Fool in spanish
Tonto
pronunciation: toʊntoʊ part of speech: noun
pronunciation: toʊntoʊ part of speech: noun
In gestures
fool1 = tonto, bobo, idiota, badulaque.
Example: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.more:
» a fool and his money are soon parted = un tonto y su dinero no están juntos mucho tiempo.
Example: The title is a reference to Thomas Tusser's famous proverb, 'A fool and his money are soon parted'.» April fool = inocente, inocentón.
Example: The classic form of April fool hoax is to present an improbable situation in such a convincing way that people fall for it on the spur of the moment but later cannot understand why they did so.» April Fools' Day = Día de los (Santos) Inocentes, el.
Example: The writer discusses the pranks and lies that are practiced on April Fools' Day around the world.» foolhardy = aventurado, temerario, imprudente, irreflexivo, insensato.
Example: There is nothing wrong with killing enemy soldiers that are attacking you and it would seem foolhardy just to let them escape.» foolscap = gorro de bufón.
Example: Thus some once-common ordinary watermarks -- crown, foolscap, hand, etc. -- disappeared.» fool's errand = tarea de tontos, empresa descabellada, pérdida de tiempo, misión inútil.
Example: I'd like to explain that treating online poker as though it is a science based on mathematic principles is a fool's errand for most of us.» fool's gold = oro de los tontos. [Usado también para referirse a la pirita]
Example: Despite being nicknamed fool's gold, pyrite is sometimes found in association with small quantities of gold.» fools seldom differ = los tontos rara vez difieren.
Example: My boss and I both said something at the same time and I said 'great minds think alike' -- to which she replied 'fools seldom differ'.» make + a fool of = dejar en ridículo.
Example: A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.» make + a fool of + Reflexivo = hacer el ridículo.
Example: He made a fool of himself at a private function and was asked to leave.» tomfool = idiota, bobo, estúpido, tonto, necio, badulaque.
Example: Your mate is some kind of epic tomfool to imprison himself in his own vehicle.» town fool, the = tonto del pueblo, el.
Example: There, he discovers that his childhood friend, the town fool, Travis, has been incarcerated for burning down a farm.» village fool, the = tonto del pueblo, el.
Example: But only good teaching and careful questioning can help students become the village shaman rather than the village fool.fool2 = engañar.
Example: We may be fooling ourserlves and I would caution public libraries, school libraries and libraries in general that indeed one code might not satisfy all our needs.more:
» fool around/about = zanganear, tontear, hacer el tonto, hacer el indio, hacer el monigote, hacer patochadas, hacer payasadas, payasear, hacer el payaso, gansear, hacer gansadas, hacer el ganso, hacer el idiota, hacer el estúpido, hacer el bobo.
Example: For those professional fools, the clowns, fooling around is serious business.» fool around with = tontear con, juguetear con, trastear con, cacharrear con.
Example: When you start fooling around with drugs, you're hurting your creativity, you're hurting your health -- drugs are death, in one form or another.» fool + Reflexivo = engañarse a Uno mismo.
Example: British Prime Minister Tony Blair is fooling himself if he thinks weapons of mass destruction will still be found in Iraq.» fool + the system = engañar el sistema.
Example: The very inflexibility of automated assessment methods can lead to students becoming adept at fooling the system in some way.