comodín

m.

1 wildcard, wild card operator, wild card.

2 joker card, joker, wild card.

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comodín

► nombre masculino

1 (mono) joker; (otra carta) wild card

2 figurado (persona) factotum, man Friday, girl Friday; (cosa) multipurpose tool

3 figurado (excusa) excuse

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FRASEOLOGÍA

palabra comodín word applicable to anything

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1. SM

1) (Naipes) joker

2) (=excusa) pretext, stock excuse

3) (Ling) catch-all, all-purpose word

4) (Inform) wildcard

5) (Mec) useful gadget

2.

ADJ And, Caribe, Méx = comodón

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masculino

a) (Jueg) (mono) joker; (otra carta) wild card

esa excusa se está convirtiendo en un comodín — that excuse seems to be getting used rather a lot recently

esta palabra se usa como or de comodín — this word is used to refer to anything and everything

b) (Inf) wildcard

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masculino

a) (Jueg) (mono) joker; (otra carta) wild card

esa excusa se está convirtiendo en un comodín — that excuse seems to be getting used rather a lot recently

esta palabra se usa como or de comodín — this word is used to refer to anything and everything

b) (Inf) wildcard

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comodín¹

¹ = jack of all trades, factotum.

Ex: Jacks of all trades are curious by nature: they try to see things through the eyes of others and are only limited by their own ability.

Ex: Quietly spoken, introverted Henry, the main character, tries to get casual jobs (anything, like a factotum) around Los Angeles.

comodín²

² = all-purpose.

Ex: In UDC the colon has to act as an 'all purpose' facet indicator to a very large extent.

comodín³

³ = joker.

Nota: Juego de cartas.

Ex: Pseudohallucination is used as the 'joker' in a poker game (i.e. made to take diagnostic values according to clinical need) which has retarded important decisions as to the nature and definition of hallucinations.

comodín⁴

⁴ = wildcard character, wildcard [wild card].

Nota: En las búsquedas, símbolo usado para sustituir generalmente un carácter de una palabra.

Ex: Use one or more question marks as wildcard characters at the end of the word stem to truncate the stem.

Ex: Use a question mark (?), or wildcard, to specify a limited number of varying characters within or at the end of a word.

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comodín

masculine

1 (jueg) (mono) joker; (otra carta) wild card

en este juego el dos es comodín twos are wild in this game

esa excusa se está convirtiendo en un comodín that excuse seems to be getting used o (colloq) wheeled out rather a lot recently

en Colombia usan esta palabra como or de comodín in Colombia this word is used to refer to anything and everything

este banquito nos hace de comodín we use this stool for all sorts of things

en esta oficina es el comodín in this office she's the general factotum o she does all sorts of jobs

2 (Inf) wild card

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comodín sustantivo masculino

a) (Jueg) (mono) joker;

(otra carta) wild card

b) (Inf) wild card

comodín sustantivo masculino Naipes joker
'comodín' also found in these entries:
English:
joker
- wild

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comodín

♦ adj

Am [comodón] comfort-loving

♦ nm

1. [naipe] joker

2. [persona] Jack of all trades;

una palabra comodín an all-purpose word

3. Informát wild card

4. Am [comodón] comfort lover

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comodín

m

1 en naipes joker

2 INFOR wild card

3 palabra stand-in word

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comodín nm, pl -dines

1) : joker, wild card

2) : all-purpose word or thing

3) : pretext, excuse

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comodín n joker