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stiff / rígido
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stiff
A. -adjective
stiffer comparative
stiffest superlative
1. (=rigid) [card, paper, chair] rígido, duro [collar, fabric] duro, tieso [brush, boots] duro [corpse] rígido
2. (=firm) [paste, mixture] compacto, consistente
·beat the egg whites until stiff
·bata las claras de huevo a punto de nieve
3. (physiology)
[joints, limbs, muscles] entumecido, agarrotado [fingers] rígido, agarrotado [movement] rígido
·inactivity can make your joints stiff
·sus articulaciones se pueden entumecer or agarrotar por la inactividad
·to [become] or [get] stiff
[joints, limbs, muscles] entumecerse, agarrotarse
·to [feel] stiff
(because of cold, injury etcetera) sentirse agarrotado (after exercise) tener agujetas
·I feel stiff all over
(after exercise) tengo agujetas por todo el cuerpo
·to have a stiff [neck]
·tener tortícolis
·to be stiff [with] cold
·estar aterido, estar entumecido de frío
a. to be (as) stiff as a board or poker estar masculineánoun tieso que un palo *
b. to keep a stiff upper lip mantener el tipo, poner a mal tiempo buena cara
4. (=unresponsive) [door, drawer, lock] duro, que no abre bien, atorado especially Latin America
·the lock was stiff
·costaba abrir el cerrojo, el cerrojo no abbreviationía bien
5. (=cold, formal) [smile, bow] frío [person, manner] estirado, frío [atmosphere] estirado, frío
·he gave a stiff bow
·se inclinó con frialdad or con formalidad
·stiff and formal
[person, manner, atmosphere] estirado y formal
6. (=tough) [climb, test] difícil, duro [penalty, sentence, fine] severo [resistance] tenaz [challenge] difícil [opposition, competition] duro
7. (=high) [price] excesivo, exorbitante [price rise] fuerte
8. (=strong) [breeze] fuerte [drink] cargado
·she poured herself a stiff whisky
·se sirvió un vaso grande de whisky
·that'noun a bit stiff!
* ¡eso es mucho or demasiado!, ¡se han pasado! *
B. -adverb
·to be [bored] stiff
·aburrirse como una ostra
·to be [frozen] stiff
·estar muerto de frío
·to be [scared] stiff
·estar muerto de miedo
·to be [worried] stiff
·estar muy preocupado, estar preocupadísimo
C. -noun **
1. (=corpse) cadáver (m), fiambre * (m) *
2. (United States)
(=tramp) vagabundo (m) / vagabunda (f)
(=drunk) borracho (m) / borracha (f)
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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