bluff

bluff
I adjective
(rough, hearty and frank: a bluff and friendly manner.) directo

II
1. verb
(to try to deceive by pretending to have something that one does not have: He bluffed his way through the exam without actually knowing anything.)

2. noun
(an act of bluffing.) camelo, farol
bluff vb engañar
Suele tratarse de una fanfarronada o de una falsa amenaza
he said he'd sack me, but I think he was bluffing dijo que me despediría, pero no creo que lo dijera en serio

bluff /bluf/ sustantivo masculino (pl
◊ bluffs )
a) (Jueg) bluff
b) (fam) (fanfarronería):
◊ es puro bluff he's all talk (colloq)
'bluff' also found in these entries: Spanish: farol - blof - blofear English: bluff - call
bluff
tr[blʌf]
adjective
1 (blunt) brusco,-a, que no tiene pelos en la lengua
2 (hearty) campechano,-a
noun
1 (cliff) acantilado
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bluff
tr[blʌf]
noun
1 camelo, farol nombre masculino, bluff nombre masculino
transitive verb
1 engañar a, hacer un bluff a
intransitive verb
1 tirarse un farol, fanfarronear, SMALLAM/SMALL blofear
\
SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to call somebody's bluff hacer que alguien ponga las cartas boca arriba
bluff ['blʌf] vi
: hacer un farol, blofear Col, Mex
bluff adj
1) steep: escarpado
2) frank: campechano, franco, directo
bluff n
1) : farol m, blof m Col, Mex
2) cliff: acantilado m, risco m
bluff (Topographical)
adj.
• escarpado, -a adj.
adj.
• brusco, -a adj.
n.
• amenaza que no se puede realizar s.f.
• bluff s.m.
• fanfarronada s.f.
• farol (Fanfarronada) s.m.
• hojarasca s.f.
• risco s.m.
v.
• blufar v.
• engañar v.

I
1. blʌf
intransitive verb hacer* un bluff or (Col, Méx) blof

2.
vt

he managed to bluff his way out of it — logró salir del apuro embaucándolos


II
noun
1) u c (pretense) bluff m, blof m (Col, Méx)

to call somebody's bluff — poner* a algn en evidencia

2) c (cliff) risco m, acantilado m

III
adjective -er, -est <person> francote (fam), campechano

I [blʌf]
1. ADJ
1) [cliff etc] escarpado
2) [person] franco, directo
2.
N (Geog) risco m , peñasco m

II [blʌf]
1.
N (=act of bluffing) farol m , bluff m
- call sb's bluff
2.
VT (=deceive by pretending) engañar, embaucar

to bluff it out by ... — salvar la situación haciendo creer que ...

3.
VI farolear, tirarse un farol (Sp) *
* * *

I
1. [blʌf]
intransitive verb hacer* un bluff or (Col, Méx) blof

2.
vt

he managed to bluff his way out of it — logró salir del apuro embaucándolos


II
noun
1) u c (pretense) bluff m, blof m (Col, Méx)

to call somebody's bluff — poner* a algn en evidencia

2) c (cliff) risco m, acantilado m

III
adjective -er, -est <person> francote (fam), campechano

English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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Antónimos:
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