thorough

thorough
adjective
1) ((of a person) very careful; attending to every detail: a thorough worker.) cuidadoso, minucioso; concienzudo
2) ((of a task etc) done with a suitably high level of care, attention to detail etc: His work is very thorough.) minucioso
3) (complete; absolute: a thorough waste of time.) completo, absoluto
•
- thoroughness
- thoroughfare
thorough adj minucioso / a fondo
a thorough investigation una investigación a fondo
thorough
tr['ɵʌrə]
adjective
1 (deep) profundo,-a, a fondo
2 (careful) cuidadoso,-a, minucioso,-a
3 (person) concienzudo,-a
4 (utter, complete) total, verdadero,-a
thorough ['ɵəro:] adj
1) conscientious: concienzudo, meticuloso
2) complete: absoluto, completo
♦ thoroughly adv
thorough
adj.
• cabal adj.
• completo, -a adj.
• concienzudo, -a adj.
• cuidadoso, -a adj.
• detenido, -a adj.
• minucioso, -a adj.
'θɜːrəʊ, 'θʌrə
adjective
a) (conscientious) <person> concienzudo, cuidadoso; <search/investigation> meticuloso, riguroso; <wash/clean> a fondo; <knowledge> sólido
b) (complete) (before n) <idiot> perfecto

a thorough waste of time — una total or absoluta pérdida de tiempo

['θʌrǝ]
ADJ
1) (=complete) [examination, search, investigation] riguroso, minucioso; [training] riguroso, a fondo; [knowledge, understanding] profundo, sólido

to give sth a thorough clean/wash — limpiar/lavar algo bien or a fondo

the room needed a thorough clean — la habitación necesitaba una buena limpieza or una limpieza a fondo

to have a thorough grounding in sth — tener una base sólida en algo

2) (=meticulous) [person, teacher] concienzudo, meticuloso

to be thorough in doing sth — hacer algo a conciencia, ser meticuloso a la hora de hacer algo

3) (as intensifier) (=complete, total)

it was a thorough waste of time — era una pérdida de tiempo absoluta or total

to make a thorough nuisance of o.s. — dar la lata a base de bien *

he made a thorough fool of himself — hizo un ridículo espantoso

he gave them a thorough walloping — les dio una buena zurra *

it's a thorough disgrace — es un verdadero escándalo

* * *
['θɜːrəʊ, 'θʌrə]
adjective
a) (conscientious) <person> concienzudo, cuidadoso; <search/investigation> meticuloso, riguroso; <wash/clean> a fondo; <knowledge> sólido
b) (complete) (before n) <idiot> perfecto

a thorough waste of time — una total or absoluta pérdida de tiempo


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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