dummy

dummy
plural - dummies; noun
1) (an artificial substitute looking like the real thing: The packets of cigarettes on display were dummies.) imitación
2) (a model of a human used for displaying clothes etc: a dressmaker's dummy.) maniquí
3) (an artificial teat put in a baby's mouth to comfort it.) chupete
dummy n
1. chupete
where's the baby's dummy? ¿dónde está el chupete del niño?
2. maniquí
dummies in a shop window maniquíes en un escaparate
El plural de dummy se escribe dummies
dummy
tr['dʌmɪ]
noun (pl dummies)
1 (in shop window, dressmaker's) maniquí nombre masculino; (ventriloquist's, for tests) muñeco
2 (fake) imitación nombre femenino
3 (in printing) maqueta
4 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL (for baby) chupete nombre masculino
5 familiar imbécil nombre masulino o femenino
6 SMALLSPORT/SMALL (in football, rugby) regateo, finta
7 (in bridge - cards) mano nombre femenino de muerto; (player) muerto
adjective
1 falso,-a, de imitación
\
SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
dummy run ensayo, prueba, simulacro
dummy ['dʌmi] n, pl -mies
1) sham: imitación f , sustituto m
2) puppet: muñeco m
3) mannequin: maniquí m
4) idiot: tonto m , -ta f ; idiota mf
dummy (Computing)
n.
• simulación (Informática) s.f.
adj.
• fingido, -a adj.
n.
• maniquí s.m.
• mudo s.m.
• muñeca s.f.
• muñeco s.m.
• testaferro s.m.

I 'dʌmi
noun
1)
a) (in window display, for dressmaker) maniquí m
b) (in tests, stunts) muñeco m

ventriloquist's dummy — muñeco de ventrílocuo

c) (in US football) domi m
2) (for baby) (BrE) pacifier
3) (fool) (colloq) bobo, -ba m,f (fam)
4) (in bridge, whist) mano f del muerto; (player) muerto m

II
adjective
a) (imitation) <gun/telephone> de juguete

a dummy package — un paquete vacío

b) (Busn) <shareholder> que actúa como testaferro

a dummy firm — una empresa fantasma

['dʌmɪ]
1.
ADJ (=not real) [gun] de juguete; [ammunition] de fogueo; [container] vacío
2. N
1) (for clothes) maniquí m
2) (for baby) chupete m
3) (Comm) (=sham object) envase m vacío
4) (Ftbl) finta f
5) (Bridge) muerto m
6) * (=idiot) tonto(-a) m / f
3.
CPD

dummy assault, dummy attack N — simulacro m de ataque

dummy company N — empresa f fantasma

dummy number N — (Press) número m cero

dummy run N — (Brit) ensayo m , prueba f

* * *

I ['dʌmi]
noun
1)
a) (in window display, for dressmaker) maniquí m
b) (in tests, stunts) muñeco m

ventriloquist's dummy — muñeco de ventrílocuo

c) (in US football) domi m
2) (for baby) (BrE) pacifier
3) (fool) (colloq) bobo, -ba m,f (fam)
4) (in bridge, whist) mano f del muerto; (player) muerto m

II
adjective
a) (imitation) <gun/telephone> de juguete

a dummy package — un paquete vacío

b) (Busn) <shareholder> que actúa como testaferro

a dummy firm — una empresa fantasma


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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