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 Translation for 'devious' from English to Spanish
ADJ   devious | more devious | most devious
SYNO circuitous | devious | oblique | ...
tortuoso {adj} [solapado]devious [action: dishonest]
taimado {adj}devious [person]
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Translation for 'devious' from English to Spanish

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devious [action: dishonest]
tortuoso {adj} [solapado]
devious [person]
taimado {adj}
Usage Examples English
  • However, later, Vishvamitra merely cursed Menaka to be separated from him forever, for he loved her as well and knew that she had lost all devious intentions towards him long ago.
  • A boy (Pendleton) demonstrates that his German-American family is more loyal to the United States than a devious French immigrant.
  • The singer then laments how Rajamati was given away in marriage over her protestations because of a devious matchmaker, and how she ended up in a house without a decorative window.
  • It is said that "she had a wicked eye for the conceit of academics, their insularity and devious manipulations", an attitude which made her a soul‑mate of Erich Heller.
  • Another recent devious mall Santa was played by Billy Bob Thornton in "Bad Santa" (2003), a film which gained the normally family-friendly Disney "bad press".

  • Pugsley is depicted as a devious, young, brilliant boy in Charles Addams's original cartoons.
  • With time running out, Dellasandro and the boys head for Majorca and track Skase to his sprawling mansion, confronting the devious businessman.
  • Phil Hoad of "The Guardian" rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be a "well-written, devious Euro-thriller".
  • The film tells the story of Isabel Archer, an innocent young woman of independent means who is manipulated by her "friend" Madame Merle, and the devious Gilbert Osmond.
  • He is portrayed as a devious military governor of Paris in the 1956 film "The Vagabond King".

  • "Melanoplus devius", the devious short-wing grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America.
  • Manipulator is a person who uses devious means to exploit, control, or otherwise influence others to their advantage.
  • In the due course of time, they find themselves slipping deeper into murky waters and soon realize of a devious conspiracy against the common man.
  • Moustafa Bayoumi described the book as "Irreverent, urgent, funny and refreshingly unpredictable, Kaan entertains and instructs in devious and delightful ways".
  • Yahoo.com described it as "devious" and one of the film's highlights, saying it is "delightfully trippy with its visuals".

  • MacDonald allows the characters a range from delightful to devious. As such, they were intended to serve as models. His message is that all eventually must stand before God.
  • The second Man-Elephant has no powers, aside from being a humanoid elephant and possessing a devious nefarious mind.
  • It is all about a tough battle for money, a devious triangle of love, and a severe challenge to ethics.
  • However, right across the street is another station, run by Mr. Friendly (Dave Shelley), a devious businessman. His goal is to put his rival out of business.
  • He is a harbour tug who hatches various devious schemes against the Star Fleet.

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