simples

English

Etymology

See simple. As an interjection, “Simples!”, a humorous alteration of “Simple!”, was popularised as the broken-English catchphrase of a meerkat character in an advertising campaign for price comparison website comparethemarket.com.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

simples

1. (UK, slang, humorous) Indicating that something is easy to do or to understand.
   • 2009 April 14, jamie powell, “Re: Satellite dish acquires wrong 'bird'”, in uk.tech.digital-tv‎^[1] (Usenet):

     There is no potential for takeover of the state of Pakistan by a rag-tag bunch of trumped-up nobodies with battered guns, and therefore no threat to the west. simples!

   • 2010 March 25, Mike Jones, "Re: And Jeremiah The Prophet Said:", in alt.talk.creationism and other newsgroups, Usenet:

     So you claim. So, put whatcha got on the table, or STFU. ¶ Simples.

   • 2010 August 10, AC, “Re: HD coverage of the Nascar Race and Indy car races makes the F1 coverage look like Crap”, in rec.autos.sport.f1‎^[2] (Usenet):

     Look, the vast majority of F1 viewers don't have HD TV. There for the numbers don't add up. When they do, you will have your HD TV. Simples.

   • 2013 August 4, Matthew Bell, “It's a very good 17 days to bury bad news”, in The Independent, London:

     Controversial plans to replace appointed peers with elected senators, longed for by the Lib Dems, were seemingly given a new berth among the leftovers of Sam Cam's veg box. Simples!

   • 2016 July 4, John Crace, “Up really is down on Mummy Leadsom's amazing journey”, in The Guardian, London:

     Most things will go through on the nod. Simples. Everything will be fixed by Christmas.

   • 2019 February 26, Theresa May, “Leaving the European Union”, in parliamentary debates (House of Commons)‎^[3], column 173:

     Finally, the right hon. Gentleman talked about uncertainty: the uncertainty of not having the arrangements in place. If he wants to end uncertainty and if he wants to deal with the issues he raised in his response to my statement, then he should vote for a deal—simples.

   • 2022 September 21, Christian Wolmar, “Trevelyan must 'give a damn' and engage with the railway”, in RAIL, number 966, page 45:

     So, here's a bit of advice that I am sure she will not take: simply redeploy the lot of them, merge Network Rail with the train operators, call it British Railways, give it a set budget, and then let Andrew Haines and his colleagues get on with it. Simples.

Noun

simples

1. plural of simple

Verb

simples

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of simple

Asturian

Adjective

simples

1. plural of simple

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsim.pləs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈsim.ples]

Adjective

simples

1. plural of simple

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̃pl/

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Adjective

simples

1. plural of simple

Noun

simples m

1. plural of simple

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

simples

1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative neuter singular of simpel

Mirandese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈs̺ĩ.plɨs̺/

Adjective

simples m or f (plural simples)

1. simple

Derived terms

nouns

• simplecidade f

 

References

“simples” in Amadeu Ferreira, José Pedro Cardona Ferreira, Dicionário Mirandês-Português, 1st edition, 2004.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese simplez, from Latin simplex.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsĩ.plis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsĩ.plis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈsĩ.pliʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsĩ.ples/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsĩ.plɨʃ/

• Hyphenation: sim‧ples

Adjective

simples (invariable)

1. simple
2. (of a person) ignorant, uneducated

   Synonyms: xucro, ignorante, apedeuta

Derived terms

• simplesmente
• simplicidade
• simplificar
• simplíssimo
• simplista
• simplório

 

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsimples/ [ˈsĩm.ples]
• Rhymes: -imples
• Syllabification: sim‧ples

Adjective

simples m pl or f pl

1. plural of simple

Noun

simples m pl or f pl

1. plural of simple