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1) (terrible: a dreadful accident.) terrible2) (very bad or annoying: What dreadful children!) terribledreadful adj terrible / espantosotr['dredfʊl]1 (shocking) terrible, espantoso,-a, atroz■ how dreadful! ¡qué horror!dreadful ['drɛdfəl] adj1) dread: pavoroso2) terrible: espantoso, atroz, terrible♦ dreadfully advadj.• desagradable adj.• espantoso, -a adj.• medroso, -a adj.• temeroso, -a adj.• temible adj.• terrible adj.'dredfəladjective <news/experience/weather> espantoso, terribleI feel dreadful — me siento pésimo or (fam) fatal
['dredfʊl]ADJ [crime, sight, suffering] espantoso; [news, accident, experience] espantoso, terrible; [disease, person, noise] terrible; [night, moment, place] horrible; [book, film] pésimo; [weather, conditions] pésimo, fatal (Sp) *; [situation, mistake] horroroso, terriblehow dreadful! — ¡qué horror!
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I feel dreadful! — (=ill) ¡me encuentro muy mal!, ¡me encuentro fatal! (Sp) *; (=ashamed) ¡qué vergüenza me da!, ¡qué pena me da! (LAm), me da muchísima vergüenza or (LAm) pena•
to look dreadful — (=ill) tener mala cara *; (=unattractive) [person] estar horrible, tener una pinta horrorosa *; [thing] quedar horrorosoI look dreadful in this hat — estoy horrible con este sombrero, tengo una pinta horrorosa con este sombrero *
* * *['dredfəl]adjective <news/experience/weather> espantoso, terribleI feel dreadful — me siento pésimo or (fam) fatal
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'terəbl1) (very bad: a terrible singer; That music is terrible!) atroz, pésimo, horrible, horroroso2) (causing great pain, suffering, hardship etc: War is terrible; It was a terrible disaster.) horrible, horroroso3) (causing great fear or horror: The noise of the guns was terrible.) horrible, horroroso•- terriblyterrible adj1. terrible2. malísimo / fatal
Multiple Entries: algo terrible terrible
terrible adjetivo
terrible adjetivo
1 (desagradable) terrible, awful
2 (intensificador) terrible
3 (travieso) naughty ' terrible' also found in these entries: Spanish: abominable - amanecer - campeonato - canutas - condición - demonio - diabólica - diabólico - disgusto - espanto - estado - follón - hambruna - impresionante - infumable - lamentable - lástima - maltrecha - maltrecho - miedosa - miedoso - pecho - pena - penosa - penoso - pésima - pésimo - rabiosa - rabioso - secuela - susto - tener - traer - tremebunda - tremebundo - tremenda - tremendo - triunfo - agobiante - antología - barbaridad - bueno - cabreo - calamidad - cochino - endiablado - enredo - espantoso - fatal - funesto English: abominable - appalling - bad - blow - carry-on - damage - dispose - doom - flap - lousy - ordeal - oversight - rotten - shocking - terrible - think back - dreadful - flirt - harrowing - horrendous - jobtr['terɪbəl]1 terrible, espantoso,-a, atroz2 familiar (as intensifier) mucho,-aterrible ['tɛrəbəl] adj: atroz, horrible, terribleadj.• espantable adj.• fatal adj.• medroso, -a adj.• pésimo, -a adj.• terrible adj.'terəbəla) ( very bad) <movie/singer/weather> espantoso, atroz, malísimo, fatal (Esp fam)to feel terrible — ( ill) sentirse* or encontrarse* pésimo or muy mal; (guilty, ashamed) sentirse* muy mal
that's terrible! — qué terrible!, qué horror!
['terǝbl]ADJ1) (=very unpleasant) [experience, accident, disease] terrible, espantoso2) * (=very bad) [weather, food] horrible, espantosoher French is terrible — habla fatal el francés, habla un francés espantoso
"what was it like?" - "terrible!" — -¿qué tal fue? -¡espantoso!
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I'm terrible at cooking — se me da fatal la cocina *I'm terrible at remembering names — se me da fatal recordar (los) nombres, soy malísimo para recordar (los) nombres
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I've had a terrible day at the office — he tenido un día malísimo or horrible en la oficina•
you sound terrible, is something wrong? — ¡vaya tono!, ¿pasa algo?•
he's having terrible trouble with his homework — le está costando horrores or un montón hacer los deberes ** * *['terəbəl]a) ( very bad) <movie/singer/weather> espantoso, atroz, malísimo, fatal (Esp fam)to feel terrible — ( ill) sentirse* or encontrarse* pésimo or muy mal; (guilty, ashamed) sentirse* muy mal
that's terrible! — qué terrible!, qué horror!
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'o:ful1) (very great: an awful rush.) enorme, imponente; terrible, tremendo2) (very bad: This book is awful; an awful experience.) horrible, horroroso3) (severe: an awful headache.) terrible•- awfully- awfulness
awful adj terrible / horribletr['ɔːfʊl]1 (shocking) atroz, horrible2 familiar (very bad) fatal, horrible, espantoso,-aawful ['ɔfəl] adj1) awesome: asombroso2) dreadful: horrible, terrible, atroz3) enormous: enorme, tremendoan awful lot of people: muchísima gente, la mar de genteadj.• espantoso, -a adj.• horrendo, -a adj.• impresionante adj.• malísimo, -a adj.• pavoroso, -a adj.• terrible adj.
I 'ɔːfəl1) (colloq)a) <journey/weather/day> horrible, espantoso, atroz; < clothes> horroroso, espantoso; <joke/movie> malísimo, pésimoI know it sounds awful, but... — te parecerá una barbaridad, pero...
I felt awful — me sentía fatal or muy mal
for one awful moment I thought he had seen me — pasé un momento horrible or espantoso creyendo que me había visto
2) ( terrible) (liter) <revenge/destruction> atroz
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adverb (AmE colloq) (as intensifier)['ɔːfǝl]1. ADJ1) (=dreadful) [weather] horrible, espantoso; [clothes, crime] horroroso, espantoso; [smell, dilemma] terriblewhat awful weather! — ¡qué tiempo más horrible or espantoso!
you are awful! — (=wicked) ¡qué malo eres!, ¡qué mala idea tienes!
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I have an awful feeling something's going to happen — tengo la terrible sospecha de que va a pasar algo•
how awful! — ¡qué horror!how awful for you! — ¡qué mal rato habrás pasado!
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to look awful — tener muy mal aspectoyou look awful, are you feeling all right? — tienes muy mala cara or tienes muy mal aspecto, ¿te encuentras bien?
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for one awful moment I thought I'd broken it — ¡fue horrible! por un momento pensé que se me había roto•
it smells awful — huele fatal•
what an awful thing to happen! — ¡qué cosa tan horrible or terrible!the awful thing is that he thought we were joking — lo peor (del caso) es que él pensó que estábamos de broma
2) (=bad, poor)3) (=awesome) imponente, tremendo4) * (as intensifier)she's got an awful cheek! — ¡tiene una cara increíble! *
2.ADV(esp US) ** * *
I ['ɔːfəl]1) (colloq)a) <journey/weather/day> horrible, espantoso, atroz; < clothes> horroroso, espantoso; <joke/movie> malísimo, pésimoI know it sounds awful, but... — te parecerá una barbaridad, pero...
I felt awful — me sentía fatal or muy mal
for one awful moment I thought he had seen me — pasé un momento horrible or espantoso creyendo que me había visto
2) ( terrible) (liter) <revenge/destruction> atroz
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4 dire
(dreadful; perilous.) terrible, espantoso, atrozDel verbo decir: ( conjugate decir) \ \
diré es: \ \1ª persona singular (yo) futuro indicativoMultiple Entries: decir diré
decir 1 sustantivo masculino:◊ ¿cientos de personas? — bueno, es un diré hundreds of people? — well, figuratively speaking
decir 2 ( conjugate decir) verbo transitivo 1 ‹mentira/verdad› to tell; para ejemplos con complemento indirecto ver división 2 ¿eso lo dices por mí? are you referring to me?; ¡no lo dirás en serio! you can't be serious!; dijo que sí con la cabeza he nodded; no se dice `andé', se dice `anduve' it isn't `andé', it's `anduve'; ¡eso no se dice! you mustn't say that!; ¿cómo se dice `amor' en ruso? how do you say `love' in Russian?; ¿lo encontró? — dice que sí/no did he find it? — he says he did/he didn'tb)2 diréle algo a algn to tell sb sth;◊ voy a diréle a papá que … I'm going to tell Dad …;¡ya te lo decía yo! I told you so! 3a) (expresando órdenes, deseos, advertencias):◊ ¡porque lo digo yo! because I say so!;harás lo que yo diga you'll do as I say; dice que llames cuando llegues she says (you are) to phone when you get there; dijo que tuviéramos cuidado she said to be careful; diles que empiecen tell them to start; le dije que no lo hiciera I told him not to do itb)4◊ ¿y los padres qué dicen? what do her parents think of it?, how do her parents feel about it?;¡quién lo hubiera dicho! who would have thought o believed it?; es muy fácil — si tú lo dices … it's very easy — if you say so …b) (sugerir, comunicar):¿te dice algo ese nombre? does that name mean anything to you? 5 ¿qué quieres diré con eso? what do you mean by that? 6 ( en locs) como quien dice so to speak; es decir that is; ¡he dicho! that's that o final!; ni que decir tiene que … it goes without saying that …; ¡no me digas! no!, you're kidding o joking! (colloq); por así decirlo so to speak; el qué dirán (fam) what other people (might) think; ver tb dicho 1
verbo intransitivoa) ( invitando a hablar):quería pedirle un favor — usted dirá I wanted to ask you a favor — certainly, go ahead decirse verbo pronominal
diré,◊ dirá, etc see decir
decir
I m (dicho, sentencia) saying: es sólo un decir, it's just a manner of speaking
II verbo transitivo
1 to say: está diciendo una mentira/la verdad, she's telling a lie/the truth
no dijo nada, he said nothing
2 (con complemento indirecto) to tell: no le dije mi opinión, I didn't tell him my opinion
les dijo que esperaran un rato, she told them to wait for a while
3 (opinar, afirmar, proponer) ¿qué me dices de mi nuevo corte de pelo?, what do you think of my new haircut?, te digo que es una extravagancia, I think it's quite weird
yo digo que vayamos a Cuenca, I suggest going to Cuenca
4 (suscitar interés, una idea) to mean, appeal: ese libro no me dice nada, that book doesn't appeal to me
¿le dice algo esta cara?, does this face mean anything to you?
5 (mostrar, indicar) to say, show: lo que hizo dice mucho en su favor, what he did says a lot for him
su cara de decepción lo dice todo, his long face says it all Locuciones: Tel Esp diga o dígame, hello?
digamos, let's say
digo yo, in my opinion
el qué dirán, what people will say
es decir, that is (to say)
ni que decir tiene, needless to say
no decir esta boca es mía, not to say a word
¡no me digas!, really!
por así decirlo, as it were o so to speak
querer decir, to mean
¡y que lo digas!, you bet! ➣ Ver nota en mean ¿To tell o to say?
Observa que to tell menciona a la persona a la cual va dirigida una frase: Dime tu nombre. Tell me your name. Les dijo que se fueran. He told them to go away.
Por el contrario, to say se centra en el contenido del mensaje, sin importarnos a quién va dirigido: ¿Qué has dicho? What did you say? Dijo que sí. He said yes. ➣ Ver nota en tell.
' diré' also found in these entries: Spanish: día - le - no - soga - andar English: breathe - dire - strait - get - soultr['daɪəSMALLr/SMALL]1 (desperate, extreme) extremo,-a, urgente2 (serious, ominous) serio,-a, grave3 (terrible, dreadful) terrible, espantoso,-a, atroz■ that play was absolutely dire! ¡vaya película más espantosa!\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be in dire straits estar en una situación desesperada1) horrible: espantoso, terrible, horrendo2) extreme: extremodire poverty: pobreza extremaadj.• deplorable adj.• horrendo, -a adj.• horrible adj.• terrible adj.daɪr, 'daɪə(r)adjective direr, direst1)a) <news/consequences> funesto, nefastoto be in dire straits — estar* en una situación desesperada
b) ( very bad) (BrE colloq) espantoso (fam), atroz3) ( desperate) <need/misery> extremo[daɪǝ(r)]ADJ (superl direr)1) (=terrible) [event, consequences, results] nefasto, funesto; [situation] desesperado; [warning, prediction] alarmante; [poverty] extremoto be in dire straits — estar en un serio aprieto or apuro
2) * (=awful) [film, book] pésimo, malísimo* * *[daɪr, 'daɪə(r)]adjective direr, direst1)a) <news/consequences> funesto, nefastoto be in dire straits — estar* en una situación desesperada
b) ( very bad) (BrE colloq) espantoso (fam), atroz3) ( desperate) <need/misery> extremo -
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'feitl1) (causing death: a fatal accident.) mortal2) (disastrous: She made the fatal mistake of not inviting him to the party.) fatal•- fatally- fatality
fatal adj mortal
fatal adjetivo 1 ‹accidente/enfermedad/consecuencias› fatal 2 (fam) ( muy malo) terrible, awful; me encuentro fatal I feel awful; su padre está fatal his father's in a really bad way (colloq) ■ adverbio (esp Esp fam): me caen fatal I can't stand them (colloq)
fatal
I adjetivo
1 (desastroso, muy perjudicial) fatal: fue un error fatal, it was a fatal error
2 (mortal) deadly, fatal: el accidente tuvo un fatal desenlace, the accident ended tragically
3 (lamentable, pésimo) awful, dreadful familiar lousy
4 (inevitable, ineludible) fateful, inevitable
II adv fam awfully, terribly: lo pasamos fatal, we had a rotten time
cantaban fatal, they sang really badly ' fatal' also found in these entries: Spanish: enrollarse - funesta - funesto - marras - mortal - sentar - vampiresa - distracción English: appalling - awful - behave - dreadful - fatal - femme fatale - grim - lousy - pear-shaped - rotten - terrible - wretched - bad - deadlytr['feɪtəl]1 (causing disaster) fatal, funesto,-a; (serious) grave2 (causing death) mortal3 (fateful) fatídico,-afatal ['feɪt̬əl] adj1) deadly: mortal2) ill-fated: malhadado, fatal3) momentous: fatídicoadj.• fatal adj.• funesto, -a adj.• menguado, -a adj.• mortífero, -a adj.• nefasto, -a adj.'feɪtḷa) ( causing death) mortalb) ( disastrous) <decision/mistake> fatídico, de funestas consecuencias['feɪtl]1. ADJ1) (=causing death) [accident, injury] mortal2) (=disastrous) [mistake] fatal; [consequences] funesto (to para)3) (=fateful) fatídico2.CPDfatal accident enquiry N — (Scot) investigación sobre las causas de un accidente mortal
* * *['feɪtḷ]a) ( causing death) mortalb) ( disastrous) <decision/mistake> fatídico, de funestas consecuencias -
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1) (a movement of air, especially one which causes discomfort in a room or which helps a fire to burn: We increase the heat in the furnace by increasing the draught; There's a dreadful draught in this room!) corriente de aire2) (a quantity of liquid drunk at once without stopping: He took a long draught of beer.) trago3) (the amount of water a ship requires to float it: a draught of half a metre.) calado•- draughts- draughty
draught n corrienteshut the door, there's a draught cierra la puerta, hay corrientetr[drɑːft]1 (of cold air) corriente nombre femenino (de aire)2 (swallow of beer etc) trago3 (medicine) pócima4 SMALLMARITIME/SMALL (depth) calado5 (haulage) tiro6 (piece in game) dama, pieza1 (animal) de tiro1 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL damas nombre femenino plural\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLon draught a presión, de barrilto make a draught hacer airedraught beer cerveza de barriln.• aire s.m.• calado s.m.• chiflón s.m.• trago s.m.dræft, drɑːft1) u ( storage under pressure)beer on draught — cerveza f de barril; (before n) <beer, cider> de barril
2) c (liter)a) (of water, beer) trago mb) ( of drug)3) (BrE) draft I 1)= draft (US) [drɑːft]1. N- feel the draught2) (=drink) trago m3) (Med) dosis f inv4) (Naut) calado m2.CPDdraught beer N — cerveza f de barril
draught excluder N — burlete m
draught horse N — caballo m de tiro
* * *[dræft, drɑːft]1) u ( storage under pressure)beer on draught — cerveza f de barril; (before n) <beer, cider> de barril
2) c (liter)a) (of water, beer) trago mb) ( of drug)3) (BrE) draft I 1)
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