noun🔗ShareDisparates, tonteríasLetters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning."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.languagelinguisticswordwritingcommunicationphilosophylogicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareDisparate, tonteríaAn untrue statement."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.statementlanguagecommunicationwordwritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareDisparate, tonteríaThat which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense."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.languagephilosophylogicmindcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareDisparate, tonteríaSomething foolish."What he said about cats talking was complete nonsense. "Lo que dijo sobre los gatos que hablan era un completo disparate.attitudelanguagephilosophylogicwordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareDisparate, sinsentidoA type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear."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.literaturestylelanguagewritingartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSecuencia de ADN dañadaA damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing."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.medicinebiologybiochemistryscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDesbaratar, hacer absurdoTo make nonsense of;"The new employee's instructions completely nonsensed the entire project schedule. "Las instrucciones del nuevo empleado desbarataron por completo el cronograma del proyecto.languagecommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDescartar como tonterías, ignorar, restar importancia aTo attempt to dismiss as nonsense; to ignore or belittle the significance of something; to render unimportant or puny."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.attitudecommunicationlanguagemindphilosophyvalueChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDecir tonterías, bromearTo joke around, to waste time""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.entertainmentactiontimelanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareSin sentidoResulting from the substitution of a nucleotide in a sense codon, causing it to become a stop codon (not coding for an amino-acid)."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.biologybiochemistryscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareAbsurdo, sin sentidoNonsensical"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.languagecommunicationphilosophylogicmindChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
interjection🔗Share¡Tonterías!, ¡Disparates!An emphatic rejection of something one has just heard and does not believe or agree with.""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.languagecommunicationexclamationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
