stale

stale
steil
adjective
1) ((of food etc) not fresh and therefore dry and tasteless: stale bread.)
2) (no longer interesting: His ideas are stale and dull.)
3) (no longer able to work etc well because of too much study etc: If she practises the piano for more than two hours a day, she will grow stale.)
stale adj duro / pasado
stale bread pan duro
stale
tr[steɪl]
adjective
1 (food - gen) no fresco,-a, pasado,-a; (- bread, cake) duro,-a; (tobacco) rancio,-a; (wine, beer) picado,-a
2 (air) viciado,-a; (smell) a cerrado
3 (news) viejo,-a, pasado,-a; (joke) trillado,-a
4 (person) quemado,-a, cansado,-a, harto,-a
stale ['steɪl] adj, staler ; stalest : viejo
stale bread: pan duro
stale news: viejas noticias
stale
adj.
• añejo, -a adj.
• duro, -a adj.
• fiambre adj.
• manido, -a adj.
• mohoso, -a adj.
• pasado, -a adj.
• rancio, -a adj.
• trasnochado, -a adj.
• viciado, -a adj.
steɪl
adjective staler, stalest
a) <bread> no fresco, añejo (fam); (hard) duro; <butter/cheese> rancio; <beer> pasado; <air> viciado
b) (hackneyed) <joke/news> añejo, viejo; <ideas> trasnochado
[steɪl]
1. ADJ
(compar staler) (superl stalest)
1) (=not fresh) [cheese, butter, sweat, cigarette smoke] rancio; [breath] maloliente; [air] viciado; [biscuit, beer] pasado; [cake] seco; [bread] correoso; (=hard) duro

to go stale — [biscuit, beer] pasarse; [cake] secarse; [bread] ponerse correoso; (=become hard) ponerse duro

to have gone stale — (lit) estar pasado

to smell stale — oler a viejo

2) (fig) [news, joke] viejo; [idea] marchito

he felt tired and stale — se sentía cansado y hastiado

their relationship had become stale — la relación se había estancado or anquilosado

to get or become stale — [person] estancarse, anquilosarse

I'm getting stale — me estoy estancando or anquilosando

the show's got a little stale — el espectáculo está ya un poco gastado

if they rehearse too much they'll become stale — si ensayan demasiado se van a quemar

2.
VI liter [relationship, author, writing] quedarse estancado or anquilosado; [pleasures] perder la frescura liter
* * *
[steɪl]
adjective staler, stalest
a) <bread> no fresco, añejo (fam); (hard) duro; <butter/cheese> rancio; <beer> pasado; <air> viciado
b) (hackneyed) <joke/news> añejo, viejo; <ideas> trasnochado

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