ceporro

m.

1 idiot, blockhead (informal).

2 old stock.

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ceporro

► nombre masculino

1 (cepo) log

2 figurado dimwit, blockhead

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dormir como un ceporro figurado to sleep like a log

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masculino

a)

dormir como un ceporro — (fam) to sleep like a log

estar como un ceporro — to be very fat

b) (fam) (persona torpe) dimwit

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= asinine, dumb [dumber -comp., dumbest -sup.], thick [thicker -comp., thickest -sup.].

Ex. This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense .

Ex. Techniques such as the automatic detection of anaphora enable systems to appear to be intelligent rather than dumb.

Ex. To call him thick is possibly the nicest thing you can say about the man.

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masculino

a)

dormir como un ceporro — (fam) to sleep like a log

estar como un ceporro — to be very fat

b) (fam) (persona torpe) dimwit

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= asinine, dumb [dumber -comp., dumbest -sup.], thick [thicker -comp., thickest -sup.].

Ex: This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense .

Ex: Techniques such as the automatic detection of anaphora enable systems to appear to be intelligent rather than dumb.

Ex: To call him thick is possibly the nicest thing you can say about the man.

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ceporro¹ -rra

adjective

(fam); dumb (colloq), thick (colloq)

ceporro²

masculine

1 (tronco) old vine stock

dormir como un ceporro (fam); to sleep like a log

estar como un ceporro to be very fat

2 (fam) (persona torpe) dimwit, thickhead (colloq)

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ceporro, -a Fam

♦ adj

thick, dim

♦ nm,f

1. [torpe] idiot, blockhead

2. Comp

dormir como un ceporro to sleep like a log

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ceporro

m, ceporra f

1 fig

idiot

2

:

dormir como un ceporro sleep like a log