canalla

adj.

rotten, wicked, mean.

f. & m.

1 swine, dog.

2 knave, despicable person, scoundrel, scum.

3 mob, rabble, canaille, doggery.

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canalla

► nombre femenino

1 peyorativo (chusma) riffraff, mob, rabble

► nombre masculino

1 peyorativo (hombre ruin) rascal, scoundrel, swine, rotter

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noun mf.

swine, rat

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masculino y femenino

a) (fam) (bribón, granuja) swine (colloq)

b) canalla femenino (pey) (chusma)

la canalla — the rabble o riffraff

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= scoundrel, miscreant, scumbag, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, cad, swine, pig, badass, nasty piece of work.

Ex. Here came every sort of human ingredient -- sturdy homesteaders, skilled craftsmen, precious scoundrels.

Ex. The forest, therefore, is regarded as the abode of robbers & sundry miscreants, implying its relation to the forces of chaos & disorder.

Ex. He then made the comment that our soldiers are fighting 'detestable murderers and scumbags'.

Ex. And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.

Ex. In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.

Ex. In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.

Ex. Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.

Ex. In German law it is a criminal offense for A to insult B, for example, by calling him a swine.

Ex. He was waiting for the opportunity to unleash his fury, no one calls him a pig and gets away with it.

Ex. In the hardscrabble times of the Bible, where there were plagues, invasions from foreign powers, and swarms of locusts, you pretty much had to be a badass.

Ex. Mary, on the other hand, is a nasty piece of work who is at her best is frosty and aloof and at her worst is hostile and cruel.

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* comportarse como un canalla con = be rotten to.

* portarse como un canalla con = be rotten to.

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masculino y femenino

a) (fam) (bribón, granuja) swine (colloq)

b) canalla femenino (pey) (chusma)

la canalla — the rabble o riffraff

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= scoundrel, miscreant, scumbag, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, cad, swine, pig, badass, nasty piece of work.

Ex: Here came every sort of human ingredient -- sturdy homesteaders, skilled craftsmen, precious scoundrels.

Ex: The forest, therefore, is regarded as the abode of robbers & sundry miscreants, implying its relation to the forces of chaos & disorder.

Ex: He then made the comment that our soldiers are fighting 'detestable murderers and scumbags'.

Ex: And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.

Ex: In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.

Ex: In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.

Ex: Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.

Ex: In German law it is a criminal offense for A to insult B, for example, by calling him a swine.

Ex: He was waiting for the opportunity to unleash his fury, no one calls him a pig and gets away with it.

Ex: In the hardscrabble times of the Bible, where there were plagues, invasions from foreign powers, and swarms of locusts, you pretty much had to be a badass.

Ex: Mary, on the other hand, is a nasty piece of work who is at her best is frosty and aloof and at her worst is hostile and cruel.

* comportarse como un canalla con = be rotten to.

* portarse como un canalla con = be rotten to.

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canalla¹

adjective

(fam); rotten (colloq), mean (colloq)

el muy canalla se largó con toda la plata the rotten swine ran off with all the cash

canalla²

masculine and feminine

1 (fam) (bribón, granuja) swine (colloq), bastard (sl)

2

canalla feminine (pey) (chusma): la canalla the rabble o riffraff

la canalla periodística the press mob (pej)

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canalla sustantivo masculino y femenino (fam) (bribón, granuja) swine (colloq)
canalla pey
I mf swine, rotter
II sustantivo femenino riffraff, mob
'canalla' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
miserable
- sinvergüenza
English:
heel
- rat
- scoundrel
- swine
- unmitigated

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canalla

♦ adj

1 [miserable] beastly;

[bribón] roguish

2 [barriobajero] low-life

3 [estado] rogue

♦ nmf

[persona] swine, dog

♦ nf

la canalla the rabble, the riffraff

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canalla

I m/f swine fam , rat fam

II f riff-raff

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canalla adj, fam : low, rotten

canalla nmf, fam : bastard, swine