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  • 21 potencia comercial

    Ex. From being a predator, England was becoming a major commercial power on whose ships others preyed.
    * * *

    Ex: From being a predator, England was becoming a major commercial power on whose ships others preyed.

    Spanish-English dictionary > potencia comercial

  • 22 predador

    m.
    beast of prey.
    * * *
    1 predatory
    * * *
    (f. - predadora)
    noun
    * * *
    Ex. From being a predator, England was becoming a major commercial power on whose ships others preyed.
    ----
    * predador marino = sea predator.
    * predador sexual = sexual predator.
    * * *

    Ex: From being a predator, England was becoming a major commercial power on whose ships others preyed.

    * predador marino = sea predator.
    * predador sexual = sexual predator.

    * * *
    predator
    * * *
    predador, -ora
    ♦ adj
    predatory
    ♦ nm
    predator
    * * *
    I ZO adj predatory
    II m, predadora f ( saqueador) predator

    Spanish-English dictionary > predador

  • 23 repisa

    f.
    1 shelf (estante).
    2 bracket (architecture).
    3 mantel.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: repisar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: repisar.
    * * *
    1 ledge, shelf
    \
    repisa de la chimenea mantelpiece
    * * *
    SF (=estante) shelf
    * * *
    femenino ( estante) shelf; ( de chimenea) mantelpiece; (Arquit) corbel
    * * *
    = ledge.
    Ex. In the semi-arid central plateau, tortoises are commonly preyed upon by raptors, some of which roost on ledges in the backs of small rock shelters.
    ----
    * repisa de la ventana = window-sill, window ledge.
    * * *
    femenino ( estante) shelf; ( de chimenea) mantelpiece; (Arquit) corbel
    * * *

    Ex: In the semi-arid central plateau, tortoises are commonly preyed upon by raptors, some of which roost on ledges in the backs of small rock shelters.

    * repisa de la ventana = window-sill, window ledge.

    * * *
    1 (estante) shelf; (de la chimenea) mantelpiece
    2 ( Arquit) corbel
    * * *

    repisa sustantivo femenino ( estante) shelf;
    ( de chimenea) mantelpiece
    repisa sustantivo femenino ledge
    ' repisa' also found in these entries:
    English:
    bracket
    - ledge
    - mantelpiece
    - knock
    - window
    * * *
    repisa nf
    1. [estante] shelf;
    [sobre chimenea] mantelpiece
    2. Arquit bracket
    * * *
    f shelf
    * * *
    repisa nf
    : shelf, ledge
    repisa de chimenea: mantelpiece
    repisa de ventana: windowsill
    * * *
    1. (estante) shelf [pl. shelves]
    2. (de ventana) ledge / sill
    3. (de chimenea) mantelpiece

    Spanish-English dictionary > repisa

  • 24 saliente

    adj.
    1 salient, important (destacable).
    2 outgoing (presidente, ministro).
    3 protruding, projecting, flyaway, over-hanging.
    m.
    1 projection.
    2 ledge, scarcement, overhang, projection.
    * * *
    1 (que sobresale) projecting
    2 (cesante) outgoing
    1 projection, overhang, ledge
    * * *
    adj.
    2) salient, prominent
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (Arquit) projecting
    2) [rasgo] prominent
    3) (=importante) salient
    4) [sol] rising
    5) [miembro] outgoing, retiring
    2. SM
    1) (Arquit) projection
    2) [de carretera] hard shoulder, verge, berm (EEUU)
    3) (Mil) salient
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo <pómulo/hueso> prominent; <cornisa/balcón> projecting
    II
    femenino or (Esp) masculino (de edificio, muro) projection
    * * *
    = hump, departing, outgoing, outbound, ledge, protruding.
    Ex. Indeed it is normally possible to see with a raking light which was the mould side of the sheet, for it shows a pattern of both chain and wire indentations, while the other side (the felt side) is more or less flat, or shows wire humps only.
    Ex. This practice of having the former incumbent of the job train the new employee is risky, particularly if that departing employee has in any way been a problem.
    Ex. IFLA's Professional Board deals with coordinating and planning professional activities and consists of the Chariperson from each of the eight Divisions, plus a Chairperson elected from the outgoing Professional Board by the incoming Professional Board members.
    Ex. PhoneWorks will offer a number of dollar-saving outbound and inbound services for libraries and users alike.
    Ex. In the semi-arid central plateau, tortoises are commonly preyed upon by raptors, some of which roost on ledges in the backs of small rock shelters.
    Ex. The card catalogue requires effective internal guiding such as guide cards (ie with protruding tabs).
    ----
    * ventana en saliente = bay, bay window.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo <pómulo/hueso> prominent; <cornisa/balcón> projecting
    II
    femenino or (Esp) masculino (de edificio, muro) projection
    * * *
    = hump, departing, outgoing, outbound, ledge, protruding.

    Ex: Indeed it is normally possible to see with a raking light which was the mould side of the sheet, for it shows a pattern of both chain and wire indentations, while the other side (the felt side) is more or less flat, or shows wire humps only.

    Ex: This practice of having the former incumbent of the job train the new employee is risky, particularly if that departing employee has in any way been a problem.
    Ex: IFLA's Professional Board deals with coordinating and planning professional activities and consists of the Chariperson from each of the eight Divisions, plus a Chairperson elected from the outgoing Professional Board by the incoming Professional Board members.
    Ex: PhoneWorks will offer a number of dollar-saving outbound and inbound services for libraries and users alike.
    Ex: In the semi-arid central plateau, tortoises are commonly preyed upon by raptors, some of which roost on ledges in the backs of small rock shelters.
    Ex: The card catalogue requires effective internal guiding such as guide cards (ie with protruding tabs).
    * ventana en saliente = bay, bay window.

    * * *
    A ‹director/jefe› outgoing ( before n)
    B
    1 ‹rasgo› prominent, salient ( frml); ‹momento› significant
    2 ‹pómulo/hueso› prominent; ‹cornisa/balcón› projecting
    1 (de un edificio, muro) projection
    2 ( liter) (levante) Orient ( liter)
    * * *

    saliente adjetivo ‹pómulo/hueso› prominent;
    ‹cornisa/balcón› projecting
    ■ sustantivo femenino or (Esp) sustantivo masculino (de edificio, muro) projection;
    ( de precipicio) ledge
    saliente
    I adjetivo
    1 (persona) outgoing
    el ministro saliente, the outgoing minister
    2 (pómulos, frente, etc) prominent
    (ojos) bulging
    II adj Arquit (de un balcón, edificio, etc) projecting
    III sustantivo masculino
    1 Arquit projection
    2 frml (Oriente, levante) east
    ' saliente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    salida
    - salido
    - muelle
    English:
    bucktooth
    - ledge
    - overhang
    - projection
    - prominent
    - protruding
    - protrusive
    - retiring
    - salient
    - bay
    - out
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [destacable] salient
    2. [presidente, ministro] outgoing
    ♦ nm
    projection
    * * *
    I adj
    1 borde, moldura projecting, protruding
    2 presidente retiring, outgoing
    II m ARQUI projection
    * * *
    1) : departing, outgoing
    2) : projecting
    3) destacado: salient, prominent
    1) : projection, protrusion
    2)
    ventana en saliente : bay window

    Spanish-English dictionary > saliente

  • 25 timador

    m.
    1 swindler, cheat, con man, confidence man.
    2 impostor, charlatan, faker, fraud.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 swindler, cheat
    * * *
    timador, -a
    SM / F swindler, trickster
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino swindler, cheat
    * * *
    = con man, crook, swindler, con artist, scamster, fraudster, fraud, hoaxer, hoaxster.
    Ex. His supporters call him a 'smoothie', while his critics generally portray him as a 'glib con man'.
    Ex. The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.
    Ex. The title of the book is 'Net crimes & misdemeanors: outmaneuvering the spammers, swindlers, and stalkers who are targeting you online'.
    Ex. This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and an idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.
    Ex. Small business operators can be easy prey for scamsters trying to winkle out money for unsolicited - and unneeded - 'services'.
    Ex. The article 'Keeping fraudsters in check' describes computerized systems now being developed to help combat fraud.
    Ex. You know what they say, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck, or in this case, a lying, stealing, cheating fraud.
    Ex. In a subsequent call the hoaxer suggested that another bomb had been planted on the highway leading to the airport.
    Ex. This recent tsunami is not the first disaster to be exploited by email hoaxsters.
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino swindler, cheat
    * * *
    = con man, crook, swindler, con artist, scamster, fraudster, fraud, hoaxer, hoaxster.

    Ex: His supporters call him a 'smoothie', while his critics generally portray him as a 'glib con man'.

    Ex: The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.
    Ex: The title of the book is 'Net crimes & misdemeanors: outmaneuvering the spammers, swindlers, and stalkers who are targeting you online'.
    Ex: This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and an idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.
    Ex: Small business operators can be easy prey for scamsters trying to winkle out money for unsolicited - and unneeded - 'services'.
    Ex: The article 'Keeping fraudsters in check' describes computerized systems now being developed to help combat fraud.
    Ex: You know what they say, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck, or in this case, a lying, stealing, cheating fraud.
    Ex: In a subsequent call the hoaxer suggested that another bomb had been planted on the highway leading to the airport.
    Ex: This recent tsunami is not the first disaster to be exploited by email hoaxsters.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    swindler, cheat
    * * *

    timador
    ◊ - dora sustantivo masculino, femenino

    swindler, cheat
    timador,-ora sustantivo masculino y femenino swindler

    ' timador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    charlatán
    - charlatana
    - timadora
    - estafador
    English:
    con
    - swindler
    * * *
    timador, -ora nm,f
    con artist, confidence trickster, swindler
    * * *
    m, timadora f cheat
    * * *
    : swindler

    Spanish-English dictionary > timador

  • 26 timo

    m.
    1 swindle (estafa).
    ¡eso es el timo de la estampita! (informal) it's a complete rip-off!
    3 thymus (anatomy).
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: timar.
    * * *
    1 (estafa) swindle, fiddle, confidence trick
    \
    dar un timo / dar el timo to swindle, cheat
    ¡vaya timo! familiar (película etc) what a rip off!
    ————————
    1 (glándula) thymus
    * * *
    noun m.
    con, swindle
    * * *
    SM swindle, con trick *

    dar un timo a algn — to swindle sb, con sb *

    ¡es un timo! — it's a rip-off! *

    * * *
    masculino (fam) con (colloq), scam (colloq)
    * * *
    = confidence trick, swindle, rip-off, swindling, cheating, hocus pocus, con trick, con, con job.
    Ex. Unless universal education is nothing more than a confidence trick, there must be more people today who can benefit by real library service than ever there were in the past.
    Ex. The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.
    Ex. The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.
    Ex. The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.
    Ex. The author discerns 3 levels of cheating and deceit and examines why scientists stoop to bias and fraud, particularly in trials for new treatments.
    Ex. The final section of her paper calls attention to the ' hocus pocus' research conducted on many campuses.
    Ex. The social contract has been the con trick by which the bosses have squeezed more and more out of the workers for themselves.
    Ex. He has long argued that populist conservatism is nothing more than a con.
    Ex. The global warming hoax had all the classic marks of a con job from the very beginning.
    * * *
    masculino (fam) con (colloq), scam (colloq)
    * * *
    = confidence trick, swindle, rip-off, swindling, cheating, hocus pocus, con trick, con, con job.

    Ex: Unless universal education is nothing more than a confidence trick, there must be more people today who can benefit by real library service than ever there were in the past.

    Ex: The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.
    Ex: The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.
    Ex: The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.
    Ex: The author discerns 3 levels of cheating and deceit and examines why scientists stoop to bias and fraud, particularly in trials for new treatments.
    Ex: The final section of her paper calls attention to the ' hocus pocus' research conducted on many campuses.
    Ex: The social contract has been the con trick by which the bosses have squeezed more and more out of the workers for themselves.
    Ex: He has long argued that populist conservatism is nothing more than a con.
    Ex: The global warming hoax had all the classic marks of a con job from the very beginning.

    * * *
    A ( fam); con ( colloq), con trick ( colloq), scam ( colloq)
    le dieron un timo y perdió todos sus ahorros she was conned out of all her savings ( colloq)
    ¡vaya timo de coche! this car has been a real rip-off o waste of money! ( colloq)
    Compuestos:
    ser el timo de la estampita to be an absolute rip-off ( colloq)
    B ( Anat, Biol) thymus
    * * *

    Del verbo timar: ( conjugate timar)

    timo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    timó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    timar    
    timo
    timar ( conjugate timar) verbo transitivo
    to swindle, cheat
    timo sustantivo masculino (fam) con (colloq), scam (colloq)
    timar vtr (estafar) to cheat, swindle
    familiar rip off: te han timado, you've been swindled o cheated
    timo m fam pey
    1 (estafa) swindle, scam
    familiar rip-off
    2 fam pey (sin calidad) ¡vaya timo de película!, this film is a real rip-off!
    ' timo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    camelo
    - engaño
    - estafa
    - golpe
    English:
    con
    - rip-off
    - scam
    - confidence
    - swindle
    * * *
    timo nm
    1. [estafa] swindle;
    ¡qué timo! what a rip-off!
    el timo de la estampita = confidence trick in which the victim buys a pile of pieces of paper thinking them to be bank notes; Fam
    ¡eso es el timo de la estampita! it's a complete rip-off!
    2. Anat thymus
    * * *
    m confidence trick, swindle;
    * * *
    timo nm, fam : swindle, trick, hoax
    * * *
    timo n swindle

    Spanish-English dictionary > timo

  • 27 tonto

    adj.
    1 silly, dull, empty-headed, foolish.
    2 silly, footling, foolish.
    3 useless, dumb.
    4 stupefied.
    m.
    fool, blockhead, dunce, idiot.
    * * *
    1 silly, stupid, US dumb
    ■ ¡qué idea más tonta! what a stupid idea!
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 fool, idiot
    \
    a tontas y a locas without rhyme or reason
    hacer el tonto / hacer la tonta to act the fool
    hacerse el tonto / hacerse la tonta to play dumb
    ponerse tonto,-a familiar to get stroppy
    tonto,-a de remate / tonto,-a de capirote familiar prize idiot
    un,-a tonto,-a del bote familiar a right berk, a real twerp
    * * *
    1. (f. - tonta)
    noun
    2. (f. - tonta)
    adj.
    foolish, stupid
    * * *
    tonto, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) [persona]
    a) (=bobo) [dicho con afecto] silly; [dicho con enfado] stupid

    venga, vente con nosotros, ¡no seas tonto! — come on, come with us, don't be silly!

    ¡qué tonto soy! — how silly o stupid of me!

    ¿tú te has creído que yo soy tonto?, ¿me tomas por tonto? — do you think I'm stupid?

    b) [poco inteligente] stupid

    ¡y parecía tonto! — and we thought he was stupid!

    a lo tonto —

    ¿para qué esforzarse a lo tonto? — why go to all that trouble for nothing?

    y a lo tonto, a lo tonto, se le pasó la mitad del día — and before he knew it, half the day had slipped by

    a tontas y a locas —

    piénsalo bien, no quiero que actúes/hables a tontas y a locas — think carefully, don't just do/say the first thing that comes into your head

    esos jóvenes sin seso que solo hablan a tontas y a locas — these silly youngsters who chatter away without even thinking what they're saying

    c) (=insolente) silly

    ¡si te pones tonto no te vuelvo a traer al cine! — if you start being silly I won't take you to the cinema again!

    d) (=torpe)

    hoy se me olvida todo, estoy como tonto — I keep forgetting things today, I'm out of it *

    dejar a algn tonto — Esp to leave sb speechless

    e) (=presumido) stuck-up *
    f) (Med) imbecile
    pelo 8)
    2) [risa, frase, accidente] silly

    ¡qué fallo más tonto! — it was a really silly mistake!

    caja 1)
    2. SM / F

    soy un tonto, ¡nunca debí haberla escuchado! — I'm such an idiot, I should never have listened to her!

    allí estaba, riéndome como una tonta — there I was, laughing like an idiot

    2) (Med) imbecile
    3. SM
    1) (Circo, Teat) clown, funny man
    2) And, CAm (=palanca) jemmy
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo
    1)
    a) [SER] < persona> ( falto de inteligencia) stupid, dumb (colloq); ( ingenuo) silly

    fui tan tonto como para decirle que sí — I was stupid o foolish enough to say yes

    b) [ESTAR] ( intratable) difficult, silly; ( disgustado) upset

    dejar tonto a alguien — (Esp fam) to leave somebody speechless

    hacer tonto a alguien — (Chi fam) to fool somebody

    2) <excusa/error/historia> silly
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino ( falto de inteligencia) idiot, dummy (colloq); ( ingenuo) idiot, fool

    hacer el tonto — ( hacer payasadas) to play o act the fool; ( actuar con necedad) to make a fool of oneself

    hacerse el tonto — to act dumb

    * * *
    = fool, witless, bonehead, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], imbecile, cretin, lemon, airheaded, duffer, drongo, schmuck, schmo, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
    Ex. The article 'Book pricing: economics of a goofy business' examines briefly the economics of the book publishing process from the viewpoint of the book wholesaler.
    Ex. The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.
    Ex. Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.
    Ex. The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.
    Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    Ex. Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.
    Ex. Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.
    Ex. This team of schmoes is capable of anything.
    Ex. States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.
    Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
    Ex. Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.
    Ex. She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.
    Ex. I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.
    Ex. And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.
    Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
    ----
    * a tontas y a ciegas = headlong, runaway.
    * a tontas y locas = like there's no tomorrow, without rhyme or reason.
    * chica bonita y tonta = bimbo.
    * chiste tonto para desternillarse = knee slapper.
    * chiste tonto pero gracioso = knee slapper.
    * como un tonto = stupidly, foolishly.
    * guaperas tonto = himbo.
    * hacer el tonto = fool around, horse around/about.
    * hacerse el tonto = act + dumb.
    * no tener un pelo de tonto = there are no flies (on/about) + Pronombre.
    * risa tonta = giggle.
    * risita tonta = giggle.
    * rubia tonta = dumb blonde.
    * típica rubia tonta = bimbo.
    * típico guaperas tonto = himbo.
    * tonto de capirote = blockhead, prize idiot.
    * tonto del bote = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, as daft as a brush, bonehead, birdbrain, knucklehead.
    * tonto del bote, tonto de remate, tonto del culo, tonto perdido, chiflado per = knucklehead.
    * tonto del cullo = arsehole [asshole, -USA].
    * tonto del culo = mug, prick, as daft as a brush, prize idiot, knucklehead.
    * tonto del pueblo, el = village fool, the.
    * tonto de marca mayor = prize idiot.
    * tonto de remate = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, prize idiot, knucklehead.
    * tonto genio = idiot savant.
    * tonto perdido = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, knucklehead.
    * tontos /tarea de tontos = fool's errand.
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo
    1)
    a) [SER] < persona> ( falto de inteligencia) stupid, dumb (colloq); ( ingenuo) silly

    fui tan tonto como para decirle que sí — I was stupid o foolish enough to say yes

    b) [ESTAR] ( intratable) difficult, silly; ( disgustado) upset

    dejar tonto a alguien — (Esp fam) to leave somebody speechless

    hacer tonto a alguien — (Chi fam) to fool somebody

    2) <excusa/error/historia> silly
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino ( falto de inteligencia) idiot, dummy (colloq); ( ingenuo) idiot, fool

    hacer el tonto — ( hacer payasadas) to play o act the fool; ( actuar con necedad) to make a fool of oneself

    hacerse el tonto — to act dumb

    * * *
    = fool, witless, bonehead, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], imbecile, cretin, lemon, airheaded, duffer, drongo, schmuck, schmo, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.

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

    Ex: She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
    Ex: The article 'Book pricing: economics of a goofy business' examines briefly the economics of the book publishing process from the viewpoint of the book wholesaler.
    Ex: The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.
    Ex: Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.
    Ex: The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.
    Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    Ex: Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.
    Ex: Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.
    Ex: This team of schmoes is capable of anything.
    Ex: States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.
    Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
    Ex: Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.
    Ex: She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.
    Ex: I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.
    Ex: And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.
    Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
    * a tontas y a ciegas = headlong, runaway.
    * a tontas y locas = like there's no tomorrow, without rhyme or reason.
    * chica bonita y tonta = bimbo.
    * chiste tonto para desternillarse = knee slapper.
    * chiste tonto pero gracioso = knee slapper.
    * como un tonto = stupidly, foolishly.
    * guaperas tonto = himbo.
    * hacer el tonto = fool around, horse around/about.
    * hacerse el tonto = act + dumb.
    * no tener un pelo de tonto = there are no flies (on/about) + Pronombre.
    * risa tonta = giggle.
    * risita tonta = giggle.
    * rubia tonta = dumb blonde.
    * típica rubia tonta = bimbo.
    * típico guaperas tonto = himbo.
    * tonto de capirote = blockhead, prize idiot.
    * tonto del bote = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, as daft as a brush, bonehead, birdbrain, knucklehead.
    * tonto del bote, tonto de remate, tonto del culo, tonto perdido, chiflado per = knucklehead.
    * tonto del cullo = arsehole [asshole, -USA].
    * tonto del culo = mug, prick, as daft as a brush, prize idiot, knucklehead.
    * tonto del pueblo, el = village fool, the.
    * tonto de marca mayor = prize idiot.
    * tonto de remate = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, prize idiot, knucklehead.
    * tonto genio = idiot savant.
    * tonto perdido = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, knucklehead.
    * tontos /tarea de tontos = fool's errand.

    * * *
    tonto1 -ta
    A
    1 [ SER] ‹persona› (falto de inteligencia) stupid, dumb ( colloq) (ingenuo) silly
    ¡pero qué tonto eres! ¿de verdad te lo has creído? you idiot! did you really believe it?
    mírala … y parecía tonta look at her, and we thought she was stupid!
    no seas tonta, aprovecha ahora que puedes don't be silly! make the most of it while you can
    y él fue tan tonto como para decirle que sí and he was stupid o dumb o foolish enough to say yes
    2 [ ESTAR] (travieso) difficult, silly; (disgustado) upset
    no me hagas caso, hoy estoy tonta don't take any notice of me, I'm in a funny mood today
    se pone muy tonto siempre que hay visita he gets really silly o difficult when there are visitors
    a lo tonto: a lo tonto, a lo tonto lleva ya ganados varios millones he's won several million just like that o without even trying
    lo dijo a lo tonto y resulta que acertó it was a wild guess o he said it without thinking and it turned out to be right
    hablas a lo tonto you're talking through your hat
    a tontas y a locas without thinking
    gasta el dinero a tontas y a locas she spends money like there's no tomorrow ( colloq)
    dejar tonto a algn ( Esp fam); to leave sb speechless
    hacer tonto a algn ( Chi fam); to make a fool of sb, fool sb
    ser más tonto que Abundio or que hecho de encargo or que una mata de habas ( Esp fam); to be as dumb as they come ( colloq), to be daft as a brush ( BrE colloq)
    ser tonto del bote or del culo ( Esp fam); to be a complete idiot
    B ‹excusa/error/historia› silly
    fue una caída de lo más tonta pero ya ves, me rompí el tobillo it was such a silly o ridiculous fall but, as you see, I broke my ankle
    tonto2 -ta
    masculine, feminine
    (falto de inteligencia) idiot, dummy ( colloq); (ingenuo) idiot, fool
    eres un tonto por haberte dejado engañar así you're an idiot o a fool to let yourself be taken in like that
    hacer el tonto (hacer payasadas) to play o act the fool, to fool o clown around; (actuar con necedad) to make a fool of oneself
    hacerse el tonto to act dumb
    no te hagas la tonta, que sabes muy bien de lo que estoy hablando you know very well what I'm talking about so don't pretend you don't o so don't act dumb
    le gusta/gustaba más que a un tonto una tiza or un lápiz or un palo ( Esp fam); he is/was crazy o nuts about it ( colloq)
    ser como tonto para algo ( Chi fam); to be crazy o nuts about sth ( colloq)
    Compuestos:
    prize idiot, utter fool
    village idiot
    ( Chi fam) silly fool
    idealistic puppet o stooge
    * * *

     

    tonto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    1
    a) [SER] ( falto de inteligencia) stupid, dumb (colloq);

    ( ingenuo) silly
    b) [ESTAR] ( intratable) difficult, silly;

    ( disgustado) upset
    2 ‹excusa/error/historia› silly
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( falto de inteligencia) idiot, dummy (colloq);
    ( ingenuo) idiot, fool;
    ◊ hacer el tonto ( hacer payasadas) to play o act the fool;


    ( actuar con necedad) to make a fool of oneself;
    ◊ hacerse el tonto to act dumb

    tonto,-a
    I adjetivo silly, familiar dumb: ¿cómo pude ser tan tonto?, how could I be so stupid?
    fue lo bastante tonto como para decirle la verdad, he was foolish enough to tell him the truth
    una observación tonta, a trivial remark
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino fool, idiot, familiar dummy
    hacer el tonto, to play the fool
    hacerse el tonto, to play dumb
    tonto de remate, prize idiot

    ' tonto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bobalicón
    - bobalicona
    - boluda
    - boludo
    - burrada
    - capirote
    - definitivamente
    - fatua
    - fatuo
    - hacer
    - hombre
    - manteca
    - pelo
    - perdida
    - perdido
    - remate
    - simple
    - tarugo
    - todavía
    - tonta
    - tratar
    - asno
    - baboso
    - gana
    - ganso
    - huevón
    - idiota
    - imbécil
    - lelo
    - lerdo
    - mongólico
    - necio
    - pavo
    - pendejo
    - salame
    - soquete
    - tontear
    - tontería
    - zanahoria
    English:
    act
    - asinine
    - clot
    - clown around
    - dim
    - do
    - dozy
    - dumb
    - fool
    - goof
    - help
    - idiotic
    - lark about
    - lark around
    - mess about
    - mess around
    - muck about
    - muck around
    - need
    - play
    - prize
    - silly
    - soft-headed
    - such
    - thing
    - daft
    - foolish
    - kind
    - know
    - stupid
    - that
    * * *
    tonto, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [persona] [estúpido] stupid;
    [menos fuerte] silly;
    pero ¿seré tonto? otra vez me he vuelto a confundir I must be stupid or something, I've gone and got it wrong again;
    nos toman por tontos they think we're idiots;
    ¿estás tonto? ¿para qué me pegas? don't be stupid! what are you hitting me for?;
    no seas tonto, no hay por qué preocuparse don't be silly, there's no need to worry;
    ser tonto de capirote o [m5] remate to be Br daft as a brush o US crazy as a loon;
    ser más tonto que Abundio to be as thick as two short planks
    2. [retrasado mental] dim, backward
    3.
    ponerse tonto [pesado, insistente] to be difficult;
    [arrogante] to get awkward, Br to get stroppy
    4. [sin sentido] [risa] mindless;
    [esfuerzo] pointless;
    fue una caída tonta it was so silly, falling over like that;
    a lo tonto: lo perdí a lo tonto I stupidly lost it;
    me tropecé a lo tonto I tripped over like an idiot;
    me he ido haciendo con una extensa colección de sellos a lo tonto I've built up a sizeable stamp collection without hardly realizing it
    ♦ nm,f
    idiot;
    los listos y los tontos de la clase the bright ones and the dim ones in the class;
    el tonto del pueblo the village idiot;
    hacer el tonto [juguetear] to mess around;
    [no actuar con inteligencia] to be stupid o foolish;
    estoy haciendo el tonto intentando convencerle I'm wasting my time trying to convince him;
    hacerse el tonto to act innocent;
    a tontas y a locas without thinking
    tonto útil useful idiot
    * * *
    I adj silly, foolish
    II m, tonta f fool, idiot;
    haba fam complete idiot;
    tonto del pueblo village idiot;
    hacer el tonto play the fool;
    hacerse el tonto act dumb fam ;
    a tontas y a locas in a slapdash way
    * * *
    tonto, -ta adj
    1) : dumb, stupid
    2) : silly
    3)
    a tontas y a locas : without thinking, haphazardly
    tonto, -ta n
    : fool, idiot
    * * *
    tonto1 adj silly [comp. sillier; superl. silliest] / stupid [comp. stupider; superl. stupidest]
    ¡qué fallo más tonto! what a stupid mistake!
    tonto2 n fool / idiot

    Spanish-English dictionary > tonto

  • 28 aprovecharse

    1 (de alguien) to take advantage (de, of); (de algo) to make the most (de, of)
    * * *
    to take advantage, exploit
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (=abusar) to take advantage

    lo puedes usar, pero sin aprovecharte — you can use it but don't take advantage

    2) Esp (=sacar provecho de) to make the most of
    3) [en sentido sexual]

    • aprovecharse de — [+ adulto] to take advantage of; [+ niño] to abuse

    * * *
    (v.) = profit, screw, further + Posesivo + own interest, milk
    Ex. In what respects can a student profit from a knowledge of abstracts and by developing abstracting skills?.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Are you being screwed electronically? -- ethical issues in an electronic age'.
    Ex. Hypocrites are generally regarded as morally-corrupt, cynical egoists who consciously and deliberately deceive others in order to further their own interests.
    Ex. A satisfactory balance between public and private involvement has not yet been reached and the companies involved are milking public funds.
    * * *
    aprovecharse(de)
    (v.) = take + advantage (of), piggyback [piggy-back], cash in on, prey on/upon, tap into, leverage, make + an opportunity (out) of, ride (on) + Posesivo + coattails

    Ex: It is not surprising that the networks discussed later have all taken advantage of computer processing in some form or another.

    Ex: His logic is simple: People need the help of others to be truly creative -- thought breeds thought and ideas 'piggyback' on other ideas.
    Ex: At the same time, veteran fiction writers and new authors cashing in on fame from other media continued to rule the lists.
    Ex: From being a predator, England was becoming a major commercial power on whose ships others preyed.
    Ex: It is clear that a powerful and mysterious force is pushing seniors toward greater volunteer involvement, and nonprofit groups should tap into this particularly civic age group before the Indian summer of volunteering reaches its end.
    Ex: Information seeking in electronic environments will become a collaboration among end user and various electronic systems such that users leverage their heuristic power and machines leverage algorithmic power.
    Ex: Unfortunately, there are some trying to make an opportunity out of this very turbulant situation.
    Ex: Riding the coattails of Barack Obama, Democrats picked up seven seats held by Republicans in Tuesday's election to match the seven it gained two years ago.

    (v.) = profit, screw, further + Posesivo + own interest, milk

    Ex: In what respects can a student profit from a knowledge of abstracts and by developing abstracting skills?.

    Ex: The article is entitled 'Are you being screwed electronically? -- ethical issues in an electronic age'.
    Ex: Hypocrites are generally regarded as morally-corrupt, cynical egoists who consciously and deliberately deceive others in order to further their own interests.
    Ex: A satisfactory balance between public and private involvement has not yet been reached and the companies involved are milking public funds.

    * * *

    ■aprovecharse verbo reflexivo to use to one's advantage, to take advantage: se aprovechó de Juan, she took advantage of Juan
    aprovéchate de mi buen humor y pídeme lo que quieras, make the most of my good mood and ask for anything you want
    ' aprovecharse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abusar
    - sangrar
    - sardina
    - aprovechar
    English:
    cash in
    - draw on
    - exploit
    - play on
    - play upon
    - advantage
    - cash
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [sacar provecho] to take advantage (de of);
    nos aprovechamos de que teníamos coche para ir a la ciudad we took advantage of the fact that we had a car to go to the city;
    se aprovechó de que nadie vigilaba para salir sin pagar she took advantage of the fact that nobody was watching to leave without paying;
    aprovecharse de las desgracias ajenas to benefit from other people's misfortunes
    2. [abusar de alguien] to take advantage (de of);
    todo el mundo se aprovecha de la ingenuidad de Marta everyone takes advantage of Marta's gullible nature;
    fue acusado de aprovecharse de una menor he was accused of child abuse
    * * *
    v/r take advantage (de of)
    * * *
    vr
    aprovecharse de : to take advantage of, to exploit
    * * *
    aprovecharse vb to take advantage [pt. took; pp. taken]

    Spanish-English dictionary > aprovecharse

  • 29 aprovecharse (de)

    (v.) = take + advantage (of), piggyback [piggy-back], cash in on, prey on/upon, tap into, leverage, make + an opportunity (out) of, ride (on) + Posesivo + coattails
    Ex. It is not surprising that the networks discussed later have all taken advantage of computer processing in some form or another.
    Ex. His logic is simple: People need the help of others to be truly creative -- thought breeds thought and ideas 'piggyback' on other ideas.
    Ex. At the same time, veteran fiction writers and new authors cashing in on fame from other media continued to rule the lists.
    Ex. From being a predator, England was becoming a major commercial power on whose ships others preyed.
    Ex. It is clear that a powerful and mysterious force is pushing seniors toward greater volunteer involvement, and nonprofit groups should tap into this particularly civic age group before the Indian summer of volunteering reaches its end.
    Ex. Information seeking in electronic environments will become a collaboration among end user and various electronic systems such that users leverage their heuristic power and machines leverage algorithmic power.
    Ex. Unfortunately, there are some trying to make an opportunity out of this very turbulant situation.
    Ex. Riding the coattails of Barack Obama, Democrats picked up seven seats held by Republicans in Tuesday's election to match the seven it gained two years ago.

    Spanish-English dictionary > aprovecharse (de)

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