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Translation of streetwise in Spanish:
streetwise
espabilado, adj.
See Spanish definition of espabilado
adjective
informal
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(kid) espabilado(kid) pillo(kid) avispado informal(politician) astuto(politician) taimado- Yeah, she's got grade A's in every O-level, but when it comes to general knowledge or being streetwise, she struggles a bit sometimes.
- Poulter is streetwise enough not to bite the hand that feeds.
- The striker is only 19 but was still streetwise enough to cut across Balde as he entered the box.
- Unfortunately, too much of Blige's appeal is wrapped up in her gruff, streetwise persona and not enough is focused on her enjoyable but often pedestrian musical instincts.
- In accepting the challenge of writing a chapter on the relationship between theory and research in criminology, I am streetwise enough to know that I invite at least two lines of criticism.
- Another reason for the jump was the big influx of students in Sheffield who ‘were not necessarily streetwise,’ said Mr Hedges.
- I am streetwise and clever and realise that any other course of action might have led to me having my head kicked in.
- We have also got a lot more streetwise, and playing against the best sides has raised skill levels and mental awareness.
- He is an amazingly streetwise guy with a tremendous intellect.
- This trick was quite common in Kingston Hill at the time and streetwise citizens were probably becoming rather too wise to it.
- She has all the intellectual abilities, but is more streetwise than the other two.
- His experiences are contrasted with those of Joe, who is much more politically aware, cynical and streetwise.
- You can very quickly go very high and very low in the same week and I think it makes London kids very streetwise and very society-wise.
- They've just got to be a little bit more streetwise and that comes through making mistakes - as long as they learn from them.
- PC Hall said: ‘A lot of children over the age of five are very streetwise and get a basic understanding from their parents.’
- With this level of fear it is questionable to what degree today's working class children are becoming streetwise, and able to look after themselves.
- He was streetwise, but at the same time there was this fragility about him.
- Forced to play this ‘home’ fixture at Northampton, the Londoners attracted a crowd of just 3,595 and were edged out in an entertaining game by their more streetwise visitors.
- She would say that she was streetwise and it wouldn't happen to her, but I was terrified.
- You had to be young, streetwise and easy to talk to as well as being able to do the practical things - literacy and numeracy, doing presentations, working with other people and all that.
- They even share a house servant, Manuelo, more worldly and streetwise than anyone else around.
- It seems trite to refer to this band as sassy or streetwise or sophisticated because that's what everybody says.
- Skinny suggests active. Skinny is more fashionable, more streetwise, more plugged-in, but not if you are seen to be struggling to maintain it.
- It's stuffed full of Japanese cultural references, slang, and streetwise situations.
- Think modern fabrics and traditional tailoring, with streetwise twists.
- Putner's satire on the supposedly streetwise US stand-up scene is biting: he conveys masterfully the gulf between Stevens's self-image and the bathetic reality.
- The designer said she's trying her hand at streetwise fashion with a musical twist.
- In the near future, he is planning to add a new company to cater to more streetwise fashion garments for the younger, impressionable audience.
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