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idle1 /'aɪdḷ/ adjetivo idler /'aɪdlər / || /'aɪdlə(r)/ , idlest /'aɪdləst / || /'aɪdlɪst/

1. 1. (not in use or employment): to be ~ [worker] no tener^(conj.⇒) trabajo;
      [machine/factory] estar^(conj.⇒) parado
   2. (unoccupied) ‹hours/moment› de ocio

2. (lazy) holgazán

3. (frivolous): it was ~ curiosity era pura curiosidad;
   ~ speculation conjeturas fpl inútiles

idle2 verbo intransitivo

1. (be lazy) holgazanear

2. (Auto) [engine] andar^(conj.⇒) al ralentí

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Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe:

idle ['aɪdəl] adjetivo
1   holgazán,-ana
2   (sin trabajo) parado,-a
3   (capacidad) sin utilizar
4   (máquina, fábrica) parado,-a
5   (palabras) frívolo,-a, vano,-a
     idle chatter, cháchara

idle: WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2009

Compound Forms:
be idle			estar sin hacer nada
be idle			pasar el rato
be idle			estar parado
idle chatter			cháchara nf
idle gossip			chismorreos nmpl
idle hours			horas muertas nfpl
idle talk			cháchara nf
lying idle			abandonado vi
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'idle' also found in these entries:

English:

bone-idle - devil - idle away

Spanish:

devaneo - floja - flojo - holgar - holgazán - holgazana - ociosa - ocioso - perezosa - perezoso - señor - zanganear - cómodo - fiaca - habladurías - haragán - holgazanear - perdido - remolón - vago

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