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  • 1 negociante al por mayor

    • wholesaler

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > negociante al por mayor

  • 2 vendedor al por mayor

    • wholesaler

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  • 3 mayorista

    adj.
    wholesale.
    f. & m.
    wholesaler.
    * * *
    1 wholesale
    1 wholesaler
    * * *
    noun mf.
    * * *
    1.
    2.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo wholesale
    II
    masculino y femenino wholesaler
    * * *
    = wholesaler, wholesale distributor.
    Ex. For the record, schools and libraries in the late 1960s recovered in excess of $10,000,000 from publishers and wholesalers as a result of unfair practices highlighted by Mr. Scilken.
    Ex. The traders involved in the production and distribution of a book have always been (1) a publisher; (2) a printer; (3) a wholesale distributor; and (4) a number of retail booksellers.
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    * papelero mayorista = wholesale stationer.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo wholesale
    II
    masculino y femenino wholesaler
    * * *
    = wholesaler, wholesale distributor.

    Ex: For the record, schools and libraries in the late 1960s recovered in excess of $10,000,000 from publishers and wholesalers as a result of unfair practices highlighted by Mr. Scilken.

    Ex: The traders involved in the production and distribution of a book have always been (1) a publisher; (2) a printer; (3) a wholesale distributor; and (4) a number of retail booksellers.
    * papelero mayorista = wholesale stationer.

    * * *
    wholesale
    wholesaler
    * * *

     

    mayorista adjetivo
    wholesale
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    wholesaler
    mayorista
    I adjetivo wholesale
    II mf wholesaler
    ' mayorista' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    almacén
    English:
    wholesaler
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    wholesale
    ♦ nmf
    wholesaler
    * * *
    I adj wholesale
    II m/f wholesaler
    * * *
    almacenista: wholesale
    : wholesaler

    Spanish-English dictionary > mayorista

  • 4 almacenista

    adj.
    storekeeping.
    f. & m.
    1 the person who sells goods in a warehouse.
    2 shopkeeper, shop owner.
    3 warehouseman, warehouse owner, wholesaler, warehousewoman.
    * * *
    1 (vendedor) wholesaler; (propietario) warehouse owner
    * * *
    SM (=dueño) warehouse owner; (=vendedor) wholesaler; LAm [en tienda] shopkeeper, grocer, storekeeper (EEUU)
    * * *
    masculino y femenino wholesaler
    * * *
    = storekeeper, stockist.
    Ex. Certainly the last thing we want is that books be shut up in tastefully decorated warehouses, watched over by highly trained storekeepers whose main purpose is to see that everything is kept tidily in its place and, as far as possible, untouched by human hands -- especially the sticky-fingered hands of marauding children.
    Ex. The library is often the only stockist in Scandinavia of some journals = En Escandinavia, la biblioteca a menudo es la única proveedora de algunas revistas.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino wholesaler
    * * *
    = storekeeper, stockist.

    Ex: Certainly the last thing we want is that books be shut up in tastefully decorated warehouses, watched over by highly trained storekeepers whose main purpose is to see that everything is kept tidily in its place and, as far as possible, untouched by human hands -- especially the sticky-fingered hands of marauding children.

    Ex: The library is often the only stockist in Scandinavia of some journals = En Escandinavia, la biblioteca a menudo es la única proveedora de algunas revistas.

    * * *
    wholesaler
    * * *
    m/f wholesaler
    * * *
    mayorista: wholesaler

    Spanish-English dictionary > almacenista

  • 5 droguería

    f.
    1 household goods store, household goods shop.
    2 drugstore, drysaltery, druggist's, chemist's.
    3 pharmaceutical wholesaler's.
    * * *
    1 hardware shop
    * * *
    SF store that sells household goods, paint etc
    * * *
    b) (Col) ( farmacia) drugstore (AmE), chemist's (BrE)
    c) (RPl) ( de productos químicos) pharmaceutical wholesaler's
    * * *
    b) (Col) ( farmacia) drugstore (AmE), chemist's (BrE)
    c) (RPl) ( de productos químicos) pharmaceutical wholesaler's
    * * *
    2 ( Col) (farmacia) drugstore ( AmE), chemist's ( BrE)
    3 ( RPl) (de productos químicos) pharmaceutical wholesaler's
    * * *

    droguería sustantivo femenino

    b) (Col) ( farmacia) drugstore (AmE), chemist's (BrE)


    droguería sustantivo femenino
    1 Esp shop selling cosmetics, cleaning and decorating materials
    2 LAm chemist's, drugstore
    * * *
    1. Esp [tienda] = shop selling paint, cleaning materials etc
    2. Col [farmacia] pharmacy, Br chemist's (shop), US drugstore
    3. Andes, CAm, RP [distribuidora] drugs wholesaler
    4. RP [yuyería] herbalist's
    * * *
    f hardware store (selling cleaning and household products)
    * * *
    farmacia: drugstore
    * * *
    No hay ningún equivalente exacto a la droguería. La tienda que vende pintura, productos de limpieza y cosas para el hogar se llama hardware store, mientras que los productos de cosmética se compran en la farmacia chemist's

    Spanish-English dictionary > droguería

  • 6 almacén

    m.
    1 store, establishment, shop, department store.
    2 storehouse, depository, warehouse, depot.
    3 grocery, grocery store, grocery shop, bodega.
    4 grocer, grocery, grocer's shop.
    * * *
    1 (local) warehouse, storehouse
    2 (habitación) storeroom
    1 department store sing
    \
    grandes almacenes department store sing
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) [de mercancías] warehouse, store

    tener algo en almacén — (=de reserva) to have sth in store; (Com) to stock sth

    almacén depositario — (Com) depository

    2) (Mec, Mil) magazine
    3) (=tienda) shop, store

    almacenes, grandes almacenes — department store sing

    4) LAm (=tienda de comestibles) grocer's (shop)
    * * *
    a) ( depósito) warehouse
    b) (CS) ( de comestibles) grocery store (AmE), grocer's (shop) (BrE)
    c) (AmC, Col, Ven) (de ropa, etc) store (AmE), shop (BrE)
    d) ( de mayorista) wholesaler's
    e) almacenes masculino plural department store
    * * *
    = storehouse, warehouse, storeroom [store-room], storing room, depot, stockroom, storage facility, storage room.
    Ex. The first alternative views the library as a storehouse for cultural materials, a reservoir of significant books.
    Ex. Our warehouse shelter a 13 metre high, 60 ton ammonia retort and a 37 metre wingspan airliner.
    Ex. Mathematical models are presented that describe the diffusion of gaseous pollutants from the air in a storeroom into protective containers and the reaction with the documents lying in them.
    Ex. It is unlikely for libraries in poor countries to set up a special building or storing room and finance its maintenance.
    Ex. The depot buys the books for the schools and passes on to them some of the discount it receives by buying direct from the publishers.
    Ex. Among the causes of damage to archival records, temperature, moisture content, and pollution of the air in stockrooms play an important role.
    Ex. Due to a seasonal demand, when the storage facility is full this product has to be dumped into the quarry using dumpers.
    Ex. All storage rooms where flammable liquids are stored should have restricted access and be properly identified.
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    * almacén de libros = book-warehouse.
    * almacén de maderas = lumberyard, timber yard.
    * almacén de papelería = stationery store.
    * almacén frigorífico = freezer warehouse.
    * encargado del almacén = warehouse keeper, warehouseman [warehousemen, pl.].
    * grandes almacenes = department store.
    * * *
    a) ( depósito) warehouse
    b) (CS) ( de comestibles) grocery store (AmE), grocer's (shop) (BrE)
    c) (AmC, Col, Ven) (de ropa, etc) store (AmE), shop (BrE)
    d) ( de mayorista) wholesaler's
    e) almacenes masculino plural department store
    * * *
    = storehouse, warehouse, storeroom [store-room], storing room, depot, stockroom, storage facility, storage room.

    Ex: The first alternative views the library as a storehouse for cultural materials, a reservoir of significant books.

    Ex: Our warehouse shelter a 13 metre high, 60 ton ammonia retort and a 37 metre wingspan airliner.
    Ex: Mathematical models are presented that describe the diffusion of gaseous pollutants from the air in a storeroom into protective containers and the reaction with the documents lying in them.
    Ex: It is unlikely for libraries in poor countries to set up a special building or storing room and finance its maintenance.
    Ex: The depot buys the books for the schools and passes on to them some of the discount it receives by buying direct from the publishers.
    Ex: Among the causes of damage to archival records, temperature, moisture content, and pollution of the air in stockrooms play an important role.
    Ex: Due to a seasonal demand, when the storage facility is full this product has to be dumped into the quarry using dumpers.
    Ex: All storage rooms where flammable liquids are stored should have restricted access and be properly identified.
    * almacén de libros = book-warehouse.
    * almacén de maderas = lumberyard, timber yard.
    * almacén de papelería = stationery store.
    * almacén frigorífico = freezer warehouse.
    * encargado del almacén = warehouse keeper, warehouseman [warehousemen, pl.].
    * grandes almacenes = department store.

    * * *
    1 (depósito) warehouse
    2 (CS) (de comestibles) grocery store ( AmE), grocer's (shop) ( BrE)
    3 (AmC, Col, Ven) (de ropa, etc) store ( AmE), shop ( BrE)
    4 (de mayorista) wholesaler's
    5 almacenes mpl department store grande1 (↑ grande (1))
    Compuesto:
    (CS) general store
    * * *

     

    almacén sustantivo masculino


    c) (AmC, Col, Ven) (de ropa, etc) store (AmE), shop (BrE)


    e)

    ◊ almacenes sustantivo masculino plural

    department store
    almacén sustantivo masculino
    1 (depósito de mercancías) warehouse
    2 (tienda de venta al por mayor) wholesaler's
    3 LAm (tienda de comestibles) grocer's shop
    4 Com (grandes) almacenes, department store sing
    ' almacén' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    nave
    - pajar
    - bodega
    - depósito
    - galpón
    - polvorín
    English:
    arsenal
    - bonded warehouse
    - cash-and-carry
    - depot
    - ex
    - repository
    - stack
    - store
    - timber-yard
    - warehouse
    - woodshed
    - general
    - grocer
    - grocery
    - lumber
    - stock
    * * *
    1. [para guardar] warehouse
    almacén frigorífico refrigerated storehouse;
    almacén de mercancías Br goods o US freight depot
    2. [tienda] store, shop;
    (grandes) almacenes department store
    3. Andes, RP [de alimentos] grocer's (shop), grocery store
    4. CAm [de ropa] clothes shop
    * * *
    m
    1 warehouse
    2 ( tienda) store, Br
    shop;
    grandes almacenes pl department store sg
    3 Andes, Rpl
    grocery store, Br
    grocer’s
    * * *
    almacén nm, pl - cenes
    1) bodega: warehouse, storehouse
    2) tienda: shop, store
    3)
    gran almacén Spain : department store
    * * *
    1. (edificio) warehouse
    2. (habitación) storeroom

    Spanish-English dictionary > almacén

  • 7 distribuidora

    f.
    1 wholesaler, supplier (firma).
    2 distributor, stockist.
    * * *
    SF (Cine) distributor
    * * *
    femenino ( empresa) distributor, distribution company
    * * *
    femenino ( empresa) distributor, distribution company
    * * *
    (empresa) distributor, distribution company
    * * *

    distribuidora sustantivo femenino ( empresa) distributor, distribution company
    distribuidor,-ora
    I adjetivo distributing
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 distributor
    2 Com wholesaler
    ' distribuidora' also found in these entries:
    English:
    distributor
    * * *
    [firma] wholesaler, supplier; [de películas] distributor
    * * *
    f distributor

    Spanish-English dictionary > distribuidora

  • 8 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

  • 9 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

  • 10 comerciante

    adj.
    trading.
    f. & m.
    1 tradesman, (f) tradeswoman.
    pequeños comerciantes small businessmen
    2 merchant, dealer, trader, tradesman.
    * * *
    1 business-minded
    1 merchant
    2 (interesado) moneymaker
    * * *
    noun mf.
    •
    * * *
    SMF
    1) [gen] trader, dealer; [a gran escala] merchant; (=tendero) shopkeeper, storekeeper (EEUU)
    2) (=interesado)
    * * *
    masculino y femenino
    a) (Com) ( dueño de tienda) storekeeper (AmE), shopkeeper (BrE); ( negociante) dealer, trader
    b) ( mercenario) money-grubber (colloq)
    * * *
    = dealer, merchant, trader, tradesman [tradesmen, -pl.], marketer, marketeer, profit maker.
    Ex. If the supplier is a dealer, then ensure that this is a reputable and dependable dealer who can provide help with installation, maintenance and support.
    Ex. A considerable amount of archival material relating to Africa, Asia and Oceania has been created by the various activities of Austrian diplomats, merchants and pilgrims since the early modern period.
    Ex. Both farmers and traders, such as grain merchants, need to have highly current information at their fingertips.
    Ex. In practice, however, the gilds were federations of tradesmen who, in return for monopolistic privileges, co-operated with the government in its censorship of the press.
    Ex. Branding is the means by which marketers differentiate their product from alternative services and products.
    Ex. Their aim was to mount a spirited attack on a consumer driven and marketeers' approach to reading and books, and on relativism and populism.
    Ex. Ethics was embodied by ivory-towered theoreticians with an undisguised contempt for profit makers.
    ----
    * comerciante de puesto de mercadillo = market trader, stall-holder.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino
    a) (Com) ( dueño de tienda) storekeeper (AmE), shopkeeper (BrE); ( negociante) dealer, trader
    b) ( mercenario) money-grubber (colloq)
    * * *
    = dealer, merchant, trader, tradesman [tradesmen, -pl.], marketer, marketeer, profit maker.

    Ex: If the supplier is a dealer, then ensure that this is a reputable and dependable dealer who can provide help with installation, maintenance and support.

    Ex: A considerable amount of archival material relating to Africa, Asia and Oceania has been created by the various activities of Austrian diplomats, merchants and pilgrims since the early modern period.
    Ex: Both farmers and traders, such as grain merchants, need to have highly current information at their fingertips.
    Ex: In practice, however, the gilds were federations of tradesmen who, in return for monopolistic privileges, co-operated with the government in its censorship of the press.
    Ex: Branding is the means by which marketers differentiate their product from alternative services and products.
    Ex: Their aim was to mount a spirited attack on a consumer driven and marketeers' approach to reading and books, and on relativism and populism.
    Ex: Ethics was embodied by ivory-towered theoreticians with an undisguised contempt for profit makers.
    * comerciante de puesto de mercadillo = market trader, stall-holder.

    * * *
    1 ( Com) (dueño de una tienda) storekeeper ( AmE), shopkeeper ( BrE); (negociante) dealer, trader
    2 (mercenario) money-grubber ( colloq)
    es un comerciante, incapaz de dar por dar he's so mercenary o he's such a money-grubber, he'd never give anything away just for the sake of it
    Compuestos:
    ● comerciante maderero or de madera
    timber merchant
    ● comerciante filatélico, comerciante filatélica
    masculine, feminine stamp dealer
    * * *

     

    comerciante sustantivo masculino y femenino

    ( negociante) dealer, trader
    b) ( mercenario) money-grubber (colloq)

    comerciante mf merchant: los impuestos municipales perjudican especialmente al pequeño comerciante, municipal taxes are especially hard on small businesses
    ' comerciante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    comisión
    - abusador
    - carero
    - establecer
    - quebrado
    English:
    dealer
    - merchant
    - trader
    - wholesaler
    - receiver
    - shop
    - trade
    * * *
    1. [negociante] tradesman, f tradeswoman
    2. [tendero] shopkeeper;
    pequeños comerciantes small businessmen
    * * *
    m/f trader
    * * *
    : merchant, dealer
    * * *
    1. (de tienda) shopkeeper
    2. (negociante) dealer / trader

    Spanish-English dictionary > comerciante

  • 11 distribuidor

    adj.
    distributing, distributor.
    m.
    1 distributor, stockist, dealer, supplier.
    2 distributor.
    3 spreading nozzle, delivery nozzle.
    * * *
    1 distributing, distributive
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 distributor
    2 COMERCIO wholesaler
    1 AUTOMÓVIL distributor
    ————————
    1 AUTOMÓVIL distributor
    * * *
    distribuidor, -a
    1.
    ADJ
    (Com)

    casa distribuidora — distributor, distribution company

    2.
    SM / F (=persona) [de productos] distributor; (Correos) sorter; (Com) dealer, stockist
    3. SM
    1) (=máquina)
    2) (Aut) distributor
    3) LAm (Aut) motorway exit, highway exit (EEUU)
    * * *
    I
    - dora masculino, femenino (Com) distributor
    II
    1) (Auto, Mec) distributor
    2) (Ven) ( en una carretera) interchange, cloverleaf
    * * *
    = distributor, outlet, provider, spinner, supplier, vendor, deliverer, distributive, stockist, aggregator, upstream, jobber, dealership.
    Ex. A distributor is an agent or agency that has exclusive or shared marketing rights for an item.
    Ex. It would seem as if the country is almost awash with outlets for the sale of books.
    Ex. The information available on Prestel changes as the information providers come and go.
    Ex. Online system hosts, sometimes known as online system suppliers, online service vendors and online service spinners, are responsible for mounting data bases upon a computer.
    Ex. The receipt of materials and invoices and suppliers' reports are recorded in acquisitions records.
    Ex. Thus some current awareness services can be purchased from external vendors, whilst others may be offered by a library or information unit to its particular group of users.
    Ex. The service has as a goal the active participation of end users as deliverers as well as recipients of the service.
    Ex. As noted earlier, OCLC, in common with the other utilities, is moving towards a more distributive and local service = Como se ha indicado anteriormente, la OCLC, al igual que otros servicios, está avanzando hacia un servicio más local y más distribuido.
    Ex. The library is often the only stockist in Scandinavia of some journals = En Escandinavia, la biblioteca a menudo es la única proveedora de algunas revistas.
    Ex. Many publishers have decided to offer their electronic journals through an aggregator, an intermediate service, which aggregates the titles from many different publishers under one interface or search system.
    Ex. The exchange of trading information on a regular basis influences the balance company bargaining power between upstream and downstream companies in grocery marketing.
    Ex. Many library managers believe that the services provided by jobbers and other middlemen are well worth the additional cost.
    Ex. More and more new car buyers are refusing to walk out of a dealership without metallic paint despite the cost of metallic and standard paints being no different.
    ----
    * agencia distribuidora = releasing agent.
    * distribuidor de bases de datos = online system host, database host, host system, online service vendor.
    * distribuidor de bases de datos en línea = online vendor.
    * distribuidor de información = information provider.
    * distribuidor de información en línea = host, online host.
    * distribuidor de libros = book dealer.
    * distribuidor de recursos = resource allocator.
    * distribuidor de revistas = journal host.
    * distribuidor de revistas electrónicas = e-journal host.
    * distribuidor que concede licencias = licensor.
    * * *
    I
    - dora masculino, femenino (Com) distributor
    II
    1) (Auto, Mec) distributor
    2) (Ven) ( en una carretera) interchange, cloverleaf
    * * *
    = distributor, outlet, provider, spinner, supplier, vendor, deliverer, distributive, stockist, aggregator, upstream, jobber, dealership.

    Ex: A distributor is an agent or agency that has exclusive or shared marketing rights for an item.

    Ex: It would seem as if the country is almost awash with outlets for the sale of books.
    Ex: The information available on Prestel changes as the information providers come and go.
    Ex: Online system hosts, sometimes known as online system suppliers, online service vendors and online service spinners, are responsible for mounting data bases upon a computer.
    Ex: The receipt of materials and invoices and suppliers' reports are recorded in acquisitions records.
    Ex: Thus some current awareness services can be purchased from external vendors, whilst others may be offered by a library or information unit to its particular group of users.
    Ex: The service has as a goal the active participation of end users as deliverers as well as recipients of the service.
    Ex: As noted earlier, OCLC, in common with the other utilities, is moving towards a more distributive and local service = Como se ha indicado anteriormente, la OCLC, al igual que otros servicios, está avanzando hacia un servicio más local y más distribuido.
    Ex: The library is often the only stockist in Scandinavia of some journals = En Escandinavia, la biblioteca a menudo es la única proveedora de algunas revistas.
    Ex: Many publishers have decided to offer their electronic journals through an aggregator, an intermediate service, which aggregates the titles from many different publishers under one interface or search system.
    Ex: The exchange of trading information on a regular basis influences the balance company bargaining power between upstream and downstream companies in grocery marketing.
    Ex: Many library managers believe that the services provided by jobbers and other middlemen are well worth the additional cost.
    Ex: More and more new car buyers are refusing to walk out of a dealership without metallic paint despite the cost of metallic and standard paints being no different.
    * agencia distribuidora = releasing agent.
    * distribuidor de bases de datos = online system host, database host, host system, online service vendor.
    * distribuidor de bases de datos en línea = online vendor.
    * distribuidor de información = information provider.
    * distribuidor de información en línea = host, online host.
    * distribuidor de libros = book dealer.
    * distribuidor de recursos = resource allocator.
    * distribuidor de revistas = journal host.
    * distribuidor de revistas electrónicas = e-journal host.
    * distribuidor que concede licencias = licensor.

    * * *
    distribution ( before n)
    masculine, feminine
    ( Com) distributor
    A ( Auto, Mec) distributor
    distribuidor automático vending machine
    C ( Ven) (en una carretera) interchange, cloverleaf
    * * *

     

    distribuidor 1
    ◊ - dora sustantivo masculino, femenino (Com) distributor

    distribuidor 2 sustantivo masculino (Auto, Mec) distributor
    distribuidor,-ora
    I adjetivo distributing
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 distributor
    2 Com wholesaler

    ' distribuidor' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    distribuidora
    - autorizado
    - exclusivo
    English:
    distributor
    - stockist
    - slot
    * * *
    distribuidor, -ora
    ♦ adj
    [entidad] wholesale;
    una red distribuidora a distribution network
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [empresa] distributor, Br stockist;
    [de películas] distributor
    2. [repartidor] deliveryman, f deliverywoman
    ♦ nm
    1. [máquina de tabaco, bebidas] vending machine;
    [cajero automático] cash dispenser o machine
    2. [habitación] = lobby o small room leading to other rooms
    3. Aut distributor
    * * *
    m COM, EL, de película distributor
    * * *
    : distributor

    Spanish-English dictionary > distribuidor

  • 12 estudio de la productividad

    (n.) = time-and-motion study, time study, motion study
    Ex. Vanderbilt University Library, Tennessee, carried out a time and motion study to determine whether it is more or less cost-effective to purchase direct from the publisher via a vendor (wholesaler or agent).
    Ex. This article presents a description of the methods used and the data collected from a time study of digitising photographs.
    Ex. For instance, the first record of motion studies even predates Cicero.
    * * *
    (n.) = time-and-motion study, time study, motion study

    Ex: Vanderbilt University Library, Tennessee, carried out a time and motion study to determine whether it is more or less cost-effective to purchase direct from the publisher via a vendor (wholesaler or agent).

    Ex: This article presents a description of the methods used and the data collected from a time study of digitising photographs.
    Ex: For instance, the first record of motion studies even predates Cicero.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estudio de la productividad

  • 13 excedencias de fabricación

    Ex. This new wholesaler buys up factory surplus items and then sells them direct to the consumer for incredibly cheap prices.
    * * *

    Ex: This new wholesaler buys up factory surplus items and then sells them direct to the consumer for incredibly cheap prices.

    Spanish-English dictionary > excedencias de fabricación

  • 14 gerente de restaurante

    Ex. A restaurant manager has been trying to order boiled ham, but the wholesaler keeps wanting to sell smoked ham.
    * * *

    Ex: A restaurant manager has been trying to order boiled ham, but the wholesaler keeps wanting to sell smoked ham.

    Spanish-English dictionary > gerente de restaurante

  • 15 jamón ahumado

    m.
    smoked ham, gammon.
    * * *
    (n.) = smoked ham
    Ex. A restaurant manager has been trying to order boiled ham, but the wholesaler keeps wanting to sell smoked ham.
    * * *
    (n.) = smoked ham

    Ex: A restaurant manager has been trying to order boiled ham, but the wholesaler keeps wanting to sell smoked ham.

    Spanish-English dictionary > jamón ahumado

  • 16 jamón cocido

    (n.) = boiled ham
    Ex. A restaurant manager has been trying to order boiled ham, but the wholesaler keeps wanting to sell smoked ham.
    * * *
    (n.) = boiled ham

    Ex: A restaurant manager has been trying to order boiled ham, but the wholesaler keeps wanting to sell smoked ham.

    * * *
    boiled ham

    Spanish-English dictionary > jamón cocido

  • 17 jamón york

    (n.) = boiled ham
    Ex. A restaurant manager has been trying to order boiled ham, but the wholesaler keeps wanting to sell smoked ham.
    * * *
    (n.) = boiled ham

    Ex: A restaurant manager has been trying to order boiled ham, but the wholesaler keeps wanting to sell smoked ham.

    Spanish-English dictionary > jamón york

  • 18 memo

    adj.
    silly, stupid, brainless.
    m.
    1 memo, written note, memorandum.
    2 fool, dunce, simpleton, dweeb.
    * * *
    1 familiar stupid, dim
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar dummy, moron
    * * *
    I memo, -a *
    1.
    ADJ silly, stupid
    2.
    SM / F idiot
    II
    * SM memo *, memorandum
    * * *
    I
    - ma adjetivo (Esp fam) stupid, dumb (colloq)
    II
    - ma masculino, femenino
    1) (Esp fam) idiot, peabrain (colloq)
    2) memo masculino ( memorándum) memo
    * * *
    = goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], dullard, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, witless, dumbbell, dull-witted, asinine, nonce, gaga, dweeb.
    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 dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to bad end.
    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. 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 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. An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
    Ex. This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.
    Ex. Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    Ex. So if Ellen and Baltar are anything to go by, it seems exceptionally smart people are a bit gaga.
    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.
    * * *
    I
    - ma adjetivo (Esp fam) stupid, dumb (colloq)
    II
    - ma masculino, femenino
    1) (Esp fam) idiot, peabrain (colloq)
    2) memo masculino ( memorándum) memo
    * * *
    = goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], dullard, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, witless, dumbbell, dull-witted, asinine, nonce, gaga, dweeb.

    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 dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to bad end.
    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: 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 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: An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
    Ex: This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.
    Ex: Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    Ex: So if Ellen and Baltar are anything to go by, it seems exceptionally smart people are a bit gaga.
    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.

    * * *
    memo1 -ma
    ( fam); stupid, dumb ( colloq)
    no seas memo don't be so stupid o dumb
    ¡no te quedes ahí mirando como si estuvieras mema! don't just stand there like an idiot!
    memo2 -ma
    masculine, feminine
    A ( Esp fam) idiot, peabrain ( colloq), dummy ( colloq)
    B
    * * *

    memo,-a insult
    I adjetivo silly, stupid
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino idiot
    ' memo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    boluda
    - boludo
    - mema
    - circular
    - memorándum
    English:
    memo
    - nitwit
    - soft-headed
    - goofy
    * * *
    memo, -a Esp
    ♦ adj
    stupid
    ♦ nm,f
    idiot, fool
    * * *
    fam
    I adj dumb fam
    II m, mema f idiot
    * * *
    memo, -ma adj
    : silly, stupid
    * * *
    memo1 adj silly [comp. sillier; superl. silliest]
    memo2 n idiot

    Spanish-English dictionary > memo

  • 19 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

  • 20 tontorrón

    tontorrón, -ona
    * SM / F dimwit *
    * * *
    I
    - rrona adjetivo (fam) silly
    II
    - rrona masculino, femenino silly twit (colloq)
    * * *
    = goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.].
    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.
    * * *
    I
    - rrona adjetivo (fam) silly
    II
    - rrona masculino, femenino silly twit (colloq)
    * * *
    = goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.].

    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.

    * * *
    ( fam); silly
    masculine, feminine
    silly twit ( colloq), dimwit
    * * *
    tontorrón, -ona
    ♦ adj
    crazy, Br daft
    ♦ nm,f
    crazy idiot

    Spanish-English dictionary > tontorrón

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