- golfo
- m.1 gulf.2 ragamuffin, rapscallion, street urchin, street Arab.* * *golfo► adjetivo1 (niño) naughty; (joven) idle, lazy► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (holgazán) good-for-nothing, layabout; (niño) rascal, little devil\FRASEOLOGÍAsesión golfa late-night showing————————golfo► nombre masculino1 gulf, large bay* * *noun m.gulf* * *ISM1) (Geog) (=bahía) gulf
la guerra del Golfo — the Gulf War
la corriente del Golfo — the Gulf Stream
golfo de Méjico Esp —
golfo de México — LAm Gulf of Mexico
golfo de Vizcaya — Bay of Biscay
golfo Pérsico — Persian Gulf
2) (=mar) open seaIISM (=gamberro) lout; (=travieso) rascal; (=pilluelo) street urchin; (=holgazán) layabout¡menudo golfo estás hecho! — hum you rascal!
* * *I-fa masculino, femeninoa) (holgazán) good-for-nothing, layaboutb) (fam) (niño travieso) rascal (colloq), little devil (colloq)IImasculino (Geog, Náut) gulf* * *I-fa masculino, femeninoa) (holgazán) good-for-nothing, layaboutb) (fam) (niño travieso) rascal (colloq), little devil (colloq)IImasculino (Geog, Náut) gulf* * *golfo22 = street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, bum, rapscallion, ragamuffin.Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
Ex: Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.Ex: This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys .Ex: Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.Ex: Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.Ex: In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.Ex: He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.* golfo de la playa = beach bum.* * *golfo1 -faadjectivenaughty¡qué golfo es ese niño! that child is a little devil!¡no seas golfo! don't be so naughty!golfo2 -famasculine, feminine1 (holgazán) good-for-nothing, layabout, bum (AmE colloq)2 (gamberro) lout, yob (BrE)3 (fam) (niño travieso) rascal (colloq), little devil (colloq)golfo3masculine(Geog, Náut) gulfCompuestos:● Golfo de BengalaBay of Bengal● Golfo de CaliforniaGulf of California● Golfo de GuineaGulf of Guinea● Golfo de MéxicoGulf of Mexico● Golfo de PanamáGulf of Panama● Golfo de San LorenzoGulf of St Lawrence● Golfo de TehuantepecGulf of Tehuantepec● Golfo de VizcayaBay of Biscay● Golfo PérsicoPersian Gulf* * *
golfo 1◊ -fa sustantivo masculino, femeninoa) (holgazán) good-for-nothing, layaboutb) (fam) (niño travieso) rascal (colloq), little devil (colloq)
golfo 2 sustantivo masculino (Geog, Náut) gulf;◊ Ggolfo de México Gulf of Mexico;
Ggolfo de Vizcaya Bay of Biscay
golfo,-a 1
I adj fam ayer tenía el día golfo y me fui de copas, yesterday I had a lazy day and went drinking
II mf good-for-nothing
(descarado) cheeky person
III f fam pey ofens tart
golfo 2 m Geog gulf
el golfo de Cádiz, the Gulf of Cádiz
'golfo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
golfa
- zarrapastrosa
- zarrapastroso
English:
bay
- escalate
- gulf
- Gulf Stream
- Persian
* * *golfo, -a♦ adj[gamberro] loutish, Br yobbish; [pillo] roguish♦ nm1. [gamberro] lout, Br yob;[pillo] rogue, wide boy2. Geog gulf, bayCompel golfo de Bengala the Bay of Bengal;el golfo de California the Gulf of California;el golfo de Guinea the Gulf of Guinea;el golfo de León the Gulf of Leon;el golfo de México the Gulf of Mexico;el golfo de Omán the Gulf of Oman;el golfo de Panamá the Gulf of Panama;el golfo Pérsico the Persian Gulf;el golfo de Tonkín the Gulf of Tonkin;el golfo de Venezuela the Gulf of Venezuela;el golfo de Vizcaya the Bay of Biscay* * *golfoI m GEOG gulfII m, golfa f good-for-nothing; niño little devil* * *golfo nm: gulf, bay* * *golfo n1. (sinvergüenza) good for nothing2. (pillo) rascal / little devil3. (de mar) gulf
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.