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1 ocioso
adj.1 idle, inactive, otiose.El hombre está ocioso The man is idle.2 unoccupied, free.El baño está ocioso The restroom is unoccupied [free].3 pointless.4 wasted.m.idler.* * *► adjetivo1 (desocupado) idle2 (innecesario) pointless, useless► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 idler* * *ADJ1) [persona] idle2) (=inútil) [acto] useless, pointless; [promesa] idle, empty* * *- sa adjetivoa) [ESTAR] ( inactivo) idleb) [SER] (inútil, innecesario) pointless* * *= idle, idler.Ex. And there is an unfortunate implication in the way some people talk about reading which suggests that it is a substitute for action, a pastime that decorates the idle margins of the serious business of living.Ex. This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.* * *- sa adjetivoa) [ESTAR] ( inactivo) idleb) [SER] (inútil, innecesario) pointless* * *= idle, idler.Ex: And there is an unfortunate implication in the way some people talk about reading which suggests that it is a substitute for action, a pastime that decorates the idle margins of the serious business of living.
Ex: This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.* * *ocioso -sa1 [ ESTAR] (inactivo) idleno deja ocioso su dinero he doesn't leave his money doing nothing o lying idleuna vida ociosa y regalada a life of idleness and luxuryexpropiaron los terrenos ociosos they expropriated the land that was not being used o that was being left idle2 [ SER] (inútil, innecesario) pointlessresulta or es ocioso volver a repetirlo there is no point in o it's pointless o it's a waste of time repeating it* * *
ocioso
ocioso,-a adjetivo
1 (inactivo) idle
2 (sin razón de ser) pointless
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- ociosa
* * *ocioso, -a♦ adj1. [inactivo] idle2. [inútil] pointless;un comentario ocioso a pointless o an idle remark;volver a analizar las razones resultaba un ejercicio ocioso analysing the reasons again was a pointless exercise;es ocioso repetirlo there's no point in repeating it♦ nm,fidler* * *adj idle* * *ocioso, -sa adj1) inactivo: idle, inactive2) inútil: pointless, useless
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