neat

ordenado

neat(nit)

adjective

1. (tidy)

a. ordenado

If you want to go to the movies, I want to see your room neat.

Si quieres ir al cine, quiero ver tu habitación ordenada.

b. bien cuidado

The gardener keeps our garden very neat.

El jardinero mantiene nuestro jardín bien cuidado.

c. pulcro

The kitchen is looking very neat now.

La cocina se ve muy pulcra ahora.

d. aseado

I want the house to be nice and neat for our guests.

Quiero que la casa esté bien aseada para nuestros invitados.

e. nítido

You have very neat handwriting.

Tienes la escritura muy nítida.

f. prolijo

(Argentina)

(Paraguay)

(Uruguay)

Beto looks so nice with his hair all neat.

Beto se van tan lindo con su cabello todo prolijo.

2. (cool)

(United States)

a. genial

That's a neat phone you have. Where did you get it?

Ese teléfono que tienes está genial. ¿Dónde lo compraste?

b. fantástico

Your outfit is really neat. I like it a lot.

Tu atuendo está fantástico. Me gusta mucho.

c. chévere

(Latin America)

I just heard a neat new song.

Acabo de escuchar una nueva canción chévere.

d. padre

(colloquial)

(Mexico)

What a neat pick-up!

¡Qué padre está tu camioneta!

e. encachado

(colloquial)

(Bolivia)

(Chile)

The view from here is really neat.

La vista desde aquí está muy encachada.

3. (straight)

a. solo

I'll have a tequila neat please.

Dame un tequila solo, por favor.

4. (clever)

a. ingenioso

Your design for the new system is really neat.

Tu diseño para el sistema nuevo es muy ingenioso.

5. (compact)

a. bien proporcionado

Aurora has a neat figure.

Aurora tiene una figura bien proporcionada.

neat

adjective

1. (person; in habits)

a. ordenado(a)

2. (in appearance)

a. aseado(a), pulcro(a)

3. (room, house)

a. pulcro(a), ordenado(a)

4. (handwriting)

a. claro(a), nítido(a)

5. (solution)

a. certero(a), hábil

he's a neat workeres un trabajador esmerado

6. (whiskey, vodka)

a. seco(a), solo(a)

7. (colloquial)

(United States)

a. genial, fenomenal (good)

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neat [niːt]

adjective

neater (comparative)neatest (superlative)

1 (tidy in appearance) [+room, desk, row, pile] ordenado

Everything was neat and tidy and gleamingly clean His desk was neat she put her clothes in a neat pile Children were quietly seated at neat rows of wooden desks

[+garden] bien cuidado

The front garden was neat and tidy

[+appearance] cuidado; pulcro; prolijo; (S. Cone)

Toby nodded approvingly at her neat appearance

[+clothes] muy cuidado

...a girl in a neat grey flannel suit

[+work] bien presentado

His work is always neat

everything looks neat and tidy todo parece muy ordenado; she always looks very neat siempre va muy arreglada; her hair is always very neat siempre va muy bien peinada; he has very neat handwriting tiene muy buena letra

2 (tidy by nature) [+person] ordenado; pulcro; prolijo; (S. Cone)

It's not like Alf leaving papers muddled like that. He's always so neat

3 (compact) [+figure] bien proporcionado

to have a neat figure ...the neat figure of Gwen John

[+waist, waistline] delgado

She was slim, with a neat waist

a neat little car un coche pequeño y de línea sencilla

4 (clever) [+solution] ingenioso; bueno

Neat solutions are not easily found to these issues `Make the punishment fit the crime.'/ How neat and tidy it sounded

[+plan] ingenioso

It had been such a neat, clever plan

[+division, category, explanation] claro

...the neat division of the year into wet and dry seasons I believe you've thought of a neat way to explain that?

5 (US) (wonderful) genial (informal)

that's a neat idea esa es una idea genial; those new apartments are really neat esos nuevos apartamentos son muy chulos (informal)

6 (Britain) (undiluted) [+whisky, brandy etc] solo

I take it neat lo tomo solo

You take your whisky neat and don't have any soda water he swallowed the brandy neat

half a litre of neat whisky medio litro de whisky puro