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  • 1 quisquilloso

    adj.
    touchy, delicate, jumpy, finicky.
    * * *
    1 finicky, fussy, touchy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 fusspot
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=susceptible) touchy, oversensitive; (=irritable) irritable; (=perfeccionista) pernickety *, persnickety (EEUU) *, choosy, fussy
    2) (=preocupado por nimiedades) too bothered about petty details
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo (meticuloso, exigente) fussy, picky (colloq); ( susceptible) touchy
    * * *
    = fastidious, nitpicking [nit-picking], irritable, fussy [fussier -comp., fussiest -sup.], quibbler, finicky [finickier -comp., finickiest -sup.], fusspot, fussbudget, picky [pickier -comp., pickiest -sup.].
    Ex. Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.
    Ex. Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.
    Ex. 'Searching' or even 'ordering' would be better, so long as we didn't imply by either of them an ' irritable reaching after fact and reason'.
    Ex. Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.
    Ex. They attacked him, not as grammarians and philologists, but as quibblers, cavillers; not with arguments, but insults.
    Ex. After all, even a healthy cat can become finicky when offered an unfamiliar meal.
    Ex. As for Steve, he traded his days as a bachelor for life with a fusspot.
    Ex. And they're playing an odd couple reminiscent of Neil Simon's classic pairing of a fussbudget and a slob.
    Ex. If by chance she gets close to a boy that she likes she suddenly get very picky and think of all his negative points.
    ----
    * ser demasiado quisquilloso = put + too fine a point on, split + hairs.
    * ser muy quisquilloso = be picky.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo (meticuloso, exigente) fussy, picky (colloq); ( susceptible) touchy
    * * *
    = fastidious, nitpicking [nit-picking], irritable, fussy [fussier -comp., fussiest -sup.], quibbler, finicky [finickier -comp., finickiest -sup.], fusspot, fussbudget, picky [pickier -comp., pickiest -sup.].

    Ex: Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.

    Ex: Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.
    Ex: 'Searching' or even 'ordering' would be better, so long as we didn't imply by either of them an ' irritable reaching after fact and reason'.
    Ex: Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.
    Ex: They attacked him, not as grammarians and philologists, but as quibblers, cavillers; not with arguments, but insults.
    Ex: After all, even a healthy cat can become finicky when offered an unfamiliar meal.
    Ex: As for Steve, he traded his days as a bachelor for life with a fusspot.
    Ex: And they're playing an odd couple reminiscent of Neil Simon's classic pairing of a fussbudget and a slob.
    Ex: If by chance she gets close to a boy that she likes she suddenly get very picky and think of all his negative points.
    * ser demasiado quisquilloso = put + too fine a point on, split + hairs.
    * ser muy quisquilloso = be picky.

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    1
    (meticuloso, exigente): es terriblemente quisquilloso y no le gusta que nadie toque sus cosas he is terribly particular and he doesn't like anyone touching his things
    ningún hotel le vino bien, es tan quisquilloso none of the hotels suited him, he's so hard to please o so choosy o so fussy
    2 (susceptible) touchy
    * * *

    quisquilloso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo (meticuloso, exigente) fussy, picky (colloq);


    ( susceptible) touchy
    quisquilloso,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 (meticuloso) fussy
    2 (suspicaz) touchy
    ' quisquilloso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    quisquillosa
    - chinche
    - fastidioso
    English:
    fussy
    - nit
    - picky
    * * *
    quisquilloso, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [detallista] pernickety
    2. [susceptible] touchy, oversensitive
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [detallista] nit-picker
    2. [susceptible] touchy person;
    ser un quisquilloso to be touchy
    * * *
    adj touchy
    * * *
    quisquilloso, -sa adj
    : fastidious, fussy
    quisquilloso, -sa n
    : fussy person, fussbudget
    * * *
    1. (exigente) fussy [comp. fussier; superl. fussiest]
    2. (susceptible) touchy [comp. touchier; superl. touchiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > quisquilloso

  • 2 necio

    adj.
    silly, ignorant, stupid, foolish.
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    1 stupid
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 imbecile, idiot
    * * *
    necio, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=tonto) foolish, stupid
    2) Méx (=terco) stubborn, pig-headed
    3) And (=displicente) peevish
    4) And, Caribe, Cono Sur (=quisquilloso) touchy, hypersensitive
    5) CAm [enfermedad] hard to shake off
    2.
    SM / F fool
    * * *
    - cia adjetivo
    1) ( tonto) stupid
    2) (AmC, Col, Ven fam) ( travieso) naughty
    * * *
    = moron, cretin, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, airhead, airheaded, bonehead, duffer, schmuck, schmo, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.
    Ex. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    Ex. Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.
    Ex. An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
    Ex. This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.
    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. Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
    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. The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
    Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    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.
    ----
    * como un necio = stupidly.
    * * *
    - cia adjetivo
    1) ( tonto) stupid
    2) (AmC, Col, Ven fam) ( travieso) naughty
    * * *
    = moron, cretin, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, airhead, airheaded, bonehead, duffer, schmuck, schmo, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.

    Ex: This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.

    Ex: Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.
    Ex: An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
    Ex: This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.
    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: Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
    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: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
    Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    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.
    * como un necio = stupidly.

    * * *
    A (tonto) stupid, brainless ( colloq)
    B ( RPl) (susceptible) touchy
    C (AmC, Col, Ven fam) (travieso) naughty
    masculine, feminine
    el necio es atrevido y el sabio comedido fools rush in where angels fear to tread
    B ( RPl) (persona susceptible) touchy person
    C (AmC, Col, Ven fam) (travieso) naughty boy ( o child etc)
    * * *

    necio
    ◊ - cia adjetivo


    b) (AmC, Col, Ven fam) ( travieso) naughty

    necio,-a
    I adjetivo stupid, fatuous
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino stupid fool: su hermano es un necio, his brother's an idiot
    ♦ Locuciones: a palabras necias, oídos sordos, turn a deaf ear to foolish comments
    ' necio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    animal
    - burra
    - burro
    - necia
    - subnormal
    * * *
    necio, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [tonto] stupid, foolish
    2. Am [terco] stubborn, pigheaded
    3. Méx [susceptible] touchy
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [tonto] idiot, fool
    2. Am [terco] stubborn o pigheaded person;
    es un necio he's really stubborn o pigheaded
    3. Méx [susceptible] touchy person;
    es un necio he's really touchy
    * * *
    I adj brainless
    II m, necia f fool, idiot
    * * *
    necio, - cia adj
    1) : foolish, silly, dumb
    2) fam : naughty
    necio, - cia n
    estúpido: fool, idiot

    Spanish-English dictionary > necio

  • 3 недотрога

    I и разг.
    touchy person, thin-skinned person
    II бот.
    touch-me-not
    * * *
    * * *
    и touchy person, thin-skinned person
    * * *

    Новый русско-английский словарь > недотрога

  • 4 permaloso

    easily offended, touchy
    * * *
    permaloso agg. touchy; irritable: è molto permaloso, si offende per niente, he's very touchy, he gets offended for nothing.
    * * *
    [perma'loso] permaloso (-a)
    1. agg
    2. sm/f
    * * *
    [perma'loso]
    aggettivo touchy
    * * *
    permaloso
    /perma'loso/
    touchy.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > permaloso

  • 5 quisquilla

    f.
    1 shrimp (British), prawn (United States).
    2 trifle, triviality.
    * * *
    1 (camarón) (common) prawn
    2 (insignificancia) triviality, trifle
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    SF
    1) (Zool) shrimp
    2) (=nimiedad) trifle, triviality
    3) (=pega) slight snag, minor problem
    4) pl quisquillas (=sofisterías) quibbles, quibbling, hair-splitting

    ¡déjate de quisquillas! — (=no seas quisquilloso) stop fussing!; (=no protestes) stop quibbling!

    pararse en quisquillas — (=reñir) to bicker; (=protestar) to quibble

    * * *
    femenino shrimp
    * * *
    femenino shrimp
    * * *
    shrimp
    * * *
    ♦ nf
    [camarón] Br shrimp, US prawn
    ♦ nmf
    Fam [susceptible] touchy person;
    ser un quisquilla to be touchy
    * * *
    f ZO shrimp

    Spanish-English dictionary > quisquilla

  • 6 au-kvisi

    a, m. [prop. auð-kvisi, from auð, easy, and kveistinn, touchy; cp. kveisa, f. ulcus, dolor]; in old writers it is spelt with au or av, and sometimes with a double k, ökkvisi, Bs. i. 497 vellum MS. A. M. 499; auðkvisi, Ld. 236 C and the vellum MS. A. M. 122 A to Sturl. ii. 8; aukvisi, MS. 122 B; O. H. (Ed. 1853) reads aucvisi; it means a weakly, irritable, touchy person. Used esp. in the proverb, einn er au. ættar hverrar, cp. the Engl. there is a black sheep in every flock, Hkr. ii. 238: mun ek son minn láta heita Gizur; lítt hafa þeir aukvisar verit í Haukdæla ætt er svá hafa heitið hér til, Sturl. ii. 8, at the birth of earl Gizur. [The name Gizur was a famous name in this family, Gizur hviti, Gizur biskup, Gizur Hallsson, etc.]

    Íslensk-ensk orðabók > au-kvisi

  • 7 permaloso

    [perma'loso] permaloso (-a)
    1. agg
    2. sm/f

    Nuovo dizionario Italiano-Inglese > permaloso

  • 8 istrice

    m porcupine
    * * *
    istrice s.m.
    1 (zool.) (Hystrix cristata) porcupine, (amer.) hedgehog // avere barba, capelli da istrice, to have a spiky beard, spiky hair
    2 (fig.) (di persona) prickly person, touchy person.
    * * *
    ['istritʃe]
    sostantivo maschile
    1) zool. porcupine, hedgehog AE
    2) (persona scontrosa) prickly person
    * * *
    istrice
    /'istrit∫e/
    sostantivo m.
     1 zool. porcupine, hedgehog AE
     2 (persona scontrosa) prickly person.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > istrice

  • 9 goilliúnach

    adj sensitive, touchy [ person]

    Irish-English dictionary > goilliúnach

  • 10 nimhneach

    adj painful, sore, spiteful, touchy [ person

    Irish-English dictionary > nimhneach

  • 11 недоторка

    ч, ж
    touchy person, touch-me-not

    Українсько-англійський словник > недоторка

  • 12 kruidje-roer-mij-niet

    1 [plantkunde] [Impatiens noli-tangere] touch-me-not
    2 [figuurlijk] [persoon] thin-skinned/touchy person

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > kruidje-roer-mij-niet

  • 13 osuruk

    fart. -u cinli slang very touchy (person). -unu düğümlemek /ın/ slang to scare the shit out of (someone).

    Saja Türkçe - İngilizce Sözlük > osuruk

  • 14 empfindlich

    I Adj.
    1. (fein reagierend, anzeigend) Messgerät etc.: sensitive ( gegen to), delicate; Film: fast
    2. (verletzbar, leicht beschädigt, schmerzempfindlich) Haut, Zahn etc.: sensitive ( gegen to); Haut: auch delicate; Gesundheit, Stoff, Teppich etc.: delicate; Pflanze: tender, delicate; Person: (leicht gekränkt) touchy ( gegen about), (very) sensitive (about); pej. over-sensitive (about), easily offended, präd. auch quick to take offen|ce (Am. -se); (anfällig) susceptible ( gegen to); empfindliche Stelle sore spot (auch fig.), tender spot ( oder area)
    3. (stark, schwer, streng, auffallend) Kälte: severe, biting, bitter; Schmerz: sharp, severe; Mangel, Verlust(e) etc.: serious, disturbing, major; Verluste: auch heavy; Strafe etc.: severe, heavy, sharp
    II Adv.
    1. (fein) sensitively; empfindlich reagieren ( auf + Akk) react sensitively (to); auf Einflüsse: respond readily ( oder easily) (to)
    2. (verletzbar, reizbar) sensitively; pej. over-sensitively, badly; (beleidigt) touchily; pej. huffily
    3. (stark, scharf) severely, badly; empfindlich kalt bitter(ly) ( oder bitingly) cold; jemanden empfindlich treffen Bemerkung etc.: hit s.o. hard, cut s.o. to the quick, hit ( oder strike) home; sich empfindlich bemerkbar machen make one’s presence felt with a vengeance ( oder in no uncertain manner)
    * * *
    delicate; sensitive; touchy; tender; pettish; squeamish; susceptible; spiky
    * * *
    emp|fịnd|lich [ɛm'pfIntlɪç]
    1. adj
    1) sensitive (AUCH PHOT, TECH); Gesundheit, Stoff, Glas, Keramik etc delicate; (= leicht reizbar) touchy (inf), (over)sensitive

    empfindliche Stelle (lit) — sensitive spot; (fig auch) sore point

    gegen etw empfindlich sein — to be sensitive to sth

    2) (= spürbar, schmerzlich) Verlust, Kälte, Strafe, Niederlage severe; Mangel appreciable
    2. adv
    1) (= sensibel) sensitively

    empfindlich reagieren — to be sensitive (

    auf +acc to)

    wenn man ihren geschiedenen Mann erwähnt, reagiert sie sehr empfindlich — she is very sensitive to references to her ex-husband

    2) (= spürbar) severely

    deine Kritik hat ihn empfindlich getroffen — your criticism cut him to the quick (esp Brit) or bone (US)

    es ist empfindlich kalt — it is bitterly cold

    * * *
    2) (requiring special treatment or careful handling: delicate china; a delicate situation/problem.) delicate
    3) ((usually with to) strongly or easily affected (by something): sensitive skin; sensitive to light.) sensitive
    4) (suffering pain: I am still a bit sore after my operation.) sore
    5) (easily annoyed or offended: You're very touchy today; in rather a touchy mood.) touchy
    7) (sore; painful when touched: His injured leg is still tender.) tender
    8) (sensitive; easily hurt or upset: Be careful what you say - she's very thin-skinned.) thin-skinned
    * * *
    emp·find·lich
    [ɛmˈpfɪntlɪç]
    I. adj
    1. (auf Reize leicht reagierend) sensitive ( gegen + akk to)
    \empfindliche Haut delicate [or sensitive] skin
    2. FOTO (lichtempfindlich) sensitive
    \empfindlicher Film higher speed film, film with high light sensitivity
    3. (leicht verletzbar) sensitive; (reizbar) touchy, oversensitive
    jdn an seiner \empfindlichen Stelle treffen to touch sb's sore spot
    in dieser Gelegenheit ist sie sehr \empfindlich she's very touchy in this matter
    4. (anfällig) Gesundheit delicate
    \empfindlich gegen Kälte sensitive to cold
    II. adv
    auf akk etw \empfindlich reagieren to be very sensitive to sth
    2. (spürbar) severely
    es ist \empfindlich kalt it's bitterly cold
    * * *
    1.
    1) (sensibel, feinfühlig, auch fig.) sensitive; fast < film>
    2) (leicht beleidigt) sensitive, touchy < person>
    3) (anfällig) delicate
    4) (spürbar) severe <punishment, shortage>; harsh <punishment, measure>; sharp < increase>
    2.
    1)

    empfindlich auf etwas (Akk.) reagieren — (sensibel) be susceptible to something; (beleidigt) react oversensitively to something

    2) (spürbar) < punish> severely, harshly; < increase> sharply
    3) (intensivierend) < hurt> badly; bitterly < cold>
    * * *
    A. adj
    1. (fein reagierend, anzeigend) Messgerät etc: sensitive (
    gegen to), delicate; FILM fast
    2. (verletzbar, leicht beschädigt, schmerzempfindlich) Haut, Zahn etc: sensitive (
    gegen to); Haut: auch delicate; Gesundheit, Stoff, Teppich etc: delicate; Pflanze: tender, delicate; Person: (leicht gekränkt) touchy (
    gegen about), (very) sensitive (about); pej over-sensitive (about), easily offended, präd auch quick to take offence (US -se); (anfällig) susceptible (
    gegen to);
    empfindliche Stelle sore spot (auch fig), tender spot ( oder area)
    3. (stark, schwer, streng, auffallend) Kälte: severe, biting, bitter; Schmerz: sharp, severe; Mangel, Verlust(e) etc: serious, disturbing, major; Verluste: auch heavy; Strafe etc: severe, heavy, sharp
    B. adv
    1. (fein) sensitively;
    auf +akk) react sensitively (to); auf Einflüsse: respond readily ( oder easily) (to)
    2. (verletzbar, reizbar) sensitively; pej over-sensitively, badly; (beleidigt) touchily; pej huffily
    3. (stark, scharf) severely, badly;
    empfindlich kalt bitter(ly) ( oder bitingly) cold;
    jemanden empfindlich treffen Bemerkung etc: hit sb hard, cut sb to the quick, hit ( oder strike) home;
    sich empfindlich bemerkbar machen make one’s presence felt with a vengeance ( oder in no uncertain manner)
    …empfindlich im adj …-sensitive;
    frostempfindlich susceptible to frost, not frost-resistant ( oder hardy);
    korrosionsempfindlich attr easily corroding, präd prone to corrosion, of low corrosion resistance;
    preisempfindlich price- ( oder cost-)sensitive;
    säureempfindlich Substanz etc: … that reacts with acid;
    zinsempfindlich rate- ( oder interest-)sensitive
    * * *
    1.
    1) (sensibel, feinfühlig, auch fig.) sensitive; fast < film>
    2) (leicht beleidigt) sensitive, touchy < person>
    3) (anfällig) delicate
    4) (spürbar) severe <punishment, shortage>; harsh <punishment, measure>; sharp < increase>
    2.
    1)

    empfindlich auf etwas (Akk.) reagieren — (sensibel) be susceptible to something; (beleidigt) react oversensitively to something

    2) (spürbar) < punish> severely, harshly; < increase> sharply
    3) (intensivierend) < hurt> badly; bitterly < cold>
    * * *
    adj.
    damageable adj.
    pettish adj.
    queasy adj.
    sensitive adj.
    tender adj.
    touchy adj. adv.
    delicately adv.
    pettishly adv.
    queasily adv.
    sensitively adv.
    touchily adv.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > empfindlich

  • 15 ñoño

    adj.
    whining, namby-pamby, characterless, spineless.
    m.
    characterless person, softie, softy, namby-pamby.
    * * *
    1→ link=noveno noveno,-a
    * * *
    (f. - nona)
    adj.
    * * *
    I
    ADJ ninth
    II
    nono, -a
    * SM / F Cono Sur granddad *, grandma *
    * * *
    - na adjetivo/pronombre (frml) ninth
    * * *
    = mushy [mushier -comp., mushiest -sup.], touchy-feely.
    Ex. However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.
    Ex. He said all this touchy-feely stuff was nonsense, that the only things that mattered were the bottom line and meeting targets.
    * * *
    - na adjetivo/pronombre (frml) ninth
    * * *
    = mushy [mushier -comp., mushiest -sup.], touchy-feely.

    Ex: However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.

    Ex: He said all this touchy-feely stuff was nonsense, that the only things that mattered were the bottom line and meeting targets.

    * * *
    está haciendo nono he's gone bye-byes o beddy byes ( used to or by children)
    nono2 -na
    adjective / pronoun
    ( frml); ninth
    Pío IX read as: Pío nono Pius IX
    nono3 -na
    masculine, feminine
    ( RPl fam) ( masculine) grandpa ( colloq); ( feminine) grandma ( colloq), gramma ( AmE colloq)
    * * *

    Multiple Entries:
    nono    
    ñoño
    ñoño,-a adjetivo
    1 (sin gracia) drippy, dull
    2 (mojigato) prudish
    (remilgado) whiny, fussy
    II m f whiny person, drip
    ' ñoño' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ñoña
    - repipi
    * * *
    nono1, -a núm
    Formal ninth; ver también octavo
    nono2, -a nm,f
    RP, Ven Fam grandpa, f grandma
    * * *
    adj ninth
    * * *
    nono, -na adj
    : ninth
    ♦ nono nm
    * * *
    ñoño1 adj
    1. (person) wet [comp. wetter; superl. wettest]
    2. (cosa) soppy [comp. soppier; superl. soppiest]
    ñoño2 n (persona) drip

    Spanish-English dictionary > ñoño

  • 16 sensiblero

    adj.
    1 tearfully sentimental, overly sentimental, maudlin, foolishly sentimental.
    2 soppy, corny, drippy, slushy.
    * * *
    1 mawkish, sentimental
    * * *
    ADJ sentimental, slushy *
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo (pey) < persona> overly sentimental, mawkish; <novela/película> mawkish, schmaltzy (colloq)
    * * *
    = maudlin, mushy [mushier -comp., mushiest -sup.], touchy-feely.
    Ex. 'But human creatures must not help each other nor must they make any maudlin twist'.
    Ex. However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.
    Ex. He said all this touchy-feely stuff was nonsense, that the only things that mattered were the bottom line and meeting targets.
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo (pey) < persona> overly sentimental, mawkish; <novela/película> mawkish, schmaltzy (colloq)
    * * *
    = maudlin, mushy [mushier -comp., mushiest -sup.], touchy-feely.

    Ex: 'But human creatures must not help each other nor must they make any maudlin twist'.

    Ex: However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.
    Ex: He said all this touchy-feely stuff was nonsense, that the only things that mattered were the bottom line and meeting targets.

    * * *
    ( pey); ‹persona› overly sentimental, mawkish; ‹novela/película› mawkish, schmaltzy ( colloq), slushy ( colloq)
    * * *

    sensiblero
    ◊ -ra adjetivo (pey) mawkish

    sensiblero,-a adj pey (persona) mawkish
    (obra, novela) mushy

    ' sensiblero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    sensiblera
    English:
    maudlin
    - sentimental
    - sloppy
    - touchy-feely
    - corny
    - schmaltzy
    * * *
    sensiblero, -a adj
    Pey mushy, sloppy
    * * *
    adj sentimental, schmaltzy fam
    * * *
    sensiblero, -ra adj
    : mawkish, sentimental, mushy

    Spanish-English dictionary > sensiblero

  • 17 neuralgisch

    Adj. neuralgic; neuralgischer Punkt fig., einer Person: sore spot ( oder point), touchy subject; in einem System etc.: critical spot; POL. trouble spot; das ist sein neuralgischer Punkt it’s his sore spot ( oder point), it’s a sore spot ( oder sore point oder touchy subject) with him
    * * *
    neuralgic
    * * *
    neu|rạl|gisch [nɔy'ralgɪʃ]
    adj
    neuralgic

    diese Kreuzung/Zypern ist ein neuralgischer Punkt — this crossroads/Cyprus is a trouble area or trouble spot

    * * *
    neur·al·gisch
    [nɔyˈralgɪʃ]
    1. MED neuralgic
    ein \neuralgischer Punkt a trouble spot
    * * *
    neuralgisch adj neuralgic;
    neuralgischer Punkt fig, einer Person: sore spot ( oder point), touchy subject; in einem System etc: critical spot; POL trouble spot;
    das ist sein neuralgischer Punkt it’s his sore spot ( oder point), it’s a sore spot ( oder sore point oder touchy subject) with him

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > neuralgisch

  • 18 sentimentaloide

    adj.
    1 mushy, sloppy.
    2 foolishly sentimental, corny, drippy, soppy.
    * * *
    1 familiar schmaltzy, gooey, over-sentimental
    * * *
    = mushy [mushier -comp., mushiest -sup.], touchy-feely.
    Ex. However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.
    Ex. He said all this touchy-feely stuff was nonsense, that the only things that mattered were the bottom line and meeting targets.
    * * *
    = mushy [mushier -comp., mushiest -sup.], touchy-feely.

    Ex: However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.

    Ex: He said all this touchy-feely stuff was nonsense, that the only things that mattered were the bottom line and meeting targets.

    * * *
    ( fam); ‹novela/poema› schmaltzy ( colloq), slushy ( colloq); ‹persona› mawkish, soppy ( BrE colloq)
    se puso sentimentaloide she went all mawkish o soppy
    * * *
    Pey mushy, sloppy

    Spanish-English dictionary > sentimentaloide

  • 19 sobón

    adj.
    overly fond.
    * * *
    1 familiar groping
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 groper
    * * *
    Ex. A study of couples has found that touchy-feely pairs, who did everything from holding hands to having sex, had lower levels of stress hormone cortisol in their saliva.
    ----
    * ser un sobón = be all hands.
    * * *

    Ex: A study of couples has found that touchy-feely pairs, who did everything from holding hands to having sex, had lower levels of stress hormone cortisol in their saliva.

    * ser un sobón = be all hands.

    * * *
    ( Col fam): es muy sobón he's a real pain in the neck ( colloq)
    * * *

    sobón,-ona
    I adjetivo no seas sobón, keep your hands to yourself
    II m,f fam es una sobona, she is all hands
    ' sobón' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    babosa
    - baboso
    - sobona
    * * *
    sobón, -ona Fam
    ♦ adj
    touchy-feely;
    es muy sobón he's a great one for hugging and kissing
    ♦ nm,f
    groper
    * * *
    I adj
    :
    es muy sobón he’s always touching you
    II m person who is always touching others

    Spanish-English dictionary > sobón

  • 20 reizbar

    Adj. irritable, touchy, uptight umg.; (jähzornig) irascible; er ist so reizbar (jähzornig) he’ll fly into a temper at the slightest thing
    * * *
    pettish; tetchy; waspish; excitable; high-strung; nervous; irritable; testy
    * * *
    reiz|bar
    adj
    (= empfindlich) sensitive, touchy (inf); (MED) irritable, sensitive; (= erregbar) irritable

    leicht réízbar sein — to be very sensitive/irritable

    réízbare Schwäche (Med) (fig) — irritability sensitive spot or point

    * * *
    1) (surly or irritable.) crusty
    3) (irritable: That actress is always edgy before a performance.) edgy
    5) (very nervous; very easily upset or excited.) highly-strung
    6) (easily annoyed: He was in an irritable mood.) irritable
    8) (easily made angry: My husband is very short-tempered in the mornings.) short-tempered
    9) ((of a person) unpleasant in manner, temper etc: a nasty, waspish young woman.) waspish
    * * *
    reiz·bar
    adj irritable
    ▪ [leicht] \reizbar sein to be [extremely] irritable
    * * *
    Adjektiv irritable
    * * *
    reizbar adj irritable, touchy, uptight umg; (jähzornig) irascible;
    er ist so reizbar (jähzornig) he’ll fly into a temper at the slightest thing
    * * *
    Adjektiv irritable
    * * *
    adj.
    bilious adj.
    excitable adj.
    irritable adj.
    nervous adj.
    testy adj.
    waspish adj. adv.
    excitably adv.
    irascibly adv.
    irritably adv.
    testily adv.
    waspishly adv.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > reizbar

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