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holgazán — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • coaster noun A person who originates from or inhabits a coastal area.
  • deadbeat noun A person who avoids responsibility, especially someone who fails to pay debts or support their family.
  • idler noun One who idles; one who spends their time in inaction.
  • lazy adj Unwilling to work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
  • lazybones noun An informal, often affectionate, term for a lazy person.
  • loafer noun A person who avoids work and idles their time away.
  • slacker noun Someone who avoids work or puts in minimal effort.
  • snail noun A small, slow-moving mollusc with a spiral shell that it carries on its back.

Senses

holgazán is used for these senses in English:

  • coaster Agent noun of coast: one who coasts.
  • deadbeat (pejorative) A lazy or irresponsible person who is often unemployed, often depending upon wealthy or otherwise financially independent people for support.
  • idler One who idles; a lazy person; a sluggard.
  • layabout A lazy person.
  • lazy Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
  • lazybones (slang) A person who is lazy.
  • loafer An idle person.
  • slacker One who procrastinates or is lazy; one who does not do their fair share or pull their own weight.

coaster — full definition

  1. noun A person who originates from or inhabits a coastal area.
  2. noun A sailor (especially the master or pilot of a vessel) who travels only in coastal waters.
  3. noun A merchant vessel that stays in coastal waters, especially one that travels between ports of the same country.
  4. noun Ellipsis of coaster trout (“the brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in Lake Superior and Maine”).

deadbeat — full definition

  1. noun A person who avoids responsibility, especially someone who fails to pay debts or support their family.
  2. adj Failing to meet financial or family obligations.

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