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  • 1 without doubt

    بِالتّأْكيد \ certainly: without doubt; of course: May he come? Certainly (or certainly not!). decidedly: without doubt: He’s decidedly the best runner. for sure: without doubt. rather: (often as a reply) yes, certainly: Would you like a swim? Rather!. sure: (in special phrases) certainly: They told me he was up a tree, and sure enough there he was. surely: (in questions where one is sure of the answer) certainly: Surely you can pay $2? (I’m sure you can). without doubt: certainly. without fail: letting nothing prevent the action: We shall be there at six o’clock, without fail.

    Arabic-English glossary > without doubt

  • 2 without doubt

    دُون شَكّ \ sure: (in special phrases) certainly: They told me he was up a tree, and sure enough there he was. to be sure: I agree: Yes, he’s small, to be sure; but he’s strong. without doubt: certainly. for sure: without doubt.

    Arabic-English glossary > without doubt

  • 3 Zweifel

    m; -s, -; doubt (an + Dat about); (Ungewissheit) uncertainty; berechtigter Zweifel reasonable doubt; große / leise Zweifel grave / slight doubts; außer Zweifel beyond doubt; ohne Zweifel without (a) doubt, undoubtedly; es bestehen oder gibt Zweifel an seiner Ehrlichkeit / ob er ehrlich ist there are doubts about his honesty / about ( oder as to) whether he is honest; es besteht kein Zweifel ( daran), dass... there’s absolutely no doubt ( oder question) that...; kein Zweifel, das stimmt there’s no doubt about it, it’s right; Zweifel haben oder hegen an (+ Dat) have (one’s) doubts about; Zweifel an sich selbst haben have lost faith in oneself; ich habe nicht den geringsten Zweifel, dass... I have not the slightest doubt ( oder no doubt whatsoever) that...; ich habe da meine Zweifel I have my doubts, I’m not so sure; mir kommen Zweifel I’m beginning to have my doubts; keinen Zweifel daran lassen, dass... make it quite plain that..., leave no room for doubt that...; jemanden über etw. im Zweifel lassen leave s.o. in doubt as to s.th. ( oder wondering about s.th.); im Zweifel sein be doubtful, have one’s doubts ( über + Akk about); ich bin mir ( noch) im Zweifel, ob ich gehen soll I’m (still) doubtful about ( oder in two minds as to) whether I should go or not; in Zweifel ziehen (call into) question, throw ( oder call) into doubt; über jeden Zweifel erhaben beyond (any shadow of a) doubt; von Zweifeln geplagt plagued by doubts
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    der Zweifel
    discredit; doubt; disbelief
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    Zwei|fel ['tsvaifl]
    m -s, -
    doubt

    außer Zwéífel — beyond doubt

    im Zwéífel — in doubt

    ohne Zwéífel — without doubt, doubtless

    kein Zwéífel, er ist der Sieger — there's no doubt about it, he's the winner

    außer Zwéífel stehen — to be beyond doubt

    über allen Zwéífel erhaben — beyond all (shadow of a) doubt

    da kann es gar keinen Zwéífel geben — there can be no doubt about it

    es besteht kein Zwéífel, dass... — there is no doubt that...

    da habe ich meine Zwéífel — I have my doubts, I'm doubtful

    etw in Zwéífel ziehen — to call sth into question, to challenge sth

    ich bin mir im Zwéífel, ob ich das tun soll — I'm in two minds (Brit) or double-minded (US) or I'm doubtful whether I should do that

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    (a feeling of not being sure and sometimes of being suspicious: There is some doubt as to what happened; I have doubts about that place.) doubt
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    Zwei·fel
    <-s, ->
    [ˈtsvaifl̩]
    m doubt; (Bedenken a.) reservation
    leiser/banger Zweifel stieg in ihm auf he began to have slight/severe misgivings
    jds \Zweifel ausräumen to dispel sb's doubts
    jds \Zweifel beheben [o beseitigen] to dispel sb's doubts
    es bestehen \Zweifel an etw dat there are doubts about sth
    darüber besteht kein \Zweifel there can be no doubt about that
    es besteht kein \Zweifel [mehr] [daran], dass... there is no [longer any] doubt that...
    seine \Zweifel haben, ob... to have one's doubts [about [or as to]] [or to be doubtful] whether...
    da habe ich meine \Zweifel! I'm not sure about that!
    \Zweifel hegen to entertain doubts
    bei jdm regt sich der \Zweifel sb begins to doubt
    sich dat [noch] im \Zweifel sein to be [still] in two minds
    ich bin mir im \Zweifel, ob der Mann auf dem Foto der ist, den ich bei dem Überfall gesehen habe I'm not quite sure whether the man in the photo is really the one I saw at the hold-up
    jdm kommen \Zweifel sb begins to doubt [or to have his/her doubts]
    jdn im \Zweifel lassen to leave sb in doubt
    ich habe ihn über meine Absichten nicht im \Zweifel gelassen I left him in no doubt as to my intentions
    außer \Zweifel stehen to be beyond [all] doubt; (stärker) to be beyond the shadow of a doubt
    außer \Zweifel stehen, dass... to be beyond [all] doubt that...
    für mich steht es außer \Zweifel, dass... I have absolutely no doubt that...
    etw in \Zweifel ziehen to doubt [or question] sth
    eine Aussage in \Zweifel ziehen to call a testimony in[to] question, to challenge a testimony
    kein [o ohne] \Zweifel without [a] doubt, no doubt about it fam
    es ist ohne \Zweifel dasselbe it's undoubtedly [or unquestionably] the same, it's the same, and no mistake
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    der; Zweifels, Zweifel: doubt (an + Dat. about)

    ich bin mir noch im Zweifel, ob... — I am still uncertain whether...

    [für jemanden] außer Zweifel stehen — be beyond doubt [as far as somebody is concerned]

    über jeden od. allen Zweifel erhaben sein — be beyond any shadow of a doubt

    kein Zweifel,... — there is/was no doubt about it,...

    ohne Zweifel — without [any] doubt

    im Zweifel — in case of doubt; if in doubt

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    Zweifel m; -s, -; doubt (
    an +dat about); (Ungewissheit) uncertainty;
    berechtigter Zweifel reasonable doubt;
    große/leise Zweifel grave/slight doubts;
    außer Zweifel beyond doubt;
    ohne Zweifel without (a) doubt, undoubtedly;
    gibt Zweifel an seiner Ehrlichkeit/ob er ehrlich ist there are doubts about his honesty/about ( oder as to) whether he is honest;
    es besteht kein Zweifel (daran), dass … there’s absolutely no doubt ( oder question) that …;
    kein Zweifel, das stimmt there’s no doubt about it, it’s right;
    hegen an (+dat) have (one’s) doubts about;
    Zweifel an sich selbst haben have lost faith in oneself;
    ich habe nicht den geringsten Zweifel, dass … I have not the slightest doubt ( oder no doubt whatsoever) that …;
    ich habe da meine Zweifel I have my doubts, I’m not so sure;
    mir kommen Zweifel I’m beginning to have my doubts;
    keinen Zweifel daran lassen, dass … make it quite plain that …, leave no room for doubt that …;
    jemanden über etwas im Zweifel lassen leave sb in doubt as to sth ( oder wondering about sth);
    im Zweifel sein be doubtful, have one’s doubts (
    über +akk about);
    ich bin mir (noch) im Zweifel, ob ich gehen soll I’m (still) doubtful about ( oder in two minds as to) whether I should go or not;
    in Zweifel ziehen (call into) question, throw ( oder call) into doubt;
    über jeden Zweifel erhaben beyond (any shadow of a) doubt;
    von Zweifeln geplagt plagued by doubts
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    der; Zweifels, Zweifel: doubt (an + Dat. about)

    ich bin mir noch im Zweifel, ob... — I am still uncertain whether...

    [für jemanden] außer Zweifel stehen — be beyond doubt [as far as somebody is concerned]

    über jeden od. allen Zweifel erhaben sein — be beyond any shadow of a doubt

    kein Zweifel,... — there is/was no doubt about it,...

    ohne Zweifel — without [any] doubt

    im Zweifel — in case of doubt; if in doubt

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    - m.
    doubt n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Zweifel

  • 4 doute

    doute [dut]
    masculine noun
    • dans le doute, abstiens-toi when in doubt, don't!
    • avoir des doutes sur or au sujet de qch/qn to have one's doubts about sth/sb
    • il ne fait aucun doute que... there is no doubt that...
    • mettre en doute [+ affirmation, honnêteté de qn] to question
    ► sans doute ( = sûrement) no doubt ; ( = probablement) probably
    • tu viendras demain ? -- sans doute are you coming tomorrow -- yes, probably
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    ► When sans doute begins a phrase, verb and subject are inverted.
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    dut
    1.
    nom masculin
    1) ( incertitude) doubt

    être dans le doute — to be doubtful, to have misgivings ( au sujet de about)

    2) ( soupçon) doubt

    avoir des doutes — to have doubts ou misgivings (sur, au sujet de about)

    il fait peu de doute que, il ne fait guère de doute que — there's little doubt that

    sa culpabilité ne fait aucun doute — there's no doubt as to his/her guilt

    3) Philosophie, Religion doubt

    2.
    sans doute locution adverbiale probably

    sans aucun doute, sans nul doute — without any doubt

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    dut nm

    sans doute (= probablement) — no doubt, probably

    Il est sans doute reparti. — He's no doubt left again., He's probably left again.

    sans nul doute; sans aucun doute — without doubt, without a doubt

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    A nm
    1 ( incertitude) doubt; laisser qn dans le doute to leave sb in a state of uncertainty; cela est hors de doute it's beyond doubt; être en prise au doute to be beset by doubt; le doute m'envahit I'm overcome by doubt; jeter le doute sur to cast doubt on; mettre qch en doute to call sth into question [propos, honnêteté, compétence]; être dans le doute to be doubtful, to have misgivings (au sujet de about); dans le doute, j'ai préféré ne rien dire not being sure I didn't say anything; ⇒ abstenir;
    2 ( soupçon) doubt; avoir des doutes to have doubts ou misgivings (sur, au sujet de about); j'ai des doutes! I have my doubts!; un doute subsiste or demeure à ce sujet there is still some doubt about it; il a exprimé or émis des doutes à propos de he expressed some doubt about; il fait peu de doute que, il ne fait guère de doute que there's little doubt that; il ne fait aucun doute que, nul doute que there's no doubt ou question that; sa culpabilité ne fait aucun doute there's no doubt as to his/her guilt; leur supériorité ne laisse aucun doute sur l'issue du combat their superiority leaves no doubt as to the outcome of the fight;
    3 Philos, Relig doubt.
    B sans doute loc adv probably; il viendra sans doute demain, sans doute viendra-t-il demain he'll probably come tomorrow, no doubt he'll come tomorrow; vous trouvez sans doute que j'exagère you probably think I'm exaggerating; sans aucun doute, sans nul doute without any doubt.
    [dut] nom masculin
    1. [soupçon] doubt
    avoir des doutes sur ou quant à ou au sujet de quelque chose to have (one's) doubts ou misgivings about something
    il n'y a aucun doute (possible), c'est lui it's him, (there's) no doubt about it
    sa victoire ne faisait aucun doute there was no doubt about her being the winner, her victory was certain
    2. [perplexité, incertitude] doubt, uncertainty
    jeter le doute sur to cast ou to throw doubt on
    tu as semé ou mis le doute dans mon esprit you've made me doubtful
    dans le doute locution adverbiale
    ————————
    en doute locution adverbiale
    a. [suj: personne] to question, to challenge
    b. [suj: circonstances, témoignage] to cast doubt on
    ————————
    sans doute locution adverbiale
    1. [probablement] most probably, no doubt
    2. [assurément]
    sans aucun ou nul doute without (a) doubt, undoubtedly, indubitably (soutenu)
    3. [certes]
    tu me l'avais promis — sans doute, mais... you'd promised me — that's true ou I know, but...

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > doute

  • 5 efa

    (að), v. to doubt (engi efar þat); efa um e-t, to doubt about a thing;
    refl., efast í e-u, to hesitate in, be in doubt; efa um e-t = efa um e-t; with gen., efa e-s, to change one’s mind in a matter.
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    að, in old writers usually spelt with i, ifa; efa occurs in Nj. 207, Hkr. ii. 326, Sks. 153, Stj. 256, Fms. ii. 42, iii. 115, vi. 184, Al. 43, Grett. 110 A, Bs. ii. 169, etc.; in mod. usage always with e:—to doubt, with acc.; engi ifar þat, Fms. x. 319: the phrase, efa sik, to hesitate, Grett. l. c.; skulu þér eigi e. yðr (doubt), at …, Nj. 307: used as neut. to feel a doubt, ifi þér nokkut, at, Fms. v. 38, Hkr. l. c., 623. 33; ifa (efa) um e-t, to doubt about a thing, Hkr. i. 223, Grág. ii. 47, Fms. ii. 283, v. 37, vi. 184.
    2. reflex., efask (ifask) í e-u, to doubt or hesitate in a thing; í því má engi maðr ifask, at …, Sks. 272 B; ekki efumk ek í því, 153, Stj. l. c.; Freysteinn efaðisk í, hvárt …, F. was in doubt, whether…, Fms. iii. 115; þér efisk í um þeirra almátt, ii. 42: efask um e-t, to doubt about a thing, x. 392; hvárt ifisk ér um ok hræðisk, Niðrst. 2.
    β. absol. to doubt, hesitate, Str. 22; statt upp ok ifask alls ekki, Hom. 119.
    γ. with gen., efask e-s, to change one’s mind in a matter, Grág. i. 312, 313.

    Íslensk-ensk orðabók > efa

  • 6 несомненно

    (= непременно) undoubtedly, no doubt, beyond doubt, by far, certainly, definitely, without question, be sure
    • Несомненно существенным является то, что... - It is by no means essential that..,
    • Несомненно, читатель знаком с идеей, что... - The reader is no doubt familiar with the idea that...
    • Несомненно, это был... - It undoubtedly was...
    • Однако несомненно, что этот выбор зависит от обстоятельств. - But of course the choice depends on circumstances.
    • Читатель, несомненно, вспомнит, что... - The reader will doubtless recall that...
    • Это, несомненно, был наиболее замечательный... - It was without doubt the most remarkable...

    Русско-английский словарь научного общения > несомненно

  • 7 la menor duda de que

    Ex. Powell said there was ' no doubt whatsoever' that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction.
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    Ex: Powell said there was ' no doubt whatsoever' that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction.

    Spanish-English dictionary > la menor duda de que

  • 8 desenfrenado

    adj.
    wild, unchecked, uncontrolled, unrestrained.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desenfrenar.
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    1→ link=desenfrenar desenfrenar
    1 (gen) frantic, uncontrolled, wild
    2 (pasiones, vicios) unbridled, uncontrolled
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    ADJ [persona] wild, uncontrolled; [apetito, pasiones] unbridled
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < pasión> unbridled; <baile/ritmo> frenzied

    sus ansias desenfrenadas de éxito — his intense o burning desire to succeed

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    = headlong, unrestrained, rampant, wild [wilder -comp., wildest -sup.], raging, unbridled, on the loose, runaway, roistering, frenzied, fast and furious.
    Ex. Neither was there doubt that SLIS should adapt their programmes accordingly but, equally, too headlong a rush into the unknown posed dangers.
    Ex. 'Hello, Tom!' said the director, greeting him enthusiastically, as he rounded his desk to shake hands, which he did with unrestrained ardor.
    Ex. And so, the public library was conceived as a deterrent to irresponsibility, intemperance, and rampant democracy.
    Ex. The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.
    Ex. This problem is unlikely to be solved during a period of raging inflation and cutbacks in education spending = Es poco probable que este problema se resuelva durante un período de inflación disparada y recortes en los gastos en la educación.
    Ex. Unbridled photocopying will lead to the imminent demise of the communications skein.
    Ex. The article 'Librarians on the loose' reports on visits to foreign libraries by several Zimbabwe librarians.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'How to control a runaway state documents collection'.
    Ex. Morris writes rhapsodically about celebrity-studded parties, roistering interludes with major writers and artists, as well as gossip-column habitues.
    Ex. There was a frenzied last-minute rush by Indians to do their bit to see the Taj Mahal through to the elite list of the new Seven Wonders of the World.
    Ex. The pace was fast and furious and the noise was non-stop.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < pasión> unbridled; <baile/ritmo> frenzied

    sus ansias desenfrenadas de éxito — his intense o burning desire to succeed

    * * *
    = headlong, unrestrained, rampant, wild [wilder -comp., wildest -sup.], raging, unbridled, on the loose, runaway, roistering, frenzied, fast and furious.

    Ex: Neither was there doubt that SLIS should adapt their programmes accordingly but, equally, too headlong a rush into the unknown posed dangers.

    Ex: 'Hello, Tom!' said the director, greeting him enthusiastically, as he rounded his desk to shake hands, which he did with unrestrained ardor.
    Ex: And so, the public library was conceived as a deterrent to irresponsibility, intemperance, and rampant democracy.
    Ex: The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.
    Ex: This problem is unlikely to be solved during a period of raging inflation and cutbacks in education spending = Es poco probable que este problema se resuelva durante un período de inflación disparada y recortes en los gastos en la educación.
    Ex: Unbridled photocopying will lead to the imminent demise of the communications skein.
    Ex: The article 'Librarians on the loose' reports on visits to foreign libraries by several Zimbabwe librarians.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'How to control a runaway state documents collection'.
    Ex: Morris writes rhapsodically about celebrity-studded parties, roistering interludes with major writers and artists, as well as gossip-column habitues.
    Ex: There was a frenzied last-minute rush by Indians to do their bit to see the Taj Mahal through to the elite list of the new Seven Wonders of the World.
    Ex: The pace was fast and furious and the noise was non-stop.

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    ‹apetito› insatiable; ‹pasión› unbridled; ‹baile/ritmo› frenzied; ‹odio› violent, intense
    viven a un ritmo desenfrenado they live at a hectic o frenzied pace
    sus ansias desenfrenadas de éxito his intense o burning desire to succeed
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    Del verbo desenfrenar: ( conjugate desenfrenar)

    desenfrenado es:

    el participio

    desenfrenado,-a adj (ritmo, etc) frantic, uncontrolled
    (vicio, pasión) unbridled
    ' desenfrenado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desenfrenada
    English:
    mad
    - rampant
    - riotous
    - unrestrained
    - wild
    - unbridled
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    desenfrenado, -a adj
    [ritmo, baile, carrera] frantic, frenzied; [fiesta, juerga, diversión] wild; [vida] wild, riotous; [comportamiento] uncontrolled; [deseo, pasión, entusiasmo] unbridled; [apetito] insatiable;
    el público bailaba desenfrenado the audience were dancing in a frenzy
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    adj frenzied, hectic
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    desenfrenado, -da adj
    : unbridled, unrestrained

    Spanish-English dictionary > desenfrenado

  • 9 anormal

    adj.
    1 abnormal.
    2 subnormal (subnormal).
    f. & m.
    subnormal person (person).
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    1 (no normal) abnormal
    2 (inhabitual) unusual
    3 MEDICINA subnormal
    1 MEDICINA subnormal person
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    adj.
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    ADJ
    1) (=no normal) abnormal
    2) * (=imbécil) silly, cretinous
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    I
    adjetivo abnormal
    II
    masculino y femenino (fam) idiot
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    = anomalous, abnormal, deviant, arse, dumbbell, retard.
    Ex. Similarly anomalous paper may also be found when a whole sheet has been cancelled and reprinted.
    Ex. There was nothing malevolent in her response or in her look; she simply stated it as if it was the most natural thing in the world, not in the least abnormal.
    Ex. The author examines why a deviant news story such as 'Man bites dog' is more memorable than 'Dog bites man'.
    Ex. In fact, there was little doubt in his mind that Nigel was an arse of the highest order.
    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. The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a 'lemon and a retard'.
    ----
    * anormal para la época del año = unseasonably.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo abnormal
    II
    masculino y femenino (fam) idiot
    * * *
    = anomalous, abnormal, deviant, arse, dumbbell, retard.

    Ex: Similarly anomalous paper may also be found when a whole sheet has been cancelled and reprinted.

    Ex: There was nothing malevolent in her response or in her look; she simply stated it as if it was the most natural thing in the world, not in the least abnormal.
    Ex: The author examines why a deviant news story such as 'Man bites dog' is more memorable than 'Dog bites man'.
    Ex: In fact, there was little doubt in his mind that Nigel was an arse of the highest order.
    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: The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a 'lemon and a retard'.
    * anormal para la época del año = unseasonably.

    * * *
    1 ‹comportamiento› abnormal
    no seas anormal ( fam); don't be so stupid
    2 ‹situación› abnormal
    ( fam)
    idiot
    este anormal los dejó salir solos this stupid idiot let them go out on their own
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    anormal adjetivo
    abnormal
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (fam) idiot
    anormal
    I adjetivo
    1 abnormal
    2 (inhabitual) unusual
    3 Med mentally handicapped
    II mf Med mentally handicapped person
    ' anormal' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    extraordinaria
    - extraordinario
    English:
    abnormal
    - defective
    - irregular
    - unnatural
    - deviant
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    ♦ adj
    1. [anómalo] abnormal
    2. [subnormal] subnormal
    3. Fam [como insulto] moronic;
    no seas anormal don't be such a moron
    ♦ nmf
    1. [persona] subnormal person
    2. Fam [como insulto] moron
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    adj abnormal
    * * *
    anormal adj
    : abnormal
    ♦ anormalmente adv
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    anormal adj abnormal

    Spanish-English dictionary > anormal

  • 10 imbécil

    adj.
    imbecile, fatheaded, stupid, half-witted.
    f. & m.
    imbecile, idiot, blinking idiot, cretin.
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    2 familiar stupid, imbecile
    1 MEDICINA imbecile
    2 familiar idiot, imbecile
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    1. adj. 2. noun mf.
    2) idiot, fool
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    1. ADJ
    1) (=idiota) silly, stupid
    2) (Med) imbecile
    2. SMF
    1) (=idiota) imbecile, idiot

    ¡imbécil! — you idiot!

    2) (Med) imbecile
    * * *
    I
    a) (fam) ( tonto) stupid

    qué imbécil eres! — you're so stupid!, you're such an idiot!

    b) (Med) imbecilic
    II
    masculino y femenino
    a) (fam) ( tonto) stupid idiot, moron (colloq & pej)
    b) (Med) imbecile
    * * *
    = feeble minded, moron, twit, imbecile, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, arse, witless, mug, berk, prick, blockhead, nonce, jerk, dweeb, plonker.
    Ex. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from feeble minded, Imbecility, and Morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    Ex. 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. Democracy's a nice idea in theory, if it wasn't for all the twits.
    Ex. The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.
    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. 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. 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. They'd all call him blockhead, the ribbing was endless.
    Ex. Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    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. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
    * * *
    I
    a) (fam) ( tonto) stupid

    qué imbécil eres! — you're so stupid!, you're such an idiot!

    b) (Med) imbecilic
    II
    masculino y femenino
    a) (fam) ( tonto) stupid idiot, moron (colloq & pej)
    b) (Med) imbecile
    * * *
    = feeble minded, moron, twit, imbecile, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, arse, witless, mug, berk, prick, blockhead, nonce, jerk, dweeb, plonker.

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

    Ex: 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: Democracy's a nice idea in theory, if it wasn't for all the twits.
    Ex: The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.
    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: 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: 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: They'd all call him blockhead, the ribbing was endless.
    Ex: Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    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: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.

    * * *
    1 ( fam) (tonto) stupid
    ¡qué imbécil eres! you're so stupid!, you're such an idiot!
    2 ( Med) imbecilic
    1 ( fam) (tonto) stupid idiot, moron ( colloq pej), imbecile ( colloq pej)
    2 ( Med) imbecile
    * * *

    imbécil adjetivo
    a) (fam) ( tonto) stupid

    b) (Med) imbecilic

    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    a) (fam) ( tonto) stupid idiot, moron (colloq & pej)

    b) (Med) imbecile

    imbécil
    I adjetivo stupid, silly
    II mf idiot, fool
    ' imbécil' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    capullo
    - trompo
    - boludo
    - huevón
    - pelota
    - verdadero
    English:
    absolute
    - berk
    - call
    - dead
    - dimwit
    - dope
    - feeble-minded
    - feel
    - git
    - halfwit
    - idiot
    - imbecile
    - jerk
    - knob
    - nitwit
    - perfect
    - raving
    - stupid
    - then
    - twit
    - wally
    - weak-minded
    - ass
    - moron
    - prat
    - sucker
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [tonto] stupid
    2. [enfermo] imbecile
    ♦ nmf
    1. [tonto] idiot
    2. [enfermo] imbecile
    * * *
    I adj
    1 stupid
    2 MED imbecilic
    II m/f idiot, imbecile
    * * *
    : stupid, idiotic
    1) : imbecile
    2) fam : idiot, dope
    * * *
    imbécil1 adj stupid [comp. stupider; superl. stupidest]
    imbécil2 n idiot

    Spanish-English dictionary > imbécil

  • 11 gilipollas

    adj.
    coward.
    m. s.&pl.
    1 stupid person, jerk, prat, git.
    2 coward.
    * * *
    1 tabú stupid
    1 jerk, arsehole (US asshole), GB prat
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo invariable (Esp fam o vulg)
    II
    masculino y femenino (pl gilipollas) (Esp fam o vulg) jerk (sl & pej)
    * * *
    = dickhead, arsehole [asshole, -USA], twat, arse, wanker, tosser, mug, shithead, prick, schmuck, schmo, jerk, plonker.
    Ex. Whoever said Moby is the leader of dickheads that beat people up? He is just a bald-headed hippie who wouldn't hurt a fly.
    Ex. Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.
    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. These are the wankers who thought they knew all about fashion.
    Ex. The site shows that the highest proportions of ' tossers' -- or overspenders -- are in Northern Ireland and eastern England.
    Ex. By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.
    Ex. With all the pandering shitheads in politics today, it's so refreshing to see some one who will just say 'fuck off, don't bother me'.
    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. 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. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo invariable (Esp fam o vulg)
    II
    masculino y femenino (pl gilipollas) (Esp fam o vulg) jerk (sl & pej)
    * * *
    = dickhead, arsehole [asshole, -USA], twat, arse, wanker, tosser, mug, shithead, prick, schmuck, schmo, jerk, plonker.

    Ex: Whoever said Moby is the leader of dickheads that beat people up? He is just a bald-headed hippie who wouldn't hurt a fly.

    Ex: Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.
    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: These are the wankers who thought they knew all about fashion.
    Ex: The site shows that the highest proportions of ' tossers' -- or overspenders -- are in Northern Ireland and eastern England.
    Ex: By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.
    Ex: With all the pandering shitheads in politics today, it's so refreshing to see some one who will just say 'fuck off, don't bother me'.
    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: 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: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.

    * * *
    ( Esp fam o vulg): ¡qué gilipollas es ese tío! that guy's such a jerk! ( sl pej), that guy's such a prat o git! ( BrE sl pej)
    jerk ( sl pej), prat ( BrE sl pej), git ( BrE sl pej)
    anda, gilipollas, cállate la boca shut up, you jerk o prat o git!
    * * *

     

    gilipollas adjetivo invariable (Esp fam o vulg):
    ◊ ¡qué gilipollas es ese tío! that guy's such a jerk! (sl &

    pej)
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (pl
    ◊ gilipollas) (Esp fam o vulg) jerk (sl &

    pej)
    gilipollas mf ofens bloody fool o idiot
    ' gilipollas' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    boluda
    - boludo
    English:
    bloody
    - dork
    - jerk
    - prick
    - twat
    - wanker
    * * *
    gilipollas, jilipollas Esp muy Fam
    ♦ adj inv
    ser gilipollas to be a Br prat o Br pillock o US dork
    ♦ nmf inv
    Br prat, Br pillock, US dork
    * * *
    m/f inv pop
    jerk pop

    Spanish-English dictionary > gilipollas

  • 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 majadero

    adj.
    annoying, bothersome.
    m.
    1 idiot, ninny, imbecile, dolt.
    2 annoying person, bore, annoyer, annoying individual.
    * * *
    1 stupid, dim-witted
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 idiot, dimwit
    * * *
    majadero, -a
    1.
    ADJ (=tonto) silly, stupid
    2.
    SM / F (=tonto) idiot, fool

    ¡majadero! — you idiot!

    3. SM
    1) (Téc) pestle
    2) (Cos) bobbin
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo
    a) (fam) ( insensato) stupid
    b) (CS, Per fam) ( fastidioso) whiny (colloq)
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino
    1)
    a) (fam) ( insensato) clown (colloq)
    b) (CS fam) ( quejoso) whiner (colloq), whinger (colloq)
    2) majadero masculino (Tec) pestle
    * * *
    = arse, berk.
    Ex. In fact, there was little doubt in his mind that Nigel was an arse of the highest order.
    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.
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo
    a) (fam) ( insensato) stupid
    b) (CS, Per fam) ( fastidioso) whiny (colloq)
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino
    1)
    a) (fam) ( insensato) clown (colloq)
    b) (CS fam) ( quejoso) whiner (colloq), whinger (colloq)
    2) majadero masculino (Tec) pestle
    * * *
    = arse, berk.

    Ex: In fact, there was little doubt in his mind that Nigel was an arse of the highest order.

    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.

    * * *
    majadero1 -ra
    1 ( fam) (insensato) stupid
    2 (CS, Per fam) (fastidioso) whiny ( colloq)
    majadero2 -ra
    masculine, feminine
    A
    1 ( fam) (insensato) clown ( colloq)
    2 (CS fam) (quejoso) whiner ( colloq), whinger ( colloq)
    B
    * * *

    majadero
    ◊ -ra adjetivo (fam) ( insensato) stupid

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    clown (colloq)
    majadero,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino fool, idiot

    ' majadero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    majadera
    * * *
    majadero, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [tonto] stupid, idiotic
    2. CSur Fam [pesado] Br tiresome, US pesky
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [tonto] idiot
    2. CSur Fam [pesado] pest, nuisance
    * * *
    fam
    I adj idiotic, stupid
    II m, majadera f idiot
    * * *
    majadero, -ra adj
    1) : foolish, silly
    2) Mex lépero: crude, vulgar
    majadero, -ra n
    1) tonto: fool
    2) Mex : rude person, boor

    Spanish-English dictionary > majadero

  • 14 subnormal

    adj.
    1 mentally retarded (retrasado).
    3 subnormal.
    f. & m.
    1 mentally retarded person (retrasado).
    2 moron, cretin (Pejorative) (insult).
    * * *
    1 MEDICINA mentally handicapped, subnormal
    1 MEDICINA subnormal
    2 familiar blockhead
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (Med) subnormal, mentally handicapped
    2) * pey nuts *, mental *
    2. SMF
    1) (Med) subnormal person, mentally handicapped person
    2) * pey nutcase *, blockhead *
    * * *
    I
    a) (Psic) mentally handicapped, subnormal
    b) (fam & pey) ( como insulto) moronic (colloq & pej)
    II
    masculino y femenino
    a) (Psic) mentally handicapped person
    b) (fam & pey) ( cretino) moron (colloq & pej), cretin (colloq & pej)
    * * *
    = arse.
    Ex. In fact, there was little doubt in his mind that Nigel was an arse of the highest order.
    * * *
    I
    a) (Psic) mentally handicapped, subnormal
    b) (fam & pey) ( como insulto) moronic (colloq & pej)
    II
    masculino y femenino
    a) (Psic) mentally handicapped person
    b) (fam & pey) ( cretino) moron (colloq & pej), cretin (colloq & pej)
    * * *
    = arse.

    Ex: In fact, there was little doubt in his mind that Nigel was an arse of the highest order.

    * * *
    1 ( Psic) mentally handicapped, subnormal
    1 ( Psic) mentally handicapped person
    2 ( fam pey) (cretino) moron ( colloq pej), cretin ( colloq pej)
    * * *

    subnormal adjetivo

    b) (fam & pey) ( como insulto) moronic (colloq & pej)

    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino

    b) (fam & pey) ( cretino) moron (colloq & pej), cretin (colloq & pej)

    subnormal
    I adj Psic subnormal, mentally handicapped
    II mf
    1 mentally handicapped person
    2 fam pey (necio) moron, cretin
    ' subnormal' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    deficiente
    English:
    subnormal
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [retrasado] mentally retarded
    2. Fam Pey [imbécil] moronic
    ♦ nmf
    1. [retrasado] mentally retarded person
    2. Fam Pey [imbécil] moron, cretin
    * * *
    I adj subnormal
    II m/f desp
    moron

    Spanish-English dictionary > subnormal

  • 15 ad-dubitō

        ad-dubitō āvī, ātus, āre,    to entertain a doubt, incline to doubt, hesitate, be uncertain: paulisper addubitavit, an, etc., was in doubt whether, etc., L.: illud addubitat, utrum, etc, leaves in doubt, N.: parumper, an, etc., Cu.: re addubitatā, left undecided.

    Latin-English dictionary > ad-dubitō

  • 16 μάγγανον

    Grammatical information: n.
    Meaning: `philtre, charm, block of a pulley' (Hero Bel., Pap. IIIp), [`eiserner Pflock, Bolzen'] (Sch.), `throwing machine, ballista, tormentum' (Gloss., H.), `means to deceive, bewitch' (Heracl. All., H.).
    Derivatives: μαγγανάριος `deceiver' (pap. IIIp), `mechanic' (Papp.), will be a loan from Latin. Denomin. verb μαγγανεύω `deceive, bewitch with artificial means, play tricks' with μαγγαν-εία `trickery' (Pl. Lg., Ph.), - εύματα pl. `charms, philtres' (Pl., Plu.), - ευτής `impostor, quack' (Suid., Phot.), - ευτικη τέχνη `agical art' (Poll.), - εύτριαι pl. H. s. βαμβακεύ-τριαι, - ευτήριον `haunt for impostors' (Them.).
    Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
    Etymology: The word got as a loan a wide spread: Lat. manganum `machine' (to Rom., e.g. Ital. mangano `sling') with the unclear byform mangō `a handler, who promotes his ware by artificial means' (from hell. *μάγγων?), from where mangōnium `dressing up ware', Alb. mangë `hemp-brake', mengji `medicine', MHG MLG mange `throwing-machine', NHG Mange(l) `smoothing roll(?) for laundry' (from where Balt., e.g. Lith. mañgalis `mangling-machine'). If we forget these loans, a few words from the farthest east and west remain, which have been connected as cognate with μάγγανον: Skt. mañju-, mañjula- `beautiful, sweet, charming', maṅgala n. `happiness, salvation, good omen' (all ep. class.), Osset. mäng `deceit'; Celt., MIr. meng `deceit, cleverness, ruse' (but Toch. A maṅk `guilt, fault, sin', adduced by Schneider, together with B meṅki `id.', also `smaller', with μανός, μάνυ). To this rather motley collection one may add further the group of μάσσω `knead', through which the most wide combinations can be made. - Lit. in Bq, WP. 2, 233, Pok. 731, W.-Hofmann s. mangō; esp. Meringer IF 19, 436f. a. 21, 282, whose attempts to make the history of these words concrete, are in principle no doubt correct, even when they lack confirmation or are in detail even wrong. - From an IE root * meng- (Pok. 731) the Greek form cannot be derived; the word must then be Pre-Greek (as was already stated by W.- Hofmann s.v. mango), where mang-an- is unproblematic. The Sanskrit words are semantically too far off (perh. they are of Dravidian origin, Mayrhofer KEWA547, 553 and EWAia 379f.). (Such isolated Sanskrit comparisons with Greek must often be discarded.) The other words will be loans from Latin. (Lith. mañgalis is a loan from German.) The original meaning was no doubt as Frisk assumed a technical instrument. The meaning `hemp-brake' goes in the same direction, but the meaning ballista I cannot easily combine. The meaning `mangling-machine' recurs several times (Germ. `Glättroll für Wäsche'). It served to `embellish' the cloths. From there the notion of deceit. It is a good example of the long life of a Pre-Greek word which was by some considered as IE.
    Page in Frisk: 2,155

    Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μάγγανον

  • 17 a tontas y a ciegas

    (adj.) = headlong, runaway
    Ex. Neither was there doubt that SLIS should adapt their programmes accordingly but, equally, too headlong a rush into the unknown posed dangers.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'How to control a runaway state documents collection'.
    * * *
    (adj.) = headlong, runaway

    Ex: Neither was there doubt that SLIS should adapt their programmes accordingly but, equally, too headlong a rush into the unknown posed dangers.

    Ex: The article is entitled 'How to control a runaway state documents collection'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > a tontas y a ciegas

  • 18 presentar un peligro

    (v.) = pose + danger
    Ex. Neither was there doubt that SLIS should adapt their programmes accordingly but, equally, too headlong a rush into the unknown posed dangers.
    * * *
    (v.) = pose + danger

    Ex: Neither was there doubt that SLIS should adapt their programmes accordingly but, equally, too headlong a rush into the unknown posed dangers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > presentar un peligro

  • 19 representar un peligro

    (v.) = pose + danger
    Ex. Neither was there doubt that SLIS should adapt their programmes accordingly but, equally, too headlong a rush into the unknown posed dangers.
    * * *
    (v.) = pose + danger

    Ex: Neither was there doubt that SLIS should adapt their programmes accordingly but, equally, too headlong a rush into the unknown posed dangers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > representar un peligro

  • 20 resultar peligroso

    (v.) = pose + danger
    Ex. Neither was there doubt that SLIS should adapt their programmes accordingly but, equally, too headlong a rush into the unknown posed dangers.
    * * *
    (v.) = pose + danger

    Ex: Neither was there doubt that SLIS should adapt their programmes accordingly but, equally, too headlong a rush into the unknown posed dangers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > resultar peligroso

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