timo

m.

1 swindle (estafa).

¡eso es el timo de la estampita! (informal) it's a complete rip-off!

2 trick (informal) (engaño).

3 thymus (anatomy).

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: timar.

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timo

► nombre masculino

1 (estafa) swindle, fiddle, confidence trick

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dar un timo / dar el timo to swindle, cheat

¡vaya timo! familiar (película etc) what a rip off!

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timo

► nombre masculino

1 (glándula) thymus

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noun m.

con, swindle

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SM swindle, con trick *

dar un timo a algn — to swindle sb, con sb *

¡es un timo! — it's a rip-off! *

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masculino (fam) con (colloq), scam (colloq)

vaya timo de coche! — this car has been a real rip-off! (colloq)

- timo de la estampita

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= confidence trick, swindle, rip-off, swindling, cheating, hocus pocus, con trick, con, con job.

Ex. Unless universal education is nothing more than a confidence trick, there must be more people today who can benefit by real library service than ever there were in the past.

Ex. The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.

Ex. The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.

Ex. The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.

Ex. The author discerns 3 levels of cheating and deceit and examines why scientists stoop to bias and fraud, particularly in trials for new treatments.

Ex. The final section of her paper calls attention to the 'hocus pocus' research conducted on many campuses.

Ex. The social contract has been the con trick by which the bosses have squeezed more and more out of the workers for themselves.

Ex. He has long argued that populist conservatism is nothing more than a con.

Ex. The global warming hoax had all the classic marks of a con job from the very beginning.

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masculino (fam) con (colloq), scam (colloq)

vaya timo de coche! — this car has been a real rip-off! (colloq)

- timo de la estampita

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= confidence trick, swindle, rip-off, swindling, cheating, hocus pocus, con trick, con, con job.

Ex: Unless universal education is nothing more than a confidence trick, there must be more people today who can benefit by real library service than ever there were in the past.

Ex: The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.

Ex: The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.

Ex: The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.

Ex: The author discerns 3 levels of cheating and deceit and examines why scientists stoop to bias and fraud, particularly in trials for new treatments.

Ex: The final section of her paper calls attention to the 'hocus pocus' research conducted on many campuses.

Ex: The social contract has been the con trick by which the bosses have squeezed more and more out of the workers for themselves.

Ex: He has long argued that populist conservatism is nothing more than a con.

Ex: The global warming hoax had all the classic marks of a con job from the very beginning.

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timo

masculine

A (fam); con (colloq), con trick (colloq), scam (colloq)

le dieron un timo y perdió todos sus ahorros she was conned out of all her savings (colloq)

¡vaya timo de coche! this car has been a real rip-off o waste of money! (colloq)

Compuestos:

● timo de la estampita

con trick involving forged banknotes

ser el timo de la estampita to be an absolute rip-off (colloq)

● timo del tocomocho

con trick involving forged lottery tickets

B (Anat, Biol) thymus

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Del verbo timar: (conjugate timar)

timo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

timó es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
timar    
timo
timar (conjugate timar) verbo transitivo
to swindle, cheat
timo sustantivo masculino (fam) con (colloq), scam (colloq)
timar vtr (estafar) to cheat, swindle
familiar rip off: te han timado, you've been swindled o cheated
timo m fam pey
1 (estafa) swindle, scam
familiar rip-off
2 fam pey (sin calidad) ¡vaya timo de película!, this film is a real rip-off!
'timo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
camelo
- engaño
- estafa
- golpe
English:
con
- rip-off
- scam
- confidence
- swindle

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timo nm

1. [estafa] swindle;

¡qué timo! what a rip-off!

Comp

el timo de la estampita = confidence trick in which the victim buys a pile of pieces of paper thinking them to be bank notes; Fam

¡eso es el timo de la estampita! it's a complete rip-off!

2. Anat thymus

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timo

m confidence trick, swindle;

dar el timo a alguien con s.o.

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timo nm, fam : swindle, trick, hoax

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timo n swindle