work-shy in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for work-shy in the English»Spanish Dictionary

work-shy [Am ˈwərkˌʃaɪ, Brit] ADJ

work-shy

haragán

work-shy

vago inf

work-shy

flojo inf

I.set down VB (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

1. set down object:

set down (put down)

poner

set down (put down)

colocar

set down (emphatically)

depositar

2. set down passenger:

set down

dejar

he set me down near my house

me dejó cerca de casa

3. set down (record in writing):

she set down her experiences in her autobiography

escribió or relató sus experiencias en su autobiografía

all the facts you need are set down in this book

todos los datos que necesitas están en este libro

4. set down (prescribe):

set down rule/condition

establecer

set down rule/condition

fijar

5. set down (assess):

set down

clasificar

set down

catalogar

I've already set him down as work-shy

ya lo tengo clasificado or catalogado como perezoso

6. set down (attribute):

to set sth down to sth

atribuir(le) or achacar(le) algo a algo

I set his rudeness down to nerves

(le) atribuyo or (le) achaco su grosería a los nervios

II.set down VB (v + adv)

1. set down (land):

set down

aterrizar

2. set down (drop off passengers) Brit:

this train stops to set down only

este tren para solo para que se bajen los pasajeros

this train stops to set down only

este tren para solo para que se apeen los pasajeros form

work-shy in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for work-shy in the English»Spanish Dictionary

work-shy [ˈwɜ:kʃaɪ, Am ˈwɜ:rk-] ADJ Brit

work-shy

perezoso, -a

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He has recently been accused of being work-shy over the small number of royal duties he carried out last year and at the start of this year.

www.mirror.co.uk

The people who are breeding en masse are the sub-culture, benefits cheats, criminals and work-shy.

www.dailysquib.co.uk

Shiftless, work-shy, non-workers must get jealous, and predators who rise late must feel our ire.

www.jamaicaobserver.com

Being a work-shy politician his immediate answer is to start delegating, and so much of the game involves recreating new people to your entourage.

metro.co.uk

These are not work-shy layabouts or trustafarians, either.

www.independent.co.uk

It's fun, but the male cops are all lazy, work-shy and trying to impress, mostly unsuccessfully.

theconversation.com

How did a nation of work-shy yokels with a troubling past come to hold the world's future in its hands?

www.telegraph.co.uk

He can not read and is work-shy.

en.wikipedia.org

Prospective reformers' biggest headache is that this addiction to the welfare state extends well beyond the work-shy and benefits scroungers of tabloid lore.

www.telegraph.co.uk

This industrial action tended to refute claims that trades unions were work-shy and was therefore embarrassing to the government.

en.wikipedia.org