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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025: | Principal Translations |
| smart adj | mainly US, colloquial (person: intelligent) | inteligente adj mf |
| | | listo/a adj |
| | She is a smart girl. |
| | Es una chica inteligente. |
| smart adj | (action: clever) | inteligente adj mf |
| | | hábil adj mf |
| | He made a smart move by buying the stock when he did. |
| | Hizo un movimiento inteligente al comprar las acciones en el momento en que lo hizo. |
| | Hizo una jugada hábil al comprar las acciones en el momento en que lo hizo. |
| smart adj | mainly UK (person: well-dressed) | bien vestido loc adj |
| | You look really smart. Where did you get that jacket? |
| | Te ves muy bien vestido. ¿Dónde compraste esa chamarra? |
| smart adj | (clothing: classy) | elegante adj mf |
| | I like your smart business dress. You look good. |
| | Me gusta tu elegante traje. Estás muy bien. |
| smart adj | figurative (electronically intelligent) | inteligente adj mf |
| | | teledirigido/a adj |
| | | guiado adj |
| | You don't just drop a smart bomb; it flies to its target. |
| | Las bombas inteligentes no sólo caen, sino que vuelan hacia el objetivo. |
| Additional Translations |
| smart adj | mainly US (well-presented) | bien hecho loc adj |
| | | soberbia adj |
| | | estupenda adj |
| | He made a smart presentation. |
| | Realizó una presentación bien hecha. |
| | Hizo una presentación soberbia. |
| | Hizo una presentación estupenda. |
| smart adj | (quick, abrupt) | repentino/a, brusco/a, súbito/a, rápido adj |
| | The marching soldier made a smart turn to the left. |
| | El soldado hizo un giro brusco a la izquierda. |
| smart adj | (sharp, stinging) (golpe) | fuerte adj |
| | | seco/a adj |
| | She gave the child a smart slap on his bottom. |
| | Le dio al niño una palmada fuerte en el trasero. |
| | Le dio al niño una nalgada seca. |
| smart adj | informal, figurative (disrespectful) | irrespetuoso/a adj |
| | | grosero/a adj |
| | He gave me a smart answer and I slapped him. |
| | Me dio una respuesta irrespetuosa y lo abofeteé. |
| | Me dio una respuesta grosera y lo abofeteé. |
| smart n | (stinging sensation) | ardor nm |
| | | picor nm |
| | Sue felt the smart of a bee sting on her arm. |
| | Sue sintió el ardor de una abeja picándole el brazo. |
| smart⇒ vi | (sting, hurt) | escocer⇒ vi |
| | | doler⇒ vi |
| | If you burn yourself, it will smart. |
| | Si te quemas, escuece. |
| | Si te quemas, te duele. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025: Compound Forms:
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| get smart with [sb] v expr | informal (be insolent towards [sb]) | hacerse el listo loc verb |
smart aleck,
smart alec n | slang (person: arrogant) | pedante n común |
| | Don't listen to him: he's just a smart alec. |
| | No lo escuches, es un pedante. |
| smart bomb | slang (military) | bomba inteligente nf + adj mf |
| | | bomba guiada nf + adj |
| smart card n | (small plastic machine-readable card) | tarjeta con circuito integrado nf |
| | Las tarjetas con circuito integrado (TCI) se han usado para la identificación del personal en las empresas. |
| smart cookie n | figurative, slang (intelligent or sharp-witted person) | lumbrera nf |
| | | persona inteligente nf + adj mf |
| | (AR, UY: coloquial) | bocho, bocha nm, nf |
| | (CO: coloquial) | pepa nf |
| | (ES: coloquial) | hacha, as nm |
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| smart home n | (dwelling with interlinked devices) | hogar inteligente loc nom m |
smart money,
the smart money n | figurative (sums invested by experienced investors) | inversiones de inversores expertos nfpl + loc adj |
smart money,
the smart money n | figurative (experienced investors) | inversiones expertas nfpl + adj |
| smart set | (sophisticates) | gente sofisticada nf + adj |
| | | gente elegante nf + adj mf |
| | | gente de clase alta nf + loc adj |
smart-ass,
smartass,
smart ass (US),
smart-arse,
smartarse,
smart arse (UK) n | pejorative, vulgar, informal (arrogant person) | listillo, listilla nm, nf |
| | | arrogante n común |
| | | sabelotodo n común |
| | If we invite that smart-ass, he'll just spoil the party. |
| | Si invitamos a ese listillo, nos arruinará la fiesta. |
smart-ass,
smartass,
smart ass (US),
smart-arse,
smartarse,
smart arse (UK) n as adj | pejorative, vulgar, informal (person: know-it-all, arrogant) | listillo adj |
| | | arrogante adj mf |
| | | sabelotodo adj mf |
| | My smartass brother is always giving me unhelpful advice. |
smart-ass (US),
smartass,
smart ass,
smart-arse (UK),
smartarse,
smart arse n as adj | pejorative, vulgar, informal (comment, reply: arrogant, clever) | arrogante adj mf |
| | When Tia's father asked why she was home so late, she gave a smartass reply, so he grounded her. |
smartwatch,
smart watch n | (with computer functions) | reloj inteligente loc nom m |
street-smart,
streetwise adj | informal (able to cope in an urban setting) (figurado) | animal de ciudad loc nom m |
| | | bicho de ciudad loc nom m |
| | Joe grew up in the East End of London, so he was street-smart from a young age. |
| | Jo creció en el lado este de Londres y es un animal de ciudad desde muy joven. |
| street smarts npl | informal (experience with an urban setting) (AR, coloquial, figurado) | calle nf |
| | She still has the street smarts she learned by growing up in a rough neighborhood. |
| | Todavía tiene la calle que aprendió de haber crecido en un barrio duro. |
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