greasy

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈgriːsi/, /ˈgriːzi/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈgrisi, -zi/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(grē′sē, -zē)

Inflections of 'greasy' (adj):
greasier
adj comparative
greasiest
adj superlative
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
greasy adj (dirty with grease)grasiento/a, grasoso/a adj
 The greasy mechanic always left black smudges on the door.
 El mecánico grasiento siempre dejaba manchas negras en la puerta.
greasy adj (food)grasiento/a, grasoso/a adj
 The fries were very greasy because the oil they were cooked in wasn't hot enough.
 Las patatas estaban muy grasientas porque el aceite en el que las freían no estaba suficientemente caliente.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
greasy adj informal, figurative (person: repulsive)repulsivo/a, asqueroso/a adj
 The greasy car salesman would have cheated his own mother.
 El repulsivo vendedor de coches habría engañado a su propia madre.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
greasy spoon n informal, figurative (cheap restaurant) (ES)figón nm
  (AR)fondín nm
  restaurante barato nm + adj
 You can get the best hamburger in town at that greasy spoon on the highway.
 La mejor hamburguesa de la ciudad la puedes comer en ese figón de la carretera.
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'greasy' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
fat - oily - oleaginous - scuzzy
Spanish:
grasoso - lardoso - mantecoso - pringoso - seboso - grasiento - untuoso - craso - cucaña - cutis graso - engrasar - figón - fonda - fritanga

Synonyms: fatty, oily, more...
Collocations: my [hair, face] is greasy, my [hair] feels greasy, have greasy [hair, skin], more...

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