alojar = rehouse [re-house].
    * volver a alquilar = rehire [re-hire].
    * volver a analizar = reexamine [re-examine], reanalyse [reanalyze, -USA].
    * volver a aparecer = resurface.
    * volver a aprender = relearn.
    * volver a asegurar = reinsure.
    * volver a asentar = resettle.
    * volver a atar = re-tie.
    * volver a bautizar = re-baptise [re-baptize, -USA].
    * volver a caer (en) = relapse (into).
    * volver a calcular = recalculation.
    * volver a cargar = reload.
    * volver a casa = go + home again.
    * volver a casarse = remarry.
    * volver a clasificar = refolder.
    * volver a combinar = recombine [re-combine].
    * volver a comprimir = recompress.
    * volver a comprobar = check back.
    * volver a conectar = reconnect [re-connect].
    * volver a congelarse = re-freeze [refreeze].
    * volver a considerar = reconsider.
    * volver a consultar = revisit, check back.
    * volver a contar = recount, retell.
    * volver a contextualizar = recontextualise [recontextualize, USA].
    * volver a contratar = rehire [re-hire].
    * volver a convertir = reconvert.
    * volver a convocar = reconvene.
    * volver a copiar = recopy.
    * volver a crear = recreate [re-create].
    * volver a dar forma = reshape [re-shape].
    * volver a descubrir = rediscover.
    * volver a despertar = reawaken [re-awaken].
    * volver a determinar = respecify.
    * volver a diseñar = redesign [re-design], repurpose [re-purpose].
    * volver a dotar = re-equip [reequip].
    * volver a ejecutar = rerun [re-run].
    * volver a empezar = return to + the drawing boards, back to the drawing board, a fresh start, start over, go back to + square one, be back to square one.
    * volver a empezar de cero = be back to square one, go back to + square one.
    * volver a encuadernar = rebind [re-bind].
    * volver a enmoquetar = recarpeting.
    * volver a enseñar = retrain [re-train].
    * volver a entrar = come back in.
    * volver a enviar = resubmit [re-submit], reship, resend [re-send].
    * volver a equipar = re-equip [reequip].
    * volver a escribir = retype [re-type], rewrite [re-write].
    * volver a especificar = respecify.
    * volver a establecer equivalencias = remap.
    * volver a evaluar = reassess [re-assess], reevaluate [re-evaluate], reappraise.
    * volver a financiar = re-fund.
    * volver a formarse = reform.
    * volver a formatear = reformat [re-format].
    * volver a funcionar = be back in business.
    * volver a guardar = rehouse [re-house].
    * volver a hablar innecesariamente = belabour [belabor, -USA].
    * volver a hacer = redo [re-do], remake.
    * volver a hacer un examen = retake + an exam.
    * volver a hidratar = rehydrate.
    * volver a imprimir = reprint.
    * volver a incluir = reinstate.
    * volver a indizar = re-index [reindex].
    * volver a inscribir = reregister.
    * volver a insertar = reinsert.
    * volver a insertar en el ordenador = rekey [re-key].
    * volver a intentar = retry [re-try].
    * volver a interpretar = reinterpret [re-interpret].
    * volver a introducir = re-enter [reenter], reintroduce, reinsert.
    * volver a juzgar = retry [re-try].
    * volver a la etapa de planificación = return to + the drawing boards, back to the drawing board.
    * volver a la normalidad = get back to + normal, return to + normalcy, get (back) into + the swings of things.
    * volver a la popularidad = return to + favour.
    * volver a la seguridad de = burrow back into.
    * volver a la vida normal = get (back) into + the swings of things.
    * volver a leer = reread [re-read].
    * volver a levantar el sistema = restart.
    * volver Algo a su estado anterior = put + Nombre + back on track.
    * volver Algo del revés = turn + Nombre + inside-out.
    * volver Algo en Otra Cosa = turn + Nombre + into.
    * volver al pasado = turn + the clock back.
    * volver al principio = come + full circle, bring + Pronombre + full-circle.
    * volver al punto de partida = come + full circle, bring + Pronombre + full-circle, go back to + square one, be back to square one.
    * volver al redil = return to + the fold.
    * volver a manejar = rehandle.
    * volver a mezclar = remix.
    * volver a montar = reassemble [re-assemble].
    * volver a mostrar = redisplay.
    * volver a nacer = have + a lucky escape, have + a narrow escape.
    * volver a nombrar = rename.
    * volver a ordenar = resort.
    * volver a oxidar = reoxidise [reoxidize, -USA].
    * volver a pedir = reorder [re-order].
    * volver a pintar = repaint [re-paint].
    * volver a planificar = reschedule.
    * volver a plantearse = reconceive of.
    * volver a ponerse al día = be back on track, be on track.
    * volver a por sus fueros = be back on track, be on track, bite back.
    * volver a preguntar = check back.
    * volver a presentar = resubmit [re-submit].
    * volver a prestar atención = refocus + attention.
    * volver a procesar = reprocess.
    * volver a programar = reschedule.
    * volver a promover un producto = rehyping.
    * volver a publicar = reissue [re-issue].
    * volver a recibir financiación = re-fund.
    * volver a representar = remap.
    * volver a reunir = reassemble [re-assemble].
    * volver a salir = come back out.
    * volver a salir a la superficie = resurface.
    * volver a ser condenado = reconviction.
    * volver a ser lo que era = be back on track, be on track.
    * volver a subvencionar = re-fund.
    * volver a su camino = get back on + track, get back on + Posesivo + path.
    * volver a tomar = regain, retake.
    * volver a traducir = remap.
    * volver a traer = restore.
    * volver atrás = turn + the clock back, go + backwards.
    * volver a tratar = revisit.
    * volver a unir = reunite [re-unite].
    * volver a untar grasa al cojinete = repack + bearing.
    * volver a usar = reuse [re-use].
    * volver a utilizar = recapture, reutilise [reutilize, -USA].
    * volver a vivir = relive.
    * volver corriendo = scurry back.
    * volver de nuevo = come back out.
    * volver el reloj atrás = turn + the clock back.
    * volver en + Expresión Temporal = be back in + Expresión Temporal.
    * volver en sí = regain + Posesivo + consciousness.
    * volver hacia atrás = backtrack [back-track].
    * volver la casa al revés = turn + everything upside down.
    * volver la espalda = give + Nombre + the cold shoulder, turn + a cold shoulder to, cold-shoulder.
    * volver la espalda a = turn + Posesivo + back on.
    * volver la página = turn over + page.
    * volver las tornas = turn + the tables (on).
    * volver la vista atrás = look back.
    * volverlo a hacer = go and do it again.
    * volver loco = drive + Alguien + (a)round the bend, piss + Nombre + off.
    * volver loco a Alguien = have + Nombre + jump through the hoops, push + Alguien + over the edge.
    * volver loco, exasperar, sacar de quicio, cabrear, encabronar, dar por culo, = piss + Nombre + off.
    * volver pronto = haste back.
    * volverse = become, turn into, swing around, turn (a)round.
    * volverse + Adjetivo = grow + Adjetivo.
    * volverse a reunir = reconvene.
    * volverse a unir a = rejoin.
    * volverse chalado = go off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * volverse chiflado = go + potty, go off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * volverse ciego = become + blind.
    * volverse + Color = turn to + Color.
    * volverse cruel = become + vicious.
    * volverse en contra de = turn against.
    * volverse estúpido = go off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * volverse etéreo = etherealise [etherealize, -USA].
    * volverse frenético = go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy, work up + a lather.
    * volverse ilegible = become + unreadable.
    * volverse líquido = turn to + liquid.
    * volverse loco = go + bananas, take + leave of + Posesivo + senses, go + mad, run + amok, lose + Posesivo + marbles, go + bonkers, go + berserk, go + postal, go + wild, go + crazy, go + nuts, go + potty, get + a buzz from, go out of + Posesivo + mind, throw + a wobbly, go off + the rails, throw + a wobbler, go + haywire, go off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * volverse loco de alegría = thrill + Nombre + to bits, be chuffed to bits, be tickled pink.
    * volverse loco por = sweep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + feet, go + gaga (over).
    * volverse majareta = go + potty, go out of + Posesivo + mind, go off + the rails, go off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * volverse marrón = turn + brown.
    * volverse obscuro = turn + dark.
    * volverse obsoleto = go out of + date, become + obsolete, go out of + fashion, obsolesce.
    * volverse obsoleto, pasar de moda, caducar = become + obsolete.
    * volverse oscuro = turn + dark.
    * volverse violento = turn + violent.
    * volver sobre = retrace.
    * volver sobre los pasos de Uno = double-back, retrace + Posesivo + steps, retrace + Posesivo + footsteps, go back on + Posesivo + steps.
    * volver tarde a casa = stay out + late.

    * * *
    volver [ E11 ]
    vi
    A (regresar — al lugar donde se está) to come back; (— a otro lugar) to go back
    no sé a qué hora volveré I don't know what time I'll be back
    ¿no piensas volver allí algún día? don't you intend going back there some day?
    dos de los cazas no volvieron two of the fighters failed to return
    vete y no vuelvas más get out and don't ever come back
    volvió muy cambiada she came back o returned a different person
    ¿cuándo piensas volver por aquí? when do you think you'll be o get o come back this way?
    ha vuelto con su familia she's gone back to her family
    no sé cómo consiguió volver I don't know how he managed to get back
    volver A algo:
    nunca volvió a Alemania she never went back to o returned to Germany
    no había vuelto a su pueblo desde que era pequeño he hadn't been back to his home town since he was a child
    logró volver al campamento she managed to get back to the camp
    ¿cuándo vuelves al colegio? when do you go back to school?
    volver DE algo:
    ¿cuándo volviste de las vacaciones? when did you get back from your vacation?
    ¿sabes si ha vuelto de Roma? do you know if she's back from Rome?
    volvieron del lugar del accidente they returned o came back from the scene of the accident
    siempre vuelve cansado del trabajo he's always tired when he gets o comes home from work
    volver atrás (en un viaje) to go o turn back; (al pasado) to turn back the clock
    veo que no han entendido, volvamos atrás I can see you haven't understood, let's go back over it again
    vuelve y juega … ( Col fam); here we go again … ( colloq)
    B
    1 (a una situación, una actividad) volver A algo to return TO sth
    el país ha vuelto a la normalidad the country is back to o has returned to normal
    está pensando en volver al mundo del espectáculo she's thinking of returning to o making a comeback in show business
    2 (a un tema) volver A algo:
    volviendo a lo que hablábamos… to go back to what we were talking about…
    ya volvemos a lo de siempre so we're back to the same old problem
    siempre vuelve al mismo tema he always comes back to the same subject
    C
    1 (repetirse) «momento» to return
    aquellos días felices que no volverán those happy days that will never return
    2 «calma/paz» to return volver A algo:
    la paz ha vuelto a la zona peace has returned to the area, the area is peaceful again
    la normalidad ha vuelto a la fábrica the situation at the factory is back to normal
    D
    volver en sí to come to o round
    trataban de hacerlo volver en sí they were trying to bring him round
    E ( Méx) (vomitar) to be sick
    ■
    volver A + INF:
    no volverá a ocurrir it won't happen again
    no hemos vuelto a verlo we haven't seen him since
    no volvió a probar el alcohol she never drank alcohol again
    me volvió a llenar el vaso she refilled my glass
    lo tuve que volver a llevar al taller I had to take it back to the workshop
    ■ volver
    vt
    1 ‹colchón/tortilla/filete› to turn, turn over; ‹tierra› to turn o dig over
    2 ‹calcetín/chaqueta› to turn … inside out; ‹cuello› to turn
    vuelve la manga, que la tienes del revés pull the sleeve out, you've got it inside out
    3
    volver la página or hoja to turn the page, turn over
    4 ‹cabeza/ojos›
    volvió la cabeza para ver quién la seguía she turned her head o she looked around to see who was following her
    volvió los ojos/la mirada hacia mí he turned his eyes/his gaze toward(s) me
    volver la mirada hacia el pasado to look back to the past
    5 ‹esquina› to turn
    está ahí, nada más volver la esquina it's up there, just around the corner
    B (convertir en, poner) to make
    la ha vuelto muy egoísta it has made her very selfish
    la televisión los está volviendo tontos television is turning them into morons
    lo vuelve de otro color it turns it a different color
    C
    ( Méx): volver el estómago to be sick
    A (darse la vuelta, girar) to turn, turn around
    se volvió para ver quién la llamaba she turned (around) to see who was calling her
    se volvió hacia él she turned to face him
    no te vuelvas, que nos siguen don't look back, we're being followed
    se volvió de espaldas he turned his back on me/her/them
    volverse boca arriba/abajo to turn over onto one's back/stomach
    volverse atrás to back out
    volverse contra algn to turn against sb
    B
    (convertirse en, ponerse): últimamente se ha vuelto muy antipática she's become very unpleasant recently
    el partido se ha vuelto más radical the party has grown o become more radical
    su mirada se volvió triste his expression saddened o grew sad
    se está volviendo muy quisquillosa she's getting very fussy
    se vuelve agrio it turns o goes sour
    se volvió loca she went mad
    * * *

     

    volver ( conjugate volver) verbo intransitivo
    1 ( regresar — al lugar donde se está) to come back;
    (— a otro lugar) to go back;

    ¿cómo vas a volver? how are you getting back?;
    ha vuelto con su familia she's gone back to her family;
    volver a algo ‹ a un lugar› to go back to sth;

    ‹a una situación/actividad› to return to sth;

    quiere volver al mundo del espectáculo he wants to return to show business;
    volviendo a lo que decía … to get o go back to what I was saying …;
    ¿cuándo volviste de las vacaciones? when did you get back from your vacation?;
    ha vuelto de París she's back from Paris
    2 [calma/paz] to return;
    volver a algo to return to sth
    3
    ◊ volver en sí to come to o round

    volver v aux:
    ◊ volver a empezar to start again o (AmE) over;

    no volverá a ocurrir it won't happen again;
    lo tuve que volver a llevar al taller I had to take it back to the workshop
    verbo transitivo
    1 ( dar la vuelta)
    a) ‹colchón/tortilla› to turn (over);

    ‹ tierra› to turn o dig over;
    ‹calcetín/chaqueta› ( poner — del revés) to turn … inside out;
    (— del derecho) to turn … the right way round;
    ‹ cuello› to turn;

    b) ‹ cabeza› to turn;


    c) ‹ esquina› to turn

    2 (convertir en, poner):

    me está volviendo loca it's/he's/she's driving me mad
    3 (Méx)

    volverse verbo pronominal
    1 ( girar) to turn (around);

    no te vuelvas, que nos están siguiendo don't look back, we're being followed;
    se volvió de espaldas he turned his back on me (o her etc);
    volverse boca arriba/abajo to turn over onto one's back/stomach
    2 (convertirse en, ponerse):

    se vuelve agrio it turns o goes sour;
    se volvió loca she went mad
    volver
    I verbo intransitivo
    1 (retornar, regresar: hacia el hablante) to return, come back: volveremos mañana, we'll come back tomorrow
    (: a otro sitio) to return, go back: volvió a su casa, she went back to her home
    2 (: una acción, situación, etc) volveremos sobre ese asunto esta tarde, we'll come back to that subject this afternoon
    (expresando repetición) lo volvió a hacer, he did it again
    volver a empezar, to start again o US over
    II verbo transitivo
    1 (dar la vuelta: a una tortilla, etc) to turn over
    (a un calcetín, etc) to turn inside out
    (a la esquina, la página) to turn
    (la mirada, etc) to turn 2 volverle la espalda a alguien, to turn one's back on sb
    ♦ Locuciones: familiar figurado (superar un gran peligro) volver a nacer: sobrevivió al naufragio, ha vuelto a nacer, he survived the shipwreck miraculously
    volver en sí, to come round
    volver la vista atrás, (mirar al pasado) to look back
    volver a alguien loco: me está volviendo loco, she's driving me mad o crazy
    ' volver' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ambages
    - andadas
    - carga
    - clara
    - claro
    - emocionante
    - enajenar
    - entenderse
    - escopetazo
    - espalda
    - estragos
    - garantizar
    - grupa
    - hervir
    - idea
    - imperiosa
    - imperioso
    - indisponer
    - loca
    - loco
    - mentalizarse
    - mico
    - normalizar
    - placer
    - recalentar
    - rellenar
    - repasar
    - repetir
    - resentirse
    - retroceder
    - soler
    - soñar
    - tornar
    - trastornar
    - venir
    - vista
    - arreglar
    - cuidar
    - empezar
    - endurecer
    - gana
    - hacer
    - poder
    - rehacer
    - tal
    - vuelto
    - vuelva
    English:
    again
    - ask back
    - before
    - call back
    - circle
    - clock
    - come back
    - come round
    - come to
    - despair
    - double back
    - drive
    - get back
    - go back
    - go back to
    - insane
    - lapse
    - live through
    - look round
    - mad
    - make
    - mind
    - move back
    - nuts
    - paint over
    - put back
    - rake up
    - re-enter
    - re-erect
    - reapply
    - reappoint
    - reassemble
    - reassess
    - reconvene
    - reimpose
    - rekindle
    - remarry
    - render
    - reoccupy
    - reopen
    - repeat
    - replace
    - replay
    - replenish
    - reread
    - rerun
    - reschedule
    - resit
    - restock
    - resume
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [dar la vuelta a] to turn round;
    [lo de arriba abajo] to turn over; [lo de dentro fuera] to turn inside out;
    vuelve la tele hacia aquí, que la veamos turn the TV round this way so we can see it;
    ayúdame a volver el colchón help me turn the mattress over;
    volver la hoja o [m5] página to turn the page;
    al volver la esquina when we turned the corner
    2. [cabeza, ojos, mirada] to turn;
    vuelve la espalda turn your back to me
    3. [convertir en]
    eso lo volvió un delincuente that made him a criminal, that turned him into a criminal;
    la lejía volvió blanca la camisa the bleach turned the shirt white
    4. Méx
    volver el estómago to throw up
    ♦ vi
    1. [persona] [ir de vuelta] to go back, to return;
    [venir de vuelta] to come back, to return;
    yo allí/aquí no vuelvo I'm not going back there/coming back here;
    vuelve, no te vayas come back, don't go;
    ¿cuándo has vuelto? when did you get back?;
    al volver pasé por el supermercado I stopped off at the supermarket on the o my way back;
    no vuelvas tarde don't be late (back);
    ya he vuelto a casa I'm back home;
    volver atrás to go back;
    cuando vuelva del trabajo when I get back from work;
    aún no ha vuelto del trabajo she isn't back o hasn't got back from work yet;
    ha vuelto muy morena de la playa she's come back from the seaside with a nice tan
    2. [mal tiempo, alegría, tranquilidad] to return;
    cuando vuelva el verano when it's summer again;
    todo volvió a la normalidad everything went back o returned to normal;
    vuelve la minifalda miniskirts are back
    3. [reanudar]
    volver a la tarea to return to one's work;
    volver al trabajo/al colegio to go back to work/school;
    volviendo al tema que nos ocupa… to go back to the matter we are discussing…;
    vuelve a leerlo read it again;
    tras el verano volvió a dar clases en la universidad once the summer was over she started teaching at the university again;
    vuelve a dormirte go back to sleep;
    volver con alguien [reanudar relación] to go back to sb;
    volver a nacer to be reborn
    4.
    volver en sí to come to, to regain consciousness
    * * *
    <part vuelto>
    I v/t
    1 página, mirada etc turn (a to;
    hacia toward); tortilla, filete turn (over); vestido turn inside outXXX; boca abajo turn upside down
    2
    :
    volver loco drive crazy;
    el humo volvío negra la pared the smoke turned the wall black, the smoke made the wall go black
    II v/i
    1 return, go/come back;
    volver a casa go/come back home;
    ¿cuándo vuelven? when do they get back?;
    volver sobre algo return to sth, go back to sth;
    volver a la normalidad return to normality
    2
    :
    volver en sí come to, come around
    3
    :
    volver a hacer algo do sth again;
    volver a fumar start smoking again
    * * *
    volver {89} vi
    1) : to return, to come or go back
    volver a casa: to return home
    2) : to revert
    volver al tema: to get back to the subject
    3)
    volver a : to do again
    volvieron a llamar: they called again
    4)
    volver en sí : to come to, to regain consciousness
    volver vt
    1) : to turn, to turn over, to turn inside out
    2) : to return, to repay, to restore
    3) : to cause, to make
    la volvía loca: it was driving her crazy
    * * *
    volver vb
    1. (regresar) to come back [pt. came; pp. come] / to go back
    2. (repetir)... again
    ¿puedes volver a decirlo? can you say that again?
    3. (dar la vuelta a) to turn over / to turn

    Spanish-English dictionary > volver

  • 18 botarate

    adj.
    spendthrift, wastefully extravagant.
    f. & m.
    1 squanderer, spendthrift.
    2 irresponsible fool, irresponsible person.
    m.
    madcap (informal).
    * * *
    1 (tonto) fool
    2 ESPAÑOL AMERICANO spendthrift
    * * *
    masculino y femenino
    a) (fam) ( irresponsable) irresponsible fool
    b) (AmL exc RPl) ( derrochador) spendthrift
    * * *
    masculino y femenino
    a) (fam) ( irresponsable) irresponsible fool
    b) (AmL exc RPl) ( derrochador) spendthrift
    * * *
    1 ( fam) (irresponsable) irresponsible fool
    2 (derrochador) spendthrift
    * * *

    botarate sustantivo masculino y femenino

    b) (AmL exc RPl) ( derrochador) spendthrift

    botarate m,f ofens blockhead, moron, US jerk: ¡menuda panda de botarates!, what a bunch of morons!
    * * *
    Fam fool

    Spanish-English dictionary > botarate

  • 19 Casa Blanca

    f.
    White House, presidential house.
    * * *
    * * *
    * * *
    la Casa Blanca
    = White House, the

    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.

    Spanish-English dictionary > Casa Blanca

  • 20 cretino

    adj.
    cretinous.
    m.
    1 idiot, nitwit.
    2 cretin.
    * * *
    1 stupid, cretinous
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 cretin, idiot
    * * *
    cretino, -a
    1.
    2.
    SM / F cretin
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo cretinous
    II
    - na masculino, femenino cretin
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo cretinous
    II
    - na masculino, femenino cretin
    * * *
    cretino1
    1 = moron, cretin.

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

    Ex: Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.

    cretino2

    Ex: It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.

    * * *
    cretino1 -na
    1 ( Med) cretinous
    2 ( fam pey) (estúpido) cretinous ( pej), moronic ( colloq pej)
    cretino2 -na
    masculine, feminine
    1 ( Med) cretin
    2 ( fam pey) (estúpido) cretin ( colloq pej), moron ( colloq pej)
    * * *

    cretino
    ◊ -na adjetivo

    cretinous
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    cretin
    cretino,-a
    I adjetivo stupid, cretinous
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino cretin

    ' cretino' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cretina
    - subnormal
    English:
    cretin
    - fatuous
    - geek
    * * *
    cretino, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. Fam [necio] cretinous
    2. [enfermo] cretinous
    ♦ nm,f
    1. Fam [necio] cretin
    2. [enfermo] cretin
    * * *
    I adj
    1 MED cretinous
    2 fam
    cretinous fam, moronic fam
    II m, cretina f
    1 MED cretin
    2 fam
    cretin fam, moron fam
    * * *
    cretino, -na n
    : cretin

    Spanish-English dictionary > cretino

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