WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:
| Principal Translations |
| idler n | (lazy person) | haragán nm |
| | | zángano nm |
| | | vago nm |
| | | perezoso nm |
| | Tiffany sleeps all day. What an idler! |
| | Tiffany duerme todo el día. ¡Qué haragana! |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:
| Principal Translations |
| idle adj | (person: doing nothing) | ocioso/a adj |
| | | desocupado/a adj |
| | The workers were idle because of the late shipment of materials. |
| | Los trabajadores estaban ociosos por el retraso de materiales. |
| idle adj | (person: lazy) | vago/a adj |
| | | holgazán adj mf |
| | (AR, coloquial) | larva, lacra adj mf |
| | Helen hoped that her idle daughter would become more motivated if she got a job. |
| | Helen esperaba que su vaga hija se motivara si encontraba un empleo. |
| idle adj | (gossip, threats: pointless) | inútil adj mf |
| | (figurado) | vacío/a adj |
| | The corporation disregarded the idle threats of the small union. |
| | La corporación no hizo caso a las amenazas inútiles del pequeño sindicato. |
| idle adj | (time: non-productive) | libre adj mf |
| | | improductivo/a adj |
| | Fred liked to spend his idle time fishing in the creek behind his house. |
| | A Fred le gustaba pasar el tiempo libre pescando en el lago detrás de su casa. |
| idle adj | ([sth]: not being used) | sin usar loc adj |
| | The new equipment was left idle in the warehouse because of the endless bureaucracy. |
| | El nuevo equipo estaba sin usar en el depósito por toda la interminable burocracia. |
| idle⇒ vi | (engine: be left running) | dejar en reposo loc verb |
| | | dejar parado loc verb |
| | | estar al ralentí loc verb |
| | Peter let his car idle at the traffic light. |
| | Peter dejó su coche en reposo en el semáforo. |
| idle vi | (person: laze, do nothing) | holgazanear⇒ vi |
| | | haraganear⇒ vi |
| | (AR, coloquial) | huevear⇒ vi |
| | Ron was reprimanded by his boss for idling at work. |
| | El jefe retó a Ron por holgazanear en el trabajo. |
| Additional Translations |
| idle adj | (assets: unused) | quieto/a adj |
| | | ocioso/a adj |
| | Ken never left his money idle and always invested it well. |
| | Ken nunca dejaba quieto su dinero y siempre lo invertía bien. |
| idle adj | (frivolous) | mundano/a adj |
| | | frívolo/a adj |
| | Larry spent all his money on idle pleasures instead of planning for the future. |
| | Larry gastó todo su dinero en placeres mundanos en vez de invertirlo en su futuro. |
| idle adj | (account, etc.: inactive) | inactivo/a adj |
| | | sin uso loc adj |
| | If my phone is idle for two minutes, the screen turns itself off. |
| | Si mi teléfono permanece inactivo por dos minutos, la pantalla se apaga. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:
Locuciones verbales
idle | idler |
| idle [sth] away vtr phrasal sep | (time, hours: pass lazily) | vaguear⇒ vi |
| | | holgazanear⇒ vi |
| | (AR, coloquial) | huevear⇒ vi |
| | The teenagers idled the summer away in the house instead of making themselves useful. |
| | Los adolescentes vaguearon todo el verano en vez de hacer algo útil. |
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