foolish

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈfuːlɪʃ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈfulɪʃ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(fo̅o̅lish)

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
foolish adj (stupid)estúpido/a adj
  tonto/a adj
 Ryan made a foolish mistake.
 Ryan cometió un error estúpido.
foolish adj (person: unwise)tonto/a adj
  ingenuo/a adj
 Karen is foolish and tends to get herself into bad situations.
 Karen es tonta y suele meterse en malas situaciones.
foolish adj (ridiculous)ridículo/a adj
 Kate thought her manager's plan to increase productivity was foolish.
 Karen creía que los planes de su gerente para aumentar la productividad eran ridículos.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
look foolish v expr (appear silly)hacer el ridículo loc verb
  ponerse en ridículo loc verb
  parecer un tonto loc verb
 He tried to sing a song at the karaoke bar while drunk and ended up looking foolish.
 Sally looked foolish when she fell down the stairs.
 Trató de cantar una canción en el bar de karaoke cuando estaba borracho y terminó haciendo el ridículo. // Sally hizo el ridículo cuando se cayó de las escaleras.
penny-wise and pound-foolish expr UK, dated (careless with large sums)descuidado con sumas grandes loc adj
pound-foolish adj UK, dated (careless with large sums)que gasta a lo grande loc adj
  (MX, coloquial)gastalón, gastalona mn, nf
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Collocations: that was a foolish thing to [say, do]!, that was [very, extremely] foolish of them , don't be foolish!, more...

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