English-Spanish Dictionary

Spanish Translation of “silly”

silly (ˈsɪlɪ Pronunciation for silly

Translations

adjective

Word forms:   comparative sillier,  superlative silliest
    1. (= stupid)
      1. [person] tonto, bobo, sonso or zonzo (Latin American)
      2. [act, idea] absurdo
    2. (= ridiculous) ridículo
     ⇒ how silly of me!, silly me! ¡qué tonto or bobo soy! ⇒ that was silly of you, that was a silly thing to do eso que hiciste fue muy tonto or bobo, fue una tontería or estupidez por tu parte ⇒ don't be silly no seas tonto or bobo

    I feel silly in this hat me siento ridículo con este sombrero

    to knock sb silly (informal) dar una paliza a algn ⇒ the blow knocked him silly el golpe le dejó tonto or sin sentido

    to laugh o.s. silly (informal) desternillarse de risa (informal)

    you look silly carrying that fish pareces tonto llevando ese pez ⇒ to make sb look silly poner a algn en ridículo

    silly season temporada feminine boba, canícula feminine

    I've done a silly thing he hecho una tontería, he sido un tonto

Similar Words

= senseless, stupid, numb, into oblivion, groggy, stupefied, into a stupor
= dazed, stunned, muzzy, groggy, in a daze, stupefied, benumbed
= fool, idiot, twit, goose, clot, wally, prat, plonker, duffer, simpleton, ignoramus, nitwit, ninny, silly-billy, dweeb, putz, eejit, thicko, doofus, nerd or nurd, dorba or dorb, bogan

'silly' in Other Languages

  • Arabic: أَبْلَهPronunciation for أَبْلَه
  • Brazilian Portuguese: boboPronunciation for bobo boba
  • Chinese: 愚蠢的Pronunciation for 愚蠢的
  • Croatian: šašavPronunciation for šašav šašava
  • Czech: hloupýPronunciation for hloupý
  • Danish: dumPronunciation for dum
  • Dutch: dwaasPronunciation for dwaas
  • European Spanish: tontoPronunciation for tonto tontaingenuo
  • Finnish: tyhmäPronunciation for tyhmä
  • French: bêtePronunciation for bête
  • German: albernPronunciation for albern
  • Greek: χαζόςPronunciation for χαζός χαζή
  • Italian: scioccoPronunciation for sciocco sciocca
  • Japanese: 愚かなPronunciation for 愚かな
  • Korean: 어리석은Pronunciation for 어리석은
  • Norwegian: tøysetePronunciation for tøysete
  • Polish: głupiPronunciation for głupi głupia
  • Portuguese: idiotaPronunciation for idiota
  • Romanian: neghiob neghiob, neghioabă, neghiobi, neghioabe
  • Russian: глупыйPronunciation for глупый глупая
  • Spanish: tontoPronunciation for tonto tonta
  • Swedish: fånigPronunciation for fånig fånigt
  • Thai: โง่Pronunciation for โง่
  • Turkish: aptalcaPronunciation for aptalca
  • Ukrainian: дурний
  • Vietnamese: ngớ ngẩnPronunciation for ngớ ngẩn

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