stiff Significado & definición

Significado de stiff en español

• 0 hard and difficult to bend or move -- rígido, duro, tieso

  • stiff paper

  • The windows were stiff.

• 1 If a part of your body is stiff, it hurts and does not move as easily as it should. -- agarrotado

  • stiff muscles

• 2 not able to be bent easily -- rígido/da [ masculine-feminine, singular ]

  • a piece of stiff cardboard un trozo de cartón rígido

• 3 not able to be moved easily or smoothly -- agarrotado/da [ masculine-feminine, singular ]

  • My ankle is stiff. Mi tobillo está agarrotado.

• 4 severe or difficult -- difícil [ masculine-feminine, singular ]

  • a stiff jail sentence una sentencia de cárcel severa

  • stiff competition dura competencia

• 5 behaving in a formal way -- sobrio/ia [ masculine-feminine, singular ]

  • a stiff man with no sense of humor un hombre sobrio sin sentido del humor

• 6 (of a drink) containing a lot of alcohol -- espirituoso/sa [ masculine-feminine, singular ]

  • I needed a stiff drink. Necesitaba una bebida cargada.

• 7 (of wind) blowing hard -- fuerte [ masculine-feminine, singular ]

  • a stiff breeze una fuerte brisa

• 8 very bored, scared, worried, etc. -- estar muerto de

  • I’m scared stiff of dogs. Les tengo un miedo de muerte a los perros.