insensatez

f.

1 foolishness, senselessness.

hacer/decir una insensatez to do/say something foolish

2 lack of common sense, lack of good sense, unwisdom.

3 foolish thing to do, stupid thing to do, foolish action.

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insensatez

► nombre femenino

1 foolishness

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FRASEOLOGÍA

decir insensateces to talk nonsense

hacer insensateces to be foolish

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SF foolishness, stupidity

cometieron la insensatez de no negociar — they were foolish o stupid enough not to negotiate

lo que propones es una insensatez — what you are proposing is foolish o stupid

dice unas insensateces increíbles — he says such foolish o stupid things

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femenino

a) (cualidad) foolishness, senselessness

b) (dicho, hecho)

lo que has dicho/hecho es una insensatez — that was a stupid thing to say/do

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= unwisdom, foolishness, bad judgement.

Ex. They believed in the 'inevitability of stratification, necessity of aristocracy, importance of religion and morality, sanctity of property, unwisdom of majority rule, urgency of constitutionalism, and folly of all attempts at social and economic leveling'.

Ex. That's partly because the foolishness or disasters that we as catalogers face daily are seldom translated into letters to LC.

Ex. However, what is considered good judgement in one culture is often considered bad judgement within another culture.

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femenino

a) (cualidad) foolishness, senselessness

b) (dicho, hecho)

lo que has dicho/hecho es una insensatez — that was a stupid thing to say/do

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= unwisdom, foolishness, bad judgement.

Ex: They believed in the 'inevitability of stratification, necessity of aristocracy, importance of religion and morality, sanctity of property, unwisdom of majority rule, urgency of constitutionalism, and folly of all attempts at social and economic leveling'.

Ex: That's partly because the foolishness or disasters that we as catalogers face daily are seldom translated into letters to LC.

Ex: However, what is considered good judgement in one culture is often considered bad judgement within another culture.

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insensatez

feminine

1 (cualidad) foolishness, senselessness

2

(dicho, hecho): fue una insensatez dejarlo solo it was foolish o stupid to leave him alone

lo que has dicho es una insensatez that's a foolish o senseless thing to say

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insensatez sustantivo femenino

a) (cualidad) foolishness, senselessness

b) (dicho, hecho):

◊ lo que has dicho/hecho es una insensatez that was a stupid thing to say/do

insensatez sustantivo femenino foolishness
'insensatez' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
inconsciencia
English:
folly
- foolish

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insensatez nf

1. [cualidad] foolishness, senselessness

2. [acto, dicho]

hacer una insensatez to do something foolish;

decir una insensatez to say something foolish

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insensatez

f foolishness

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insensatez nf, pl -teces : foolishness, stupidity