jorobado

adj.

hunchbacked, humpbacked, hump-backed, humped.

f. & m.

hunchback.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: jorobar.

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jorobado

► adjetivo

1 hunchbacked, humpbacked

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 hunchback, humpback

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jorobado, -a

1. ADJ

1) (=con chepa) hunchbacked

2) * (=fastidiado)

ando algo jorobado con la espalda — my back's giving me a bit of trouble, my back's playing up a bit *

la artritis lo tiene jorobado — arthritis makes his life a misery

3) * [tema, asunto, decisión] tricky

2.

SM / F (=con chepa) hunchback

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I

-da adjetivo

1) (giboso) hunchbacked

2) (fam)

a) (enfermo, delicado)

todavía anda algo jorobada — she's still a bit low (colloq)

está or anda jorobado del estómago — his stomach's been playing (him) up (colloq)

b) (sin dinero) broke (colloq)

c) <asunto> tricky

II

-da masculino, femenino hunchback

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= humpbacked, hunchback.

Ex. In addition, he parodies romantic conventions by casting one of the story's lovers as a disfigured, humpbacked character reminiscent of Quasimodo in Victor Hugo's Notre-Dame of Paris.

Ex. Dwarfs and hunchbacks were always preferred candidates for the jester role, from the Aztecs, to India, to China.

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* ballena jorobada = humpback whale.

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I

-da adjetivo

1) (giboso) hunchbacked

2) (fam)

a) (enfermo, delicado)

todavía anda algo jorobada — she's still a bit low (colloq)

está or anda jorobado del estómago — his stomach's been playing (him) up (colloq)

b) (sin dinero) broke (colloq)

c) <asunto> tricky

II

-da masculino, femenino hunchback

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= humpbacked, hunchback.

Ex: In addition, he parodies romantic conventions by casting one of the story's lovers as a disfigured, humpbacked character reminiscent of Quasimodo in Victor Hugo's Notre-Dame of Paris.

Ex: Dwarfs and hunchbacks were always preferred candidates for the jester role, from the Aztecs, to India, to China.

* ballena jorobada = humpback whale.

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jorobado¹ -da

adjective

A (giboso) hunchbacked

B (fam)

1

(fastidiado): anda todavía algo jorobada she's still a bit low (colloq)

está or anda jorobado del estómago últimamente his stomach's been playing (him) up o giving him some trouble recently (colloq)

tantos gastos lo tienen jorobado he's in a mess with all the money he's had to spend

2 (delicado) ‹asunto› tricky

jorobado² -da

masculine, feminine

hunchback, humpback (AmE)

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Del verbo jorobar: (conjugate jorobar)

jorobado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
jorobado    
jorobar
jorobado

◊ -da adjetivo

1 (giboso) hunchbacked
2 (fam)

a) (enfermo, delicado):

◊ todavía anda algo jorobada she's still a bit low (colloq);

está jorobado del estómago his stomach's been playing (him) up (colloq)

b) (sin dinero) broke (colloq)

c) ‹asunto› tricky

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
hunchback
jorobar (conjugate jorobar) verbo transitivo (fam)

a) (molestar) to bug (colloq)

b) (malograr) to ruin, spoil

verbo intransitivo (fam) (molestar) to annoy;

◊ lo que más me joroba es … what really bugs o gets me is … (colloq)

jorobarse verbo pronominal (fam)

a) (aguantarse):

◊ y si no te gusta, te jorobas and if you don't like it, that's tough (colloq)

b) (dañarse) ‹hígado/estómago› to mess up (colloq);

‹espalda› to do … in (colloq)

c) [plan] to be scuppered (colloq);

[fiesta] to be ruined
jorobado,-a
I adjetivo hunchbacked
II sustantivo masculino y femenino hunchback
jorobar familiar verbo transitivo
1 (molestar, enfadar) to annoy, bother: me joroba que hagas eso, it really bugs me when you do that
¡no jorobes!, (incredulidad) pull the other one!
2 (arruinar, estropear) to ruin, wreck: la lluvia nos jorobó el paseo, the rain spoilt our stroll
'jorobado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
jorobada
English:
hunchback
- hunch

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jorobado, -a

♦ adj

1. [con joroba] hunchbacked

2. Fam [estropeado] bust, Br knackered;

tengo el estómago jorobado my stomach's acting o Br playing up o Br giving me gyp

♦ nm,f

[con joroba] hunchback

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jorobado

I adj

1 hump-backed

2 fig fam

in a bad way fam

II m, jorobada f humpback, hunchback

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jorobado, -da adj

giboso: hunchbacked, humpbacked

jorobado, -da n

giboso: hunchback, humpback

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jorobado n hunchback