noun🔗ShareIndirecta, insinuaciónA derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing. An implication, intimation or insinuation."She made a devious innuendo about her husband, who was embarrassed."Ella hizo una indirecta maliciosa sobre su marido, que se sintió avergonzado.communicationlanguagecharacterwordsocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareIndirecta, insinuaciónA rhetorical device with an omitted, but obvious conclusion, made to increase the force of an argument."During the school debate, Sarah used an innuendo about her opponent's lack of research, implying that their arguments were weak. "Durante el debate escolar, Sarah usó una indirecta sobre la falta de investigación de su oponente, insinuando que sus argumentos eran débiles.languagecommunicationliteraturewritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareIndirecta, insinuaciónPart of a pleading in cases of libel and slander, pointing out what and whom was meant by the libellous matter or description."The innuendo in the letter to the editor clearly pointed to the specific teacher, not the whole department, as the subject of the criticism. "La indirecta en la carta al editor señalaba claramente al maestro específico, no a todo el departamento, como el sujeto de la crítica.lawlanguagecommunicationmediaChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareInsinuarTo interpret (something libellous or slanderous) in terms of what was implied."The teacher innuendoed the student's comments about the test, interpreting them as a complaint about the teacher's teaching methods, even though the student had only been suggesting a few questions were unclear. "El profesor insinuó los comentarios del estudiante sobre el examen, interpretándolos como una queja sobre los métodos de enseñanza del profesor, a pesar de que el estudiante solo había sugerido que algunas preguntas no estaban claras.communicationlanguagewordsocietystatementlawactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading