escueto

adj.

plain, bare, concise, unadorned.

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escueto

► adjetivo

1 (sin adornos) bare, plain, unadorned

2 (conciso) concise, brief, succinct

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(f. - escueta)

adj.

plain, simple, concise

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ADJ [verdad] plain, naked; [estilo] simple; [explicación, presentación] concise, succinct

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-ta adjetivo <explicación> succinct; <lenguaje/estilo> concise, plain

fue muy escueto — he was very succinct

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= stark, bald, lean [leaner -comp., leanest -sup.], terse.

Ex. To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.

Ex. This text contains its share of irrelevant allusions included by authors 'to add artistic verisimilitude to a bald and otherwise unconvincing narrative', to quote another favourite source.

Ex. While Baskerville's italic was a lean, elegant letter, the most radical departure from tradition since the French academic italic of the 1690s.

Ex. This terse McLuhanesque turn of phrase is at the core of what I want to talk about today.

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-ta adjetivo <explicación> succinct; <lenguaje/estilo> concise, plain

fue muy escueto — he was very succinct

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= stark, bald, lean [leaner -comp., leanest -sup.], terse.

Ex: To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.

Ex: This text contains its share of irrelevant allusions included by authors 'to add artistic verisimilitude to a bald and otherwise unconvincing narrative', to quote another favourite source.

Ex: While Baskerville's italic was a lean, elegant letter, the most radical departure from tradition since the French academic italic of the 1690s.

Ex: This terse McLuhanesque turn of phrase is at the core of what I want to talk about today.

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escueto -ta

adjective

‹explicación› succinct; ‹lenguaje/estilo› concise, plain

no se extendió mucho, fue muy escueto al respecto he didn't go into great detail, he was very succinct

su mensaje fue escueto his message was concise o brief

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escueto

◊ -ta adjetivo ‹explicación› succinct;

‹lenguaje/estilo› concise, plain;

◊ fue muy escueto he was very succinct

escueto,-a adjetivo plain
(lenguaje) concise

'escueto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
escueta
English:
bare
- crisp
- stark

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escueto, -a adj

[sucinto] concise; [sobrio] plain, unadorned;

fue o [m5]estuvo muy escueto en la rueda de prensa he was rather unforthcoming at the press conference

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escueto

adj succinct, concise

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escueto, -ta adj

1) : plain, simple

2) : succinct, concise

♦ escuetamente adv