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bēstia ae, f a beast, animal: fera bestia, N.: tametsi bestiae sunt (canes): bestiae volucres, birds: mutae, L.: ad bestias mittere alqm, to fight with (in the public spectacles): mala, the odor of the armpits (cf. capra), Ct.* * *beast, animal, creature; wild beast/animal, beast of prey in arena -
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adj.1 thick (ignorante).2 amazing (extraordinario).¡qué bestia, regateó a seis jugadores él solito! wow o that's amazing, he beat six players all by himself!3 beast.f.beast (animal).bestia de carga beast of burdenbestia negra bête noiref. & m.1 oaf (bruto).2 brute (ignorante).3 brute (violento).* * *1 (animal) beast► adjetivo1 (bruto) brutish3 (asombroso) fantastic, amazing\a lo bestia (fuerte) hard 2 (a lo loco) like a madman 3 (rápido) like mad 4 (en cantidad) in enormous amountsmala bestia nasty piece of work* * *noun f.* * *1. ADJ *1) (=bruto)ese tío bestia le ha vuelto a pegar a su mujer — that brute o animal * has been beating his wife again
no lo vayas a asustar ¡no seas bestia! — you're not going to frighten him, are you? don't be such a brute o such an animal! *
los hinchas llegaron en plan bestia — Esp the supporters came looking for trouble
poner a algn bestia Esp *** —
2)a lo bestia: un deporte parecido a la lucha libre pero más a lo bestia — a sport that's similar to wrestling but more rough
comimos a lo bestia — we really stuffed ourselves *, we pigged out *
3) (=ignorante) thick *¡anda, no seas bestia! ¡eso no puede ser verdad! — don't be an idiot! that can't be true!
4) [con admiración, asombro]¡qué bestia! ¡ha ganado todos los partidos! — she's amazing o incredible! she's won all the matches!
¡qué bestia! ¡se come cuatro huevos diarios! — it's amazing! she eats four eggs a day!
¡qué bestia eres, le has ganado al campeón! — what a star! you beat the champion!
2.SMF * (=bruto)¡eres un bestia! — you're a brute!, you're an animal! *
el muy bestia se ha bebido media botella de whisky él solo — that animal drank half a bottle of whisky on his own *
3.SF (Zool) beastbestia de arrastre — draught animal, draft animal (EEUU)
bestia de carga — beast of burden, pack animal
bestia de tiro — draught animal, draft animal (EEUU)
bestia feroz, bestia salvaje — wild animal, wild beast
bestia negra, bestia parda — bête noire
* * *I1) (fam)a) (ignorante, estúpido)es tan bestia que no distingue un Picasso de un Velázquez — he's so ignorant he can't tell a Picasso from a Velázquez
no seas bestia que vas a chocar! — watch out, you're going to crash!
b) ( grosero) rudeno seas bestia ¿cómo le vas a decir eso? — don't be so crass, you can't say that to him!
c) (violento, brusco)qué hombre más bestia! ha vuelto a pegarle — what a brute o an animal! he's hit her again
a lo bestia — (fam)
comen a lo bestia — they eat an incredible o a massive amount!
2) (fam) (expresando admiración, asombro) amazing (colloq)IIfemenino beastbestia salvaje or feroz — wild animal
IIIser una mala bestia — (fam) to be a nasty piece of work (colloq)
masculino y femeninoa) (fam) ( ignorante)es un bestia que no sabe ni usar el cuchillo — he's so uncouth, he can't even hold his knife properly
b) ( persona violenta) animal, brute* * *= beast, brute, behemoth, behemoth.Nota: Criatura mitológica.Ex. In Little Gidding T.S. Eliot gives us some lines that express what I mean not just by saying it but by demonstrating it too: Last season's fruit is eaten And the fullfed beast shall kick the empty pail.Ex. It is often held that brute animals cannot have legal rights.Ex. And we have the slumbering behemoth: the vast quantity of researchers who don't understand the system and don't care.Ex. And we have the slumbering behemoth: the vast quantity of researchers who don't understand the system and don't care.----* bestia negra = bête noire.* bestia salvaje = wild beast.* La Bella y la Bestia = Beauty and the Beast.* * *I1) (fam)a) (ignorante, estúpido)es tan bestia que no distingue un Picasso de un Velázquez — he's so ignorant he can't tell a Picasso from a Velázquez
no seas bestia que vas a chocar! — watch out, you're going to crash!
b) ( grosero) rudeno seas bestia ¿cómo le vas a decir eso? — don't be so crass, you can't say that to him!
c) (violento, brusco)qué hombre más bestia! ha vuelto a pegarle — what a brute o an animal! he's hit her again
a lo bestia — (fam)
comen a lo bestia — they eat an incredible o a massive amount!
2) (fam) (expresando admiración, asombro) amazing (colloq)IIfemenino beastbestia salvaje or feroz — wild animal
IIIser una mala bestia — (fam) to be a nasty piece of work (colloq)
masculino y femeninoa) (fam) ( ignorante)es un bestia que no sabe ni usar el cuchillo — he's so uncouth, he can't even hold his knife properly
b) ( persona violenta) animal, brute* * *= beast, brute, behemoth, behemoth.Nota: Criatura mitológica.Ex: In Little Gidding T.S. Eliot gives us some lines that express what I mean not just by saying it but by demonstrating it too: Last season's fruit is eaten And the fullfed beast shall kick the empty pail.
Ex: It is often held that brute animals cannot have legal rights.Ex: And we have the slumbering behemoth: the vast quantity of researchers who don't understand the system and don't care.Ex: And we have the slumbering behemoth: the vast quantity of researchers who don't understand the system and don't care.* bestia negra = bête noire.* bestia salvaje = wild beast.* La Bella y la Bestia = Beauty and the Beast.* * *A ( fam)1(ignorante, estúpido): es tan bestia que no distingue un Picasso de un Velázquez he's so ignorant he can't tell a Picasso from a Velázquez¡no seas bestia que vas a chocar! don't be so stupid o reckless, you're going to crash!2 (grosero) rudemira si es bestia, entra sin saludar a nadie he's so rude, he just comes in without saying hello to anyoneno seas bestia, ¿cómo le vas a decir eso? don't be so crass, you can't say that to him!3(violento, brusco): ¡ay, perdón! ¡qué bestia que soy! oh, sorry! I'm so clumsy o careless!¡qué hombre más bestia! ha vuelto a pegarle what a brute o an animal! he's hit her againel público se puso a gritar a lo bestia the crowd began to shout like crazy ( colloq)todo lo hace a lo bestia he's so slap-dash in everything he doesconducen a lo bestia they drive like madmen ( colloq)¡qué bestia! ¡metió seis goles! that's amazing o he's amazing, he scored six goals!¡qué bestia! se ha comido dos platos enteros de lentejas this guy's incredible! he's just eaten two whole plates of lentils ( colloq)beastbestia salvaje or feroz wild animalbestia de carga beast of burdenser una mala bestia ( fam); to be a nasty character o a nasty piece of work ( colloq), to be bad news ( colloq)Compuesto:bête-noireA1 ( fam)(ignorante): es un bestia que no sabe ni usar el cuchillo he's so uncouth, he can't even hold his knife properly2 (persona violenta) animal, bruteB (expresando admiración) whiz* ( colloq)el bestia de tu hermano ha vuelto a ganar el concurso your brother's incredible o amazing o ( colloq) a real star! he's won the competition againeste bestia arrasó con todos los premios en el colegio this whiz kid walked off with all the school prizes ( colloq)* * *
bestia adjetivo (fam)
b) (violento, brusco):◊ ¡qué hombre más bestia! ha vuelto a pegarle what a brute o an animal! he's hit her again
■ sustantivo femenino
beast;
bestia salvaje or feroz wild animal
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino ( persona violenta) animal, brute
bestia
I sustantivo femenino
1 beast, animal
2 fig fam mala bestia, bully, thug
3 figurado bestia negra, bête noire
II m,f fam fig brute, beast
III adj fig brutish, boorish
♦ Locuciones: a lo bestia, (groseramente) rudely
trabajar como una bestia, to slave away
' bestia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cabestro
English:
animal
- beast
- brute
- pack-animal
* * *♦ adjFam1. [bruto]es tan bestia que quería meter el piano por la ventana he's such an oaf, he wanted to try and get the piano in through the window;un chiste muy bestia a really gross joke¡qué tipo más bestia! what a brute o thug!3. [ignorante] thick;¡qué bestia, no sabe quién descubrió América! he's so thick he doesn't even know who discovered America!4. [extraordinario] amazing;¡qué bestia, regateó a seis jugadores él solito! wow o that's amazing!, he beat six players all by himself!5.a lo bestia: conduce siempre a lo bestia he always drives like a maniac;comer a lo bestia to stuff one's face;cerró la puerta a lo bestia he slammed the door shut;si metes el clavo a lo bestia se va a doblar if you just bash the nail in like that it'll get bent;trata a su mujer a lo bestia he treats his wife like dirt♦ nmfFam1. [bruto] oaf;yo no le dejo mi coche al bestia de tu hermano I'm not going to let your oaf of a brother have my car2. [ignorante] brute3. [violento] brute♦ nf[animal] beast; Fam bestia de carga beast of burden; Fig bestia negra bête noire* * *I f beast;trabajar como una bestia work like a dogII m/f1 ( zopenco) fambrute; antipático swine fam ; mujer bitch;ser un bestia be a brute2:conducir a lo bestia fam drive like a madman* * *bestia adj1) : ignorant, stupid2) : boorish, rudebestia nf: beast, animalbestia nmf1) ignorante: ignoramus2) : brute* * *bestia1 adj2. (grosero) rudebestia2 n1. (animal) beast / animal2. (persona) brute -
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f animalpersona brutale beastpersona sciocca blockheadfig andare in bestia fly into a rage* * *bestia s.f.1 beast, animal: bestia da soma, beast of burden (o sumpter); bestia da tiro, draught animal; le bestie, ( il bestiame) cattle (o livestock) // lavoro da bestia, drudgery (o grind) // conoscere l'umore della bestia, (fig.) to know s.o.'s whims // fare una vita da bestia, to lead a dog's life (o a hard life) // andare in bestia, to blow one's top (o to fly into a rage); mandare in bestia qlcu., to send s.o. up the wall (o to infuriate s.o.) // è una bestia rara, he's unique // la povertà è una brutta bestia, poverty is a terrible (o an ugly) thing // bestia nera, bête noire (o pet hate): la matematica è la sua bestia nera, mathematics is his pet hate (o bugbear)* * *['bestja, 'bɛstja]sostantivo femminile1) (animale) beast, animal2) (insetto) bug3) (persona ignorante) boor, oaf4) (persona rozza e violenta) beast, brute•bestia da soma — beast of burden, pack animal
••lavorare come una bestia — to work like crazy o like a Trojan BE
andare in bestia — to fly off the handle, to blow a fuse
mandare in bestia qcn. — to drive sb. up the wall
essere la bestia nera di qcn. — [persona, problema] to be a bugbear for sb.
guardare qcn. come una bestia rara — to look at sb. as if he, she were a freak
* * *bestia/'bestja, 'bεstja/sostantivo f.1 (animale) beast, animal2 (insetto) bug3 (persona ignorante) boor, oaf4 (persona rozza e violenta) beast, brutela guerra è una brutta bestia war is a scourge; lavorare come una bestia to work like crazy o like a Trojan BE; andare in bestia to fly off the handle, to blow a fuse; mandare in bestia qcn. to drive sb. up the wall; essere la bestia nera di qcn. [persona, problema] to be a bugbear for sb.; guardare qcn. come una bestia rara to look at sb. as if he, she were a freak\bestia feroce ferocious animal; bestia da soma beast of burden, pack animal; bestia da tiro draught animal. -
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1.bestĭa, ae, f. [perh. akin to fera and to belua], a beast (as a being without reason; opp. to man; while animal, = aliving being, includes man; bestia includes both fera, the beast as distinguished by fierceness, and belua, as distinguished by its size or ferocity; cf. Doed. Syn. 4, p. 290 sq.).I.Lit.A.In gen. (in the classical per. mostly in prose;2.esp. freq. in Cic., who uses it in its most extended signif., of every kind of living creature excepting man): disserens, neque in homine inesse animum vel animam nec in bestiā,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 21; 5, 13, 38; id. N. D. 2, 11, 31; id. Agr. 2, 4, 9:quod si hoc apparet in bestiis volucribus, nantibus, agrestibus, cicuribus, feris... quanto id magis in homine fit natura, etc.,
id. Lael. 21, 81; id. N. D. 2, 48, 124.—So of the serpent, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 75.—Of the crocodile and other amphibious animals, Cic. l. l.—Of the dog, Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56. —Of the elephant (for the more usual belua), Liv. 33, 9, 7.—Of the ass, Suet. Aug. 96.—Of a caterpillar, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 62.—Of the ostrich: sequitur natura avium, quarum grandissimi et paene bestiarum generis struthiocameli,
Plin. 10, 1, 1, § 1; cf. Dig. 3, 1, 1, § 6; 9, 1, 1, § 10.—With muta, Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 71; Liv. 7, 4, 6 (cf. mutae pecudes, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 8, 24).—And for the designation of a wild animal, with fera:vinctum ante se Thyum agebat, ut si feram bestiam captam duceret,
Nep. Dat. 3, 2 Dähne; Liv. 26, 13, 12; 26, 27, 12; Auct. Her. 2, 19, 29; Just. Inst. 2, 1, 12 sq.—As a term of reproach (cf. belua and our beast):B.mala tu es bestia,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 21; id. Poen. 5, 5, 13.—And, humorously, of the odor of the armpits (cf. ala and caper), Cat. 69, 8.—Esp., when the contest with animals became more usual in the public spectacles at Rome (not yet customary A.U.C. 583, B.C. 171, Liv. 44, 9, 4), bestia designated, without the addition of fera, a wild beast destined to fight with gladiators or criminals (v. bestiarius;II.usually lions, tigers, panthers, etc.).—Hence, ad bestias mittere aliquem,
to send one to fight with wild beasts, Cic. Pis. 36, 89; so, bestiis obioere aliquem, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3:condemnare aliquem ad bestias,
Suet. Calig. 27; id. Claud. 14:dare aliquem ad bestias,
Dig. 48, 8, 11; Gell. 5, 14, 27:ad pugnam bestiarum datus, Gell. l. l. § 10: tradere aliquem ad bestias depugnandas, Dig. l. l.: bestiarum damnatio,
the condemnation to fight with wild beasts, ib. 48, 13, 6 al. —Hence the expl.:bestiarum vocabulum proprie convenit leonibus, pardis et lupis, tigribus et vulpibus, canibus et simiis ac ceteris, quae vel ore vel unguibus saeviunt, exceptis serpentibus,
Isid. Orig. 12, 2, 1 (but cf. supra, 1.).—Transf., as a constellation, the wotf, Vitr. 9, 4 (7) (called by Cic. Arat. 211 or 455, Quadrupes vasta).2.Bestĭa, ae, m., a cognomen in the Calpurnian family.I.The consul L. Calpurnius Bestia, Sall. J. 27, 4 al.; Flor. 3, 1, 7.—II.The tribune of the people L. Bestia, Cic. Brut. 34, 128; id. de Or. 2, 70, 283.—III.Another tribune of the people, L. Bestia, a confederate of Catiline, Sall. C. 17, 3; 43, 1. -
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1.bestĭa, ae, f. [perh. akin to fera and to belua], a beast (as a being without reason; opp. to man; while animal, = aliving being, includes man; bestia includes both fera, the beast as distinguished by fierceness, and belua, as distinguished by its size or ferocity; cf. Doed. Syn. 4, p. 290 sq.).I.Lit.A.In gen. (in the classical per. mostly in prose;2.esp. freq. in Cic., who uses it in its most extended signif., of every kind of living creature excepting man): disserens, neque in homine inesse animum vel animam nec in bestiā,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 21; 5, 13, 38; id. N. D. 2, 11, 31; id. Agr. 2, 4, 9:quod si hoc apparet in bestiis volucribus, nantibus, agrestibus, cicuribus, feris... quanto id magis in homine fit natura, etc.,
id. Lael. 21, 81; id. N. D. 2, 48, 124.—So of the serpent, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 75.—Of the crocodile and other amphibious animals, Cic. l. l.—Of the dog, Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56. —Of the elephant (for the more usual belua), Liv. 33, 9, 7.—Of the ass, Suet. Aug. 96.—Of a caterpillar, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 62.—Of the ostrich: sequitur natura avium, quarum grandissimi et paene bestiarum generis struthiocameli,
Plin. 10, 1, 1, § 1; cf. Dig. 3, 1, 1, § 6; 9, 1, 1, § 10.—With muta, Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 71; Liv. 7, 4, 6 (cf. mutae pecudes, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 8, 24).—And for the designation of a wild animal, with fera:vinctum ante se Thyum agebat, ut si feram bestiam captam duceret,
Nep. Dat. 3, 2 Dähne; Liv. 26, 13, 12; 26, 27, 12; Auct. Her. 2, 19, 29; Just. Inst. 2, 1, 12 sq.—As a term of reproach (cf. belua and our beast):B.mala tu es bestia,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 21; id. Poen. 5, 5, 13.—And, humorously, of the odor of the armpits (cf. ala and caper), Cat. 69, 8.—Esp., when the contest with animals became more usual in the public spectacles at Rome (not yet customary A.U.C. 583, B.C. 171, Liv. 44, 9, 4), bestia designated, without the addition of fera, a wild beast destined to fight with gladiators or criminals (v. bestiarius;II.usually lions, tigers, panthers, etc.).—Hence, ad bestias mittere aliquem,
to send one to fight with wild beasts, Cic. Pis. 36, 89; so, bestiis obioere aliquem, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3:condemnare aliquem ad bestias,
Suet. Calig. 27; id. Claud. 14:dare aliquem ad bestias,
Dig. 48, 8, 11; Gell. 5, 14, 27:ad pugnam bestiarum datus, Gell. l. l. § 10: tradere aliquem ad bestias depugnandas, Dig. l. l.: bestiarum damnatio,
the condemnation to fight with wild beasts, ib. 48, 13, 6 al. —Hence the expl.:bestiarum vocabulum proprie convenit leonibus, pardis et lupis, tigribus et vulpibus, canibus et simiis ac ceteris, quae vel ore vel unguibus saeviunt, exceptis serpentibus,
Isid. Orig. 12, 2, 1 (but cf. supra, 1.).—Transf., as a constellation, the wotf, Vitr. 9, 4 (7) (called by Cic. Arat. 211 or 455, Quadrupes vasta).2.Bestĭa, ae, m., a cognomen in the Calpurnian family.I.The consul L. Calpurnius Bestia, Sall. J. 27, 4 al.; Flor. 3, 1, 7.—II.The tribune of the people L. Bestia, Cic. Brut. 34, 128; id. de Or. 2, 70, 283.—III.Another tribune of the people, L. Bestia, a confederate of Catiline, Sall. C. 17, 3; 43, 1. -
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-i; -e; gen pl; -i; f* * *f.Gen. -ii1. (= drapieżne zwierzę) beast; dzika bestia wild beast.2. przen. (= okrutnik, sadysta) brute.3. pot. (o kimś lub o czymś z podziwem, z zazdrością, ze złością, z pogardą) devil, fiend; ale bestia z niego! what a devil he is!The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > bestia
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