- retintín
- m.1 tinkle, jingle, clink, rhythmic tapping.2 undertone.* * *retintín► nombre masculino1 (sonido) tinkling, ringing2 figurado innuendo, sarcastic tone* * *SM1) (=tono sarcástico) sarcastic tone
decir algo con retintín — to say sth sarcastically
2) (=tilín) tinkle, tinkling; [de llaves] jingle, jangle; [en el oído] ringing* * *masculinoa) (fam) (tonillo sarcástico) sarcastic tone of voicelo dijo con retintín — he said it sarcastically
b) (sonido) (de cascabeles) tinkling; (de pulseras) jingling, jangling* * *= tinkle, jingle.Ex. When we stopped half-way up for tea I put my rucksack down on a rock and heard a tinkle of breaking glass -- my thermos was at the bottom.Ex. She heard a jingle of keys and turned to find that a man standing next to her had removed keys and some cash from her purse.* * *masculinoa) (fam) (tonillo sarcástico) sarcastic tone of voicelo dijo con retintín — he said it sarcastically
b) (sonido) (de cascabeles) tinkling; (de pulseras) jingling, jangling* * *= tinkle, jingle.Ex: When we stopped half-way up for tea I put my rucksack down on a rock and heard a tinkle of breaking glass -- my thermos was at the bottom.
Ex: She heard a jingle of keys and turned to find that a man standing next to her had removed keys and some cash from her purse.* * *retintínmasculine1 (fam) (tonillo sarcástico) sarcastic tone of voicelo dijo con cierto retintín he said it somewhat sarcastically, he said it in a rather snide way2(sonido): el retintín de los cascabeles the tinkling of (little) bellsel retintín de las pulseras que llevaba the jingling o jangling of the bracelets she was wearingme quedó un retintín en los oídos I had a ringing in my ears* * *
retintín sustantivo masculino (fam) (tonillo sarcástico) sarcastic tone of voice;◊ con retintín sarcastically
retintín m fam
1 (al hablar) sarcasm
con retintín, sarcastically
2 (de una campana, pulseras, etc) tinkling, jingling
* * *retintín nm1. [ironía] sarcastic tone;con retintín sarcastically2. [tintineo] ringing;aún tengo el retintín de las campanas en el oído I can still hear the bells ringing in my ears* * *retintínm:con retintín fam sarcastically* * *retintín nm, pl -tines1) : jingle, jangle2)con retintín : sarcastically
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.