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3 miseria
f.1 poverty (pobreza).2 misfortune (desgracia).3 meanness.4 baseness, wretchedness (vileza).5 pittance (poco dinero).le pagan una miseria they pay him next to nothing6 extreme poverty, poverty, grinding poverty, abjectedness.7 meager quantity, very small amount, peanuts, pittance.8 hardship.* * *1 (pobreza) extreme poverty2 (desgracia) misery, wretchedness3 (tacañería) meanness* * *noun f.1) misery2) poverty* * *SF1) (=pobreza) poverty, destitution2) (=insignificancia)3) (=tacañería) meanness, stinginess4) † (=parásitos) fleas pl, lice pl* * *1) ( pobreza) poverty, destitution2) ( cantidad insignificante) miserable amount, paltry amount3) ( desgracia) misfortuneestar a la miseria — (RPl fam) to be in a bad way (colloq)
llorar miseria(s) — (CS fam) to complain about not having any money
* * *= destitution, penury, pittance, squalor, sordidness, poverty, chump change.Ex. In sociology, fire appears twice in the energy facet; Y:4351 denotes fire as a cause of destitution, while Y:831 denotes fire as an item of social equipment, used for cooking etc.Ex. The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.Ex. The article 'Devastating an industry for a pittance of revenue' states the irrefutable case against taxing books and learned journals.Ex. The article 'Private affluence and public squalor?' discusses the implications for libraries and information if public services are forced to open up their markets to free trade and thereby to private companies.Ex. The author makes the most of the sordidness of the first sexual encounters of the protagonist, Stella, and the tawdriness of the theater company where she finds her first job.Ex. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.Ex. The trick is they don't plan on paying their artists more than chump change in royalties.----* en la miseria = down-and-out, in chapter 11, penniless.* hundirse en la miseria = sink into + depression, sink into + poverty.* miseria absoluta = grinding misery.* miseria más absoluta = abject poverty.* pasar miseria = the wolves + be + at the door.* salir de la miseria = haul + Reflexivo + out of + Posesivo + bog.* vivir en la miseria = live in + squalor, walk + the streets of misery, live in + penury.* * *1) ( pobreza) poverty, destitution2) ( cantidad insignificante) miserable amount, paltry amount3) ( desgracia) misfortuneestar a la miseria — (RPl fam) to be in a bad way (colloq)
llorar miseria(s) — (CS fam) to complain about not having any money
* * *= destitution, penury, pittance, squalor, sordidness, poverty, chump change.Ex: In sociology, fire appears twice in the energy facet; Y:4351 denotes fire as a cause of destitution, while Y:831 denotes fire as an item of social equipment, used for cooking etc.
Ex: The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.Ex: The article 'Devastating an industry for a pittance of revenue' states the irrefutable case against taxing books and learned journals.Ex: The article 'Private affluence and public squalor?' discusses the implications for libraries and information if public services are forced to open up their markets to free trade and thereby to private companies.Ex: The author makes the most of the sordidness of the first sexual encounters of the protagonist, Stella, and the tawdriness of the theater company where she finds her first job.Ex: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.Ex: The trick is they don't plan on paying their artists more than chump change in royalties.* en la miseria = down-and-out, in chapter 11, penniless.* hundirse en la miseria = sink into + depression, sink into + poverty.* miseria absoluta = grinding misery.* miseria más absoluta = abject poverty.* pasar miseria = the wolves + be + at the door.* salir de la miseria = haul + Reflexivo + out of + Posesivo + bog.* vivir en la miseria = live in + squalor, walk + the streets of misery, live in + penury.* * *A (pobreza) poverty, destitutionvivir sumido en la más absoluta miseria to live in abject povertyB(cantidad insignificante): gana una miseria she earns a pittancemira la miseria que me diste look at the miserable o paltry o measly amount you gave me ( colloq)C (desgracia) misfortunelas miserias de la guerra the miseries of warestar/quedar a la miseria ( RPl fam): el auto quedó a la miseria the car was a write-off o was wrecked o ( AmE) was totaled ( colloq)está a la miseria he's in a very bad way o in a terrible state ( colloq)* * *
miseria sustantivo femenino
1 ( pobreza) poverty, destitution
2 ( cantidad insignificante) miserable amount, paltry amount;
3 ( desgracia) misfortune;
miseria sustantivo femenino
1 (pobreza) extreme poverty: sobrecogía la miseria de sus aposentos, I was moved by the extreme poverty of her living conditions
2 (cantidad despreciable) pittance, miserable amount: vendí la casa por una miseria, I sold the house for a pittance
3 (más en pl) (desgracias, penalidades) miseries: ¡cuánta miseria se reflejaba en sus rostros!, what misery was reflected in their faces!
' miseria' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sordidez
- villa
English:
bread line
- chicken
- misery
- peanut
- penury
- pittance
- plunge
- poverty
- squalor
- starvation
- untold
- wake
- want
- wretchedness
- abject
- down
- shantytown
* * *miseria nf1. [pobreza] poverty;viven en la miseria they live in poverty3. [tacañería] meanness4. [vileza] baseness, wretchedness5. [poco dinero] pittance;le pagan una miseria he gets paid a pittance, they pay him next to nothing;CSur Famllorar miseria to plead poverty6. CompRP Fama la miseria: es alérgica y está a la miseria she's allergic and she's in a really bad way;después de tantos días sin agua, esa planta quedó a la miseria after so many days without water the plant was in a real state o half dead* * *f1 poverty2 fig ( sufrimiento) misery* * *miseria nf1) pobreza: poverty2) : misery, suffering3) : pittance, meager amount* * * -
4 Elend
I Adj.1. (unglücklich, beklagenswert) miserable, wretched, pitiable; ein elendes Leben führen live a life of misery2. (ärmlich) poverty-stricken; elende Hütte oder Baracke hovel; in elenden Verhältnissen leben live in wretched conditions ( oder dire poverty)3. (krank) (very) unwell; jemandem ist / wird elend (übel) s.o. is feeling / begins to feel very unwell; elend aussehen look dreadful; sich elend fühlen feel terrible ( oder wretched)4. pej. (gemein) despicable5. nur attr.; umg. Durst, Hunger etc. (stark): terribleII Adv.1. miserably; elend zugrunde gehen come to a wretched end; elend verhungern die of slow (and painful) starvation2. umg. (sehr) dreadfully; es tut elend weh it’s terribly sore, it hurts dreadfully ( oder like hell Sl.); es ist elend kalt it’s absolutely freezing* * *das Elendaffliction; woefulness; misery; calamitousness; sordidness; squalor; unhappiness; distress; poverty; want; wretchedness* * *['eːlɛnt]nt - (e)s[-dəs] no pl (= Unglück, Not) misery, distress; (= Verwahrlosung) squalor; (= Armut) poverty, penuryein Bild des Élends — a picture of misery/squalor
ins Élend geraten — to fall into poverty, to be reduced to penury, to become destitute
im (tiefsten) Élend leben — to live in (abject) misery/squalor/poverty
(wie) ein Häufchen Élend (inf) — (looking) a picture of misery
da kann man das heulende Élend kriegen (inf) — it's enough to make you scream (inf)
es ist ein Élend mit ihm (inf) — he makes you want to weep (inf), he's hopeless
es ist ein Élend,... (inf) — it's heartbreaking...
See:→ lang* * *1) (not feeling well: He was a bit off-colour the morning after the party.) off-colour2) miserably3) (very poor in quantity or quality: The house was in a miserable condition.) miserable4) ((something that causes) unhappiness: the misery of the fatherless children; Forget your miseries and come out with me!) misery5) (used in annoyance: This wretched machine won't work!) wretched* * *<-[e]s>[ˈe:lɛnt]nt kein pl (Not) misery [or distress]es gibt ja so viel \Elend auf dieser Welt there is so much misery in the worldins \Elend geraten to become destitute, to fall into poverty, form to be reduced to penuryim [bitteren/schrecklichen] \Elend leben to live in [abject] poverty [or squalor] [or misery]jdn/sich selbst ins \Elend stürzen to plunge sb/oneself into misery [or poverty]da kann man das heulende \Elend kriegen it's enough to make you screames ist einfach ein \Elend mit ihm he makes you want to scream [or he is hopeless]* * *das; Elends1) (Leid) misery; wretchedness; s. auch Häufchen2) (Armut) misery; destitution* * *1. (Leid) misery;aus tiefstem Elend from the depths of misery;wie das leibhaftige Elend aussehen umg look like death warmed up (US over), look (utterly) wretched;er bekam das heulende Elend umg he got the miseries, he just went to pieces;da könnte man das heulende Elend kriegen umg it’s enough to make you weepsoziales Elend social hardship;ins Elend geraten be reduced to poverty;bringen plunge into poverty (and distress)3. umg, fig:* * *das; Elends2) (Armut) misery; destitution* * *nur sing. n.calamitousness n.distress n.(§ pl.: distresses)misery n.squalor n.unhappiness n.woefulness n.wretchedness n. -
5 acabar con el sufrimiento de Alguien
(v.) = put + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + miseryEx. Surely the writing is on the wall for Gordon Brown and ministers will act in October to put him out of his and our collective miseries.* * *(v.) = put + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + miseryEx: Surely the writing is on the wall for Gordon Brown and ministers will act in October to put him out of his and our collective miseries.
Spanish-English dictionary > acabar con el sufrimiento de Alguien
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6 anticipar Algo
(v.) = the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + comingEx. Surely the writing is on the wall for Gordon Brown and ministers will act in October to put him out of his and our collective miseries.Ex. The inference is that they cannot be held accountable for something so unusual, so extraordinary, and so unforecastable that that no one saw it coming.* * *(v.) = the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + comingEx: Surely the writing is on the wall for Gordon Brown and ministers will act in October to put him out of his and our collective miseries.
Ex: The inference is that they cannot be held accountable for something so unusual, so extraordinary, and so unforecastable that that no one saw it coming. -
7 dejar de hacer sufrir
(v.) = put + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + miseryEx. Surely the writing is on the wall for Gordon Brown and ministers will act in October to put him out of his and our collective miseries.* * *(v.) = put + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + miseryEx: Surely the writing is on the wall for Gordon Brown and ministers will act in October to put him out of his and our collective miseries.
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8 hacer un favor
to do a favour (US favor)* * *(v.) = put + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + miseryEx. Surely the writing is on the wall for Gordon Brown and ministers will act in October to put him out of his and our collective miseries.* * *(v.) = put + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + miseryEx: Surely the writing is on the wall for Gordon Brown and ministers will act in October to put him out of his and our collective miseries.
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9 las cosas + estar + claras
(v.) = the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + comingEx. Surely the writing is on the wall for Gordon Brown and ministers will act in October to put him out of his and our collective miseries.Ex. The inference is that they cannot be held accountable for something so unusual, so extraordinary, and so unforecastable that that no one saw it coming.* * *(v.) = the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + comingEx: Surely the writing is on the wall for Gordon Brown and ministers will act in October to put him out of his and our collective miseries.
Ex: The inference is that they cannot be held accountable for something so unusual, so extraordinary, and so unforecastable that that no one saw it coming. -
10 ser algo inevitable
(v.) = the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + comingEx. Surely the writing is on the wall for Gordon Brown and ministers will act in October to put him out of his and our collective miseries.Ex. The inference is that they cannot be held accountable for something so unusual, so extraordinary, and so unforecastable that that no one saw it coming.* * *(v.) = the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + comingEx: Surely the writing is on the wall for Gordon Brown and ministers will act in October to put him out of his and our collective miseries.
Ex: The inference is that they cannot be held accountable for something so unusual, so extraordinary, and so unforecastable that that no one saw it coming. -
11 tener los días contados
(v.) = day + be + numbered, be doomed, doomed, be dead meat, the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + comingEx. The day of the stand-alone library is numbered, and the day of the stand-alone end-user is yet to come.Ex. We are on the way to a transformed library service, total in design (and anything less than totality is doomed as a has-been today).Ex. Unlike in 1990 when the genre seemed doomed, it has become an increasingly robust and acceptable segment of American publishing.Ex. I think we have some chance to get Friday in, but Saturday is dead meat without any doubt whatsoever and Sunday is pretty iffy.Ex. Surely the writing is on the wall for Gordon Brown and ministers will act in October to put him out of his and our collective miseries.Ex. The inference is that they cannot be held accountable for something so unusual, so extraordinary, and so unforecastable that that no one saw it coming.* * *(v.) = day + be + numbered, be doomed, doomed, be dead meat, the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + comingEx: The day of the stand-alone library is numbered, and the day of the stand-alone end-user is yet to come.
Ex: We are on the way to a transformed library service, total in design (and anything less than totality is doomed as a has-been today).Ex: Unlike in 1990 when the genre seemed doomed, it has become an increasingly robust and acceptable segment of American publishing.Ex: I think we have some chance to get Friday in, but Saturday is dead meat without any doubt whatsoever and Sunday is pretty iffy.Ex: Surely the writing is on the wall for Gordon Brown and ministers will act in October to put him out of his and our collective miseries.Ex: The inference is that they cannot be held accountable for something so unusual, so extraordinary, and so unforecastable that that no one saw it coming. -
12 ver Algo venir
(v.) = the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + comingEx. Surely the writing is on the wall for Gordon Brown and ministers will act in October to put him out of his and our collective miseries.Ex. The inference is that they cannot be held accountable for something so unusual, so extraordinary, and so unforecastable that that no one saw it coming.* * *(v.) = the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + comingEx: Surely the writing is on the wall for Gordon Brown and ministers will act in October to put him out of his and our collective miseries.
Ex: The inference is that they cannot be held accountable for something so unusual, so extraordinary, and so unforecastable that that no one saw it coming. -
13 ver lo que + avecinarse
(v.) = the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + comingEx. Surely the writing is on the wall for Gordon Brown and ministers will act in October to put him out of his and our collective miseries.Ex. The inference is that they cannot be held accountable for something so unusual, so extraordinary, and so unforecastable that that no one saw it coming.* * *(v.) = the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + comingEx: Surely the writing is on the wall for Gordon Brown and ministers will act in October to put him out of his and our collective miseries.
Ex: The inference is that they cannot be held accountable for something so unusual, so extraordinary, and so unforecastable that that no one saw it coming. -
14 verle las orejas al lobo
to see the red light, wake up to a danger, realize things could go wrong* * ** * *(v.) = the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + comingEx. Surely the writing is on the wall for Gordon Brown and ministers will act in October to put him out of his and our collective miseries.Ex. The inference is that they cannot be held accountable for something so unusual, so extraordinary, and so unforecastable that that no one saw it coming.* * *(v.) = the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + comingEx: Surely the writing is on the wall for Gordon Brown and ministers will act in October to put him out of his and our collective miseries.
Ex: The inference is that they cannot be held accountable for something so unusual, so extraordinary, and so unforecastable that that no one saw it coming. -
15 misère
misère [mizεʀ]feminine nouna. ( = pauvreté) extreme povertyb. ( = carence) misère culturelle lack of culture• quelle misère ! what a wretched shame!d. ( = somme négligeable) il l'a eu pour une misère he got it for next to nothinge. ( = plante) tradescantia* * *mizɛʀ1) ( pauvreté) destitution2) ( détresse) misery, wretchedness3) ( ennui) trouble, woe4) ( somme dérisoire) pittance5) Botanique wandering Jew, tradescantia•Phrasal Verbs:* * *mizɛʀ1. nf1) (= pauvreté) extreme poverty, destitutionêtre dans la misère — to be destitute, to be poverty-stricken
misère noire — utter destitution, abject poverty
100 euros, c'est une misère — 100 euros is a derisory sum
2. misères nfpl1) (= malheurs) woes, miseries2) (= ennuis) little troubles* * *misère nf1 ( pauvreté) ( de personne) destitution, extreme poverty; ( de lieu) squalor, destitution; être dans la misère to be destitute; s'enfoncer dans la misère to become totally destitute; réduire qn à la misère to reduce sb to poverty; crier or pleurer misère to bewail one's poverty, to poor-mouth○ US;2 ( détresse) misery, wretchedness; c'est misère que de faire it is distressing ou upsetting to do; c'est misère que de voir ça! it is distressing to see such things; la misère des temps the hardship of the times; quelle misère! what a wretched pity!; misère (de moi†)! woe is me†!;3 ( ennui) trouble, woe; on a tous nos petites misères we all have our little troubles ou problems; faire des misères à qn to give sb a hard time, to be nasty to sb;5 Bot wandering Jew, tradescantia.misère intellectuelle intellectual poverty; misère noire dire poverty; misère sexuelle sexual deprivation.[mizɛr] nom fémininêtre dans la misère to be destitute ou poverty-strickenil se jeta sur la nourriture comme la misère sur le monde (humoristique) he went at the food like a starving man ou like a wolf on its prey3. [malheur]c'est une misère de les voir se séparer it's pitiful ou it's a shame to see them break up4. [somme dérisoire] pittanceje l'ai eu pour une misère I got ou bought it for next to nothing————————[mizɛr] interjection————————misères nom féminin pluriel(familier) [broutilles, ennuis]faire des misères à quelqu'un to give somebody a hard time, to make somebody's life a misery————————de misère locution adjectivaleun salaire de misère a starvation wage, a pittance -
16 невзгоды
hardship, miseries, sorrow* * *hardshipmiseriesmisery -
17 misery
[ˈmɪzərɪ] plural ˈmiseries noun(something that causes) unhappiness:بُؤْس، شَقاء، تَعاسَهForget your miseries and come out with me!
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19 бедствия войны
1) General subject: calamity of war, hardships of war, miseries of war2) Diplomatic term: scourge of war3) Makarov: dogs of war, the dogs of war -
20 напасти
1) General subject: misery, adversity, odds (in the face of all odds -\> перед лицом всех напастей)2) American: hard knocks3) Makarov: miseries
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