Smart in spanish
pronunciation: intelixente part of speech: adjective, noun
smart [smarter -comp., smartest -sup.]1 = inteligente, listo. [Pincha en o en para ver otros adjetivos cuyo grados comparativos y superlativos se formas añadiendo "-er" o "-est" (o sus variantes "-r" o "-st") al final]
Example: They tend to think that they would be exposing ignorance such smart people are not supposed to have if they ask a question of the reference staff.more:
» (as) smart as a rocket scientist = más listo que el hambre, una lumbrera, un genio.
Example: She was as smart as a rocket scientist and poured all of that brilliance and passion into the family business of farming.» be a smart move = ser algo muy inteligente.
Example: It's a smart move on Jade's part to let Donna give her a helping hand in getting back on her feet.» be (far) too smart for + Posesivo + own good = pasarse de listo.
Example: Alec Hoag was then given the nickname 'Smart Alec' by the police for being too smart for his own good.» smart alec(k) = sabelotodo, sabihondo, listillo.
Example: A smart-alec guy in the back of the room raised his hand and asked, 'What would you say if tomorrow I said I was suffering from complete and utter sexual exhaustion?'.» smart barcode = código de barras precodificado. [En el proceso técnico, etiqueta de código de barras que suministra un servicio bibliográfico a una biblioteca que contiene toda la codificación necesaria para identificar a un documento]
Example: During the summer of 1987 the library began a massive barcoding of the library's circulating collection using a combination of smart and dumb barcodes prepared by the bibliographic utility UTLAS = Durante el verano de 1987 la biblioteca comenzó la codificación masiva de su colección de préstamo usando una mezcla de etiquetas de código de barras precodificadas y sin codificar preparadas por el servicio bibliográfico UTLAS.» smart card [smartcard] = tarjeta inteligente.
Example: Apart from serving as 'electronic money', smart cards are already being envisaged as identification and access control passes, bearers of personal records, encryption devices and so on.» smart cookie = tío listo, tipo listo, lince.
Example: When it comes to using technology to collaborate, Nabisco has already shown itself to be one smart cookie.» smart pants = sabelotodo, sabihondo, listillo.
Example: If you dont need it, good for you, learn to respect other peoples ideas and ways, dont try to be such a smart pants when you are clearly not.» street-smart = curtido en la calle, criado en la calle.
Example: The street-smart kid's descent into crime and heroin addiction is now too familiar a story.smart [smarter -comp., smartest -sup.]2 = elegante, bien vestido. [Pincha en o en para ver otros adjetivos cuyo grados comparativos y superlativos se formas añadiendo "-er" o "-est" (o sus variantes "-r" o "-st") al final]
Example: Our dress trousers are suitable for eveningwear or morningwear, smart and classy.smart3 = escocer, picar, resentirse.
Example: The Soviet hosts, meanwhile, still smarting over myriad implications of inferiority, found themselves in the novel position of being expected to instruct and enlighten Westerners.more:
» outsmart = superar, burlar, ser más astuto que, ganarle la partida a, ganarle la vez, mojarle la oreja a. [Literalmente significa "ser más listo que". También escrito out-smart. Pincha en para ver una lista de palabras que comienzan con este prefijo usado para indicar generalmente que una persona o cosa supera a otra]
Example: Smart and speedy start-ups blindside mature companies with their inventiveness then grow up into mature companies and are outsmarted in their turn.