1 (disgusting) [+place] asqueroso; [+smell] pestilente; fétido; [+taste] repugnante; asqueroso does it taste as foul as it smells?
3 (informal) (nasty) [+weather] de perros; (informal) malísimo it's a foul day hace un día de perros; (informal) hace un día malísimo; I've had a foul day he tenido un día malísimo; he tenido un día de perros; (informal) he was in a foul mood estaba de un humor de perros; (informal) you were foul to me yesterday ayer te portaste fatal conmigo; (informal) she has a foul temper tiene muy malas pulgas; (informal) tiene un genio de mil demonios; (informal)
4 (obscene) ordinario; grosero I winced at their foul language he was yelling foul obscenities at her he had heard these foul jokes a thousand times
to use foul language decir groserías
he was sent off for using foul language in a match last Sunday
to have a foul mouth (informal) ser mal hablado
5 (base, immoral) [+lie, calumny, crime] vil; terrible they are foul lies put about by his enemies He is a foul degenerate who must be stopped
6 (Dep) [+shot, ball] nulo; [+blow, tackle] sucio; [+kick] antirreglamentario With the score 75-75, Bob Davis hit two foul shots A new baseball rule stated that a foul tip caught after two strikes constituted a third strike
7 (in phrases) someone is sure to cry foul es seguro que alguien dice que no hemos jugado limpio
Horses are not machines and you cannot cry foul every time one is beaten Brust is referring to UAW efforts to convince Caterpillar customers to shop elsewhere # The UAW is crying foul, saying Caterpillar is trying to bust their union The Croatian defense units mount their guns closer and closer to civilian targets and then cry foul when the federal army strikes a school or a church
to fall foul of sb ponerse a malas con algn; to fall foul of the law enfrentarse con la justicia; vérselas con la ley; (informal)
John Butcher's son, arrested last week on a drink-driving charge, is just the latest in a line of MPs' offspring who have fallen foul of the law in an emergency you might consider looking swiftly around you to see what could be turned into a weapon - a stone or fallen branch, a chair, cushion, or glass of water. However, again you might fall foul of the law which, in Britain, is very strict about how much force you may use to defend yourself he's fallen foul of the law several times in his career I just thank God our own shildren haven't fallen foul of the law
