sospechoso

adj.

1 suspicious, suspect, on suspicion, shady.

2 suspicious, distrustful.

3 suspicious, open to suspicion, doubtable, dubious.

m.

suspect, suspected criminal.

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sospechoso

► adjetivo

1 suspicious

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 suspect

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1. (f. - sospechosa)

noun

suspect

2. (f. - sospechosa)

adj.

suspect, suspicious

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sospechoso, -a

1.

ADJ suspicious

su comportamiento es muy sospechoso — his behaviour is very suspicious

el bar estaba lleno de tipos sospechosos — the bar was full of suspicious-looking types

todos son sospechosos — everybody is under suspicion

tiene amistades sospechosas — he has some dubious acquaintances

es sospechoso de asesinato — he is suspected of murder

2.

SM / F suspect

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I

-sa adjetivo <movimiento/comportamiento> suspicious; <paquete> suspicious, suspect

tres hombres de aspecto sospechoso — three suspicious-looking men

relojes de origen sospechoso — watches of dubious origin

me parece muy sospechoso — I find it very o highly suspicious

II

-sa masculino, femenino suspect

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= suspect, fishy [fishier -comp., fishiest -sup.] , shady, suspect, dodgy [dodgier -comp., dodgiest -sup.], fly-by-night, dubious-sounding, dubious, under suspicion.

Ex. The utility, in information service terms, of a narrow technical education is suspect.

Ex. This is when children are not really concerned with scientific truth; they believe in Father Christmas anyway, even if there lurks the suspicion that there is something rather fishy about it all.

Ex. Moreover, the shady image of video libraries drove away discerning customers.

Ex. Results show that newsworthiness of a homicide is enhanced when whites are suspects or victims, males are suspects and victims are females, children or senior citizens.

Ex. The statistical procedures from Czchekoslovakia and Romania have been pretty dodgy and unsatisfactory.

Ex. What I was reading about looked like a really genuine and reliable way of earning good money that didn't involve some fly-by-night, get-rich-quick scheme.

Ex. But I seem to get an awful lot of people trying to interest me in dubious-sounding business propositions.

Ex. On no account should the schedules of a classification scheme be modified in order to gain some dubious advantage of this kind.

Ex. When war broke out against Germany, immigrants from that country were suddenly under suspicion of being possible enemy.

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* haber algo sospechoso con = there + be + something fishy going on with.

* principal sospechoso = leading suspect.

* que parece sospechoso = dubious-sounding.

* ruedad de sospechosos = identity parade.

* rueda de sospechosos = police line-up, identification parade.

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I

-sa adjetivo <movimiento/comportamiento> suspicious; <paquete> suspicious, suspect

tres hombres de aspecto sospechoso — three suspicious-looking men

relojes de origen sospechoso — watches of dubious origin

me parece muy sospechoso — I find it very o highly suspicious

II

-sa masculino, femenino suspect

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= suspect, fishy [fishier -comp., fishiest -sup.] , shady, suspect, dodgy [dodgier -comp., dodgiest -sup.], fly-by-night, dubious-sounding, dubious, under suspicion.

Ex: The utility, in information service terms, of a narrow technical education is suspect.

Ex: This is when children are not really concerned with scientific truth; they believe in Father Christmas anyway, even if there lurks the suspicion that there is something rather fishy about it all.

Ex: Moreover, the shady image of video libraries drove away discerning customers.

Ex: Results show that newsworthiness of a homicide is enhanced when whites are suspects or victims, males are suspects and victims are females, children or senior citizens.

Ex: The statistical procedures from Czchekoslovakia and Romania have been pretty dodgy and unsatisfactory.

Ex: What I was reading about looked like a really genuine and reliable way of earning good money that didn't involve some fly-by-night, get-rich-quick scheme.

Ex: But I seem to get an awful lot of people trying to interest me in dubious-sounding business propositions.

Ex: On no account should the schedules of a classification scheme be modified in order to gain some dubious advantage of this kind.

Ex: When war broke out against Germany, immigrants from that country were suddenly under suspicion of being possible enemy.

* haber algo sospechoso con = there + be + something fishy going on with.

* principal sospechoso = leading suspect.

* que parece sospechoso = dubious-sounding.

* ruedad de sospechosos = identity parade.

* rueda de sospechosos = police line-up, identification parade.

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sospechoso¹ -sa

adjective

‹movimiento/comportamiento› suspicious; ‹paquete› suspicious, suspect

tres hombres de aspecto sospechoso three suspicious-looking men

relojes baratos de origen sospechoso cheap watches of dubious origin

me parece muy sospechoso I find it very o highly suspicious

sospechoso² -sa

masculine, feminine

suspect

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sospechoso

◊ -sa adjetivo ‹movimiento/comportamiento› suspicious;

‹paquete› suspicious, suspect;

◊ tres hombres de aspecto sospechoso three suspicious-looking men

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
suspect
sospechoso,-a
I sustantivo masculino y femenino suspect
II adjetivo suspicious: era sospechoso de asesinato, he was suspected of committing a murder

'sospechoso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
detener
- detenida
- detenido
- enjuiciar
- interrogar
- oscura
- oscuro
- rondar
- sospechosa
- interrogación
- llevar
- vaina
English:
detention
- doubtful
- dubious
- funny business
- grill
- shady
- shifty
- suspect
- suspicious
- up
- Caucasian
- fishy
- furtive
- name

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sospechoso, -a

♦ adj

suspicious;

me parece sospechoso que no haya venido it strikes me as suspicious that he hasn't come

♦ nm,f

suspect

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sospechoso

I adj suspicious

II m, sospechosa f suspect

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sospechoso, -sa adj

: suspicious, suspect

sospechoso, -sa n

: suspect

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sospechoso¹ adj suspicious

sospechoso² n suspect