dull

=

aburrido

adjective

dull
[dʌl]
adjetivo
1. aburrido(a) (boring) (book, film, person); insulso(a), soso(a) (job, life, party)
  • to be as dull as ditchwater -> ser más soso(a) que la calabaza
2. tonto(a), torpe (not intelligent), sonso(a) (Am), zonzo(a) (Am)
3. romo(a) (not sharp) (tool, blade); sordo(a) (sound, pain)
4. mate, apagado(a) (not bright) (color, surface); apagado(a) (eyes); gris, triste (weather, sky)
verbo transitivo
5. enturbiar (reduce intensity of) (pleasure); embotar (the senses); mitigar, atenuar (pain); apagar (sound); desafilar, embotar (blade)
6. apagar (make less bright) (colors, eyes)

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dull [dal]
adjetivo
1. Embotado, obtuso, romo, sin filo o corte (edge, blade).
2. No agudo o violento;
verbo
3. g.
  • A dull pain -> un dolor sordo
4. Lerdo, estúpido, torpe, negado, insípido (faculties); sordo (pain, ache); sordo, amortiguado (pain).
5. Flojo, tardo, perezoso, pesado; lánguido, insensible.
6. Triste, melancólico, pensativo, murrio.
7. Opaco, oscuro, ofuscado; nebuloso, gris, feo (overcast/day, morning); apagado (not bright/color); sin brillo (eyes, complexion); pálido (light, glow); mate (not shiny/finish); sin brillo (hair).
  • It’s rather dull out today -> hoy está bastante nublado
8. Soñoliento; aburrido (boring/speech, person).
  • Dull of hearing -> algo sordo, tardo o duro de oído
1. Embotar, engrosar los filos y puntas de instrumentos cortantes.
2. Entontecer, embotar (senses); entorpecer, obstruir; contristar.
3. Hacer menos agudo, aliviar, moderar, mitigar (make less sharp/pain).
4. Ofuscar, deslumbrar; empañar, deslustrar, deslucir; quitar el brillo a, opacar (make less bright/color, surface).
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
5. Embotarse, entontecerse. (n)
6. Ofuscarse; entristecerse; mitigarse, entorpecerse. (n)
va.

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Q: If upon application surface becomes "hazed" or dull
A: opaca or mate
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