jolly

alegre, jovial

Que muestra alegría y ganas de divertirse.

En inglés sencillo: Happy, cheerful, and full of fun.

• He is a jolly man.
• Everyone was in a jolly mood.
• We heard her jolly laugh from the kitchen.

Sinónimos: cheerful, merry, happy

Antónimos: gloomy, miserable

Expresiones frecuentes: jolly person, jolly mood, jolly laugh

muy, sumamente

Se usa para intensificar una descripción, con el sentido de muy.

En inglés sencillo: Very; used to make a description stronger.

• That was jolly good.
• It's jolly cold outside today.
• You know jolly well what I mean.

Sinónimos: very, extremely, really

Expresiones frecuentes: jolly good, jolly well, jolly nice

viaje de placer

Viaje para divertirse, especialmente pagado por la empresa y con poco trabajo real.

En inglés sencillo: A trip taken for enjoyment, especially one paid for by an employer and involving little real work.

• They went on a jolly.
• The conference seemed like an expensive jolly.
• Who paid for all those overseas jollies?

Cómo se usa: on a jolly (The managers are on a jolly in Spain.)

Sinónimos: pleasure trip, junket, outing

Expresiones frecuentes: go on a jolly, a corporate jolly, another expensive jolly

comodín, jóker

Carta adicional con un personaje cómico que no pertenece a ninguno de los cuatro palos habituales.

En inglés sencillo: The extra playing card that shows a funny character and is outside the four usual card groups.

• This pack includes a jolly.
• She drew the jolly from the deck.
• Remove both jollies before dealing the cards.

Sinónimos: joker

Expresiones frecuentes: draw a jolly, the jolly card, deal a jolly

comodín

Carta que puede representar cualquier otra carta en un juego.

En inglés sencillo: A playing card that can take the place of any other card in a game.

• Use the jolly as an ace.
• In this game, every two is a jolly.
• She completed her winning hand with two jollies.

Sinónimos: wild card

Expresiones frecuentes: use a jolly, play a jolly, jolly in something

animar, divertir

Hacer que alguien se sienta más contento con bromas o un trato amable.

En inglés sencillo: To make someone feel happier by joking or being friendly.

• His jokes jollied us up.
• She jollied the children along during the wait.
• We spent the afternoon jollying him out of his gloomy mood.

Cómo se usa: jolly someone along (She jollied him along with stories about their friends.); jolly someone up (We tried to jolly him up after the disappointing news.)

Sinónimos: cheer up, amuse, entertain

Expresiones frecuentes: jolly someone along, jolly someone up