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treacherous

  • 1 a traición

    • treacherous act
    • treacherousness

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > a traición

  • 2 con insidia

    • treacherous act
    • treacherousness

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > con insidia

  • 3 dobladamente

    • treacherous act
    • treacherousness

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > dobladamente

  • 4 traicioneramente

    • treacherous act
    • treacherousness

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > traicioneramente

  • 5 traicionero

    adj.
    1 treacherous, recreant, treasonable, backstabbing.
    2 treacherous, traitorous.
    * * *
    1 treacherous
    * * *
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo
    a) <persona/acción> treacherous
    b) <mar/tiempo> treacherous, dangerous
    * * *
    = treacherous, backstabber.
    Ex. Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    Ex. They won't change, because backstabber behavior has worked for them in the past.
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo
    a) <persona/acción> treacherous
    b) <mar/tiempo> treacherous, dangerous
    * * *
    = treacherous, backstabber.

    Ex: Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.

    Ex: They won't change, because backstabber behavior has worked for them in the past.

    * * *
    1 ‹persona/acción› treacherous
    2 ‹mar/carretera/tiempo› treacherous, dangerous
    * * *

    traicionero
    ◊ -ra adjetivo

    a) ‹persona/acción› treacherous

    b) ‹mar/carretera› treacherous, dangerous

    traicionero,-a adjetivo treacherous
    ' traicionero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    traicionera
    - matrero
    English:
    treacherous
    * * *
    traicionero, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [aliado, amigo] treacherous;
    eso fue un golpe traicionero that was a bit below the belt
    2. [tiempo, corriente] treacherous, dangerous;
    las montañas pueden ser muy traicioneras mountains can be very treacherous
    3. [gesto, lágrimas] revealing, telltale
    ♦ nm,f
    traitor
    * * *
    adj treacherous
    * * *

    Spanish-English dictionary > traicionero

  • 6 traidor

    adj.
    1 treacherous, traitor, backstabbing, disloyal.
    2 treacherous, traitorous.
    m.
    1 traitor, snake in the grass, betrayer, double-crosser.
    2 backstabber.
    * * *
    1 treacherous
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 traitor
    * * *
    traidor, -a
    1.
    ADJ [persona] treacherous; [acto] treasonable
    2.
    SM / F traitor/traitress; (Teat) villain
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo traitorous, treacherous
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino traitor
    * * *
    = treasonable, traitor, betrayer, snake in the grass, backstabber.
    Ex. Printers or publishers were sometimes shy of giving their real names -- usually because a book was treasonable, or libellous, or a piracy -- and for similar reasons they might give a false place of publication and a false date.
    Ex. President Fidel Castro denounced the independent librarians, along with other dissidents, as traitors who have conspired with U.S. diplomats to undermine Cuba's national sovereignty.
    Ex. Little did the betrayer know that the kiss of Judas would become a proverb in every nation.
    Ex. You can fend off a danger which you can see, but you are more liable to be taken unawares and be bitten by a snake in the grass.
    Ex. They won't change, because backstabber behavior has worked for them in the past.
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo traitorous, treacherous
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino traitor
    * * *
    = treasonable, traitor, betrayer, snake in the grass, backstabber.

    Ex: Printers or publishers were sometimes shy of giving their real names -- usually because a book was treasonable, or libellous, or a piracy -- and for similar reasons they might give a false place of publication and a false date.

    Ex: President Fidel Castro denounced the independent librarians, along with other dissidents, as traitors who have conspired with U.S. diplomats to undermine Cuba's national sovereignty.
    Ex: Little did the betrayer know that the kiss of Judas would become a proverb in every nation.
    Ex: You can fend off a danger which you can see, but you are more liable to be taken unawares and be bitten by a snake in the grass.
    Ex: They won't change, because backstabber behavior has worked for them in the past.

    * * *
    treacherous, traitorous ( arch hum)
    masculine, feminine
    traitor traidor A algo traitor TO sth
    es un traidor a su patria/la causa he is a traitor to his country/the cause
    * * *

    traidor
    ◊ - dora adjetivo

    traitorous, treacherous
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    traitor;
    traidor a algo traitor to sth
    traidor,-ora
    I adjetivo treacherous
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino traitor

    ' traidor' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    traidora
    English:
    fifth-columnist
    - traitor
    - treacherous
    * * *
    traidor, -ora
    ♦ adj
    1. [persona] [contra amigos, camaradas] treacherous;
    [contra el Estado] treasonous
    2. [tiempo, corriente] treacherous, dangerous
    3. [gesto, lágrimas] revealing, telltale
    ♦ nm,f
    traitor;
    es un traidor a la patria he's a traitor to his country
    * * *
    I adj treacherous
    II m, traidora f traitor
    * * *
    traidor, - dora adj
    : traitorous, treasonous
    : traitor
    * * *
    traidor n traitor

    Spanish-English dictionary > traidor

  • 7 pérfido

    adj.
    perfidious, wicked, treacherous, false-hearted.
    * * *
    1 perfidious
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 traitor
    * * *
    ADJ perfidious, treacherous
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (liter & hum) perfidious (liter), treacherous
    * * *
    = bitchy [bitchier -comp., bitchiest -sup.].
    Ex. She worked at a local clothing company for a while and found the other staff and managers to all be very cliquey, bitchy and rather shallow.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (liter & hum) perfidious (liter), treacherous
    * * *
    = bitchy [bitchier -comp., bitchiest -sup.].

    Ex: She worked at a local clothing company for a while and found the other staff and managers to all be very cliquey, bitchy and rather shallow.

    * * *
    ( liter); perfidious ( liter), treacherous
    * * *
    pérfido, -a
    ♦ adj
    perfidious, treacherous
    Hum la pérfida Albión perfidious Albion
    ♦ nm,f
    treacherous person
    * * *
    adj treacherous
    * * *
    pérfido, -da adj
    : perfidious

    Spanish-English dictionary > pérfido

  • 8 alevoso

    adj.
    1 treacherous, perfidious.
    2 ill-willed, mean, tortious.
    * * *
    1 (premeditado) premeditated
    2 (traidor) treacherous
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    * * *
    alevoso, -a
    1.
    2.
    SM / F traitor
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) (Der) premeditated
    b) (Col fam) ( arrogante) cocky (colloq)
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) (Der) premeditated
    b) (Col fam) ( arrogante) cocky (colloq)
    * * *
    alevoso1 -sa
    1 ( Der) premeditated
    2 ( Col fam) (arrogante) cocky ( colloq)
    alevoso2 -sa
    masculine, feminine
    2 ( Col fam) (arrogante) cocky person ( colloq)
    * * *

    alevoso,-a adj (persona) treacherous
    (acto) premeditated
    ' alevoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alevosa
    * * *
    alevoso, -a adj
    1. [premeditado] premeditated
    2. [traidor] treacherous
    * * *
    adj treacherous
    * * *
    alevoso, -sa adj
    : treacherous

    Spanish-English dictionary > alevoso

  • 9 peligroso

    adj.
    1 dangerous, adventurous, unsafe, risky.
    2 unsafe, perilous, dangerous, fraught with danger.
    3 dangerous, violent, likely to do harm.
    4 feral.
    * * *
    1 dangerous
    * * *
    (f. - peligrosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ [gen] dangerous; (=arriesgado) risky; [herida] ugly, nasty
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo dangerous
    * * *
    = dangerous, risky [riskier -comp., riskiest -sup.], hazardous, treacherous, perilous, unsafe.
    Ex. The main rule, however, is do not have loose cables hanging all over the place -- not only is it unsightly but also extremely dangerous.
    Ex. Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.
    Ex. This may seem a hazardous assumption, but the results are worth considering.
    Ex. Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    Ex. The financial situation of cultural institutions is becoming increasingly perilous = La situación económica de las instituciones culturales se hace cada vez más peligrosa.
    Ex. However, the Internet is perceived as an unsafe medium for the valuable and sensitive information in business transactions.
    ----
    * andar por terreno peligroso = skate + on thin ice, tread on + dangerous ground.
    * atracción peligrosa = siren song.
    * en situaciones peligrosas = in harm's way.
    * en terreno peligroso = on shaky grounds.
    * perro peligroso = vicious dog.
    * resultar peligroso = pose + danger.
    * situación peligrosa = dangerous situation.
    * terreno peligroso = on thin ice, slippery ground, on dangerous ground.
    * zona peligrosa = no-go area.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo dangerous
    * * *
    = dangerous, risky [riskier -comp., riskiest -sup.], hazardous, treacherous, perilous, unsafe.

    Ex: The main rule, however, is do not have loose cables hanging all over the place -- not only is it unsightly but also extremely dangerous.

    Ex: Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.
    Ex: This may seem a hazardous assumption, but the results are worth considering.
    Ex: Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    Ex: The financial situation of cultural institutions is becoming increasingly perilous = La situación económica de las instituciones culturales se hace cada vez más peligrosa.
    Ex: However, the Internet is perceived as an unsafe medium for the valuable and sensitive information in business transactions.
    * andar por terreno peligroso = skate + on thin ice, tread on + dangerous ground.
    * atracción peligrosa = siren song.
    * en situaciones peligrosas = in harm's way.
    * en terreno peligroso = on shaky grounds.
    * perro peligroso = vicious dog.
    * resultar peligroso = pose + danger.
    * situación peligrosa = dangerous situation.
    * terreno peligroso = on thin ice, slippery ground, on dangerous ground.
    * zona peligrosa = no-go area.

    * * *
    ‹carretera/trabajo/empresa› dangerous, hazardous; ‹deporte› dangerous; ‹delincuente› dangerous
    no te fíes de él, es una persona peligrosa don't trust him, he's dangerous
    * * *

     

    peligroso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    dangerous
    peligroso,-a adjetivo dangerous, risky

    ' peligroso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    apurada
    - apurado
    - comecocos
    - grave
    - insegura
    - inseguro
    - peligrosa
    - cruce
    - endiablado
    - polvorín
    English:
    also
    - carry off
    - dangerous
    - death trap
    - hazardous
    - hitch-hike
    - hot
    - lean out
    - mention
    - perilous
    - rough
    - safe
    - shipping
    - treacherous
    - unsafe
    - warn
    * * *
    peligroso, -a adj
    dangerous
    * * *
    adj dangerous
    * * *
    peligroso, -sa adj
    : dangerous, hazardous
    * * *
    peligroso adj dangerous

    Spanish-English dictionary > peligroso

  • 10 insidioso

    adj.
    insidious, sly, catchy, treacherous.
    * * *
    1 malicious
    * * *
    ADJ (=engañoso) insidious, deceptive; (=traicionero) treacherous
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo ( malicioso) malicious; ( engañoso) deceitful
    * * *
    = insidious, designing, scurrilous.
    Ex. The view that the 'caring' professions, including librarianship, have of their clients is deeply insidious.
    Ex. A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.
    Ex. Their secondary aim was to print piratical, scurrilous and bawdy material for the people of Dublin.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo ( malicioso) malicious; ( engañoso) deceitful
    * * *
    = insidious, designing, scurrilous.

    Ex: The view that the 'caring' professions, including librarianship, have of their clients is deeply insidious.

    Ex: A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.
    Ex: Their secondary aim was to print piratical, scurrilous and bawdy material for the people of Dublin.

    * * *
    insidious, treacherous, deceitful
    * * *

    insidioso,-a adjetivo insidious, treacherous, deceitful
    ' insidioso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    insidiosa
    English:
    insidious
    - snide
    * * *
    insidioso, -a adj
    malicious
    * * *
    adj insidious
    * * *
    insidioso, -sa adj
    : insidious

    Spanish-English dictionary > insidioso

  • 11 felón

    adj.
    treacherous, disloyal.
    m.
    felon.
    * * *
    1 treacherous, villainous, wicked
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 traitor, villain
    * * *
    felón, -ona
    1.
    ADJ wicked, treacherous
    2.
    SM / F wicked person, villain
    * * *
    (traicionero) treacherous; (malvado) vile, wicked
    masculine, feminine
    (traidor) traitor; (malvado) vile person, wicked person

    Spanish-English dictionary > felón

  • 12 zaino

    adj.
    treacherous, false, deceitful, vicious.
    * * *
    1 (traidor) treacherous
    2 (caballo) chestnut; (res vacuna) black
    * * *
    I
    ADJ [caballo] chestnut; [vaca] black
    II
    ADJ (=pérfido) treacherous; [animal] vicious

    mirar a lo o de zaino — to look sideways

    * * *
    - na adjetivo < caballo> chestnut; < toro> black
    * * *
    - na adjetivo < caballo> chestnut; < toro> black
    * * *
    zaino -na, zaíno -na
    1 ‹caballo› chestnut
    2 ‹toro› black
    * * *

    zaino,-a adj (caballo, yegua) bay
    (toro) black
    ' zaino' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    zaina
    English:
    bay
    * * *
    zaino, -a, zaíno, -a adj
    1. [caballo] chestnut
    2. [res] black
    * * *
    adj caballo chestnut; res vacuna black
    * * *
    zaino, -na adj
    : chestnut (color)

    Spanish-English dictionary > zaino

  • 13 aleve

    adj.
    treacherous, perfidious, guileful.
    * * *
    ADJ treacherous, perfidious
    * * *
    ( liter); treacherous

    Spanish-English dictionary > aleve

  • 14 de poco peso

    (adj.) = pat, feeble
    Ex. When challenged about their crimes, many offenders provide pat justifications.
    Ex. Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    * * *
    (adj.) = pat, feeble

    Ex: When challenged about their crimes, many offenders provide pat justifications.

    Ex: Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de poco peso

  • 15 desgastado

    adj.
    1 worn-out, dog-eared, well-worn.
    2 raggedy.
    3 exhausted.
    4 trite.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desgastar.
    * * *
    ADJ [zapato, ropa] worn-out; [tacones] worn down; [moqueta, tejido] worn; [neumático] bald
    * * *
    = worn, timeworn.
    Ex. Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    Ex. In the crest of the timeworn Black Mountains lies the summit of Mount Mitchell, the highest point east of the Mississippi.
    * * *
    = worn, timeworn.

    Ex: Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.

    Ex: In the crest of the timeworn Black Mountains lies the summit of Mount Mitchell, the highest point east of the Mississippi.

    * * *
    desgastado, -a adj
    worn
    * * *
    adj worn out

    Spanish-English dictionary > desgastado

  • 16 débil

    adj.
    1 weak, dim, faint, feeble.
    Toda esa situación pinta mal This whole situation looks bad.
    2 atonic.
    * * *
    1 (persona) weak, feeble
    2 (ruido) faint; (luz) dim, feeble
    1 weak person
    1 the weak
    \
    débil mental mentally retarded person, mentally deficient person
    * * *
    adj.
    1) weak
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [persona] [gen] weak; [extremadamente] feeble; [por mala salud o avanzada edad] frail

    se encuentra un poco débil de salud — his health is rather frail, he is in rather poor health

    2) [carácter] weak; [esfuerzo] feeble, half-hearted
    3) (=poco intenso) [voz, ruido] faint; [luz] dim
    2.
    SMF
    económicamente
    * * *
    a) < persona> ( físicamente) weak; ( falto de - firmeza) soft; (- voluntad) weak; <economía/ejército/gobierno> weak
    b) <sonido/voz> faint; < moneda> weak; < argumento> weak; < excusa> feeble, lame; < luz> dim, faint
    c) <sílaba/vocal> unstressed, weak
    * * *
    = powerless, flimsy [flimsier -comp., flimsiest -sup.], shaky [shakier -comp., shakiest -sup.], weak [weaker -comp., weakest -sup.], fragile, spineless, feeble, effete, faint, frail, feckless, thin [thinner -comp., thinnest -sup.], weakling, runt, nesh, weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.], boneless.
    Ex. In a world divided by ideology, by trade barriers, by military threats and nuclear fears, we librarians are not powerless.
    Ex. Many paperbacks actually stand up to this usage better than the flimsy hardback covers now being produced.
    Ex. The subdivision 'Discovery and Exploration' under geographic names reinforces the popularly held notion that the world outside Western Europe had no history -- and only a shaky hold on existence -- before it was 'discovered' by Western Europeans.
    Ex. Problems arise from weak or outmoded structuring of subjects in the schedules of DC.
    Ex. The material which carries the message is fragile.
    Ex. To call a supervisor ' spineless' is to tag him as weak and therefore unfair to his really good employees.
    Ex. Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    Ex. Some teachers argue against book clubs, claiming that they bring together only a certain kind of avid reader, the literary equivalent of the religiously effete and over-pious.
    Ex. As more and more copies are produced, so the amount of dye on the master is reduced layer by layer until the image on the copy paper becomes quite faint.
    Ex. Previous research has demonstrated that frail elderly living in subsidized high-rise apartments have greater unmet needs than elderly who reside in traditional community housing.
    Ex. The author wrings sick humor from its feckless heroes' forlorn attempts to escape from a drug habit that they do not really enjoy any longer.
    Ex. Although it may be a bit thin in its use of standard academic sources of information, it is exceedingly strong on insider information and personal interviews.
    Ex. According to Safire, when a slice a cake was put before him Putin said 'Sweets are for weaklings and children'.
    Ex. Under the same regimens of treatment the number of runts produced varied from none to as much as 80 per cent of the litter.
    Ex. Usually, half of us would sleep on the ground outside and the other half would go for the nesh option of sleeping in a tent or hut.
    Ex. Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.
    Ex. By running away he shows who he is -- a boneless coward who never engaged in direct confrontation with the enemy.
    ----
    * alto y débil = spindly [spindlier -comp., spindliest -sup.].
    * débil de salud = poor health.
    * débiles, los = little guy, the.
    * en el momento más débil de Alguien = at + Posesivo + weakest.
    * eslabón débil = weak link.
    * hacerse el débil = sandbagging.
    * luz débil = glimmer.
    * más débil de la camada, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * más débil del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * punto débil = blind spot, weak link.
    * punto débil, el = chink in the armour, the.
    * ser el contrincante más débil = punch above + Posesivo + weight.
    * ser el punto más débil de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.
    * * *
    a) < persona> ( físicamente) weak; ( falto de - firmeza) soft; (- voluntad) weak; <economía/ejército/gobierno> weak
    b) <sonido/voz> faint; < moneda> weak; < argumento> weak; < excusa> feeble, lame; < luz> dim, faint
    c) <sílaba/vocal> unstressed, weak
    * * *
    = powerless, flimsy [flimsier -comp., flimsiest -sup.], shaky [shakier -comp., shakiest -sup.], weak [weaker -comp., weakest -sup.], fragile, spineless, feeble, effete, faint, frail, feckless, thin [thinner -comp., thinnest -sup.], weakling, runt, nesh, weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.], boneless.

    Ex: In a world divided by ideology, by trade barriers, by military threats and nuclear fears, we librarians are not powerless.

    Ex: Many paperbacks actually stand up to this usage better than the flimsy hardback covers now being produced.
    Ex: The subdivision 'Discovery and Exploration' under geographic names reinforces the popularly held notion that the world outside Western Europe had no history -- and only a shaky hold on existence -- before it was 'discovered' by Western Europeans.
    Ex: Problems arise from weak or outmoded structuring of subjects in the schedules of DC.
    Ex: The material which carries the message is fragile.
    Ex: To call a supervisor ' spineless' is to tag him as weak and therefore unfair to his really good employees.
    Ex: Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    Ex: Some teachers argue against book clubs, claiming that they bring together only a certain kind of avid reader, the literary equivalent of the religiously effete and over-pious.
    Ex: As more and more copies are produced, so the amount of dye on the master is reduced layer by layer until the image on the copy paper becomes quite faint.
    Ex: Previous research has demonstrated that frail elderly living in subsidized high-rise apartments have greater unmet needs than elderly who reside in traditional community housing.
    Ex: The author wrings sick humor from its feckless heroes' forlorn attempts to escape from a drug habit that they do not really enjoy any longer.
    Ex: Although it may be a bit thin in its use of standard academic sources of information, it is exceedingly strong on insider information and personal interviews.
    Ex: According to Safire, when a slice a cake was put before him Putin said 'Sweets are for weaklings and children'.
    Ex: Under the same regimens of treatment the number of runts produced varied from none to as much as 80 per cent of the litter.
    Ex: Usually, half of us would sleep on the ground outside and the other half would go for the nesh option of sleeping in a tent or hut.
    Ex: Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.
    Ex: By running away he shows who he is -- a boneless coward who never engaged in direct confrontation with the enemy.
    * alto y débil = spindly [spindlier -comp., spindliest -sup.].
    * débil de salud = poor health.
    * débiles, los = little guy, the.
    * en el momento más débil de Alguien = at + Posesivo + weakest.
    * eslabón débil = weak link.
    * hacerse el débil = sandbagging.
    * luz débil = glimmer.
    * más débil de la camada, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * más débil del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * punto débil = blind spot, weak link.
    * punto débil, el = chink in the armour, the.
    * ser el contrincante más débil = punch above + Posesivo + weight.
    * ser el punto más débil de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.

    * * *
    1 ‹persona› (físicamente) weak; (falto de — firmeza) soft; (— voluntad) weak; ‹economía/ejército/gobierno› weak
    es de complexión débil she has a very weak constitution
    aún está débil he's still weak
    es muy débil de carácter he has a very weak character
    2 ‹sonido/voz› faint; ‹moneda› weak; ‹corriente› weak; ‹argumento› weak; ‹excusa› feeble, lame
    da una luz muy débil it gives out a very dim o feeble o weak light
    3 ( Ling) ‹sílaba/vocal› unstressed, weak
    los débiles the weak
    es un débil mental ( fam); he's soft in the head ( colloq)
    eres un debilucho ( fam); you're a wimp ( colloq)
    los económicamente débiles ( frml); those on low incomes
    * * *

     

    débil adjetivo
    a) ‹persona/economía/gobierno› weak

    b) ‹sonido/voz› faint;

    ‹moneda/argumento› weak;
    ‹ excusa› feeble, lame;
    ‹ luz› dim, faint;
    ‹sílaba/vocal› unstressed, weak
    débil
    I adj (fuerza, salud) weak, feeble: el argumento era muy débil, his reasoning was flawed
    es muy débil de carácter, she is very weak
    es muy débil con sus alumnos, he is lenient with his students o he is over-indulgent with his students
    (intensidad de luz o sonido) faint
    punto débil, weak spot
    II mf
    1 weak person: el fuerte oprime al débil, the powerful opress the weak
    2 (blandengue) wimp: eres una débil, no aguantas nada el calor, don't be such a wimp, it's not even hot
    ' débil' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    A
    - alicaída
    - alicaído
    - flaca
    - flaco
    - flojear
    - goteo
    - talón
    - tenue
    - blando
    - flojo
    - lánguido
    - pelele
    - sexo
    English:
    A
    - an
    - anaemic
    - and
    - as
    - be
    - chink
    - dim
    - do
    - failing
    - faint
    - feather
    - feeble
    - frail
    - from
    - infirm
    - limp
    - link
    - shaky
    - shall
    - should
    - tenuous
    - than
    - that
    - them
    - thin
    - to
    - weak
    - were
    - what
    - whatever
    - wimp
    - wimpish
    - would
    - you
    - your
    - yourself
    - fragile
    - glimmer
    - hole
    - low
    - muted
    - run
    - spindly
    - spineless
    - weakly
    - weakness
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [persona] [sin fuerzas] weak;
    [condescendiente] lax, lenient;
    de constitución débil prone to illness, sickly;
    débil de carácter of weak character
    2. [voz, sonido] faint;
    [luz] dim, faint;
    una débil mejoría a slight improvement;
    una débil brisa movía las cortinas a slight breeze moved the curtains
    3. [país, gobierno, moneda] weak;
    [argumento, teoría] weak, lame
    4. [sílaba] unstressed
    5. [vocal] weak [i, u]
    ♦ nmf
    weak person;
    ser un débil to be weak;
    una enfermedad que ataca a los más débiles a disease which attacks the weakest o most vulnerable
    * * *
    adj weak
    * * *
    débil adj
    : weak, feeble
    ♦ débilmente adv
    * * *
    débil adj
    1. (en general) weak
    2. (ruido) faint
    3. (luz) dim [comp. dimmer; superl. dimmest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > débil

  • 17 flojo

    adj.
    1 loose, non tight, not tight, slack.
    2 lax, relaxed.
    3 loose, droopy, flabby, limp.
    4 loose, not firm, waggly.
    5 lazy, slothful.
    6 unconvincing.
    m.
    1 lazy person, deadbeat.
    2 characterless person, sop, namby-pamby.
    * * *
    1 (suelto) loose; (no tensado) slack
    2 (débil) weak
    3 (perezoso) lazy, idle
    4 (mediocre) poor
    5 (poco activo) slack, slow
    ■ por la mañana trabajamos pero la tarde fue muy floja we worked hard in the morning, but the afternoon was very slack
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 lazybones, idler
    \
    estar flojo,-a en algo to be weak at something
    me la trae floja argot I couldn't give a toss
    * * *
    (f. - floja)
    adj.
    2) weak
    3) limp
    4) lazy
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [nudo, tuerca] loose; [cable, cuerda] slack
    2) (=débil) [persona] weak; [viento] light
    3) (=mediocre) [trabajo, actuación] poor, feeble; [estudiante, equipo] weak, poor
    4) [té, vino] weak
    5) [demanda, mercado] slack
    6) (=holgazán) lazy, idle
    7) LAm (=cobarde) cowardly
    * * *
    I
    - ja adjetivo
    1)
    a) <nudo/tornillo/vendaje> loose; < cuerda> slack

    me la trae floja — (Esp vulg) I don't give a shit (vulg)

    b) ( débil) weak
    c) < vientos> light
    d) <café/té> weak
    2) ( mediocre) <trabajo/examen> poor; <película/vino> second-rate; < estudiante> poor

    está flojo en física — he's weak in (AmE) o (BrE) at physics

    3) (Com, Econ) slack
    4) < persona> (fam) ( perezoso) lazy
    II
    - ja masculino, femenino
    a) (fam) ( perezoso) lazybones (colloq)
    b) (Col fam) ( cobarde) coward
    * * *
    = slacker, feeble, wobbly [wobblier -comp., wobbliest -sup.], lazybones, layabout, lazy [lazier -comp., laziest -sup.].
    Ex. The article is entitled 'No slackers here: SLA's youngest members have the vision and enthusiasm to shape the profession'.
    Ex. Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    Ex. The conference had a wobbly start in 1997 but has since grown increasingly stronger and has had its best ever year with over 650 attendees.
    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. It is most likely to occur when a supervisor is careless or lazy about the rating or does not know the worker well.
    ----
    * andar por la cuerda floja = walk + the tightrope.
    * caminar por la cuerda floja = walk + the tightrope, walk + the tight wire.
    * cuerda floja = tightrope [tight-rope].
    * traérsela floja a Alguien = not give a shit.
    * * *
    I
    - ja adjetivo
    1)
    a) <nudo/tornillo/vendaje> loose; < cuerda> slack

    me la trae floja — (Esp vulg) I don't give a shit (vulg)

    b) ( débil) weak
    c) < vientos> light
    d) <café/té> weak
    2) ( mediocre) <trabajo/examen> poor; <película/vino> second-rate; < estudiante> poor

    está flojo en física — he's weak in (AmE) o (BrE) at physics

    3) (Com, Econ) slack
    4) < persona> (fam) ( perezoso) lazy
    II
    - ja masculino, femenino
    a) (fam) ( perezoso) lazybones (colloq)
    b) (Col fam) ( cobarde) coward
    * * *
    = slacker, feeble, wobbly [wobblier -comp., wobbliest -sup.], lazybones, layabout, lazy [lazier -comp., laziest -sup.].

    Ex: The article is entitled 'No slackers here: SLA's youngest members have the vision and enthusiasm to shape the profession'.

    Ex: Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    Ex: The conference had a wobbly start in 1997 but has since grown increasingly stronger and has had its best ever year with over 650 attendees.
    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: It is most likely to occur when a supervisor is careless or lazy about the rating or does not know the worker well.
    * andar por la cuerda floja = walk + the tightrope.
    * caminar por la cuerda floja = walk + the tightrope, walk + the tight wire.
    * cuerda floja = tightrope [tight-rope].
    * traérsela floja a Alguien = not give a shit.

    * * *
    flojo1 -ja
    A
    1 ‹nudo/tornillo/vendaje› loose
    la cuerda está floja the rope is slack
    haces el punto muy flojo you knit very loosely
    me la trae floja ( vulg); I couldn't give a damn (sl), I couldn't give a shit o ( BrE) a toss ( vulg)
    2 (débil) weak
    3 ‹vientos› light
    soplarán vientos flojos del sur there will be light, southerly winds
    4 ‹café/té› weak
    B (mediocre) ‹trabajo/examen› poor; ‹película› second-rate; ‹estudiante› poor
    está flojo en física he's weak at physics
    hizo un examen muy flojo he did a very poor exam
    su expediente académico es flojo his academic record is poor
    este vino es muy flojo this wine is very poor quality o is second-rate
    C ( Com, Econ) slack
    el mercado estuvo flojo the market was slack
    D ‹persona›
    1 ( fam) (perezoso) lazy
    no terminó la carrera por flojo he didn't finish his degree because he was so lazy
    2 ( Col fam) (cobarde) cowardly
    flojo2 -ja
    masculine, feminine
    1 ( fam) (perezoso) lazybones ( colloq), lazy toad ( colloq hum)
    2 ( Col fam) (cobarde) coward
    * * *

     

    flojo
    ◊ -ja adjetivo

    1
    a) ‹nudo/tornillo/vendaje› loose;

    ‹cuerda/goma› slack
    b) ( débil) weak

    c) ‹ vientos› light

    d) ‹café/té› weak

    2 ( mediocre) ‹trabajo/examen› poor;
    ‹película/vino› second-rate;
    ‹ estudiante› poor;
    ◊ está flojo en física he's weak in (AmE) o (BrE) at physics

    3 ‹ persona› (fam) ( perezoso) lazy
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) ( perezoso) lazybones (colloq)
    flojo,-a adjetivo
    1 (tornillo, cuerda, etc) loose, slack
    2 (examen, trabajo) poor
    3 (vago, perezoso) lazy, idle
    ' flojo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    floja
    English:
    limp
    - loose
    - slack
    - sluggish
    - weak
    - depth
    - feeble
    - flabby
    - shaky
    - wobbly
    * * *
    flojo, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [suelto] loose;
    esta falda me queda floja this skirt is too loose for me
    2. [débil] [persona] weak;
    [sonido] faint; [salud] poor; [viento] light; [bebida] weak
    3. [sin calidad, aptitudes] poor;
    una obra muy floja a very poorly written play;
    estar flojo en algo to be poor o weak at sth;
    el pianista ha estado un poco flojo hoy the pianist has been a bit off form today;
    tuvo una floja actuación he gave a poor performance;
    tus notas son muy flojas your Br marks o US grades are very poor
    4. [mercado, negocio] slack;
    las ventas están muy flojas sales are very slack
    5. Comp
    muy Fam
    me la trae floja Br I couldn't give a toss, US I couldn't give a rat's ass
    ♦ nm,f
    Andes Fam [holgazán] layabout, lazybones
    * * *
    adj
    1 lazada loose;
    me la trae floja pop I couldn’t give a damn fam
    2 café, argumento weak; vino without any body
    3 COM actividad slack
    4 novela etc weak, poor; redacción, montaje slack, sloppy
    5 L.Am. ( perezoso) lazy
    * * *
    flojo, -ja adj
    1) suelto: loose, slack
    2) : weak, poor
    está flojo en las ciencias: he's weak in science
    3) perezoso: lazy
    * * *
    flojo adj
    1. (poco fuerte, débil) weak
    2. (malo) poor / bad [comp. worse; superl. worst]
    3. (viento) light
    4. (tornillo, nudo) loose
    5. (goma, cuerda) slack

    Spanish-English dictionary > flojo

  • 18 manido

    adj.
    1 trite, hackneyed, cliché.
    2 shop-worn, worn.
    3 gamey, gamy.
    4 full, swarming.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: manir.
    * * *
    1 (frase) hackneyed; (tema) stale
    2 (objeto) well-worn
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=trillado) [tema] trite, stale; [frase] hackneyed
    2) (=pasado) [carne] high, gamy; [frutos secos] stale
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < frase> hackneyed; < tema> stale
    * * *
    = rank, hackneyed, worn, well-worn, jaded, overused [over-used], overworked, stale, timeworn.
    Ex. And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.
    Ex. It is the order of words that helps us to distinguish between 'office post' and 'post office' or, to quote the hackneyed example, 'blind Venetian' and 'Venetian blind'.
    Ex. Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    Ex. To use a well-worn example, the string (2) physiotherapy (6) nurses $h for (6) bibliographies obviously represents a different sense from the similar string (2) physiotherapy (6) bibliographies (6) nurses $h for.
    Ex. He is notorious for poking fun at those who advance jaded, esoteric ideas about the importance of studying classical languages.
    Ex. Sustainable agriculture has become a very over-used concept.
    Ex. User-friendliness is a much overworked phrase which has been interpreted in different ways by software houses.
    Ex. We librarians are already infiltrators into the stale round of our readers' domestic daily life.
    Ex. This is in stark contrast to the warped logic and timeworn language to which Lebanon's rulers resorted in the wake of the tragedy.
    ----
    * composición musical manida = war horse.
    * manido, lo = worn, the.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < frase> hackneyed; < tema> stale
    * * *
    = rank, hackneyed, worn, well-worn, jaded, overused [over-used], overworked, stale, timeworn.

    Ex: And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.

    Ex: It is the order of words that helps us to distinguish between 'office post' and 'post office' or, to quote the hackneyed example, 'blind Venetian' and 'Venetian blind'.
    Ex: Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    Ex: To use a well-worn example, the string (2) physiotherapy (6) nurses $h for (6) bibliographies obviously represents a different sense from the similar string (2) physiotherapy (6) bibliographies (6) nurses $h for.
    Ex: He is notorious for poking fun at those who advance jaded, esoteric ideas about the importance of studying classical languages.
    Ex: Sustainable agriculture has become a very over-used concept.
    Ex: User-friendliness is a much overworked phrase which has been interpreted in different ways by software houses.
    Ex: We librarians are already infiltrators into the stale round of our readers' domestic daily life.
    Ex: This is in stark contrast to the warped logic and timeworn language to which Lebanon's rulers resorted in the wake of the tragedy.
    * composición musical manida = war horse.
    * manido, lo = worn, the.

    * * *
    manido -da
    ‹frase› hackneyed; ‹tema› stale
    * * *

    manido
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹ frase› hackneyed;


    ‹ tema› stale
    manido,-a adjetivo well-worn
    ' manido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    gastada
    - gastado
    - manida
    English:
    derivative
    - hackneyed
    * * *
    manido, -a adj
    un tema muy manido a well-worn o much-discussed topic
    * * *
    adj fig
    clichéd, done to death fam
    * * *
    manido, -da adj
    : hackneyed, stale, trite

    Spanish-English dictionary > manido

  • 19 poco convincente

    adj.
    unconvincing, feeble, inconclusive, invalid.
    * * *
    (adj.) = unconvincing, inconclusive, pat, feeble
    Ex. This text contains its share of irrelevant allusions included by authors 'to add artistic verisimilitude to a bald and otherwise unconvincing narrative', to quote another favourite source.
    Ex. A considerable literature exists on the empirical validity of Lotka's law; however, these studies are mainly incomparable and inconclusive, owing to substantial differences in the analytical methods applied.
    Ex. When challenged about their crimes, many offenders provide pat justifications.
    Ex. Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    * * *
    (adj.) = unconvincing, inconclusive, pat, feeble

    Ex: This text contains its share of irrelevant allusions included by authors 'to add artistic verisimilitude to a bald and otherwise unconvincing narrative', to quote another favourite source.

    Ex: A considerable literature exists on the empirical validity of Lotka's law; however, these studies are mainly incomparable and inconclusive, owing to substantial differences in the analytical methods applied.
    Ex: When challenged about their crimes, many offenders provide pat justifications.
    Ex: Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poco convincente

  • 20 poco fiable

    adj.
    unreliable, untrustworthy.
    * * *
    (adj.) = unreliable, undependable, flaky [flakey]
    Ex. Programme titles in this category were discovered to be very unreliable as indicators of likely programme content.
    Ex. Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    Ex. Wireless networks are going to be flaky; that's just inevitable.
    * * *
    (adj.) = unreliable, undependable, flaky [flakey]

    Ex: Programme titles in this category were discovered to be very unreliable as indicators of likely programme content.

    Ex: Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    Ex: Wireless networks are going to be flaky; that's just inevitable.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poco fiable

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