English-Spanish translations for slippery

• escurridizo
• resbaladizo
  Creo que estamos pisando terreno resbaladizo. I believe that we are on a slippery slope here.
  Ir más allá supondría correr el riesgo de entrar en un terreno muy resbaladizo. To go beyond that would risk putting us on a very slippery slope indeed.
  Así, imploro que abandonemos el terreno resbaladizo de estas decisiones. I therefore implore that we get off the slippery slope of these decisions.
• resbaloso

Definition of slippery

• Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc
• Evasive; difficult to pin down
• Liable to slip; not standing firm
• Unstable; changeable; inconstant
• Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals

Examples

• Oily substances render things slippery.
• a slippery person
• a slippery promise

Related words

• slippery jack
• slippery slope
• slippery as an eel
• slippery elm
• slippery ice
• caution - slippery when wet