idle

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idle
[ˈaɪdəl]
adjetivo
1ocioso(a), desocupado(a) (unoccupied) (person); inactivo(a) (factory, machine)
  • an idle moment -> un momento libre
2vago(a) (lazy)
3vano(a) (futile) (threat, boast); frívolo(a) (gossip, rumor)
  • idle curiosity -> mera curiosidad
verbo intransitivo
4estar en punto muerto (engine)

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idle [ai-del]
adjetivo
1Ocioso, perezoso (lazy), desocupado, holgazán.
2Inútil, vano, frívolo; estéril.
3que produce movimiento sin fuerza efectiva. (Mecánica)
4Que proporciona tiempo desocupado (unoccupied), ocio.
  • An idle life -> una vida ociosa
  • Idle hours -> horas desocupadas
  • Idle efforts -> vanos esfuerzos
  • An idle amusement -> una diversión frívola
  • Idle story -> cuento de viejos
  • An idle thing -> una bagatela, una cosa fútil
  • Idle fellow -> azotacalles, callejero
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1Holgazanear, haraganear, estar ocioso. (n)
va. Gastar ociosamente, consumir sin provecho.

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idle [ˈaɪdl]
adjective
idler (comparative)idlest (superlative)
1 (lazy) perezoso; holgazán; flojo; (LAm) (work-shy) vago; (without work) parado; desocupado; (inactive) [+machine, factory] parado; [+moment] de ocio; libre
the machine is never idle la máquina no está nunca parada; the reduction in orders made 100 workers idle la caída en el número de pedidos dejó a 100 obreros sin trabajo
to stand idlestand [+factory, machine] estar parado
2 [+fear, speculation] infundado; [+threat] vano
he is not one to indulge in idle boasting/speculation no es de los que se da a fanfarronear/especular porque sí
we sat making idle conversationconversation pasamos el rato sentados charlando
I asked out of idle curiositycuriosity lo pregunté por pura curiosidad
it's just idle gossipgossip no es más que cotilleo
this is no idle threatthreat no es esta una amenaza hecha a la ligera
verb:intransitive
1 haraganear; gandulear
we spent a few days idling in Paris pasamos unos días ociosos en París; we idled over our meal comimos con calma
2 (Téc) [+engine] marchar en vacío
idling speed velocidad de marcha en vacío; (f)
modifier
idle capacity (n) (Comm) capacidad sin utilizar; (f)
idle money (n) (Comm) capital improductivo; (m)
idle time (n) (Comm) tiempo de paro; (m)

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Verb Conjugation for "idle"

Imperative
  • idle
  • you idle
  • he/she idles
  • we idle
  • you idle
  • they idle
Preterite
  • I idled
  • you idled
  • he/she idled
  • we idled
  • you idled
  • they idled
Present Continuous
  • I am idling
  • you are idling
  • he/she is idling
  • we are idling
  • you are idling
  • they are idling
Present Perfect
  • I have idled
  • you have idled
  • he/she has idled
  • we have idled
  • you have idled
  • they have idled
Past Continuous
  • I was idling
  • you were idling
  • he/she was idling
  • we were idling
  • you were idling
  • they were idling
Past Perfect
  • I had idled
  • you had idled
  • he/she had idled
  • we had idled
  • you had idled
  • they had idled
Future
  • I will idle
  • you will idle
  • he/she will idle
  • we will idle
  • you will idle
  • they will idle
Future Perfect
  • I will have idled
  • you will have idled
  • he/she will have idled
  • we will have idled
  • you will have idled
  • they will have idled
Future Continuous
  • I will be idling
  • you will be idling
  • he/she will be idling
  • we will be idling
  • you will be idling
  • they will be idling
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been idling
  • you have been idling
  • he/she has been idling
  • we have been idling
  • you have been idling
  • they have been idling
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been idling
  • you will have been idling
  • he/she will have been idling
  • we will have been idling
  • you will have been idling
  • they will have been idling
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been idling
  • you had been idling
  • he/she had been idling
  • we had been idling
  • you had been idling
  • they had been idling
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