sinuoso

adj.

1 crooked, twisted.

2 sinuous, meandering, full of twists and turns, waving.

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sinuoso

► adjetivo

1 (camino) winding

2 figurado (argumento) tortuous; (persona) devious

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ADJ

1) (=con curvas) [camino] winding, sinuous; [línea, raya] wavy; [rumbo] devious

2) [persona, actitud] devious

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-sa adjetivo (liter)

a) <camino/carretera> winding, sinuous (liter)

b) <personalidad/conducta> devious

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= tortuous, crooked, circuitous, curving, winding, meandering, slinky [slinkier -comp., slinkiest -sup.].

Ex. The promulgation of Community law represents the culmination of an often tortuous legal process whose main features are laid down in the Treaty of Rome.

Ex. We will see the mountains of lobster traps and the charming crooked streets and hazy seascapes that charmed painter Fitzhugh Lane.

Ex. The printed indexes provided are difficult to use and do not give enough detail, resulting in lengthy and sometimes circuitous searches for required information.

Ex. Finnish libraries in general are distinguished by the use of split-levels, skylights and curving lines.

Ex. The volunteers were asked to follow the experimenter through the winding streets of a medieval town centre.

Ex. Meanings in art come in layers, their ways forking and crossing one another like the meandering paths of a labyrinth.

Ex. The soldier, with his slinky walk, looked straight ahead while sipping vodka to burn the pain.

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-sa adjetivo (liter)

a) <camino/carretera> winding, sinuous (liter)

b) <personalidad/conducta> devious

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= tortuous, crooked, circuitous, curving, winding, meandering, slinky [slinkier -comp., slinkiest -sup.].

Ex: The promulgation of Community law represents the culmination of an often tortuous legal process whose main features are laid down in the Treaty of Rome.

Ex: We will see the mountains of lobster traps and the charming crooked streets and hazy seascapes that charmed painter Fitzhugh Lane.

Ex: The printed indexes provided are difficult to use and do not give enough detail, resulting in lengthy and sometimes circuitous searches for required information.

Ex: Finnish libraries in general are distinguished by the use of split-levels, skylights and curving lines.

Ex: The volunteers were asked to follow the experimenter through the winding streets of a medieval town centre.

Ex: Meanings in art come in layers, their ways forking and crossing one another like the meandering paths of a labyrinth.

Ex: The soldier, with his slinky walk, looked straight ahead while sipping vodka to burn the pain.

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sinuoso -sa

adjective

(liter)

1 ‹camino/carretera› winding, full of bends, sinuous (liter)

2 ‹personalidad/conducta› devious

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sinuoso,-a adjetivo
1 (río, trayecto) winding
2 pey (disimulado, retorcido) devious
'sinuoso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sinuosa
English:
winding
- crooked
- devious
- tortuous
- wind

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sinuoso, -a adj

1. [camino] winding

2. [movimiento] sinuous

3. [disimulado] devious

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sinuoso

adj winding

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sinuoso, -sa adj

1) : winding, sinuous

2) : devious