absurdo

adj.

absurd, nonsensical, irrational, meaningless.

m.

1 absurdity, nonsense, folly, aberration.

2 absurd act, absurdity.

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absurdo

► adjetivo

1 absurd

■ sería absurdo que dejaras el trabajo it would be crazy to leave your job

► nombre masculino absurdo

1 absurdity, nonsense

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absurdo

► nombre masculino

1 absurdity, nonsense

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(f. - absurda)

adj.

absurd

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1.

ADJ absurd

es absurdo que — it is absurd that

lo absurdo es que ... — the ridiculous thing is that ...

teatro del absurdo — theatre o (EEUU) theater of the absurd

2.

SM absurdity, (piece of) nonsense

decir absurdos — to talk nonsense

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I

-da adjetivo absurd, ridiculous

es absurdo que te comportes así — it's absurd of you to behave like this

lo más absurdo de todo es ... — the ridiculous thing about it all is ...

II

masculino (absurdez)

es un absurdo que trates de ocultarlo — it's absurd (of you) to try to hide it

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= foolish, incongruous, ludicrous, absurd, farcical, meaningless, nonsensical.

Ex. It would be uneconomic and foolish to persevere with human assignment of controlled-language terms.

Ex. The idea is incongruous in our general catalogs where a publication is to be represented by a main entry as an edition of a particular work by a particular author.

Ex. Hernandez described the encounter as futile and ludicrous, and concluded that it tallied entirely with Lespran's expectation of it..

Ex. Too frequently absurd errors creep past the abstractor who does not know the field.

Ex. There is considerable interest in picture books from the social realism of the 70s to the growing interest in fantasy, myth, legend, science fiction and the emphasis on the farcical and absurd aspects of life in the 80s.

Ex. Although the isolate numbers for the concepts are correct, these mistakes in the use of facet indicators render this class number meaningless.

Ex. Parental protectiveness of children is surely a good thing if sensibly applied, but this nonsensical double standard doesn't help anyone.

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* algo absurdo = nonsense.

* lo absurdo = ridiculousness.

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I

-da adjetivo absurd, ridiculous

es absurdo que te comportes así — it's absurd of you to behave like this

lo más absurdo de todo es ... — the ridiculous thing about it all is ...

II

masculino (absurdez)

es un absurdo que trates de ocultarlo — it's absurd (of you) to try to hide it

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= foolish, incongruous, ludicrous, absurd, farcical, meaningless, nonsensical.

Ex: It would be uneconomic and foolish to persevere with human assignment of controlled-language terms.

Ex: The idea is incongruous in our general catalogs where a publication is to be represented by a main entry as an edition of a particular work by a particular author.

Ex: Hernandez described the encounter as futile and ludicrous, and concluded that it tallied entirely with Lespran's expectation of it..

Ex: Too frequently absurd errors creep past the abstractor who does not know the field.

Ex: There is considerable interest in picture books from the social realism of the 70s to the growing interest in fantasy, myth, legend, science fiction and the emphasis on the farcical and absurd aspects of life in the 80s.

Ex: Although the isolate numbers for the concepts are correct, these mistakes in the use of facet indicators render this class number meaningless.

Ex: Parental protectiveness of children is surely a good thing if sensibly applied, but this nonsensical double standard doesn't help anyone.

* algo absurdo = nonsense.

* lo absurdo = ridiculousness.

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absurdo¹ -da

adjective

absurd, ridiculous

eso es a todas luces absurdo that is absolutely preposterous o absurd o ridiculous

esto es el colmo de lo absurdo this is totally absurd o the height of absurdity

es absurdo que te comportes así it's ridiculous o absurd of you to behave like that

absurdo²

masculine

1

(absurdez): es un absurdo que trates de ocultarlo it's ridiculous o absurd (of you) to try to hide it

2 (Fil, Mat):

un absurdo an absurdity

reducción al absurdo reductio ad absurdum

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absurdo

◊ -da adjetivo

absurd, ridiculous
absurdo,-a
I adjetivo
1 absurd: es un argumento completamente absurdo, it's an absolutely absurd line of argument
2 (cosa ridícula) ludicrous: llevaba puesto un absurdo sombrero, she was wearing a ridiculous hat
II sustantivo masculino absurdity, absurd thing

'absurdo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
absurda
- baremo
- mamarrachada
- me
- perfectamente
English:
absurd
- all
- farcical
- ludicrous
- mindless
- nonsensical
- preposterous
- senseless
- sound
- to
- wacky
- absurdity
- fantastic
- wild

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absurdo, -a

♦ adj

absurd;

lo absurdo sería que no lo hicieras it would be absurd for you not to do it

♦ nm

decir/hacer un absurdo to say/do something ridiculous o idiotic;

reducción al absurdo reductio ad absurdum;

el teatro del absurdo the Theatre of the Absurd

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absurdo

I adj absurd

II m

1 absurdity;

es un absurdo que it’s absurd that

2

:

teatro del absurdo theater o Br theatre of the absurd

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absurdo, -da adj

disparatado, ridículo: absurd, ridiculous

♦ absurdamente adv

absurdo nm

: absurdity

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absurdo adj absurd