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  • 1 amigo del alma

    (n.) = soul brother
    Ex. The novel revolves around the world of pimps, drug pushers and soul brothers.
    * * *

    Ex: The novel revolves around the world of pimps, drug pushers and soul brothers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > amigo del alma

  • 2 impuro

    adj.
    1 impure, dirty, contaminated, degraded.
    2 alloyed.
    3 unchaste, lustful, lewd, sinful.
    * * *
    1 impure
    * * *
    (f. - impura)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [sustancia, agua] impure
    2) [persona, pensamiento] impure
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo
    a) <aire/mineral> impure
    b) (Relig) < pensamientos> impure, unwholesome
    * * *
    = unholy, unclean.
    Ex. The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.
    Ex. The causes were accumulated dust on the books and an influx of unprocessed and unclean materials into the room.
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo
    a) <aire/mineral> impure
    b) (Relig) < pensamientos> impure, unwholesome
    * * *
    = unholy, unclean.

    Ex: The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.

    Ex: The causes were accumulated dust on the books and an influx of unprocessed and unclean materials into the room.

    * * *
    impuro -ra
    1 ‹aire/mineral› impure
    2 ( Relig) ‹pensamientos› impure, unwholesome
    * * *

    impuro
    ◊ -ra adjetivo

    impure
    impuro,-a adjetivo impure

    ' impuro' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    impura
    English:
    impure
    - unclean
    * * *
    impuro, -a adj
    1. [aire, agua] impure
    2. [inmoral] impure
    * * *
    adj impure
    * * *
    impuro, -ra adj
    : impure

    Spanish-English dictionary > impuro

  • 3 infame

    adj.
    1 vile, base.
    2 infamous, wicked.
    pres.subj.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: infamar.
    * * *
    1 (vil) despicable, vile
    2 (muy malo) awful, terrible
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ (=odioso) [persona] odious; [tarea] thankless
    2.
    SMF vile person, villain
    * * *
    I
    a) (vil, cruel) < persona> loathsome, despicable; <acción/comportamiento> unspeakable, disgraceful
    b) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) horrible, terrible
    II
    masculino y femenino loathsome o despicable person
    * * *
    = slanderous, infamous, despicable, unholy, notorious, dastardly, beyond evil, loathsome.
    Ex. That's slanderous; they're not the names of the people.
    Ex. The Matsukawa Materials Room at Fukushima University, Japan, contains items relating to the Matsukawa Incident, an infamous miscarriage of justice in Aug 1949.
    Ex. Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.
    Ex. The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.
    Ex. Iraqi secret police believed that the notorious Palestinian assassin Abu Nidal was working for the Americans as well as Egypt and Kuwait.
    Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex. What his brother did was beyond evil, they should've finished him off with the death sentence.
    Ex. It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.
    ----
    * coalición infame = unholy alliance.
    * * *
    I
    a) (vil, cruel) < persona> loathsome, despicable; <acción/comportamiento> unspeakable, disgraceful
    b) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) horrible, terrible
    II
    masculino y femenino loathsome o despicable person
    * * *
    = slanderous, infamous, despicable, unholy, notorious, dastardly, beyond evil, loathsome.

    Ex: That's slanderous; they're not the names of the people.

    Ex: The Matsukawa Materials Room at Fukushima University, Japan, contains items relating to the Matsukawa Incident, an infamous miscarriage of justice in Aug 1949.
    Ex: Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.
    Ex: The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.
    Ex: Iraqi secret police believed that the notorious Palestinian assassin Abu Nidal was working for the Americans as well as Egypt and Kuwait.
    Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex: What his brother did was beyond evil, they should've finished him off with the death sentence.
    Ex: It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.
    * coalición infame = unholy alliance.

    * * *
    1 (vil, cruel) ‹persona› loathsome, despicable; ‹acción/comportamiento› monstrous, unspeakable, disgraceful
    2 ( fam) (uso hiperbólico) horrible, terrible
    hizo un tiempo infame we had foul o terrible o vile o horrible weather ( colloq)
    loathsome o despicable person
    * * *

    Del verbo infamar: ( conjugate infamar)

    infamé es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

    infame es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    infamar    
    infame
    infame
    I adjetivo
    1 (pésimo, horrible) dreadful, awful
    una obra de teatro infame, a dreadful play
    2 (persona) infamous, vile
    II mf vile person
    ' infame' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    indigna
    - indigno
    English:
    base
    - infamous
    - vile
    - wicked
    * * *
    infame adj
    1. [persona] vile, base
    2. Fam [libro, película] dire, dreadful;
    vivían en una casa infame they lived in a dreadful house
    * * *
    adj vile, loathsome; ( terrible) dreadful, awful
    * * *
    infame adj
    1) : infamous
    2) : loathsome, vile
    tiempo infame: terrible weather

    Spanish-English dictionary > infame

  • 4 profano

    adj.
    profane, worldly, irreligious.
    f. & m.
    1 lay person, non-specialist.
    2 layman.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: profanar.
    * * *
    1 (no sagrado) profane, secular
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (hombre) layman; (mujer) laywoman
    \
    ser profano,-a en la materia to know nothing about the subject
    * * *
    profano, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=laico) profane, secular
    2) (=irrespetuoso) irreverent
    3) (=no experto) lay, uninitiated; (=ignorante) ignorant

    soy profano en música — I don't know anything about music, I'm a layman when it comes to music

    4) (=deshonesto) indecent, immodest
    2.
    SM / F (=inexperto) layman/laywoman; (=ajeno) outsider
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( no sagrado) <escritor/música> secular, profane (frml); < fiesta> secular
    b) ( antirreligioso) profane (frml), irreverent
    II
    - na masculino, femenino
    1) (Relig) (m) layman; (f) laywoman
    2) ( no especialista) non-specialist
    * * *
    = layman [laymen, -pl.], outsider, lay, lay person [layperson], unholy, pedestrian.
    Ex. Mechanization may yet force the issue, especially in the scientific field; whereupon scientific jargon would become still less intelligible to the layman.
    Ex. If we look at a totally different sort of book, romantic fiction, we find here a form of novel which, to the outsider who has never read one of them, may seem to be endlessly repetitious.
    Ex. Most public libraries in western countries are under local control and the smaller the local government unit, the more all embracing is the lay, and therefore uninformed, control.
    Ex. This is an evaluative tool which brings lay people together with experts, under pressure of limited time, for study of specific problems.
    Ex. The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.
    Ex. The article 'Modems: an overview for the pedestrian' offers help in selecting a modem for a personal computer.
    ----
    * profano en la materia = non-scholar.
    * representación de personas profanas en la materia = lay representation.
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( no sagrado) <escritor/música> secular, profane (frml); < fiesta> secular
    b) ( antirreligioso) profane (frml), irreverent
    II
    - na masculino, femenino
    1) (Relig) (m) layman; (f) laywoman
    2) ( no especialista) non-specialist
    * * *
    = layman [laymen, -pl.], outsider, lay, lay person [layperson], unholy, pedestrian.

    Ex: Mechanization may yet force the issue, especially in the scientific field; whereupon scientific jargon would become still less intelligible to the layman.

    Ex: If we look at a totally different sort of book, romantic fiction, we find here a form of novel which, to the outsider who has never read one of them, may seem to be endlessly repetitious.
    Ex: Most public libraries in western countries are under local control and the smaller the local government unit, the more all embracing is the lay, and therefore uninformed, control.
    Ex: This is an evaluative tool which brings lay people together with experts, under pressure of limited time, for study of specific problems.
    Ex: The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.
    Ex: The article 'Modems: an overview for the pedestrian' offers help in selecting a modem for a personal computer.
    * profano en la materia = non-scholar.
    * representación de personas profanas en la materia = lay representation.

    * * *
    profano1 -na
    A
    1 (no sagrado) ‹escritor/música› secular, profane ( frml); ‹fiesta› secular
    2 (antirreligioso) profane, irreverent
    B
    (no especializado): soy profano en la materia I'm not an expert on the subject
    profano2 -na
    masculine, feminine
    A ( Relig) ( masculine) layman; ( feminine) laywoman
    B (no especialista) non-specialist
    su nombre no dice demasiado a los profanos his name doesn't mean much to the non-specialist o the layperson o the layman
    * * *

    Del verbo profanar: ( conjugate profanar)

    profano es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    profanó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    profanar    
    profano
    profanar ( conjugate profanar) verbo transitivo ‹templo/sepultura› to desecrate, defile
    profano
    ◊ -na adjetivo

    1
    a) ( no sagrado) ‹escritor/música› secular, profane (frml);

    ‹ fiesta› secular

    2 ( no especializado):

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    1 (Relig) (m) layman;
    (f) laywoman
    2 ( no especialista) non-specialist
    profanar verbo transitivo to desecrate
    profano,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (no sacro) profane, secular
    2 (no experto) ignorant, lay
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino layperson
    (hombre) layman
    (mujer) laywoman
    ' profano' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    profana
    - temporal
    English:
    lay
    - profane
    - secular
    * * *
    profano, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [no sagrado] profane, secular;
    literatura/música profana secular literature/music
    2. [ignorante] ignorant, uninitiated;
    soy profano en la materia I'm a layman when it comes to that subject, I know nothing about the subject
    ♦ nm,f
    layman, f laywoman;
    soy un profano en cuestiones de economía I'm a layman when it comes to economics, I know nothing about economics
    * * *
    I adj fig
    lay atr
    II m layman
    * * *
    profano, -na adj
    1) : profane
    2) : worldly, secular
    profano, -na n
    : nonspecialist

    Spanish-English dictionary > profano

  • 5 prostituta

    f.
    prostitute.
    * * *
    1 prostitute
    * * *
    f., (m. - prostituto)
    * * *
    = prostitute, whore, slut, courtesan, tart, hooker, slag, slapper, strumpet.
    Ex. The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.
    Ex. In penitentiaries, nuns & whores shared a similar lifestyle & regimen, reducing the social & moral space between them.
    Ex. The ratings war between TV programmes has produced an emphasis on 'nuts, sluts, & perverts' & their victims, & discussion of sexual problems are commonplace on TV talk shows.
    Ex. This essay examines the status of courtesans in the Roman Empire.
    Ex. She loves wearing lots of make up and looking like a tart.
    Ex. The actual quotation from Castro's 1992 speech reads as follows: 'There are hookers, but prostitution is not allowed in our country'.
    Ex. Sleeping around does not make a woman a slag or a slapper -- a look at sex, lies and sterotypes that still persist today.
    Ex. Sleeping around does not make a woman a slag or a slapper -- a look at sex, lies and sterotypes that still persist today.
    Ex. She was is a bit of a strumpet and was nearly killed by her husband on her wedding night when he discovered that she was pregnant.
    ----
    * conductor que busca los servicios de una prostituta = kerb-crawler [curb-crawler, -USA].
    * solicitar los servicios de una prostituta desde el coche = kerb-crawling [curb-crawling, -USA].
    * trabajar como prostituta en la calle = work + the streets.
    * * *
    = prostitute, whore, slut, courtesan, tart, hooker, slag, slapper, strumpet.

    Ex: The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.

    Ex: In penitentiaries, nuns & whores shared a similar lifestyle & regimen, reducing the social & moral space between them.
    Ex: The ratings war between TV programmes has produced an emphasis on 'nuts, sluts, & perverts' & their victims, & discussion of sexual problems are commonplace on TV talk shows.
    Ex: This essay examines the status of courtesans in the Roman Empire.
    Ex: She loves wearing lots of make up and looking like a tart.
    Ex: The actual quotation from Castro's 1992 speech reads as follows: 'There are hookers, but prostitution is not allowed in our country'.
    Ex: Sleeping around does not make a woman a slag or a slapper -- a look at sex, lies and sterotypes that still persist today.
    Ex: Sleeping around does not make a woman a slag or a slapper -- a look at sex, lies and sterotypes that still persist today.
    Ex: She was is a bit of a strumpet and was nearly killed by her husband on her wedding night when he discovered that she was pregnant.
    * conductor que busca los servicios de una prostituta = kerb-crawler [curb-crawler, -USA].
    * solicitar los servicios de una prostituta desde el coche = kerb-crawling [curb-crawling, -USA].
    * trabajar como prostituta en la calle = work + the streets.

    * * *

     

    prostituta sustantivo femenino prostitute
    ' prostituta' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    macarra
    - zorra
    - golfa
    - puta
    English:
    call-girl
    - kerb-crawling
    - prostitute
    - solicit
    - soliciting
    - streetwalker
    - hooker
    * * *
    prostitute
    * * *
    f prostitute
    * * *
    prostituta n prostitute

    Spanish-English dictionary > prostituta

  • 6 proxeneta

    f. & m.
    pimp, (f) procuress.
    * * *
    1 (hombre) procurer; (mujer) procuress
    * * *
    SMF pimp, procurer/procuress
    * * *
    (m) procurer (frml), pimp (colloq); (f) procuress (frml), pimp (colloq)
    * * *
    = pimp.
    Ex. The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.
    * * *
    (m) procurer (frml), pimp (colloq); (f) procuress (frml), pimp (colloq)
    * * *
    = pimp.

    Ex: The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    A ( masculine) procurer ( frml), pimp ( colloq)
    B ( feminine) procuress ( frml), pimp ( colloq)
    * * *

    proxeneta sustantivo masculino y femenino (m) procurer (frml), pimp (colloq);
    (f) procuress (frml), pimp (colloq)
    proxeneta mf procurer, familiar pimp
    ' proxeneta' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    chula
    - chulo
    - cabrón
    * * *
    pimp, f procuress
    * * *
    m pimp
    * * *
    : pimp m

    Spanish-English dictionary > proxeneta

  • 7 traficante de drogas

    drug trafficker, drug pusher
    * * *
    (n.) = drug trafficker, drug runner, drug smuggler, drug pusher, drug dealer, drug mule, drug courier
    Ex. Results indicate that juvenile drug traffickers tend not to use the drugs that they sell.
    Ex. Drug runners carrying the cocaine north apparently dump it overboard when pursued by authorities.
    Ex. While the drug smugglers are said to be stronger than the states in which they live, Marxist insurgents have been fighting with them for several years.
    Ex. The novel revolves around the world of pimps, drug pushers and soul brothers.
    Ex. The Government has ordered the police nationwide to spray-paint all private homes of alleged or suspected drug dealers in Manila.
    Ex. They were then recruited to act as drug mules -- drug couriers who would not arouse suspicion while carrying heroin - and offered lots of money to carry out this task.
    Ex. They were then recruited to act as drug mules -- drug couriers who would not arouse suspicion while carrying heroin - and offered lots of money to carry out this task.
    * * *
    (n.) = drug trafficker, drug runner, drug smuggler, drug pusher, drug dealer, drug mule, drug courier

    Ex: Results indicate that juvenile drug traffickers tend not to use the drugs that they sell.

    Ex: Drug runners carrying the cocaine north apparently dump it overboard when pursued by authorities.
    Ex: While the drug smugglers are said to be stronger than the states in which they live, Marxist insurgents have been fighting with them for several years.
    Ex: The novel revolves around the world of pimps, drug pushers and soul brothers.
    Ex: The Government has ordered the police nationwide to spray-paint all private homes of alleged or suspected drug dealers in Manila.
    Ex: They were then recruited to act as drug mules -- drug couriers who would not arouse suspicion while carrying heroin - and offered lots of money to carry out this task.
    Ex: They were then recruited to act as drug mules -- drug couriers who would not arouse suspicion while carrying heroin - and offered lots of money to carry out this task.

    * * *
    drug dealer

    Spanish-English dictionary > traficante de drogas

  • 8 camello2

    2 = drug runner, drug pusher, drug dealer, drug mule, drug courier.
    Ex. Drug runners carrying the cocaine north apparently dump it overboard when pursued by authorities.
    Ex. The novel revolves around the world of pimps, drug pushers and soul brothers.
    Ex. The Government has ordered the police nationwide to spray-paint all private homes of alleged or suspected drug dealers in Manila.
    Ex. They were then recruited to act as drug mules -- drug couriers who would not arouse suspicion while carrying heroin - and offered lots of money to carry out this task.
    Ex. They were then recruited to act as drug mules -- drug couriers who would not arouse suspicion while carrying heroin - and offered lots of money to carry out this task.

    Spanish-English dictionary > camello2

  • 9 chulear

    v.
    1 to make fun of, to kid.
    2 to compliment, to praise, to speak highly of.
    3 to brag, to swank.
    4 to take undue advantage of.
    * * *
    1 familiar (burlar) to make fun of
    3 familiar (robar) to pinch, nick
    1 familiar (presumir) to brag, show off
    1 familiar (burlarse) to make fun (de, of)
    2 familiar (presumir) to brag, boast
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1) (Arg fam) ( provocar) to needle (colloq)
    2) (Méx fam) ( piropear) to compliment; <vestido/peinado> to make nice comments about
    3) (Col) ( con un signo) to check (AmE), to tick (BrE)
    * * *
    = bluster, show off, boast.
    Ex. Low key and humble, he would never be the type to grandstand and bluster about injustice.
    Ex. The district will proudly show off its historical heritage: the monastic library at Broumov, founded in the 13th century by Benedictine monks.
    Ex. In fact, he boasts that he knows more about library work than all of us who have our master's degrees put together.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1) (Arg fam) ( provocar) to needle (colloq)
    2) (Méx fam) ( piropear) to compliment; <vestido/peinado> to make nice comments about
    3) (Col) ( con un signo) to check (AmE), to tick (BrE)
    * * *
    = bluster, show off, boast.

    Ex: Low key and humble, he would never be the type to grandstand and bluster about injustice.

    Ex: The district will proudly show off its historical heritage: the monastic library at Broumov, founded in the 13th century by Benedictine monks.
    Ex: In fact, he boasts that he knows more about library work than all of us who have our master's degrees put together.

    * * *
    chulear [A1 ]
    vt
    A ( Esp fam) ‹prostituta› to pimp for
    B
    1 ( Esp fam) (ponerse impertinente con) to get nervy o smart o mouthy with ( AmE colloq), to get cheeky o cocky with ( BrE colloq)
    2 ( Arg fam) (provocar) to needle ( colloq), to goad
    C ( Méx fam) (piropear) ‹persona› to compliment; ‹vestido/peinado› to make nice comments about
    D ( Col) (con un signo) to check ( AmE), to tick ( BrE)
    ( Esp fam)
    1 (fanfarronear) to brag, boast chulearse DE algo to brag o boast ABOUT sth
    2 (ponerse impertinente) chulearse DE algn to get nervy o smart WITH sb ( AmE colloq), to get cheeky o cocky WITH sb ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

    chulear ( conjugate chulear) verbo transitivo
    1 (Arg fam) ( provocar) to needle (colloq)
    2 (Méx fam) ( piropear) to compliment;
    ‹vestido/peinado› to make nice comments about
    3 (Col) ( con un signo) to check (AmE), to tick (BrE)
    chulear familiar verbo intransitivo to strut around
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. Esp [explotar]
    chulear a una mujer to live off a woman
    2. Méx [elogiar]
    chulearon mucho a Ema con su nuevo vestido Ema got lots of compliments in her new dress;
    su actuación fue muy chuleada por la crítica her performance won bouquets from the critics
    * * *
    chulear vt, Mex fam : to compliment

    Spanish-English dictionary > chulear

  • 10 chulo1

    1 = pimp, cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.], thug, snobbish, snobby [snobbier -comp., snobbiest -sup.], snob, show-off, showboat, hot dog, ruffian, hoodlum, supercilious.
    Ex. The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.
    Ex. Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.
    Ex. Poole was a notorious gang leader & street thug, murdered by enemies of similar background.
    Ex. It was possible to identify 3 main groups who display 3 different types of attitude -- participative, delegative and ' snobbish'.
    Ex. Every one looked like death warmed up, including the snobby staff who I found far from welcoming.
    Ex. The biggest faux pas according to snobs who take such things seriously is calling a sofa a couch or a setee.
    Ex. The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.
    Ex. Steve knows that he is a ' showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex. Jerry Hairston is a bit of a hot dog and needs to be reined in at times.
    Ex. The coroner said she had died not from drowning, but from being abused and murdered by a gang of ruffians.
    Ex. Gangs of hoodlums, aged as young as eight, are roaming the streets terrorising store owners and shoppers in broad daylight.
    Ex. A commenter took me to task for being supercilious and said it was inconsistent with my religion.

    Spanish-English dictionary > chulo1

  • 11 camello

    m.
    1 camel.
    2 drag.
    3 drug dealer, dope pusher, dope peddler.
    * * *
    1 ZOOLOGÍA camel
    2 argot (drogas) drug pusher, pusher, dope dealer
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Zool) camel
    2) ** (=traficante) dealer *, pusher *
    3) (Náut) camel
    * * *
    1) (Zool) camel
    2) (Col fam) ( trabajo) work; ( empleo) job; ( esfuerzo) hard work
    3) camello masculino y femenino (arg) ( traficante) pusher (sl), dealer (colloq)
    * * *
    1) (Zool) camel
    2) (Col fam) ( trabajo) work; ( empleo) job; ( esfuerzo) hard work
    3) camello masculino y femenino (arg) ( traficante) pusher (sl), dealer (colloq)
    * * *
    camello1
    1 = camel.

    Ex: The camel Libray Service was launched in 1996 with 3 camels and had been expanded to 6 camels by the year 2001.

    * transportado por camello = camel-borne.

    camello2
    2 = drug runner, drug pusher, drug dealer, drug mule, drug courier.

    Ex: Drug runners carrying the cocaine north apparently dump it overboard when pursued by authorities.

    Ex: The novel revolves around the world of pimps, drug pushers and soul brothers.
    Ex: The Government has ordered the police nationwide to spray-paint all private homes of alleged or suspected drug dealers in Manila.
    Ex: They were then recruited to act as drug mules -- drug couriers who would not arouse suspicion while carrying heroin - and offered lots of money to carry out this task.
    Ex: They were then recruited to act as drug mules -- drug couriers who would not arouse suspicion while carrying heroin - and offered lots of money to carry out this task.

    * * *
    A ( Zool) camel
    B ( Náut) camel
    C ( Col fam)
    1 (trabajo) work; (empleo) job
    ¿sigue buscando camello? is he still looking for work o a job?
    2
    (esfuerzo): ¡qué camello fue subir esa montaña! it was hard work o a real effort o ( BrE) a hard slog getting up that mountain ( colloq)
    D
    * * *

    camello sustantivo masculino
    1 (Zool) camel
    2
    ◊ camello sustantivo masculino y femenino (arg) ( traficante) pusher (sl), dealer (colloq)

    camello,-a
    I sustantivo masculino y femenino Zool camel
    II sustantivo masculino argot (drug) pusher: su camello es esa mujer, that woman is his drug-pusher
    ' camello' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    camella
    - joroba
    - pelo
    English:
    camel
    - dope pusher
    - hump
    - pusher
    * * *
    camello, -a
    ♦ nm,f
    [animal] camel camello bactriano Bactrian camel
    ♦ nm
    1. Fam [traficante] drug pusher o dealer
    2. Col, Ecuad Fam [empleo] job
    3. Náut caisson
    4. Cuba [autobús] bus [converted truck]
    * * *
    I m ZO camel
    II m/f fam ( vendedor de drogas) pusher fam, dealer
    * * *
    : camel
    * * *
    camello n camel

    Spanish-English dictionary > camello

  • 12 chulo

    adj.
    1 nice, neat.
    2 good-looking.
    3 bragging, braggart.
    4 not fashionable.
    5 festive, jaunty.
    m.
    1 pimp.
    2 braggart, brag, flashy harry, flashy type.
    3 free-rider.
    * * *
    1 familiar (descarado) cocky, cheeky
    2 familiar (vistoso) showy, flashy
    3 familiar (bonito) nice, pretty
    ■ ¡qué vestido tan chulo! what a nice dress!
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar (presuntuoso) show-off, swank
    2 familiar (castizo) working-class person from Madrid
    \
    ponerse chulo,-a familiar to get cocky, get cheeky
    ————————
    * * *
    1. ADJ *
    1) (=arrogante) cocky *

    una mujer se abanicaba, muy chula ella, en la ventana — a woman was fanning herself in the window, bold as brass o as brazen as you like

    ponerse chulo: se puso en plan chulo — he got all cocky *

    2) (=bonito)

    ¡qué vestido más chulo! — what a lovely dress!

    ¡qué chulo me ha quedado el dibujo! — my drawing looks great!

    chica, estás chulísima — LAm you look gorgeous

    2.
    ADV CAm, Méx * well
    3.
    SMF ( Hist) typical working-class person from Madrid
    4. SM
    1) * (tb: chulo putas) pimp
    2) Col * (=buitre) vulture, buzzard (EEUU)
    3) (Taur) bullfighter's assistant
    * * *
    I
    - la adjetivo
    1) (fam) ( bonito)
    a) (Esp, Méx) <vestido/casa> neat (AmE colloq), lovely (BrE)

    qué chulas flores te regalaron! — (Méx) what nice flowers they gave you!

    b) (Méx) < hombre> good-looking, cute (esp AmE); < mujer> pretty, cute (esp AmE)

    ¿por qué llora, chula? — why are you crying, sweetheart o love?

    2) (Esp fam) ( bravucón) nervy (AmE colloq), cocky (BrE colloq)

    no te me pongas chulo — don't get nervy o cocky with me (colloq)

    3) (Esp) (satisfecho, garboso)
    4) (Chi fam) ( de mal gusto) tacky (colloq)
    II
    - la masculino, femenino (Esp fam) ( bravucón) flashy type
    III
    masculino (Esp fam)
    1) ( proxeneta) tb
    2) (Col) (Zool) black vulture
    3) (Col) ( signo) check mark (AmE), tick (BrE)
    * * *
    I
    - la adjetivo
    1) (fam) ( bonito)
    a) (Esp, Méx) <vestido/casa> neat (AmE colloq), lovely (BrE)

    qué chulas flores te regalaron! — (Méx) what nice flowers they gave you!

    b) (Méx) < hombre> good-looking, cute (esp AmE); < mujer> pretty, cute (esp AmE)

    ¿por qué llora, chula? — why are you crying, sweetheart o love?

    2) (Esp fam) ( bravucón) nervy (AmE colloq), cocky (BrE colloq)

    no te me pongas chulo — don't get nervy o cocky with me (colloq)

    3) (Esp) (satisfecho, garboso)
    4) (Chi fam) ( de mal gusto) tacky (colloq)
    II
    - la masculino, femenino (Esp fam) ( bravucón) flashy type
    III
    masculino (Esp fam)
    1) ( proxeneta) tb
    2) (Col) (Zool) black vulture
    3) (Col) ( signo) check mark (AmE), tick (BrE)
    * * *
    chulo1
    1 = pimp, cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.], thug, snobbish, snobby [snobbier -comp., snobbiest -sup.], snob, show-off, showboat, hot dog, ruffian, hoodlum, supercilious.

    Ex: The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.

    Ex: Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.
    Ex: Poole was a notorious gang leader & street thug, murdered by enemies of similar background.
    Ex: It was possible to identify 3 main groups who display 3 different types of attitude -- participative, delegative and ' snobbish'.
    Ex: Every one looked like death warmed up, including the snobby staff who I found far from welcoming.
    Ex: The biggest faux pas according to snobs who take such things seriously is calling a sofa a couch or a setee.
    Ex: The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.
    Ex: Steve knows that he is a ' showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex: Jerry Hairston is a bit of a hot dog and needs to be reined in at times.
    Ex: The coroner said she had died not from drowning, but from being abused and murdered by a gang of ruffians.
    Ex: Gangs of hoodlums, aged as young as eight, are roaming the streets terrorising store owners and shoppers in broad daylight.
    Ex: A commenter took me to task for being supercilious and said it was inconsistent with my religion.

    chulo2
    2 = neat [neater -comp., neatest -sup.], nifty [niftier -comp., nifitiest -sup.], funky [funkier -comp., funkiest -sup.], swish.

    Ex: What is possibly less easy is to making sure that the guiding stays clean, neat and accurate.

    Ex: Another reason why this is nifty is because this site has plenty of resources available for your use, so you're not having to re-invent the wheel should you decide to adopt this assignment for your course.
    Ex: The scarf can be knit with pockets at the end to keep their hands toasty or trimmed with bobbles for a funky look.
    Ex: The entrance to the hotel is very swish and the rooms although small very well maintained and clean.
    * lo chulo = coolness.
    * ser chulo = be cool.

    * * *
    chulo1 -la
    1 (Esp, Méx) ‹vestido/casa› neat ( AmE colloq), lovely ( BrE)
    tiene una casa más chula … she has a gorgeous house!, she has a neat o lovely house!
    ¡qué chulas flores te regalaron! ( Méx); what nice flowers they gave you!
    2 ( Méx) ‹hombre› good-looking, cute ( esp AmE); ‹mujer› pretty, cute ( esp AmE)
    mira qué niño tan chulo what a lovely-looking o cute o sweet little boy
    ¿por qué llora, chula? why are you crying, sweetheart o love?
    B ( Esp fam) (bravucón) nervy ( AmE colloq), smart ( AmE colloq), mouthy ( AmE colloq), cocky ( BrE colloq), cheeky ( BrE colloq)
    no te me pongas chulo don't get nervy o cocky with me ( colloq)
    C
    ( Esp) (satisfecho, garboso): ¡mira qué chula va con su vestido nuevo! doesn't she look pretty parading around in her new dress!
    chulo2 -la
    masculine, feminine
    B ( Esp fam) (bravucón) flashy type, flash harry ( BrE colloq)
    ( Esp fam)
    B ( Col) ( Zool) black vulture
    C ( Col) (marca, signo) check mark ( AmE), tick ( BrE)
    * * *

     

    chulo 1
    ◊ -la adjetivo

    1 (fam) ( bonito)
    a) (Esp, Méx) ‹vestido/casa› neat (AmE colloq), lovely (BrE)

    b) (Méx) ‹ hombre› good-looking, cute (esp AmE);

    ‹ mujer› pretty, cute (esp AmE)
    2 (Esp fam) ( bravucón) nervy (AmE colloq), cocky (BrE colloq)
    3 (Chi fam) ( de mal gusto) tacky (colloq)
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (Esp fam) ( bravucón) flashy type
    chulo 2 sustantivo masculino (Esp fam)
    1 ( proxeneta) pimp
    2 (Col) (Zool) black vulture
    3 (Col) ( signo) check mark (AmE), tick (BrE)
    chulo,-a familiar
    I m,f (presuntuoso) show-off
    (insolente) cocky: tu primo me pareció un chulo, your cousin's a bit of a show-off
    II adjetivo
    1 (insolente, fanfarrón) se puso muy chulo con nosotros, he got all cocky with us
    2 (bonito) smashing: familiar llevas un collar muy chulo, that's a great necklace you've got on
    III sustantivo masculino (proxeneta) pimp
    ' chulo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    chula
    - rufián
    English:
    cocky
    - in-your-face
    - neat
    * * *
    chulo, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. Esp [descarado] cocky;
    ponerse chulo to get cocky
    2. Esp, Méx Fam [bonito] cool, Br top, US neat;
    se ha comprado una moto muy chula she's bought a really cool o Br top o US neat bike;
    esta es la canción más chula del disco this is the coolest song on the record;
    lo más chulo del verano es que los días son más largos the coolest thing about summer is that the days are longer;
    Fam
    ir más chulo que un ocho to have one's glad rags on
    3. Esp Fam [lesionado]
    tengo la pata chula I've done my leg in
    ♦ nm,f
    Esp
    1. [descarado] cocky person;
    Vulg
    es un chulo de mierda he's a cocky little bastard
    2. [madrileño] = lower-class native of 18th-19th century Madrid
    ♦ nm
    Esp [proxeneta] pimp
    * * *
    fam
    I adj
    1 fantastic fam, great fam
    2 Méx ( guapo) attractive
    3 ( presuntuoso) cocky fam ;
    ponerse chulo get cocky
    II m pimp
    * * *
    chulo, -la adj
    1) fam : cute, pretty
    2) Spain fam : cocky, arrogant
    chulo nm, Spain : pimp
    * * *
    chulo adj
    1. (presumido) cocky [comp. cockier; superl. cockiest]
    2. (bonito) smart

    Spanish-English dictionary > chulo

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