paleto

m.

greatcoat, great-coat, overcoat, heavy overcoat.

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paleto

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 familiar peyorativo oaf, country bumpkin, yokel

► adjetivo

1 familiar peyorativo oafish

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paleto, -a

1.

ADJ * boorish, stupid

2.

SM / F * yokel, country bumpkin, hick (EEUU)

paleta

3.

SM (Zool) fallow deer

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I

-ta adjetivo (Esp fam)

no seas paleto — don't be such a yokel (colloq)

II

-ta masculino, femenino (Esp fam) country bumpkin, hick (AmE colloq & pej)

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I

-ta adjetivo (Esp fam)

no seas paleto — don't be such a yokel (colloq)

II

-ta masculino, femenino (Esp fam) country bumpkin, hick (AmE colloq & pej)

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paleto¹

¹ = churl, rube, hick.

Ex: Then again, who but a churl could fail to grieve at the waste of an artistic life of such immensity and grandeur?.

Ex: Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.

Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.

paleto²

² = tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.].

Ex: There was nothing tacky about the invitation, other that the request that gifts be in the form of cash, of course.

Ex: This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.

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paleto¹ -ta

adjective

(Esp fam pey): no seas paleto don't be such a yokel o (AmE) hick (colloq)

paleto²

adverb

(Esp fam pey): viste muy paleto he dresses like a yokel o (AmE) hick (colloq)

paleto³ -ta

masculine, feminine

A (Esp fam pey) country bumpkin, yokel (colloq), hick (AmE colloq)

B (Zool) fallow deer

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Multiple Entries:
paleto    
paletó
paleto

◊ -ta sustantivo masculino, femenino (Esp fam &

pey) country bumpkin, hick (AmE colloq & pej)
paleto,-a
I adj fam pey (comentario) uncouth, ignorant
(comportamiento) unsophisticated
(gusto) tasteless
II m,f fam pey peasant, country bumpkin
'paleto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
paleta
- provinciano
English:
bumpkin
- hick
- peasant
- redneck
- yokel
- hill

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paleto, -a Esp Pey

♦ adj

coarse, uncouth

♦ nm,f

country bumpkin, yokel, US hick

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paleto

fam

I adj hick atr fam , provincial

II m, paleta f hick F, Br

yokel fam