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stiff1 /stɪf/ adjetivo -er, -est

1. 1. ‹collar/bristles› duro;
      ‹fabric› tieso, duro;
      ‹corpse› rígido;
      ‹muscles› entumecido, agarrotado;
      to have a ~ neck tener^(conj.⇒) tortícolis;
      I'm ~ after that walk estoy dolorido or (esp AmL) adolorido despues de la caminata
   2. ‹paste/dough› consistente;
      ‹egg white› firme

2. ‹test/climb› difícil, duro;
   ‹resistance› férreo;
   ‹penalty› fuerte;
   ‹breeze/drink› fuerte

3. ‹person/manner› estirado;
   ‹bow/smile› forzado

stiff2 adverbio (colloq): I'm frozen ~ estoy helado hasta los huesos (fam);
we were bored ~ nos aburrimos como ostras (fam);
scared ~ muerto de miedo

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Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe:

stiff [stɪf]

I

adjetivo 1   (cartón, papel, tela) duro,-a, rígido,-a, tieso,-a 2   (músculos) entumecido,-a, anquilosado,-a: I've got a stiff neck, tengo tortícolis      I'm a bit stiff in the legs, tengo agujetas en las piernas      you'll feel stiff tomorrow, mañana tendrás agujetas 3   (cerradura, etc) duro,-a 4   (persona) estirado,-a      (sonrisa) forzado,-a 5   (examen) difícil      (sentencia) severo,-a      (condición) duro,-a      (brisa, bebida) fuerte 6   Culin (pasta) consistente      (claras de huevo) firme

II

n fam (cadáver) fiambre     ♦ LOC: familiar bored stiff, aburrido,-a como una ostra      frozen stiff, tieso,-a de frío      scared stiff, muerto,-a de miedo

stiff: WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2009

Compound Forms:
be bored stiff			estar aburridísimo
bore sb stiff	v	informal, figurative (make sb very bored) Esp	aburrir a las piedras loc verb
		España	hastiar vtr
Voy a seguir llamando hasta hastiarlo / que se hastíe.
bored stiff	adj	informal, figurative (very bored) Esp infrml	aburrido como una ostra loc adj
frozen stiff	adj	figurative (feeling very cold)	tieso, muerto de frío loc adv
I don't know about you, but I'm frozen stiff!
		España fam	pajarito nm
Vámonos a casa ya, que me estoy quedando pajarito.
		México fam	volverse, hacerse paleta loc verb
No se tú, pero yo me estoy volviendo paleta.
frozen stiff	adj	literal (rigid because frozen)	congelado adj
The moose had died last night and was frozen stiff.
			petrificado adj
			aterido pp
scared stiff			muerto de miedo adj
stiff breeze			brisa fuerte nf
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'stiff' also found in these entries:

English:

bored - bristle - lip - scare - stiff-necked - cardboard - face - rigid - tight - wooden

Spanish:

aburrirse - acartonarse - agarrotada - agarrotado - agujetas - ceremoniosa - ceremonioso - estirada - estirado - fiambre - ostra - rígida - rigidez - rígido - tiesa - tieso - tortícolis - ventarrón - aburrido - agarrotar - agujeta - anquilosado - anquilosarse - campante - entumecerse - molido - morir - muerto - nieve - punto

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