humour

humour
'hju:mə
1. noun
1) (the ability to amuse people; quickness to spot a joke: He has a great sense of humour.) humor
2) (the quality of being amusing: the humour of the situation.) comicidad, gracia

2. verb
(to please (someone) by agreeing with him or doing as he wishes: There is no point in telling him he is wrong - just humour him instead.) complacer, consentir
- humorous
- humorously
- humorousness
- -humoured
humour n humor
a good sense of humour buen sentido del humor
Se escribe humour en inglés británico, en inglés americano se escribe humor
humour
tr['hjʊːməSMALLr/SMALL]
noun
1 humor nombre masculino
2 (of a joke) gracia
3 (whim) capricho
transitive verb
1 complacer, seguir el humor a
\
SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to be out of humour estar de mal humor
sense of humour sentido del humor
humour (UK)
n.
• humor s.m.
• humorismo s.m.
• jocosidad s.f.
v.
• acomodarse a v.
• manejar suavemente v.
• seguir el humor a v.
nounansitive verb (BrE) humor I,II
(US) ['hjuːmǝ(r)]
1. N
1) (=amusingness) (gen) humor m ; [of book, situation] gracia f

sense of humour — sentido m del humor

to have a sense of humour — tener sentido del humor

I see no humour in that — no le veo la gracia a eso

2) (=mood) humor m

to be in a good/bad humour — estar de buen/mal humor

they were in no humour for fighting — no estaban de humor para pelear

to be out of humour — estar de mal humor

3) (Med) humor m
2.
VT complacer, consentir
* * *
noun/transitive verb (BrE) humor I,II

English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Mira otros diccionarios:

  • HUMOUR — Le concept d’humour, dont le champ d’application s’est considérablement élargi depuis son utilisation dans la littérature anglaise des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, n’a pas pour autant subi de multiples variations sémantiques ni cessé de se rattacher… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • humour — (US humor) ► NOUN 1) the quality of being amusing or comic. 2) a state of mind: her good humour vanished. 3) (also cardinal humour) historical each of four fluids of the body (blood, phlegm, yellow bile or choler, and black bile or melancholy),… …   English terms dictionary

  • humour — chiefly Brit var of HUMOR * * * n. a body fluid. See aqueous humour, vitreous humour …   Medical dictionary

  • humour — n. same as {humor}. [Chiefly Brit.] [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • humour — / hju:mə/, it. / jumor/ s. ingl. [voce di origine normanna, propr. umore ], usato in ital. al masch. [capacità di cogliere gli aspetti comici o paradossali della vita: il caratteristico h. degli inglesi ] ▶◀ arguzia, ironia, sagacia, spirito,… …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • humour — chiefly British English spelling of HUMOR (Cf. humor); see OR (Cf. or). Related: Humourous; humourist …   Etymology dictionary

  • humour — /ˈjumor, ingl. ˈhjuːməu(r)/ [ant. fr. (h)umor, dal lat. (h)umōre(m) «umore»] s. m. inv. senso dell umorismo, spirito □ umorismo, comicità …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • humour — is spelt our in BrE and humor in AmE, and the same distinction applies to the derivative humourless / humorless. Humorous and humorist, however, are spelt the same way in both varieties …   Modern English usage

  • humour — [hyo͞o′mər] n., vt. Brit. sp. of HUMOR …   English World dictionary

  • Humour — Sourire peut impliquer un sens d humour et une émotion d amusement, comme le démontre le personnage de Falstaff d Eduard von Grützner. L humour, au sens large, est une forme d esprit railleuse « qui s attache à souligner le caractère …   Wikipédia en Français

  • humour — /hyooh meuhr/, n., v.t., Chiefly Brit. humor. Usage. See or1. * * * I (Latin; fluid ) In early Western physiological theory, one of the four body fluids thought to determine a person s temperament and features. As hypothesized by Galen, the four… …   Universalium

Compartir el artículo y extractos

Link directo
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”