1 (oily) [+substance, hands] grasiento; grasoso; especially (LAm) [+clothes] lleno de grasa; mugriento; [+hair, skin] graso; grasoso; especially (LAm) [+food] grasiento; [+road] resbaladizo no matter how much time she spent in the kitchen among greasy pans she always came out as fresh as a daisy today's moisturizers are not greasy a greasy substance such as Vaseline he propped his elbows on the greasy counter He wore a denim shirt and greasy jeans an elderly man in a shabby raincoat and a greasy black beret He wiped his greasy hands on the dry grass The car skidded back to the right of the narrow road, slipped on the greasy shoulder and hit the steep bank It was still a dry race although the track might be greasy at the beginning During the summer, my skin sometimes gets greasy he had greasy black hair smoothed down over his forehead Almond Cream for Greasy Complexions food served on airlines is often greasy and difficult to digest his table mates attacked their greasy eggs and bacon
2 (informal) (ingratiating) [+person] adulón; zalamero he came up to me with a greasy smirk on his face Chambers rubbed his hands with greasy, money-grubbing enthusiasm
