ignorante

adj.

ignorant.

ignorante de lo que ocurría unaware of what was happening

f. & m.

1 ignoramus.

2 ignorant person, ignoramus, illiterate, know-nothing.

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ignorante

► adjetivo

1 ignorant

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 ignoramus

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FRASEOLOGÍA

ser un pobre ignorante to be a poor fool

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1. adj.

ignorant

2. noun mf.

ignorant person

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1.

ADJ ignorant

2.

SMF ignoramus

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I

adjetivo

a) (sin instrucción) ignorant

soy ignorante en el tema — it's not a subject I know anything about

b) (sin información)

estar ignorante de algo — to be unaware of something

II

masculino y femenino ignoramus, ignorant fool (colloq)

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= ignorant, philistine, ignoramus [ignoramuses, -pl.], clueless, unenlightened.

Ex. Ticknor's belief in the library's potential as one means of inhibiting the chances of unscrupulous politicians who would lead the ignorant astray explains his insistence that the public library be as popular in appeal as possible.

Ex. Not all large publishing companies are conducted in a callous and philistine manner, motivated solely by profit.

Ex. This continued diet of pseudocultural pap will produce a generation of ethnocentric ignoramuses ill-prepared to deal with real-world complexities.

Ex. Well, if you've come this far, and you started off clueless, I must congratulate you for wading through all these explanations.

Ex. It beggars belief that the liberals view the golly as a racist artefact of unenlightened times.

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I

adjetivo

a) (sin instrucción) ignorant

soy ignorante en el tema — it's not a subject I know anything about

b) (sin información)

estar ignorante de algo — to be unaware of something

II

masculino y femenino ignoramus, ignorant fool (colloq)

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= ignorant, philistine, ignoramus [ignoramuses, -pl.], clueless, unenlightened.

Ex: Ticknor's belief in the library's potential as one means of inhibiting the chances of unscrupulous politicians who would lead the ignorant astray explains his insistence that the public library be as popular in appeal as possible.

Ex: Not all large publishing companies are conducted in a callous and philistine manner, motivated solely by profit.

Ex: This continued diet of pseudocultural pap will produce a generation of ethnocentric ignoramuses ill-prepared to deal with real-world complexities.

Ex: Well, if you've come this far, and you started off clueless, I must congratulate you for wading through all these explanations.

Ex: It beggars belief that the liberals view the golly as a racist artefact of unenlightened times.

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ignorante¹

adjective

1 (sin instrucción) ignorant ser ignorante EN algo:

soy ignorante en el tema I don't know a thing about the subject

2 (sin información) estar ignorante DE algo to be unaware OF sth

ignorantes de lo que tramaban, colaboramos con ellos unaware of o not knowing what they were planning, we went along with them

ignorante²

masculine and feminine

ignoramus, ignorant fool (colloq)

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ignorante adjetivo

a) (sin instrucción) ignorant

b) (sin información):

◊ estar ignorante de algo to be unaware of sth

■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
ignoramus, ignorant fool (colloq)
ignorante
I adjetivo
1 ignorant, unaware [de, of]
II mf ignoramus
'ignorante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
borrica
- borrico
- idea
- analfabeto
- bruto
- burro
- inculto
- lego
English:
ignoramus
- ignorant
- oblivious
- pig-ignorant
- philistine

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ignorante

♦ adj

1. [sin conocimiento] ignorant;

ignorante de lo que ocurría… unaware of what was happening…

2. [con falta de cultura] ignorant

♦ nmf

ignoramus

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ignorante

I adj ignorant

II m/f ignoramus

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ignorante adj

: ignorant

ignorante nmf

: ignorant person, ignoramus

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ignorante adj ignorant