slur

[US]/slɜː(r)/
[UK]/slɜːr/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. ignorar; mirar rápidamente; pronunciar incorrectamente; difamar
vi. pronunciar de manera poco clara; escribir apresuradamente
n. mancha; difamación; deshonra (notación musical)
Word Forms
Tercera persona singularslurs
Gerundioslurring
Pasadoslurred
Participio pasadoslurred
Pluralslurs

Phrases & Collocations

racial slur

insulto racial

homophobic slur

insulto homófobo

sexist slur

insulto sexista

Example Sentences

try and slur the integrity of the police to secure an acquittal.

intentar difamar la integridad de la policía para obtener la absolución.

the comments were a slur on staff at the hospital.

los comentarios fueron un insulto al personal del hospital.

there was a mean slur in his voice.

había un insulto cruel en su voz.

Don't slur my brother's reputation!

¡No manches la reputación de mi hermano!

He took the remarks as a slur on his reputation.

Interpretó los comentarios como un insulto a su reputación.

His comments cast a slur on the integrity of his employees.

Sus comentarios difamaron la integridad de sus empleados.

aspersion, calumny, defame, denigrate, discredit, libel, malign, slander, slur, stigmatise, traduce, vilify.

aspersion, calumnia, denigrar, desacreditar, libelo, difamar, calumniar, denostar, tachar, estigmatizar, traicionar, vilificar.

Has no slander on his tongue, who does his neighbor no wrong and casts no slur on his fellowman,

No tiene calumnias en su lengua, quien no hace ningún daño a su vecino ni lanza ninguna calumnia a sus semejantes,

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