lila

adj.

lilac (color).

f.

1 lilac (flower).

2 Lila.

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lila

► adjetivo

1 (color) lilac

► nombre femenino

1 (flor) lilac

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lila

► adjetivo

1 familiar (tonto) dim

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 familiar nitwit

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SF Lille

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I

femenino (Bot) lilac

II

adjetivo (gen inv) <color> lilac

III

masculino (color) lilac

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= patsy, lilac bush, lilac.

Ex. When the security services carry out acts of terror, they employ patsies who often are petty criminals or people who are mentally backward or mentally unstable.

Ex. Now no sign declares that once a prosperous farm stood here, save for the lilac bushes around the foundation and stone walls in old cattle lanes.

Ex. The fragrance of a lilac is so powerfully stirring that, within a century of their introduction in the United States, the blooms were synonymous with home.

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I

femenino (Bot) lilac

II

adjetivo (gen inv) <color> lilac

III

masculino (color) lilac

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= patsy, lilac bush, lilac.

Ex: When the security services carry out acts of terror, they employ patsies who often are petty criminals or people who are mentally backward or mentally unstable.

Ex: Now no sign declares that once a prosperous farm stood here, save for the lilac bushes around the foundation and stone walls in old cattle lanes.

Ex: The fragrance of a lilac is so powerfully stirring that, within a century of their introduction in the United States, the blooms were synonymous with home.

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lila¹

feminine

(Bot) lilac

lila²

adjective

A [Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] (gen inv) ‹vestido› lilac, lilac-colored*

unos calcetines color lila lilac o lilac-colored socks

B (Esp fam ant) (tonto) silly

lila³

masculine and feminine

A (Esp fam) (tonto) fool

B

lila masculine

1 (color) lilac

2 (Esp arg) (homosexual) pansy (sl pej), fag (AmE sl pej), poof (BrE colloq pej)

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lila sustantivo femenino (Bot) lilac
■ adjetivo (gen inv) ‹color› lilac
■ sustantivo masculino (color) lilac
lila 1 adj inv & sustantivo femenino lilac
lila 2 fam pey
I adj (pardillo) dumb, stupid
II mf (simple) simpleton, twit
'lila' also found in these entries:
English:
lilac

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lila

♦ adj inv

[color] lilac

♦ nf

[flor] lilac

♦ nm

[color] lilac

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lila

I adj inv lilac

II f BOT lilac

III m color lilac

IV m/f fam

dimwit fam

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lila adj

: lilac, light purple

lila nf

: lilac

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lila adj n lilac