General English (US, UK, Australia, Canada)formalneutral
A professional scientist or engineer who specializes in the design, development, and testing of rockets and spacecraft.
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General English (US, UK, Australia, Canada)informalcolloquial
Used figuratively to refer to someone perceived as highly intelligent or technically skilled.
Often used sarcastically or in negation (e.g., 'you don't have to be a rocket scientist') to indicate that a task does not require special expertise or intelligence, or to mock lack of intelligence ('he's no rocket scientist').
Examples:
EN: You didn't have to be a rocket scientist to look around and see these people are depending on this. This is their food.
ES: que ser genios para entender que esas personas dependían de eso, era su comida.
EN: - Captain, I'm not a rocket scientist, but I think I know whether or not there's a body in the room.
ES: Cap., no hay que ser muy inteligente, pero creo que sé si hay o no hay un cadáver aquí.
EN: She does not know I'm putting down scores... and the rocket scientist that she is, she figures out...
ES: Ella no sabe que estoy anotando puntajes... y la científica espacial que es, se da cuenta...
EN: He's a rocket scientist.
ES: Él es todo un científico.
EN: We got a real rocket scientist here.
ES: Tenemos a un experto en la materia.
EN: -Walter Davis, rocket scientist.
ES: -Walter Davis, científico.
EN: - Oh, rocket scientist, huh?
ES: Todo un científico, ¿eh?
EN: She is no rocket scientist.
ES: No es una científica espacial.
EN: Actually, she is a rocket scientist.
ES: En realidad, es una científica espacial.
EN: It didn't take a rocket scientist.
ES: No se requiere un genio.
EN: We're not talking rocket scientist here.
ES: Digamos que no le sobra inteligencia.
EN: What do I look like, a rocket scientist?
ES: Que parezco yo, un astrónomo?
EN: I forgot you like the rocket scientist type like Bruce.
ES: Olvidé que te gusta el tipo científico espacial como Bruce.
EN: Man there's a rocket scientist.
ES: Es un genio.
EN: Alan worked for NASA, but he was no rocket scientist.
ES: Alan trabajaba para la NASA, pero no era ninguna lumbrera.