stale

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stale
[steɪl]
adjetivo
1revenido(a), pasado(a) (bread); viciado(a) (air); rancio(a) (smell)
2manido(a) (ideas, jokes); anquilosado(a) (social life, relationship)
  • to get stale -> anquilosarse (person)

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stale [steil]
adjetivo
1Añejo, viejo, rancio, añejado (old); alterado, deteriorado.
  • To grow stale -> añejarse, enranciarse
sustantivo
2Cerveza que ha empezado a volverse agria.
3Mate en el juego de ajedrez; tabla
sustantivo
4Orines.
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1Mear, orinar (animals). (n)
va. Añejar, hacer viejo.

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stale [steɪl]
adjective
staler (comparative)stalest (superlative)
1 (not fresh) [+cheese, butter, sweat, cigarette smoke] rancio; [+breath] maloliente; [+air] viciado; [+biscuit, beer] pasado; [+cake] seco; [+bread] correoso; (hard) duro
to go stale [+biscuit, beer] pasarse; [+cake] secarse; [+bread] ponerse correoso; (become hard) ponerse duro; to have gone stale estar pasado; to smell stale oler a viejo
2 [+news, joke] viejo; [+idea] marchito
he felt tired and stale se sentía cansado y hastiado; their relationship had become stale la relación se había estancado anquilosado;or to get become staleor [+person] estancarse; anquilosarse; I'm getting stale me estoy estancando anquilosando;or the show's got a little stale el espectáculo está ya un poco gastado; if they rehearse too much they'll become stale si ensayan demasiado se van a quemar
If you don't take holidays, you quickly become stale and no good to anybody I believe in progression, in taking risks, in never getting stale you need a change; you're getting stale here
verb:intransitive
(literary) [+relationship, author, writing] quedarse estancado anquilosado;or [+pleasures] perder la frescura; (literary)
The world of the English illustrator Paul Cox never stales. Spaniels gambol in his pictures... ...a mentality which never staled their relationship had lost its former freshness, and the old pleasures had staled. his novels had lost their ability to make you sit up and think; it seemed that he had staled rather early on in his literary career.

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Verb Conjugation for "stale"

Imperative
  • stale
  • you stale
  • he/she stales
  • we stale
  • you stale
  • they stale
Preterite
  • I staled
  • you staled
  • he/she staled
  • we staled
  • you staled
  • they staled
Present Continuous
  • I am staling
  • you are staling
  • he/she is staling
  • we are staling
  • you are staling
  • they are staling
Present Perfect
  • I have staled
  • you have staled
  • he/she has staled
  • we have staled
  • you have staled
  • they have staled
Past Continuous
  • I was staling
  • you were staling
  • he/she was staling
  • we were staling
  • you were staling
  • they were staling
Past Perfect
  • I had staled
  • you had staled
  • he/she had staled
  • we had staled
  • you had staled
  • they had staled
Future
  • I will stale
  • you will stale
  • he/she will stale
  • we will stale
  • you will stale
  • they will stale
Future Perfect
  • I will have staled
  • you will have staled
  • he/she will have staled
  • we will have staled
  • you will have staled
  • they will have staled
Future Continuous
  • I will be staling
  • you will be staling
  • he/she will be staling
  • we will be staling
  • you will be staling
  • they will be staling
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been staling
  • you have been staling
  • he/she has been staling
  • we have been staling
  • you have been staling
  • they have been staling
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been staling
  • you will have been staling
  • he/she will have been staling
  • we will have been staling
  • you will have been staling
  • they will have been staling
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been staling
  • you had been staling
  • he/she had been staling
  • we had been staling
  • you had been staling
  • they had been staling
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