Tonto in english
Silly
pronunciation: sɪli part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: sɪli part of speech: adjective
In gestures
tonto = fool ; witless ; bonehead ; goofy ; imbecile ; cretin ; lemon ; airheaded ; duffer ; drongo ; schmuck ; schmo ; moke ; twerp ; dweeb ; chump ; birdbrained ; birdbrain ; dork ; plonker ; goof ; goofball ; idiotic ; nitwit ; schlep [schlepp/shlep] ; jackass ; ass ; half-wit ; gumph ; gubbins ; ninny ; sumph ; cluck ; tomfool ; goon ; goop ; dorky ; dingbat ; dope.
Example: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.Example: She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.Example: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.Example: The article 'Book pricing: economics of a goofy business' examines briefly the economics of the book publishing process from the viewpoint of the book wholesaler.Example: The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.Example: Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.Example: The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a 'lemon and a retard'.Example: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.Example: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.Example: Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.Example: Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.Example: This team of schmoes is capable of anything.Example: States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.Example: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Example: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.Example: Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.Example: She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.Example: I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.Example: And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.Example: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.Example: They're such goofs -- they were pretending like they forgot that the webcam was on.Example: Mom doesn't want to be boss, but she has to because dad's such a goofball.Example: Marc basically can't believe that someone he is so close to would make such an idiotic purchase.Example: The very idea that any voter would take such nitwits at all seriously is the real horror story.Example: I wonder why she puts up with him, he's such a schlep!.Example: Well, maybe if you hadn't been such a jackass I wouldn't make fun of you.Example: Maybe they have it in for him because he's such an ass.Example: Experts confirmed this week that the U.S. populace appears to have fallen under the spell of yet another pink-faced half-wit.Example: But I never know whether to believe Clare, she's such a gumph.Example: At some point along the way my camera died because I am such a gubbins I didn't charge my battery.Example: It's not my fault that the ninnies you hired were such yellow-bellies!.Example: 'Because he was just a sumph,' answered Gavinia, scornfully.Example: I promise to be a devoted husband and never give you cause to regret marrying such a cluck.Example: Your mate is some kind of epic tomfool to imprison himself in his own vehicle.Example: Only a country as warped as America could spawn such a goon.Example: If he hadn't been such a goop he wouldn't have reported the matter to the police.Example: If you are a dork and revel in the fact, you will want to know what clothing is dorky, so you can wear it.Example: Leave her alone, she's such a dingbat, things would only get worse trying to make sense out of anything she says.Example: They made fun of her, partly because she's such a dope and partly because she had a limp and a speech impediment.more:
» a lo tonto = for nothing ; just like that .
Example: This is not to say that scholarly authors are so altruistic that they are prepared to write books for nothing; indeed in my own researches I have come across situations where authors felt deeply about the way that publishers had treated them financially. Example: All I have to say is nothing happens just like that overnight, it takes time and exhausting waiting.» a lo tonto, a lo tonto = before + Pronombre + know it .
Example: And, before I knew it, she had shoved her whole head in my coffee cup and taken a big slurp of my coffee!.» a tontas y a ciegas = headlong ; runaway .
Example: Neither was there doubt that SLIS should adapt their programmes accordingly but, equally, too headlong a rush into the unknown posed dangers. Example: The article is entitled 'How to control a runaway state documents collection'.» a tontas y locas = like there's no tomorrow ; without rhyme or reason ; like nobody's business .
Example: The way to live like there's no tomorrow is to basically love life and be as crazy as possible and take risks and chances. Example: Many disliked the movement, which was abstract and appeared to be without rhyme or reason. Example: Us blacks come from poverty, so when we get money, we spend it like nobody's business.» chica bonita y tonta = bimbo [Acrónimo 'body impressive, body optional'] .
Example: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.» chiste tonto para desternillarse = knee slapper .
Example: This is a zany new collection of rib ticklers and knee slappers.» chiste tonto pero gracioso = knee slapper .
Example: This is a zany new collection of rib ticklers and knee slappers.» como un tonto = stupidly ; foolishly .
Example: Intelligent individuals often think that they cannot behave stupidly, but that is precisely what leads them down the garden path. Example: Gordon Brown foolishly goes to shake the hand of a soldier standing to attention in Afghanistan at the weekend.» como un tonto con un lápiz = like a kid with a new toy .
Example: And then there's a scene where he's like a kid with a new toy, jumping from one rooftop to another, making giant leaps, whooping with joy.» con un ataque de risa tonta = giggly [gigglier -comp., giggliest -sup.] .
Example: Similarly, a class that has been involved in a telling-off for any one of the myriad trivial transgressions their flesh is heir to can arrive at the next lesson aggressively uncooperative or giggly.» dar la risa tonta = giggle ; give + Nombre + the giggles ; titter .
Example: Jennifer sat up, rubbed the sleepy-dust from her eyes, and opened her mouth wide in a yawn and just then Bunny tickled her toes and she giggled. Example: He was a nice guy -- a little or moderately on the nerdy side -- who was trying hard to be romantic in a way that gave her the giggles. Example: Two-thirds of 2,000 people questioned said they had found someone injuring themselves funny and 14 per cent tittered at a funeral.» el tonto siempre será tonto = once a sucker always a sucker .
Example: There is an old saying once a sucker always a sucker and believe me if we stay here much longer we will be suckers for punishment.» entrar la risa tonta = give + Nombre + the giggles ; giggle ; titter .
Example: He was a nice guy -- a little or moderately on the nerdy side -- who was trying hard to be romantic in a way that gave her the giggles. Example: Jennifer sat up, rubbed the sleepy-dust from her eyes, and opened her mouth wide in a yawn and just then Bunny tickled her toes and she giggled. Example: Two-thirds of 2,000 people questioned said they had found someone injuring themselves funny and 14 per cent tittered at a funeral.» guaperas tonto = himbo [Palabra formada por imitación de bimbo] .
Example: Our readership poll has concluded that while some himbos may be fun in bed, most are pretty mediocre.» hablar a lo tonto = talk through + Posesivo + hat .
Example: Any lawyer who claims to be able to foresee perfectly the court's custody ruling, given the complexity of the issues at stake, is talking through his hat.» hacer el tonto = fool around/about ; horse around/about ; clown around/about ; monkey around/about ; goof around/about ; lark around/about ; dick about/around ; screw around ; act + the goat .
Example: For those professional fools, the clowns, fooling around is serious business. Example: Angus has a lot of energy -- he is always horsing around with his foster brothers and sister. Example: Almost as if I were clowning around when more important things needed to be tended to. Example: The party is over but the monkeying around is just beginning. Example: Does any of your friends goof around and flash you their privates?. Example: This is me and some friends larking about while we were on holiday in Honicombe. Example: Sometimes the reason why we dick around is because there is too much stuff to do and it's difficult to focus. Example: But I've been screwing around for long enough; it's time to get back to work and earn some cash. Example: He was taking drink as a medication. He was not a just drunken fool, but he was acting the goat = Usaba el alcohol como medicación. No es que fuera un tonto borracho, sino que estaba haciendo el ganso.» hacerse el tonto = act + dumb ; play it + dumb ; play it + dumb ; play it + stupid .
Example: In fact, his success was directly attributable to how smart he was by acting dumb. Example: I knew what he meant but I played it dumb. Example: I knew what he meant but I played it dumb. Example: Playing it stupid isn't always a bad thing and can get you out of a lot of trouble.» los tontos rara vez difieren = fools seldom differ .
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'.» no tener (ni) un pelo de tonto = there are no flies (on/about) + Pronombre ; be not just a(nother) pretty face ; know + what's what .
Example: Arabin stared at the interruption, but the man continued: 'You need not stare; there are no flies about me -- what I say I mean to do'. Example: She's not just a pretty face but she's also full of talent with a bossy streak. Example: Amy may play the 'dumb blonde' persona, but she knows what's what.» oro de los tontos = fool's gold [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.» risa tonta = giggle ; titter .
Example: She certainly surpassed herself on her wedding day, with her giggles rating being sky high!. Example: I noticed that there seemed to be some titters when that was mentioned, as if there were still some doubt as to whether such a beast as sexist subject headings exists.» risita tonta = giggle ; titter .
Example: She certainly surpassed herself on her wedding day, with her giggles rating being sky high!. Example: I noticed that there seemed to be some titters when that was mentioned, as if there were still some doubt as to whether such a beast as sexist subject headings exists.» rubia tonta = dumb blonde .
Example: There are millions of jokes about dumb blondes, but there is not so many jokes about cooperate executives.» ser tonto del bote = the cheese slid off + Posesivo + cracker .
Example: It sounds like the cheese slid off his cracker a long time ago.» terminal tonto = dumb terminal .
Example: Microcomputers with communications software are replacing the older dumb terminals for remote access to on-line data bases.» típica rubia tonta = bimbo [Acrónimo 'body impressive, body optional'] .
Example: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.» típico guaperas tonto = himbo [Palabra formada por imitación de bimbo] .
Example: Our readership poll has concluded that while some himbos may be fun in bed, most are pretty mediocre.» tonto de capirote = blockhead ; prize idiot .
Example: They'd all call him blockhead, the ribbing was endless. Example: Everyone has natural apprehension about doing something new since you' re never sure if you're going to end up looking a prize idiot.» tonto del bote = as thick as a brick ; as daft as a brush ; bonehead ; birdbrain [Nombre y adjetivo] ; knucklehead ; silly billy .
Example: Her husband is still as thick as a brick and he still thinks he's been the model husband but Rome wasn't built in a day. Example: His colleagues would say he's as daft as a brush, has bags of energy and enthusiasm but gets the job done. Example: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'. Example: I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication. Example: It takes more courage to say no and stand up for what's right and is best for them, than it does to cave in to knuckleheads like you two. Example: Being such a silly billy I got quite emotional and shed a few tears as I had enjoyed them being with us so much.» tonto del cullo = arsehole [asshole, -USA] .
Example: Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.» tonto del culo = mug ; prick ; as thick as two (short) planks ; as daft as a brush ; prize idiot ; knucklehead ; dink .
Example: By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match. Example: Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change. Example: Ashdown, for example, is an out'and'out Nazi, while Menzies'Campbell, who is supposed to be their expert on foreign affairs, is as thick as two planks. Example: His colleagues would say he's as daft as a brush, has bags of energy and enthusiasm but gets the job done. Example: Everyone has natural apprehension about doing something new since you' re never sure if you're going to end up looking a prize idiot. Example: It takes more courage to say no and stand up for what's right and is best for them, than it does to cave in to knuckleheads like you two. Example: The only real unfairness in all of this is that a guy with such great oratory skills should turn out to be such a dink - total waste.» tonto del pueblo, el = village fool, the ; town fool, the .
Example: But only good teaching and careful questioning can help students become the village shaman rather than the village fool. Example: There, he discovers that his childhood friend, the town fool, Travis, has been incarcerated for burning down a farm.» tonto de marca mayor = prize idiot .
Example: Everyone has natural apprehension about doing something new since you' re never sure if you're going to end up looking a prize idiot.» tonto de remate = as daft as a brush ; as thick as two (short) planks ; prize idiot ; knucklehead .
Example: His colleagues would say he's as daft as a brush, has bags of energy and enthusiasm but gets the job done. Example: Ashdown, for example, is an out'and'out Nazi, while Menzies'Campbell, who is supposed to be their expert on foreign affairs, is as thick as two planks. Example: Everyone has natural apprehension about doing something new since you' re never sure if you're going to end up looking a prize idiot. Example: It takes more courage to say no and stand up for what's right and is best for them, than it does to cave in to knuckleheads like you two.» tonto genio = idiot savant [Persona retrasada mental pero con ciertas habilidades cognitivas superdesarrolladas] .
Example: Since it was first described a century ago, the phenomenon of the idiot savant -- the juxtaposition of severe mental handicap & prodigious mental ability -- has remained unexplained.» tonto perdido = as daft as a brush ; as thick as two (short) planks ; knucklehead .
Example: His colleagues would say he's as daft as a brush, has bags of energy and enthusiasm but gets the job done. Example: Ashdown, for example, is an out'and'out Nazi, while Menzies'Campbell, who is supposed to be their expert on foreign affairs, is as thick as two planks. Example: It takes more courage to say no and stand up for what's right and is best for them, than it does to cave in to knuckleheads like you two.» tontos /tarea de tontos = fool's errand .
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.» un tonto y su dinero no están juntos mucho tiempo = a fool and his money are soon parted .
Example: The title is a reference to Thomas Tusser's famous proverb, 'A fool and his money are soon parted'.