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1 clown
► nombre masculino (pl clowns)1 clown* * *[klawn]SM (pl clowns) [klawn] clown* * *['klaun]* * *['klaun]* * */ˈklaun/clown* * *
clown /'klaun/ sustantivo masculino (pl
' clown' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
mamarracho
- nacer
- payasada
- payaso
- amenizar
- bufón
- disforzarse
- ganso
- lesear
- majadero
- monerías
- payasear
- pendejear
English:
clown
- clown around
- delight
* * *clown -
2 payaso
adj.clownish.m.clown, patch, joker, buffoon.* * *► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (artista de circo) clown2 familiar joker\hacer el payaso familiar to clown around* * *payaso, -aSM / F clown (tb fig)* * *- sa masculino, femeninoa) (Espec) clownhacer or hacerse el payaso — to clown around (colloq)
b) ( persona - cómica) clown, comedian; (- poco seria) joker (colloq & pej)* * *= clown, buffoon, joker.Ex. The article 'Every picture tells a story' describes a new labelling system for the categorisation of library materials which includes a star-shaped badge for Westerns, a flower for gardening and plants, a tank for war, and a clown's face for 'funny stories'.Ex. It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.Ex. However, it is concluded that sociology's role as an 'undisciplined joker' in the scientific realm may itself have value.* * *- sa masculino, femeninoa) (Espec) clownhacer or hacerse el payaso — to clown around (colloq)
b) ( persona - cómica) clown, comedian; (- poco seria) joker (colloq & pej)* * *= clown, buffoon, joker.Ex: The article 'Every picture tells a story' describes a new labelling system for the categorisation of library materials which includes a star-shaped badge for Westerns, a flower for gardening and plants, a tank for war, and a clown's face for 'funny stories'.
Ex: It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.Ex: However, it is concluded that sociology's role as an 'undisciplined joker' in the scientific realm may itself have value.* * *payaso -samasculine, feminine1 ( Espec) clownhacer or hacerse el payaso to clown around ( colloq)* * *
payaso◊ -sa sustantivo masculino, femeninoa) (Espec) clown;◊ hacer(se) el payaso to clown around (colloq)
(— poco seria) joker (colloq & pej)
payaso sustantivo masculino clown
' payaso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
nacer
- amenizar
- entretener
- maroma
English:
buffoon
- clown
- clown around
- delight
* * *payaso, -a♦ adjFam Pey¡no seas payaso! stop clowning o fooling around!♦ nm,f1. [de circo] clown2. Fam Pey [poco serio]¡mi profesor es un payaso! my teacher is a clown!, my teacher is always clowning around!* * *m, payasa f clown* * *payaso, -sa n: clown* * *payaso n clown -
3 payasear
v.1 to monkey around, to camp it up, to clown about, to clown.2 to clown at.Te payasea el alumno The student clowns at you.* * *VI LAm to clown around* * *verbo intransitivo (AmL fam) to clown around (colloq)* * *= fool around.Ex. For those professional fools, the clowns, fooling around is serious business.* * *verbo intransitivo (AmL fam) to clown around (colloq)* * *= fool around.Ex: For those professional fools, the clowns, fooling around is serious business.
* * *payasear [A1 ]vi* * *
payasear ( conjugate payasear) verbo intransitivo (AmL fam) to clown around (colloq)
' payasear' also found in these entries:
English:
clown
* * *payasear viAm Fam to clown o fool around* * *v/i L.Am.clown around* * *payasear vi: to clown around -
4 payasada
f.1 piece of clowning (graciosa).hacer payasadas to clown around2 ludicrous thing to say/do (grotesca).* * *1 buffoonery, clowning2 familiar silly thing, stupid thing* * *SF clownish trick, stunt; pey ridiculous thing (to do)pl payasadas clowning sing ; (Teat) slapstick sing, knockabout humour sing, knockabout humor sing (EEUU)* * *1) ( bufonada)deja de hacer payasadas — stop clowning around o acting the clown (colloq)
2) (Chi fam)a) ( tontería) stupid thing to say/dob) ( cosa) thingamajig (colloq)* * *= slapstick, charade.Ex. Young children like slapstick, then change to a more subtle humour.Ex. Political parties happily play along with this charade because it enables them to look like they care about the planet.----* hacer payasadas = fool around.* * *1) ( bufonada)deja de hacer payasadas — stop clowning around o acting the clown (colloq)
2) (Chi fam)a) ( tontería) stupid thing to say/dob) ( cosa) thingamajig (colloq)* * *= slapstick, charade.Ex: Young children like slapstick, then change to a more subtle humour.
Ex: Political parties happily play along with this charade because it enables them to look like they care about the planet.* hacer payasadas = fool around.* * *Ala asamblea fue una verdadera payasada the meeting was a complete farce1 (tontería) stupid thing to say/doson puras payasadas that's utter nonsense¿cómo se abre esta payasada? how does this thingamajig o what-d'you-call-it open? ( colloq)* * *
payasada sustantivo femenino
1 ( bufonada):◊ deja de hacer payasadas stop clowning around o acting the clown (colloq)
2 (fam)
payasada f loc hacer payasadas, to clown around o to play the fool
* * *payasada nf1. [graciosa] piece of clowning;hacer payasadas to clown o fool around2. [grotesca]eso que has dicho/hecho es una payasada what you said/did is ludicrous* * *payasada nfbufonada: antic, buffoonery* * *payasada n1. (hecho) antic2. (dicho) joke -
5 lesear
v.to clown around, to fool around.* * *verbo intransitivo (Chi fam) ( tontear) to clown o fool around (colloq); ( bromear) to joke (colloq); ( flirtear) to flirt; ( perder el tiempo) to laze around* * *verbo intransitivo (Chi fam) ( tontear) to clown o fool around (colloq); ( bromear) to joke (colloq); ( flirtear) to flirt; ( perder el tiempo) to laze around* * *lesear [A1 ]vilo dijo por lesear he was only joking o only being funny o just fooling3 (flirtear) to flirt4 (perder el tiempo) to do nothing, laze around* * *
lesear ( conjugate lesear) verbo intransitivo (Chi fam) ( tontear) to clown o fool around (colloq);
( bromear) to joke (colloq);
( flirtear) to flirt;
( perder el tiempo) to laze around
* * *lesear viChile Fam1. [hacer tonterías] to clown around2. [decir tonterías] to talk nonsense o Br rubbish3. [perder el tiempo] to fart around -
6 tonto
adj.1 silly, dull, empty-headed, foolish.2 silly, footling, foolish.3 useless, dumb.4 stupefied.m.fool, blockhead, dunce, idiot.* * *► adjetivo1 silly, stupid, US dumb■ ¡qué idea más tonta! what a stupid idea!► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 fool, idiot\a tontas y a locas without rhyme or reasonhacer el tonto / hacer la tonta to act the foolhacerse el tonto / hacerse la tonta to play dumbponerse tonto,-a familiar to get stroppytonto,-a de remate / tonto,-a de capirote familiar prize idiotun,-a tonto,-a del bote familiar a right berk, a real twerp* * *1. (f. - tonta)noun2. (f. - tonta)adj.foolish, stupid* * *tonto, -a1. ADJ1) [persona]a) (=bobo) [dicho con afecto] silly; [dicho con enfado] stupidvenga, vente con nosotros, ¡no seas tonto! — come on, come with us, don't be silly!
¡qué tonto soy! — how silly o stupid of me!
¿tú te has creído que yo soy tonto?, ¿me tomas por tonto? — do you think I'm stupid?
b) [poco inteligente] stupid¡y parecía tonto! — and we thought he was stupid!
a lo tonto —
¿para qué esforzarse a lo tonto? — why go to all that trouble for nothing?
y a lo tonto, a lo tonto, se le pasó la mitad del día — and before he knew it, half the day had slipped by
a tontas y a locas —
piénsalo bien, no quiero que actúes/hables a tontas y a locas — think carefully, don't just do/say the first thing that comes into your head
esos jóvenes sin seso que solo hablan a tontas y a locas — these silly youngsters who chatter away without even thinking what they're saying
c) (=insolente) silly¡si te pones tonto no te vuelvo a traer al cine! — if you start being silly I won't take you to the cinema again!
d) (=torpe)hoy se me olvida todo, estoy como tonto — I keep forgetting things today, I'm out of it *
dejar a algn tonto — Esp to leave sb speechless
e) (=presumido) stuck-up *f) (Med) imbecilepelo 8)2) [risa, frase, accidente] silly¡qué fallo más tonto! — it was a really silly mistake!
caja 1)me pilló en una hora tonta y le presté el dinero — I wasn't thinking at that moment and I lent him the money
2. SM / F1) idiotsoy un tonto, ¡nunca debí haberla escuchado! — I'm such an idiot, I should never have listened to her!
allí estaba, riéndome como una tonta — there I was, laughing like an idiot
2) (Med) imbecile3. SM1) (Circo, Teat) clown, funny man* * *I- ta adjetivo1)a) [SER] < persona> ( falto de inteligencia) stupid, dumb (colloq); ( ingenuo) sillyfui tan tonto como para decirle que sí — I was stupid o foolish enough to say yes
b) [ESTAR] ( intratable) difficult, silly; ( disgustado) upsetdejar tonto a alguien — (Esp fam) to leave somebody speechless
hacer tonto a alguien — (Chi fam) to fool somebody
2) <excusa/error/historia> sillyIIhacer el tonto — ( hacer payasadas) to play o act the fool; ( actuar con necedad) to make a fool of oneself
hacerse el tonto — to act dumb
* * *= fool, witless, bonehead, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], imbecile, cretin, lemon, airheaded, duffer, drongo, schmuck, schmo, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.Ex. She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.Ex. The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.Ex. The article 'Book pricing: economics of a goofy business' examines briefly the economics of the book publishing process from the viewpoint of the book wholesaler.Ex. The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.Ex. Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.Ex. The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.Ex. Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.Ex. Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.Ex. This team of schmoes is capable of anything.Ex. States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.Ex. Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.Ex. She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.Ex. I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.Ex. And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.----* a tontas y a ciegas = headlong, runaway.* a tontas y locas = like there's no tomorrow, without rhyme or reason.* chica bonita y tonta = bimbo.* chiste tonto para desternillarse = knee slapper.* chiste tonto pero gracioso = knee slapper.* como un tonto = stupidly, foolishly.* guaperas tonto = himbo.* hacer el tonto = fool around, horse around/about.* hacerse el tonto = act + dumb.* no tener un pelo de tonto = there are no flies (on/about) + Pronombre.* risa tonta = giggle.* risita tonta = giggle.* rubia tonta = dumb blonde.* típica rubia tonta = bimbo.* típico guaperas tonto = himbo.* tonto de capirote = blockhead, prize idiot.* tonto del bote = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, as daft as a brush, bonehead, birdbrain, knucklehead.* tonto del bote, tonto de remate, tonto del culo, tonto perdido, chiflado per = knucklehead.* tonto del cullo = arsehole [asshole, -USA].* tonto del culo = mug, prick, as daft as a brush, prize idiot, knucklehead.* tonto del pueblo, el = village fool, the.* tonto de marca mayor = prize idiot.* tonto de remate = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, prize idiot, knucklehead.* tonto genio = idiot savant.* tonto perdido = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, knucklehead.* tontos /tarea de tontos = fool's errand.* * *I- ta adjetivo1)a) [SER] < persona> ( falto de inteligencia) stupid, dumb (colloq); ( ingenuo) sillyfui tan tonto como para decirle que sí — I was stupid o foolish enough to say yes
b) [ESTAR] ( intratable) difficult, silly; ( disgustado) upsetdejar tonto a alguien — (Esp fam) to leave somebody speechless
hacer tonto a alguien — (Chi fam) to fool somebody
2) <excusa/error/historia> sillyIIhacer el tonto — ( hacer payasadas) to play o act the fool; ( actuar con necedad) to make a fool of oneself
hacerse el tonto — to act dumb
* * *= fool, witless, bonehead, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], imbecile, cretin, lemon, airheaded, duffer, drongo, schmuck, schmo, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
Ex: She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.Ex: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.Ex: The article 'Book pricing: economics of a goofy business' examines briefly the economics of the book publishing process from the viewpoint of the book wholesaler.Ex: The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.Ex: Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.Ex: The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.Ex: Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.Ex: Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.Ex: This team of schmoes is capable of anything.Ex: States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.Ex: Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.Ex: She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.Ex: I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.Ex: And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.* a tontas y a ciegas = headlong, runaway.* a tontas y locas = like there's no tomorrow, without rhyme or reason.* chica bonita y tonta = bimbo.* chiste tonto para desternillarse = knee slapper.* chiste tonto pero gracioso = knee slapper.* como un tonto = stupidly, foolishly.* guaperas tonto = himbo.* hacer el tonto = fool around, horse around/about.* hacerse el tonto = act + dumb.* no tener un pelo de tonto = there are no flies (on/about) + Pronombre.* risa tonta = giggle.* risita tonta = giggle.* rubia tonta = dumb blonde.* típica rubia tonta = bimbo.* típico guaperas tonto = himbo.* tonto de capirote = blockhead, prize idiot.* tonto del bote = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, as daft as a brush, bonehead, birdbrain, knucklehead.* tonto del bote, tonto de remate, tonto del culo, tonto perdido, chiflado per = knucklehead.* tonto del cullo = arsehole [asshole, -USA].* tonto del culo = mug, prick, as daft as a brush, prize idiot, knucklehead.* tonto del pueblo, el = village fool, the.* tonto de marca mayor = prize idiot.* tonto de remate = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, prize idiot, knucklehead.* tonto genio = idiot savant.* tonto perdido = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, knucklehead.* tontos /tarea de tontos = fool's errand.* * *A¡pero qué tonto eres! ¿de verdad te lo has creído? you idiot! did you really believe it?mírala … y parecía tonta look at her, and we thought she was stupid!no seas tonta, aprovecha ahora que puedes don't be silly! make the most of it while you cany él fue tan tonto como para decirle que sí and he was stupid o dumb o foolish enough to say yes2 [ ESTAR] (travieso) difficult, silly; (disgustado) upsetno me hagas caso, hoy estoy tonta don't take any notice of me, I'm in a funny mood todayse pone muy tonto siempre que hay visita he gets really silly o difficult when there are visitorsa lo tonto: a lo tonto, a lo tonto lleva ya ganados varios millones he's won several million just like that o without even tryinglo dijo a lo tonto y resulta que acertó it was a wild guess o he said it without thinking and it turned out to be righthablas a lo tonto you're talking through your hata tontas y a locas without thinkinggasta el dinero a tontas y a locas she spends money like there's no tomorrow ( colloq)ser más tonto que Abundio or que hecho de encargo or que una mata de habas ( Esp fam); to be as dumb as they come ( colloq), to be daft as a brush ( BrE colloq)B ‹excusa/error/historia› sillyfue una caída de lo más tonta pero ya ves, me rompí el tobillo it was such a silly o ridiculous fall but, as you see, I broke my anklemasculine, feminineeres un tonto por haberte dejado engañar así you're an idiot o a fool to let yourself be taken in like thathacer el tonto (hacer payasadas) to play o act the fool, to fool o clown around; (actuar con necedad) to make a fool of oneselfhacerse el tonto to act dumbno te hagas la tonta, que sabes muy bien de lo que estoy hablando you know very well what I'm talking about so don't pretend you don't o so don't act dumble gusta/gustaba más que a un tonto una tiza or un lápiz or un palo ( Esp fam); he is/was crazy o nuts about it ( colloq)Compuestos:prize idiot, utter foolvillage idiotidealistic puppet o stooge* * *
tonto◊ -ta adjetivo
1
( ingenuo) silly
( disgustado) upset
2 ‹excusa/error/historia› silly
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( falto de inteligencia) idiot, dummy (colloq);
( ingenuo) idiot, fool;
( actuar con necedad) to make a fool of oneself;◊ hacerse el tonto to act dumb
tonto,-a
I adjetivo silly, familiar dumb: ¿cómo pude ser tan tonto?, how could I be so stupid?
fue lo bastante tonto como para decirle la verdad, he was foolish enough to tell him the truth
una observación tonta, a trivial remark
II sustantivo masculino y femenino fool, idiot, familiar dummy
hacer el tonto, to play the fool
hacerse el tonto, to play dumb
tonto de remate, prize idiot
' tonto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bobalicón
- bobalicona
- boluda
- boludo
- burrada
- capirote
- definitivamente
- fatua
- fatuo
- hacer
- hombre
- manteca
- pelo
- perdida
- perdido
- remate
- simple
- tarugo
- todavía
- tonta
- tratar
- asno
- baboso
- gana
- ganso
- huevón
- idiota
- imbécil
- lelo
- lerdo
- mongólico
- necio
- pavo
- pendejo
- salame
- soquete
- tontear
- tontería
- zanahoria
English:
act
- asinine
- clot
- clown around
- dim
- do
- dozy
- dumb
- fool
- goof
- help
- idiotic
- lark about
- lark around
- mess about
- mess around
- muck about
- muck around
- need
- play
- prize
- silly
- soft-headed
- such
- thing
- daft
- foolish
- kind
- know
- stupid
- that
* * *tonto, -a♦ adj1. [persona] [estúpido] stupid;[menos fuerte] silly;pero ¿seré tonto? otra vez me he vuelto a confundir I must be stupid or something, I've gone and got it wrong again;nos toman por tontos they think we're idiots;¿estás tonto? ¿para qué me pegas? don't be stupid! what are you hitting me for?;no seas tonto, no hay por qué preocuparse don't be silly, there's no need to worry;ser más tonto que Abundio to be as thick as two short planks2. [retrasado mental] dim, backward3.[arrogante] to get awkward, Br to get stroppyponerse tonto [pesado, insistente] to be difficult;4. [sin sentido] [risa] mindless;[esfuerzo] pointless;fue una caída tonta it was so silly, falling over like that;a lo tonto: lo perdí a lo tonto I stupidly lost it;me tropecé a lo tonto I tripped over like an idiot;me he ido haciendo con una extensa colección de sellos a lo tonto I've built up a sizeable stamp collection without hardly realizing it♦ nm,fidiot;los listos y los tontos de la clase the bright ones and the dim ones in the class;el tonto del pueblo the village idiot;hacer el tonto [juguetear] to mess around;[no actuar con inteligencia] to be stupid o foolish;estoy haciendo el tonto intentando convencerle I'm wasting my time trying to convince him;hacerse el tonto to act innocent;a tontas y a locas without thinkingtonto útil useful idiot* * *I adj silly, foolishII m, tonta f fool, idiot;haba fam complete idiot;tonto del pueblo village idiot;hacer el tonto play the fool;hacerse el tonto act dumb fam ;a tontas y a locas in a slapdash way* * *tonto, -ta adj1) : dumb, stupid2) : silly3)a tontas y a locas : without thinking, haphazardlytonto, -ta n: fool, idiot* * *¡qué fallo más tonto! what a stupid mistake!tonto2 n fool / idiot -
7 relajo
m.1 disorder, confusion.2 debauchery.3 moral decline.4 big party, jamboree, shindy.5 peace and quiet, tranquility, peacefulness.El relajo de las montañas The peace and quiet on the mountains...6 fun person, laugh.7 troublemaker, agitator, brawler, instigator.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: relajar.* * *1 (descanso) relaxation, rest; (tranquilidad) peace2 (falta de orden) relaxed attitude3 (immoralidad) depravity, dissoluteness* * *SM LAm1) (=libertinaje) laxity, dissipation, depravity; (=indecencia) lewdness2) (=acción inmoral) immoral act; (=acto indecente) indecent act3) (=ruido) row, din; (=fiesta) lewd party; (=desorden) commotion, disorder; (=lío) fuss, row¡qué relajo! — what a row/mess!
4) (=burla) rude joke; (=trastada) practical joke; (=escarnio) derision5) * (=relajación) relaxation; (=descanso) rest, break6) Méx (=opción fácil) easy ride, soft option* * *1) ( de la moral) decline2) (esp Esp fam)a) ( relax)b) ( falta de seriedad) slack o lax attitude3) (AmL fam) (desorden, confusión)esa clase es un relajo — that class is bedlam o mayhem (colloq)
armar relajo — (AmL fam) ( jugar) to clown around (colloq); ( alborotarse) to kick up a din (colloq)
4) (Méx fam)a) ( persona divertida) laugh (colloq)de relajo — (Méx fam) for a laugh (colloq)
echar relajo — (Méx fam) to clown around (colloq)
b) ( persona problemática) troublemaker* * *1) ( de la moral) decline2) (esp Esp fam)a) ( relax)b) ( falta de seriedad) slack o lax attitude3) (AmL fam) (desorden, confusión)esa clase es un relajo — that class is bedlam o mayhem (colloq)
armar relajo — (AmL fam) ( jugar) to clown around (colloq); ( alborotarse) to kick up a din (colloq)
4) (Méx fam)a) ( persona divertida) laugh (colloq)de relajo — (Méx fam) for a laugh (colloq)
echar relajo — (Méx fam) to clown around (colloq)
b) ( persona problemática) troublemaker* * *A ( esp Esp) (tranquilidad) peace, peacefulnessel relajo de la sierra the peace o peacefulness of the mountainsB1 (de la moral) decline2(falta de rigor): en ese departamento se toman las cosas con mucho relajo they are far too easygoing in that departmentClas calles están hechas un relajo it's absolute chaos in the streetscon tanto relajo vas a despertar al bebé you'll wake the baby up with that commotion o ( AmE) ruckus ( colloq)armar relajo ( AmL fam) (jugar) to clown around ( colloq) (alborotarse) to kick up a din ( colloq), to create a ruckus ( AmE colloq)Deres un relajo you're such a laugh2 (persona problemática) troublemakerno te metas con él que es un relajo don't get involved with him, he's trouble o he's a troublemakerlo hicimos de puro relajo we only did it for a laugh o for a bit of funcon ese imbécil no me caso ni de relajo I wouldn't marry that idiot if you paid me, there's no way I'd marry that idiot ( colloq)* * *
Del verbo relajar: ( conjugate relajar)
relajo es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
relajó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
relajar
relajo
relajar ( conjugate relajar) verbo transitivo ‹músculo/persona/mente› to relax
verbo intransitivo [ejercicio/música] to be relaxing
relajarse verbo pronominal
1
(tras período de tensión, mucho trabajo) to relax, unwind
[ ambiente] to become more relaxed
2 ( degenerar) [costumbres/moral] to decline
relajo sustantivo masculino
1 ( de la moral) decline
2 (esp Esp fam) ( relax):◊ ¡qué relajo! how relaxing!
3
relajar verbo transitivo
1 (los músculos, la mente) to relax
2 (una ley, una norma) to relax
* * *relajo nmpasamos unos días de relajo en la playa we had a restful few days at the seasideesta mesa es un relajo this table is a complete mess;tiene un relajo en la cabeza he doesn't know whether he's coming or going;relajo pero con orden it's OK to be relaxed about things, but only up to a point3. Méx, RP [complicación] nuisance, hassle;aquí hacer cualquier trámite es un relajo going through any official procedure here is a hassle4. CAm, Carib, Méx [broma] joke;Méxechar relajo to fool around* * *m1 C.Am., Méxuproar2 ( relajación) relaxation* * *relajo nm1) : commotion, ruckus2) : joke, laughlo hizo de relajo: he did it for a laugh -
8 ganso
adj.1 clumsy, klutzy, sloppy.2 lazy, do-nothing.3 stupid, dumb, dimwit.m.1 goose, gander.2 clumsy oaf, klutz.* * *► nombre masculino,nombre femenino2 (gandul) lazy oaf3 (torpe) dimwit, fool, idiot4 (bromista) clown, prankster► adjetivo1 (gandul) slow, lazy2 (torpe) dim3 (bromista) fond of joking\hacer el ganso familiar to play the fool¡no seas ganso! don't be an idiot!ganso bravo / ganso salvaje wild goosepaso de ganso MILITAR goose-step* * *(f. - gansa)noun* * *ganso, -a1. ADJ *1) (=grande) huge, hefty2) (=gandul) lazy3) (=estúpido) idiotic; pey (=bromista) play-acting¡no seas ganso! — don't be an idiot!
4) (=atractivo) hunky *, dishy *pasta 5)2.SM / F * (=torpe) idiot, dimwit *; (=rústico) country bumpkin, hick (EEUU) *3.SM (=ave) [gen] goose; (=macho) gander* * *I II- sa masculino, femenino1) (Zool) (m) goose, gander; (f) goose2) (fam)a) ( persona torpe) oaf (colloq)b) ( holgazán) slob (colloq)c) ( tonto) clown (colloq)* * *1 = gander, goose [geese, -pl.].Ex. The disease was accompanied by a drop in weight of the affected ganders, though no deaths of birds were recorded.Ex. So, the search retrieves 'goose,' 'geese,' and 'guise,' as well as the acronyms 'gise' and 'gse'.* * *I II- sa masculino, femenino1) (Zool) (m) goose, gander; (f) goose2) (fam)a) ( persona torpe) oaf (colloq)b) ( holgazán) slob (colloq)c) ( tonto) clown (colloq)* * *ganso22 = dishy [dishier -comp., dishiest -sup.].Ex: By chance, Giselle meets dishy divorce lawyer Robert Philip and his young daughter who are captivated by her sweetness and innocence.
1 = gander, goose [geese, -pl.].Ex: The disease was accompanied by a drop in weight of the affected ganders, though no deaths of birds were recorded.
Ex: So, the search retrieves 'goose,' 'geese,' and 'guise,' as well as the acronyms 'gise' and 'gse'.* * *( fam)2 (holgazán) lazy, idlemasculine, feminineB ( fam)2 (holgazán) lazy slob ( colloq)C* * *
ganso◊ -sa sustantivo masculino, femenino
1 (Zool) (m) goose, gander;
(f) goose
2 (fam)
ganso,-a
I sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 Zool goose
(macho) gander
2 familiar dimwit
hacer el ganso, to play the fool
II adj fam
1 (persona) dumb, stupid
2 (objeto) huge: les costó una pasta gansa, it cost them a fortune
' ganso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
gansa
- graznar
- graznido
English:
goose
- gander
- quill
* * *ganso, -a♦ adjFam1. [alto] tall2. [grande] huge, enormous;Espme costó una pasta gansa it cost me a fortune o an arm and a leg♦ nm,f1. [ave] [hembra] goose;[macho] gander ganso de las nieves snow goose;ganso del Nilo Egyptian goosehacer el ganso to clown around♦ nmVen rump (steak)* * *m ZO goose; macho gander* * *ganso, -sa n1) : goose, gander m2) : idiot, fool* * * -
9 pendejear
v.1 to mess about or around (informal). (Mexican Spanish)2 to mess with.Me pendejea Ricardo Ricardo messes with me.3 to act the fool, to clown, to mess around, to naff.* * *verbo intransitivo (Méx fam) to clown around (colloq)pendejearla — (Méx) to blow it (colloq)
* * *verbo intransitivo (Méx fam) to clown around (colloq)pendejearla — (Méx) to blow it (colloq)
* * *pendejear [A1 ]vi* * *
pendejear ( conjugate pendejear) verbo intransitivo (Méx fam) to clown around (colloq)
* * *pendejear viMéx Fam to mess about o around -
10 gansada
f.1 silly thing (informal).2 silly thing to say, daft thing to do, silly joke, silly thing to do.* * *1 familiar silly thing to say, silly thing to do* * *femenino (fam)a) ( dicho)b) ( acto)hacer gansadas — to clown around (colloq)
* * *femenino (fam)a) ( dicho)b) ( acto)hacer gansadas — to clown around (colloq)
* * *( fam)12* * *
gansada f fam silly thing to say o do
* * *gansada nfFam [acto, dicho]hacer gansadas to clown around;no digas gansadas don't talk nonsense* * *f fampiece of nonsense;decir gansadas talk nonsense* * *gansada nf: silly thing, nonsense -
11 loquear
v.1 to act the fool, to talk nonsense.2 to rejoice, to exult, to revel, to frolic.* * *1.verbo intransitivo (AmL fam) to lark about (colloq), to horse o clown around (colloq)2.loquearse v pron (Per fam) to go crazy o around the bend (colloq)* * *1.verbo intransitivo (AmL fam) to lark about (colloq), to horse o clown around (colloq)2.loquearse v pron (Per fam) to go crazy o around the bend (colloq)* * *loquear [A1 ]vi* * *loquear viAm Fam to fool around* * *v/i L.Am.horse around -
12 disforzarse
verbo pronominal (Per fam) to clown around* * *verbo pronominal (Per fam) to clown around* * *disforzarse [ A11 ]* * *
disforzarse ( conjugate disforzarse) verbo pronominal (Per fam) to clown around
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13 monerías
femenino plural (fam)hacer monerías — ( tontear) to mess around (colloq); ( hacer payasadas) to monkey o clown around (colloq)
* * *femenino plural (fam)hacer monerías — ( tontear) to mess around (colloq); ( hacer payasadas) to monkey o clown around (colloq)
* * *
monerías sustantivo femenino plural (fam):
( hacer payasadas) to monkey o clown around (colloq)
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14 gansear
v.to play the fool, to goof around, to act the fool, to clown around.* * *1 to do silly things, say silly things* * *gansear [A1 ]vi( fam)1 (decir tonterías) to talk nonsense, talk through one's hat ( colloq)* * *gansear viFam [hacer tonterías] to clown around; [decir tonterías] to talk nonsense -
15 pavear
1. VT1) And (=asesinar) to kill treacherously2. VI2) Cono Sur * [enamorados] to whisper sweet nothings3) And * (=hacer novillos) to play truant, play hooky (EEUU) ** * *verbo intransitivo (fam)a) (RPl) ( tontear) to clown around (colloq)b) (Chi) ( no prestar atención)iba paveando — I was daydreaming (colloq)
* * *verbo intransitivo (fam)a) (RPl) ( tontear) to clown around (colloq)b) (Chi) ( no prestar atención)iba paveando — I was daydreaming (colloq)
* * *pavear [A1 ]vi( fam)2* * *pavear viFam1. Chile, Perú [burlarse] to play a joke2. RP [hacer tonterías] to fool around, to play the fool3. Ecuad, Pan [faltar a clase] to play truant -
16 bufón
adj.buffoon, jester, clownish, zany.m.buffoon, jester.* * *► adjetivo1 buffoon► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 buffoon, jester* * *1.ADJ funny, comical2. SM1) (=payaso) clown2) ( Hist) jester* * ** * *= jester, buffoon.Ex. Dwarfs and hunchbacks were always preferred candidates for the jester role, from the Aztecs, to India, to China.Ex. It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.----* gorro de bufón = foolscap.* * ** * *= jester, buffoon.Ex: Dwarfs and hunchbacks were always preferred candidates for the jester role, from the Aztecs, to India, to China.
Ex: It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.* gorro de bufón = foolscap.* * *1 ( Hist) jester* * *
bufón sustantivo masculino (Hist) jester;
( gracioso) (fam) clown (colloq)
bufón,-ona sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 buffoon
2 pey a stupid person
' bufón' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bufona
English:
buffoon
- jester
* * *bufón nm1. [en la corte] jester2. [gracioso] clown;hacer el bufón to act the clown, to clown around* * *m buffoon, fool* * * -
17 bufonada
f.1 jape.bufonadas buffoonery2 buffoonery, jest, joke, antic.* * *1 piece of buffoonery\hacer bufonadas to clown around* * *SF1) (=comentario) jest; (=acto) piece of buffoonery2) (Teat) farce* * *femenino stupid joke* * *= slapstick.Nota: Nombre.Ex. Young children like slapstick, then change to a more subtle humour.* * *femenino stupid joke* * *= slapstick.Nota: Nombre.Ex: Young children like slapstick, then change to a more subtle humour.
* * *stupid jokese puso a hacer bufonadas he started clowning around* * *bufonada, bufonería nfjape;estamos cansados de sus bufonadas we're tired of him always acting the clown o clowning around* * *f silly joke* * *bufonada nf1) : jest, buffoonery2) : sarcasm -
18 hacerse tarugos
v.to clown around, to clown about, to clown, to monkey around. -
19 fantochada
f.crazy or mad thing.* * *1 familiar foolish act, silly thing* * *hacer fantochadas — to clown around (colloq)
* * *= swagger, bragging, boasting.Ex. The paradox is that the war that was supposed to let thenm swagger and strut in the world was actually impeding their swagger and strut in the world.Ex. Boasting is like lying because you are not telling the truth about yourself.* * *hacer fantochadas — to clown around (colloq)
* * *= swagger, bragging, boasting.Ex: The paradox is that the war that was supposed to let thenm swagger and strut in the world was actually impeding their swagger and strut in the world.
Ex: Boasting is like lying because you are not telling the truth about yourself.* * *( fam)1deja de hacer fantochadas stop clowning around ( colloq)2* * *fantochada nf2. [fanfarronada] brag -
20 macaquear
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