stale

duro, rancio

Que ha perdido su frescura y ya no resulta agradable de comer, beber o respirar.

En inglés sencillo: No longer fresh or pleasant to eat, drink, or breathe.

• The bread is stale.
• These biscuits have gone stale.
• We opened the windows to let out the stale air.

Sinónimos: fusty, spoiled, bad, maggoted

Antónimos: fresh

Expresiones frecuentes: stale bread, stale air, go stale

trillado, manido

Que ha perdido interés u originalidad por haberse usado o escuchado demasiadas veces.

En inglés sencillo: No longer interesting or original because it has been used or heard too often.

• His jokes are getting stale.
• We need fresh ideas to replace this stale approach.
• The show felt stale after five seasons.

Sinónimos: unoriginal, hackneyed, overused

Antónimos: fresh, original

Expresiones frecuentes: stale jokes, stale ideas, stale routine

agotado

Demasiado cansado por entrenar o competir repetidamente como para rendir bien.

En inglés sencillo: Too tired from repeated exercise or competition to perform well.

• The runner felt stale after weeks of training.
• A stale horse may need a break from racing.
• The team looked stale near the end of the season.

Sinónimos: exhausted, worn out

Antónimos: fresh

Expresiones frecuentes: stale athlete, feel stale

quitar frescura, volver trillado

Hacer que algo pierda frescura o interés, especialmente por usarlo repetidamente.

En inglés sencillo: To make something lose its freshness or interest, especially through repeated use.

• Repetition can stale even a good joke.
• Familiarity had staled the pleasure of their meetings.
• Constant exposure stales the appeal of the image.

Expresiones frecuentes: stale something, stale the charm

orinar

Expulsar un animal los desechos líquidos del cuerpo en forma de orina.

En inglés sencillo: If an animal does this, it passes liquid waste from its body.

• The horse stopped to stale.
• The mare staled beside the gate.
• The groom waited while the animal staled.

Sinónimos: urinate

Expresiones frecuentes: horse stale, stale in something