La Palabra Del Día "escueto"
escueto
concise
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Examples
1: El entrevistado dio una respuesta muy escueta a la pregunta sobre su vida amorosa.
The interviewee gave a very concise response to the question about his love life.
2: El profesor es demasiado escueto en sus explicaciones; debería extenderse más.
The teacher's explanations are too concise. He should expand on them more.
13 Answers
¡¡Esta respuesta es muy escueta!
This answer is very concise!
El mensaje en su lápida fue escueta y al grano.
The message on his gravestone was brief and to the point.
Me parece que ella quiso consternar el público con su vestido escueto y aparentemente con exito.
It seems to me that she wanted to shock the public with her brief dress and apparently with success.
A pesar de lo que alguien podría pensar basado en las frases no muy escuetas que escribo aquí de vez en cuando, cuando dirijo el comité del que estoy a cargo, siempre lo dirijo de una manera muy eficiente, y siempre acabamos temprano.
In spite of what someone might think based on the not very concise phrases that I write here from time to time, when I run the committee that I am in charge of, I always run it in a very efficient manner, and we are always finished early.
A veces pregunto a mi esposo que vaya al grano y sea escueto pero solo sigue y sigue y sigue y cuando finalmente deja de hablar no tengo ni una pista lo que estaba tratando de decir.
Sometimes I ask my husband to just get to the point and be concise but he just goes on and on and on and by the time he finally gets done talking I don't have a clue what he was trying to say.
Photos from a magazine or newspaper article have a concise description. Las fotos de un artículo periodístico o revista tienen una descripción escueta.
No solo terminó con ella por el texto, sino que también el texto fue muy escueto.
Not only did he break with her by text, but the text was also very brief.
Nada es más escueto que la lengua de un adolescente.
Nothing is more concise than the language of a teenager.
Sus declaraciones fueron muy escuetas.
Her statements were very much to the point. (succinct)
Cuando tenemos reuniones en el trabajo mi patrona siempre dice que van a estar ser
escuetos pero nunca es cierto.
When we have meetings at work, my boss always says that they're going to be brief but it's never true.
Algo escueto es más escueto que algo más escueto.
Something concise is more concise than something more concise.
Uno de los usos mejores de Facebook es contar noticias escuetas, como una postal.
One of the best uses of Facebook is to tell short bits of news, like a postcard.
No pienso que la escueta esquela exista en español pero en inglés es ingeniosa.
I don't think a concise death announcement exists in Spanish but it is witty in English
