OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 14351

foul

/faʊl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
inmundo
Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty.
His foul hands got dirt all over the kitchen.
This cloth is too foul to use as a duster.
grosero • indecente • obsceno
Obscene, vulgar or abusive.
His foul language causes many people to believe he is uneducated.
The rascal spewed forth a series of foul words.
perro • repugnante
Detestable, unpleasant, loathsome.
He has a foul set of friends.
[…]Hast thou forgot / The foul witch Sycorax, who with age and envy / Was grown into a hoop? Hast thou forgot her?
apestoso • fétido • hediondo • jediondo • maloliente
Disgusting, repulsive; causing disgust.
There was a foul smell coming from the toilet.
This foul food is making me retch.
Word forms
📚 noun • entry_id 14353

foul

/faʊl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
falta • faul • foul • infracción
A foul ball, a ball which has been hit outside of the base lines.
Jones hit a foul up over the screen.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 14352

foul

/faʊl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
ensuciar
To make dirty.
She's fouled her diaper.
to foul the face or hands with mire
ensuciar
To besmirch.
He's fouled his reputation.
obstruer • tapar
To obstruct, block, or otherwise interfere with (something), for example by clogging (a drain, gun barrel, chimney, etc) or by being in the way of (a gunshot, etc).
As a result of the accident at Southend Airport when a Hermes aircraft overshot the runway and fouled the down Shenfield to Southend Victoria line between Rochford and Prittlewell,…
The hair has fouled the drain.
enredar
To entangle.
The Indian's heart was sore for his boat; it looked as if nothing could save her. She was drifting more slowly now, her propeller fouled in kelp.
The kelp has fouled the prop.
cometer una falta
To commit a foul.
Smith fouled within the first minute of the quarter.
State begins fouling and UCLA misses a couple of front-end free throws on one-and-ones.
taparse
To become clogged.
The drain fouled.
enredarse
To become entangled.
The prop fouled on the kelp.