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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieslento
Pronunciation / Transliteration: len-to
"No seas lento y entiende la indirecta."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A stupid, slow-witted, or unintelligent person.
"He tried to fix the wiring without turning off the breaker, absolute dim-bulb that he is."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in mid-20th-century American English as a colloquial metaphor, combining 'dim' (meaning lacking brightness or intelligence) with 'bulb' (referring to an incandescent lightbulb, symbolizing the brain or an idea). The term plays on the common idiom 'a lightbulb went off' to signify understanding or intelligence, implying that someone's mental illumination is weak or slow.
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idiot
Transliteration: ee-dyoh
"Il a encore fait une gaffe, quel idiot !"
Dummkopf
Transliteration: doom-kopf
"Sei kein Dummkopf und pass gut auf."
tontolone
Transliteration: ton-to-lo-ne
"Quel tontolone ha dimenticato di nuovo le chiavi."
lento
Transliteration: len-to
"No seas lento y entiende la indirecta."
cabeça-oca
Transliteration: ka-be-sa o-ka
"Aquele cabeça-oca esqueceu a carteira em casa."
मंदबुद्धि
Transliteration: mandbuddhi
"वह अपनी गलती नहीं समझ पाया, एकदम मंदबुद्धि है।"
笨蛋
Transliteration: bèn dàn
"别像个笨蛋一样站在那里。"
멍청이
Transliteration: myeong-cheong-i
"그는 진짜 멍청이처럼 행동했다."
间抜け
Transliteration: manuke
Script: 間抜け
"あんな簡単なミスをするなんて間抜けだ。"
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