tontería
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noun
- something that is dumb
- trivial thing
- nonsense, gibberish, baloney, malarkeymeaningless words
Forms
noun
| singular | tontería |
|---|---|
| plural | tonterías |
Used in the library
- «No hagas tonterías», le dice su madre, que lo conoce muy bien."Don't do anything silly," his mother tells him, as she knows him very well.A2La boda de Carmen — Carmen's wedding (A2)
- Jordi casi no duerme y empieza a estar de mal humor; a veces se enfadan por tonterías.Jordi hardly sleeps and starts to be in a bad mood; sometimes they get angry with each other over nothing.A2La empresa de Marta — Marta's company (A2)
- «Ni un centavo para tonterías», dice. «Primero la casa, después la diversión.»"Not a cent on silly things," he says. "First the house, then the fun."A2Otra vez, por favor (2) — Once more, please (2) (A2)
- «Fumar tanto es una tontería», le dice Lucía con humor. Jonas se pone rojo hasta la nariz."Smoking that much is silly," Lucía tells him with a smile. Jonas goes red up to his nose.A2Lucía en Berlín — Lucía in Berlin (A2)
Other ways to say it
- bobadanonsense, tosh (stupid thing); trivial thing
- boludeznonsense; carelessness, sloppiness
- estupidezstupidity (the property of being stupid); stupidity, foolishness, silliness, asshattery, arseholery (stupid thing, statement or act)
- papapope (an honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome); potato
- pelotudeznonsense; no-brainer
- pendejadaasshattery; (vulgar) nonsense, foolishness