dummy

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dummy
[ˈdʌmɪ]
sustantivo
1maniquí (m) (in shop window); muñeco (m) (of ventriloquist); modelo (m) maqueta (f) (model of car, plane)
2chupete (m) (for baby) (británico)
3idiota (mf) imbécil (sustantivo masculino) (familiar) (idiot)
adjetivo
4falso(a) (fake)
  • dummy run -> prueba (f)

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dummy [da-mi]
sustantivo
1Mudo. (Festivo)
2Locomotora de calles, pequeña y poco ruidosa. (Mecánica)
3En el juego de naipes, cuando el juego debe hacerse entre cuatro personas y hay sólo tres, se ponen a un lado las cartas del que falta; a esto los ingleses llaman dummy; mano del muerto (in bridge, whist); muerto (player).
4Maniquí para vestidos, cabeza para pelucas, etc., que sirven de anuncio en las tiendas (in window display, for dressmaker); muñeco (in tests, stunts).
  • Ventriloquist’s dummy -> muñeco de ventrílocuo
5Bobo (fool). (Coloquial)
También un carro cuya parte delantera es la locomotora y la trasera coche de pasajeros.
adjetivo
1Fingido, falseado, imitado, de juguete (gun, telephone).
  • A dummy package -> un paquete vacío
2Que actúa como testaferro (shareholder). (Negativo)
  • A dummy firm -> una empresa fantasma
sustantivo
3Ensayo, prueba.
(GB) (Coloq.) Dummy run,

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dummy [ˈdʌmɪ]
adjective
(not real) [+gun] de juguete; [+ammunition] de fogueo; [+container] vacío;
noun
1 (for clothes) maniquí; (m)
2 (for baby) chupete; (m)
3 (Comm) (sham object) envase vacío; (m)
4 (Ftbl) finta; (f)
5 (Bridge) muerto; (m)
6 (informal) (idiot) tontoatonta;a tonta (m) (f)
modifier
dummy assault dummy attack (n) simulacro de ataque; (m)
dummy company (n) empresa fantasma; (f)
dummy number (n) (Press) número cero; (m)
dummy run (n) (Britain) ensayo; (m) prueba; (f)

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Verb Conjugation for "dummy"

Imperative
  • dummy
  • you dummy
  • he/she dummies
  • we dummy
  • you dummy
  • they dummy
Preterite
  • I dummied
  • you dummied
  • he/she dummied
  • we dummied
  • you dummied
  • they dummied
Present Continuous
  • I am dummying
  • you are dummying
  • he/she is dummying
  • we are dummying
  • you are dummying
  • they are dummying
Present Perfect
  • I have dummied
  • you have dummied
  • he/she has dummied
  • we have dummied
  • you have dummied
  • they have dummied
Past Continuous
  • I was dummying
  • you were dummying
  • he/she was dummying
  • we were dummying
  • you were dummying
  • they were dummying
Past Perfect
  • I had dummied
  • you had dummied
  • he/she had dummied
  • we had dummied
  • you had dummied
  • they had dummied
Future
  • I will dummy
  • you will dummy
  • he/she will dummy
  • we will dummy
  • you will dummy
  • they will dummy
Future Perfect
  • I will have dummied
  • you will have dummied
  • he/she will have dummied
  • we will have dummied
  • you will have dummied
  • they will have dummied
Future Continuous
  • I will be dummying
  • you will be dummying
  • he/she will be dummying
  • we will be dummying
  • you will be dummying
  • they will be dummying
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been dummying
  • you have been dummying
  • he/she has been dummying
  • we have been dummying
  • you have been dummying
  • they have been dummying
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been dummying
  • you will have been dummying
  • he/she will have been dummying
  • we will have been dummying
  • you will have been dummying
  • they will have been dummying
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been dummying
  • you had been dummying
  • he/she had been dummying
  • we had been dummying
  • you had been dummying
  • they had been dummying
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