idleness
1. (=leisure) ocio (m), ociosidad (f)
(=having nothing to do) inactividad (f), desocupaciónoun (f)
(=laziness) holgazanería (f), pereza (f), flojera (f) Latin America
(=unemployment) paro (m), desempleo (m) Latin America
·to live a life of idleness
·llevar una vida ociosa
·she was frustrated by her enforced idleness
·la desesperaba su forzada inactividad
2. (=emptiness)
a. [of threat, promise] lo vano
b. [of gossip, talk] banalidad (f), insustancialidad (f)
