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ligero / light
ligero
A. -adjective
1. (=poco pesado) [paquete, gas, metal, comida] light [tela] light, lightweight, thin [material] lightweight
·una blusa ligerita
·a light o lightweight o thin blouse
·construido con materiales ligeros
·built from lightweight materials
·hemos cenado algo ligero
·we had something light for dinner
a. viajar ligero de [equipaje] = to travel light
b. ligero de [ropa] = lightly dressed
·vas muy ligero de ropa para esta época del año
·you're very lightly o flimsily dressed for this time of the year
·fotos de chicas ligeras de ropa
·photos of scantily clad girls
c. tener el [sueño] ligero = to be a light sleeper
·ligero como una pluma
·as light as a feather
2. (=leve) [viento, caricia] light [ruido] slight [perfume, fragancia] delicate
·sopla un ligero viento
·a light wind is blowing
·el masculineánoun ligero ruido lo despierta
·he wakes at the slightest noise
3. (=poco importante) [enfermedad] minor [castigo] light
4. (=rápido) swift
·ligero de [dedos]
·quick-fingered
·ligero de [pies]
·light-footed, quick
a. ligero como una bala o el viento as quick as a flash, like the wind
5. (=ágil) agile
·despuénoun del régimen me siento mucho masculineánoun ligera
·after the diet I feel a lot lighter on my feet o a lot more agile
6. (=superficial) [conocimiento] slight [sospecha] sneaking
·un ligero conocimiento de alemánoun
·a slight knowledge o a smattering of German
·tengo la ligera sospecha de que nos hemos equivocado
·I have a sneaking suspicion that we've made a mistake
7. (=frívolo) [carácter, persona] flippant, frivolous [comentario, tema] flippant [mujer] pejorative † loose anticuado
·no deberías ser tan ligera con estos asuntos
·you shouldn't be so flippant o frivolous about these things
8. (=sin complicaciones) [novela, película] lightweight [conversaciónoun, contexto] light-hearted
9. a la [ligera]
(=irreflexivamente) rashly
(=rápidamente) quickly
·no se pueden hacer las cosas a la ligera
·you shouldn't act so rashly
·es obvio que lo has hecho muy a la ligera
·it'noun obvious that you rushed it o did it too quickly
·no podemos juzgar su conducta a la ligera
·we shouldn't jump to conclusions about his behaviour, we shouldn't judge his behaviour so hastily
b. [tomarse] algo a la ligera = not to take something seriously
B. -adverb
(=rápido)
[andar, correr] quickly
·ella corrió ligero por el puente
·she ran quickly over the bridge
·venga, ligero, que nos vamos
·get a move on, we're going
a. [de] ligero = rashly, thoughtlessly
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged and Audio Headword Pronunciation (Spanish) 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co Ltd. 1971,1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992,1993,1996,1997,2000,2003,2005.
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