fuddy-duddy in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for fuddy-duddy in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.fuddy-duddy [Am ˈfədiˌdədi, Brit ˈfʌdɪdʌdi] ADJ inf no comp

fuddy-duddy

anticuado

fuddy-duddy

carca inf

fuddy-duddy

ruco Mex inf

II.fuddy-duddy <pl fuddy-duddies> [Am ˈfədiˌdədi, Brit ˈfʌdɪdʌdi] N inf

fuddy-duddy

antigualla mf inf

fuddy-duddy

carca mf inf

fuddy-duddy

ruco m / ruca f Mex inf

Translations for fuddy-duddy in the Spanish»English Dictionary

carca¹ ADJ inf

carca

old-fashioned

carca

fuddy-duddy inf

fósil² N m

1. fósil:

fósil ARCHEOL, GEOL

fossil

2. fósil inf (persona anticuada):

fósil

fossil inf

estás hecho un fósil inf

you're such an old fossil o fuddy-duddy inf

carroza² N f

1.1. carroza (coche de caballos):

carroza

carriage

1.2. carroza (de carnaval):

carroza

float

1.3. carroza (coche fúnebre):

carroza Chil Urug

hearse

2. carroza <carroza mf > Spain inf (persona):

carroza (anticuada)

old fogey inf

carroza (vieja)

old codger inf

tiene 80 años pero de carroza no tiene nada

he's 80 but there's nothing fuddy-duddy about him o but he's far from being an old fogey

fuddy-duddy in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for fuddy-duddy in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.fuddy-duddy <-ies> [ˈfʌd·i·ˌdʌd·i] N pej inf

fuddy-duddy

persona f chapada a la antigua

II.fuddy-duddy [ˈfʌd·i·ˌdʌd·i] ADJ pej inf

fuddy-duddy

chapado, -a a la antigua

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

She is no fuddy-duddy, but it seems organisers have a singular view of what happens to people once they pass 60.

www.smh.com.au

And we see in these programs that setting a beautiful table is not at all fuddy-duddy.

www.washingtonpost.com

This is not because of some fuddy-duddy, superstitious fear of cloud storage.

www.newstalkzb.co.nz

She admits that the fuddy-duddy image initially put her off.

www.dailymail.co.uk

A bunch of fuddy-duddy courtiers, drawn from the hereditary aristocracy.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Other questionable nicknames for older or hidebound males are "duffer," codger "and" fuddy-duddy.

www.bozemandailychronicle.com

That fuddy-duddy link to gold had helped do something rather useful to banks.

blogs.telegraph.co.uk

Such an outburst could mark her out as even more of a fuddy-duddy, but not when you know what lies behind it.

www.dailymail.co.uk

The young people who've seen it have said they were so surprised how much they loved it, because it's not fuddy-duddy.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Afternoon tea, once considered a fuddy-duddy event, is undergoing a revival.

www.independent.ie