silly | No tenemos tiempo, perro tonto. | We don't have time, you silly dog. |
silly | Es tonto que estemos todos adentro. | It's silly that we're all inside. |
silly | Es sólo un tonto pequeño insecto. | It's only a silly, little insect. |
silly | Ahora, sería tonto ser sentimental. | Now, it's silly to be sentimental. |
silly | Aunque parezca tonto o equivocado... deben intentarlo. | Even though it may seem silly or wrong, you must try. |
silly | Porque es muy tonto halar el gatillo. | Because it is very silly to pull the trigger. |
silly | Porque estoy adobando pimientos, tonto. | Because I'm pickling some peppers, silly. |
silly | Soy Tommy Gobbler, peregrino tonto. | I'm Tommy Gobbler, you silly pilgrim. |
dumb | Eres solo un tonto que sacrificaron. | You're just their dumb sacrificial sap and I'm... |
dumb | Nunca mencioné los ladridos porque sonaba tonto. | I never mentioned the barking because it sounds dumb. |
dumb | Hice un chiste tonto sobre sus piercings. | I just made a dumb joke about her piercings. |
dumb | Preguntaría cómo estás, pero sería medio tonto... | I'd ask how you are, but it'd be kind of a dumb question... |
dumb | Debe haber pensado que era tremendamente tonto. | Good night, you must have thought I was awful dumb. |
dumb | Entonces esperamos que algún chico tonto tome uno. | So we hang back, wait for some dumb kid to grab one.Hit the soft targets. |
dumb | Realmente eres tonto como esas rocas. | You really are as dumb as those rocks. |
foolish | Sólo alguien honrado es tan tonto. | It strikes me that only an honest man would be so foolish. |
foolish | No debería preocuparme, es tonto. | I shouldn't worry, it's foolish. |
foolish | Eres un tonto caballero errante, Michael. | You're such a foolish knight errant, Michael. |
foolish | Muchacho tonto, estás perdiendo la razón. | You foolish boy, you're losing your mind. |
foolish | Porque si mi suerte regresara, sería tonto desperdiciarla. | Because if my luck comes back, it would be foolish not to capitalize. |
stupid | Ese muchacho tonto no sabe usar una calculadora. | That stupid guy doesn't know how to use a calculator. |
fool, idiot | No seas cruel con ese pobre tonto. | Don't be mean to that poor fool. |
naive, gullible | Esa jovencita tonta se dejó estafar en el mercado. | That naive girl let herself get ripped off in the market. |
fool, dummy | Aquel tonto se cree que todo el mundo es bueno. | That fool (or: dummy) thinks that everyone's good. |
silly, sappy | Solo las personas tontas se conmueven con esta película. | Only silly (or: sappy) people are moved by this film. |
shrinking violet | Diana es una tonta que llora por cualquier cosa. | Diana is a shrinking violet who cries over anything. |
fool around, make a fool of yourself, play the fool | Luis estaba haciendo el tonto con sus amigos. ¡No hagas el tonto, caramba! Pareces un crío. | Luis was folling around with his friends. Don't make a fool of yourself, for crying out loud! You look like a child. |
waste time | No terminé el proyecto por hacer tonto el día entero. | I didn't get the project done as I'd been wasting time the whole day. |
play dumb | No te hagas el tonto: te toca bañar al perro. No te hagas la tonta; yo sé que entendiste bien. | Don't play dumb. It's your turn to wash the dog. |
play the fool, make a fool of yourself | Nicolás fue de tonto toda la fiesta. | Nicolas played the fool the whole party. |
he who reads this is a fool | El letrero decía "tonto el que lo lea" y todos nos reímos. | The sign said, "He who reads this is a fool," and we all laughed. |
we underestimated him | Mi hermano ya va a terminar sus estudios de doctorado. ¡Y parecía tonto cuando lo compramos! | My brother is about to finish his doctorate studies. We underestimated him! |