mirón

m.

1 eavesdropper, busybody, looker-on, peeper.

2 voyeur.

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mirón

► adjetivo

1 familiar peyorativo nosy

2 (espectador) onlooking

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 familiar peyorativo (curioso) nosy parker

2 (espectador) onlooker

3 peyorativo (voyeur) voyeur, Peeping Tom

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mirón, -ona *

1.

ADJ nosey *, curious

2.

SM / F (=espectador) onlooker; (=mirón) nosey-parker *; (=voyer) voyeur, peeping Tom

estar de mirón — to stand around watching, stand around doing nothing

ir de mirón — to go along just to watch

- los mirones son de piedra

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I

-rona adjetivo (fam)

es muy mirón — he's always ogling people o eyeing people up (colloq)

II

-rona masculino, femenino

se nos acercaron unos mirones — a few inquisitive passers-by came up to us

¿qué haces tú ahí de mirón? haz algo! — don't just stand there watching o looking, do something!

los mirones son de piedra — if you want to watch you'd better keep quiet

ir de mirón — to go along to watch o as a spectator

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= peeping Tom, voyeur, lurker, bystander.

Ex. They seem to regard literature as a secondary experience, more akin to being a peeping Tom, an impotent voyeur, rather than being one of the healthy, active people who get on with real living.

Ex. They seem to regard literature as a secondary experience, more akin to being a peeping Tom, an impotent voyeur, rather than being one of the healthy, active people who get on with real living.

Ex. Although lurkers are in the majority in most online forums, their role in these communication spaces is more or less unknown.

Ex. High-speed chases are dangerous not only for police and suspects, but also for innocent bystanders.

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* actuar de mirón = lurk in + the wings.

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I

-rona adjetivo (fam)

es muy mirón — he's always ogling people o eyeing people up (colloq)

II

-rona masculino, femenino

se nos acercaron unos mirones — a few inquisitive passers-by came up to us

¿qué haces tú ahí de mirón? haz algo! — don't just stand there watching o looking, do something!

los mirones son de piedra — if you want to watch you'd better keep quiet

ir de mirón — to go along to watch o as a spectator

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= peeping Tom, voyeur, lurker, bystander.

Ex: They seem to regard literature as a secondary experience, more akin to being a peeping Tom, an impotent voyeur, rather than being one of the healthy, active people who get on with real living.

Ex: They seem to regard literature as a secondary experience, more akin to being a peeping Tom, an impotent voyeur, rather than being one of the healthy, active people who get on with real living.

Ex: Although lurkers are in the majority in most online forums, their role in these communication spaces is more or less unknown.

Ex: High-speed chases are dangerous not only for police and suspects, but also for innocent bystanders.

* actuar de mirón = lurk in + the wings.

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mirón¹ -rona

adjective

(fam):

es muy mirón he's always ogling people (colloq), he's always eyeing people up (colloq)

mirón² -rona

masculine, feminine

unos mirones observaban a los nudistas desde las rocas a few voyeurs watched the nudists from the rocks

se acercaron unos mirones a ver qué había pasado a few inquisitive passers-by came over to stare o (colloq) gawk at what had happened

todos están de mirones, no ayudan en absoluto they're not helping at all, they're all just standing around watching o (colloq) gawking

¿qué haces tú ahí de mirón? ¡haz algo! (well,) don't just stand there watching o looking, do something!

los mirones son de piedra if you want to watch you'd better keep quiet

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mirón,-ona sustantivo masculino y femenino spectators, onlooker, ogler: estábamos jugando al voleibol en la playa cuando vinieron unos mirones, some people showed up to ogle when we were playing volleyball at the beach
'mirón' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
curiosa
- curioso
- mirona
English:
bystander
- Peeping Tom
- voyeur

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mirón, -ona Fam

♦ adj

[curioso] nosey; [con lascivia] peeping

♦ nm,f

1. [espectador] onlooker;

[curioso] busybody, Br nosey parker; [voyeur] peeping Tom;

estar de mirón to just stand around watching o gawping;

no te quedes allí de mirón, echa una mano don't just stand there gawping, lend a hand

2. Informát [en fórum] lurker

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mirón

fam

I adj nosy

II m, mirona f busybody, nosy parker fam