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rube

  • 1 Rube Goldberg

    m.
    Rube Goldberg, Reuben Lucius Goldberg.

    Spanish-English dictionary > Rube Goldberg

  • 2 cateto

    adj.
    boorish, hick.
    m.
    1 side of a triangle, leg.
    2 yokel, bumpkin, boor.
    3 cathetus.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 peyorativo (palurdo) dimwit, yokel
    ————————
    1 (de triángulo) side of a right-angled triangle forming the right angle
    * * *
    cateto, -a
    * SM / F yokel *, hick (EEUU) *
    * * *
    masculino (Mat) leg
    * * *
    = redneck, churl, tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], rube, hick.
    Ex. His talks sparkle with Southern humor and a distinct voice known to mention rednecks, the evil of institutions, and racial reconciliation.
    Ex. Then again, who but a churl could fail to grieve at the waste of an artistic life of such immensity and grandeur?.
    Ex. There was nothing tacky about the invitation, other that the request that gifts be in the form of cash, of course.
    Ex. This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.
    Ex. Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.
    Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    * * *
    masculino (Mat) leg
    * * *
    = redneck, churl, tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], rube, hick.

    Ex: His talks sparkle with Southern humor and a distinct voice known to mention rednecks, the evil of institutions, and racial reconciliation.

    Ex: Then again, who but a churl could fail to grieve at the waste of an artistic life of such immensity and grandeur?.
    Ex: There was nothing tacky about the invitation, other that the request that gifts be in the form of cash, of course.
    Ex: This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.
    Ex: Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.
    Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.

    * * *
    cateto1 -ta
    masculine, feminine
    A ( Esp) (paleto) peasant ( pej), yokel ( colloq), hick ( AmE colloq), yokel ( BrE colloq)
    B
    * * *

    cateto,-a
    I m,f pey yokel
    II m Mat cathetus
    ' cateto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cateta
    English:
    boorish
    - hick
    - redneck
    * * *
    cateto, -a
    ♦ adj
    Pey uncultured, uncouth
    ♦ nm,f
    Pey country bumpkin
    ♦ nm
    Geom = either of the two short sides of a right-angled triangle, Espec cathetus
    * * *
    I m MAT leg
    II m, cateta f pop
    hick fam, yokel fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > cateto

  • 3 cortijero

    m.
    1 foreman.
    2 farmer.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 Andalusian farmer
    * * *
    = redneck, rustic, rube, hick.
    Ex. His talks sparkle with Southern humor and a distinct voice known to mention rednecks, the evil of institutions, and racial reconciliation.
    Ex. These reflections coincide with considerations from previous studies about the education of rustics in their rural schools.
    Ex. Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.
    Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    * * *
    = redneck, rustic, rube, hick.

    Ex: His talks sparkle with Southern humor and a distinct voice known to mention rednecks, the evil of institutions, and racial reconciliation.

    Ex: These reflections coincide with considerations from previous studies about the education of rustics in their rural schools.
    Ex: Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.
    Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    1 (dueño) estate owner
    2 (capataz) overseer
    * * *
    cortijero, -a nm,f
    1. [dueño] estate o farm owner
    2. [asalariado] estate o farm manager

    Spanish-English dictionary > cortijero

  • 4 palurdo

    adj.
    boorish, illiterate, uncouth, unlearned.
    m.
    yahoo, bumpkin, boorish person, barbarian.
    * * *
    1 peyorativo uncouth
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 country bumpkin
    * * *
    palurdo, -a *
    1.
    ADJ coarse, uncouth
    2.
    SM / F (=paleto) yokel, hick (EEUU) *; pey lout
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo (fam) boorish, uncouth
    II
    - da masculino, femenino (fam) boor
    * * *
    = churl, boorish, rube, corn-fed, hick.
    Ex. Then again, who but a churl could fail to grieve at the waste of an artistic life of such immensity and grandeur?.
    Ex. He says he dislikes Rose way more because she is a big mouth, intolerant, boorish, know-it-all and always talking about her gay life.
    Ex. Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.
    Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo (fam) boorish, uncouth
    II
    - da masculino, femenino (fam) boor
    * * *
    = churl, boorish, rube, corn-fed, hick.

    Ex: Then again, who but a churl could fail to grieve at the waste of an artistic life of such immensity and grandeur?.

    Ex: He says he dislikes Rose way more because she is a big mouth, intolerant, boorish, know-it-all and always talking about her gay life.
    Ex: Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.
    Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.

    * * *
    palurdo1 -da
    ( fam)
    1 (grosero) boorish, uncouth
    2
    (pueblerino): no seas palurdo don't be such a yokel o ( AmE) hick ( colloq)
    palurdo2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam)
    1 (grosero) boor
    2 (pueblerino) country bumpkin, yokel ( colloq), hick ( AmE colloq)
    * * *

    palurdo
    ◊ -da sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) yokel (pej &

    hum), hick (AmE colloq & pej)
    ' palurdo' also found in these entries:
    English:
    yahoo
    * * *
    palurdo, -a Pey
    ♦ adj
    coarse, uncouth
    ♦ nm,f
    country bumpkin, yokel, US hick
    * * *
    I adj fam
    hick atr fam, provincial
    II m, palurda f fam
    hick fam, Br
    yokel fam
    * * *
    palurdo, -da n
    : boor, yokel, bumpkin

    Spanish-English dictionary > palurdo

  • 5 pueblerino

    adj.
    1 small-town, provincial, rural, country.
    2 folksy.
    3 parochial.
    m.
    villager, bumpkin, country cousin, countryman.
    * * *
    1 (de pueblo) village
    2 peyorativo countrified
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 villager
    2 peyorativo country bumpkin
    * * *
    pueblerino, -a
    1.
    ADJ [carácter, ambiente] small-town antes de s, countrified; [persona] rustic, provincial
    2.
    SM / F (=aldeano) rustic, country person; pey country bumpkin *, hick (EEUU) *
    * * *
    - na adjetivo
    * * *
    = parochial, small-town, rustic, village man, rube, hick.
    Ex. This article covers dissemination of research work and research that is esoteric, irrelevant, parochial, obsolete or incomprehensible.
    Ex. Will's social activism in regard to racial justice and human rights made him ill suited for the confines of the small-town Southern pulpit, and he left in 1954.
    Ex. These reflections coincide with considerations from previous studies about the education of rustics in their rural schools.
    Ex. Consequently, without an education to prepare them for finding work, these girls are often sold as a slave to another village man.
    Ex. Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.
    Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    * * *
    - na adjetivo
    * * *
    = parochial, small-town, rustic, village man, rube, hick.

    Ex: This article covers dissemination of research work and research that is esoteric, irrelevant, parochial, obsolete or incomprehensible.

    Ex: Will's social activism in regard to racial justice and human rights made him ill suited for the confines of the small-town Southern pulpit, and he left in 1954.
    Ex: These reflections coincide with considerations from previous studies about the education of rustics in their rural schools.
    Ex: Consequently, without an education to prepare them for finding work, these girls are often sold as a slave to another village man.
    Ex: Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.
    Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.

    * * *
    ¡qué pueblerino eres! you're a real hick ( AmE) o ( BrE) yokel! ( colloq)
    con sus ropas anticuadas y su aire pueblerino with her old-fashioned clothes and provincial o small-town ways
    * * *

    pueblerino
    ◊ -na adjetivo ‹ aire› provincial;

    ¡qué pueblerino eres! you're such a country bumpkin o (AmE colloq) hick!

    ' pueblerino' also found in these entries:
    English:
    bumpkin
    - hick
    - parochial
    - small
    - yokel
    * * *
    pueblerino, -a
    ♦ adj
    Pey rustic, provincial;
    tiene unos modales muy pueblerinos he behaves like a real yokel o US hick
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [habitante] villager
    2. Pey [paleto] yokel
    * * *
    desp
    I adj provincial, small-town
    II m, pueblerina f hick desp, Br
    yokel desp
    * * *
    pueblerino, -na adj
    : provincial, countrified

    Spanish-English dictionary > pueblerino

  • 6 gorra de béisbol

    (n.) = baseball cap
    Ex. Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.
    * * *

    Ex: Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.

    * * *
    baseball cap

    Spanish-English dictionary > gorra de béisbol

  • 7 paleto1

    1 = churl, rube, hick.
    Ex. Then again, who but a churl could fail to grieve at the waste of an artistic life of such immensity and grandeur?.
    Ex. Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.
    Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > paleto1

  • 8 pantalones anchos

    (n.) = baggy pants
    Ex. Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.
    * * *

    Ex: Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.

    Spanish-English dictionary > pantalones anchos

  • 9 ¡Cielo Santo!

    ¡cielo santo!
    good heavens!
    * * *
    Ex. Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.
    * * *
    = Good heavens!

    Ex: Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ¡Cielo Santo!

  • 10 ¡Cielos!

    Ex. Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.
    * * *
    = Good heavens!

    Ex: Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ¡Cielos!

  • 11 ¡La Virgen!

    = Good heavens!, Heavens!
    Ex. Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.
    Ex. Heavens! there must be dust wrappers, too; the best of the books on exhibition apparently have them, and anyway they also make a book look more professional.
    * * *
    = Good heavens!, Heavens!

    Ex: Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.

    Ex: Heavens! there must be dust wrappers, too; the best of the books on exhibition apparently have them, and anyway they also make a book look more professional.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ¡La Virgen!

  • 12 ¡Madre mía!

    ¡madre mía!
    familiar good heavens!
    * * *
    Ex. Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.
    * * *
    = Good heavens!

    Ex: Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ¡Madre mía!

  • 13 ¡Santo Cielo!

    Ex. Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.
    * * *
    = Good heavens!

    Ex: Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ¡Santo Cielo!

  • 14 ¡Virgen Santísima!

    = Good heavens!, Heavens!
    Ex. Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.
    Ex. Heavens! there must be dust wrappers, too; the best of the books on exhibition apparently have them, and anyway they also make a book look more professional.
    * * *
    = Good heavens!, Heavens!

    Ex: Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.

    Ex: Heavens! there must be dust wrappers, too; the best of the books on exhibition apparently have them, and anyway they also make a book look more professional.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ¡Virgen Santísima!

  • 15 paleto

    m.
    greatcoat, great-coat, overcoat, heavy overcoat.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar peyorativo oaf, country bumpkin, yokel
    * * *
    paleto, -a
    1.
    ADJ * boorish, stupid
    2.
    SM / F * yokel, country bumpkin, hick (EEUU)
    paleta
    3.
    SM (Zool) fallow deer
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo (Esp fam)
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino (Esp fam) country bumpkin, hick (AmE colloq & pej)
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo (Esp fam)
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino (Esp fam) country bumpkin, hick (AmE colloq & pej)
    * * *
    paleto1
    1 = churl, rube, hick.

    Ex: Then again, who but a churl could fail to grieve at the waste of an artistic life of such immensity and grandeur?.

    Ex: Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.
    Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.

    paleto2
    2 = tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.].

    Ex: There was nothing tacky about the invitation, other that the request that gifts be in the form of cash, of course.

    Ex: This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.

    * * *
    paleto1 -ta
    ( Esp fam pey): no seas paleto don't be such a yokel o ( AmE) hick ( colloq)
    ( Esp fam pey): viste muy paleto he dresses like a yokel o ( AmE) hick ( colloq)
    paleto3 -ta
    masculine, feminine
    A ( Esp fam pey) country bumpkin, yokel ( colloq), hick ( AmE colloq)
    B ( Zool) fallow deer
    * * *

    Multiple Entries:
    paleto    
    paletó
    paleto
    ◊ -ta sustantivo masculino, femenino (Esp fam &

    pey) country bumpkin, hick (AmE colloq & pej)
    paleto,-a
    I adj fam pey (comentario) uncouth, ignorant
    (comportamiento) unsophisticated
    (gusto) tasteless
    II m,f fam pey peasant, country bumpkin
    ' paleto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    paleta
    - provinciano
    English:
    bumpkin
    - hick
    - peasant
    - redneck
    - yokel
    - hill
    * * *
    paleto, -a Esp Pey
    ♦ adj
    coarse, uncouth
    ♦ nm,f
    country bumpkin, yokel, US hick
    * * *
    fam
    I adj hick atr fam, provincial
    II m, paleta f hick F, Br
    yokel fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > paleto

  • 16 paletó

    m.
    greatcoat, great-coat, overcoat, heavy overcoat.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar peyorativo oaf, country bumpkin, yokel
    * * *
    paleto, -a
    1.
    ADJ * boorish, stupid
    2.
    SM / F * yokel, country bumpkin, hick (EEUU)
    paleta
    3.
    SM (Zool) fallow deer
    * * *
    masculino (Chi) (man's) jacket
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo (Esp fam)
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino (Esp fam) country bumpkin, hick (AmE colloq & pej)
    * * *
    paleto1
    1 = churl, rube, hick.

    Ex: Then again, who but a churl could fail to grieve at the waste of an artistic life of such immensity and grandeur?.

    Ex: Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.
    Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.

    paleto2
    2 = tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.].

    Ex: There was nothing tacky about the invitation, other that the request that gifts be in the form of cash, of course.

    Ex: This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.

    * * *
    paleto1 -ta
    ( Esp fam pey): no seas paleto don't be such a yokel o ( AmE) hick ( colloq)
    ( Esp fam pey): viste muy paleto he dresses like a yokel o ( AmE) hick ( colloq)
    paleto3 -ta
    masculine, feminine
    A ( Esp fam pey) country bumpkin, yokel ( colloq), hick ( AmE colloq)
    B ( Zool) fallow deer
    * * *

    Multiple Entries:
    paleto    
    paletó
    paleto
    ◊ -ta sustantivo masculino, femenino (Esp fam &

    pey) country bumpkin, hick (AmE colloq & pej)
    paleto,-a
    I adj fam pey (comentario) uncouth, ignorant
    (comportamiento) unsophisticated
    (gusto) tasteless
    II m,f fam pey peasant, country bumpkin
    ' paleto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    paleta
    - provinciano
    English:
    bumpkin
    - hick
    - peasant
    - redneck
    - yokel
    - hill
    * * *
    paleto, -a Esp Pey
    ♦ adj
    coarse, uncouth
    ♦ nm,f
    country bumpkin, yokel, US hick
    * * *
    fam
    I adj hick atr fam, provincial
    II m, paleta f hick F, Br
    yokel fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > paletó

  • 17 indio

    adj.
    1 Indian, Hindu.
    2 dark-red, deep-red, maroon, claret-red.
    m.
    1 Indian.
    2 Indian, native or inhabitant of India.
    3 indium.
    * * *
    1 Indian
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 Indian
    \
    en fila india in single file
    hablar como los indios to speak pidgin English (Spanish etc)
    hacer el indio familiar to muck about, act the goat, play the fool
    * * *
    (f. - india)
    noun adj.
    * * *
    indio, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) [persona] Indian
    2) (=azul) blue
    2. SM / F
    2)

    salirle el indio a algn CAm, Cono Sur * —

    se le subió el indio — * he got over-excited

    3.
    SM

    indio viejo — CAm, Méx (Culin) stewed meat with maize and herbs

    * * *
    I
    - dia adjetivo
    a) ( de América) (American) Indian, Amerindian
    b) ( de la India) Indian, of/from India
    II
    - dia masculino, femenino
    a) ( de América) (American) Indian, Amerindian

    hacer el indio — (Esp fam) to act the fool (colloq)

    indio comido, indio ido — (Andes) said by or of a person who eats and then leaves immediately

    b) ( de la India) Indian
    * * *
    = Indian, all-India, indium.
    Ex. The Colon Classification was devised by the eminent Indian librarian and classificationist the late S R Ranganathan.
    Ex. This article presents an overview of the all-India coordinated research projects.
    Ex. CD-E (CD-Erasable) uses an alloy composed of silver, indium, antimony and tellurium as the recording medium.
    ----
    * guerrero indio = brave.
    * hacer el indio = horse around/about.
    * indio americano = American Indian.
    * indio de méjico = Mexican Indian.
    * indio nativo americano = American Indian, Native American.
    * más quemado que la pipa (de) un indio = completely burned-out, totally burned-out.
    * que no es de la India = non-Indic.
    * subcontinente indio, el = subcontinent, the.
    * tienda india = tepee, wigwam.
    * tribu india = Indian tribe.
    * * *
    I
    - dia adjetivo
    a) ( de América) (American) Indian, Amerindian
    b) ( de la India) Indian, of/from India
    II
    - dia masculino, femenino
    a) ( de América) (American) Indian, Amerindian

    hacer el indio — (Esp fam) to act the fool (colloq)

    indio comido, indio ido — (Andes) said by or of a person who eats and then leaves immediately

    b) ( de la India) Indian
    * * *
    = Indian, all-India, indium.

    Ex: The Colon Classification was devised by the eminent Indian librarian and classificationist the late S R Ranganathan.

    Ex: This article presents an overview of the all-India coordinated research projects.
    Ex: CD-E (CD-Erasable) uses an alloy composed of silver, indium, antimony and tellurium as the recording medium.
    * guerrero indio = brave.
    * hacer el indio = horse around/about.
    * indio americano = American Indian.
    * indio de méjico = Mexican Indian.
    * indio nativo americano = American Indian, Native American.
    * más quemado que la pipa (de) un indio = completely burned-out, totally burned-out.
    * que no es de la India = non-Indic.
    * subcontinente indio, el = subcontinent, the.
    * tienda india = tepee, wigwam.
    * tribu india = Indian tribe.

    * * *
    A
    1 (de América) Indian, American Indian, Amerindian
    subírsele a algn lo indio ( Méx fam): ya se le estaba subiendo lo indio con dos copas de más he'd had too much to drink and he was getting out of hand o ( colloq) out of order
    2 (de la India) Indian, of/from India
    B ( Méx) ‹gallo› dark red
    masculine, feminine
    1 (de América) Indian, American Indian, Amerindian
    hacer el indio ( Esp fam); to act the fool ( colloq)
    2 (de la India) Indian
    3 ( Méx fam) (palurdo) yokel ( pej o hum), hick ( AmE colloq pej), rube ( AmE sl)
    * * *

    indio
    ◊ - dia adjetivo


    b) ( de la India) Indian, of/from India

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino


    indio,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino Indian
    fila india, single file
    ♦ Locuciones: familiar hacer el indio, to play the fool
    ' indio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    india
    English:
    Indian
    - nan bread
    - native
    - yokel
    * * *
    indio, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [nativo] Indian
    2. [de India] Indian
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [nativo] Indian;
    Esp Fam
    hacer el indio to play the fool;
    CSur Fam
    se le subió el indio, le salió el indio he flew off the handle
    indio americano Native American
    2. [de India] Indian
    3. RP [niño travieso] rascal
    4. Carib, Méx [gallo] = dark red cockerel with a black chest
    ♦ nm
    Quím indium
    * * *
    I adj Indian
    II m, india f Indian;
    hacer el indio fam clown around fam, play the fool fam
    * * *
    indio, - dia adj
    1) : American Indian, Indian, Amerindian
    2) : Indian (from India)
    indio, - dia n
    1) : American Indian
    2) : Indian (from India)
    * * *
    indio adj n Indian

    Spanish-English dictionary > indio

  • 18 invento

    m.
    invention.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: inventar.
    * * *
    1 invention
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino invention

    no le creas, son puros inventos — don't believe him, it's pure fabrication o invention

    * * *
    Ex. The patent abstract is a concise statement of the technical disclosure of the patent and must emphasize that which is new in the context of the invention.
    * * *
    masculino invention

    no le creas, son puros inventos — don't believe him, it's pure fabrication o invention

    * * *

    Ex: The patent abstract is a concise statement of the technical disclosure of the patent and must emphasize that which is new in the context of the invention.

    * * *
    invention
    son inventos tuyos you've made it all up
    no le creas, son puros inventos don't believe him, it's sheer fabrication o invention
    * * *

    Del verbo inventar: ( conjugate inventar)

    invento es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    inventó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    inventar    
    invento
    inventar ( conjugate inventar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹aparato/sistema› to invent

    b) ‹juego/palabra› to make up, invent;

    ‹cuento/excusa/mentira› to make up
    invento sustantivo masculino
    invention
    inventar verbo transitivo
    1 (un objeto, una técnica) to invent
    2 (excusa, mentira) to make up, concoct
    invento sustantivo masculino invention
    ' invento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    idear
    - patente
    - patentado
    - patentar
    English:
    antiaging
    - brainchild
    - concoct
    - invention
    - neat
    - nifty
    * * *
    1. [invención] invention
    Esp Fam un invento del tebeo Br a Heath Robinson invention, US a Rube Goldberg invention
    2. [mentira] lie, fib
    3. Comp
    Esp Fam
    fastidiarse el invento: con esta lluvia se ha fastidiado el invento, ya no podemos salir de excursión this rain has really gone and messed things up, we can't go on that trip now
    * * *
    m invention
    * * *
    invención: invention
    * * *
    invento n invention

    Spanish-English dictionary > invento

  • 19 provinciano

    • country boy
    • country bumpkin
    • country cousin
    • haymaking
    • haystack
    • hiccough
    • hick town
    • hilarity
    • hillbilly music
    • provincial
    • rube
    • yachtswoman
    • yahooism
    • yoke together
    • yokemate

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > provinciano

  • 20 tubo oscilante

    m.
    oscillating rube, oscillating arm, oscillating tube.

    Spanish-English dictionary > tubo oscilante

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