slouch

slouch
verb
(to sit, move or walk with shoulders rounded and head hanging: He slouched sulkily out of the room; He was slouching in an armchair.) andar con un aire gacho, andar desgarbado
slouch
tr[slaʊʧ]
intransitive verb
1 (walk) andar con los hombros caídos, andar arrastrando los pies; (sit) sentarse con los hombros caídos
■ don't slouch! ¡ponte derecho!
■ there he was, slouching in an armchair allí estaba, repantigado en un sillón
noun
1 (posture) andar nombre masculino desgarbado
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to be no slouch no ser manco,-a
slouch ['slaʊʧ] vi
: andar con los hombros caídos, repantigarse (en un sillón)
slouch n
1) slumping: mala postura f
2) bungler, idler: haragán m, -gana f; inepto m, -ta f
to be no slouch: no quedarse atrás
slouch
adj.
• gacho, -a adj.
n.
• postura relajada s.f.
v.
• andar desgarbado v.
• caminar arrastrando los pies v.

I slaʊtʃ
intransitive verb
a) (droop shoulders)

don't slouch! — ponte derecho!

I found her slouched in an armchair — la encontré repatingada or (Esp) repantigada en un sillón

b) (walk) (+ adv compl)

he slouched into/out of the room — entró en/salió de la habitación arrastrando los pies


II
noun
1) (of posture)

he walks with a slouch — camina con los hombros caídos

2) (of person) (colloq)

to be no slouch — no ser* manco (fam)

she's no slouch when it comes to ... — no se queda atrás or (fam) no es manca cuando se trata de ...

[slaʊtʃ]
1. N
1)

to walk with a slouch — andar con un aire gacho

2) *

he's no slouch — (in skill) no es ningún principiante; (at work) no es ningún vago

he's no slouch in the kitchen — tiene buena mano para cocina

2.
VI (walking) andar desgarbado

to slouch in a chair — repantigarse en un sillón

he was slouched over his desk — estaba inclinado sobre su mesa de trabajo en postura desgarbada

3.
CPD

slouch hat N — sombrero m flexible

* * *

I [slaʊtʃ]
intransitive verb
a) (droop shoulders)

don't slouch! — ponte derecho!

I found her slouched in an armchair — la encontré repatingada or (Esp) repantigada en un sillón

b) (walk) (+ adv compl)

he slouched into/out of the room — entró en/salió de la habitación arrastrando los pies


II
noun
1) (of posture)

he walks with a slouch — camina con los hombros caídos

2) (of person) (colloq)

to be no slouch — no ser* manco (fam)

she's no slouch when it comes to ... — no se queda atrás or (fam) no es manca cuando se trata de ...


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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