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tibio, -a
adjective
1. tepid, lukewarm (líquido)
2. lukewarm (reacción, posición)
3. (expresiones) (informal)
- poner tibio, -a a alguien -> to slag somebody off(por la espalda) (British), to dump on somebody; (United States) to tear into somebody (delante)
- ponerse tibio, -a de algo -> to stuff one's face with something; (comer) to down bucketfuls of something (beber)
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tibio [tee’-be-o, ah]
adjective
1. Tepid, lukewarm (agua), careless, remiss.
2. Cross, angry. (Ante Meridian & Central America & Caribbean) (m)
"tibio" in the Answers forum
| Q: | How to translate "tibio" here? |
| A: | To me the idea is that tibio has a positive connotation here, as does confortable. However, that positive is actually a negative. For example, an athlete… |
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