maverick

independiente, inconformista

Que piensa o actúa a su manera, aunque los demás no estén de acuerdo.

En inglés sencillo: Thinking or acting in your own way, even when other people disagree.

• She is a maverick thinker.
• His maverick approach challenged the usual methods.
• The party struggled to control its maverick members.

Sinónimos: independent, unconventional, unorthodox

Antónimos: conventional, conformist

Expresiones frecuentes: maverick politician, maverick approach

sin marcar

Se dice de un animal de granja sin una marca hecha con hierro caliente que indique su dueño.

En inglés sencillo: Describing a farm animal without a burned mark showing who owns it.

• They found a maverick calf.
• Maverick cattle wandered near the ranch.
• The cowboys separated the maverick animals from the branded herd.

Sinónimos: unbranded

Antónimos: branded

Expresiones frecuentes: maverick cattle, maverick calf

inconformista

Persona que sigue sus propias ideas en vez de hacer lo que otros esperan.

En inglés sencillo: A person who follows their own ideas instead of doing what others expect.

• She is a maverick.
• The party’s mavericks refused to support the bill.
• As a young artist, he was considered a maverick.

Sinónimos: nonconformist, individualist, rebel

Antónimos: conformist

Expresiones frecuentes: a political maverick, a real maverick, an artistic maverick, a scientific maverick

res sin marcar

Animal de ganado sin marca de propiedad hecha con hierro caliente, especialmente si anda libre.

En inglés sencillo: A farm animal without a burned ownership mark, especially one wandering freely.

• A maverick joined the herd.
• The rancher branded the maverick he had found.
• Cowboys gathered several mavericks during the roundup.

Sinónimos: unbranded animal

Expresiones frecuentes: a stray maverick, brand a maverick

objeto robado, botín

Cosa que alguien ha tomado de forma deshonesta.

En inglés sencillo: Something that a person has taken dishonestly.

• The watch was a maverick.
• He hid his mavericks under the bed.
• The trader was caught selling a maverick.

Sinónimos: stolen property, loot

Expresiones frecuentes: a stolen maverick, a maverick stash

apropiarse de ganado sin marcar

Tomar un animal de ganado sin marcar que está en campo abierto y declararlo propio.

En inglés sencillo: To take an unmarked farm animal from open land and claim it as your own.

• He mavericked a stray calf.
• The rancher was accused of mavericking cattle.
• They tried to maverick unbranded animals from the open range.

Expresiones frecuentes: maverick a calf, maverick stray cattle

apropiarse indebidamente

Tomar algo que no tienes derecho legal a poseer.

En inglés sencillo: To take something that you have no legal right to own.

• He mavericked his neighbour’s tools.
• They were accused of mavericking public land.
• The trader had mavericked goods belonging to another merchant.

Sinónimos: steal, misappropriate

Expresiones frecuentes: maverick someone’s property, maverick something