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questionable+statement

  • 1 bobadas

    f.pl.
    bunkum, tripe, balderdash, tommyrot.
    * * *
    = buncombe, bunkum, bunk.
    Ex. The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex. The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex. Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.
    * * *
    = buncombe, bunkum, bunk.

    Ex: The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.

    Ex: The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex: Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.

    * * *
    bobadas npl nonsense

    Spanish-English dictionary > bobadas

  • 2 chorradas

    f.pl.
    nonsense, baloney, meaningless stuff, hogwash.
    * * *
    = baloney, blather, piffle, bollocks, crap, nonsense, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk, hogwash, shite, bullshit.
    Ex. The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.
    Ex. The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex. The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Celebration, caring or bollocks: some thoughts on the Branch and Mobile Libraries Group Weekend Summer School'.
    Ex. This is Archie Bunker crap, right? = Estas son las gilipolleces de Archie Bunker, ¿verdad?.
    Ex. Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    Ex. Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
    Ex. The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex. The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex. Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.
    Ex. The film proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the official story is hogwash and that all the evidence points towards an inside job.
    Ex. Picture quality is utterly shite due to use of a cameraphone.
    Ex. For a majority of likely voters, meaningless bullshit will be the most important factor in deciding who they will vote for in 2008.
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    * chorradas al cuadrado = nonsense on stilts.
    * decir chorradas = bullshit.
    * * *
    = baloney, blather, piffle, bollocks, crap, nonsense, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk, hogwash, shite, bullshit.

    Ex: The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.

    Ex: The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex: The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Celebration, caring or bollocks: some thoughts on the Branch and Mobile Libraries Group Weekend Summer School'.
    Ex: This is Archie Bunker crap, right? = Estas son las gilipolleces de Archie Bunker, ¿verdad?.
    Ex: Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    Ex: Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
    Ex: The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex: The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex: Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.
    Ex: The film proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the official story is hogwash and that all the evidence points towards an inside job.
    Ex: Picture quality is utterly shite due to use of a cameraphone.
    Ex: For a majority of likely voters, meaningless bullshit will be the most important factor in deciding who they will vote for in 2008.
    * chorradas al cuadrado = nonsense on stilts.
    * decir chorradas = bullshit.

    Spanish-English dictionary > chorradas

  • 3 estupideces

    f.pl.
    nonsense, drivel, inane remarks, inanities.
    * * *
    (n.) = drivel, nonsense, baloney, blather, piffle, palaver, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk
    Ex. The article 'In defense of 'ignorant drivel'' criticises the reforms in scholarly serials publication proposed by John Lubans.
    Ex. Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    Ex. The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.
    Ex. The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex. The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex. To speak the argot, one of the main rules is called 'police palaver' -- never use a short word where a long one will do.
    Ex. Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
    Ex. The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex. The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex. Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.
    * * *
    (n.) = drivel, nonsense, baloney, blather, piffle, palaver, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk

    Ex: The article 'In defense of 'ignorant drivel'' criticises the reforms in scholarly serials publication proposed by John Lubans.

    Ex: Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    Ex: The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.
    Ex: The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex: The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex: To speak the argot, one of the main rules is called 'police palaver' -- never use a short word where a long one will do.
    Ex: Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
    Ex: The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex: The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex: Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estupideces

  • 4 tonterías

    intj.
    nonsense, hooey, rats, rot.
    f.pl.
    1 nonsense, bunk, baloney, boloney.
    2 stupidity, stupid thing.
    * * *
    (n.) = drivel, nonsense, baloney, blather, piffle, palaver, moonshine, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk, hogwash
    Ex. The article 'In defense of 'ignorant drivel'' criticises the reforms in scholarly serials publication proposed by John Lubans.
    Ex. Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    Ex. The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.
    Ex. The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex. The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex. To speak the argot, one of the main rules is called 'police palaver' -- never use a short word where a long one will do.
    Ex. He describes as 'pure moonshine' the account that Columbus supposedly failed to persuade professors of mathematics, geography, and astronomy that the world was round.
    Ex. Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
    Ex. The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex. The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex. Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.
    Ex. The film proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the official story is hogwash and that all the evidence points towards an inside job.
    * * *
    (n.) = drivel, nonsense, baloney, blather, piffle, palaver, moonshine, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk, hogwash

    Ex: The article 'In defense of 'ignorant drivel'' criticises the reforms in scholarly serials publication proposed by John Lubans.

    Ex: Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    Ex: The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.
    Ex: The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex: The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex: To speak the argot, one of the main rules is called 'police palaver' -- never use a short word where a long one will do.
    Ex: He describes as 'pure moonshine' the account that Columbus supposedly failed to persuade professors of mathematics, geography, and astronomy that the world was round.
    Ex: Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
    Ex: The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex: The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex: Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.
    Ex: The film proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the official story is hogwash and that all the evidence points towards an inside job.

    * * *
    tonterías npl nonsense

    Spanish-English dictionary > tonterías

  • 5 tontería

    f.
    1 foolish thing to say, silly thing to say, silly remark, dumb comment.
    2 foolish thing to do, dumb action, foolish act, foolish action.
    3 silliness, stupidness, foolishness, dumbheadedness.
    * * *
    1 (calidad de tonto) stupidity, silliness
    2 (dicho, hecho) silly thing, stupid thing
    4 (regalito) little something
    \
    decir tonterías to talk nonsense
    dejarse de tonterías (al hablar) to be serious 2 (al actuar) to stop messing about
    ■ ¡déjate de tonterías! stop messing about!
    hacer tonterías to mess about, fool around
    * * *
    noun f.
    foolishness, stupidity
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=dicho)

    eso son tonterías, eso es una tontería — that's nonsense o rubbish o ( esp EEUU) garbage

    decir tonterías — to talk nonsense o rubbish o ( esp EEUU) garbage

    ¡qué tontería acabas de decir! — that was a silly thing to say!

    ¡déjate de tonterías! — don't be silly!, don't talk nonsense!

    2) (=acto)
    3) (=insignificancia) silly little thing
    4) (=remilgo)
    5) (=cualidad) silliness, foolishness
    * * *
    a) ( cosa tonta) silly o stupid thing; ( dicho tonto) silly remark
    b) ( cosa insignificante) silly thing, small thing

    oye, que cien mil pesos no son ninguna tontería — come on, a hundred thousand pesos is no small sum

    c) ( cualidad) stupidity
    * * *
    = silliness, balderdash, humbug.
    Ex. The 'Good Times' virus hoax was the precursor of this particular form of silliness.
    Ex. I am concerned with matters of consequence, I don't amuse myself with balderdash.
    Ex. That is what he does now, only now there is a lot of palaver and humbug and pretense of deliberation, which the bill proposes to continue, but which everybody can see would be a false pretense.
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    * cometer una tontería = pull + stunt.
    * decir tonterías = talk + rubbish, talk + nonsense, talk through + Posesivo + hat.
    * tonterías = drivel, nonsense, baloney, blather, piffle, palaver, moonshine, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk, hogwash.
    Ex. The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    * tonterías al cuadrado = nonsense on stilts.
    * una tontería = a little something.
    * * *
    a) ( cosa tonta) silly o stupid thing; ( dicho tonto) silly remark
    b) ( cosa insignificante) silly thing, small thing

    oye, que cien mil pesos no son ninguna tontería — come on, a hundred thousand pesos is no small sum

    c) ( cualidad) stupidity
    * * *
    = silliness, balderdash, humbug.

    Ex: The 'Good Times' virus hoax was the precursor of this particular form of silliness.

    Ex: I am concerned with matters of consequence, I don't amuse myself with balderdash.
    Ex: That is what he does now, only now there is a lot of palaver and humbug and pretense of deliberation, which the bill proposes to continue, but which everybody can see would be a false pretense.
    * cometer una tontería = pull + stunt.
    * decir tonterías = talk + rubbish, talk + nonsense, talk through + Posesivo + hat.
    * tonterías = drivel, nonsense, baloney, blather, piffle, palaver, moonshine, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk, hogwash.
    Ex: The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    * tonterías al cuadrado = nonsense on stilts.
    * una tontería = a little something.

    * * *
    1 (cosa tonta) silly o stupid thing; (dicho tonto) silly o stupid o foolish remark
    ¡cuántas tonterías se cometen de joven! the (silly) things we do when we're young!
    siempre sale con alguna tontería he always comes out with some stupid remark
    fue una tontería no aceptar it was stupid not to accept
    déjate de tonterías que estamos tratando de trabajar en serio stop being silly o stop fooling around, we're trying to get some serious work done
    ¡tonterías! nonsense!
    2 (cosa insignificante) silly thing, small thing
    por cualquier tontería se enfada she gets angry over the slightest little thing
    oye, que cien mil pesos no son ninguna tontería come on, a hundred thousand pesos is no small sum
    3 (cualidad) stupidity
    * * *

     

    tontería sustantivo femenino
    a) ( cosa tonta) silly o stupid thing;

    ( dicho tonto) silly remark;
    ◊ ¡déjate de tonterías! stop fooling around;

    ¡tonterías! nonsense!



    tontería sustantivo femenino
    1 (acción, cosa) silly thing: ¡deja de decir tonterías!, stop talking nonsense!
    (cosa sin importancia) trifle, small thing: le compré una tontería, I bought her a little something
    me regañaron por una tontería, they told me off over something silly
    2 (cualidad) stupidity, foolishness, silliness
    ' tontería' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    admitir
    - bobada
    - caer
    - colmo
    - desatino
    - eso
    - follón
    - gilipollez
    - mayor
    - mosquearse
    - saltar
    - soberana
    - soberano
    - solemne
    - soltar
    - supina
    - supino
    - tontedad
    - tontera
    - tontuna
    - valiente
    - jalada
    - macana
    - payasada
    - pelear
    - ridiculez
    - simpleza
    English:
    absurd
    - stupidity
    * * *
    tontería, Am tontera nf
    1. [estupidez] stupid thing;
    ha sido una tontería no presentarse al examen it was stupid not to take the exam;
    decir una tontería to say something stupid;
    eso son tonterías that's nonsense;
    decir tonterías to talk nonsense;
    hacer una tontería to do something stupid;
    hizo la tontería de decírselo she was stupid enough to tell him;
    ¡cuánta tontería hay en el mundo! people can be really stupid sometimes!
    2. [cosa sin importancia o valor] trifle;
    no es ninguna tontería [va en serio] it's serious;
    [no está mal] it's not bad at all;
    ¿qué te ha pasado? – nada, una tontería what happened to you? – oh, it's nothing serious;
    por hacer cuatro tonterías me ha cobrado 1.000 pesos he charged me 1,000 pesos for doing next to nothing
    * * *
    f fig
    stupid o
    dumb fam
    thing;
    tonterías pl nonsense sg
    * * *
    1) : foolishness
    2) : stupid remark or action
    3)
    decir tonterías : to talk nonsense
    * * *
    1. (acción, dicho) silly thing
    ¡qué tontería! how silly!
    2. (cosa insignificante) little thing

    Spanish-English dictionary > tontería

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