Canalla in english
Scoundrel
pronunciation: skaʊndrəl part of speech: noun
pronunciation: skaʊndrəl part of speech: noun
In gestures
canalla = scoundrel ; miscreant ; scumbag ; rascal ; scallywag [scalawag, -USA] ; rapscallion ; cad ; swine ; pig ; badass ; nasty piece of work ; bugger ; knave ; low life ; dirtbag ; sleazeball ; sleazebag ; slimeball.
Example: Here came every sort of human ingredient -- sturdy homesteaders, skilled craftsmen, precious scoundrels.Example: The forest, therefore, is regarded as the abode of robbers & sundry miscreants, implying its relation to the forces of chaos & disorder.Example: He then made the comment that our soldiers are fighting 'detestable murderers and scumbags'.Example: And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.Example: In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.Example: In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.Example: Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.Example: In German law it is a criminal offense for A to insult B, for example, by calling him a swine.Example: He was waiting for the opportunity to unleash his fury, no one calls him a pig and gets away with it.Example: In the hardscrabble times of the Bible, where there were plagues, invasions from foreign powers, and swarms of locusts, you pretty much had to be a badass.Example: Mary, on the other hand, is a nasty piece of work who is at her best is frosty and aloof and at her worst is hostile and cruel.Example: I will wait until the water recedes a little bit before I try and nail lots of these buggers.Example: I will not open my mouth to utter a single word while I am in the company of such knaves.Example: People need to accept that they are low lifes and stop getting uppity when someone else makes a joke they can't understand.Example: He is such a dirtbag, but for some reason I love him.Example: If you are at all normal, you will feel like a jerk while negotiating with such sleazeballs.Example: He looked like such a sleazebag with that little oily mustache and slicked-back hair.Example: I wouldn't have a shower with you, you slimeball -- not for all the tea in China!.more:
» canalla sin escrúpulos = dirty rotten scoundrel ; rotten sod .
Example: Catholics worldwide will sleep better knowing that once again, the Vatican has forgiven the Beatles for being such dirty rotten scoundrels. Example: I can't imagine how you must have felt, and I sincerely hope that the rotten sod who pinched it gets caught.» comportarse como un canalla = behave + despicably .
Example: He is a very deficient species of male, who has been frustrated and thwarted in his masculinity and thus behaves despicably.» comportarse como un canalla con = be rotten to ; be shitty to .
Example: It's a cartoon about a mischievous youngster who delights in playing pranks, being rotten to his relatives and generally getting up to no good. Example: Well, if you'd asked five years ago, I'd have said yes, that women are naturally inclined to be shitty to each other.» portarse como un canalla = behave + despicably .
Example: He is a very deficient species of male, who has been frustrated and thwarted in his masculinity and thus behaves despicably.» portarse como un canalla con = be rotten to ; be shitty to .
Example: It's a cartoon about a mischievous youngster who delights in playing pranks, being rotten to his relatives and generally getting up to no good. Example: Well, if you'd asked five years ago, I'd have said yes, that women are naturally inclined to be shitty to each other.