parrot

loro, papagayo

Ave tropical de pico curvo, a menudo de colores vivos, que a veces puede imitar el habla humana.

En inglés sencillo: A tropical bird with a curved beak, often colorful, that can sometimes copy human speech.

• Our parrot can say hello.
• Two parrots sat on a branch.
• What do you feed your parrot?

Expresiones frecuentes: pet parrot, talking parrot, parrot cage, colorful parrot

repetidor, loro

Persona que repite palabras o ideas ajenas sin pensar en ellas.

En inglés sencillo: Someone who repeats other people’s words or ideas without thinking about them.

• He is a parrot who repeats every slogan.
• She called him a mere parrot of his teacher.
• We need thinkers, not parrots.

Sinónimos: imitator

Expresiones frecuentes: a mere parrot, parrot of someone

repetir

Repetir palabras o ideas de otra persona, a menudo sin entenderlas ni pensar en ellas.

En inglés sencillo: To repeat another person’s words or ideas, often without understanding or thinking about them.

• He just parrots what his friends say.
• The students parroted the answer without understanding it.
• Please do not parrot my opinions.

Cómo se usa: parrot something back (She parroted the instructions back to me.)

Sinónimos: repeat, echo

Expresiones frecuentes: parrot someone, parrot something back, parrot a slogan