hooligan

[US]/'huːlɪg(ə)n/
[UK]/'hulɪɡən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. un gánster de poca monta, un matón de la calle
Word Forms
Pluralhooligans

Phrases & Collocations

football hooligan

hincha violento

Example Sentences

most mindless hooligans are fuelled by alcohol.

la mayoría de los hooligans sin sentido son impulsados por el alcohol.

hooligans showered him with rotten eggs.

Los matones lo bombardearon con huevos podridos.

The hooligan ended up dead in a car accident.

El matón terminó muerto en un accidente automovilístico.

He struck the hooligan down with his fist.

Derribó al matón con su puño.

What are we going to do with these hooligans?

¿Qué vamos a hacer con estos matones?

He rushed into the midst of the hooligans and laid about him fearlessly.

Se lanzó de lleno entre los matones y los atacó sin miedo.

Some shopkeepers closed early to prevent the wholesale destruction of their property by the hooligans.

Algunos comerciantes cerraron temprano para evitar la destrucción a gran escala de su propiedad por parte de los vándalos.

Real-world Examples

Those who had to describe the day of soccer hooligan performed the worse.

Aquellos que tuvieron que describir el día del hooligan de fútbol rindieron peor.

Source: Harvard University's "The Science of Happiness" course.

They were primed for a soccer hooligan, for a secretary, or for a professor.

Estaban preparados para un hooligan de fútbol, para una secretaria o para un profesor.

Source: Harvard University's "The Science of Happiness" course.

Baffling, right? We were necking like a couple of hooligans under the school bleachers.

¿Confuso, verdad? Estábamos besándonos como un par de hooligans debajo de las gradas de la escuela.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 8

No I-I refuse to pay blackmail to some hooligan who's stolen from us twice.

No, me niego a pagar dinero negro a algún hooligan que nos ha robado dos veces.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 5

" Bloody hooligans, " Ove mutters, and grips the rifle a little more firmly when he hears that.

" Malditos hooligans, " murmura Ove, y aprieta el rifle un poco más con firmeza cuando escucha eso.

Source: A man named Ove decides to die.

Attracting people dedicated (and thick-skinned) enough to fend off special interests and trolls (internet hooligans) is tough.

Atraer a personas dedicadas (y curtidas) lo suficiente como para defenderse de intereses especiales y trolls (hooligans de internet) es difícil.

Source: The Economist - International

The North traditionally uses trois insults to bait South Korea, often calling its leaders as puppets, hooligans and dogs.

El Norte tradicionalmente utiliza insultos 'trois' para provocar a Corea del Sur, llamando a menudo a sus líderes 'marionetas, hooligans y perros'.

Source: BBC Listening January 2014 Collection

One of the first to appear in court for looting was a 31-year-old teaching assistant: hardly an identikit hooligan.

Uno de los primeros en comparecer ante un tribunal por saqueo fue un asistente de enseñanza de 31 años: apenas un hooligan estereotípico.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

A roving gang of hooligans destroyed your sprinklers?

¿Una banda de hooligans destruyó tus aspersores?

Source: Desperate Housewives Video Version Season 7

Last year, those hooligans duct taped Soos to the ceiling.

El año pasado, esos hooligans ataron a Soos al techo con cinta adhesiva.

Source: Gravity Falls Season 2

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