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  • 1 bobo

    adj.
    silly, booby, foolish, stupid.
    intj.
    you blot, you dope.
    m.
    fool, clod, blockhead, silly.
    * * *
    1 silly, foolish
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 fool
    * * *
    1. (f. - boba)
    noun
    fool, simpleton
    2. (f. - boba)
    adj.
    silly, stupid
    * * *
    bobo, -a
    1.
    ADJ (=tonto) silly, stupid; (=ingenuo) simple, naïve
    2.
    SM / F (=tonto) idiot, fool; (Teat) clown, funny man
    3. SM / F
    1) Caribe * (=reloj) watch
    2) Cono Sur (=corazón) heart, ticker *
    * * *
    I
    - ba adjetivo (fam) silly
    II
    - ba masculino, femenino (fam) fool

    deja de hacer el bobo — stop playing the fool, stop being so silly

    * * *
    = daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], fool, simpleton, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], witless, simp, deadhead, nincompoop, dumbbell, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], ditz, dits, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], half-soaked, airhead, airheaded, drongo, dweeb.
    Ex. Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    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. 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. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex. But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.
    Ex. If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.
    Ex. Three half-soaked security guards sat around a desk at the main entrance letting through more than they checked.
    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. Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.
    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.
    ----
    * como un bobo = stupidly.
    * tortuga boba = loggerhead turtle.
    * * *
    I
    - ba adjetivo (fam) silly
    II
    - ba masculino, femenino (fam) fool

    deja de hacer el bobo — stop playing the fool, stop being so silly

    * * *
    = daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], fool, simpleton, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], witless, simp, deadhead, nincompoop, dumbbell, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], ditz, dits, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], half-soaked, airhead, airheaded, drongo, dweeb.

    Ex: Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    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: 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: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex: But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.
    Ex: If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.
    Ex: Three half-soaked security guards sat around a desk at the main entrance letting through more than they checked.
    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: Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.
    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.
    * como un bobo = stupidly.
    * tortuga boba = loggerhead turtle.

    * * *
    bobo1 -ba
    ( fam); silly
    bobo2 -ba
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); fool
    deja de hacer el bobo stop playing the fool, stop being so silly
    * * *

    bobo
    ◊ -ba adjetivo (fam) silly

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) fool
    bobo,-a
    I adj (simple, lelo) stupid, silly
    (cándido) naïve
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino fool

    ' bobo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atontada
    - atontado
    - boba
    - pájaro
    - che
    - hacer
    - pavo
    - primo
    English:
    boob
    - daft
    - dopey
    - dumb
    - dummy
    - goof
    - halfwit
    - lemon
    - mug
    - simple
    - soft-headed
    - sucker
    * * *
    bobo, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [tonto] stupid, daft
    2. [ingenuo] naive, simple
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [tonto] fool, idiot;
    hacer el bobo to act o play the fool
    2. [ingenuo] simpleton
    ♦ nm
    1. Teatro = rustic simpleton
    2. CAm, Méx [pez] threadfin
    * * *
    I adj silly, foolish
    II m, boba f fool;
    pájaro bobo penguin
    * * *
    bobo, -ba adj
    : silly, stupid
    bobo, -ba n
    : fool, simpleton
    * * *
    bobo1 adj
    1. (tonto) silly [comp. sillier; superl. silliest]
    anda, no seas bobo come on, don't be silly
    2. (ingenuo) naive
    es tan bobo que se lo cree todo he's so naive, he'll believe anything
    bobo2 n fool

    Spanish-English dictionary > bobo

  • 2 fracaso

    m.
    failure.
    un rotundo fracaso an outright failure
    todo fue un fracaso the whole thing was a disaster
    el fracaso escolar educational failure, poor performance at school
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: fracasar.
    * * *
    1 failure
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *

    la reforma está condenada al fracaso — the reform is doomed to failure, the reform is destined to fail

    ¡es un fracaso! — he's a disaster!

    * * *
    masculino failure

    un fracaso amoroso or sentimental — a disappointment in love

    * * *
    = flop, failure, underdog, bust, dog, defeat, fiasco, flake out, goof, write-off [writeoff], foundering, dud.
    Ex. And at worst, if the trip is a flop (it happens!), at least he is glad to get back to work.
    Ex. DBMS systems aim to cope with system failure and generate restart procedures.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. The article 'El Dorado or bust?' warns that the electronic market is changing.
    Ex. 'On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog -- the digital media has made possible the leveling of the playing field.
    Ex. Indeed, in larger libraries, there are those who regard a referral as tantamount to an admission of defeat.
    Ex. The history of the British Library is presented with particular reference to the political and administrative fiascos that have punctuated its development.
    Ex. The show was a real flake out.
    Ex. The film's supple structure, surprisingly light touch, and bravura performances make it perhaps the most fully formed, half-hearted goof ever.
    Ex. Gareth Jones's film makes a series of misjudgments so damaging that the whole thing is a virtual write-off.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Liberalism in a body bag: the foundering of the Middle East peace process'.
    Ex. It may be tempting the weather gods just to point this out, but this has been a dud of a hurricane season so far.
    ----
    * abocado al fracaso = failing, doomed.
    * abocado al fracaso desde el comienzo = doomed from + the beginning, doomed from + the outset, doomed from + the start.
    * abocado al fracaso desde el principio = doomed from + the start, doomed from + the outset, doomed to + failure from its inception, doomed to + failure, doomed from + the beginning.
    * camino seguro al fracaso = blueprint for failure.
    * condenado al fracaso desde el comienzo = doomed from + the beginning, doomed from + the outset, doomed from + the start.
    * condenado al fracaso desde el principio = doomed from + the start, doomed from + the outset, doomed from + the beginning.
    * conseguir éxitos y fracasos = encounter + problems and successes.
    * éxitos o fracasos = successes or failures.
    * éxitos y fracasos = pitfalls and successes, successes and failures.
    * fórmula para el fracaso = blueprint for failure.
    * fracaso bochornoso = embarrassing failure.
    * fracaso desde el principio = doomed failure.
    * fracaso escolar = school failure.
    * fracaso lamentable = embarrassing failure.
    * fracaso miserable = miserable failure.
    * fracaso rotundo = resounding failure, complete failure.
    * fracaso total = complete failure.
    * fracaso vergonzoso = embarrassing failure.
    * índice de fracaso escolar = failure rate, dropout rate.
    * obtener éxitos y fracasos = experience + problems and successes.
    * predestinado al fracaso = doomed.
    * predestinado al fracaso desde el comienzo = doomed to + failure from its inception, doomed to + failure, doomed to + failure.
    * ser un fracaso = nothing + come of, prove + a failure.
    * significar fracaso = signify + failure, spell + failure.
    * suponer la diferencia entre el éxito o el fracaso = make or break.
    * tasa de fracaso escolar = dropout rate, failure rate.
    * traer consigo fracaso = spell + failure.
    * traer fracaso = spell + failure.
    * * *
    masculino failure

    un fracaso amoroso or sentimental — a disappointment in love

    * * *
    = flop, failure, underdog, bust, dog, defeat, fiasco, flake out, goof, write-off [writeoff], foundering, dud.

    Ex: And at worst, if the trip is a flop (it happens!), at least he is glad to get back to work.

    Ex: DBMS systems aim to cope with system failure and generate restart procedures.
    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex: The article 'El Dorado or bust?' warns that the electronic market is changing.
    Ex: 'On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog -- the digital media has made possible the leveling of the playing field.
    Ex: Indeed, in larger libraries, there are those who regard a referral as tantamount to an admission of defeat.
    Ex: The history of the British Library is presented with particular reference to the political and administrative fiascos that have punctuated its development.
    Ex: The show was a real flake out.
    Ex: The film's supple structure, surprisingly light touch, and bravura performances make it perhaps the most fully formed, half-hearted goof ever.
    Ex: Gareth Jones's film makes a series of misjudgments so damaging that the whole thing is a virtual write-off.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Liberalism in a body bag: the foundering of the Middle East peace process'.
    Ex: It may be tempting the weather gods just to point this out, but this has been a dud of a hurricane season so far.
    * abocado al fracaso = failing, doomed.
    * abocado al fracaso desde el comienzo = doomed from + the beginning, doomed from + the outset, doomed from + the start.
    * abocado al fracaso desde el principio = doomed from + the start, doomed from + the outset, doomed to + failure from its inception, doomed to + failure, doomed from + the beginning.
    * camino seguro al fracaso = blueprint for failure.
    * condenado al fracaso desde el comienzo = doomed from + the beginning, doomed from + the outset, doomed from + the start.
    * condenado al fracaso desde el principio = doomed from + the start, doomed from + the outset, doomed from + the beginning.
    * conseguir éxitos y fracasos = encounter + problems and successes.
    * éxitos o fracasos = successes or failures.
    * éxitos y fracasos = pitfalls and successes, successes and failures.
    * fórmula para el fracaso = blueprint for failure.
    * fracaso bochornoso = embarrassing failure.
    * fracaso desde el principio = doomed failure.
    * fracaso escolar = school failure.
    * fracaso lamentable = embarrassing failure.
    * fracaso miserable = miserable failure.
    * fracaso rotundo = resounding failure, complete failure.
    * fracaso total = complete failure.
    * fracaso vergonzoso = embarrassing failure.
    * índice de fracaso escolar = failure rate, dropout rate.
    * obtener éxitos y fracasos = experience + problems and successes.
    * predestinado al fracaso = doomed.
    * predestinado al fracaso desde el comienzo = doomed to + failure from its inception, doomed to + failure, doomed to + failure.
    * ser un fracaso = nothing + come of, prove + a failure.
    * significar fracaso = signify + failure, spell + failure.
    * suponer la diferencia entre el éxito o el fracaso = make or break.
    * tasa de fracaso escolar = dropout rate, failure rate.
    * traer consigo fracaso = spell + failure.
    * traer fracaso = spell + failure.

    * * *
    1 (acción) failure
    ha sufrido or tenido varios fracasos profesionales she has had several failures in her work
    el proyecto estaba condenado al fracaso the project was destined to fail o doomed to failure
    un fracaso amoroso or sentimental a disappointment in love
    un fracaso rotundo a complete failure
    2 (obra, persona) failure
    su última película fue un fracaso her last movie was a failure o ( colloq) flop, her last movie bombed ( AmE colloq)
    como profesor es un fracaso he's a disaster o failure as a teacher, he's a hopeless teacher
    * * *

     

    Del verbo fracasar: ( conjugate fracasar)

    fracaso es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    fracasó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    fracasar    
    fracaso
    fracasar ( conjugate fracasar) verbo intransitivo
    to fail
    fracaso sustantivo masculino
    failure
    fracasar verbo intransitivo to fail
    fracaso sustantivo masculino failure: el despegue del cohete fue un fracaso, the rocket lift-off was a failure
    ' fracaso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    derrota
    - estrepitosa
    - estrepitoso
    - responsabilizar
    - sed
    - sentenciar
    - servir
    - contundente
    - destinado
    - naufragio
    - rotundo
    English:
    bomb
    - defeat
    - dismal
    - failure
    - flop
    - mainly
    - no-win
    - resounding
    - unmitigated
    - unqualified
    - washout
    - break
    - fiasco
    - why
    * * *
    1. [falta de éxito] failure;
    ha sufrido varios fracasos amorosos he has had a number of failed relationships;
    todo fue un fracaso it was a complete failure;
    la película fue un fracaso comercial the movie o Br film was a commercial failure o flop
    fracaso escolar school failure;
    el entorno familiar contribuye al fracaso escolar the family environment is a contributory factor to educational failure
    2. [persona] failure;
    como profesor es un fracaso as a teacher he's a failure, he's useless as a teacher
    * * *
    m failure
    * * *
    fiasco: failure
    * * *
    fracaso n failure

    Spanish-English dictionary > fracaso

  • 3 perdedor

    adj.
    1 losing.
    2 money-losing.
    m.
    loser, failure, non-achiever, quitter.
    * * *
    1 losing
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 loser
    * * *
    (f. - perdedora)
    noun
    * * *
    perdedor, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) [baza, equipo] losing
    2) (=olvidadizo) forgetful, given to losing things
    2.
    SM / F loser
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo losing (before n)
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino loser

    es un buen/mal perdedor — he's a good/bad loser

    * * *
    = loser, underdog, dog, quitter.
    Ex. The jungle fighter views his life and work in terms of winners and losers, with power as his goal.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. 'On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog -- the digital media has made possible the leveling of the playing field.
    Ex. Here are a few examples of some famous quitters, people who didn't always stick it out.
    ----
    * mal perdedor = sore loser, bad loser.
    * más perdedor = losingest.
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo losing (before n)
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino loser

    es un buen/mal perdedor — he's a good/bad loser

    * * *
    = loser, underdog, dog, quitter.

    Ex: The jungle fighter views his life and work in terms of winners and losers, with power as his goal.

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex: 'On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog -- the digital media has made possible the leveling of the playing field.
    Ex: Here are a few examples of some famous quitters, people who didn't always stick it out.
    * mal perdedor = sore loser, bad loser.
    * más perdedor = losingest.

    * * *
    losing ( before n)
    masculine, feminine
    loser
    es un buen/mal perdedor he's a good/bad loser
    es un perdedor nato he's a born loser
    * * *

     

    perdedor
    ◊ - dora adjetivo

    losing ( before n)
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    loser;
    es un mal perdedor he's a bad loser
    perdedor,-ora
    I adjetivo losing
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino loser

    ' perdedor' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ganarse
    - mofarse
    - perdedora
    English:
    loser
    - born
    - lose
    * * *
    perdedor, -ora
    ♦ adj
    losing;
    el equipo perdedor the losing team, the losers
    ♦ nm,f
    loser;
    es un mal perdedor he's a bad loser
    * * *
    I adj losing
    II m, perdedora f loser;
    ser buen/mal perdedor en juegos be a good/bad loser
    * * *
    perdedor, - dora adj
    : losing
    : loser
    * * *
    perdedor1 adj losing
    perdedor2 n loser

    Spanish-English dictionary > perdedor

  • 4 actor cómico

    m.
    comic actor, comical actor.
    * * *
    comedian
    * * *
    (n.) = comedian, actor-comedian
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. He was a caustic yet perceptive actor-comedian who lived dangerously close to the edge both on stage and off.
    * * *
    (n.) = comedian, actor-comedian

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.

    Ex: He was a caustic yet perceptive actor-comedian who lived dangerously close to the edge both on stage and off.

    Spanish-English dictionary > actor cómico

  • 5 bobalicón

    adj.
    simple, stupid, very stupid, goofy.
    m.
    simpleton, blockhead, idiot, boob.
    * * *
    1 simple
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 simpleton
    * * *
    bobalicón, -ona
    1.
    2.
    SM / F nitwit, clot *, dumbbell (EEUU) *
    * * *
    - cona masculino, femenino (fam) fool, twit (colloq)
    * * *
    = simpleton, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], nincompoop, deadhead, simp, dumbbell, half-soaked, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], drongo.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    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. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    Ex. Three half-soaked security guards sat around a desk at the main entrance letting through more than they checked.
    Ex. Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    Ex. Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.
    * * *
    - cona masculino, femenino (fam) fool, twit (colloq)
    * * *
    = simpleton, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], nincompoop, deadhead, simp, dumbbell, half-soaked, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], drongo.

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.

    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: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    Ex: Three half-soaked security guards sat around a desk at the main entrance letting through more than they checked.
    Ex: Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    Ex: Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.

    * * *
    ( fam); silly, daft ( BrE colloq)
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); fool, twit ( colloq)
    * * *

    bobalicón,-ona familiar
    I adjetivo
    1 (tonto) silly, simple, stupid
    2 (ingenuo) gullible
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino idiot, fool: ¡cuando ocurrió, se te quedó una cara de bobalicón!, when it happened you had an idiotic expression on your face
    ' bobalicón' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bobalicona
    English:
    goofy
    * * *
    bobalicón, -ona Fam
    ♦ adj
    simple
    ♦ nm,f
    simpleton
    * * *
    m, bobalicona f fam
    dope fam, Br tb
    twit fam
    * * *
    bobalicón, - cona adj, mpl - cones fam : silly, stupid

    Spanish-English dictionary > bobalicón

  • 6 charlatán

    adj.
    loose-tongued, prating.
    m.
    1 charlatan, fraud, faker, fake.
    2 braggart, bluffer, brag, boaster.
    3 chatterbox, chatterer, blabbermouth, talkative person.
    4 charlatan, mountebank, flamboyant deceiver.
    * * *
    1 (hablador) talkative
    2 (chismoso) gossipy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (parlanchín) chatterbox
    2 (chismoso) gossip; (bocazas) bigmouth
    3 (embaucador) trickster
    * * *
    (f. - charlatana)
    noun
    * * *
    charlatán, -ana
    1. ADJ
    1) (=hablador) talkative
    2) (=chismoso) gossipy
    2. SM / F
    1) (=hablador) chatterbox
    2) (=chismoso) gossip
    3) (=estafador) trickster, confidence trickster, con man *
    4) (=vendedor aprovechado) smooth-tongued salesman
    * * *
    I
    - tana adjetivo (fam) talkative
    II
    - tana masculino, femenino (fam)
    a) ( parlanchín) chatterbox (colloq)
    b) ( vendedor deshonesto) dishonest hawker; ( curandero deshonesto) charlatan
    * * *
    = trickster, huckster, charlatan, talkative, chattery, chatterbox, windbag, quack.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. This article presents a view of the Internet as comparable to an American travelling carnival of olden days, the sort operated by con men and hucksters.
    Ex. He is gullible, not very bright, the ready dupe of the charlatan and the demagogue.
    Ex. Both blacks & whites perceived themselves as active, caring, critical, emotional, friendly, individualistic, intelligent, & talkative.
    Ex. He is very chattery when he wants to be, and the rest of the time really chilled out and very rarely stressed.
    Ex. The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.
    Ex. Anyway, some day in the not too distant future the old windbag will be pushing up the daisies.
    Ex. This is another example of how quacks are ignorant not only of physics, but also of psychology.
    * * *
    I
    - tana adjetivo (fam) talkative
    II
    - tana masculino, femenino (fam)
    a) ( parlanchín) chatterbox (colloq)
    b) ( vendedor deshonesto) dishonest hawker; ( curandero deshonesto) charlatan
    * * *
    = trickster, huckster, charlatan, talkative, chattery, chatterbox, windbag, quack.

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.

    Ex: This article presents a view of the Internet as comparable to an American travelling carnival of olden days, the sort operated by con men and hucksters.
    Ex: He is gullible, not very bright, the ready dupe of the charlatan and the demagogue.
    Ex: Both blacks & whites perceived themselves as active, caring, critical, emotional, friendly, individualistic, intelligent, & talkative.
    Ex: He is very chattery when he wants to be, and the rest of the time really chilled out and very rarely stressed.
    Ex: The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.
    Ex: Anyway, some day in the not too distant future the old windbag will be pushing up the daisies.
    Ex: This is another example of how quacks are ignorant not only of physics, but also of psychology.

    * * *
    ( fam); talkative, chatty ( colloq)
    masculine, feminine
    A ( fam) (parlanchín) chatterbox ( colloq)
    B
    1 (vendedor — ambulante) hawker; (— deshonesto) dishonest o cunning salesperson
    * * *

    charlatán
    ◊ - tana adjetivo (fam) talkative

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam)
    a) ( parlanchín) chatterbox (colloq)


    ( curandero) charlatan
    charlatán,-ana
    I adj (hablador) talkative
    (indiscreto) indiscreet, gossipy
    (fanfarrón) boasting
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 (hablador) chatterbox
    (indiscreto) indiscreet person, gossip
    (fanfarrón) boaster, show off
    2 (embaucador, timador) trickster
    ' charlatán' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    charlatana
    - hablador
    - habladora
    - sacamuelas
    - saltabanco
    - saltabancos
    - vocinglera
    - vocinglero
    - curandero
    - loro
    English:
    charlatan
    - garrulous
    - windbag
    - chatter
    - quack
    * * *
    charlatán, -ana
    ♦ adj
    talkative
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [hablador] chatterbox
    2. Pey [mentiroso] trickster, charlatan
    3. [indiscreto] gossip
    4. [vendedor] hawker, pedlar
    ♦ nm
    [ave] bobolink
    * * *
    I adj talkative
    II m, charlatana f chatterbox
    * * *
    : talkative, chatty
    charlatán, - tana n, mpl - tanes
    1) : chatterbox
    2) farsante: charlatan, phony
    * * *
    charlatán1 adj talkative
    charlatán2 n chatterbox [pl. chatterboxes]

    Spanish-English dictionary > charlatán

  • 7 comediante

    m.
    1 comedian, comical actor, entertainer.
    2 comedienne, comic actress, comical actress.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (hombre) actor; (mujer) actress
    2 figurado hypocrite, comedian
    * * *
    comediante, -a
    SM / F
    1) (Teat) (=actor) actor/actress
    2) (=humorista) (=hombre, mujer) comedian; [solo mujer] comedienne
    3) (=farsante) play-actor
    * * *
    - ta masculino, femenino
    a) (Teatr) (m) actor; (f) actress
    b) ( farsante) fraud
    * * *
    = comedian, comedienne.
    Nota: Maculino comedian.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. The author discusses the trick photography of Weegee, looking especially at a photograph he made of the comedienne Martha Raye ca. 1958.
    * * *
    - ta masculino, femenino
    a) (Teatr) (m) actor; (f) actress
    b) ( farsante) fraud
    * * *
    = comedian, comedienne.
    Nota: Maculino comedian.

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.

    Ex: The author discusses the trick photography of Weegee, looking especially at a photograph he made of the comedienne Martha Raye ca. 1958.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    1 ( Teatr) ( masculine) actor; ( feminine) actress
    2 (farsante) fraud
    es un comediante, mira la que está armando por una heridita de nada he's such a fraud o he's always playacting, look at the fuss he's making over a tiny little cut
    * * *

    comediante
    ◊ -ta sustantivo masculino, femenino

    a) (Teatr) (m) actor;

    (f) actress

    comediante,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 Teat (hombre) actor
    (mujer) actress
    2 (farsante) fraud
    ' comediante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    comedianta
    * * *
    comediante, -a nm,f
    1. [actor] actor, f actress
    2. [farsante] fraud
    * * *
    m actor
    * * *
    : actor, actress f

    Spanish-English dictionary > comediante

  • 8 cómico

    adj.
    comic, comical, funny, risible.
    m.
    comedian, stand-up comedian, comic, funnyman.
    * * *
    1 (divertido) comic, comical, funny
    2 (de comedia) comedy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (actor) comedian, comic
    \
    actor cómico comedian
    cómico,-a de la legua strolling player
    * * *
    1. (f. - cómica)
    noun
    comedian / comedienne
    2. (f. - cómica)
    adj.
    comic, comical
    * * *
    cómico, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=gracioso) comic(al), funny
    2) (Teat) comedy antes de s
    2. SM / F
    1) (Teat) (comic) actor/actress
    2) (=humorista) comedian/comedienne
    CÓMICO ¿"Comic" o "comical"? El adjetivo cómico se puede traducir por comic y comical, pero estos no son intercambiables. Comic ► Algo que es cómico porque se hace o se dice con la intención de hacer reír a la gente se traduce al inglés por comic: El efecto cómico se consigue poniéndose ropa que te queda grande Comic effect is achieved by wearing clothes that are too big ► Cómico también se traduce por comic para describir algo perteneciente o relativo a la comedia: ... un actor cómico...... a comic actor... Hay que tener en cuenta que en este caso comic nunca funciona como atributo. Comi cal ► Cómico se traduce por comical para describir algo o a alguien que resulta gracioso o absurdo (a menudo porque es raro o inesperado): Su gesto rozaba lo cómico Her expression was almost comical Hay algo en él ligeramente cómico There is something slightly comical about him Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada
    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo <actor/género/obra> comedy (before n); <situación/mueca> comical, funny

    lo cómico de la historia es... — the funny thing about the story is...

    II
    - ca masculino, femenino ( actor) comedy actor, comic actor; ( humorista) comedian, comic
    * * *
    = laughable, slapstick, hilarious, humorous, comedian, comic, funny [funnier -comp., funniest -sup.], joky [jokey], comedic, comical.
    Ex. It's laughable when Archie Bunker says that, because we know he's an uneducated slob.
    Ex. What this time will be the cause of his slapstick downfall?.
    Ex. In studying the structure of bibliographic control it is not difficult to discover strange, and even hilarious, examples of specialist bibliographic sources.
    Ex. Supporting material -- cartoons, quotations and humorous excerpts -- are used to keep students intrigued and clues are allowed if students are unable to formulate a research strategy.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. The narrative contrasts sharply with the comic tone of the author's latest book, indicating a remarkably versatile talent.
    Ex. This article reviews on-line data bases that may be used to search for references to humour (cartoons, funny articles and books, and medical aspects of humour).
    Ex. However, his attempt to make cultural and social history more accessible to a wider audience by adopting a homey, jokey style often seems counterproductive.
    Ex. In the year 2000, news and entertainment programs dedicated a great deal of comedic attention to the presidential election.
    Ex. Even so, the ' comical' closing scene is out of keeping with the overall mood of the picture.
    ----
    * actor cómico = comedian, actor-comedian.
    * actriz cómica = comedienne.
    * de modo cómico = comically.
    * situación cómica = comedy sketch.
    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo <actor/género/obra> comedy (before n); <situación/mueca> comical, funny

    lo cómico de la historia es... — the funny thing about the story is...

    II
    - ca masculino, femenino ( actor) comedy actor, comic actor; ( humorista) comedian, comic
    * * *
    = laughable, slapstick, hilarious, humorous, comedian, comic, funny [funnier -comp., funniest -sup.], joky [jokey], comedic, comical.

    Ex: It's laughable when Archie Bunker says that, because we know he's an uneducated slob.

    Ex: What this time will be the cause of his slapstick downfall?.
    Ex: In studying the structure of bibliographic control it is not difficult to discover strange, and even hilarious, examples of specialist bibliographic sources.
    Ex: Supporting material -- cartoons, quotations and humorous excerpts -- are used to keep students intrigued and clues are allowed if students are unable to formulate a research strategy.
    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex: The narrative contrasts sharply with the comic tone of the author's latest book, indicating a remarkably versatile talent.
    Ex: This article reviews on-line data bases that may be used to search for references to humour (cartoons, funny articles and books, and medical aspects of humour).
    Ex: However, his attempt to make cultural and social history more accessible to a wider audience by adopting a homey, jokey style often seems counterproductive.
    Ex: In the year 2000, news and entertainment programs dedicated a great deal of comedic attention to the presidential election.
    Ex: Even so, the ' comical' closing scene is out of keeping with the overall mood of the picture.
    * actor cómico = comedian, actor-comedian.
    * actriz cómica = comedienne.
    * de modo cómico = comically.
    * situación cómica = comedy sketch.

    * * *
    cómico1 -ca
    ‹actor/género/obra› comedy ( before n), comic ( before n); ‹situación/mueca› comical, funny
    lo cómico de la historia es … the funny thing about the story is …
    cómico2 -ca
    masculine, feminine
    1 (actor) comedy actor, comic actor
    2 (humorista) comedian, comic
    * * *

    cómico
    ◊ -ca adjetivo ‹actor/género/obra› comedy ( before n);


    ‹situación/mueca› comical, funny
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( actor) comedy actor, comic actor;
    ( humorista) comedian, comic
    cómico,-a
    I adjetivo (gracioso) comical, funny
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino comic
    (hombre) comedian
    (mujer) comedienne
    ' cómico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cómica
    - humorista
    English:
    comedian
    - comic
    - stand-up comic
    - comical
    - hokum
    - humorous
    * * *
    cómico, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [de la comedia] comedy, comic;
    actor cómico comedy actor;
    cine cómico comedy movies o Br films
    2. [gracioso] comic, comical
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [actor de teatro] actor, f actress
    2. [humorista] comedian, comic, f comedienne
    * * *
    I adj comical
    II m, cómica f comedian
    * * *
    cómico, -ca adj
    : comic, comical
    cómico, -ca n
    humorista: comic, comedian, comedienne f
    * * *
    cómico1 adj
    1. (divertido) funny [comp. funnier; superl. funniest]
    2. (de la comedia) comedy
    cómico2 n comedian

    Spanish-English dictionary > cómico

  • 9 desvalido

    adj.
    1 helpless, underprivileged, underdog, destitute.
    2 aidless.
    * * *
    1 needy, destitute
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 needy person, destitute person
    1 the needy, the destitute
    * * *
    (f. - desvalida)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=sin fuerzas) helpless
    2) (=desprotegido) destitute

    los desvalidos — (Pol) the underprivileged

    * * *
    - da masculino, femenino helpless person

    los desvalidos — the destitute, the helpless

    * * *
    = helpless, deprived, unprotected.
    Ex. In imposing penalties for book stealing libraries are particularly helpless.
    Ex. The author focuses on the development of parish libraries in deprived parts of inner Chicago.
    Ex. Society is falling apart at the seams, causing individuals who have not been able to cope with the changes to feel unprotected and hopeless.
    ----
    * dejar desvalido = leave + unprotected.
    * desvalidos, los = deprived, the, deprived population, the, underprivileged, the.
    * niño desvalido = deprived child.
    * * *
    - da masculino, femenino helpless person

    los desvalidos — the destitute, the helpless

    * * *
    = helpless, deprived, unprotected.

    Ex: In imposing penalties for book stealing libraries are particularly helpless.

    Ex: The author focuses on the development of parish libraries in deprived parts of inner Chicago.
    Ex: Society is falling apart at the seams, causing individuals who have not been able to cope with the changes to feel unprotected and hopeless.
    * dejar desvalido = leave + unprotected.
    * desvalidos, los = deprived, the, deprived population, the, underprivileged, the.
    * niño desvalido = deprived child.

    * * *
    desvalido1 -da
    helpless, destitute
    desvalido2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    helpless person
    los desvalidos the destitute, the helpless
    * * *

    desvalido
    ◊ -da sustantivo masculino, femenino

    helpless person
    desvalido,-a adjetivo defenceless, US defenseless

    ' desvalido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desvalida
    English:
    underdog
    * * *
    desvalido, -a
    ♦ adj
    needy, destitute
    ♦ nm,f
    needy o destitute person;
    los desvalidos the needy, the destitute
    * * *
    adj helpless
    * * *
    desvalido, -da adj
    desamparado: destitute, helpless

    Spanish-English dictionary > desvalido

  • 10 embaucador

    adj.
    deceptive, deceiving.
    m.
    faker, charlatan, fraud, bamboozler.
    * * *
    1 deceitful
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 cheat, swindler, trickster
    * * *
    embaucador, -a
    SM / F (=estafador) trickster, swindler; (=impostor) impostor; (=farsante) humbug
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo deceitful
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino trickster
    * * *
    = trickster, swindler, wheeler-dealer, duplicitous, two-faced, con artist, con man, humbug, scamster, fraudster, fraud, hoaxer, hoaxster.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. The title of the book is 'Net crimes & misdemeanors: outmaneuvering the spammers, swindlers, and stalkers who are targeting you online'.
    Ex. The term widget is taken from the 1963 movie, 'The Wheeler-Dealers'.
    Ex. This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    Ex. This course looks at this two-faced society with guided field trips to cemeteries and to the architecture of Edinburgh's underworld below the great banks and public buildings.
    Ex. This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and an idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.
    Ex. His supporters call him a 'smoothie', while his critics generally portray him as a 'glib con man'.
    Ex. Worldly people and even monks without spiritual discernment are nearly always attracted by humbugs, imposters, hypocrites and those who are in demonic delusion.
    Ex. Small business operators can be easy prey for scamsters trying to winkle out money for unsolicited - and unneeded - 'services'.
    Ex. The article 'Keeping fraudsters in check' describes computerized systems now being developed to help combat fraud.
    Ex. You know what they say, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck, or in this case, a lying, stealing, cheating fraud.
    Ex. In a subsequent call the hoaxer suggested that another bomb had been planted on the highway leading to the airport.
    Ex. This recent tsunami is not the first disaster to be exploited by email hoaxsters.
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo deceitful
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino trickster
    * * *
    = trickster, swindler, wheeler-dealer, duplicitous, two-faced, con artist, con man, humbug, scamster, fraudster, fraud, hoaxer, hoaxster.

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.

    Ex: The title of the book is 'Net crimes & misdemeanors: outmaneuvering the spammers, swindlers, and stalkers who are targeting you online'.
    Ex: The term widget is taken from the 1963 movie, 'The Wheeler-Dealers'.
    Ex: This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    Ex: This course looks at this two-faced society with guided field trips to cemeteries and to the architecture of Edinburgh's underworld below the great banks and public buildings.
    Ex: This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and an idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.
    Ex: His supporters call him a 'smoothie', while his critics generally portray him as a 'glib con man'.
    Ex: Worldly people and even monks without spiritual discernment are nearly always attracted by humbugs, imposters, hypocrites and those who are in demonic delusion.
    Ex: Small business operators can be easy prey for scamsters trying to winkle out money for unsolicited - and unneeded - 'services'.
    Ex: The article 'Keeping fraudsters in check' describes computerized systems now being developed to help combat fraud.
    Ex: You know what they say, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck, or in this case, a lying, stealing, cheating fraud.
    Ex: In a subsequent call the hoaxer suggested that another bomb had been planted on the highway leading to the airport.
    Ex: This recent tsunami is not the first disaster to be exploited by email hoaxsters.

    * * *
    deceitful
    masculine, feminine
    trickster, con artist ( colloq)
    * * *

    embaucador
    ◊ - dora adjetivo

    deceitful
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    trickster
    embaucador,-ora
    I adjetivo deceitful
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino swindler, cheat

    ' embaucador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    charlatán
    - charlatana
    - embaucadora
    English:
    trickster
    * * *
    embaucador, -ora
    ♦ adj
    deceitful
    ♦ nm,f
    swindler, confodence man o trickster
    * * *
    I adj deceitful
    II m, embaucadora f trickster
    * * *
    : swindler, deceiver

    Spanish-English dictionary > embaucador

  • 11 humorista

    adj.
    humoristic, humorous.
    f. & m.
    * * *
    1 humorous
    1 (autor) humorist; (cómico) comedian
    * * *
    SMF
    1) (=cómico) stand-up comedian/comedienne; (=dibujante) cartoonist; (=escritor) humorist
    2) (=persona graciosa) joker
    * * *
    masculino y femenino ( autor) humorist, comic writer; ( dibujante) cartoonist; ( cómico) comic, comedian
    * * *
    = humorist, cartoonist.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. Writers, photographers, and cartoonists create their original literary and artistic works.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino ( autor) humorist, comic writer; ( dibujante) cartoonist; ( cómico) comic, comedian
    * * *
    = humorist, cartoonist.

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.

    Ex: Writers, photographers, and cartoonists create their original literary and artistic works.

    * * *
    (autor) humorist, comic writer; (dibujante) cartoonist; (cómico) comic, comedian
    * * *

    humorista sustantivo masculino y femenino ( autor) humorist, comic writer;
    ( dibujante) cartoonist;
    ( cómico) comic, comedian
    humorista mf humorist, comedian, comic
    humorista gráfico, cartoonist
    ' humorista' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    imitar
    - cómico
    English:
    stand-up comic
    - comedian
    - comic
    * * *
    1. [persona burlona] humorist
    2. [en televisión, teatro] comedian, f comedienne
    humorista gráfico cartoonist
    * * *
    m/f humorist; ( cómico) comedian
    * * *
    : humorist, comedian, comedienne f
    * * *
    humorista n (cómico) comedian

    Spanish-English dictionary > humorista

  • 12 idiota

    adj.
    1 stupid (tonto).
    2 mentally deficient (enfermo).
    3 idiot, foolish, dumb, silly.
    4 ament.
    f. & m.
    idiot.
    * * *
    1 MEDICINA idiotic
    2 familiar (tonto) stupid
    1 idiot
    \
    hacer el idiota (hacer payasadas) to be silly, fool about 2 (perder una oportunidad) to be stupid
    * * *
    1. noun mf. 2. adj.
    stupid, idiotic
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ idiotic, stupid
    2.
    SMF idiot

    ¡idiota! — you idiot!

    * * *
    I
    a) (fam) ( tonto) stupid, idiotic
    b) (Med) idiotic
    II
    masculino y femenino ( tonto) (fam) idiot, stupid fool (colloq); (Med) idiot
    * * *
    = idiot, fool, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, arse, mug, berk, prick, moron, cretin, dumbbell, asinine, lemon, airhead, airheaded, bonehead, duffer, drongo, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.
    Ex. Dykstra, M., 'PRECIS: a primer', published in 1985, offers the long-awaited ' idiot's guide' to PRECIS indexing.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.
    Ex. Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.
    Ex. The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.
    Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex. I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.
    Ex. In fact, there was little doubt in his mind that Nigel was an arse of the highest order.
    Ex. By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.
    Ex. And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.
    Ex. Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    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. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    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. 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. Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    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 idiota = stupidly.
    * idiota genio = idiot savant.
    * * *
    I
    a) (fam) ( tonto) stupid, idiotic
    b) (Med) idiotic
    II
    masculino y femenino ( tonto) (fam) idiot, stupid fool (colloq); (Med) idiot
    * * *
    = idiot, fool, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, arse, mug, berk, prick, moron, cretin, dumbbell, asinine, lemon, airhead, airheaded, bonehead, duffer, drongo, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.

    Ex: Dykstra, M., 'PRECIS: a primer', published in 1985, offers the long-awaited ' idiot's guide' to PRECIS indexing.

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex: It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.
    Ex: Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.
    Ex: The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.
    Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex: I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.
    Ex: In fact, there was little doubt in his mind that Nigel was an arse of the highest order.
    Ex: By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.
    Ex: And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.
    Ex: Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    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: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    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: 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: Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    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 idiota = stupidly.
    * idiota genio = idiot savant.

    * * *
    1 ( fam) (tonto) stupid, idiotic
    me caí de la manera más idiota I had the most idiotic o stupid fall ( colloq)
    ¡no seas idiota! don't be so stupid!, don't be such an idiot!
    2 ( Med) idiotic
    1 ( fam) (tonto) idiot, stupid fool ( colloq)
    2 ( Med) idiot
    Compuesto:
    idealistic puppet o stooge
    * * *

    idiota adjetivo (fam) ( tonto) stupid, idiotic;
    ◊ ¡no seas idiota! don't be such an idiot!

    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino ( tonto) (fam) idiot, stupid fool (colloq)
    idiota
    I adjetivo idiotic, stupid
    II mf idiot, fool

    ' idiota' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    tomar
    - trompo
    - verdadera
    - verdadero
    - pedazo
    - perdido
    English:
    bozo
    - fool
    - idiot
    - idiotic
    - knob
    - make out
    - meathead
    - moron
    - nerd
    - plonker
    - right
    - some
    - inane
    - mug
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [tonto] stupid
    2. [enfermo] mentally deficient
    ♦ nmf
    1. [tonto] idiot
    2. [enfermo] idiot
    * * *
    I adj idiotic
    II m/f idiot
    * * *
    idiota adj
    : idiotic, stupid, foolish
    idiota nmf
    : idiot, foolish person
    * * *
    idiota1 adj stupid [comp. stupider; superl. stupidest]
    idiota2 n idiot

    Spanish-English dictionary > idiota

  • 13 inocentón

    adj.
    gullible, credulous, naive, simple-minded.
    m.
    simpleton, babe in the woods, April fool, easy mark.
    * * *
    1 familiar naive
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar naive person, gullible person
    * * *
    inocentón, -ona *
    1.
    ADJ gullible, naïve
    2.
    SM / F simpleton
    * * *
    - tona adjetivo (fam) innocent, wet behind the ears (colloq)
    * * *
    = simpleton, dupe, gullible, fall guy, April fool, drongo.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. He is gullible, not very bright, the ready dupe of the charlatan and the demagogue.
    Ex. I argue that intellectual vices (such as being gullible, dogmatic, pigheaded, or prejudiced) are essential.
    Ex. This biopic of the serial killer Ted Bundy portraying him as a sex maniac and a grotesque fall guy is misguided.
    Ex. The classic form of April fool hoax is to present an improbable situation in such a convincing way that people fall for it on the spur of the moment but later cannot understand why they did so.
    Ex. Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.
    ----
    * inocentones, los = gullible, the.
    * * *
    - tona adjetivo (fam) innocent, wet behind the ears (colloq)
    * * *
    = simpleton, dupe, gullible, fall guy, April fool, drongo.

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.

    Ex: He is gullible, not very bright, the ready dupe of the charlatan and the demagogue.
    Ex: I argue that intellectual vices (such as being gullible, dogmatic, pigheaded, or prejudiced) are essential.
    Ex: This biopic of the serial killer Ted Bundy portraying him as a sex maniac and a grotesque fall guy is misguided.
    Ex: The classic form of April fool hoax is to present an improbable situation in such a convincing way that people fall for it on the spur of the moment but later cannot understand why they did so.
    Ex: Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.
    * inocentones, los = gullible, the.

    * * *
    ( fam); innocent, wet behind the ears ( colloq)
    * * *
    inocentón, -ona Fam
    ♦ adj
    naive
    ♦ nm,f
    es un inocentón he's so naive
    * * *
    inocentón, - tona adj, mpl
    - tones : naive, gullible
    inocentón, - tona n, mpl
    - tones : simpleton, dupe

    Spanish-English dictionary > inocentón

  • 14 simplón

    adj.
    gullible, simple, naive.
    m.
    simpleton, half-wit, simpleminded, Simple Simon.
    * * *
    1 simple, naive
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 simpleton
    * * *
    simplón, -ona
    1.
    ADJ simple, gullible
    2.
    SM / F simple soul, gullible person
    * * *
    I
    - plona adjetivo (fam) gullible, dumb (colloq)
    II
    - plona masculino, femenino (fam) dope (colloq); gullible fool
    * * *
    = simpleton, slowpoke, drongo.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. The United States is starting to look like a slowpoke on the Internet -- examples abound of countries that have faster broadband connections.
    Ex. Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.
    * * *
    I
    - plona adjetivo (fam) gullible, dumb (colloq)
    II
    - plona masculino, femenino (fam) dope (colloq); gullible fool
    * * *
    = simpleton, slowpoke, drongo.

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.

    Ex: The United States is starting to look like a slowpoke on the Internet -- examples abound of countries that have faster broadband connections.
    Ex: Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.

    * * *
    ( fam); gullible, dumb ( colloq)
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam)
    sucker ( colloq), dope ( colloq), gullible fool
    * * *

    simplón,-ona adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino simpleton: es un simplón, se cree cualquier cosa que le digas, he's a real dunce, he believes everything you tell him
    argumento simplón, a facile argument
    ' simplón' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    simple
    - simplona
    English:
    greenhorn
    * * *
    simplón, -ona Fam
    ♦ adj
    naive
    ♦ nm,f
    naive person;
    ser un simplón to be naive
    * * *
    m, simplona f fam
    sucker fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > simplón

  • 15 tonto

    adj.
    1 silly, dull, empty-headed, foolish.
    2 silly, footling, foolish.
    3 useless, dumb.
    4 stupefied.
    m.
    fool, blockhead, dunce, idiot.
    * * *
    1 silly, stupid, US dumb
    ■ ¡qué idea más tonta! what a stupid idea!
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 fool, idiot
    \
    a tontas y a locas without rhyme or reason
    hacer el tonto / hacer la tonta to act the fool
    hacerse el tonto / hacerse la tonta to play dumb
    ponerse tonto,-a familiar to get stroppy
    tonto,-a de remate / tonto,-a de capirote familiar prize idiot
    un,-a tonto,-a del bote familiar a right berk, a real twerp
    * * *
    1. (f. - tonta)
    noun
    2. (f. - tonta)
    adj.
    foolish, stupid
    * * *
    tonto, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) [persona]
    a) (=bobo) [dicho con afecto] silly; [dicho con enfado] stupid

    venga, 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) imbecile
    pelo 8)
    2) [risa, frase, accidente] silly

    ¡qué fallo más tonto! — it was a really silly mistake!

    caja 1)
    2. SM / F

    soy 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) imbecile
    3. SM
    1) (Circo, Teat) clown, funny man
    2) And, CAm (=palanca) jemmy
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo
    1)
    a) [SER] < persona> ( falto de inteligencia) stupid, dumb (colloq); ( ingenuo) silly

    fui tan tonto como para decirle que sí — I was stupid o foolish enough to say yes

    b) [ESTAR] ( intratable) difficult, silly; ( disgustado) upset

    dejar tonto a alguien — (Esp fam) to leave somebody speechless

    hacer tonto a alguien — (Chi fam) to fool somebody

    2) <excusa/error/historia> silly
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino ( falto de inteligencia) idiot, dummy (colloq); ( ingenuo) idiot, fool

    hacer 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 adjetivo
    1)
    a) [SER] < persona> ( falto de inteligencia) stupid, dumb (colloq); ( ingenuo) silly

    fui tan tonto como para decirle que sí — I was stupid o foolish enough to say yes

    b) [ESTAR] ( intratable) difficult, silly; ( disgustado) upset

    dejar tonto a alguien — (Esp fam) to leave somebody speechless

    hacer tonto a alguien — (Chi fam) to fool somebody

    2) <excusa/error/historia> silly
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino ( falto de inteligencia) idiot, dummy (colloq); ( ingenuo) idiot, fool

    hacer 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.

    * * *
    tonto1 -ta
    A
    1 [ SER] ‹persona› (falto de inteligencia) stupid, dumb ( colloq) (ingenuo) silly
    ¡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 can
    y él fue tan tonto como para decirle que sí and he was stupid o dumb o foolish enough to say yes
    2 [ ESTAR] (travieso) difficult, silly; (disgustado) upset
    no me hagas caso, hoy estoy tonta don't take any notice of me, I'm in a funny mood today
    se pone muy tonto siempre que hay visita he gets really silly o difficult when there are visitors
    a lo tonto: a lo tonto, a lo tonto lleva ya ganados varios millones he's won several million just like that o without even trying
    lo 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 right
    hablas a lo tonto you're talking through your hat
    a tontas y a locas without thinking
    gasta el dinero a tontas y a locas she spends money like there's no tomorrow ( colloq)
    dejar tonto a algn ( Esp fam); to leave sb speechless
    hacer tonto a algn ( Chi fam); to make a fool of sb, fool sb
    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)
    ser tonto del bote or del culo ( Esp fam); to be a complete idiot
    B ‹excusa/error/historia› silly
    fue 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 ankle
    tonto2 -ta
    masculine, feminine
    (falto de inteligencia) idiot, dummy ( colloq); (ingenuo) idiot, fool
    eres un tonto por haberte dejado engañar así you're an idiot o a fool to let yourself be taken in like that
    hacer el tonto (hacer payasadas) to play o act the fool, to fool o clown around; (actuar con necedad) to make a fool of oneself
    hacerse el tonto to act dumb
    no 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 dumb
    le 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)
    ser como tonto para algo ( Chi fam); to be crazy o nuts about sth ( colloq)
    Compuestos:
    prize idiot, utter fool
    village idiot
    ( Chi fam) silly fool
    idealistic puppet o stooge
    * * *

     

    tonto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    1
    a) [SER] ( falto de inteligencia) stupid, dumb (colloq);

    ( ingenuo) silly
    b) [ESTAR] ( intratable) difficult, silly;

    ( disgustado) upset
    2 ‹excusa/error/historia› silly
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( falto de inteligencia) idiot, dummy (colloq);
    ( ingenuo) idiot, fool;
    ◊ hacer 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

    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
    ♦ adj
    1. [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 tonto de capirote o [m5] remate to be Br daft as a brush o US crazy as a loon;
    ser más tonto que Abundio to be as thick as two short planks
    2. [retrasado mental] dim, backward
    3.
    ponerse tonto [pesado, insistente] to be difficult;
    [arrogante] to get awkward, Br to get stroppy
    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,f
    idiot;
    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 thinking
    tonto útil useful idiot
    * * *
    I adj silly, foolish
    II 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 adj
    1) : dumb, stupid
    2) : silly
    3)
    a tontas y a locas : without thinking, haphazardly
    tonto, -ta n
    : fool, idiot
    * * *
    tonto1 adj silly [comp. sillier; superl. silliest] / stupid [comp. stupider; superl. stupidest]
    ¡qué fallo más tonto! what a stupid mistake!
    tonto2 n fool / idiot

    Spanish-English dictionary > tonto

  • 16 trapacero

    adj.
    swindling, wily, deceitful.
    m.
    1 cheating, deceitful.
    2 swindler, cheat, deceiver, liar.
    * * *
    1 tricky
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 trickster, fiddler
    * * *
    trapacero, -a *
    1.
    ADJ (=tramposo) dishonest, swindling
    2. SM / F
    1) (=tramposo) cheat, swindler
    2) (=chismoso) gossip, mischief-maker
    * * *
    - ra masculino, femenino racketeer
    * * *
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    * * *
    - ra masculino, femenino racketeer
    * * *

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    crook ( colloq)
    * * *

    trapacero,-a, trapacista
    I adjetivo tricky, crafty
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino trickster, cheat
    ' trapacero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    trapacera
    - trapacista
    * * *
    trapacero, -a adj
    dishonest, deceitful

    Spanish-English dictionary > trapacero

  • 17 trapacista

    adj.
    1 impostor, cheat, sharper, swindler; deceiver; fraudulent, false.
    2 swindling, deceitful, wily.
    f. & m.
    swindler, cheat, deceiver, liar.
    * * *
    SMF = trapacero 2.
    * * *
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    * * *

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.

    * * *

    trapacero,-a, trapacista
    I adjetivo tricky, crafty
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino trickster, cheat
    ' trapacista' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    trapacera
    - trapacero

    Spanish-English dictionary > trapacista

  • 18 embustero1

    1 = trickster, liar, fabulist, fabricator, fibber.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. That means human beings are natural-born liars.
    Ex. It is important to remember that the story of the American West has been told as much by fabulists and fabricators as by historians.
    Ex. It is important to remember that the story of the American West has been told as much by fabulists and fabricators as by historians.
    Ex. The article 'Frequent fibbers can blame their brain' relates the deficit in grey matter volume to the impulsiveness of fibbers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > embustero1

  • 19 favor

    adv.
    please.
    m.
    favor (servicio).
    hacerle un favor a alguien to do somebody a favor
    hágame el favor de cerrar la puerta would you mind shutting the door, please?
    pedir un favor a alguien to ask somebody a favor
    por favor please
    * * *
    1 favour (US favor)
    \
    a favor de in favour (US favor) of
    a mi (tu, su, etc) favor in my (your, his, etc) favour (US favor)
    en favor de in favour (US favor) of
    hacer un favor to do a favour (US favor)
    haga (hagan, etc) el favor de + inf formal please + inf
    ¿me harías (harían, haríais, etc) el favor de + inf? could you + inf?
    por favor please
    tener a alguien a su favor to have somebody on one's side
    tener algo a su favor to have something in one's favour (US favor)
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=ayuda) favour, favor (EEUU)

    favor de venir puntualmente — Méx please be punctual

    • hacer un favor a algn — to do sb a favour

    ¿me puedes hacer un favor? — can you do me a favour?

    ¡está para hacerle un favor! — ** she's really something! *

    ¿me hace el favor de bajarme la maleta? — I wonder if you could get my suitcase down for me, please?, could you possibly get my suitcase down for me, please?

    ¡haced el favor de callaros! — will you please be quiet!

    si hace favor — LAm if you don't mind

    • pedir un favor a algn — to ask sb (for) a favour, ask a favour of sb más frm

    • por favor — please

    ¿me dejan pasar, por favor? — could I get past, please?

    ¡por favor! ¡qué calor hace! — goodness me, it's hot today!

    2) [locuciones]
    a)

    • a favor — in favour

    hay un 50% de gente a favor — 50% of people are in favour

    ¿estás a favor o en contra? — are you for or against it?

    b)

    • a favor de — in favour of

    ¿está a favor de poner fin al bloqueo del país? — are you in favour of ending the blockade of the country?

    • ir a favor de la corriente — to go with the flow

    • a favor de la noche — under cover of darkness

    • votar a favor de algo — to vote in favour of sth

    c)

    • en favor de — [abdicar, manifestarse] in favour of; [intervenir] on behalf of; [trabajar, luchar] for

    el director se manifestó en favor del cine europeo — the director spoke in favour of o expressed his support for the European film industry

    3) (=apoyo) [del rey, dioses] favour, favor (EEUU), protection; [del público] support

    gracias al favor del rey — thanks to the king's protection, thanks to the favour he enjoyed with the king

    • gozar del favor de algn — to have sb's support o backing, enjoy sb's favour frm

    el partido goza del favor del 49% de la población — the party has the support o backing of 49% of the population

    condición 1)
    4)

    • entrada de favor — complimentary ticket

    5) pl favores [de mujer] favours, favors (EEUU)
    * * *
    1)
    a) (ayuda, servicio) favor*

    ¿me puedes hacer un favor? — can you do me a favor?

    ¿me harías el favor de copiarme esto? — would you copy this for me, please?

    hagan el favor de esperar — would you mind waiting, please?

    gracias, no sabes el favor que me haces — thanks ever so much, you're doing me a big favor

    si no te invitan, favor que te hacen — if they don't invite you, they'll be doing you a favor

    favor de hacer la cola — (Méx) please stand in line (AmE), please queue here (BrE)

    a favor — in favor*

    estar a favor de algo/alguien/+ inf — to be in favor* of something/somebody/-ing

    si es así, aún más a mi favor — that makes me all the more right

    cinco a dos, a favor de Nacional — five-two, with Nacional ahead (AmE), five-two to Nacional (BrE)

    ¿y tú le creíste? por favor, mujer! — and you believed him? honestly!

    2) ( apoyo)

    cuenta con el favor del jefe — he's/she's in favor with the boss

    3) favores (liter) ( sexuales) favor
    * * *
    = favour [favor, -USA].
    Ex. Any favours librarians receive from vendors will be minimal.
    ----
    * a favor = in favour.
    * a favor de = in favour of.
    * a favor de la decisión personal sobre el aborto = pro-choice.
    * a favor de la esclavitud = pro-slavery.
    * a favor de la raza negra = pro-black [problack].
    * a favor de la vida humano = pro-life.
    * a favor y en contra = pro and con.
    * a + Posesivo + favor = in + Posesivo + favour, to + Posesivo + credit.
    * argumentar a favor de = put + the case for, present + case for, make + a case for.
    * argumentos a favor o en contra = arguments for (and/or) against.
    * conceder un favor = bestow + favour.
    * decir a favor de = say in + favour of.
    * declarar a favor de = testify (to/of).
    * devolución de un favor = repayment of debt.
    * devolver un favor = return + a favour.
    * dicho sea a su favor = to + Posesivo + credit.
    * en favor de = in favour of.
    * estar a favor (de) = be in favour (of).
    * estar a favor de = be for.
    * estar a favor de una idea = favour + idea.
    * estar a favor o en contra = be for or against.
    * favor sexual = sexual favour.
    * ganarse el favor de = win + the favour of.
    * hablar a favor de = speak up for.
    * hablar en favor de = put + a word in for.
    * hacer un favor = put + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + misery.
    * hacer un favor a Alguien = do + Nombre + a favour.
    * hay que decir a su favor que = to + Posesivo + credit.
    * perder el favor de = lose + popularity with.
    * por favor = please.
    * por favor, responda = RSVP [R.S.V.P.].
    * predispuesto a favor de = disposed for.
    * presentar argumentos a favor = make + a case for.
    * presentar argumentos a favor de = present + arguments in favour of.
    * presentar evidencia a favor de = present + case for.
    * probabilidades a favor de = odds in favour of.
    * pronunciarse a favor o en contra de Algo = take + sides.
    * punto a favor = asset.
    * romper una lanzar en favor de = stick up for.
    * tiempo + estar a favor de Alguien = time + be + on + Posesivo + side.
    * trato de favor = preferential treatment.
    * viento a favor = tailwind.
    * * *
    1)
    a) (ayuda, servicio) favor*

    ¿me puedes hacer un favor? — can you do me a favor?

    ¿me harías el favor de copiarme esto? — would you copy this for me, please?

    hagan el favor de esperar — would you mind waiting, please?

    gracias, no sabes el favor que me haces — thanks ever so much, you're doing me a big favor

    si no te invitan, favor que te hacen — if they don't invite you, they'll be doing you a favor

    favor de hacer la cola — (Méx) please stand in line (AmE), please queue here (BrE)

    a favor — in favor*

    estar a favor de algo/alguien/+ inf — to be in favor* of something/somebody/-ing

    si es así, aún más a mi favor — that makes me all the more right

    cinco a dos, a favor de Nacional — five-two, with Nacional ahead (AmE), five-two to Nacional (BrE)

    ¿y tú le creíste? por favor, mujer! — and you believed him? honestly!

    2) ( apoyo)

    cuenta con el favor del jefe — he's/she's in favor with the boss

    3) favores (liter) ( sexuales) favor
    * * *
    = favour [favor, -USA].

    Ex: Any favours librarians receive from vendors will be minimal.

    * a favor = in favour.
    * a favor de = in favour of.
    * a favor de la decisión personal sobre el aborto = pro-choice.
    * a favor de la esclavitud = pro-slavery.
    * a favor de la raza negra = pro-black [problack].
    * a favor de la vida humano = pro-life.
    * a favor y en contra = pro and con.
    * a + Posesivo + favor = in + Posesivo + favour, to + Posesivo + credit.
    * argumentar a favor de = put + the case for, present + case for, make + a case for.
    * argumentos a favor o en contra = arguments for (and/or) against.
    * conceder un favor = bestow + favour.
    * decir a favor de = say in + favour of.
    * declarar a favor de = testify (to/of).
    * devolución de un favor = repayment of debt.
    * devolver un favor = return + a favour.
    * dicho sea a su favor = to + Posesivo + credit.
    * en favor de = in favour of.
    * estar a favor (de) = be in favour (of).
    * estar a favor de = be for.
    * estar a favor de una idea = favour + idea.
    * estar a favor o en contra = be for or against.
    * favor sexual = sexual favour.
    * ganarse el favor de = win + the favour of.
    * hablar a favor de = speak up for.
    * hablar en favor de = put + a word in for.
    * hacer un favor = put + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + misery.
    * hacer un favor a Alguien = do + Nombre + a favour.
    * hay que decir a su favor que = to + Posesivo + credit.
    * perder el favor de = lose + popularity with.
    * por favor = please.
    * por favor, responda = RSVP [R.S.V.P.].
    * predispuesto a favor de = disposed for.
    * presentar argumentos a favor = make + a case for.
    * presentar argumentos a favor de = present + arguments in favour of.
    * presentar evidencia a favor de = present + case for.
    * probabilidades a favor de = odds in favour of.
    * pronunciarse a favor o en contra de Algo = take + sides.
    * punto a favor = asset.
    * romper una lanzar en favor de = stick up for.
    * tiempo + estar a favor de Alguien = time + be + on + Posesivo + side.
    * trato de favor = preferential treatment.
    * viento a favor = tailwind.

    * * *
    A
    1 (ayuda, servicio) favor*
    ¿me puedes hacer un favor? can you do me a favor?
    vengo a pedirte un favor I've come to ask you (for) a favor o to ask a favor of you
    no me han hecho ningún favor con estos cambios these changes are a great help, I must say! ( iro)
    ¿me harías el favor de pasarme esto a máquina? would you type this for me, please?
    ¿puede hacer el favor de llamar más tarde? could you possibly phone later?
    hagan el favor de esperar would you mind waiting, please?
    ¡hágame el favor, hombre! ¿a eso le llaman arte? they call that art? get out of here! ( AmE) o ( BrE) do me a favour! ( colloq)
    si no te invitan, favor que te hacen if they don't invite you, so much the better o they'll be doing you a favor
    ¿quién es ése? se le puede hacer un favor ¿eh? ( fam hum); who's that guy? I wouldn't say no to him ( colloq)
    [ S ] favor de hacer la cola ( Méx); please stand in line ( AmE), please queue here ( BrE)
    2 ( en locs):
    a favor in favor*
    hubo dos votos en contra y seis a favor there were two votes against and six in favor
    llevamos el viento a favor we have the wind behind us
    a favor de in favor* of
    está a favor del divorcio she is in favor of divorce
    si es así, aún más a mi favor if that's the case, that makes me all the more right
    los que estén a favor de la propuesta, levanten la mano those in favor of the proposal, please show
    cinco a dos, a favor de Nacional (durante el partido) five-two, with Nacional ahead ( AmE), five-two to Nacional ( BrE) (resultado final) Nacional wins, five-two ( AmE), five-two to Nacional ( BrE)
    saldo a su/nuestro favor balance in your/our favor
    en favor de: abdicó en favor de su hijo he abdicated in favor of his son
    actuó en favor de los intereses de la empresa he acted in the interests of the company
    una colecta en favor de los damnificados a collection in aid of the victims, a collection for the victims
    por favor please
    la cuenta, por favor can I have the check ( AmE) o ( BrE) bill, please?
    ¡que no se te vaya a caer, por favor! don't drop it, please!, for heaven's sake don't drop it!
    ¿y tú le creíste? ¡por favor, mujer! and you believed him? honestly o really!
    B
    (apoyo, protección): la exposición gozó de los favores del público the exhibition was well supported by the public
    intenta ganarse el favor de la crítica he's trying to win the approval of the critics
    muchos buscaban sus favores ( liter); many men sought her favors ( liter)
    disfrutaba del favor del rey he enjoyed the king's favor
    C ( arc) (prenda) favor*
    * * *

     

    favor sustantivo masculino
    a) (ayuda, servicio) favor( conjugate favor);

    ◊ ¿me puedes hacer un favor? can you do me a favor?;

    vengo a pedirte un favor I've come to ask you (for) a favor;
    ¿me harías el favor de copiarme esto? would you copy this for me, please?;
    hagan el favor de esperar would you mind waiting, please?
    b) ( en locs)

    ◊ a favor in favor( conjugate favor);

    dos votos a favor two votes in favor;
    en favor de in favour of;
    estar a favor de algo/algn/hacer algo to be in favor( conjugate favor) of sth/sb/doing sth;
    por favor please
    favor sustantivo masculino
    1 favour, US favor: ¿me puedes hacer un favor?, could you do me a favour?
    2 favores (de una mujer) favours
    ♦ Locuciones: estar a favor de, to be in favour of
    por favor, please
    ' favor' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abogar
    - abonar
    - admitir
    - aguantar
    - alegar
    - alta
    - alto
    - apestosa
    - apestoso
    - aquí
    - asiento
    - baja
    - bajo
    - balanza
    - cara
    - cobrar
    - cobrarse
    - coger
    - correrse
    - decir
    - declararse
    - delante
    - desgracia
    - desobedecer
    - envolver
    - favorecer
    - fuego
    - guardar
    - hacer
    - instante
    - interceder
    - introducir
    - lanza
    - liquidación
    - luz
    - pagar
    - parar
    - partidaria
    - partidario
    - pedir
    - por
    - pronunciarse
    - resolverse
    - salir
    - silencio
    - soborno
    - su
    - voto
    - abdicar
    - atención
    English:
    against
    - argue
    - argument
    - ask
    - assessment
    - believe in
    - biased
    - bring
    - bring in
    - campaign
    - carefully
    - carve up
    - charity
    - come out
    - complete
    - con
    - disregard
    - disturb
    - divulge
    - do
    - electioneering
    - favor
    - favour
    - feature
    - fetch in
    - find
    - for
    - fragile
    - get
    - hand out
    - hand up
    - kindly
    - longhand
    - lower
    - make out
    - mind
    - oblige
    - odds
    - path
    - please
    - plus
    - put back
    - put through
    - really
    - receipt
    - redeeming
    - repay
    - report
    - return
    - ring up
    * * *
    favor nm
    1. [servicio] favour;
    pedir un favor a alguien to ask sb a favour;
    hacerle un favor a alguien [ayudar a] to do sb a favour;
    hágame el favor de cerrar la puerta would you mind shutting the door, please?;
    Am
    favor de pasar por la puerta B please proceed through gate B;
    ¡haz el favor de no golpear la puerta! would you kindly stop slamming that door?;
    ¿abro la ventana? – si haces el favor… shall I open the window? – please, if you don't mind…;
    con esa actitud hace un flaco favor a la democracia he's not doing anything for democracy with an attitude like that;
    Fam
    tu amiga está como para hacerle un favor, a tu amiga le hacía yo un favor I wouldn't mind doing your friend a favour
    2. Anticuado o Hum
    favores [de una mujer] favours;
    la dama le concedió sus favores the lady graced him with her favours
    3. [apoyo]
    tener a o [m5] en su favor a alguien to enjoy sb's support;
    tenía a todo el pueblo a su favor he had the people on his side;
    los políticos tienen el favor de sus votantes the politicians enjoy the support of the voters;
    goza del favor del público he has public support
    4.
    de favor [gratuito] complimentary, free
    5. [en frases]
    un viento/una corriente a favor a favourable wind/current;
    ¿tú estás a favor o en contra de la nueva ley? are you for or against the new law?;
    tienen diez goles a favor y once en contra they've scored ten goals and conceded eleven;
    89-99 a favor de los Nets 99-89 to the Nets;
    el juez falló a su favor the judge found in his favour;
    a favor de in favour of;
    estar a favor de to be in favour of;
    extendió un cheque a favor de Henar y Cía. she made out a cheque to Henar & Co;
    en favor de to the benefit of;
    si ahora no contesta, más a mi favor if he doesn't reply now, that proves I'm right all the more;
    por favor [al pedir algo] please;
    [expresa indignación, sorpresa] for heaven's sake!;
    las cosas se piden por favor you say “please” when you ask for something;
    nos pidió por favor que la acompañáramos she asked if we could please go with her
    * * *
    m
    1 favor, Br
    favour;
    hacer un favor do a favor;
    ¿me harías el favor de echarme esta carta? could you do me a favor and mail this letter?, could you (please) mail this letter for me?;
    haz el favor de callarte would you please be quiet!;
    pedir un favor a alguien ask s.o. for a favor
    :
    a favor de in favor o Br favour of;
    por favor please
    * * *
    favor nm
    1) : favor
    2)
    a favor de : in favor of
    3)
    por favor : please
    * * *
    favor n favour
    ¡haz el favor de hacer algo! will you please do something!
    ¡haz el favor de sentarte! will you please sit down!

    Spanish-English dictionary > favor

  • 20 embustero

    adj.
    deceitful, liar.
    m.
    liar, charlatan, cheat, deceiver.
    * * *
    1 lying, deceitful
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 liar
    * * *
    embustero, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=mentiroso) lying
    2)

    persona embustera — Cono Sur person who cannot spell properly

    3) CAm (=altanero) haughty
    2.
    SM / F (=mentiroso) liar
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino fibber (colloq), liar
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino fibber (colloq), liar
    * * *
    embustero1
    1 = trickster, liar, fabulist, fabricator, fibber.

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.

    Ex: That means human beings are natural-born liars.
    Ex: It is important to remember that the story of the American West has been told as much by fabulists and fabricators as by historians.
    Ex: It is important to remember that the story of the American West has been told as much by fabulists and fabricators as by historians.
    Ex: The article 'Frequent fibbers can blame their brain' relates the deficit in grey matter volume to the impulsiveness of fibbers.

    embustero2
    2 = deceitful, mendacious, lying.

    Ex: Again, on the matter of the sources already consulted by the enquirer, the implication is not that he is unreliable or deceitful, but that in looking up the Encyclopedia Americana he may not be aware of the existence of the index.

    Ex: I love movies like that -- where slowly, gradually, bit by bit, all the characters realize that the villain was really disastrously mendacious and criminal.
    Ex: The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.

    * * *
    embustero1 -ra
    ¡qué niño más embustero! what a little fibber ( colloq)
    embustero2 -ra
    masculine, feminine
    fibber ( colloq), liar
    * * *

    embustero
    ◊ -ra adjetivo: ¡qué niño más embustero! what a little fibber (colloq)

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    fibber (colloq), liar
    embustero,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino cheat, liar

    ' embustero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    embustera
    English:
    liar
    - deceitful
    * * *
    embustero, -a
    ♦ adj
    [mentiroso] lying;
    ¡mira que eres embustero! you lying hound!
    ♦ nm,f
    liar, fibber
    * * *
    I adj deceitful
    II m, embustera f liar
    * * *
    embustero, -ra adj
    : lying, deceitful
    embustero, -ra n
    : liar, cheat
    * * *
    embustero n liar

    Spanish-English dictionary > embustero

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