dodgy

dodgy
adjective
1) (difficult or risky: Catching the 5.15 train after the meeting will be rather dodgy.) arriesgado, difícil
2) ((of a person, organization etc) not trustworthy or safe, financially or otherwise: I think the whole business sounds a bit dodgy.) sospechoso, poco fiable
dodgy
tr['dɒʤɪ]
adjective (comp dodgier, superl dodgiest)
1 familiar (risky) arriesgado,-a, inseguro,-a; (tricky) peliagudo,-a, difícil, problemático,-a; (dangerous) peligroso,-a; (bad) chungo,-a
2 familiar (dishonest - person) que no es de fiar, poco fiable, de poca confianza, sospechoso,-a; (- business) sospechoso,-a, poco fiable
'dɑːdʒi, 'dɒdʒi
adjective dodgier, dodgiest (BrE colloq)
a) (unreliable, dubious)

the brakes are a bit dodgy — los frenos no andan muy bien

he's a dodgy character — no es un tipo de fiar (fam)

b) (risky) arriesgado, riesgoso (AmL)
['dɒdʒɪ]
ADJ (Brit) (compar dodgier) (superl dodgiest)
1) (=dishonest) [person] de poco fiar, poco fiable; [business, deal, district] oscuro, chungo (Sp) **; [practice] dudoso

there's something dodgy about him — hay algo en él que me da mala espina *

the whole business seemed a bit dodgy — todo el asunto parecía un poco oscuro

2) (=unreliable, uncertain) [plan] arriesgado; [weather] inestable

the clutch is a bit dodgy — el embrague no anda muy bien, el embrague está un poco chungo (Sp) **

he's in a dodgy situation financially — su situación económica es un poco peliaguda

the sausages looked dodgy — las salchichas tenían una pinta sospechosa

to have a dodgy back — tener la espalda fastidiada, estar fastidiado de la espalda

to have a dodgy heart — estar fastidiado del corazón

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['dɑːdʒi, 'dɒdʒi]
adjective dodgier, dodgiest (BrE colloq)
a) (unreliable, dubious)

the brakes are a bit dodgy — los frenos no andan muy bien

he's a dodgy character — no es un tipo de fiar (fam)

b) (risky) arriesgado, riesgoso (AmL)

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