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2 Translation results for crooked in Spanish

adjective | verb

crooked adjective

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chueco, torcido; deshonesto

Example sentences of
crooked adjective

  • •a long, crooked line of people had formed in front of the ticket booth
  • •the common belief that gambling casinos are often crooked businesses
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Synonyms of
crooked adjective

corrupt, bent, skewed, zigzag, slanted, dishonest
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  • Crooked generalmente se pronuncia /kru-ked/ - rima con naked (y no /krukt/ - rima con cooked). Haz click en el icono del parlante para escuchar la pronunciación.

Detailed synonyms for crooked adjective

1. Crooked, bent, skewed, zigzag, slanted significan que no es derecho, recto o directo.
  • Crooked puede indicar la presencia de curvas o vueltas materiales <a crooked road>.
    antonyms: straight
  • Bent connota tener una forma que cambia al doblarse <a bent metal wire>.
  • Skewed sugiere algo distorcionado <skewed facts>.
  • Zigzag indica una línea o un camino con una serie de giros, ángulos o cambios cortos y abruptos <a zigzag road>.
  • Slanted indica inclinado físicamente hacia un lado <a slanted roof>, y también puede aplicarse a información presentada de una manera que favorece inapropiadamente un punto de vista en particular <the news program claimed to be objective but was clearly slanted>.
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2. Crooked, corrupt significan habitualmente involucrado en actividad criminal dirigida a una ganacia fianciera.
  • Crooked suele connotar deshonestidad o fraude <set up a crooked deal to force his partner out of the business>.
    antonyms: honest, upright
  • Corrupt generalmente describe oficiales que habitualmente se involucran en prácticas ilegales, o a las prácticas mismas <corrupt judges accepting bribes>.
    antonyms: honest, ethical
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crook verb

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crooked, has crooked, is crooking, crooks
doblar (el brazo o el dedo)

Example sentences of
crook verb

  • •He crooked his finger at us and led us to the table.
  • •the road suddenly crooked to the left
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Reverse translation for crooked

chueco  - crooked, bent, dishonest, shady 
torcido  - twisted, crooked, lopsided, devious 
deshonesto  - dishonest 
doblar  (el brazo o el dedo) - to double, to turn, to toll, to ring, to fold, to bend, to turn, to dub