Flojo in english
Loose
pronunciation: lus part of speech: adjective, adverb
pronunciation: lus part of speech: adjective, adverb
In gestures
flojo1 = slacker ; lazybones ; layabout ; lounger.
Example: The article is entitled 'No slackers here: SLA's youngest members have the vision and enthusiasm to shape the profession'.Example: Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.Example: There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.Example: So which one of us will be the first one who gets fired because of being a lounger?.flojo2 = feeble ; wobbly ; limp.
Example: Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.Example: The conference had a wobbly start in 1997 but has since grown increasingly stronger and has had its best ever year with over 650 attendees.Example: The sail just sat limp with barely a flutter.more:
» andar por la cuerda floja = walk + the tightrope .
Example: The challenge of the Christian life, or so it seems to me, is to walk a kind of tightrope strung between this world and the next.» café flojo = weak coffee .
Example: He drinks weak coffee (I find surprising for a cowboy) and some of his sayings I like the best could not be printed.» caminar por la cuerda floja = walk + the tightrope ; walk + the tight wire .
Example: The challenge of the Christian life, or so it seems to me, is to walk a kind of tightrope strung between this world and the next. Example: The Social Responsibilities Round Table of the ALA has been described as 'walking the tight wire between being somewhat independent and becoming part of the ALA establishment'.» cuerda floja = tightrope [tight-rope] .
Example: This tightrope teaches the basics of funambulism, developing concentration, balance, and coordination skills as you traverse a 10 foot long tightrope.» tener un tornillo flojo = have + a screw loose .
Example: Watching her, you can't quite decide whether she is a genius or just has a screw loose.» traérsela floja a Alguien = not give a shit ; not give a damn ; not give a fuck ; not give a/two hoot(s) ; not give a darn ; not give a monkey's ; not give (an/one/single) iota [Las combinaciones normales son not give an iota, not give one iota, not give a single iota y not give one single iota] ; not care a/two hoot(s) ; not care a rap ; not care a damn ; not give a rap .
Example: She's totally burned-out after the first year and now doesn't give a shit. Example: The sad truth of the matter is a lot of public libraries don't give a damn about cataloging. Example: But to say 'no one gives a fuck about Haiti' is frankly quite offensive to the people who have donated their time and money to help. Example: My sister and I see absolutely no point in graduation ceremonies, like we just do not give a hoot. Example: What this says to me is that the company does not give a darn about their customers. Example: I love going into the centre of London because people don't give a monkey's about you or who you are. Example: We all work, essentially, for corporations that do not give one iota about us. Example: Doctors are now making fat salaries and in my opinion couldn't care a hoot about patients. Example: He drinks too much, gambles too much, fights too much, and doesn't care a rap for society or its strictures. Example: The people who are elected are elected as public servants, but they are acting as if they don't care a damn about us. Example: If I appeared to be making an effort it was only to please someone else; at bottom I didn't give a rap.flojo3 = lazy ; slack ; lackadaisical.
Example: It is most likely to occur when a supervisor is careless or lazy about the rating or does not know the worker well.Example: I left a message on the landlord's answerphone, but he's such a slack bastard I'd better try harder to hunt him down.Example: Perhaps there are extenuating circumstances, but his entire treatment of this today was lackadaisical journalism to put it mildly.