Crooked in Spanish?
What is best single word for crook in these contexts?
Avoid him--he's a crook.
His business dealing were completely crooked.
4 Answers
A good word in Latin American Spanish (at least) that one should learn is chueco. The context I know it in is just touched on by the dictionary here. Someone who is "chueco" is devious, a cheater, maybe a crook. Also, el ojo chueco is similar to 'the evil eye' -
Then, besides ladrón, pointed out already, there is ratero (pickpocket).
And the evolution of el arte de ser ratero,
los cirujanos (surgeons), which is the name given to those who use razors to cut open the pocketbooks of (often) turistas in a crowded mercado, or camión (bus), to extract the contents.
For "He's a crook" I would use ladrón which means thief.
As for "crooked", which of course is an adjective, "torcido" is what the translator gives back, which I think is closer to "twisted", which could also apply to describing a person whom you shouldn't deal with.
Hope that helps!
Synonyms in spanish for word " Crooked":
torcido
deshonesto
encorvado
ladrado
What is best single word for crook in these contexts?
Avoid him--he's a crook.
His business dealing were completely crooked.
