English-Spanish translations for folly

• insensatez
  Nuestra negativa a introducirlo en ellos es una gran insensatez. Our refusal to place it there is the greatest folly.
  Creo que la guerra contra el Iraq no es solo una locura, sino también una insensatez económica. I believe war against Iraq is not just madness, but economic folly too.
  De aquí la insensatez de la UE al caer en la trampa de subvencionar tal indecencia y la imprudencia del Presidente... Hence the folly of the EU falling into the trap of funding such an obscenity and the foolishness of the President ...
• locura
  Eso lleva a la locura y causa más problemas. That way lies folly and further trouble.
  Al así hacerlo, se convirtió en sinónimo de la locura arrogante. In doing so, he became a byword for arrogant folly.
  Sería una locura que los dirigentes europeos se limitaran a negar la realidad de lo que ha sucedido. It would be folly for Europe’s leaders just to ignore the reality of what has happened.
• tontería

Definition of folly

• foolishness#English|Foolishness
• Thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence
• A fanciful building built for purely ornamental reasons

Examples

• This is a war of folly to continue.
• Itd be folly.
• The purchase of Alaska from Russia was termed Sewards folly.
• A luncheonette in the shape of a coffee cup is particularly conspicuous, as is intended of an architectural duck or folly.

Related words

• follow
• following
• follicle
• follower
• followed
• follow-up
• followers
• follis
• follow-the-leader