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1 cosa inútil
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2 mamotreto
m.1 hefty volume (informal) (libro).2 unwieldy object (objeto grande).3 large and useless object.4 large book, voluminous book.* * *1 (libro) great big thick book, weighty tome2 (armatoste) monstrosity, massive thing* * *masculino (fam)a) ( libro) hefty volume, huge tomeb) ( armatoste) huge thing, useless object* * *= tome, contraption.Ex. In teaching session after teaching session, day after day, school tasks are administered through textbooks, instruction manuals, reference works, etc -- tomes teeming with problems for the pupils to solve.Ex. If you are in cahoots with the circle of power, you get your projects approved in no time, and in some cases, you can build the most hideous and unsightly contraption.* * *masculino (fam)a) ( libro) hefty volume, huge tomeb) ( armatoste) huge thing, useless object* * *= tome, contraption.Ex: In teaching session after teaching session, day after day, school tasks are administered through textbooks, instruction manuals, reference works, etc -- tomes teeming with problems for the pupils to solve.
Ex: If you are in cahoots with the circle of power, you get your projects approved in no time, and in some cases, you can build the most hideous and unsightly contraption.* * *( fam)1 (libro) hefty volume, huge tome2 (armatoste) huge thing, useless object* * *
mamotreto sustantivo masculino
1 (mueble) massive o huge thing
2 (libro) huge tome
' mamotreto' also found in these entries:
English:
cumbersome
* * *1. [libro] hefty volume2. [objeto grande] unwieldy object;ayúdame a mover ese mamotreto de armario help me move that massive great wardrobe* * *m famlibro hefty tome* * *1) : huge book, tome2) armatoste: hulk, monstrosity -
3 maula
f. & m.1 anything worthless (object).2 rubbish trumpery, trash.3 cunning, craft, deceitful tricks, imposition.4 cheat, bad paymaster.Es una buena maula (coll.) he is a good-for-nothing fellowElla es buena maula she is a hussy: used jocularly5 good-for-nothing.* * *1 familiar dead loss* * *1.ADJ [animal] useless, lazy; [persona] good-for-nothing, unreliable2. SMF1) (=vago) idler, slacker2) (=tramposo) cheat, trickster; (=moroso) bad payer3. SF1) (=retal) remnant; (=trasto) piece of junk, useless object; (=persona) dead loss *2) (=truco) dirty trick* * *Ia) (fam) ( vago) lazy, bone idle (colloq)b) (RPl fam) ( cobarde) cowardlyIImasculino y femenino (fam)a) ( pesado) pain in the neck (colloq)* * *Ia) (fam) ( vago) lazy, bone idle (colloq)b) (RPl fam) ( cobarde) cowardlyIImasculino y femenino (fam)a) ( pesado) pain in the neck (colloq)* * *( fam)1(tramposo): es muy maula he's a real cheat2 (inütil) useless( fam)A (tramposo) cheatC (inútil) good-for-nothing* * *♦ adj1. [inútil] useless2. RP [cobarde] yellow, chicken♦ nmf1. [inútil] good-for-nothing2. [estafador] swindler♦ nf[cosa inútil] piece of junk, useless thing* * *m/f annoying person -
4 armatoste
m.1 unwieldy object (mueble, objeto).2 useless object, contraption, hulk, banger.* * *2 (persona) useless great oaf* * *SM1) (=objeto) monstrosity; (Mec) contraption; (Aut) old crock *, jalopy *, old banger *2) (=persona) bungling great fool ** * *masculino (fam) huge great thing (colloq)* * *= contraption.Ex. If you are in cahoots with the circle of power, you get your projects approved in no time, and in some cases, you can build the most hideous and unsightly contraption.* * *masculino (fam) huge great thing (colloq)* * *= contraption.Ex: If you are in cahoots with the circle of power, you get your projects approved in no time, and in some cases, you can build the most hideous and unsightly contraption.
* * *( fam)huge o hulking great thing ( colloq)* * *
armatoste sustantivo masculino (fam) huge great thing (colloq)
armatoste m (objeto grande) monstrosity
' armatoste' also found in these entries:
English:
hulk
* * *armatoste nm1. [mueble, objeto] unwieldy object2. [máquina] contraption* * *m famhuge thing* * * -
5 muérgano
m.razor clam.* * *muérgano, -a1.2. SM2) And (=caballo) vicious horse* * *I- na adjetivo (Col, Ven fam) mean (colloq), nasty (colloq)II- na masculino, femenino (Col, Ven fam) mean brute* * *I- na adjetivo (Col, Ven fam) mean (colloq), nasty (colloq)II- na masculino, femenino (Col, Ven fam) mean brute* * *masculine, feminine(Col, Ven fam) mean bruteel muérgano de su marido la trata muy mal that brute of a husband o mean husband of hers treats her very badly ( colloq)* * *♦ adj[inútil] useless, worthless♦ nm,f[mala persona] swine♦ nm[objeto inútil] useless o worthless object -
6 cacharro
m.1 pot.fregar los cacharros to do the dishes2 piece of junk (informal).3 crock (informal) (machine).4 rickety car, noisy old car, jalopy, buggy.5 old boat.6 old plane.* * *1 (de cocina) crock, piece of crockery■ ¿qué es ese cacharro? what's that thing over there?* * *noun m.object, piece of junk* * *SM1) [de cocina] pot, dishfregar los cacharros — to do o wash the dishes
3) * (=aparato) gadget4) ** (=pistola) rod **, pistol* * *1) ( de cocina) pot2) (fam) ( cachivache) thing; ( coche viejo) jalopy (AmE), old banger (BrE colloq); ( aparato) gadget* * *= gizmo [gismo], jalopy, whatchamacallit.Nota: Expresión utilizada para referirse a un objeto del que no se recuerda el nombre; abreviatura de 'What do you call it?'.Ex. Within, you will find a pleathora of gadgets and gizmos, ranging from the ridiculous to the sublime.Ex. For all Havana's crumbling structures, its disintegrating roads and toxin-belching jalopies, it attracts over a million tourists each year.Ex. In his book's section ' Watchamacallit' he forecasts that communication between user and machine will be through voice for entering text and a pen-like device for pointing.* * *1) ( de cocina) pot2) (fam) ( cachivache) thing; ( coche viejo) jalopy (AmE), old banger (BrE colloq); ( aparato) gadget* * *= gizmo [gismo], jalopy, whatchamacallit.Nota: Expresión utilizada para referirse a un objeto del que no se recuerda el nombre; abreviatura de 'What do you call it?'.Ex: Within, you will find a pleathora of gadgets and gizmos, ranging from the ridiculous to the sublime.
Ex: For all Havana's crumbling structures, its disintegrating roads and toxin-belching jalopies, it attracts over a million tourists each year.Ex: In his book's section ' Watchamacallit' he forecasts that communication between user and machine will be through voice for entering text and a pen-like device for pointing.* * *A (de cocina) potdeja los cacharros para mañana leave the pots and pans for tomorrowB ( fam)1 (cachivache) thingtiene la casa llena de cacharros que no sirven para nada her house is full of junk o useless things3 (aparato) gadget* * *
cacharro sustantivo masculino
( coche viejo) jalopy (AmE), old banger (BrE colloq);
( aparato) gadget
cacharro sustantivo masculino
1 (de loza) earthenware pot o jar
2 familiar (objeto inservible o viejo) thing, piece of junk
3 cacharros pl, (de cocina) pots and pans
fregar los cacharros, to do the washing-up
' cacharro' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
chisme
English:
banger
- battered
- heap
- lemon
- rickety
- thing
- whatsit
- wreck
* * *cacharro nm1. [recipiente] pot;fregar los cacharros to do the dishes[automóvil] heap, bangeraprietas este cacharro y sale agua press this thing o gizmo here and water comes out* * *m1 pot;lavar los cacharros Méx, C.Am. wash the dishes2 Méx, C.Am. ( trasto) piece of junk3 Méx, C.Am.coche junkheap* * *cacharro nm3) cacharros nmpl: pots and pans* * *cacharro n1. (recipiente) pot / pan2. (coche) old banger3. (trasto) piece of junk -
7 birria
f.1 drip (informal) (person).una birria de jugador a useless player2 good-for-nothing person, gawk.3 ugly thing.4 shady-looking person, persona non grata.5 goat meat in chili sauce.6 garbage goods film.7 dead loss.* * *1 familiar (cosa fea) monstrosity2 (cosa mala) rubbish* * *SFla novela es una birria — * the novel is rubbish o trash
2) And * (=obsesión) set idea4)5) CAm * (=cerveza) beer* * *1) (fam) (cosa fea, inútil)sus poemas son una birria — his poems are garbage (AmE) o (BrE) rubbish (colloq)
2) (Méx) (Coc) goat's meat in chili sauce* * *= rubbish, garbage, dud.Ex. Science fiction may be so obviously rubbish that one is tempted to dismiss the whole product as rubbish.Ex. Some individuals are satisfied with a 50% 'hit' rate because they feel they can more quickly weed out the ' garbage' than they could compile the needed bibliography by hand.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.* * *1) (fam) (cosa fea, inútil)sus poemas son una birria — his poems are garbage (AmE) o (BrE) rubbish (colloq)
2) (Méx) (Coc) goat's meat in chili sauce* * *= rubbish, garbage, dud.Ex: Science fiction may be so obviously rubbish that one is tempted to dismiss the whole product as rubbish.
Ex: Some individuals are satisfied with a 50% 'hit' rate because they feel they can more quickly weed out the ' garbage' than they could compile the needed bibliography by hand.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.* * *A ( fam)(cosa fea, inútil): vas hecho una birria you look a mess¡qué birria de vestido! what a horrible dress!sus poemas son una birria his poems are crap (sl), his poems are garbage ( AmE) o ( BrE) rubbish ( colloq)* * *
birria f fam rubbish: esta estufa es una birria, this stove is rubbish
' birria' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
churro
- porquería
English:
dud
* * *birria nfFam1. [persona] drip;una birria de jugador a useless player;me encuentro hecho una birria I'm in a bad way2. [cosa] junk, Br rubbish, US garbage;Coljugar de birria to play half-heartedlybirria de cabra goat-meat stew* * *f fampiece of junk fam ;va hecha una birria fam she looks a real mess fam* * *birria n rubbish -
8 cosa inútil
f.1 useless object.2 useless thing.* * *(n.) = dead horseEx. And if the topic does become tomorrow's carrion, it would not, perhaps, be inappropriate that it was buried under its own dead horse subject heading.* * *(n.) = dead horseEx: And if the topic does become tomorrow's carrion, it would not, perhaps, be inappropriate that it was buried under its own dead horse subject heading.
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9 tapalcate
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10 golosina
f.sweet (British), candy (United States).pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: golosinar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: golosinar.* * *1 sweet, US candy* * *noun f.candy, sweet* * *SF1) (=manjar) titbit, tidbit (EEUU), dainty; (=dulce) sweet, piece of candy (EEUU)2) (=incentivo) incentive3) (=bagatela) trifle; (=cosa inútil) useless object4) (=deseo) desire, longing; (=antojo) fancy5) (=gula) sweet tooth, liking for sweet things; (=glotonería) greed* * *a) ( exquisitez) tidbit (AmE), titbit (BrE)b) ( dulce) candy (AmE), sweet (BrE)* * *= candy.Ex. The article 'Brain candy or brain manna?' argues that a market of readers with a decent disposable income, more sophisticated taste and lots of time to read might welcome titles that are more fulfilling than run of the mill commercial fiction.----* golosinas = confectionery.* * *a) ( exquisitez) tidbit (AmE), titbit (BrE)b) ( dulce) candy (AmE), sweet (BrE)* * *= candy.Ex: The article 'Brain candy or brain manna?' argues that a market of readers with a decent disposable income, more sophisticated taste and lots of time to read might welcome titles that are more fulfilling than run of the mill commercial fiction.
* golosinas = confectionery.* * *3 (incentivo) incentive* * *
golosina sustantivo femenino ( dulce) candy (AmE), sweet (BrE)
golosina sustantivo femenino sweet, US candy
' golosina' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
caramelo
- porquería
- chupete
- dulce
English:
sweet
- titbit
- toffee
* * *golosina nf1. [dulce] Br sweet, US candy;los niños están comiendo todo el día caramelos y golosinas the children do nothing but eat Br sweets o US candy all day2. [exquisitez] delicacy, titbit, US tidbit* * *f candy, Brsweet* * *golosina nf: sweet, snack* * *golosina n sweet -
11 arnaco
SM And useless object, piece of lumber -
12 halaco
SM CAm piece of junk, useless object -
13 anfiteatro grande
• large airplane• large and useless object -
14 armatoste
• banger• contraption• useless object -
15 banasta
• large and useless object• large bellows -
16 canasta grande
• large and useless object• large bellows -
17 canasto
• basket• large and useless object• large bellows -
18 capazo
• carrycot• large and useless object• large bellows• shopping basket -
19 cesto
• basket• large and useless object• large bellows -
20 coliseo
• coliseum• colosseum• large airplane• large and useless object
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