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1 profano
adj.profane, worldly, irreligious.f. & m.1 lay person, non-specialist.2 layman.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: profanar.* * *► adjetivo1 (no sagrado) profane, secular2 (no experto) lay► nombre masculino,nombre femenino\ser profano,-a en la materia to know nothing about the subject* * *profano, -a1. ADJ1) (=laico) profane, secular2) (=irrespetuoso) irreverent3) (=no experto) lay, uninitiated; (=ignorante) ignorantsoy profano en música — I don't know anything about music, I'm a layman when it comes to music
4) (=deshonesto) indecent, immodest2.SM / F (=inexperto) layman/laywoman; (=ajeno) outsider* * *I- na adjetivo1)a) ( no sagrado) <escritor/música> secular, profane (frml); < fiesta> secularb) ( antirreligioso) profane (frml), irreverent2) ( no especializado)II- na masculino, femenino1) (Relig) (m) layman; (f) laywoman2) ( no especialista) non-specialist* * *= layman [laymen, -pl.], outsider, lay, lay person [layperson], unholy, pedestrian.Ex. Mechanization may yet force the issue, especially in the scientific field; whereupon scientific jargon would become still less intelligible to the layman.Ex. If we look at a totally different sort of book, romantic fiction, we find here a form of novel which, to the outsider who has never read one of them, may seem to be endlessly repetitious.Ex. Most public libraries in western countries are under local control and the smaller the local government unit, the more all embracing is the lay, and therefore uninformed, control.Ex. This is an evaluative tool which brings lay people together with experts, under pressure of limited time, for study of specific problems.Ex. The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.Ex. The article 'Modems: an overview for the pedestrian' offers help in selecting a modem for a personal computer.----* profano en la materia = non-scholar.* representación de personas profanas en la materia = lay representation.* * *I- na adjetivo1)a) ( no sagrado) <escritor/música> secular, profane (frml); < fiesta> secularb) ( antirreligioso) profane (frml), irreverent2) ( no especializado)II- na masculino, femenino1) (Relig) (m) layman; (f) laywoman2) ( no especialista) non-specialist* * *= layman [laymen, -pl.], outsider, lay, lay person [layperson], unholy, pedestrian.Ex: Mechanization may yet force the issue, especially in the scientific field; whereupon scientific jargon would become still less intelligible to the layman.
Ex: If we look at a totally different sort of book, romantic fiction, we find here a form of novel which, to the outsider who has never read one of them, may seem to be endlessly repetitious.Ex: Most public libraries in western countries are under local control and the smaller the local government unit, the more all embracing is the lay, and therefore uninformed, control.Ex: This is an evaluative tool which brings lay people together with experts, under pressure of limited time, for study of specific problems.Ex: The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.Ex: The article 'Modems: an overview for the pedestrian' offers help in selecting a modem for a personal computer.* profano en la materia = non-scholar.* representación de personas profanas en la materia = lay representation.* * *A1 (no sagrado) ‹escritor/música› secular, profane ( frml); ‹fiesta› secular2 (antirreligioso) profane, irreverentB(no especializado): soy profano en la materia I'm not an expert on the subjectmasculine, feminineB (no especialista) non-specialistsu nombre no dice demasiado a los profanos his name doesn't mean much to the non-specialist o the layperson o the layman* * *
Del verbo profanar: ( conjugate profanar)
profano es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
profanó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
profanar
profano
profanar ( conjugate profanar) verbo transitivo ‹templo/sepultura› to desecrate, defile
profano◊ -na adjetivo
1
‹ fiesta› secular
2 ( no especializado):
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
1 (Relig) (m) layman;
(f) laywoman
2 ( no especialista) non-specialist
profanar verbo transitivo to desecrate
profano,-a
I adjetivo
1 (no sacro) profane, secular
2 (no experto) ignorant, lay
II sustantivo masculino y femenino layperson
(hombre) layman
(mujer) laywoman
' profano' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
profana
- temporal
English:
lay
- profane
- secular
* * *profano, -a♦ adj1. [no sagrado] profane, secular;literatura/música profana secular literature/music2. [ignorante] ignorant, uninitiated;soy profano en la materia I'm a layman when it comes to that subject, I know nothing about the subject♦ nm,flayman, f laywoman;soy un profano en cuestiones de economía I'm a layman when it comes to economics, I know nothing about economics* * *I adj figlay atrII m layman* * *profano, -na adj1) : profane2) : worldly, secularprofano, -na n: nonspecialist
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