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estafar, engañar

Engañar a alguien para que te dé dinero o haga algo que te beneficie.

En inglés sencillo: To trick someone into giving you money or doing something that benefits you.

• That man conned me.
• They conned her out of her savings.
• He conned us into paying for a useless service.

Cómo se usa: con someone out of something (The caller conned him out of two hundred pounds.); con someone into doing something (She conned me into buying a broken phone.)

Sinónimos: trick, cheat, swindle, deceive

Expresiones frecuentes: con someone, con someone into, con someone out

desventaja, inconveniente

Aspecto negativo o motivo para no elegir o hacer algo.

En inglés sencillo: A disadvantage or reason against choosing or doing something.

• The main con is the price.
• We discussed the pros and cons of moving.
• One con of this plan is the long journey.

Cómo se usa: a con of something (One con of living here is the noise.)

Sinónimos: disadvantage, drawback, downside

Antónimos: pro, advantage

Expresiones frecuentes: a major con, a possible con, the main con

estafa, timo

Engaño para quitarle dinero a alguien u obtener otra ventaja a su costa.

En inglés sencillo: A dishonest trick used to get money or another advantage from someone.

• The offer was a con.
• She lost her savings in an online con.
• The police uncovered several cons involving fake tickets.

Sinónimos: scam, fraud, swindle

Expresiones frecuentes: a clever con, con trick, an elaborate con

presidiario, convicto

Persona condenada por un delito, especialmente si está en la cárcel.

En inglés sencillo: A person who has been found guilty of a crime, especially someone in prison.

• The con escaped last night.
• Two cons shared a small cell.
• He hired a former con to repair the roof.

Sinónimos: convict

Expresiones frecuentes: escaped con, former con, con in prison

reforma, conversión

Cambio de una parte de un edificio para darle un uso diferente.

En inglés sencillo: A change to part of a building so it can be used in a different way.

• Our loft con starts next month.
• The builders quoted a price for the attic con.
• A loft con gave us another bedroom.

Sinónimos: conversion

Expresiones frecuentes: loft con, attic con

conservador

Persona que apoya ideas políticas conservadoras o un partido conservador.

En inglés sencillo: A person who supports conservative political ideas or a conservative party.

• He calls himself a con.
• The cons opposed the proposed tax increase.
• She debated a con about immigration policy.

Sinónimos: conservative

Expresiones frecuentes: a committed con, con voters