blunt [blʌnt]
blunt
blunt(
bluhnt
)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
1. (not sharp)
a. desafilado
A blunt knife is no good for cutting meat.Un cuchillo desafilado no sirve para cortar carne.
b. que no tiene punta
That pencil's blunt. Let me get you another one.Ese lápiz no tiene punta. Deja que te traiga otro.
d. despuntado
You should change the needle in your sewing machine regularly, not just when it is blunt.Debes cambiar la aguja de tu máquina de coser con regularidad, no solamente cuando está despuntada.
2. (forthright)
c. terminante
"It's not your problem," was his blunt answer."No es tu problema", fue su respuesta terminante.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
3. (to make less sharp)
4. (to attenuate)
a. mitigar
Their policies did not succeed in blunting the effects of the recession.Sus polĂticas no lograron mitigar los efectos de la recesiĂłn.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
5. (slang) (drugs)
A very informal word or phrase used by a particular group or community as a substitute for standard language (e.g., joint, john).
a. el porro (M) (slang)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A very informal word or phrase used by a particular group or community as a substitute for standard language (e.g., joint, john).
Whenever you smoke a blunt, you are still inhaling tobacco from the cigar.Cada vez que fumas un porro inhalas tabaco del puro.
b. el churro (M) (slang) (Latin America)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A very informal word or phrase used by a particular group or community as a substitute for standard language (e.g., joint, john).
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
I saw him smoke a fat blunt last night.Lo vi fumándose un gran churro anoche.
c. el toque (M) (slang) (Mexico)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A very informal word or phrase used by a particular group or community as a substitute for standard language (e.g., joint, john).
Regionalism used in Mexico
For Christmas, he gave me two blunts because he's got plenty of weed at home.Para Navidad, me regalĂł dos toques porque tiene muchĂsima mota.
d. el faso (M) (slang) (Southern Cone)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A very informal word or phrase used by a particular group or community as a substitute for standard language (e.g., joint, john).
Say, man, you got a blunt?Eh, amigo, ¿tenés un faso?
e. el canuto (M) (slang) (Spain)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A very informal word or phrase used by a particular group or community as a substitute for standard language (e.g., joint, john).
Regionalism used in Spain
After smoking that blunt, she was completely blazed.Después de fumar ese canuto, estaba totalmente colocada.
f. el peta (M) (slang) (Spain)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A very informal word or phrase used by a particular group or community as a substitute for standard language (e.g., joint, john).
Regionalism used in Spain
We gonna roll some blunts?ÂżNos hacemos unos peta?
bluntadjectivetransitive verb
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
1. (blade)
a. romo(a), desafilado(a)
2. (pencil)
a. desafilado(a)
3. (manner, statement, person)
a. franco(a)
4. (refusal)
a. contundente
to be blunt,…para ser francos,…
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
5. (blade, pencil)
a. desafilar
6. (dull; anger, enthusiasm)
a. atenuar, templar
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