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idle Significado & definición

0 not working or being used -- parado
- The factory has stood idle for over a year.
1 not serious or having no real purpose -- frívolo, vano
- idle gossip
- This is no idle threat.
2 lazy and not willing to work -- vago, holgazán
- He knows what has to be done, he’s just bone idle (= extremely lazy).
3 to spend time doing nothing -- haraganear, perder el tiempo
- We saw her idling in the school grounds.
4 not being used -- no usarse
- The steam engine lay idle for many years. La máquina de vapor estuvo sin usarse durante muchos años.
5 useless or without purpose -- inútil [ masculine-feminine ]
- idle chat/gossip chat/cotilleo inútil
6 lazy -- vago/ga [ masculine-feminine ]
- an idle boy un niño holgazán

I believe that everything else is just idle chitchat.
But political union may not just be the idle dream of a few federalists.
It should not just be an idle threat.
It is also the best way to dispel idle fears, because people have to enlighten themselves, they have to talk, and they have to acquire knowledge and information.