villain

cattivo, antagonista

Personaggio malvagio di una storia che si oppone al protagonista.

In inglese semplice: The bad character in a story who opposes the main character.

• The villain escapes at the end.
• She played the villain in that film.
• The heroes finally defeated the villains.

Sinonimi: antagonist, bad guy

Contrari: hero

Espressioni comuni: the main villain, play the villain, a movie villain

malvagio, scellerato

Persona che si comporta crudelmente o compie azioni molto gravi e ingiuste.

In inglese semplice: A person who behaves cruelly or does seriously wrong things.

• He was a cruel villain.
• The papers called the businessman a villain.
• Those villains cheated elderly people out of their savings.

Sinonimi: scoundrel, wrongdoer

Espressioni comuni: a cruel villain, a real villain, the main villain, a wicked villain

avversario

Giocatore avversario nel poker, soprattutto quando si spiega una mano come esempio.

In inglese semplice: An opposing player in poker, especially when explaining an example hand.

• Villain raises before the flop.
• If villain folds, we win the pot.
• The villains have smaller stacks than we do.

Sinonimi: opponent

Espressioni comuni: villain bets, villain calls, villain folds