resabiado
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resabiado
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
1. (general)
a. crafty
El Sr. Fernández es un resabiado hombre de negocios que ha aprendido de sus malas experiencias tanto como de las buenas.Mr. Fernandez is a crafty businessman who has learned from his bad experiences as much as from his good ones.
b. knowing
Algunos jóvenes de hoy en día me parecen demasiado resabiados para su edad.Some of today's young people seem to me to be a little too knowing for their age.
c. hardened
Ese niño perdió a sus dos padres siendo muy pequeño y está resabiado por su experiencia de la vida.That kid lost both his parents being very little and is hardened by his experience of life.
e. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
Perdió mucho dinero con esa inversión y salió resabiado. No volvió nunca a invertir en bolsa.He lost a lot of money on that investment and learned his lesson. He never invested in the stock market again.
No hay nada más peligroso para un torero que un toro resabiado porque ha sido toreado antes.There's nothing more dangerous for a bullfighter than an experienced bull that's been fought before.
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