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nincompoop

  • 1 papantas

    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
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    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.

    Spanish-English dictionary > papantas

  • 2 regla de los nueve bonos

    • nincompoop
    • nine-bond rule
    • nine-branched candelabrum

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > regla de los nueve bonos

  • 3 pazguato

    adj.
    prudish, doltish, old-maidish.
    m.
    simpleton, prude, dolt.
    * * *
    1 (gazmoño) prudish
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (gazmoño) prude; (tonto) nincompoop
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=necio) simple, stupid
    2) (=remilgado) prudish
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo (fam) dopey (colloq)
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino (fam) dope (colloq)
    * * *
    = simp, deadhead, nincompoop.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo (fam) dopey (colloq)
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino (fam) dope (colloq)
    * * *
    = simp, deadhead, nincompoop.

    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.

    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.

    * * *
    pazguato1 -ta
    ( fam); dopey ( colloq), dumb ( AmE colloq)
    pazguato2 -ta
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); dope ( colloq), dummy ( colloq)
    * * *
    pazguato, -a, RP pazcuato, -a Fam
    ♦ adj
    1. [simple] simple
    2. [mojigato] prudish
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [simple] simpleton
    2. [mojigato] prude
    * * *
    I adj dopey fam, dumb fam
    II m, pazguata f dope fam, dummy fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > pazguato

  • 4 badulaque

    adj.
    foolish.
    f. & m.
    1 ragout of stewedlivers.
    2 a stupid person.
    3 a person not to be relied on.
    4 fool, ninny, nincompoop.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=idiota) idiot, nincompoop
    2) Cono Sur * rogue
    * * *
    masculino y femenino (fam) ( tonto) moron (colloq & pej)
    * * *
    masculino y femenino (fam) ( tonto) moron (colloq & pej)
    * * *
    A ( fam) (tonto) nincompoop ( colloq), moron ( colloq pej)
    B ( Chi fam)
    1 (bellaco) rat ( colloq), swine
    2 (pícaro) rascal
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    idiotic
    ♦ nm
    idiot
    * * *
    m/f fam
    idiot fam, fool

    Spanish-English dictionary > badulaque

  • 5 bobalicón

    adj.
    simple, stupid, very stupid, goofy.
    m.
    simpleton, blockhead, idiot, boob.
    * * *
    1 simple
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 simpleton
    * * *
    bobalicón, -ona
    1.
    2.
    SM / F nitwit, clot *, dumbbell (EEUU) *
    * * *
    - cona masculino, femenino (fam) fool, twit (colloq)
    * * *
    = simpleton, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], nincompoop, deadhead, simp, dumbbell, half-soaked, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], drongo.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. The article 'Book pricing: economics of a goofy business' examines briefly the economics of the book publishing process from the viewpoint of the book wholesaler.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    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. Three half-soaked security guards sat around a desk at the main entrance letting through more than they checked.
    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. Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.
    * * *
    - cona masculino, femenino (fam) fool, twit (colloq)
    * * *
    = simpleton, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], nincompoop, deadhead, simp, dumbbell, half-soaked, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], drongo.

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.

    Ex: The article 'Book pricing: economics of a goofy business' examines briefly the economics of the book publishing process from the viewpoint of the book wholesaler.
    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    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: Three half-soaked security guards sat around a desk at the main entrance letting through more than they checked.
    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: Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.

    * * *
    ( fam); silly, daft ( BrE colloq)
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); fool, twit ( colloq)
    * * *

    bobalicón,-ona familiar
    I adjetivo
    1 (tonto) silly, simple, stupid
    2 (ingenuo) gullible
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino idiot, fool: ¡cuando ocurrió, se te quedó una cara de bobalicón!, when it happened you had an idiotic expression on your face
    ' bobalicón' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bobalicona
    English:
    goofy
    * * *
    bobalicón, -ona Fam
    ♦ adj
    simple
    ♦ nm,f
    simpleton
    * * *
    m, bobalicona f fam
    dope fam, Br tb
    twit fam
    * * *
    bobalicón, - cona adj, mpl - cones fam : silly, stupid

    Spanish-English dictionary > bobalicón

  • 6 bobo

    adj.
    silly, booby, foolish, stupid.
    intj.
    you blot, you dope.
    m.
    fool, clod, blockhead, silly.
    * * *
    1 silly, foolish
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 fool
    * * *
    1. (f. - boba)
    noun
    fool, simpleton
    2. (f. - boba)
    adj.
    silly, stupid
    * * *
    bobo, -a
    1.
    ADJ (=tonto) silly, stupid; (=ingenuo) simple, naïve
    2.
    SM / F (=tonto) idiot, fool; (Teat) clown, funny man
    3. SM / F
    1) Caribe * (=reloj) watch
    2) Cono Sur (=corazón) heart, ticker *
    * * *
    I
    - ba adjetivo (fam) silly
    II
    - ba masculino, femenino (fam) fool

    deja de hacer el bobo — stop playing the fool, stop being so silly

    * * *
    = daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], fool, simpleton, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], witless, simp, deadhead, nincompoop, dumbbell, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], ditz, dits, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], half-soaked, airhead, airheaded, drongo, dweeb.
    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. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. The article 'Book pricing: economics of a goofy business' examines briefly the economics of the book publishing process from the viewpoint of the book wholesaler.
    Ex. 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. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    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. 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. But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.
    Ex. If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.
    Ex. Three half-soaked security guards sat around a desk at the main entrance letting through more than they checked.
    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. Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.
    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.
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    * como un bobo = stupidly.
    * tortuga boba = loggerhead turtle.
    * * *
    I
    - ba adjetivo (fam) silly
    II
    - ba masculino, femenino (fam) fool

    deja de hacer el bobo — stop playing the fool, stop being so silly

    * * *
    = daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], fool, simpleton, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], witless, simp, deadhead, nincompoop, dumbbell, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], ditz, dits, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], half-soaked, airhead, airheaded, drongo, dweeb.

    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: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex: The article 'Book pricing: economics of a goofy business' examines briefly the economics of the book publishing process from the viewpoint of the book wholesaler.
    Ex: 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: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    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: 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: But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.
    Ex: If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.
    Ex: Three half-soaked security guards sat around a desk at the main entrance letting through more than they checked.
    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: Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.
    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.
    * como un bobo = stupidly.
    * tortuga boba = loggerhead turtle.

    * * *
    bobo1 -ba
    ( fam); silly
    bobo2 -ba
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); fool
    deja de hacer el bobo stop playing the fool, stop being so silly
    * * *

    bobo
    ◊ -ba adjetivo (fam) silly

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) fool
    bobo,-a
    I adj (simple, lelo) stupid, silly
    (cándido) naïve
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino fool

    ' bobo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atontada
    - atontado
    - boba
    - pájaro
    - che
    - hacer
    - pavo
    - primo
    English:
    boob
    - daft
    - dopey
    - dumb
    - dummy
    - goof
    - halfwit
    - lemon
    - mug
    - simple
    - soft-headed
    - sucker
    * * *
    bobo, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [tonto] stupid, daft
    2. [ingenuo] naive, simple
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [tonto] fool, idiot;
    hacer el bobo to act o play the fool
    2. [ingenuo] simpleton
    ♦ nm
    1. Teatro = rustic simpleton
    2. CAm, Méx [pez] threadfin
    * * *
    I adj silly, foolish
    II m, boba f fool;
    pájaro bobo penguin
    * * *
    bobo, -ba adj
    : silly, stupid
    bobo, -ba n
    : fool, simpleton
    * * *
    bobo1 adj
    1. (tonto) silly [comp. sillier; superl. silliest]
    anda, no seas bobo come on, don't be silly
    2. (ingenuo) naive
    es tan bobo que se lo cree todo he's so naive, he'll believe anything
    bobo2 n fool

    Spanish-English dictionary > bobo

  • 7 mentecato

    adj.
    silly, goofy, half-witted, weak-headed.
    m.
    fool, simpleton, half-wit, charlie.
    * * *
    1 idiot
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 fool
    * * *
    mentecato, -a
    1.
    ADJ silly, stupid
    2.
    SM / F idiot, fool
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo silly
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino fool
    * * *
    = simp, deadhead, nincompoop, wimp.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo silly
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino fool
    * * *
    = simp, deadhead, nincompoop, wimp.

    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.

    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.

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    mentecato1 -ta
    (bobo) silly; (alocado) mad, crazy ( colloq)
    mentecato2 -ta
    masculine, feminine
    (bobo) fool; (alocado) lunatic
    * * *

    mentecato
    ◊ -ta sustantivo masculino, femenino

    fool
    mentecato,-a m,f pey a veces afectivo silly, crazy, lunatic: ¡menudo mentecato estás hecho! what a silly guy you are!

    ' mentecato' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mentecata
    * * *
    mentecato, -a
    ♦ adj
    silly
    ♦ nm,f
    nitwit
    * * *
    I adj fam
    dim fam
    II m, mentecata f fam
    fool
    * * *
    mentecato, -ta adj
    : foolish, simple
    mentecato, -ta n
    : fool, idiot

    Spanish-English dictionary > mentecato

  • 8 pánfilo

    adj.
    1 dim-witted.
    2 easy-going, slow.
    3 pale, colorless, colourless.
    m.
    1 deadhead, blockhead, stupid, boring person.
    2 Pamphilus.
    * * *
    1 (tonto) moronic
    2 (lento) slow
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 moron
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=crédulo) simple, gullible; (=tonto) stupid; (=lento) sluggish, lethargic
    2) And (=pálido) pale, discoloured, discolored (EEUU)
    * * *
    I
    - la adjetivo (fam) dimwitted (colloq)
    II
    - la masculino, femenino (fam) dimwit (colloq)
    * * *
    = dimwit, nincompoop, deadhead, simp, nonce.
    Ex. The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    * * *
    I
    - la adjetivo (fam) dimwitted (colloq)
    II
    - la masculino, femenino (fam) dimwit (colloq)
    * * *
    = dimwit, nincompoop, deadhead, simp, nonce.

    Ex: The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.

    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex: Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.

    * * *
    pánfilo1 -la
    ( fam); dimwitted ( colloq)
    pánfilo2 -la
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); dimwit ( colloq)
    * * *

    pánfilo
    ◊ -la adjetivo (fam) dimwitted (colloq)

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) dimwit (colloq)
    pánfilo,-a
    I adjetivo dimwitted, simple
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino dimwit

    ' pánfilo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bendita
    - bendito
    - pánfila
    * * *
    pánfilo, -a Fam
    ♦ adj
    simple, foolish
    ♦ nm,f
    fool, simpleton
    * * *
    adj gullible

    Spanish-English dictionary > pánfilo

  • 9 tontaina

    adj.
    daft (informal).
    f. & m.
    1 daft idiot.
    2 fool, dimwit.
    * * *
    1 familiar foolish, silly
    1 familiar fool, nitwit
    * * *
    = dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, simp, deadhead, nincompoop, nonce, nong, ning-nong.
    Nota: Expresión más comúnmente usada en Australia y, a veces, abreviada a nong.
    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. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    Ex. And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.
    Ex. Thanks to those who do this for ning-nongs like myself.
    * * *
    = dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, simp, deadhead, nincompoop, nonce, nong, ning-nong.
    Nota: Expresión más comúnmente usada en Australia y, a veces, abreviada a nong.

    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: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex: Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    Ex: And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.
    Ex: Thanks to those who do this for ning-nongs like myself.

    * * *
    ( fam hum); silly
    nitwit ( colloq)
    * * *

    tontaina mf fam silly person, fool
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    crazy, Br daft
    ♦ nmf
    crazy idiot
    * * *
    I adj silly
    II m/f fam
    dimwit fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > tontaina

  • 10 fantoche

    m.
    1 puppet.
    2 (ridiculous) sight (mamarracho).
    3 marionette, jointed puppet moved by strings.
    4 informal and vain person, popinjay.
    * * *
    1 (títere) puppet, marionette
    2 peyorativo (fanfarrón) braggart, show-off
    3 peyorativo (mamarracho) nincompoop, ninny
    * * *
    1. SM
    1) (=títere) puppet, marionette
    2) * [persona] (=mediocre) mediocrity, nonentity; (=presumido) braggart, loudmouth *
    2.
    ADJ INV puppet antes de s
    * * *
    a) ( títere) puppet

    vas hecho un fantoche — (fam) you look a real sight (colloq)

    d) (fam) fanfarrón II
    * * *
    = young whippersnapper, stooge, poseur.
    Ex. They have to keep contending with young whippersnappers who would rather make a country club out of their organizations than work.
    Ex. Iraqis recognize a hand-picked council of stooges when they see it.
    Ex. This is an interesting little town wholly populated by poseurs and backpackers with a few salty sea dogs thrown in for good measure.
    ----
    * gobierno fantoche = puppet regime.
    * * *
    a) ( títere) puppet

    vas hecho un fantoche — (fam) you look a real sight (colloq)

    d) (fam) fanfarrón II
    * * *
    = young whippersnapper, stooge, poseur.

    Ex: They have to keep contending with young whippersnappers who would rather make a country club out of their organizations than work.

    Ex: Iraqis recognize a hand-picked council of stooges when they see it.
    Ex: This is an interesting little town wholly populated by poseurs and backpackers with a few salty sea dogs thrown in for good measure.
    * gobierno fantoche = puppet regime.

    * * *
    1 (títere) puppet
    no es más que un fantoche he's a nonentity o a nobody
    presidente fantoche puppet president
    2
    (mamarracho): vas hecho un fantoche ( fam); you look a real sight ( colloq)
    3 ( fam) fanfarrón2 (↑ fanfarrón (2))
    * * *
    1. [títere] puppet
    2. Fam [persona grotesca] sight;
    iba hecho un fantoche she looked a real o complete sight
    3. Fam [presumido, vanidoso] bighead
    * * *
    m puppet; fam
    sight fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > fantoche

  • 11 pendejo

    adj.
    coward.
    m.
    1 coward.
    2 jerk, asshole, arsehole.
    * * *
    1 familiar nincompoop
    * * *
    pendejo, -a *
    1. ADJ
    1) LAm (=imbécil) idiotic; (=cobarde) cowardly, yellow *
    2) And (=listo) smart; (=taimado) cunning
    3) Caribe, Méx (=torpe) ham-fisted
    2. SM / F
    1) LAm (=imbécil) fool, idiot; (=cobarde) coward
    2) Cono Sur (=muchacho) kid *; (=sabelotodo) know-all
    3.
    SM [del pubis] pubic hair, pube **
    * * *
    I
    - ja adjetivo
    a) (AmL exc CS fam) ( estúpido) dumb (AmE colloq), thick (BrE colloq)
    b) (Per fam) ( listo) sly, sharp (colloq)
    II
    - ja masculino, femenino
    a) (AmL exc CS fam) ( estúpido) dummy (colloq), nerd (colloq)

    hacerse el pendejo — (fam) ( hacerse el tonto) to act dumb (colloq); ( no hacer nada) to loaf around (colloq)

    b) (Per fam) ( persona lista) sly devil
    c) (CS vulg) ( mocoso) snotty-nosed kid (colloq)
    * * *
    = wanker, tosser, shithead.
    Ex. These are the wankers who thought they knew all about fashion.
    Ex. The site shows that the highest proportions of ' tossers' -- or overspenders -- are in Northern Ireland and eastern England.
    Ex. With all the pandering shitheads in politics today, it's so refreshing to see some one who will just say 'fuck off, don't bother me'.
    * * *
    I
    - ja adjetivo
    a) (AmL exc CS fam) ( estúpido) dumb (AmE colloq), thick (BrE colloq)
    b) (Per fam) ( listo) sly, sharp (colloq)
    II
    - ja masculino, femenino
    a) (AmL exc CS fam) ( estúpido) dummy (colloq), nerd (colloq)

    hacerse el pendejo — (fam) ( hacerse el tonto) to act dumb (colloq); ( no hacer nada) to loaf around (colloq)

    b) (Per fam) ( persona lista) sly devil
    c) (CS vulg) ( mocoso) snotty-nosed kid (colloq)
    * * *
    = wanker, tosser, shithead.

    Ex: These are the wankers who thought they knew all about fashion.

    Ex: The site shows that the highest proportions of ' tossers' -- or overspenders -- are in Northern Ireland and eastern England.
    Ex: With all the pandering shitheads in politics today, it's so refreshing to see some one who will just say 'fuck off, don't bother me'.

    * * *
    pendejo1 -ja
    1 ( AmL exc CS fam) (estúpido) dumb ( AmE colloq), thick ( BrE colloq)
    2 ( Per fam) (listo) sly, sharp ( colloq)
    pendejo2 -ja
    masculine, feminine
    A
    1 ( AmL exc CS fam) (estúpido) dummy ( colloq), nerd ( colloq)
    hacerse el pendejo ( fam) (hacerse el tonto) to act dumb ( colloq) (no hacer nada) to bum around (sl), to loaf around ( colloq)
    2 ( Per fam) (persona lista) sly devil, sharp character ( colloq)
    3 (CS vulg) (mocoso) snotty-nosed kid ( colloq)
    B
    pendejo masculine ( vulg) (vello pubiano) pubic hair, pube ( colloq)
    * * *

    pendejo
    ◊ -ja adjetivo

    a) (AmL exc CS fam) ( estúpido) dumb (AmE colloq), thick (BrE colloq)

    b) (Per fam) ( listo) sly, sharp (colloq)

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    a) (AmL exc CS fam) ( estúpido) dummy (colloq), nerd (colloq);



    ( no hacer nada) to loaf around (colloq)
    b) (Per fam) ( persona lista) sly devil

    ' pendejo' also found in these entries:
    English:
    wanker
    - jerk
    * * *
    pendejo, -a
    ♦ nm
    muy Fam [pelo] pube; RP muy Fam Hum
    un pendejo tira más que una yunta de bueyes sex appeal can move mountains
    ♦ nm,f
    1. Méx Fam [cobarde] coward
    2. Am muy Fam [tonto] jerk, Br tosser;
    Méx Fam
    hacerse pendejo to act dumb
    3. RP muy Fam Pey [adolescente] spotty teenager
    * * *
    I m ( pelea) fight
    II m, pendeja f L.Am. fam
    dummy fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > pendejo

  • 12 zoquete

    adj.
    1 thick, dense (informal).
    2 wooden-headed.
    f. & m.
    blockhead, idiot (informal) (tonto).
    m.
    ankle sock (calcetín). (Southern Cone)
    * * *
    1 familiar nincompoop, numskull
    * * *
    1.
    SMF * (=zopenco) blockhead; (=patán) lout, oaf
    2. SM
    1) [de madera] block
    2) [de pan] crust
    3) LAm (=suciedad) body dirt, human dirt
    4) Caribe, Méx (=puñetazo) punch; (=trompada) smack in the face
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (fam) dim, dense (colloq)
    II
    1) (CS) (Indum) sock, ankle sock
    2) zoquete masculino y femenino (fam) ( persona) dimwit (colloq), blockhead (colloq)
    * * *
    = oaf, dullard, blockhead, duffer.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to bad end.
    Ex. They'd all call him blockhead, the ribbing was endless.
    Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (fam) dim, dense (colloq)
    II
    1) (CS) (Indum) sock, ankle sock
    2) zoquete masculino y femenino (fam) ( persona) dimwit (colloq), blockhead (colloq)
    * * *
    = oaf, dullard, blockhead, duffer.

    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.

    Ex: The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to bad end.
    Ex: They'd all call him blockhead, the ribbing was endless.
    Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.

    * * *
    ( fam); dim, dense ( colloq)
    A (CS) ( Indum) sock, ankle sock
    B
    zoquete masculine and feminine ( fam) (persona) dimwit ( colloq), blockhead ( colloq), oaf
    * * *

    zoquete adjetivo (fam) dim, dense (colloq)
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (fam) ( persona) dimwit (colloq), blockhead
    ■ sustantivo masculino (CS) (Indum) sock, ankle sock
    zoquete mf fam blockhead
    ' zoquete' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    salvaje
    - tarugo
    English:
    oaf
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    Fam thick, dense
    ♦ nm
    CSur [calcetín] ankle sock
    ♦ nmf
    Fam [tonto] blockhead, idiot
    * * *
    m/f fam
    dimwit fam
    * * *
    zoquete nmf, fam : oaf, blockhead

    Spanish-English dictionary > zoquete

  • 13 chancleta

    f.
    1 slipper, sandal, flip-flop, thong.
    2 baby girl. (Latin American)
    3 accelerator. (Automate & Caribbean)
    4 good-for-nothing, nincompoop.
    * * *
    1 flip-flop
    \
    en chancletas with the back(s) trodden down
    * * *
    1. SF
    1) flip-flop, thong (EEUU)
    - estar hecho una chancleta
    2) LAm baby girl
    3) Caribe accelerator
    2.
    SMF * good-for-nothing
    * * *
    1) ( sandalia) thong (AmE), flip-flop (BrE); ( zapato viejo) (Chi fam) worn-out old shoe
    2) (Andes, CS fam) ( niña) baby girl
    3) (Ven fam) ( acelerador) accelerator
    * * *
    1) ( sandalia) thong (AmE), flip-flop (BrE); ( zapato viejo) (Chi fam) worn-out old shoe
    2) (Andes, CS fam) ( niña) baby girl
    3) (Ven fam) ( acelerador) accelerator
    * * *
    A
    1 (sandalia) thong ( AmE), flip-flop ( BrE)
    2 ( Chi fam) (zapato viejo) worn-out old shoe
    B (Andes, CS fam) (niña) baby girl
    C ( Ven fam) (acelerador) accelerator
    apretar or pisar la chancleta ( Ven fam) to step on the gas o step on it ( colloq), to put one's foot down ( colloq) (huir) to skedaddle ( colloq), to take to one's heels ( colloq)
    D ( Ven fam)
    2 (cosa inservible) white elephant
    * * *

    chancleta sustantivo femenino ( sandalia) thong (AmE), flip-flop (BrE)
    ' chancleta' also found in these entries:
    English:
    flip-flop
    - thong
    * * *
    1. [sandalia] backless sandal;
    [para la playa] Br flip-flop, US, Austr thong
    2. Andes, RP Fam [bebé] baby girl
    * * *
    f
    1 thong, Br
    flip-flop
    2 S.Am. fam
    baby girl
    * * *

    Spanish-English dictionary > chancleta

  • 14 masa densa de nubes rasgadas

    • dense ragged-edged cloud mass
    • nimbleness
    • nincompoop

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > masa densa de nubes rasgadas

  • 15 nimbo

    • dense ragged-edged cloud mass
    • glorification
    • glorious
    • hallucinogenic drug
    • halo of light
    • low dark clouds
    • nimbleness
    • nincompoop
    • parhelion
    • rain cloud
    • sun dog

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > nimbo

  • 16 nubes oscuras y bajas

    • low dark clouds
    • nimbleness
    • nincompoop

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > nubes oscuras y bajas

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