- adoquín
- m.1 paving stone, tile, sett, pitcher.2 numbskull, dunce, clod.* * *adoquín► nombre masculino1 cobble, paving stone2 familiar (persona) idiot, clod* * *noun m.paving stone, cobblestone* * *SM1) [para pavimentar] paving stone, flagstone, cobble2) * (=tonto) idiot, clod* * *masculinoa) (de piedra) paving stone; (ovalado) cobblestoneb) (fam) (tonto) blockhead (colloq)c) (Per) (helado) popsicle® (AmE), ice lolly (BrE)* * *= cobblestone, cobble.Ex. Cells formed a loose monolayer and exhibited a typical cobblestone appearance.Ex. The conglomerate consists of cobbles and boulders of slate, granite, and quartzite.* * *masculinoa) (de piedra) paving stone; (ovalado) cobblestoneb) (fam) (tonto) blockhead (colloq)c) (Per) (helado) popsicle® (AmE), ice lolly (BrE)* * *= cobblestone, cobble.
Ex: Cells formed a loose monolayer and exhibited a typical cobblestone appearance.
Ex: The conglomerate consists of cobbles and boulders of slate, granite, and quartzite.* * *adoquínmasculine1 (de piedra) paving stone, sett; (de madera) block2 (fam) (tonto) blockhead (colloq)ser burro como un adoquín (fam); to be as dumb as an ox (AmE colloq), to be as thick as two short planks (BrE colloq)3 (Per) (helado) Popsicle® (AmE), ice lolly (BrE)* * *
adoquín sustantivo masculinoa) (de piedra) paving stone;
(ovalado) cobblestoneb) (Per) (helado) Popsicle® (AmE), ice lolly (BrE)
adoquín sustantivo masculino
1 cobble, paving stone
2 fig (tarugo, zote) oaf
'adoquín' also found in these entries:
English:
cobble
- paving stone
* * *adoquín nm1. [piedra] cobblestone2. Fam [persona] blockhead* * *adoquínm paving stone* * *adoquín nm, pl -quines : paving stone, cobblestone
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.