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1 standoffish
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3 aloof
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1. adverb(apart or at a distance from other people: I kept aloof from the whole business.) apartado, distanciado
2. adjective(not sociable and friendly: People find the new teacher rather aloof.) distante, reservadotr[ə'lʊːf]1 distante1 a distanciaaloof [ə'lu:f] adj: distante, reservadoadj.• apartado, -a adj.• reservado, -a adj.adv.• lejos adv.ə'luːfadjective <person/attitude> distante[ǝ'luːf]ADJ1) (=standoffish) [person, manner] distante2) (=uninvolved)to hold o.s. or remain or stand aloof from sb — guardar or mantener las distancias con algn, mantenerse apartado de algn
to hold o.s. or remain or stand aloof from sth — mantenerse al margen de algo
* * *[ə'luːf]adjective <person/attitude> distante -
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5 estirado
Del verbo estirar: ( conjugate estirar) \ \
estirado es: \ \el participioMultiple Entries: estirado estirar
estirado
estirar ( conjugate estirar) verbo transitivo 1 ‹cable/soga› to pull out, stretch ( con la plancha) to run the iron over 2 ‹brazos/piernas/músculo› to stretch; 3 ‹dinero/comida/recursos› to make … go further estirarse verbo pronominal to stretch
estirado,-a adj pey (persona) stiff
estirar verbo transitivo
1 (alargar, tensar) to stretch
2 (alisar) to smooth out: tienes que estirar la cama, you must straighten the covers
3 (dinero) to spin out LOC familiar: estirar la pata, to kick the bucket, bite the dust
estirar las piernas, to stretch one's legs: voy afuera a estirar las piernas un poco, I'm going outside to strech my legs a bit ' estirado' also found in these entries: Spanish: estirada English: shirt - snooty - snotty - standoffish - stiff - stiff-necked - stuffy - stuck - toffee
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standoffish — stand*off ish, stand offish stand off isha. Shy or distant in manner; cold; aloof; reserved; not friendly. Syn: offish. [PJC] {stand*off ish*ness}, n. {stand*off ish*ly}, adv. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
standoffish — index unapproachable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
standoffish — 1826, from STAND (Cf. stand) OFF (Cf. off) + ISH (Cf. ish). Verbal phrase stand off hold aloof is from c.1600. Related: Standoffishly; standoffishness … Etymology dictionary
standoffish — [adj] cold, distant aloof, antisocial, cool, eremitic, haughty, indifferent, misanthropic, reclusive, remote, reserved, solitary, unapproachable, uncompanionable, unsociable, withdrawn; concepts 401,404 Ant. friendly, sociable, warm … New thesaurus
standoffish — [stand΄ôf′ish] adj. reserved and cool; aloof standoffishly adv. standoffishness n … English World dictionary
standoffish — [staend”ofijl mod. aloof. □ Bob is sort of standoffish until he gets to know you. □ Don’t be so standoffish! Join in the fun. □ I am a standoffish guy … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
standoffish — {adj.} Stiff; aloof; reserved in manner. * /The famous chess player is hard to get to know because he is so standoffish./ … Dictionary of American idioms
standoffish — {adj.} Stiff; aloof; reserved in manner. * /The famous chess player is hard to get to know because he is so standoffish./ … Dictionary of American idioms
standoffish — adjective Aloof; reserved; unsociable and unfriendly. His initial impression was that he was a bit standoffish or not over effusive. Syn: cold, distant See Also: standoffishness … Wiktionary
standoffish — stand|off|ish [ ,stænd ɔfıʃ ] adjective a standoffish person behaves in a formal way that is not friendly because they do not want to get involved with other people … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
standoffish — adj Stiff; aloof; reserved in manner. The famous chess player is hard to get to know because he is so standoffish … Словарь американских идиом