necio

necio
adj.
silly, ignorant, stupid, foolish.
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necio
► adjetivo
1 stupid
► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
1 imbecile, idiot
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necio, -a
1. ADJ
1) (=tonto) foolish, stupid
2) Méx (=terco) stubborn, pig-headed
3) And (=displicente) peevish
4) And, Caribe, Cono Sur (=quisquilloso) touchy, hypersensitive
5) CAm [enfermedad] hard to shake off
2.
SM / F fool
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-cia adjetivo
1) (tonto) stupid
2) (AmC, Col, Ven fam) (travieso) naughty
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= moron, cretin, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, airhead, airheaded, bonehead, duffer, schmuck, schmo, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.
Ex. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
Ex. Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.
Ex. An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
Ex. This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense .
Ex. The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a 'lemon and a retard'.
Ex. Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
Ex. The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
Ex. Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.
Ex. This team of schmoes is capable of anything.
Ex. States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.
Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
Ex. Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.
Ex. She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.
Ex. I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.
Ex. And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.
Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
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* como un necio = stupidly.
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-cia adjetivo
1) (tonto) stupid
2) (AmC, Col, Ven fam) (travieso) naughty
* * *
= moron, cretin, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, airhead, airheaded, bonehead, duffer, schmuck, schmo, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.

Ex: This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.

Ex: Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.
Ex: An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
Ex: This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense .
Ex: The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a 'lemon and a retard'.
Ex: Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
Ex: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
Ex: Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.
Ex: This team of schmoes is capable of anything.
Ex: States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.
Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
Ex: Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.
Ex: She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.
Ex: I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.
Ex: And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.
Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
* como un necio = stupidly.

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necio1 -cia
adjective
A (tonto) stupid, brainless (colloq)
B (RPl) (susceptible) touchy
C (AmC, Col, Ven fam) (travieso) naughty
necio2 -cia
masculine, feminine
A (persona tonta) fool
el necio es atrevido y el sabio comedido fools rush in where angels fear to tread
B (RPl) (persona susceptible) touchy person
C (AmC, Col, Ven fam) (travieso) naughty boy ( o child etc)
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necio
◊ -cia adjetivo

a) (tonto) stupid

b) (AmC, Col, Ven fam) (travieso) naughty

necio,-a
I adjetivo stupid, fatuous
II sustantivo masculino y femenino stupid fool: su hermano es un necio, his brother's an idiot
♦ Locuciones: a palabras necias, oídos sordos, turn a deaf ear to foolish comments
'necio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
animal
- burra
- burro
- necia
- subnormal
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necio, -a
♦ adj
1. [tonto] stupid, foolish
2. Am [terco] stubborn, pigheaded
3. Méx [susceptible] touchy
♦ nm,f
1. [tonto] idiot, fool
2. Am [terco] stubborn o pigheaded person;
es un necio he's really stubborn o pigheaded
3. Méx [susceptible] touchy person;
es un necio he's really touchy
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necio
I adj brainless
II m, necia f fool, idiot
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necio, -cia adj
1) : foolish, silly, dumb
2) fam : naughty
necio, -cia n
estúpido: fool, idiot

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