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1 stale
A adj1 ( old) [bread, cake, biscuit] rassis ; [beer] éventé ; [cheese] desséché ; [air, odour] vicié ; the smell of stale cigarette smoke l'odeur de cigarette refroidie ; the food is stale la nourriture n'est pas fraîche ; to go stale [bread] se rassir ; the loaf has gone stale le pain est rassis ; to taste stale [beer] être éventé ; [cheese] être desséché ; to smell stale [room, house] sentir le renfermé ;2 ( hackneyed) [jokes, ideas, vocabulary] éculé ; [style, ideal, convention] usé ; stale news des nouvelles qui n'en sont pas ;3 ( tired) [player, performer] usé ; to feel stale se sentir usé ; to get stale in a job s'user dans un travail ; their marriage had gone stale leur mariage avait perdu de son charme ;B vi [pleasure, delight] s'affadir ; [pastime] perdre son charme. -
2 stale
adjectivealt; muffig; abgestanden [Luft]; alt[backen] [Brot]; schal [Bier, Wein usw.]; (fig.) abgedroschen [Witz, Trick]; überholt [Nachricht]* * *[steil]2) (no longer interesting: His ideas are stale and dull.) abgestanden3) (no longer able to work etc well because of too much study etc: If she practises the piano for more than two hours a day, she will grow stale.) verbraucht* * *stale1[steɪl]I. adjtheir relationship had become \stale and predictable ihre Beziehung ist fade und langweilig geworden\stale air muffige [o verbrauchte] Luft\stale bread altbackenes Brot\stale cigarette smoke kalter Zigarettenrauch2. (unoriginal) fantasielos\stale idea abgegriffene Idee fam\stale joke abgedroschener Witzto be \stale news [bereits] allseits bekannt sein3. (without zest) abgestumpftI'm feeling \stale and played-out ich fühle mich schlapp und ausgebranntto get \stale abstumpfento go \stale stumpfsinnig werden5. STOCKEX lustlosII. vt▪ to \stale sth etw schal werden lassenIII. vi schal werdenstale2[steɪl]I. vi harnen* * *[steɪl]adj (+er)1) (= old, musty) alt; cake trocken; bread, biscuit altbacken; (in smell) muffig; water, beer, wine abgestanden, schal; air verbraucht; cigarette smoke kalt2) (fig) news veraltet; joke abgedroschen; idea abgegriffen; athlete, pianist etc ausgepumpt, verbrauchtto be stale (person) — alles nur noch routinemäßig machen
to become stale (relationship) — an Reiz verlieren; (situation) langweilig werden
don't let yourself get stale — pass auf, dass du nicht in Routine verfällst
* * *stale1 [steıl]A adj (adv stalely)1. alt (Ggs frisch), besondersa) schal, abgestanden (Bier etc)b) alt(backen) (Brot etc)c) schlecht, verdorben (Nahrungsmittel)2. schal (Gefühl, Geruch, Geschmack etc)3. verbraucht, muffig (Luft)4. fig fad, abgedroschen, (ur)alt (Witz etc)b) eingerostet umg, aus der Übung (gekommen)B v/i schal etc werdenC v/t schal machenstale2 [steıl] ZOOLA v/i urinieren (Vieh), (Pferd auch) stallenB s Urin m* * *adjectivealt; muffig; abgestanden [Luft]; alt[backen] [Brot]; schal [Bier, Wein usw.]; (fig.) abgedroschen [Witz, Trick]; überholt [Nachricht]* * *adj.abgestanden adj.altbacken adj.fad adj.schal adj. -
3 stale
steil1) ((of food etc) not fresh and therefore dry and tasteless: stale bread.)2) (no longer interesting: His ideas are stale and dull.)3) (no longer able to work etc well because of too much study etc: If she practises the piano for more than two hours a day, she will grow stale.)stale adj duro / pasadotr[steɪl]1 (food - gen) no fresco,-a, pasado,-a; (- bread, cake) duro,-a; (tobacco) rancio,-a; (wine, beer) picado,-a4 (person) quemado,-a, cansado,-a, harto,-astale bread: pan durostale news: viejas noticiasadj.• añejo, -a adj.• duro, -a adj.• fiambre adj.• manido, -a adj.• mohoso, -a adj.• pasado, -a adj.• rancio, -a adj.• trasnochado, -a adj.• viciado, -a adj.steɪladjective staler, stalesta) < bread> no fresco, añejo (fam); ( hard) duro; <butter/cheese> rancio; < beer> pasado; < air> viciado[steɪl]1. ADJ(compar staler) (superl stalest)1) (=not fresh) [cheese, butter, sweat, cigarette smoke] rancio; [breath] maloliente; [air] viciado; [biscuit, beer] pasado; [cake] seco; [bread] correoso; (=hard) duroto go stale — [biscuit, beer] pasarse; [cake] secarse; [bread] ponerse correoso; (=become hard) ponerse duro
to have gone stale — (lit) estar pasado
2) (fig) [news, joke] viejo; [idea] marchitotheir relationship had become stale — la relación se había estancado or anquilosado
to get or become stale — [person] estancarse, anquilosarse
I'm getting stale — me estoy estancando or anquilosando
2.VI liter [relationship, author, writing] quedarse estancado or anquilosado; [pleasures] perder la frescura liter* * *[steɪl]adjective staler, stalest
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