Meanings (ES + gloss)
resbaladizo
Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.
The top coating of lacquer gives this finish a slick look.
This rain is making the roads slick.
elegante • pulido • sofisticado
Appearing expensive or sophisticated.
They read all kinds of slick magazines.
hábil • ingenioso pero insubstancial • labioso • liso • que tiene mucha labia
Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy.
That new sales rep is slick. Be sure to read the fine print before you buy anything.
The threat the most radical of them pose is evidently far greater at home than abroad: in one characteristically slick and chilling Isis video – entitled “a message to the Jordania…
astuto
Clever, making an apparently hard task look easy.
Our new process for extracting needles from haystacks is extremely slick.
That was a slick move, locking your keys in the car.
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