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wizard

  • 1 wizard

    m.
    wizard, user interface that leads the user through a series of dialog steps to accomplish a function in the computer, Windows interface application.

    Spanish-English dictionary > wizard

  • 2 nagual

    • wizard

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > nagual

  • 3 mago

    m.
    1 magician, conjurer, wonder-worker, conjuror.
    2 wizard, imaginary character of a story, magus.
    3 wizard, crafty person, very ingenious person.
    4 sorcerer.
    5 magus.
    6 astrologer.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (gen) magician, conjurer; (de los cuentos) wizard
    \
    los Reyes Magos the Magi, the Three Wise Men, the Three Kings
    * * *
    mago, -a
    SM / F
    1) (=prestidigitador) magician
    2) [en cuentos] magician, wizard/sorceress

    los Reyes Magos — the Three Wise Men, the Magi frm

    * * *
    - ga masculino, femenino
    a) ( prestidigitador) conjurer, magician
    b) ( en cuentos) wizard, magician
    c) ( persona habilidosa) wizard
    d) (Hist) ( sacerdote) magus
    * * *
    = wizard, magician, sorcerer, conjurer [conjuror], illusionist.
    Ex. I was in for yet another of those numerously produced fantasies in which a pubescent child gets involved with underworld beings that are substandard versions of Le Guin's 'The wizard of Earthsea' or peritonitic spinoffs from the detritus of ill-digested Tolkien.
    Ex. One teacher I knew used to poke his head round the door just at the end of the day and say something like, 'Tomorrow when we meet I am going to tell you about the evil magician,' and then he would disappear leaving us all agog.
    Ex. In legend a potion is a concoction used to heal, bewitch or poison people, made by a magician, sorcerer or witch.
    Ex. It is known that the word 'hocus pocus' appeared in the seventeenth century as a mock-Latin formula or incantation used by conjurers.
    Ex. Two Lithuanian illusionists have reportedly set three new world records for holding their breath underwater.
    ----
    * día de los Reyes Magos, el = Epiphany, the.
    * El Mago de Oz = The Wizard of Oz.
    * * *
    - ga masculino, femenino
    a) ( prestidigitador) conjurer, magician
    b) ( en cuentos) wizard, magician
    c) ( persona habilidosa) wizard
    d) (Hist) ( sacerdote) magus
    * * *
    = wizard, magician, sorcerer, conjurer [conjuror], illusionist.

    Ex: I was in for yet another of those numerously produced fantasies in which a pubescent child gets involved with underworld beings that are substandard versions of Le Guin's 'The wizard of Earthsea' or peritonitic spinoffs from the detritus of ill-digested Tolkien.

    Ex: One teacher I knew used to poke his head round the door just at the end of the day and say something like, 'Tomorrow when we meet I am going to tell you about the evil magician,' and then he would disappear leaving us all agog.
    Ex: In legend a potion is a concoction used to heal, bewitch or poison people, made by a magician, sorcerer or witch.
    Ex: It is known that the word 'hocus pocus' appeared in the seventeenth century as a mock-Latin formula or incantation used by conjurers.
    Ex: Two Lithuanian illusionists have reportedly set three new world records for holding their breath underwater.
    * día de los Reyes Magos, el = Epiphany, the.
    * El Mago de Oz = The Wizard of Oz.

    * * *
    mago -ga
    masculine, feminine
    1 (prestidigitador) conjurer, magician
    2 (en cuentos) wizard, magician
    4 ( Hist) (sacerdote) magus rey
    * * *

    mago
    ◊ -ga sustantivo masculino, femenino




    mago,-a m,f (hechicero) wizard, magician
    el mago de Oz, the Wizard of Oz
    los Reyes Magos, the Wise Men
    ' mago' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    maga
    - rey
    English:
    conjure
    - magician
    - wizard
    - conjurer
    * * *
    mago, -a nm,f
    1. [prestidigitador] magician
    2. [en cuentos, leyendas] wizard
    3. [persona habilidosa] wizard;
    un mago de las finanzas a financial wizard
    * * *
    I m magician; ( brujo) wizard; fig
    magician, wizard
    II adj
    :
    los Reyes Magos the Three Wise Men, the Three Kings
    * * *
    mago, -ga n
    1) : magician
    2) : wizard (in folk tales, etc.)
    3)
    los Reyes Magos : the Magi
    * * *
    mago n
    1. (ilusionista) magician
    2. (brujo) wizard

    Spanish-English dictionary > mago

  • 4 hechicero

    adj.
    witching.
    m.
    sorcerer, bewitcher, medicine man, enchanter.
    * * *
    1 bewitching, charming
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (hombre) sorcerer, wizard; (mujer) sorceress, witch
    * * *
    hechicero, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) [rito, poder] magic, magical
    2) [labios, ojos] enchanting, bewitching
    2.
    SM / F (=brujo) sorcerer/sorceress, wizard/witch; [de tribu] witch doctor
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo < persona> enchanting, captivating; <ojos/sonrisa> captivating
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino
    a) ( brujo) (m) sorcerer, wizard; (f) sorceress, witch
    b) ( de tribu) witch doctor
    * * *
    = medicine man, shaman, sorcerer, witch doctor.
    Ex. The medicine man establishes his suggestive charismatic authority by the performance of a conjuring trick that displays his magical powers.
    Ex. But only good teaching and careful questioning can help students become the village shaman rather than the village fool.
    Ex. In legend a potion is a concoction used to heal, bewitch or poison people, made by a magician, sorcerer or witch.
    Ex. The gray crowned crane is dwindling in number as witch doctors and poachers illegally take the birds for potions and pets.
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo < persona> enchanting, captivating; <ojos/sonrisa> captivating
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino
    a) ( brujo) (m) sorcerer, wizard; (f) sorceress, witch
    b) ( de tribu) witch doctor
    * * *
    = medicine man, shaman, sorcerer, witch doctor.

    Ex: The medicine man establishes his suggestive charismatic authority by the performance of a conjuring trick that displays his magical powers.

    Ex: But only good teaching and careful questioning can help students become the village shaman rather than the village fool.
    Ex: In legend a potion is a concoction used to heal, bewitch or poison people, made by a magician, sorcerer or witch.
    Ex: The gray crowned crane is dwindling in number as witch doctors and poachers illegally take the birds for potions and pets.

    * * *
    hechicero1 -ra
    ‹persona› enchanting, beguiling ( liter), captivating; ‹ojos/sonrisa› bewitching, enchanting, captivating
    hechicero2 -ra
    masculine, feminine
    1 (brujo) ( masculine) sorcerer, wizard; ( feminine) sorceress, witch
    2 (de una tribu) witch doctor
    * * *

    hechicero
    ◊ -ra adjetivo ‹ persona› enchanting, captivating;


    ‹ojos/sonrisa› captivating
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    a) ( brujo) (m) sorcerer, wizard;

    (f) sorceress, witch

    hechicero,-a
    I adjetivo bewitching, enchanting
    II m,f (hombre) wizard, sorcerer
    (mujer) witch, sorceress
    ' hechicero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    hechicera
    - maga
    - mago
    - curandero
    English:
    enchanter
    - sorcerer
    - witchdoctor
    - witch
    * * *
    hechicero, -a
    ♦ adj
    [personalidad, ojos, sonrisa] enchanting, bewitching
    ♦ nm,f
    [hombre] wizard, sorcerer; [mujer] witch, sorceress
    * * *
    I adj bewitching, captivating
    II m
    1 ( mago) sorcerer
    2 de tribu witch-doctor
    * * *
    hechicero, -ra adj
    : bewitching, enchanting
    hechicero, -ra n
    : sorcerer, sorceress f
    * * *
    hechicero n wizard

    Spanish-English dictionary > hechicero

  • 5 El Mago de Oz

    = The Wizard of Oz, The Wizard of Oz
    Ex. He successfully walks the tightrope between being a scholar and being a fan, delivering a book that makes chestnuts like The Wizard of Oz fresh and fun again.
    Ex. He successfully walks the tightrope between being a scholar and being a fan, delivering a book that makes chestnuts like The Wizard of Oz fresh and fun again.
    * * *
    = The Wizard of Oz, The Wizard of Oz

    Ex: He successfully walks the tightrope between being a scholar and being a fan, delivering a book that makes chestnuts like The Wizard of Oz fresh and fun again.

    Ex: He successfully walks the tightrope between being a scholar and being a fan, delivering a book that makes chestnuts like The Wizard of Oz fresh and fun again.

    Spanish-English dictionary > El Mago de Oz

  • 6 brujo

    adj.
    broke, penniless.
    f. & m.
    1 sorcerer, conjurer, conjuror.
    2 medicine man.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: brujir.
    * * *
    1 enchanting
    1 wizard, sorcerer
    ————————
    1 wizard, sorcerer
    * * *
    noun m.
    wizard, sorcerer
    * * *
    1.
    2. SM
    1) (=hechicero) wizard, sorcerer
    2) LAm shaman, medicine man *
    * * *
    I
    - ja adjetivo
    a) < ojos> bewitching, beguiling; < amor> bewitching
    b) (AmC, Méx fam) ( sin dinero) broke (colloq)
    II
    - ja (m) warlock; (f) witch; ver tb bruja
    * * *
    = medicine man, shaman, sorcerer, witch doctor.
    Ex. The medicine man establishes his suggestive charismatic authority by the performance of a conjuring trick that displays his magical powers.
    Ex. But only good teaching and careful questioning can help students become the village shaman rather than the village fool.
    Ex. In legend a potion is a concoction used to heal, bewitch or poison people, made by a magician, sorcerer or witch.
    Ex. The gray crowned crane is dwindling in number as witch doctors and poachers illegally take the birds for potions and pets.
    * * *
    I
    - ja adjetivo
    a) < ojos> bewitching, beguiling; < amor> bewitching
    b) (AmC, Méx fam) ( sin dinero) broke (colloq)
    II
    - ja (m) warlock; (f) witch; ver tb bruja
    * * *
    = medicine man, shaman, sorcerer, witch doctor.

    Ex: The medicine man establishes his suggestive charismatic authority by the performance of a conjuring trick that displays his magical powers.

    Ex: But only good teaching and careful questioning can help students become the village shaman rather than the village fool.
    Ex: In legend a potion is a concoction used to heal, bewitch or poison people, made by a magician, sorcerer or witch.
    Ex: The gray crowned crane is dwindling in number as witch doctors and poachers illegally take the birds for potions and pets.

    * * *
    brujo1 -ja
    1 ‹ojos› bewitching, beguiling; ‹amor› bewitching
    2 ( fam) (adivino) psychic
    3 (AmC, Méx fam) (sin dinero) broke ( colloq)
    brujo2 -ja
    masculine, feminine
    A ( masculine) warlock
    B ( feminine) witch ver tb bruja
    * * *

    brujo
    ◊ -ja adjetivo

    a) ‹ojos/amor› bewitching

    b) (AmC, Méx fam) ( sin dinero) broke (colloq)

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (m) warlock;
    (f) witch
    ' brujo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    tamtan
    - hechicero
    - hechizar
    English:
    sorcerer
    - wizard
    - witch
    * * *
    brujo, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [hechicero] enchanting, captivating
    2. Méx Fam broke, Br skint
    ♦ nm
    wizard, sorcerer
    * * *
    I adj bewitching
    II m wizard
    * * *
    brujo, -ja adj
    : bewitching
    brujo, -ja n
    : warlock m, witch f, sorcerer
    * * *
    brujo n wizard

    Spanish-English dictionary > brujo

  • 7 ayudante

    adj.
    assistant.
    ayudante de laboratorio laboratory assistant
    f. & m.
    1 assistant, helper, auxiliary, aide.
    2 attendant.
    * * *
    1 assistant
    2 MILITAR adjutant
    \
    ayudante de dirección (en teatro, cine) production assistant
    * * *
    noun mf.
    assistant, helper
    * * *
    SMF (=que ayuda) helper, assistant; (Mil) adjutant; (Téc) technician; (Golf) caddie; (Escol, Univ) assistant

    ayudante de dirección — (Teat etc) production assistant

    ayudante de laboratorio — lab(oratory) assistant, lab(oratory) technician

    ayudante del electricista — electrician's assistant, electrician's helper (EEUU)

    ayudante de realización — (TV) production assistant

    * * *
    masculino y femenino assistant
    * * *
    = assistant, attendant, helper, helpmate, wizard, legman [legmen, -pl.], aider.
    Ex. I believe Mr. Freedman hired about 11 student assistants to go through this intentionally dirty file and clean it up.
    Ex. However, most of the attendants of scientific meetings held overseas believe that the most important aspect of the meetings was the opportunity of making informal contacts.
    Ex. Once again careful planning pays dividends, and plenty of time and helpers are needed.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Microcomputer library resources: headache or helpmate?.
    Ex. The database can be created either manually or by using a wizard, which prompts the user with questions that moves them through the creation process.
    Ex. The article 'Elmore Leonard's legman' describes the work of Gregg Sutter, the full time researcher of the US mystery writer Elmore Leonard.
    Ex. One of the primary psychological aiders of the Taliban is al-Jazeera TV who is constantly feeding the Arab and Islamic world Taliban propaganda.
    ----
    * ayudante de abogado = paralegal [para-legal].
    * ayudante de biblioteca = assistant librarian.
    * ayudante de hospital = hospital attendant.
    * ayudante de investigación = research assistant.
    * ayudante del shérif = deputy sheriff.
    * profesor ayudante = teacher aide.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino assistant
    * * *
    = assistant, attendant, helper, helpmate, wizard, legman [legmen, -pl.], aider.

    Ex: I believe Mr. Freedman hired about 11 student assistants to go through this intentionally dirty file and clean it up.

    Ex: However, most of the attendants of scientific meetings held overseas believe that the most important aspect of the meetings was the opportunity of making informal contacts.
    Ex: Once again careful planning pays dividends, and plenty of time and helpers are needed.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Microcomputer library resources: headache or helpmate?.
    Ex: The database can be created either manually or by using a wizard, which prompts the user with questions that moves them through the creation process.
    Ex: The article 'Elmore Leonard's legman' describes the work of Gregg Sutter, the full time researcher of the US mystery writer Elmore Leonard.
    Ex: One of the primary psychological aiders of the Taliban is al-Jazeera TV who is constantly feeding the Arab and Islamic world Taliban propaganda.
    * ayudante de abogado = paralegal [para-legal].
    * ayudante de biblioteca = assistant librarian.
    * ayudante de hospital = hospital attendant.
    * ayudante de investigación = research assistant.
    * ayudante del shérif = deputy sheriff.
    * profesor ayudante = teacher aide.

    * * *
    assistant
    ayudante de laboratorio laboratory assistant
    ayudante de cocina kitchen assistant
    Compuestos:
    aide-de-camp
    assistant professor ( AmE), (junior) lecturer ( BrE)
    assistant to the director, director's assistant
    production assistant
    personal digital assistant, PDA
    ( Esp) Registered Nurse
    * * *

    ayudante sustantivo masculino y femenino
    assistant;

    ayudante de cocina kitchen assistant
    ayudante mf assistant

    ' ayudante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    asistente
    - ATS
    - script
    English:
    aide
    - assistant
    - bulk
    - busboy
    - confidential
    - deputy
    - dresser
    - helper
    - mate
    - PA
    - willing
    - motion
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    assistant
    ♦ nmf
    assistant
    Mil ayudante de campo aide-de-camp; Cine ayudante de dirección director's assistant; Cine ayudante del electricista best boy;
    ayudante de investigación research assistant;
    ayudante de laboratorio laboratory assistant;
    Esp ayudante técnico sanitario qualified nurse
    * * *
    m/f assistant
    * * *
    : helper, assistant
    * * *
    ayudante n assistant

    Spanish-English dictionary > ayudante

  • 8 palurdo

    adj.
    boorish, illiterate, uncouth, unlearned.
    m.
    yahoo, bumpkin, boorish person, barbarian.
    * * *
    1 peyorativo uncouth
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 country bumpkin
    * * *
    palurdo, -a *
    1.
    ADJ coarse, uncouth
    2.
    SM / F (=paleto) yokel, hick (EEUU) *; pey lout
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo (fam) boorish, uncouth
    II
    - da masculino, femenino (fam) boor
    * * *
    = churl, boorish, rube, corn-fed, hick.
    Ex. Then again, who but a churl could fail to grieve at the waste of an artistic life of such immensity and grandeur?.
    Ex. He says he dislikes Rose way more because she is a big mouth, intolerant, boorish, know-it-all and always talking about her gay life.
    Ex. Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.
    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 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'.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo (fam) boorish, uncouth
    II
    - da masculino, femenino (fam) boor
    * * *
    = churl, boorish, rube, corn-fed, hick.

    Ex: Then again, who but a churl could fail to grieve at the waste of an artistic life of such immensity and grandeur?.

    Ex: He says he dislikes Rose way more because she is a big mouth, intolerant, boorish, know-it-all and always talking about her gay life.
    Ex: Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.
    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 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'.

    * * *
    palurdo1 -da
    ( fam)
    1 (grosero) boorish, uncouth
    2
    (pueblerino): no seas palurdo don't be such a yokel o ( AmE) hick ( colloq)
    palurdo2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam)
    1 (grosero) boor
    2 (pueblerino) country bumpkin, yokel ( colloq), hick ( AmE colloq)
    * * *

    palurdo
    ◊ -da sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) yokel (pej &

    hum), hick (AmE colloq & pej)
    ' palurdo' also found in these entries:
    English:
    yahoo
    * * *
    palurdo, -a Pey
    ♦ adj
    coarse, uncouth
    ♦ nm,f
    country bumpkin, yokel, US hick
    * * *
    I adj fam
    hick atr fam, provincial
    II m, palurda f fam
    hick fam, Br
    yokel fam
    * * *
    palurdo, -da n
    : boor, yokel, bumpkin

    Spanish-English dictionary > palurdo

  • 9 nagual

    f. & m.
    wizard, sorcerer.
    * * *
    SM
    1) CAm, Méx (=brujo) sorcerer, wizard
    2) Méx * (=mentira) lie
    3) CAm (=mascota) inseparable companion
    * * *
    masculino (Méx) sorcerer
    * * *
    masculino (Méx) sorcerer
    * * *
    ( Méx)
    sorcerer
    * * *
    nagual CAm, Méx
    ♦ nm
    1. [hechicero] sorcerer, wizard
    2. [animal] pet
    ♦ nf
    lie

    Spanish-English dictionary > nagual

  • 10 anormal

    adj.
    1 abnormal.
    2 subnormal (subnormal).
    f. & m.
    subnormal person (person).
    * * *
    1 (no normal) abnormal
    2 (inhabitual) unusual
    3 MEDICINA subnormal
    1 MEDICINA subnormal person
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=no normal) abnormal
    2) * (=imbécil) silly, cretinous
    * * *
    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.
    * * *
    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
    * * *

    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
    * * *
    ♦ 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
    * * *
    adj abnormal
    * * *
    anormal adj
    : abnormal
    ♦ anormalmente adv
    * * *
    anormal adj abnormal

    Spanish-English dictionary > anormal

  • 11 as

    adj.
    ace, hotshot.
    m.
    1 ace (carta, dado).
    2 As, arsenic.
    * * *
    as
    1 (naipes) ace
    2 (dados) one
    3 figurado ace, star, wizard
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Naipes) ace; [dominó] one
    2) * (=campeón) ace

    as del volante — champion driver, crack driver *

    3) (Tenis) ace
    * * *
    a) (Jueg) ace

    tener/guardar un as en la manga — to have/keep an ace o a trick up one's sleeve

    b) (fam) ( campeón) ace (colloq)

    un as del volante — an ace o a crack driver (colloq)

    * * *
    = ace.
    Ex. If an ace of spades is turned up, the next player must turn up 4 more cards.
    * * *
    a) (Jueg) ace

    tener/guardar un as en la manga — to have/keep an ace o a trick up one's sleeve

    b) (fam) ( campeón) ace (colloq)

    un as del volante — an ace o a crack driver (colloq)

    * * *
    = ace.

    Ex: If an ace of spades is turned up, the next player must turn up 4 more cards.

    * * *
    as
    1 ( Jueg) ace
    tener/guardar un as en la manga to have/keep an ace o a trick up one's sleeve
    2 ( fam) (campeón) ace ( colloq)
    es un as del volante she's an ace o a crack driver ( colloq)
    un as de las finanzas a financial wizard
    Compuesto:
    bowline
    * * *

     

    as sustantivo masculino
    ace
    as sustantivo masculino ace
    ♦ Locuciones: as en la manga, ace up one's sleeve
    'as' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abandonar
    - abismo
    - acabada
    - acabado
    - acreditar
    - actuar
    - además
    - adjetivar
    - alguna
    - alguno
    - amabilidad
    - amable
    - amarrar
    - ambas
    - ambicionar
    - ambos
    - amén
    - andanzas
    - antes
    - antojo
    - apadrinar
    - apellidarse
    - apenas
    - aquel
    - aquél
    - aquella
    - aquélla
    - arreglarse
    - arte
    - artífice
    - asesorar
    - así
    - asimismo
    - atar
    - aviar
    - bailar
    - balsa
    - bendita
    - bendito
    - bien
    - bloque
    - bondad
    - brevedad
    - broma
    - buenamente
    - burra
    - burro
    - cachondeo
    - cada
    - calcada
    English:
    above
    - acclaim
    - accomplished
    - accused
    - ace
    - acknowledge
    - act
    - action
    - address
    - advance
    - against
    - ago
    - aim
    - all
    - along
    - aloud
    - apprentice
    - arson
    - as
    - asap
    - assistant
    - bat
    - bell
    - black
    - bonus
    - both
    - by
    - by-product
    - capacity
    - cast
    - chalk
    - change
    - check off
    - cheer
    - class
    - clear
    - click
    - cluster
    - come on
    - compare
    - concern
    - construe
    - crop up
    - crow
    - dammit
    - date
    - dead
    - deaf
    - decision
    - decoy
    * * *
    as nm
    1. [carta] ace;
    el as de picas the ace of spades;
    tener o [m5] llevar o [m5] guardar un as en la manga to have an ace up one's sleeve
    2. [en dado] ace
    3. [campeón]
    ser un as to be brilliant;
    un as del volante an ace driver;
    un as de la informática a computer whizzkid
    4. Náut as de guía [nudo] bowline
    * * *
    as
    ace;
    as del volante ace driver
    * * *
    as nm
    : ace
    * * *
    as n ace

    Spanish-English dictionary > as

  • 12 barato

    adj.
    1 cheap, inexpensive, low in price, cheaply.
    2 bad-quality, bad-taste, tacky, brassy.
    adv.
    cheaply, at a low price, low.
    * * *
    1 cheap
    1 cheaply, cheap
    ————————
    1 cheaply, cheap
    * * *
    (f. - barata)
    adj.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=económico) cheap
    2) (=de mala calidad) [música, imitación] cheap; [novela] trashy
    3) (=indigno) [demagogia, electoralismo] cheap
    2.
    ADV cheap, cheaply
    3.
    SM (=mercadillo) street market
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo
    a) <vestido/restaurante/viaje> cheap, low-priced
    b) < periodismo> cheap; < música> commercial
    c) ( como adv) <costar/comprar>
    II
    adverbio <comer/vivir> cheaply
    * * *
    = cheap [cheaper -comp., cheapest -sup.], low-cost, low-priced, lower-cost, pulp, inexpensively, on the cheap, cheapo, low-budget, no-frills, cut-price, cut-rate, a dime a dozen.
    Ex. These indexes are both cheap and quick to produce.
    Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS is designed to give fast efficient, and low-cost assistance to librarians.
    Ex. Permission has been granted to introduce a system of surveillance licensing for the purpose of monitoring imports of low-priced goods, such as clothing and footwear originating in non-EC countries.
    Ex. Following our examples, the neighbors decide that they can provide the lower-cost food service to the wider community by buying in even larger quantities, and in the process make a profit for themselves.
    Ex. There are pulp detective novels and 'Simenon'; there are pulp Western films and 'High Noon'.
    Ex. This has enabled libraries to acquire materials more quickly and almost as inexpensively as in the past.
    Ex. The author provides a selected list of Internet sites covering various aspects of travel and tourism such as accommodation, restaurants, entertainment, travelling abroad, and touring on the cheap.
    Ex. I just put the DVD in my cheapo DVD player connected to my TV and it played without a hitch.
    Ex. Lodge Kerrigan's 'Clean, Shaven' is a blistering piece of cinematic inventiveness and a young director's low-budget first feature.
    Ex. This is a good guide for independent travellers looking for cheap, no-frills intercity transport around the country.
    Ex. Turkey is heavily promoted by tour operators as an idyllic holiday destination, the cut-price alternative to Greece or Cyprus.
    Ex. Most of these cut-rate laptops include a one-year parts and labor warranty.
    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'.
    ----
    * alojamiento barato = budget accommodation.
    * barato pero sin avergonzarse de ello = cheap and cheerful.
    * compañía aérea barata = low-cost airline.
    * de novela barata = novelettish.
    * de un modo barato = inexpensively, thriftily.
    * edición barata = trade paperback.
    * el ser barato = cheapness.
    * escritura barata = hack writing.
    * hotel barato = budget hotel.
    * humor barato = cheap laughs.
    * literatura barata = pulp fiction.
    * lo barato = inexpensiveness.
    * novela barata = novelette.
    * oratoria barata = soapbox.
    * rollo barato = soapbox.
    * tarifa especial más barata = discount charge.
    * vender a un precio más barato que = undercut.
    * vender más barato = undercut.
    * venta a un precio más barato = undercutting.
    * vuelo barato = budget flight.
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo
    a) <vestido/restaurante/viaje> cheap, low-priced
    b) < periodismo> cheap; < música> commercial
    c) ( como adv) <costar/comprar>
    II
    adverbio <comer/vivir> cheaply
    * * *
    = cheap [cheaper -comp., cheapest -sup.], low-cost, low-priced, lower-cost, pulp, inexpensively, on the cheap, cheapo, low-budget, no-frills, cut-price, cut-rate, a dime a dozen.

    Ex: These indexes are both cheap and quick to produce.

    Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS is designed to give fast efficient, and low-cost assistance to librarians.
    Ex: Permission has been granted to introduce a system of surveillance licensing for the purpose of monitoring imports of low-priced goods, such as clothing and footwear originating in non-EC countries.
    Ex: Following our examples, the neighbors decide that they can provide the lower-cost food service to the wider community by buying in even larger quantities, and in the process make a profit for themselves.
    Ex: There are pulp detective novels and 'Simenon'; there are pulp Western films and 'High Noon'.
    Ex: This has enabled libraries to acquire materials more quickly and almost as inexpensively as in the past.
    Ex: The author provides a selected list of Internet sites covering various aspects of travel and tourism such as accommodation, restaurants, entertainment, travelling abroad, and touring on the cheap.
    Ex: I just put the DVD in my cheapo DVD player connected to my TV and it played without a hitch.
    Ex: Lodge Kerrigan's 'Clean, Shaven' is a blistering piece of cinematic inventiveness and a young director's low-budget first feature.
    Ex: This is a good guide for independent travellers looking for cheap, no-frills intercity transport around the country.
    Ex: Turkey is heavily promoted by tour operators as an idyllic holiday destination, the cut-price alternative to Greece or Cyprus.
    Ex: Most of these cut-rate laptops include a one-year parts and labor warranty.
    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'.
    * alojamiento barato = budget accommodation.
    * barato pero sin avergonzarse de ello = cheap and cheerful.
    * compañía aérea barata = low-cost airline.
    * de novela barata = novelettish.
    * de un modo barato = inexpensively, thriftily.
    * edición barata = trade paperback.
    * el ser barato = cheapness.
    * escritura barata = hack writing.
    * hotel barato = budget hotel.
    * humor barato = cheap laughs.
    * literatura barata = pulp fiction.
    * lo barato = inexpensiveness.
    * novela barata = novelette.
    * oratoria barata = soapbox.
    * rollo barato = soapbox.
    * tarifa especial más barata = discount charge.
    * vender a un precio más barato que = undercut.
    * vender más barato = undercut.
    * venta a un precio más barato = undercutting.
    * vuelo barato = budget flight.

    * * *
    barato1 -ta
    1 ‹vestido/restaurante/viaje› cheap
    lo barato sale caro if you buy cheaply, you pay dearly, cheap things work out expensive in the long run
    2 ‹periodismo› cheap; ‹música› commercial
    3 ( como adv) ‹costar/comprar›
    el viaje no costó tan barato como pensaba the trip wasn't as cheap as I thought it would be, the trip cost me more than I thought it would
    las compré baratísimas en una liquidación I got them really cheap in a clearance sale
    al final, el coche me salió baratísimo I got the car really cheap in the end
    ‹comer/vivir› cheaply
    en esa tienda venden muy barato things are very cheap in that shop
    se compra más barato en el mercado prices are lower o things are cheaper in the market, you can get things cheaper in the market
    ver tb barato1 adj 3. (↑ barato (1))
    * * *

     

    barato 1
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    a) ‹vestido/restaurante/viaje› cheap, low-priced

    b) ( como adv) ‹costar/comprar› cheap

    barato 2 adverbio ‹comer/vivir› cheaply;

    barato,-a
    I adjetivo cheap: necesito comprar un piso barato, I need to buy an inexpensive flat
    II adverbio cheaply: ¡hija mía, qué barato compras!, my dear, what a bargain!

    ' barato' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    asequible
    - barata
    - económica
    - económico
    - flete
    - más
    - obcecarse
    - salir
    - tirada
    - tirado
    - botado
    - regalado
    - regalar
    - resultar
    English:
    but
    - cheap
    - cheaply
    - cut-rate
    - dirt-cheap
    - down-market
    - inexpensive
    - low-cost
    - popular
    - deal
    - downmarket
    - trashy
    - under
    - whichever
    * * *
    barato, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [objeto] cheap;
    ser muy barato to be very cheap;
    los tomates están muy baratos tomatoes are very cheap at the moment;
    lo barato sale caro buying cheap is a false economy
    2. [sentimentalismo] cheap;
    [literatura] trashy;
    déjate de filosofía barata cut the half-baked philosophizing
    ♦ adv
    cheap, cheaply;
    me costó barato it was cheap, I got it cheap;
    vender algo barato to sell sth cheaply;
    en este bar se come muy barato you can eat very cheaply in this bar, the food's very cheap in this bar
    * * *
    adj cheap
    * * *
    barato adv
    : cheap, cheaply
    te lo vendo barato: I'll sell it to you cheap
    barato, -ta adj
    : cheap, inexpensive
    * * *
    barato1 adj cheap
    es bueno, bonito y barato it's nice, pretty and cheap
    barato2 adv cheaply

    Spanish-English dictionary > barato

  • 13 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

  • 14 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

  • 15 burdo

    adj.
    1 gross, ordinary, coarse, crude.
    2 gross.
    3 botchy.
    * * *
    1 (tejido) coarse, rough
    2 (persona) coarse, crude
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] coarse, rough
    2) [excusa, mentira] clumsy
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) <persona/modales> coarse
    b) < mentira> blatant; < imitación> crude

    una burda excusa — a flimsy excuse, a cock-and-bull story

    c) <paño/tela> rough, coarse
    * * *
    = gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], boorish, tasteless, crass [crasser -comp., crassest -sup.], corn-fed.
    Ex. Janell has always had a soft spot in her heart for animals most people might find gross.
    Ex. He says he dislikes Rose way more because she is a big mouth, intolerant, boorish, know-it-all and always talking about her gay life.
    Ex. Of the hundreds of figurines currently on the market, here are the most bizarrely tasteless.
    Ex. In these new book, he is still at bay, pursued by the hounds of desire and anxiety in a literary world ever more crass.
    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'.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) <persona/modales> coarse
    b) < mentira> blatant; < imitación> crude

    una burda excusa — a flimsy excuse, a cock-and-bull story

    c) <paño/tela> rough, coarse
    * * *
    = gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], boorish, tasteless, crass [crasser -comp., crassest -sup.], corn-fed.

    Ex: Janell has always had a soft spot in her heart for animals most people might find gross.

    Ex: He says he dislikes Rose way more because she is a big mouth, intolerant, boorish, know-it-all and always talking about her gay life.
    Ex: Of the hundreds of figurines currently on the market, here are the most bizarrely tasteless.
    Ex: In these new book, he is still at bay, pursued by the hounds of desire and anxiety in a literary world ever more crass.
    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'.

    * * *
    burdo -da
    1 ‹persona/modales› coarse
    2 ‹mentira› blatant; ‹imitación› crude
    una burda calumnia a base calumny ( frml)
    una burda excusa a flimsy excuse, a cock-and-bull story
    3 ‹paño/tela› rough, coarse
    * * *

    burdo
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) ‹persona/modales› coarse

    b) ‹ mentira› blatant;

    ‹ imitación› crude;
    ‹ excusa› flimsy
    c) ‹paño/tela› rough, coarse

    burdo,-a adjetivo crude: es una burda imitación, it's a crude imitation
    ' burdo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    burda
    English:
    gross
    - clumsy
    - coarse
    - crude
    - poor
    - uncouth
    * * *
    burdo, -a adj
    1. [lenguaje, modales] crude, coarse
    2. [tela] coarse
    3. [imitación, copia] cheap, crude;
    [manipulación, mentira] blatant
    * * *
    adj rough
    * * *
    burdo, -da adj
    1) : coarse, rough
    2) : crude, clumsy
    una burda mentira: a clumsy lie
    ♦ burdamente adj

    Spanish-English dictionary > burdo

  • 16 castaña

    f.
    1 chestnut.
    2 Ray's bream, Brama brama.
    * * *
    1 BOTÁNICA chestnut
    2 (de pelo) bun
    3 (vasija) demijohn
    4 familiar (bofetada) slap; (golpe) blow, punch
    5 familiar (borrachera) binge, skinful
    \
    sacarle a alguien las castañas del fuego to bail somebody out, get somebody out of trouble
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=fruto) chestnut
    - conducir a toda castaña
    - ser una castaña

    ¡toma castaña! — * [indicando disfrute] take that!; [indicando sorpresa] just imagine!

    castaña de cajú — Arg, Uru cashew nut

    castaña del Brasil, castaña de Pará — Brazil nut

    2) * (=golpe) punch

    darse una castaña — to give o.s. a knock

    3) * (=borrachera)
    4) [de pelo] bun, chignon
    5) (=vasija) demijohn
    6) * (=año)
    * * *
    1) ( fruto) chestnut

    toma castaña! — (Esp fam) ( expresando - regodeo) so there! (colloq); (- sorpresa) wow! (colloq)

    2) (Esp fam)
    b) (golpe, choque) bump
    * * *
    Ex. He successfully walks the tightrope between being a scholar and being a fan, delivering a book that makes chestnuts like The Wizard of Oz fresh and fun again.
    ----
    * castaña caliente = roast chestnut.
    * castaña de Indias = horse chestnut.
    * castañas glaseadas = marron glacé.
    * sacar las castañas del fuego = sort out + the mess, pick up + the pieces.
    * sacarle las castañas del fuego a Alguien = pull + Posesivo + chestnuts out of the fire.
    * * *
    1) ( fruto) chestnut

    toma castaña! — (Esp fam) ( expresando - regodeo) so there! (colloq); (- sorpresa) wow! (colloq)

    2) (Esp fam)
    b) (golpe, choque) bump
    * * *

    Ex: He successfully walks the tightrope between being a scholar and being a fan, delivering a book that makes chestnuts like The Wizard of Oz fresh and fun again.

    * castaña caliente = roast chestnut.
    * castaña de Indias = horse chestnut.
    * castañas glaseadas = marron glacé.
    * sacar las castañas del fuego = sort out + the mess, pick up + the pieces.
    * sacarle las castañas del fuego a Alguien = pull + Posesivo + chestnuts out of the fire.

    * * *
    A (fruto) chestnut
    sacar las castañas del fuego con mano ajena to get sb else to do one's dirty work
    sacarle las castañas del fuego a algn to bail sb out, get sb out of trouble
    ¡toma castaña! ( Esp fam) (expresando regodeo) so there! ( colloq) (expresando sorpresa) wow! ( colloq), well! ( colloq)
    Compuestos:
    ( AmL) cashew nut
    horse chestnut
    ( RPl) Brazil nut
    dried chestnut
    B
    ( Esp fam) (borrachera): cogió una castaña he got plastered ( colloq)
    C ( Esp) castañazo m 1. (↑ castañazo)
    * * *

    castaña sustantivo femenino ( fruto) chestnut;

    castaña de Pará (RPl) Brazil nut;
    castaña pilonga dried chestnut
    castaño,-a
    I sustantivo masculino
    1 Bot chestnut
    2 (color) chestnut-brown
    II adjetivo (color de un objeto) chestnut-brown
    (del pelo, los ojos) brown, dark
    castaña sustantivo femenino
    1 chestnut
    2 familiar (bodrio) rubbish
    3 (choque violento) bump
    ♦ Locuciones: figurado sacarle a alguien las castañas del fuego, to save sb's bacon, US to get sb out of trouble

    ' castaña' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    asado
    - asar
    English:
    chalk
    - chestnut
    - conker
    - different
    - water chestnut
    - Brazil
    - cashew (nut)
    - horse
    * * *
    1. [fruto] chestnut;
    Fam Fam
    ¡toma castaña! so there!
    castaña de agua water chestnut; RP castaña de cajú cashew nut;
    castaña de Indias horse chestnut;
    RP castaña de Pará Brazil nut;
    castaña pilonga dried chestnut
    2. Esp Fam [golpe] bash;
    darse o [m5] pegarse una castaña [golpe] to give oneself a bump;
    [con vehículo] to have a crash
    3. Esp Fam [borrachera]
    agarrarse una castaña to get plastered o legless;
    llevar una castaña to be plastered o legless
    4. Esp Fam [cosa aburrida] bore;
    este libro es una castaña this book is boring
    5. Esp Fam
    castañas: [años] [m5] tiene cuarenta castañas he's forty
    6. [moño] bun
    7. Méx [barril pequeño] keg
    * * *
    f chestnut;
    castaña asada roasted chestnut;
    sacar las castañas del fuego a alguien fig fam pull s.o.’s chestnuts out of the fire fam ;
    a toda castaña fam hell for leather fam ;
    ¡toma castaña! fam how about that! fam
    * * *
    : chestnut
    * * *
    castaña n (fruto) chestnut
    darse una castaña to come a cropper [pt. came; pp. come]
    ¡vaya castaña se ha dado con la bici! he came a cropper on his bike!

    Spanish-English dictionary > castaña

  • 17 cateto

    adj.
    boorish, hick.
    m.
    1 side of a triangle, leg.
    2 yokel, bumpkin, boor.
    3 cathetus.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 peyorativo (palurdo) dimwit, yokel
    ————————
    1 (de triángulo) side of a right-angled triangle forming the right angle
    * * *
    cateto, -a
    * SM / F yokel *, hick (EEUU) *
    * * *
    masculino (Mat) leg
    * * *
    = redneck, churl, tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], rube, hick.
    Ex. His talks sparkle with Southern humor and a distinct voice known to mention rednecks, the evil of institutions, and racial reconciliation.
    Ex. Then again, who but a churl could fail to grieve at the waste of an artistic life of such immensity and grandeur?.
    Ex. There was nothing tacky about the invitation, other that the request that gifts be in the form of cash, of course.
    Ex. This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.
    Ex. Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.
    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'.
    * * *
    masculino (Mat) leg
    * * *
    = redneck, churl, tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], rube, hick.

    Ex: His talks sparkle with Southern humor and a distinct voice known to mention rednecks, the evil of institutions, and racial reconciliation.

    Ex: Then again, who but a churl could fail to grieve at the waste of an artistic life of such immensity and grandeur?.
    Ex: There was nothing tacky about the invitation, other that the request that gifts be in the form of cash, of course.
    Ex: This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.
    Ex: Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.
    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'.

    * * *
    cateto1 -ta
    masculine, feminine
    A ( Esp) (paleto) peasant ( pej), yokel ( colloq), hick ( AmE colloq), yokel ( BrE colloq)
    B
    * * *

    cateto,-a
    I m,f pey yokel
    II m Mat cathetus
    ' cateto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cateta
    English:
    boorish
    - hick
    - redneck
    * * *
    cateto, -a
    ♦ adj
    Pey uncultured, uncouth
    ♦ nm,f
    Pey country bumpkin
    ♦ nm
    Geom = either of the two short sides of a right-angled triangle, Espec cathetus
    * * *
    I m MAT leg
    II m, cateta f pop
    hick fam, yokel fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > cateto

  • 18 con mucha labia

    (adj.) = glibly, smooth-tongued, smooth-talking
    Ex. When the mission of the public library in society is pondered, the trio of education, information and recreation is frequently injected glibly into the conversation.
    Ex. The father, Old Brightwell, curses his daughter, Jane, for preferring the love of the smooth-tongued villain, Grandley, to that of her own parents.
    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'.
    * * *
    (adj.) = glibly, smooth-tongued, smooth-talking

    Ex: When the mission of the public library in society is pondered, the trio of education, information and recreation is frequently injected glibly into the conversation.

    Ex: The father, Old Brightwell, curses his daughter, Jane, for preferring the love of the smooth-tongued villain, Grandley, to that of her own parents.
    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'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > con mucha labia

  • 19 cortijero

    m.
    1 foreman.
    2 farmer.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 Andalusian farmer
    * * *
    = redneck, rustic, rube, hick.
    Ex. His talks sparkle with Southern humor and a distinct voice known to mention rednecks, the evil of institutions, and racial reconciliation.
    Ex. These reflections coincide with considerations from previous studies about the education of rustics in their rural schools.
    Ex. Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.
    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'.
    * * *
    = redneck, rustic, rube, hick.

    Ex: His talks sparkle with Southern humor and a distinct voice known to mention rednecks, the evil of institutions, and racial reconciliation.

    Ex: These reflections coincide with considerations from previous studies about the education of rustics in their rural schools.
    Ex: Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.
    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'.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    1 (dueño) estate owner
    2 (capataz) overseer
    * * *
    cortijero, -a nm,f
    1. [dueño] estate o farm owner
    2. [asalariado] estate o farm manager

    Spanish-English dictionary > cortijero

  • 20 de calidad inferior

    (adj.) = low-grade [lowgrade], substandard [sub-standard], low-end
    Ex. The amount of stuffing in the balls was varied to suit the nature of the work; large, soft balls with weak ink were used for low-grade work; small, hard balls and strong ink for work of better quality.
    Ex. I was in for yet another of those numerously produced fantasies in which a pubescent child gets involved with underworld beings that are substandard versions of Le Guin's 'The Wizard of Earthsea' or peritonitic spinoffs from the detritus of ill-digested Tolkien.
    Ex. Therefore real time interaction is feasible on both low-end and high-end machines.
    * * *
    (adj.) = low-grade [lowgrade], substandard [sub-standard], low-end

    Ex: The amount of stuffing in the balls was varied to suit the nature of the work; large, soft balls with weak ink were used for low-grade work; small, hard balls and strong ink for work of better quality.

    Ex: I was in for yet another of those numerously produced fantasies in which a pubescent child gets involved with underworld beings that are substandard versions of Le Guin's 'The Wizard of Earthsea' or peritonitic spinoffs from the detritus of ill-digested Tolkien.
    Ex: Therefore real time interaction is feasible on both low-end and high-end machines.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de calidad inferior

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