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/ˈnɒnsəns/ /ˈnɑnsɛns/

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noun

Disparates, tonterías

Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.

Examples :

"After my father had a stroke, every time he tried to talk, it sounded like nonsense."

Después de que mi padre sufriera un derrame cerebral, cada vez que intentaba hablar, sonaba como tonterías.

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noun

Disparate, tontería

An untrue statement.

Examples :

"My neighbor's claim that the dog ate his homework is complete nonsense. "

La afirmación de mi vecino de que el perro se comió sus deberes es un completo disparate.

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noun

Disparate, tontería

That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense.

Examples :

"My uncle's explanation about why the washing machine was broken was complete nonsense; it didn't explain anything and made no sense at all. "

La explicación de mi tío sobre por qué la lavadora estaba rota era un completo disparate; no explicaba nada y no tenía ningún sentido.

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noun

Disparate, tontería

Something foolish.

Examples :

"What he said about cats talking was complete nonsense. "

Lo que dijo sobre los gatos que hablan era un completo disparate.

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noun

Disparate, sinsentido

A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear.

Examples :

"The teacher read a piece of nonsense poetry to the class, full of unusual animals and strange rhyming patterns. "

El profesor leyó a la clase un poema lleno de disparates, lleno de animales inusuales y patrones de rima extraños.

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noun

Secuencia de ADN dañada

A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.

Examples :

"The genetic test revealed that the child's inability to process a certain enzyme was due to nonsense in a critical gene. "

La prueba genética reveló que la incapacidad del niño para procesar una cierta enzima se debía a una secuencia de ADN dañada en un gen crítico.

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verb

Desbaratar, hacer absurdo

To make nonsense of;

Examples :

"The new employee's instructions completely nonsensed the entire project schedule. "

Las instrucciones del nuevo empleado desbarataron por completo el cronograma del proyecto.

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verb

Descartar como tonterías, ignorar, restar importancia a

To attempt to dismiss as nonsense; to ignore or belittle the significance of something; to render unimportant or puny.

Examples :

"The manager tried to nonsense the employee's concerns about low pay, claiming they were just complaining. "

El gerente intentó descartar como tonterías las preocupaciones del empleado sobre el bajo salario, alegando que solo se estaban quejando.

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verb

Decir tonterías, bromear

To joke around, to waste time

Examples :

""The students were supposed to be working on their project, but instead they were just nonsensing and drawing silly pictures." "

Se suponía que los estudiantes estaban trabajando en su proyecto, pero en cambio solo estaban diciendo tonterías y dibujando imágenes tontas.

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adjective

Sin sentido

Resulting from the substitution of a nucleotide in a sense codon, causing it to become a stop codon (not coding for an amino-acid).

Examples :

"The nonsense mutation in the gene caused the protein to be much shorter than normal. "

La mutación sin sentido en el gen causó que la proteína fuera mucho más corta de lo normal.

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adjective

Absurdo, sin sentido

Examples :

"The student's answer on the test was completely nonsensical and didn't relate to the question at all. "

La respuesta del estudiante en el examen fue completamente absurda y no se relacionaba en absoluto con la pregunta.

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interjection

¡Tonterías!, ¡Disparates!

An emphatic rejection of something one has just heard and does not believe or agree with.

Examples :

""Nonsense!" exclaimed Maria, shaking her head. "You can't possibly expect me to finish this report by tonight." "

¡Tonterías! —exclamó María, sacudiendo la cabeza—. No puedes esperar que termine este informe para esta noche.

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