- insinuación
- f.innuendo, overtone, hint, insinuation.* * *insinuación► nombre femenino1 (indicación) insinuation, hint2 familiar (amorosa) overture\FRASEOLOGÍAhacerle insinuaciones a alguien (insinuarse) to make a pass at somebody* * *noun f.hint,insinuation* * *SF insinuation
hacer insinuaciones sobre algo — to make insinuations about sth, drop hints about sth
insinuaciones eróticas/amorosas — sexual/amorous advances
* * *femenino insinuationpor las insinuaciones que me hizo — from the hints he dropped
* * *= suggestion, innuendo [innuendoes, -pl.], intimation, overtone.Ex. The suggestion that integration can be achieved via a reasoning engine seems fundamentally misconceived.Ex. However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.Ex. These currents are better understood as intimations of postmodern populism.Ex. Those materials they describe as ephemera must be collected and despite the derogatory overtones of the descriptor, carefully organized.----* dejar caer insinuaciones = throw + hints.* hacer insinuaciones = make + innuendoes.* hacer insinuaciones sobre = make + noises about, make + a noise about.* insinuación sexual = sexual overture.* * *femenino insinuationpor las insinuaciones que me hizo — from the hints he dropped
* * *= suggestion, innuendo [innuendoes, -pl.], intimation, overtone.Ex: The suggestion that integration can be achieved via a reasoning engine seems fundamentally misconceived.
Ex: However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.Ex: These currents are better understood as intimations of postmodern populism.Ex: Those materials they describe as ephemera must be collected and despite the derogatory overtones of the descriptor, carefully organized.* dejar caer insinuaciones = throw + hints.* hacer insinuaciones = make + innuendoes.* hacer insinuaciones sobre = make + noises about, make + a noise about.* insinuación sexual = sexual overture.* * *insinuaciónfeminineinsinuationhizo insinuaciones sobre su conducta he made insinuations about her conduct, he insinuated things about her conductpor las insinuaciones que me hizo sobre el tema from the hints he dropped about it* * *
insinuación sustantivo femenino
hint;
(que ofende) insinuation;◊ hacerle insinuaciones (amorosas) a algn See Also→ insinuarse
insinuación sustantivo femenino insinuation
'insinuación' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sutil
- velada
- velado
English:
implication
- innuendo
- suggestion
- hint
- insinuation
- overture
* * *insinuación nfhint, insinuation;insinuaciones [amorosas] advances;se pasó toda la fiesta haciéndole insinuaciones she spent the the whole party coming on to him* * *insinuaciónf insinuation* * *insinuación nf, pl -ciones : insinuation, hint
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.