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1) (unpleasant to look at: She is rather an ugly young woman.) feo2) (unpleasant, nasty or dangerous: ugly black clouds; The crowd was in an ugly mood.) desagradable; inquietante; amenazador•- uglinessugly adj feotr['ʌglɪ]1 feo,-a2 (situation etc) desagradable3 (custom, vice) repugnante, asqueroso,-a4 (wound, mood) peligroso,-a5 (rumour) inquietante, nada grato\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLas ugly as sin más feo,-a que Picio, más feo,-a que un pecadougly duckling patito feo1) unattractive: feo2) disagreeable: desagradable, feougly weather: tiempo feoto have an ugly temper: tener mal genioadj.• asqueroso, -a adj.• endiablado, -a adj.• feo, -a adj.• feúcho, -a adj.• fiero, -a adj.• horroroso, -a adj.• inquietante adj.'ʌgliadjective uglier, ugliesta) ( not pretty) <person/clothes> feob) ( unpleasant) < rumor> inquietante, alarmante; < wound> feo; < crime> horrible['ʌɡlɪ]1. ADJ(compar uglier) (superl ugliest)1) (=not pretty) [appearance, person] feo- be as ugly as sin2) (fig) (=unpleasant) desagradable; [mood] peligroso, violento; [situation, wound] peligroso; [rumour etc] nada grato, inquietante; [custom, vice etc] feo, repugnanteto grow or turn ugly — ponerse violento, amenazar violencia
2.CPDugly duckling N — (fig) patito m feo
* * *['ʌgli]adjective uglier, ugliesta) ( not pretty) <person/clothes> feob) ( unpleasant) < rumor> inquietante, alarmante; < wound> feo; < crime> horrible -
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feo 1,◊ fea adjetivo‹ peinado› unflattering; es un barrio feo it's not a very nice neighborhood ‹olor/sabor› (esp AmL) unpleasant;◊ ¡qué feo está el día! what an awful day!;la cosa se está poniendo fea things are getting nasty o ugly; es or (Esp) está muy feo hablar así it's not nice to talk like that
feo 2 adverbio (AmL) ‹oler/saber› bad;
feo,-a
I adjetivo
1 (carente de belleza) ugly
2 (turbio) nasty: esto se pone feo, this is looking bad
una herida fea, a bad wound
II m (desaire, descortesía) snub: no le hagas ese feo, don't snub him Locuciones: ser más feo que Picio, to be as ugly as sin ' feo' also found in these entries: Spanish: espantosa - espantoso - esperpento - fea - horrorosa - horroroso - monstruosa - monstruoso - encima - espantar - feroz - gana - horrible English: hideous - nasty - ugly - ugly duckling - unsightly - dull - homely - nice - plain
См. также в других словарях:
Ugly Duckling — Al … Deutsch Wikipedia
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ugly duckling — {n.} An ugly or plain child who grows up to be pretty and attractive. * /Mary was the ugly duckling in her family, until she grew up./ … Dictionary of American idioms
ugly\ duckling — noun An ugly or plain child who grows up to be pretty and attractive. Mary was the ugly duckling in her family, until she grew up … Словарь американских идиом