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  • 81 adivino

    f. & m.
    1 fortuneteller, diviner, seer, fortune-teller.
    2 thought reader, mind reader.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: adivinar.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 fortune-teller
    * * *
    adivino, -a
    SM / F fortune-teller
    * * *
    - na masculino, femenino fortune-teller
    * * *
    = guesser, fortune teller, seer, diviner.
    Ex. The article has the title 'From smart guesser to smart navigator: changes in collection development for research libraries in a network environment'.
    Ex. The technique of cold reading is used by fortune tellers, astrologers, & others who wish to convince their clients of their capabilities to divine true character = La técnica de la lectura en frío es usada por adivinos, astrólogos y otros que desean convencer a sus clientes de sus capacidades para adivinar su verdadero carácter.
    Ex. This service provides Web access to selected extracts from the writings and sayings of various spiritual leaders, saints, seers, mystics and scholars.
    Ex. Healers and diviners are apprenticed to their elders to learn a great wealth of communal and esoteric knowledge.
    * * *
    - na masculino, femenino fortune-teller
    * * *
    = guesser, fortune teller, seer, diviner.

    Ex: The article has the title 'From smart guesser to smart navigator: changes in collection development for research libraries in a network environment'.

    Ex: The technique of cold reading is used by fortune tellers, astrologers, & others who wish to convince their clients of their capabilities to divine true character = La técnica de la lectura en frío es usada por adivinos, astrólogos y otros que desean convencer a sus clientes de sus capacidades para adivinar su verdadero carácter.
    Ex: This service provides Web access to selected extracts from the writings and sayings of various spiritual leaders, saints, seers, mystics and scholars.
    Ex: Healers and diviners are apprenticed to their elders to learn a great wealth of communal and esoteric knowledge.

    * * *
    adivino -na
    masculine, feminine
    fortune-teller
    * * *

    Del verbo adivinar: ( conjugate adivinar)

    adivino es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    adivinó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    adivinar    
    adivino
    adivinar ( conjugate adivinar) verbo transitivo
    a) (por conjeturas, al azar) to guess


    verbo intransitivo
    to guess
    adivino
    ◊ -na sustantivo masculino, femenino

    fortune-teller
    adivinar verbo transitivo
    1 (descubrir por conjeturas) to guess: dime qué te pasa, no puedo adivinarte el pensamiento, tell me what's wrong, I can't read your mind
    2 (mediante la magia) to predict, foretell
    adivino,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino fortune-teller

    ' adivino' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    adivina
    - intención
    - vidente
    English:
    fortuneteller
    - soothsayer
    - fortune
    * * *
    adivino, -a nm,f
    fortune-teller;
    no soy adivino I'm not psychic
    * * *
    m, adivina f fortune teller
    * * *
    adivino, -na n
    : fortune-teller

    Spanish-English dictionary > adivino

  • 82 autoridad civil

    (n.) = civil authority, city authority
    Ex. Power takes many forms -- wealth, armaments, civil authority etc., it is entropic, and in the community it exists in a basic equilibrium.
    Ex. Moreover, it frees them from the fear that if they rattle the cages of city authorities they will be accused of biting the hand that feeds them.
    * * *
    (n.) = civil authority, city authority

    Ex: Power takes many forms -- wealth, armaments, civil authority etc., it is entropic, and in the community it exists in a basic equilibrium.

    Ex: Moreover, it frees them from the fear that if they rattle the cages of city authorities they will be accused of biting the hand that feeds them.

    Spanish-English dictionary > autoridad civil

  • 83 bien común, el

    (n.) = common good, the, common wealth, the
    Ex. How agreeable life could be if only people would stop mistrusting each other and learn to work for the common good instead of for their own personal aggrandizement.
    Ex. Masons perceived themselves as engaged in the creation of a new man possessing the traits necessary for the maintenance of the social order and the improvement of the common wealth.

    Spanish-English dictionary > bien común, el

  • 84 con astucia

    = by cunning, astutely, slyly, shrewdly, cannily
    Ex. He is a systematic 'sweater' who sucks wealth from toiling crowds by cunning and by stealth.
    Ex. One must choose the time to suggest a book to children astutely.
    Ex. The author suggests slyly that, while word processors may have increased writing speed, they cannot ensure improved writing quality.
    Ex. Libraries will have to select shrewdly a complement of formats that address the varying uses library patrons have for information.
    Ex. The author cannily exploits significant binary oppositions -- masculine/feminine, public/private.
    * * *
    = by cunning, astutely, slyly, shrewdly, cannily

    Ex: He is a systematic 'sweater' who sucks wealth from toiling crowds by cunning and by stealth.

    Ex: One must choose the time to suggest a book to children astutely.
    Ex: The author suggests slyly that, while word processors may have increased writing speed, they cannot ensure improved writing quality.
    Ex: Libraries will have to select shrewdly a complement of formats that address the varying uses library patrons have for information.
    Ex: The author cannily exploits significant binary oppositions -- masculine/feminine, public/private.

    Spanish-English dictionary > con astucia

  • 85 gastronómico

    adj.
    gastronomic, gastronomical, gourmet.
    * * *
    1 gastronomic, gastronomical
    * * *
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo gastronomic
    * * *
    = gastronomical, gastronomic.
    Ex. It is a delectable opportunity to introduce a patron to the writings of a favorite author, such as M. Fisher, whose works, one hopes, will delight the patron both for their gastronomical tours de force as well as for the unforgettable anecdotes.
    Ex. On the international travellers' menu, Lausanne is a veritable gastronomic destination, offering a truly exceptional wealth of good eateries.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo gastronomic
    * * *
    = gastronomical, gastronomic.

    Ex: It is a delectable opportunity to introduce a patron to the writings of a favorite author, such as M. Fisher, whose works, one hopes, will delight the patron both for their gastronomical tours de force as well as for the unforgettable anecdotes.

    Ex: On the international travellers' menu, Lausanne is a veritable gastronomic destination, offering a truly exceptional wealth of good eateries.

    * * *
    gastronomic
    * * *
    gastronómico, -a adj
    gastronomic
    * * *
    adj gastronomic
    * * *
    gastronómico, -ca adj
    : gastronomic

    Spanish-English dictionary > gastronómico

  • 86 gente trabajadora

    (n.) = toiling crowd, working people
    Ex. He is a systematic 'sweater' who sucks wealth from toiling crowds by cunning and by stealth.
    Ex. The author examines the social and architectural history of the industrial estate, using evidence from the experiences of working people.
    * * *
    (n.) = toiling crowd, working people

    Ex: He is a systematic 'sweater' who sucks wealth from toiling crowds by cunning and by stealth.

    Ex: The author examines the social and architectural history of the industrial estate, using evidence from the experiences of working people.

    Spanish-English dictionary > gente trabajadora

  • 87 holgazán

    adj.
    lazy, bum, slothful, do-nothing.
    m.
    loafer, bum, dawdler, do-nothing.
    * * *
    1 idle, lazy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 lazybones, layabout
    * * *
    (f. - holgazana)
    noun
    * * *
    holgazán, -ana
    1.
    ADJ idle, lazy
    2.
    SM / F idler, loafer, layabout *
    * * *
    I
    - zana adjetivo lazy
    II
    - zana masculino, femenino idler, lazybones (colloq)
    * * *
    = bum, shiftless, lazybones, layabout, idler.
    Ex. Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.
    Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex. Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.
    Ex. There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.
    Ex. This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.
    * * *
    I
    - zana adjetivo lazy
    II
    - zana masculino, femenino idler, lazybones (colloq)
    * * *
    = bum, shiftless, lazybones, layabout, idler.

    Ex: Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.

    Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex: Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.
    Ex: There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.
    Ex: This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.

    * * *
    lazy
    es muy holgazán he's very lazy, he's bone-idle ( BrE)
    masculine, feminine
    idler, lazybones ( colloq)
    * * *

    holgazán
    ◊ - zana adjetivo

    lazy
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    idler, lazybones (colloq)
    holgazán,-ana
    I adjetivo lazy, idle
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino lazybones inv, layabout

    ' holgazán' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    holgazana
    - señorito
    - vaga
    - vago
    - atorrante
    - cómodo
    - golfo
    - huevón
    - patán
    - perezoso
    English:
    bum
    - do-nothing
    - idle
    * * *
    holgazán, -ana
    ♦ adj
    idle, lazy
    ♦ nm,f
    layabout, lazybones
    * * *
    m idler
    * * *
    holgazán, - zana adj, mpl - zanes : lazy
    holgazán, - zana n, mpl - zanes haragán: slacker, idler
    * * *
    holgazán adj lazy [comp. lazier; superl. laziest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > holgazán

  • 88 pasar el tiempo libre

    (v.) = spend + Posesivo + leisure, spend + Posesivo + leisure time
    Ex. By contrast, other quite literate people prefer to spend their leisure watching television, listening to the radio, going to the cinema or any of a hundred other forms of recreation.
    Ex. All the glamour, prestige and indeed wealth make the capital of Britain a hugely attractive place to visit, spend leisure time and do business.
    * * *
    (v.) = spend + Posesivo + leisure, spend + Posesivo + leisure time

    Ex: By contrast, other quite literate people prefer to spend their leisure watching television, listening to the radio, going to the cinema or any of a hundred other forms of recreation.

    Ex: All the glamour, prestige and indeed wealth make the capital of Britain a hugely attractive place to visit, spend leisure time and do business.

    Spanish-English dictionary > pasar el tiempo libre

  • 89 bien común

    m.
    public interest, common weal, well-being, commonweal.
    * * *
    common good
    * * *
    el bien común
    (n.) = common good, the, common wealth, the

    Ex: How agreeable life could be if only people would stop mistrusting each other and learn to work for the common good instead of for their own personal aggrandizement.

    Ex: Masons perceived themselves as engaged in the creation of a new man possessing the traits necessary for the maintenance of the social order and the improvement of the common wealth.

    Spanish-English dictionary > bien común

  • 90 a hurtadillas

    adv.
    stealthily, on the sly, by stealth, on the quiet.
    * * *
    stealthily, on the sly
    * * *
    = surreptitiously, by stealth, stealthily, furtively, on the sly
    Ex. List prices were not in practice always maintained, for many booksellers would surreptitiously give a discount rather than lose a sale.
    Ex. He is a systematic 'sweater' who sucks wealth from toiling crowds by cunning and by stealth.
    Ex. It is contended that adoption policies have encouraged nondisclosure of information by gay men & lesbians, & surrogacy arrangements are often handled stealthily.
    Ex. Seditious books continued to appear, nevertheless, both from secret presses in England moving furtively from hideout to hideout.
    Ex. True, you may not see many boys and girls openly holding hands or kissing but many affairs are conducted on the sly.
    * * *
    = surreptitiously, by stealth, stealthily, furtively, on the sly

    Ex: List prices were not in practice always maintained, for many booksellers would surreptitiously give a discount rather than lose a sale.

    Ex: He is a systematic 'sweater' who sucks wealth from toiling crowds by cunning and by stealth.
    Ex: It is contended that adoption policies have encouraged nondisclosure of information by gay men & lesbians, & surrogacy arrangements are often handled stealthily.
    Ex: Seditious books continued to appear, nevertheless, both from secret presses in England moving furtively from hideout to hideout.
    Ex: True, you may not see many boys and girls openly holding hands or kissing but many affairs are conducted on the sly.

    Spanish-English dictionary > a hurtadillas

  • 91 ansia de saber

    Ex. Here is an institution which knows, neither rank nor wealth within its walls, which stops the ignorant peer or the ignorant monarch at its threshold, and declines to unveil to him its treasures, or to waste time upon him, and yet welcomes the workman according to his knowledge or thirst for knowledge.
    * * *

    Ex: Here is an institution which knows, neither rank nor wealth within its walls, which stops the ignorant peer or the ignorant monarch at its threshold, and declines to unveil to him its treasures, or to waste time upon him, and yet welcomes the workman according to his knowledge or thirst for knowledge.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ansia de saber

  • 92 deseo por aprender

    Ex. Here is an institution which knows, neither rank nor wealth within its walls, which stops the ignorant peer or the ignorant monarch at its threshold, and declines to unveil to him its treasures, or to waste time upon him, and yet welcomes the workman according to his knowledge or thirst for knowledge.
    * * *

    Ex: Here is an institution which knows, neither rank nor wealth within its walls, which stops the ignorant peer or the ignorant monarch at its threshold, and declines to unveil to him its treasures, or to waste time upon him, and yet welcomes the workman according to his knowledge or thirst for knowledge.

    Spanish-English dictionary > deseo por aprender

  • 93 disponer de fondos

    (v.) = dispose of + funds
    Ex. CRG has always remained an amateur organization in the sense that it does not dispose of large funds, and its members are actuated by enthusiasm for the subject rather than by the hope of wealth.
    * * *
    (v.) = dispose of + funds

    Ex: CRG has always remained an amateur organization in the sense that it does not dispose of large funds, and its members are actuated by enthusiasm for the subject rather than by the hope of wealth.

    Spanish-English dictionary > disponer de fondos

  • 94 economía basada en el conocimiento

    Ex. A knowledge driven economy is one in which the generation and exploitation of knowledge plays the predominant part in the creation of wealth.
    * * *

    Ex: A knowledge driven economy is one in which the generation and exploitation of knowledge plays the predominant part in the creation of wealth.

    Spanish-English dictionary > economía basada en el conocimiento

  • 95 jornalero

    m.
    day laborer, field hand, workman, laborer.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 day labourer
    * * *
    (f. - jornalera)
    noun f.
    * * *
    jornalero, -a
    SM / F (day) labourer, (day) laborer (EEUU)
    * * *
    - ra masculino, femenino day laborer*
    * * *
    = labourer [laborer, -USA], seasonal worker, seasonal farmworker, farm labourer, farm worker.
    Ex. Special colleges were established offering technical and practical programs for farmers and laborers.
    Ex. These people are seasonal workers who are here on a temporary work permit and who should be leaving at the end of their legal contract.
    Ex. Results indicate that untreated dental decay is significant among seasonal farmworkers who seek care at this dental clinic.
    Ex. Despite these hardships, farm laborers enjoy their work since they like to be outdoors near plants and animals.
    Ex. In rural areas, too, great variations in wealth exist side by side, from affluent farmers and landowners on the one hand, to extremely low-paid farm workers on the other.
    ----
    * jornalero agrícola = farm labourer, farm worker.
    * * *
    - ra masculino, femenino day laborer*
    * * *
    = labourer [laborer, -USA], seasonal worker, seasonal farmworker, farm labourer, farm worker.

    Ex: Special colleges were established offering technical and practical programs for farmers and laborers.

    Ex: These people are seasonal workers who are here on a temporary work permit and who should be leaving at the end of their legal contract.
    Ex: Results indicate that untreated dental decay is significant among seasonal farmworkers who seek care at this dental clinic.
    Ex: Despite these hardships, farm laborers enjoy their work since they like to be outdoors near plants and animals.
    Ex: In rural areas, too, great variations in wealth exist side by side, from affluent farmers and landowners on the one hand, to extremely low-paid farm workers on the other.
    * jornalero agrícola = farm labourer, farm worker.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    day laborer*
    * * *

    jornalero
    ◊ -ra sustantivo masculino, femenino

    day laborer( conjugate laborer)

    ' jornalero' also found in these entries:
    English:
    casual
    - farmhand
    - farmlabourer
    - hired hand
    * * *
    jornalero, -a nm,f
    day labourer
    * * *
    m, jornalera f day laborer, Br
    day labourer
    * * *
    jornalero, -ra n
    : day laborer
    * * *
    jornalero n casual labourer

    Spanish-English dictionary > jornalero

  • 96 labrador

    m.
    1 Labrador retriever, Labrador.
    2 Labrador retriever.
    3 farm laborer, farmer, peasant, plowman.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 farmer
    * * *
    (f. - labradora)
    noun
    peasant, farmer
    * * *
    SM (Geog) Labrador
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino (Agr) ( propietario) farmer; ( trabajador) farmworker
    * * *
    = Labrador retriever, farm labourer, farm worker.
    Ex. The final necropsy diagnoses were compared among 1,206 golden retrievers, boxers, German shepherd dogs, Labrador retrievers, and rottweilers.
    Ex. Despite these hardships, farm laborers enjoy their work since they like to be outdoors near plants and animals.
    Ex. In rural areas, too, great variations in wealth exist side by side, from affluent farmers and landowners on the one hand, to extremely low-paid farm workers on the other.
    ----
    * perro labrador = Labrador retriever.
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino (Agr) ( propietario) farmer; ( trabajador) farmworker
    * * *
    = Labrador retriever, farm labourer, farm worker.

    Ex: The final necropsy diagnoses were compared among 1,206 golden retrievers, boxers, German shepherd dogs, Labrador retrievers, and rottweilers.

    Ex: Despite these hardships, farm laborers enjoy their work since they like to be outdoors near plants and animals.
    Ex: In rural areas, too, great variations in wealth exist side by side, from affluent farmers and landowners on the one hand, to extremely low-paid farm workers on the other.
    * perro labrador = Labrador retriever.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    A ( Agr)
    1 (propietario) farmer
    2 (trabajador) farmworker, farmhand
    B (perro) labrador
    * * *

    labrador
    ◊ - dora sustantivo masculino, femenino (Agr) ( propietario) farmer;


    ( trabajador) farmworker
    labrador,-ora sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 (dueño de sus tierras) farmer
    2 (asalariado) farm worker
    ' labrador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    labradora
    English:
    labourer
    - labrador
    - plow
    * * *
    Labrador
    * * *
    m, labradora f farm worker
    * * *
    : farmer
    * * *
    1. (granjero) farmer
    2. (empleado) farm worker

    Spanish-English dictionary > labrador

  • 97 monarca

    f. & m.
    monarch, king, crowned head, sovereign.
    m.
    monarch.
    * * *
    1 monarch
    * * *
    noun mf.
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino y femenino monarch
    * * *
    Ex. Here is an institution which knows, neither rank nor wealth within its walls, which stops the ignorant peer or the ignorant monarch at its threshold, and declines to unveil to him its treasures, or to waste time upon him, and yet welcomes the workman according to his knowledge or thirst for knowledge.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino monarch
    * * *

    Ex: Here is an institution which knows, neither rank nor wealth within its walls, which stops the ignorant peer or the ignorant monarch at its threshold, and declines to unveil to him its treasures, or to waste time upon him, and yet welcomes the workman according to his knowledge or thirst for knowledge.

    * * *
    monarch
    * * *

    monarca sustantivo masculino y femenino
    monarch
    monarca mf monarch
    ' monarca' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    soberana
    - soberano
    - absoluto
    - reinar
    - rey
    English:
    monarch
    - reigning
    - rule
    - ruling
    * * *
    monarch
    monarca absoluto absolute monarch
    * * *
    m monarch
    * * *
    monarca nmf
    : monarch
    * * *
    monarca n monarch

    Spanish-English dictionary > monarca

  • 98 bracero

    m.
    1 day laborer.
    2 wetback(emigrant). ( Latin American Spanish)
    * * *
    1 labourer (US laborer)
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Agr) (=jornalero) farmhand, farm labourer o (EEUU) laborer
    2) (=peón) labourer, laborer (EEUU), navvy
    3)
    * * *
    - ra masculino, femenino temporary farm worker
    * * *
    = farm labourer, farm worker.
    Ex. Despite these hardships, farm laborers enjoy their work since they like to be outdoors near plants and animals.
    Ex. In rural areas, too, great variations in wealth exist side by side, from affluent farmers and landowners on the one hand, to extremely low-paid farm workers on the other.
    * * *
    - ra masculino, femenino temporary farm worker
    * * *
    = farm labourer, farm worker.

    Ex: Despite these hardships, farm laborers enjoy their work since they like to be outdoors near plants and animals.

    Ex: In rural areas, too, great variations in wealth exist side by side, from affluent farmers and landowners on the one hand, to extremely low-paid farm workers on the other.

    * * *
    bracero -ra
    masculine, feminine
    temporary farm worker, seasonal farm laborer*
    * * *

    bracero
    ◊ -ra sustantivo masculino, femenino

    temporary farm worker

    * * *
    1. [jornalero] day labourer
    2. Am wetback, = illegal Mexican immigrant in the US
    * * *
    m, bracera f agricultural laborer, Br
    farm labourer
    * * *
    bracero, -ra n
    : migrant worker, day laborer

    Spanish-English dictionary > bracero

  • 99 hacendado

    adj.
    landed, owning real estate, propertied.
    f. & m.
    landowner, country gentleman, farm owner, gentleman farmer.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: hacendar.
    * * *
    1→ link=hacendar hacendar
    1 landed
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 landowner
    * * *
    hacendado, -a
    1.
    ADJ landed, property-owning
    2.
    SM / F (=propietario) [de tierras] landowner; LAm [de ganado] rancher; Caribe [de ingenio] sugar-plantation owner
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo landowning (before n)
    II
    - da masculino, femenino landowner, owner of a ranch (o farm etc)
    * * *
    = well-housed, landowner.
    Ex. This class is conservative in politics, aristocratic in social affairs, and characteristically well-bred, well-educated, well-housed, and well-heeled.
    Ex. In rural areas, too, great variations in wealth exist side by side, from affluent farmers and landowners on the one hand, to extremely low-paid farm workers on the other.
    ----
    * familia hacendada = landholding family.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo landowning (before n)
    II
    - da masculino, femenino landowner, owner of a ranch (o farm etc)
    * * *
    = well-housed, landowner.

    Ex: This class is conservative in politics, aristocratic in social affairs, and characteristically well-bred, well-educated, well-housed, and well-heeled.

    Ex: In rural areas, too, great variations in wealth exist side by side, from affluent farmers and landowners on the one hand, to extremely low-paid farm workers on the other.
    * familia hacendada = landholding family.

    * * *
    hacendado1 -da
    ‹familia› landowning ( before n)
    las clases hacendadas the landed o landowning classes
    hacendado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    landowner, owner of a ranch ( o farm etc)
    * * *

    hacendado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    landowning ( before n)
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    landowner, owner of a ranch (o farm etc)
    hacendado,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino landowner, (de explotación agrícola) planter
    (de explotación ganadera) cattle rancher

    ' hacendado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    hacendada
    English:
    farmer
    - rancher
    * * *
    hacendado, -a
    ♦ adj
    landowning;
    una familia hacendada a family of landowners
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [terrateniente] landowner
    2. CSur [ganadero] rancher
    * * *
    I adj land-owning
    II m, hacendada f land-owner
    * * *
    hacendado, -da n
    : landowner

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacendado

  • 100 zángano

    adj.
    loafing, bum, gadabout.
    m.
    1 loafer, idler.
    2 drone, drone honey bee, male of the honeybee.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (insecto) drone
    * * *
    zángano, -a
    1. SM / F
    1) * (=holgazán) idler, slacker
    2) * (=pícaro) rogue
    3) * (=pesado) bore
    2.
    SM (=insecto) drone
    * * *
    - na masculino, femenino
    1) (fam) ( persona) lazybones (colloq)
    2) zángano masculino ( abeja) drone
    * * *
    = drone, lazybones, layabout, idler.
    Ex. Consider the question, 'Where can I find out about Drones?'.
    Ex. Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.
    Ex. There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.
    Ex. This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.
    * * *
    - na masculino, femenino
    1) (fam) ( persona) lazybones (colloq)
    2) zángano masculino ( abeja) drone
    * * *
    = drone, lazybones, layabout, idler.

    Ex: Consider the question, 'Where can I find out about Drones?'.

    Ex: Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.
    Ex: There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.
    Ex: This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    A ( fam) (persona) lazybones ( colloq), layabout ( colloq), lazy bum (sl)
    B
    * * *

    zángano
    ◊ -na sustantivo masculino, femenino

    1 (fam) ( persona) lazybones (colloq)
    2
    ◊ zángano sustantivo masculino ( abeja) drone

    zángano,-a
    I m Zool (de una colmena) drone
    II m,f fam (persona) idler, slacker, lazybones inv
    ' zángano' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    zángana
    English:
    drone
    * * *
    zángano, -a
    ♦ nm,f
    Fam [persona] lazy oaf, idler
    ♦ nm
    [abeja] drone
    * * *
    m ZO drone; fig fam
    lazybones sg
    * * *
    : drone, male bee

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