idleness

idleness
noun ociosidad, gandulería, holgazanería
idleness
tr['aɪdəlnəs]
noun
1 (laziness) holgazanería
2 (unemployment) paro, desempleo
3 (inactivity) inactividad nombre femenino; (leisure) holganza, ociosidad nombre femenino
idleness ['aɪdəlnəs] n
1) inactivity: inactividad f, ociosidad f
2) laziness: holgazanería f, flojera f, pereza f
idleness
n.
• briba s.f.
• desaplicación s.f.
• desidia s.f.
• desocupación s.f.
• frivolidad s.f.
• gandaya s.f.
• gandulería s.f.
• haraganería s.f.
• holganza s.f.
• huelga s.f.
• ocio s.m.
• ociosidad s.f.
• pereza s.f.
• poltronería s.f.
• vagar s.m.
'aɪdḷnəs, 'aɪdḷnɪs
noun
a) (inactivity - involuntary) inactividad f, desocupación f; (- reprehensible) ociosidad f, ocio m; (- pleasant) ocio m, descanso m
b) (laziness) holgazanería f, haraganería f, flojera f (fam)
['aɪdlnɪs]
N
1) (=leisure) ocio m , ociosidad f ; (=having nothing to do) inactividad f , desocupación f ; (=laziness) holgazanería f , pereza f , flojera f (LAm); (=unemployment) paro m , desempleo m (LAm)

to live a life of idleness — llevar una vida ociosa

she was frustrated by her enforced idleness — la desesperaba su forzada inactividad

2) (=emptiness) [of threat, promise] lo vano; [of gossip, talk] banalidad f , insustancialidad f
* * *
['aɪdḷnəs, 'aɪdḷnɪs]
noun
a) (inactivity - involuntary) inactividad f, desocupación f; (- reprehensible) ociosidad f, ocio m; (- pleasant) ocio m, descanso m
b) (laziness) holgazanería f, haraganería f, flojera f (fam)

English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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