holgazanear

holgazanear
v.
1 to laze about.
2 to loaf around, to dawdle, to sit around, to bum around.
Esos chicos cancanean en la sombra Those boys lounge about in the shade.
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holgazanear
► verbo intransitivo
1 to laze around, loaf around, idle
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verb
to idle
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VI to laze around, loaf about
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verbo intransitivo to idle, laze o loaf around
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= goof off, loiter (about/around), loaf (about/around), laze (about/around), lounge (about/around), bum around.
Ex. Some people believe that that most students students jsut goof off in college.
Ex. A high-pitched sound said to be only audible to young people will be used to deter teenagers from loitering at night.
Ex. The less you work, the less you spend and the more time you have for loafing about.
Ex. In the afternoon quite a few of our mob decided that they would prefer to spend a bit of time lazing about in the water and soaking up a few rays.
Ex. He spends all his time lounging around the house, driving his parents to despair.
Ex. He spent his early twenties bumming around the world and became fascinated by the differences and similarities in all of us.
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verbo intransitivo to idle, laze o loaf around
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= goof off, loiter (about/around), loaf (about/around), laze (about/around), lounge (about/around), bum around.

Ex: Some people believe that that most students students jsut goof off in college.

Ex: A high-pitched sound said to be only audible to young people will be used to deter teenagers from loitering at night.
Ex: The less you work, the less you spend and the more time you have for loafing about.
Ex: In the afternoon quite a few of our mob decided that they would prefer to spend a bit of time lazing about in the water and soaking up a few rays.
Ex: He spends all his time lounging around the house, driving his parents to despair.
Ex: He spent his early twenties bumming around the world and became fascinated by the differences and similarities in all of us.

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holgazanear [A1 ]
vi
to idle, laze o loaf around
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holgazanear (conjugate holgazanear) verbo intransitivo
to idle, laze o loaf around
holgazanear verbo intransitivo to laze o loaf around: ¡deja ya de holgazanear y échame una mano!, that's enough loafing around, help me out!
'holgazanear' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
vagabundear
- flojear
English:
laze
- lie about
- lie around
- loiter
- lounge around
- idle
- loaf
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holgazanear vi
to laze about
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holgazanear
v/i laze around
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holgazanear vi
haraganear: to laze around, to loaf

Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.

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