Idle

Spanish Meaning

ocioso

libre

perdido

holgazán

flojo

vago

gandul

sin meta

desocupado

sin ocupación

de ocio

desempleado

sin empleo

sin utilizar

improductivo

de paro

infundado

parado

vano

haraganear

gandulear

marchar en vacío

ir en vacío

llegar en vacío

venir en vacío

funcionar en vacío

holgazanear

English Meaning

  1. Not employed or busy: idle carpenters. See Synonyms at inactive.
  2. Avoiding work or employment; lazy: shiftless, idle youth. See Synonyms at lazy.
  3. Not in use or operation: idle hands.
  4. Lacking substance, value, or basis. See Synonyms at baseless, vain.
  5. To pass time without working or while avoiding work.
  6. To move lazily and without purpose.
  7. To run at a slow speed or out of gear. Used of a motor vehicle.
  8. To pass (time) without working or while avoiding work; waste: idle the afternoon away.
  9. To make or cause to be unemployed or inactive.
  10. To cause (a motor, for example) to idle.
  11. A state of idling. Used of a motor vehicle: an engine running quietly at idle.
  12. A mechanism for regulating the speed at which an engine runs at rest: set the idle higher to keep the motor from stalling.