inopia

f.

indigence, poverty, penury, wretchedness.

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inopia

FRASEOLOGÍA

estar en la inopia familiar (distraído) to have one's head in the clouds 2 (ignorante) to be in the dark

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SF indigence, poverty

- estar en la inopia

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femenino (fam)

yo, de álgebra, estoy en la inopia — I don't know a thing about algebra

me quedé en la inopia — I was left in the dark

está siempre en la inopia — he's always daydreaming

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= poverty, penury.

Ex. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.

Ex. The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.

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* estar en la inopia = live in + cloud cuckoo land.

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femenino (fam)

yo, de álgebra, estoy en la inopia — I don't know a thing about algebra

me quedé en la inopia — I was left in the dark

está siempre en la inopia — he's always daydreaming

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= poverty, penury.

Ex: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.

Ex: The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.

* estar en la inopia = live in + cloud cuckoo land.

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inopia

feminine

(fam)

yo, de álgebra, estoy en la inopia I don't know a thing o the first thing about algebra

mi madre está en la inopia, no se acuerda nunca de mi cumpleaños my mother's hopeless, she never remembers my birthday

a pesar de su explicación, me quedé en la inopia despite his explanation, I was none the wiser o I still didn't understand

siempre está en la inopia he's always daydreaming

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inopia sustantivo femenino poverty
♦ Locuciones: estar en la inopia, to be daydreaming o not to catch on
'inopia' also found in these entries:
English:
cloud cuckoo land

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inopia nf

Fam

estar en la inopia [distraído] to be miles away, to be day-dreaming;

a mí no me preguntes, yo estoy en la inopia don't ask me, I haven't got a clue

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inopia

f

:

estar en la inopia fam (distraído) be miles away fam ; (alejado de la realidad) be on another planet fam