dull in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for dull in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.dull [Am dəl, Brit dʌl] ADJ

1.1. dull (not bright):

dull color

apagado

dull light/glow

pálido

dull eyes/complexion

sin brillo

1.2. dull (not shiny):

dull finish

mate

dull hair

sin brillo

1.3. dull (overcast):

dull day/morning

gris

dull day/morning

feo

it's rather dull out today

hoy está bastante nublado

2. dull (boring):

dull speech

aburrido

dull person

aburrido

dull person

soso inf

a deadly dull evening

una noche terriblemente aburrida

3.1. dull (of faculties):

dull

torpe

dull

lerdo

3.2. dull (listless):

dull

desanimado

3.3. dull FIN:

dull

flojo

3.4. dull (not acute):

dull pain/ache

sordo

3.5. dull (muffled):

dull sound

sordo

dull sound

amortiguado

3.6. dull (blunt):

dull edge/blade

romo

dull edge/blade

embotado

II.dull [Am dəl, Brit dʌl] VB trans

1. dull (make less bright):

dull color/metal/surface

quitar el brillo a

dull color/metal/surface

opacar

2. dull (make less sharp):

dull pain

aliviar

dull pain

calmar

dull senses

entorpecer

dull senses

embotar

dull edge/blade

embotar

he drank to dull his grief

bebía para ahogar las penas

III.dull [Am dəl, Brit dʌl] VB intr

1. dull surface/metal:

dull

perder brillo

2. dull memory/senses:

dull

embotarse

dull

entorpecerse

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as dull as ditchwater

sin ninguna gracia

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plúmbeo (plúmbea)

dull

fome

dull

estólido (estólida)

dull

chaucha

deadly dull inf

insulso (insulsa) persona

dull

insulso (insulsa) conversación/libro

dull

desanimado (desanimada)

dull

romo (roma)

dull

plomífero (plomífera)

dull inf

dull in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for dull in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.dull [dʌl] ADJ

1. dull (boring):

dull

aburrido, -a

dull life

monótono, -a

as dull as ditchwater

más aburrido que un entierro de tercera

2. dull (not bright):

dull surface

deslustrado, -a

dull sky

gris

dull weather

desapacible

dull colour

apagado, -a

dull light

pálido, -a

3. dull (muffled, muted):

dull

callado, -a

dull ache, thud

sordo, -a

4. dull Am (blunt, unsharpened):

dull

desafilado, -a

II.dull [dʌl] VB trans

1. dull (alleviate):

dull

aliviar

2. dull (desensitize):

dull

insensibilizar

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zonzo (-a)

dull

soso (-a)

dull

apagado (-a)

dull

chirle (sin interés)

dull

mortecino (-a) (fuego)

dull

insulso (-a)

dull

deslucido (-a)

dull

soporífero (-a)

dull

insípido (-a) (persona: aburrida)

dull

dull Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

as dull as ditchwater

más aburrido que un entierro de tercera

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Their upper surface is a dull dark green, and lower surface much paler, either covered by fine hairs in subspecies "glomulifera" or smooth in "glabra".

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They are often rather plump, dull or partly lustrous flies.

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She has the girls leave the hotel and goes back home to her dull life as a saleswoman.

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He has sometimes been accused for playing defensive, dull football to grind out results.

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The stem is dull reddish brown overall, but the color fades near the top.

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The males are bright red with some black; the females are duller.

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The juvenile has paler underparts, and appears generally duller, especially on the flanks.

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The bill is dull gray with a slightly darker band at the tip.

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They green and sometimes edged in dull white.

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The dull-red colors of the original changes here to a glistening, pearly grey.

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