corto de luces — meaning & examples
Language: es
Meanings:
- Lacking intelligence or quickness of understanding; slow-witted.
- Displaying poor judgment or a limited capacity to grasp simple matters.
Examples
BetaNo le expliques tan complicado, es un poco corto de luces y se confunde fácilmente.
Don't explain it so complicated; he's a bit slow-witted and gets confused easily.
Cuando era niño, mi hermano era corto de luces y no entendía los chistes sencillos.
When he was a child, my brother was slow-witted and didn't understand simple jokes.
Si sigues actuando tan corto de luces, no vas a conseguir el apoyo del equipo.
If you keep acting so slow-witted, you won't get the team's support.
No es que sea malo, pero en ocasiones parece corto de luces cuando toma decisiones rápidas.
It's not that he's bad, but sometimes he seems slow-witted when making quick decisions.
Examples:
- ES: Este hombre, en efecto, es muy corto de luces, habla a tontas y a locas y aplaude a destiempo, pero su dinero rectifica los yerros de su espíritu.EN: He's a man, it's true, whose insight is very slight, who talks nonsense about everything and applauds only for the wrong reasons. But his money makes up for his judgments.
- ES: Eres nuevo y un poco corto de luces.EN: Well, you're new and a little dim.
- ES: Siempre dices que es corto de luces. ¿Ves que no?EN: And you always say he's a stubborn ass!
- ES: Eso significa "corto de luces".EN: That means "dumb-dumb."
- ES: Porque no tiene autoridad, porque solo sabe imponerse por la fuerza, porque es un mediocre y un acomplejado, y además es un poco corto de luces.EN: Why? Because he has no authority, he only knows how to use force. He's mediocre and has an inferiority complex, and he's not the brightest person.
- ES: ¿Quién es el corto de luces ahora?EN: Who's the bright one now?
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