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  • 121 ayuda económica

    f.
    1 economic aid, development aid, financial assistance.
    2 economic aid, contribution, financial support, donation.
    * * *
    (n.) = grant, financial support, fund assistance, financial assistance, grant money, cash grant
    Ex. In its early years it benefited from a variety of grants to support activities and developments, but since 1971, OCLC has been supported by membership fees and grants for specific research and development projects.
    Ex. By virtue of standing an easy first among the libraries of the region -- first in size of collection, first in financial support, and first in that mysterious quality known as 'excellence' -- Dorado was asked to assume the role.
    Ex. The benefits to be gained from using fund assistance to help with local authority capital projects on roads, drainage, industrial sites, etc., were obvious.
    Ex. The library now receives financial assistance from the local authority and the collection totals 7,000 vols.
    Ex. The article 'Who Says Money Doesn't Grow on Trees' provides information to teachers who need grant money to fund projects their schools cannot afford.
    Ex. The cash grant will be awarded based on usefulness of the project or goal to the field of study, the school, profession, or to the public.
    * * *
    (n.) = grant, financial support, fund assistance, financial assistance, grant money, cash grant

    Ex: In its early years it benefited from a variety of grants to support activities and developments, but since 1971, OCLC has been supported by membership fees and grants for specific research and development projects.

    Ex: By virtue of standing an easy first among the libraries of the region -- first in size of collection, first in financial support, and first in that mysterious quality known as 'excellence' -- Dorado was asked to assume the role.
    Ex: The benefits to be gained from using fund assistance to help with local authority capital projects on roads, drainage, industrial sites, etc., were obvious.
    Ex: The library now receives financial assistance from the local authority and the collection totals 7,000 vols.
    Ex: The article 'Who Says Money Doesn't Grow on Trees' provides information to teachers who need grant money to fund projects their schools cannot afford.
    Ex: The cash grant will be awarded based on usefulness of the project or goal to the field of study, the school, profession, or to the public.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ayuda económica

  • 122 cascarrabias

    adj.
    crabby, crotchety.
    m.&f. s&pl.
    1 grouch, misery guts.
    2 crabby person, bad-tempered person, grouch, grumpy person.
    * * *
    1 familiar grumpy person, bad-tempered person
    * * *
    SMF INV grouch *
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo invariable (fam) cantankerous, grumpy
    II
    masculino y femenino (pl cascarrabias) (fam) cantankerous o grumpy person
    * * *
    = grouchy [grouchier -comp., grouchiest -sup.], grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeon, curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], ornery, misery guts, grouch, sour puss.
    Ex. The book 'The Grouchy Ladybug' describes how a ladybug can be used to teach entomology, natural selection, comparative anatomy, food chains and symbiotic relationships.
    Ex. That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex. The most common problem suffered by curmudgeons turns out to be their circumscribed social life.
    Ex. Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex. To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex. He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex. The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex. My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex. At the other end of the scale are misery guts, who are neither happy with their job role nor their employer.
    Ex. We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    Ex. It is no fun being around you when you are being such a sour puss.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo invariable (fam) cantankerous, grumpy
    II
    masculino y femenino (pl cascarrabias) (fam) cantankerous o grumpy person
    * * *
    = grouchy [grouchier -comp., grouchiest -sup.], grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeon, curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], ornery, misery guts, grouch, sour puss.

    Ex: The book 'The Grouchy Ladybug' describes how a ladybug can be used to teach entomology, natural selection, comparative anatomy, food chains and symbiotic relationships.

    Ex: That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex: The most common problem suffered by curmudgeons turns out to be their circumscribed social life.
    Ex: Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex: To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex: He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex: The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex: My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex: At the other end of the scale are misery guts, who are neither happy with their job role nor their employer.
    Ex: We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    Ex: It is no fun being around you when you are being such a sour puss.

    * * *
    ( fam); cantankerous, grumpy
    cantankerous o grumpy person
    es un viejo cascarrabias he's a cantankerous old devil ( o sod etc) ( colloq)
    * * *

    cascarrabias adjetivo invariable (fam) cantankerous, grumpy
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (pl
    ◊ cascarrabias) grouch (colloq)

    cascarrabias
    I mf inv familiar bad-tempered person
    familiar misery
    II adjetivo grumpy: no seas cascarrabias, don't be such a misery guts o don't be such a stick in the mud

    ' cascarrabias' also found in these entries:
    English:
    grouch
    - irascible
    - crank
    * * *
    ♦ adj inv
    grouchy, cranky;
    un viejo cascarrabias an old grouch, Br an old misery-guts
    ♦ nmf inv
    grouch, Br misery-guts,
    * * *
    m/f inv fam
    grouch fam
    * * *
    cascarrabias nmfs & pl, fam : grouch, crab

    Spanish-English dictionary > cascarrabias

  • 123 el dinero no crece en los árboles

    Ex. The article 'Who Says Money Doesn't Grow on Trees' provides information to teachers who need grant money to fund projects their schools cannot afford.
    * * *

    Ex: The article 'Who Says Money Doesn't Grow on Trees' provides information to teachers who need grant money to fund projects their schools cannot afford.

    Spanish-English dictionary > el dinero no crece en los árboles

  • 124 elegante

    adj.
    1 elegant, smart (persona, ropa).
    estás muy elegante con ese vestido you look really smart in that dress
    ponte elegante, vamos a una boda make yourself smart, we're going to a wedding
    2 smart, chic (barrio, hotel, fiesta).
    3 graceful, elegant (movimiento, porte).
    4 gracious (actitud, comportamiento).
    fue un gesto poco elegante por su parte it wasn't a very gracious gesture on his part
    f. & m.
    elegant person.
    * * *
    1 elegant, smart, stylish
    * * *
    adj.
    elegant, smart
    * * *
    ADJ [gen] elegant; [traje, fiesta, tienda] fashionable, smart; [sociedad] fashionable, elegant; [decoración] tasteful; [frase] elegant, well-turned, polished
    * * *
    1)
    a) <moda/vestido> elegant, smart

    iba muy elegante — ( bien vestido) he was very well o very smartly dressed; ( garboso) he looked very elegant

    b) <barrio/restaurante/fiesta> smart, fashionable
    2) <estilo/frase> elegant, polished; < solución> elegant, neat
    * * *
    = elegant, glamorous, dashing, genteel, graceful, gracious, chic, polished, stylish, dainty [daintier -comp., daintiest -sup.], gourmet, glam, voguish, dapper, swish.
    Ex. A modern comfortable library could look like that in Berlin's Tiergarten, with its opne-air gardens, or resemble Evanston's library with its comfortable chairs and elegant (and, one hopes, safe) fireplaces.
    Ex. Service is perhaps not a very glamorous concept, but we are nevertheless a service profession = El servicio quizás no es un concepto muy atractivo, pero no obstante somos una profesión dedicada al servicio.
    Ex. Some unfortunate children grow up as readers of James Bond, of dashing thrillers and the blood-and-guts of crude war stories.
    Ex. The stereotype of the governess as exemplified in Jane Eyre -- intelligent, restrained, soberly clad -- was the predecessor of the librarian as an occupation in which the women of the period, the 'guardians of morality' could find genteel employment.
    Ex. The author who can vary his terminology to maintain the reader's interest is a handicap to the indexer, who is more concerned with the ideas conveyed than with the niceties of a graceful literary style.
    Ex. It will be necessary to be gracious when accepting what seem to be peripheral assignments from a company vice president.
    Ex. From the chic Princes Square and the monumental St Enoch Centre to the magnificent Buchanan Galleries, shopping is an essential part of the Glasgow experience.
    Ex. The consolidation of abstracts into a polished bulletin or list is usually the responsibility of information staff.
    Ex. A number of innovative initiatives have resulted in stylish new public libraries.
    Ex. They then went to a rather dainty little Italian restaurant where they ate a scrumptious meal and drank a bottle of wine.
    Ex. Several hundred fans noshed on gourmet sandwiches, pizza, pasta and fancy chips and dips.
    Ex. Ponytails are becoming glam, says the New York Times.
    Ex. Wearing a wedding gown from a charity shop is very voguish right now.
    Ex. He was looking very dapper in a pinstripe suit and tie, for some reason not sweaty and gross like everyone else.
    Ex. The entrance to the hotel is very swish and the rooms although small very well maintained and clean.
    ----
    * de un modo elegante = elegantly.
    * poco elegante = inelegant, awkward, dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.].
    * * *
    1)
    a) <moda/vestido> elegant, smart

    iba muy elegante — ( bien vestido) he was very well o very smartly dressed; ( garboso) he looked very elegant

    b) <barrio/restaurante/fiesta> smart, fashionable
    2) <estilo/frase> elegant, polished; < solución> elegant, neat
    * * *
    = elegant, glamorous, dashing, genteel, graceful, gracious, chic, polished, stylish, dainty [daintier -comp., daintiest -sup.], gourmet, glam, voguish, dapper, swish.

    Ex: A modern comfortable library could look like that in Berlin's Tiergarten, with its opne-air gardens, or resemble Evanston's library with its comfortable chairs and elegant (and, one hopes, safe) fireplaces.

    Ex: Service is perhaps not a very glamorous concept, but we are nevertheless a service profession = El servicio quizás no es un concepto muy atractivo, pero no obstante somos una profesión dedicada al servicio.
    Ex: Some unfortunate children grow up as readers of James Bond, of dashing thrillers and the blood-and-guts of crude war stories.
    Ex: The stereotype of the governess as exemplified in Jane Eyre -- intelligent, restrained, soberly clad -- was the predecessor of the librarian as an occupation in which the women of the period, the 'guardians of morality' could find genteel employment.
    Ex: The author who can vary his terminology to maintain the reader's interest is a handicap to the indexer, who is more concerned with the ideas conveyed than with the niceties of a graceful literary style.
    Ex: It will be necessary to be gracious when accepting what seem to be peripheral assignments from a company vice president.
    Ex: From the chic Princes Square and the monumental St Enoch Centre to the magnificent Buchanan Galleries, shopping is an essential part of the Glasgow experience.
    Ex: The consolidation of abstracts into a polished bulletin or list is usually the responsibility of information staff.
    Ex: A number of innovative initiatives have resulted in stylish new public libraries.
    Ex: They then went to a rather dainty little Italian restaurant where they ate a scrumptious meal and drank a bottle of wine.
    Ex: Several hundred fans noshed on gourmet sandwiches, pizza, pasta and fancy chips and dips.
    Ex: Ponytails are becoming glam, says the New York Times.
    Ex: Wearing a wedding gown from a charity shop is very voguish right now.
    Ex: He was looking very dapper in a pinstripe suit and tie, for some reason not sweaty and gross like everyone else.
    Ex: The entrance to the hotel is very swish and the rooms although small very well maintained and clean.
    * de un modo elegante = elegantly.
    * poco elegante = inelegant, awkward, dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.].

    * * *
    A
    1 ‹moda/vestido› elegant, stylish, smart
    iba muy elegante (bien vestido) he was very well o very smartly dressed; (garboso, grácil) he was very stylishly o elegantly dressed, he looked very elegant
    ¡qué elegante te has puesto! ( fam); you look smart!
    los elegantes jardines de la casa the elegantly o beautifully laid out gardens of the house
    2 ‹barrio/restaurante/fiesta› smart, fashionable, chic
    B
    1 ‹estilo› elegant, polished
    una frase muy elegante a very elegant o a well-turned phrase
    2 (generoso) ‹gesto/actitud› generous, handsome
    3 ‹solución› elegant, neat
    * * *

     

    elegante adjetivo
    1
    a) ‹moda/vestido› elegant, smart;

    ◊ iba muy elegante he was very well o very smartly dressed

    b) ‹barrio/restaurante/fiesta› smart

    2 ‹estilo/frase› elegant, polished
    elegante adjetivo elegant
    ' elegante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arreglar
    - arreglada
    - arreglado
    - arreglarse
    - bonita
    - bonito
    - sobria
    - sobrio
    - vestir
    - vestirse
    - gagá
    - pituco
    English:
    avail
    - chic
    - classy
    - dashing
    - dowdy
    - dressy
    - elegant
    - fashionable
    - fine
    - graceful
    - gracious
    - ladylike
    - posh
    - ritzy
    - sleek
    - smart
    - snappy
    - snazzy
    - swish
    - unfashionable
    - awkward
    - debonair
    - do
    - dress
    - show
    - sprawl
    - stylish
    - suave
    - trim
    * * *
    1. [en vestimenta] [persona] elegant, smart;
    [ropa, calzado] smart, elegant;
    estás muy elegante con ese vestido you look really smart in that dress;
    ir elegante to be dressed smartly;
    ¡qué elegante vas! you look smart!;
    ponte elegante, vamos a una boda make yourself smart, we're going to a wedding;
    es elegante en el vestir he dresses elegantly o smartly
    2. [lujoso] [barrio, hotel, fiesta] smart, chic;
    los elegantes bulevares parisinos the elegant boulevards of Paris
    3. [en garbo, porte] graceful, elegant
    4. [en actitud, comportamiento] gracious;
    fue un gesto poco elegante por su parte it wasn't a very gracious gesture on his part
    5. [estilo, frase] elegant
    * * *
    adj elegant, stylish
    * * *
    : elegant, smart
    * * *
    1. (persona, vestido) elegant
    2. (lugar) smart

    Spanish-English dictionary > elegante

  • 125 exhausto

    adj.
    1 exhausted, tired, tired-out, washed-out.
    2 drained, depleted, exhausted.
    * * *
    1 exhausted
    * * *
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo exhausted
    * * *
    = extinguished, washed-out, dog tired, drained.
    Ex. Was everything she learned for naught? She felt extinguished.
    Ex. He calls himself a writer but he never produces anything because he says he's always too washed-out to write.
    Ex. After all, who has not felt dog-tired and drained, sometimes for long stretches, at one time or another?.
    Ex. After all, who has not felt dog-tired and drained, sometimes for long stretches, at one time or another?.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo exhausted
    * * *
    = extinguished, washed-out, dog tired, drained.

    Ex: Was everything she learned for naught? She felt extinguished.

    Ex: He calls himself a writer but he never produces anything because he says he's always too washed-out to write.
    Ex: After all, who has not felt dog-tired and drained, sometimes for long stretches, at one time or another?.
    Ex: After all, who has not felt dog-tired and drained, sometimes for long stretches, at one time or another?.

    * * *
    exhausted
    * * *

    exhausto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    exhausted
    exhausto,-a adjetivo exhausted

    ' exhausto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cabe
    - exhausta
    - rendido
    English:
    dead
    * * *
    exhausto, -a adj
    exhausted
    * * *
    adj exhausted
    * * *
    exhausto, -ta adj
    agotado: exhausted, worn-out

    Spanish-English dictionary > exhausto

  • 126 gruñón

    adj.
    grumpy, cranky, grouchy, gruff.
    m.
    grouch, grumbler, grump, snarler.
    * * *
    1 grumbling, grumpy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 grumbler, grouch
    * * *
    gruñón, -ona
    1.
    ADJ grumpy, grumbling
    2.
    SM / F grumbler
    * * *
    I
    - ñona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq)
    II
    - ñona masculino, femenino (fam) grump (colloq), grouse (colloq)
    * * *
    = grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], curmudgeon, curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], irascible, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], ornery, misery guts, grouch, sour puss, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].
    Ex. That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex. For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex. The most common problem suffered by curmudgeons turns out to be their circumscribed social life.
    Ex. Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex. To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex. He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex. For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex. He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.
    Ex. The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex. My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex. At the other end of the scale are misery guts, who are neither happy with their job role nor their employer.
    Ex. We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    Ex. It is no fun being around you when you are being such a sour puss.
    Ex. We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.
    ----
    * vieja gruñona = grumpy old woman.
    * viejo gruñón = grumpy old man, grumpy old sod.
    * * *
    I
    - ñona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq)
    II
    - ñona masculino, femenino (fam) grump (colloq), grouse (colloq)
    * * *
    = grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], curmudgeon, curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], irascible, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], ornery, misery guts, grouch, sour puss, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].

    Ex: That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.

    Ex: For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex: The most common problem suffered by curmudgeons turns out to be their circumscribed social life.
    Ex: Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex: To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex: He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex: For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex: He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.
    Ex: The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex: My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex: At the other end of the scale are misery guts, who are neither happy with their job role nor their employer.
    Ex: We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    Ex: It is no fun being around you when you are being such a sour puss.
    Ex: We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.
    * vieja gruñona = grumpy old woman.
    * viejo gruñón = grumpy old man, grumpy old sod.

    * * *
    ( fam); grumpy ( colloq)
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); grump ( colloq), grouch ( colloq), misery ( BrE colloq), moaner ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

    gruñón
    ◊ - ñona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq)

    gruñón,-ona adjetivo grumpy

    ' gruñón' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    gruñona
    English:
    grouch
    - grouchy
    - grump
    - grumpy
    - nag
    - nagging
    * * *
    gruñón, -ona Fam
    ♦ adj
    grumpy
    ♦ nm,f
    old grump
    * * *
    I adj fam
    grumpy
    II m, gruñona f fam
    grouch fam
    * * *
    gruñón, - ñona adj, mpl gruñones fam : grumpy, crabby
    gruñón, - ñona n, mpl gruñones fam : grumpy person, nag
    * * *
    gruñón1 adj grumpy [comp. grumpier; superl. grumpiest]
    gruñón2 n moaner

    Spanish-English dictionary > gruñón

  • 127 idiota

    adj.
    1 stupid (tonto).
    2 mentally deficient (enfermo).
    3 idiot, foolish, dumb, silly.
    4 ament.
    f. & m.
    idiot.
    * * *
    1 MEDICINA idiotic
    2 familiar (tonto) stupid
    1 idiot
    \
    hacer el idiota (hacer payasadas) to be silly, fool about 2 (perder una oportunidad) to be stupid
    * * *
    1. noun mf. 2. adj.
    stupid, idiotic
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ idiotic, stupid
    2.
    SMF idiot

    ¡idiota! — you idiot!

    * * *
    I
    a) (fam) ( tonto) stupid, idiotic
    b) (Med) idiotic
    II
    masculino y femenino ( tonto) (fam) idiot, stupid fool (colloq); (Med) idiot
    * * *
    = idiot, fool, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, arse, mug, berk, prick, moron, cretin, dumbbell, asinine, lemon, airhead, airheaded, bonehead, duffer, drongo, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.
    Ex. Dykstra, M., 'PRECIS: a primer', published in 1985, offers the long-awaited ' idiot's guide' to PRECIS indexing.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.
    Ex. Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.
    Ex. The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.
    Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex. I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.
    Ex. In fact, there was little doubt in his mind that Nigel was an arse of the highest order.
    Ex. By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.
    Ex. And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.
    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. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    Ex. Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.
    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. This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.
    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. Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
    Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
    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. Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    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.
    ----
    * como un idiota = stupidly.
    * idiota genio = idiot savant.
    * * *
    I
    a) (fam) ( tonto) stupid, idiotic
    b) (Med) idiotic
    II
    masculino y femenino ( tonto) (fam) idiot, stupid fool (colloq); (Med) idiot
    * * *
    = idiot, fool, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, arse, mug, berk, prick, moron, cretin, dumbbell, asinine, lemon, airhead, airheaded, bonehead, duffer, drongo, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.

    Ex: Dykstra, M., 'PRECIS: a primer', published in 1985, offers the long-awaited ' idiot's guide' to PRECIS indexing.

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex: It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.
    Ex: Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.
    Ex: The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.
    Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex: I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.
    Ex: In fact, there was little doubt in his mind that Nigel was an arse of the highest order.
    Ex: By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.
    Ex: And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.
    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: This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    Ex: Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.
    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: This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.
    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: Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
    Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
    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: Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    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.
    * como un idiota = stupidly.
    * idiota genio = idiot savant.

    * * *
    1 ( fam) (tonto) stupid, idiotic
    me caí de la manera más idiota I had the most idiotic o stupid fall ( colloq)
    ¡no seas idiota! don't be so stupid!, don't be such an idiot!
    2 ( Med) idiotic
    1 ( fam) (tonto) idiot, stupid fool ( colloq)
    2 ( Med) idiot
    Compuesto:
    idealistic puppet o stooge
    * * *

    idiota adjetivo (fam) ( tonto) stupid, idiotic;
    ◊ ¡no seas idiota! don't be such an idiot!

    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino ( tonto) (fam) idiot, stupid fool (colloq)
    idiota
    I adjetivo idiotic, stupid
    II mf idiot, fool

    ' idiota' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    tomar
    - trompo
    - verdadera
    - verdadero
    - pedazo
    - perdido
    English:
    bozo
    - fool
    - idiot
    - idiotic
    - knob
    - make out
    - meathead
    - moron
    - nerd
    - plonker
    - right
    - some
    - inane
    - mug
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [tonto] stupid
    2. [enfermo] mentally deficient
    ♦ nmf
    1. [tonto] idiot
    2. [enfermo] idiot
    * * *
    I adj idiotic
    II m/f idiot
    * * *
    idiota adj
    : idiotic, stupid, foolish
    idiota nmf
    : idiot, foolish person
    * * *
    idiota1 adj stupid [comp. stupider; superl. stupidest]
    idiota2 n idiot

    Spanish-English dictionary > idiota

  • 128 matar el rato

    (v.) = hang around, hang about, pootle, dawdle
    Ex. His characters are gullible and easily led, dependent on the kindness of strangers and vulnerable to parasites and touts who hang around train stations and hotels.
    Ex. A new report says that we waste three hours a day faffing around, doing nothing in particular, pootling, dawdling, pottering, hanging about.
    Ex. It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.
    Ex. The title of the article is 'The challenge of the information country lane (and those who dawdle in it)'.
    * * *
    (v.) = hang around, hang about, pootle, dawdle

    Ex: His characters are gullible and easily led, dependent on the kindness of strangers and vulnerable to parasites and touts who hang around train stations and hotels.

    Ex: A new report says that we waste three hours a day faffing around, doing nothing in particular, pootling, dawdling, pottering, hanging about.
    Ex: It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.
    Ex: The title of the article is 'The challenge of the information country lane (and those who dawdle in it)'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > matar el rato

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