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rube
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (pejorative) (naive person)
An offensive word or phrase used to degrade a person or group of people based on race, gender, sexual preference, etc. (e.g., redneck).
a. el ingenuo (M), la ingenua (F)
(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).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
I'm not some rube. You can't pull the wool over my eyes.Yo no soy ningún ingenuo. A mí no me puedes dar gato por liebre.
2. (colloquial) (pejorative) (bumpkin) (United States)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
An offensive word or phrase used to degrade a person or group of people based on race, gender, sexual preference, etc. (e.g., redneck).
Regionalism used in the United States
a. el pueblerino (M), la pueblerina (F) (pejorative)
(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).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
An offensive word or phrase used to degrade a person or group of people based on race, gender, sexual preference, etc. (e.g., redneck).
When the doctor arrived in the village, he thought the people there were a bunch of simple rubes.Cuando el médico llegó al pueblo, le pareció que la gente del lugar no era más que un montón de pueblerinos sencillos.
b. el palurdo (M), la palurda (F) (pejorative)
(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).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
An offensive word or phrase used to degrade a person or group of people based on race, gender, sexual preference, etc. (e.g., redneck).
That rube probably doesn't even know how to read.El palurdo ese probablemente ni sabe leer.
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