tonto

Definitions of tonto
  1. noun
    a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid
    synonyms: bobo, coágulo, cuajarón, embolia, grumo, zopenco
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    trombo
    a blood clot formed within a blood vessel and remaining attached to its place of origin
    type of:
    bodoque, cacho, macizo, pedazo, pella, tajada, tarugo, terrón, troncha, trozo, zoquete
    a compact mass
  2. noun
    a semisolid mass of coagulated red and white blood cells
    synonyms: bobo, coágulo, cuajarón, embolia, grumo, zopenco
  3. noun
    a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
    synonyms: berzotas, bobelas, bobo, cipote, estúpido, imbécil, julandrón, julay, mameluco, monicaco, panoli, pavo, primo, pringado
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    incauto, inocentón, primo, víctima
    a person who is tricked or swindled
  4. noun
    someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
    synonyms: gilipollas, tipo raro
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    antipático
    a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
  5. noun
    a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
    synonyms: alcornoque, animal, bobo, bolo, bolonio, burro, camueso, ceporro, cernícalo, cipote, imbécil, leño, madero, melón, mendrugo, rocín, subnormal, tarugo, tronco, zoquete
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    calabaza, camueso, ciruelo, estúpido, gaznápiro, jumento, mastuerzo, mendrugo, peruétano
    a person who is not very bright
  6. noun
    a person of subnormal intelligence
    synonyms: adoquín, alcornoque, animal, asno, babieca, badulaque, bambarria, batusino, berengo, berza, berzotas, bestia, besugo, bobelas, bobo, bolo, borde, borrego, botarate, bruto, burro, cebollino, chorra, ciruelo, cretino, estafermo, estúpido, forrapelotas, ganso, gilí, guajolote, guanajo, huevo, huevón, idiota, imbécil, macho, majadero, mamarracho, mameluco, mamerto, mamón, mastuerzo, melón, memo, mentecato, muermo, necio, oligofrénico, pandero, panoli, pavipollo, pavo, percebe, piernas, pollino, porro, pringado, pánfilo, retrasado, sinsustancia, soplagaitas, tarado, tiparraco, tipejo, tontaina, zambeque, zopenco, zulú, zángano
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    crédulo, imbécil, ingenuo, inocente, simple
    a person lacking intelligence or common sense
  7. noun
    a stupid foolish person
    synonyms: badulaque, bobo, fantoche, memo, mentecato, popa, zoquete
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    crédulo, imbécil, ingenuo, inocente, simple
    a person lacking intelligence or common sense
  8. noun
    a word used for misbehaving children
    synonyms: bobo
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    type of:
    alevín, chaval, chico, chiquillo, crío, menor, niño
    a young person of either sex
  9. noun
    a person who is not very bright
    synonyms: calabaza, camueso, ciruelo, estúpido, gaznápiro, jumento, mastuerzo, mendrugo, peruétano
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    types:
    alcornoque, animal, bobo, bolo, bolonio, burro, camueso, ceporro, cernícalo, cipote, imbécil, leño, madero, melón, mendrugo, rocín, subnormal, tarugo, tronco, zoquete
    a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
    type of:
    crédulo, imbécil, ingenuo, inocente, simple
    a person lacking intelligence or common sense
  10. noun
    someone who is regarded as contemptible
    synonyms: berzotas, capullo, ceporro, chabón, estafermo, inflagaitas, lila, merluzo, ninchi, pavipollo, percebe, piernas, soplagaitas
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    type of:
    crédulo, imbécil, ingenuo, inocente, simple
    a person lacking intelligence or common sense
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