Meanings (ES + gloss)
astuto • despiadado
Having the appearance of being dishonest, criminal, or unreliable.
He was a shifty character in a seedy bar, and I checked my wallet was still there after talking to him.
‘I don’t trust him,’ he goes on. ‘He is shifty. He is like a jackal sniffing around, looking for mischief. […]’
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