idle

inactivo, ocioso

Que no realiza ningún trabajo ni otra actividad útil.

En inglés sencillo: Not doing any work or other useful activity.

• The workers stood idle.
• I cannot sit idle while everyone else works.
• Several staff members remained idle all morning.

Sinónimos: inactive, unoccupied

Antónimos: active, busy

Expresiones frecuentes: idle workers, stand idle, remain idle, idle workmen

ocioso, sin utilizar

Que no se usa o presenta poca o ninguna actividad.

En inglés sencillo: Not being used, or containing little or no activity.

• The factory has idle machines.
• She filled her idle hours with reading.
• Much of the available land remains idle.

Sinónimos: unused, unoccupied

Antónimos: occupied

Expresiones frecuentes: idle hours, idle machinery, idle time

funcionar al ralentí

Funcionar un motor a pocas revoluciones mientras el vehículo permanece parado.

En inglés sencillo: If an engine does this, it runs slowly while the vehicle stays still.

• The engine idled quietly.
• Do not leave your car idling outside the school.
• Several trucks were idling in the car park.

Expresiones frecuentes: idle at lights, idle in traffic, let something idle

holgazanear, haraganear

Pasar el tiempo haciendo muy poco o nada útil.

En inglés sencillo: To spend time doing very little or nothing useful.

• We idled by the river.
• He idled around the house all day.
• She was idling in the café when I arrived.

Sinónimos: loaf, laze

Antónimos: work

Expresiones frecuentes: idle around town, idle by something, idle in bed

malgastar, desperdiciar

Pasar el tiempo sin hacer nada útil.

En inglés sencillo: To spend time without doing anything useful.

• They idled away several hours.
• She idled the afternoon away at a café.
• Do not idle away the whole weekend.

Cómo se usa: idle away something (We idled away the morning beside the pool.)

Sinónimos: waste, while away

Expresiones frecuentes: idle away time, idle away hours, idle the afternoon

ralentí

Nivel mínimo de potencia al que un motor sigue funcionando.

En inglés sencillo: The lowest power setting at which an engine keeps running.

• The engine runs smoothly at idle.
• A rough idle may suggest an engine problem.
• He reduced the throttle to idle.

Expresiones frecuentes: at idle, rough idle, idle speed