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.
A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
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.
The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
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.
The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.
Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.
The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a 'lemon and a retard'.
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.
Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.
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.
This team of schmoes is capable of anything.
States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.
He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
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.
Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.
She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.
I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.
And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.
If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
They're such goofs - they were pretending like they forgot that the webcam was on.
Mom doesn't want to be boss, but she has to because dad's such a goofball.
Marc basically can't believe that someone he is so close to would make such an idiotic purchase.
The very idea that any voter would take such nitwits at all seriously is the real horror story.
I wonder why she puts up with him, he's such a schlep!.
Well, maybe if you hadn't been such a jackass I wouldn't make fun of you.
Maybe they have it in for him because he's such an ass.
Experts confirmed this week that the U.S. populace appears to have fallen under the spell of yet another pink-faced half-wit.
But I never know whether to believe Clare, she's such a gumph.
At some point along the way my camera died because I am such a gubbins I didn't charge my battery.
a lo tonto
for nothing
just like that
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.
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
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
Neither was there doubt that SLIS should adapt their programmes accordingly but, equally, too headlong a rush into the unknown posed dangers.
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
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.
Many disliked the movement, which was abstract and appeared to be without rhyme or reason.
chica bonita y tonta [Acrónimo 'body impressive, body optional']
bimbo
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
This is a zany new collection of rib ticklers and knee slappers.
chiste tonto pero gracioso
knee slapper
This is a zany new collection of rib ticklers and knee slappers.
como un tonto
stupidly
foolishly
Intelligent individuals often think that they cannot behave stupidly, but that is precisely what leads them down the garden path.
Gordon Brown foolishly goes to shake the hand of a soldier standing to attention in Afghanistan at the weekend.
con un ataque de risa tonta
giggly [gigglier -comp., giggliest -sup.]
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.
guaperas tonto [Palabra formada por imitación de bimbo]
himbo
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
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
For those professional fools, the clowns, fooling around is serious business.
Angus has a lot of energy - he is always horsing around with his foster brothers and sister.
Almost as if I were clowning around when more important things needed to be tended to.
The party is over but the monkeying around is just beginning.
Does any of your friends goof around and flash you their privates?.
This is me and some friends larking about while we were on holiday in Honicombe.
hacerse el tonto
act + dumb
In fact, his success was directly attributable to how smart he was by acting dumb.
no tener un pelo de tonto
there are no flies (on/about) + Pronombre
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'.
oro de los tontos [Usado también para referirse a la pirita]
fool's gold
Despite being nicknamed fool's gold, pyrite is sometimes found in association with small quantities of gold.
risa tonta
giggle
She certainly surpassed herself on her wedding day, with her giggles rating being sky high!.
risita tonta
giggle
She certainly surpassed herself on her wedding day, with her giggles rating being sky high!.
rubia tonta
dumb blonde
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
It sounds like the cheese slid off his cracker a long time ago.
terminal tonto
dumb terminal
Microcomputers with communications software are replacing the older dumb terminals for remote access to on-line data bases.
típica rubia tonta [Acrónimo 'body impressive, body optional']
bimbo
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 [Palabra formada por imitación de bimbo]
himbo
Our readership poll has concluded that while some himbos may be fun in bed, most are pretty mediocre.
tonto de capirote
blockhead
prize idiot
They'd all call him blockhead, the ribbing was endless.
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 [Nombre y adjetivo]
as thick as a brick
as daft as a brush
bonehead
birdbrain
knucklehead
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.
His colleagues would say he's as daft as a brush, has bags of energy and enthusiasm but gets the job done.
The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.
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 del cullo
arsehole [asshole, -USA]
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
By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.
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.
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.
His colleagues would say he's as daft as a brush, has bags of energy and enthusiasm but gets the job done.
Everyone has natural apprehension about doing something new since you' re never sure if you're going to end up looking a prize idiot.
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.
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
But only good teaching and careful questioning can help students become the village shaman rather than the village fool.
tonto de marca mayor
prize idiot
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
His colleagues would say he's as daft as a brush, has bags of energy and enthusiasm but gets the job done.
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.
Everyone has natural apprehension about doing something new since you' re never sure if you're going to end up looking a prize idiot.
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 [Persona retrasada mental pero con ciertas habilidades cognitivas superdesarrolladas]
idiot savant
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
His colleagues would say he's as daft as a brush, has bags of energy and enthusiasm but gets the job done.
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.
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
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
The title is a reference to Thomas Tusser's famous proverb, 'A fool and his money are soon parted'.
