dumb

=

estúpido

adjective

dumb
[dʌm]
adjetivo
1. mudo(a) (unable to speak)
  • to be struck dumb with astonishment -> quedarse mudo(a) de asombro
  • dumb animals -> los animales indefensos
2. bobo(a), estúpido(a) (familiar) (stupid) (person, action)
  • dumb blonde -> rubia (f) or güera (f) sin cerebro (español de México)

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dumb [dam]
adjetivo
1. Mudo, privado del habla (unable to speak).
  • She’s deaf and dumb -> es sordomuda
  • To strike one dumb -> enmudecer a uno
2. Bobo (stupid). (Coloquial)
  • To act dumb -> hacerse el tonto
  • Dumb-bell -> halterio, pesas, aparato gimnástico, mancuerna
  • Dumb creature -> bestia, bruto
  • Dumb show -> pantomima por señas, signo, gesto
  • Dumb motions -> señas mudas
  • Dumb-waiter -> ascensor doméstico, montaplatos (elevator; estante giratorio para vajilla, mesa de servicio, mesita rodante (table)
  • Dumbfound -> anonadar
  • We were dumbfounded at the news -> la noticia nos dejó anonadadas
va. Imponer silencio, mandar callar.

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