cateto

adj.

boorish, hick.

m.

1 side of a triangle, leg.

2 yokel, bumpkin, boor.

3 cathetus.

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cateto

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 peyorativo (palurdo) dimwit, yokel

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cateto

► nombre masculino

1 (de triángulo) side of a right-angled triangle forming the right angle

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cateto, -a

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

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masculino (Mat) leg

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= redneck, churl, tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], rube, hick.

Ex. His talks sparkle with Southern humor and a distinct voice known to mention rednecks, the evil of institutions, and racial reconciliation.

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

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.

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'.

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masculino (Mat) leg

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= redneck, churl, tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], rube, hick.

Ex: His talks sparkle with Southern humor and a distinct voice known to mention rednecks, the evil of institutions, and racial reconciliation.

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

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.

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'.

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cateto¹ -ta

masculine, feminine

A (Esp) (paleto) peasant (pej), yokel (colloq), hick (AmE colloq), yokel (BrE colloq)

B

cateto masculine (Mat) leg

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cateto,-a
I m,f pey yokel
II m Mat cathetus
'cateto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cateta
English:
boorish
- hick
- redneck

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cateto, -a

♦ adj

Pey uncultured, uncouth

♦ nm,f

Pey country bumpkin

♦ nm

Geom = either of the two short sides of a right-angled triangle, Espec cathetus

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cateto

I m MAT leg

II m, cateta f pop

hick fam , yokel fam