foolish
adjective
estúpido
EN He, I know --for the question had been discussed among us long before the Time Machine was made-- thought but cheerlessly of the Advancement of Mankind, and saw in the growing pile of civilization only a foolish heaping that must inevitably fall back upon and destroy its makers in the end.
GL El --seino, xa que a cuestión a discutiramos entre nós moito antes de que construíse a Máquina do Tempo-- non pensaba que o progreso do ser humano deparase moitas alegrías, e só vía no piar crecente da civilización unha morea estúpida que había caer de novo sobre os seus constructores e destruílos finalmente.
Fonte: TEM (2035)
tolo
EN Ichabod Crane had a soft and foolish heart towards the sex; and it is not to be wondered at, that so tempting a morsel soon found favor in his eyes; more especially after he had visited her in her paternal mansion.
GL Ichabod Crane tiña un corazón brando e tolo con respecto ás mulleres, e non é de estrañar que un bocado tan apetitoso coma aquel atraese tan pronto a súa atención, sobre todo despois de descubri-la mansión que tiña o seu pai.
Fonte: LEN (80)
absurdo
EN Aleck was pleased; so pleased that she yielded to the pressure and conceded a sum which her judgment told her was a foolish extravagance-- a thousand dollars.
GL Aleck estaba contenta, tan contenta que cedeu ante a presión de Sally e concedeulle unha cantidade que, ó seu parecer, era un dispendio absurdo, mil dólares.
Fonte: LEG (130)
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