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1 doler

v.

1 to hurt.

¿te duele? does it hurt?

me duele la pierna my leg hurts

me duele la garganta I have a sore throat

me duele la cabeza I have a headache

me duele ver tanta injusticia it pains me to see so much injustice

le dolió en el alma it upset her terribly

¡ahí le duele! (informal figurative) that has really got to him!

2 to have pain in, to feel pain in.

Me duele el estómago I feel pain in my stomach.

Me duele I feel pain.

3 to be sorry for, to grieve for, to regret.

Me duele tu pena I regret your grief.

4 to regret to.

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doler

Conjugation model [ MOVER], like link=mover mover

► verbo intransitivo

1 to ache, hurt

■ me duele la cabeza I've got a headache

■ me duele la espalda my back hurts, my back aches

2 (afligir) to distress, sadden, upset, hurt

■ me duele tal pobreza such poverty distresses me

3 (sentir) to be sorry, be sad

■ me duele habérselo dicho I'm sorry I told her about it

► verbo pronominal dolerse

1 (arrepentirse) to repent (de, of), feel sorry (de, for)

■ se duele de sus pecados he repents of his sins

2 (lamentarse) to complain (de, of)

3 (notar el efecto) to feel the effects (de, of)

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verb

1) to hurt, ache

2) grieve

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- dolerse

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1. VI

1) (Med) to hurt

¿(te) duele? — does it hurt?

la inyección no duele — the injection doesn't hurt

me duele el brazo — my arm hurts

me duele la cabeza — my head hurts; [por migraña, resaca] I've got a headache

me duele el estómago — I've got (a) stomach ache

me duelen las muelas — I've got toothache

me duele la garganta — I've got a sore throat

2) (=afligir) to hurt

ese comentario me dolió — I was hurt by that comment, that comment hurt

no me duele gastarme el dinero en esto — I don't mind spending money on this, spending money on this doesn't bother me

me duele no poder prestártelo — I'm very sorry I can't lend it to you

¡ahí le duele! — so that's where the problem is!

2.

See:

dolerse

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1.
verbo intransitivo

a) inyección/herida/brazo to hurt; (+ me/te/le etc)

le duele una muela/la cabeza — she has (a) toothache/a headache

me dolía el estómago — I had (a) stomachache

me duele la garganta — I have a sore throat

me duelen los pies — my feet ache

¿dónde le duele? — where does it hurt?

me duele todo (el cuerpo) — I ache all over

b) ( apenar) (+ me/te/le etc)

me duele tener que decirte esto — I'm sorry to have to tell you this

me duele tu deslealtad — I find your disloyalty very hurtful

me dolió muchísimo lo que me dijo — I was deeply hurt by what he said

ahí te/le duele — (fam) that's what's wrong with you/him

c) ( importar)

no me duele el dinero que me he gastado — I don't regret spending that much money
2.
dolerse v pron

dolerse de algo — ( sentirse herido) to be hurt by something; ( arrepentirse) to regret something

se dolía de tantos años desperdiciados — he deeply regretted all those wasted years

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= feel + hurt, ache, begrudge, grudge.

Ex. Managers feel hurt by employees disloyal to the goals of the organization.

Ex. The something that had ached in Zach Ponderal all week and which he thought he had finally quelled, started aching again.

Ex. She did not begrudge the money spent on her children's education.

Ex. He did not grudge them the money, but he grudged terribly the risk which the spending of that money might bring on them.

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* sentirse dolido = feel + hurt.

* tocar donde duele = touch on + a sore spot.

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1.
verbo intransitivo

a) inyección/herida/brazo to hurt; (+ me/te/le etc)

le duele una muela/la cabeza — she has (a) toothache/a headache

me dolía el estómago — I had (a) stomachache

me duele la garganta — I have a sore throat

me duelen los pies — my feet ache

¿dónde le duele? — where does it hurt?

me duele todo (el cuerpo) — I ache all over

b) ( apenar) (+ me/te/le etc)

me duele tener que decirte esto — I'm sorry to have to tell you this

me duele tu deslealtad — I find your disloyalty very hurtful

me dolió muchísimo lo que me dijo — I was deeply hurt by what he said

ahí te/le duele — (fam) that's what's wrong with you/him

c) ( importar)

no me duele el dinero que me he gastado — I don't regret spending that much money
2.
dolerse v pron

dolerse de algo — ( sentirse herido) to be hurt by something; ( arrepentirse) to regret something

se dolía de tantos años desperdiciados — he deeply regretted all those wasted years

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= feel + hurt, ache, begrudge, grudge.

Ex: Managers feel hurt by employees disloyal to the goals of the organization.

Ex: The something that had ached in Zach Ponderal all week and which he thought he had finally quelled, started aching again.

Ex: She did not begrudge the money spent on her children's education.

Ex: He did not grudge them the money, but he grudged terribly the risk which the spending of that money might bring on them.

* sentirse dolido = feel + hurt.

* tocar donde duele = touch on + a sore spot.

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doler [E9 ]

vi

1 [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] «inyección/herida/brazo» to hurt

no duele nada it doesn't hurt at all

(+ me/te/le etc): le duele una muela/la cabeza she has (a) toothache/a headache

me dolía el estómago I had (a) stomachache, I had a pain in my stomach, my stomach hurt

me duele la garganta I have a sore throat

me duelen los pies my feet ache o hurt o are sore

¿dónde le duele? where does it hurt?

me duele todo el cuerpo I ache all over

todavía me duele un poquito it's still a little sore, it still hurts a little

2 (apenar) (+ me/te/le etc):

me duele tener que decirte esto I'm sorry o ( frml) it distresses me to have to tell you this, telling you this is very painful

me duele tu deslealtad I find your disloyalty very hurtful

me dolió mucho lo que me dijo what he said hurt me deeply, I was deeply hurt by what he said, I found what he said extremely hurtful

lo que más me duele es que no me haya llamado what hurts most is that she hasn't phoned

le dolió que no lo invitaran he was hurt o upset that they didn't invite him

ahí te/le duele ( fam); that's what's wrong with you/him

■ dolerse

v pron

dolerse DE algo:

se dolía de que sus socios lo hubieran engañado he was aggrieved o hurt that o it saddened him that his partners should have deceived him

se dolía de tantos años desperdiciados he deeply regretted all those wasted years

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doler ( conjugate doler) verbo intransitivo
a) [inyección/herida/brazo] to hurt;

◊ no duele nada it doesn't hurt at all;

(+ me/te/le etc)
◊ le dolió mucho it hurt a lot;

le duele una muela/la cabeza she has (a) toothache/a headache;
me dolía el estómago I had (a) stomachache;
me duele la garganta I have a sore throat;
me duelen los pies my feet ache;
me duele todo (el cuerpo) I ache all over
b) ( apenar) (+ me/te/le etc):

◊ me duele tener que decirte esto I'm sorry to have to tell you this;

me dolió muchísimo lo que me dijo I was deeply hurt by what he said
doler verbo intransitivo to hurt, ache: me duelen las muelas, I've got a toothache
me duele que me digas eso, it hurts to hear you say that
' doler' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
duele
- poder
English:
ache
- hurt
- pain
- rankle

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doler

♦ vi

1. [físicamente] to hurt;

me duele la pierna my leg hurts;

me duele la garganta I have a sore throat;

me duele la cabeza/el estómago I have a headache/a stomachache;

me duele todo el cuerpo I ache all over;

aún me duele el pinchazo que me dieron I'm still sore from the injection they gave me;

¿te sigue doliendo la herida? does the wound still hurt?;

¿te duele? does it hurt?;

no te preocupes, no te va a doler don't worry, it won't hurt;

Comp
Fam
¡ahí le duele! that has really got to him!;

lo que necesitan es mano dura – ¡ahí le duele! what they need is a firm hand – you've put your finger on it!

2. [moralmente] to hurt, to pain;

lo que más me duele es su indiferencia what hurts o pains me most is her indifference;

me duele ver tanta injusticia it pains o saddens me to see so much injustice;

me duele tener que decirte esto, pero… I'm very sorry o I hate to have to tell you this, but…;

le dolió en el alma it upset her terribly;

Comp

no doler prendas a alguien: no me duelen prendas en reconocer que me he equivocado I don't mind admitting I was wrong

♦ See also the pronominal verb dolerse

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doler

v/t tb fig

hurt;

me duele el brazo my arm hurts;

le duele la tripa he has a stomach-ache;

me duele la garganta I have a sore throat, my throat hurts;

le dolió que le mintieran fig she was hurt that they had lied to her;

ahí le duele fig that’s his problem

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doler {47} vi

1) : to hurt, to ache

2) : to grieve

♦ See also the reflexive verb dolerse

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doler vb

1. (en general) to hurt [pt. & pp. hurt]

me duele la pierna my leg hurts

esto no te dolerá this won't hurt

me duele verte así it hurts me to see you like this

2. (cabeza, muela, estómago) to ache

me duele una muela I've got toothache

Spanish-English dictionary > doler
2 garganta

f.

1 throat (anatomy).

lo tengo atravesado en la garganta (figurative) he/it sticks in my gullet

2 gorge (desfiladero).

3 ravine, water gap, groove.

4 ball spunt.

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garganta

► nombre femenino

1 (cuello) throat

2 (desfiladero) gorge, narrow pass

3 (voz) voice

4 (empeine) instep

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FRASEOLOGÍA

tener buena garganta to have a good voice

tener a alguien atravesado en la garganta familiar not to be able to stand somebody

tener un nudo en la garganta figurado to have a lump in one's throat

dolor de garganta sore throat

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noun f.

1) throat

2) neck

3) defile

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SF

1) (Anat) throat, gullet; (=cuello) neck

me duele la garganta — I have a sore throat

- le tengo atravesado en la garganta

- mojar la garganta

- tener el agua a la garganta

2) [del pie] instep

3) (Mús) singing voice

tener buena garganta — to have a good singing voice

4) [de botella] neck

5) (Geog) (=barranco) ravine, gorge; (=desfiladero) narrow pass

6) (Arquit) [de columna] shaft

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I
femenino

1)

a) (Anat) throat

me dolía la garganta — I had a sore throat

tiene una buena garganta — she has a good (singing) voice

b) ( cuello) neck

2) ( desfiladero) gorge, ravine; ( entre montañas) narrow pass
II
masculino y femenino (Per fam) scrounger (colloq)

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= throat, gorge, gullet.

Ex. Self-effacing nervousness causes the epiglottis to tighten, strangling the words in the throat and stiffening the diaphragm so that it is like pulled-out elastic unable to propel anything.

Ex. This is the cradle of Shangri-la and one of the deepest river gorges on earth = Ésta es la cuna del Shangrilá y uno de los desfiladeros más profundos de la tierra.

Ex. Many people's lives are made miserable by heartburn, a sensation of heaviness at the pit of the stomach and a burning sensation in the gullet.

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* dolor de garganta = sore throat.

* hacérsele a Uno un nudo en la garganta = get + a lump in + Posesivo + throat.

* hacerse un nudo en la garganta = choking emotion + fill.

* nudo en la garganta = lump in + Posesivo + throat.

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I
femenino

1)

a) (Anat) throat

me dolía la garganta — I had a sore throat

tiene una buena garganta — she has a good (singing) voice

b) ( cuello) neck

2) ( desfiladero) gorge, ravine; ( entre montañas) narrow pass
II
masculino y femenino (Per fam) scrounger (colloq)

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= throat, gorge, gullet.

Ex: Self-effacing nervousness causes the epiglottis to tighten, strangling the words in the throat and stiffening the diaphragm so that it is like pulled-out elastic unable to propel anything.

Ex: This is the cradle of Shangri-la and one of the deepest river gorges on earth = Ésta es la cuna del Shangrilá y uno de los desfiladeros más profundos de la tierra.

Ex: Many people's lives are made miserable by heartburn, a sensation of heaviness at the pit of the stomach and a burning sensation in the gullet.

* dolor de garganta = sore throat.

* hacérsele a Uno un nudo en la garganta = get + a lump in + Posesivo + throat.

* hacerse un nudo en la garganta = choking emotion + fill.

* nudo en la garganta = lump in + Posesivo + throat.

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garganta¹

feminine

A [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]

1 ( Anat) throat

me dolía la garganta I had a sore throat

tiene una buena garganta she has a good (singing) voice

2 (cuello) neck, throat ( liter)

B ( Geog) (desfiladero) gorge, ravine; (entre montañas) narrow pass

C ( Arquit) neck

garganta²

masculine and feminine

( Per fam)

freeloader ( colloq), scrounger ( colloq), sponger ( BrE colloq)

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garganta sustantivo femenino
1
a) (Anat) throat;

◊ me dolía la garganta I had a sore throat

b) ( cuello) neck

2 ( desfiladero) gorge, ravine;
( entre montañas) narrow pass
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (Per fam) scrounger (colloq)
garganta sustantivo femenino
1 (de persona, animal) throat: me dolía la garganta, I had a sore throat
le puso la navaja en la garganta, he put the knife to his neck
2 (entre montañas) gorge, narrow pass
' garganta' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
anudar
- nudo
- nuez
- angina
- atorar
- atravesar
- carrasposo
- doler
- dolor
- gaznate
- guargüero
- irritar
- raspar
- reseco
- seco
English:
lump
- sore
- throat
- gullet

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garganta nf

1. [conducto interno] throat;

me duele la garganta I've got a sore throat;

Comp
Fam
lo tengo atravesado en la garganta he/it sticks in my gullet o throat

2. [cuello] neck

3. [voz] (singing) voice;

tiene buena garganta he has a good (singing) voice

4. [desfiladero] gorge

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garganta

f

1 ANAT throat

2 GEOG gorge

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garganta nf

1) : throat

2) : neck (of a person or a bottle)

3) : ravine, narrow pass

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garganta n

1. (cuello) throat

tiene dolor de garganta she's got a sore throat

2. (en geografía) gorge

Spanish-English dictionary > garganta
3 anginas

f.pl.

quinsy, tonsillitis, quinsies.

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femenino plural

a) (Esp, Méx) ( inflamación) throat infection

b) (Méx, Ven) ( amígdalas) tonsils (pl)

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femenino plural

a) (Esp, Méx) ( inflamación) throat infection

b) (Méx, Ven) ( amígdalas) tonsils (pl)

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anginas

fpl

1 (Esp, Méx) (inflamación) sore throat

2 (Méx, Ven) (amígdalas) tonsils (pl)

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anginas sustantivo femenino plural
a) (Esp, Méx) ( inflamación) throat infection

b) (Méx, Ven) ( amígdalas) tonsils (pl)

' anginas' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
angina

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anginas npl sore throat

tiene anginas she's got a sore throat

Spanish-English dictionary > anginas
4 malo

adj.

1 bad, wrong.

2 bad, lousy, crummy, below par.

3 bad, wicked, evil, ill.

4 bad, rotten, crook, decayed.

5 bad, out of order, out of service.

m.

1 bad one.

2 bad guy, baddy.

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malo

► adjetivo

1 bad

■ ¡qué día tan malo hace! what dreadful weather!

■ este vino es muy malo this wine is very bad

■ es mala señal que no hayan llamado todavía it's a bad sign that they haven't phoned yet

2 (malvado) wicked, evil

■ es muy mala persona he's a nasty piece of work

3 (travieso) naughty

■ ¡qué niño más malo! what a naughty child!

4 (nocivo) harmful

■ el tabaco es malo para la salud smoking is bad for you

5 (enfermo) ill, sick

■ no ha venido a trabajar porque está malo con gripe he's off sick with flu

6 (estropeado) off

■ este pescado ya está malo this fish has gone off already

7 (falso) false

■ este rubí es malo this ruby is false

8 (difícil) difficult

■ el tobillo es malo de curar ankles take a long time to heal

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 (en la ficción) baddy, villain

■ ¿quién es el malo? who's the baddy?

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FRASEOLOGÍA

de mala manera badly, rudely

estar a malas con alguien to be on bad terms with somebody

estar de malas (malhumorado) to be in a bad mood 2 (desafortunado) to be unlucky

estar mala familiar to have one's period

estar malo,-a familiar to be ill, US be sick

lo malo es que... the trouble is that...

¡malo! bad news!

■ cuando no mira a los ojos ¡malo! if he doesn't look you in the eye it's bad news

poner malo,-a a alguien familiar to drive somebody mad

ponerse malo,-a familiar to get ill, US get sick

por las buenas o por las malas whether one likes it or not

por las malas by force

ser el malo de la película to be the baddy

mala educación bad manners plural

mala hierba weed

mala jugada dirty trick

mala pasada dirty trick

mala pata bad luck

malos tratos ill-treatment

mala voluntad ill will

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1. (f. - mala)
noun

villain, bad person
2. (f. - mala)
adj.

1) bad

2) evil

3) harmful

4) ill

5) poor, cheap

6) rotten

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malo, -a
1. ADJ
( antes de sm sing mal)
1) (=perjudicial) bad

es malo para la salud — it's bad for your health

- más vale lo malo conocido que lo bueno por conocer

2) (=imperfecto) bad

esta película es bastante mala — this is a pretty bad film

un chiste malísimo — a really bad joke, a terrible joke

este papel es malo para escribir — this paper is bad for writing

mala calidad — poor quality

es una tela muy mala — it's a very poor-quality material

joyas malas — fake jewels

• ni un(a) mal(a)..., no hay ni un mal bar para tomar algo — there isn't a single little bar where we can get a drink

3) (=adverso) bad

he tenido mala suerte — I've had bad luck, I've been unlucky

eso es una mala señal — that's a bad sign

-es tarde y no ha llamado -¡malo! — "it's late and she hasn't called" - "oh dear!"

malo sería que no ganáramos — it would be a disaster if we didn't win

lo malo es que... — the trouble is (that)...
pata 1., 6)
4) (=desagradable) bad

un mal día — a bad day

el tiempo estuvo muy malo todo el verano — we had really bad weather all summer

un olor muy malo — a bad o nasty smell

5) (=podrido)

esta carne está mala — this meat's off

6) (=reprobable) wrong

¿qué tiene de malo? — what's wrong with that?

¿qué tiene de malo comer helados en invierno? — what's wrong with eating ice cream in winter?

van por mal camino — they'll come to no good if they carry on like this

es una mala persona — he's a bad person

una bruja mala — a wicked witch
arte 2), idea 3), leche 10), lengua 1), manera 2), pasada 5), trato 4), uva 1)
7) (=travieso) naughty

¡no seas malo! — don't be naughty!

8) (=enfermo) ill

mi hija está mala — my daughter's ill

tienes muy mala cara — you look awful o really ill

se puso malo después de comer — he started to feel ill after lunch

me puse malo de reírme — I nearly died laughing

tengo mala la garganta — I've got a sore throat

9) (=inepto) bad

ser malo para algo — to be bad at sth

soy muy mala para la física — I'm very bad at physics

10) (=difícil) hard, difficult

es un animal malo de domesticar — it's a hard o difficult animal to tame

es muy malo de vencer — he's very hard o difficult to beat

11)

- a la mala

- andar a malas con algn

ponerse a malas con algn — to fall out with sb

- estar de malas

- venir de malas

- por las malas

2.

SM / F (=personaje) (Teat) villain; (Cine) baddie *

3.

SM

el malo — (Rel) the Evil One, the Devil

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I
1) - la adjetivo [ The form mal is used before masculine singular nouns]

Sentido I

2) [ser] ( en calidad) < producto> bad, poor; <película/novela> bad

es de mala calidad — it is poor quality

tiene mala ortografía — her spelling is bad o poor

más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer — better the devil you know (than the devil you don't)

3) [ser]

a) ( incompetente) <alumno/actor> bad

soy muy mala para los números — I'm terrible o very bad with figures

b) <padre/marido/amigo> bad

4) [SER] (desfavorable, adverso) bad

qué mala suerte! — what bad luck!, how unlucky!

lo malo es que... — the thing o trouble is that...

en las malas se conoce a los amigos — a friend in need is a friend indeed

estar de malas — ( de mal humor) (fam) to be in a bad mood; ( desafortunado) (esp AmL) to be unlucky

por las malas — unwillingly

5) [ser] (inconveniente, perjudicial) <hábitos/lecturas> bad

las malas compañías — bad company

llegas en mal momento — you've come at an awkward o a bad moment

es malo tomar tanto sol — it's not good to sunbathe so much

6) [SER] ( sin gracia) < chiste> bad

7) [SER] ( desagradable) <olor/aliento> bad

hace un día muy malo — it's a horrible day

hace tan malo — (Esp) it's such horrible weather

8) [estar] ( en mal estado) < alimento>

el pescado/queso está malo — the fish/cheese has gone bad, that fish/cheese is off (BrE)

9)

a) (desmejorado, no saludable)

tienes mala cara/mal aspecto — you don't look well

yo le veo muy mal color — he looks terribly pale to me

b) [SER] (serio, grave) serious

no tiene nada malo — it's nothing serious

una mala caída — a bad fall

c) [estar] (Esp, Méx fam) ( enfermo) sick (AmE), ill (BrE)

el pobre está malito — the poor thing's not very well (colloq)

d) [ESTAR] (Esp fam & euf) < mujer>

estoy mala — it's that time of the month (colloq & euph)

me he puesto mala — my period's started

10) [ser] ( difícil)

malo de + inf — difficult to + inf

es muy malo de convencer — he's very difficult o hard to persuade

Sentido II

11) [ser] ( en sentido ético) < persona> nasty

qué malo eres con tu hermano! — you're really horrible o nasty to your brother

no seas mala, préstamelo — don't be mean o rotten, lend it to me (colloq)

una mala mujer — a loose woman

una mujer mala — a wicked o an evil woman

a la mala — (Chi fam)

se lo quitaron a la mala — they did him out of it (colloq)

pasó la cámara a la mala — she sneaked the camera through (colloq)

Sentido III

12) (Esp) ( uso enfático) (delante del n)

no nos ofrecieron ni un mal café — they didn't even offer us a cup of coffee

no había ni una mala silla para sentarse — there wasn't a single damn chair to sit on (colloq)

•

- mala hierba

- mala idea

- mala leche

- mala palabra

- mala pata

- mala sangre

- malas artes

- malas lenguas

- malos pensamientos

- malos tratos
II
- la masculino, femenino (leng infantil o hum) baddy (colloq)

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= bad [worse -comp., worst -sup.], poor [poorer -comp., poorest -sup.], wrong, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.], naughty [naughtier -comp., naugtiest -sup.], villain, evil, crummy [crummier -comp., crummiest -sup.], lame.

Ex. I'm not saying that it is bad, but it is a real difference of interest between the needs and purposes of research libraries and the public libraries, and I would also throw in the school and almost certainly junior college libraries.

Ex. Examples are generally poor or obscure (often in Latin or German).

Ex. In a conventional system, the omission of a punctuation mark or an abbreviation will not necessarily cause an entry to be filed in the wrong place, because humans can compensate for variations in spelling and punctuation.

Ex. Wilensky has argued that 'the good, the mediocre and the trashy are becoming fused in one massive middle mush' and that 'intellectuals are increasingly tempted to play to mass audiences'.

Ex. He felt like a naughty school-boy.

Ex. The father, Old Brightwell, curses his daughter, Jane, for preferring the love of the smooth-tongued villain, Grandley, to that of her own parents.

Ex. One teacher I knew used to poke his head round the door just at the end of the day and say something like, 'Tomorrow when we meet I am going to tell you about the evil magician,' and then he would disappear leaving us all agog.

Ex. One librarian bluntly wondered about the ethics of sending ' crummy looking books with information that is incorrect or obsolete to the needy (because) everyone should have access to good material'.

Ex. Democrats are lame, feckless, timid, with no ideas, no vision, no message, and no future.

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* acabar mal = come to + a bad end.

* algo anda mal = something is amiss.

* algo va mal = something is amiss.

* andar mal = feel under + the weather, be under the weather.

* andar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* aplicar mal = misapply.

* a veces las cosas salen mal = shit happens.

* bastante malo = third rate [third-rate].

* bicho malo = nasty piece of work.

* caer mal = rub + Nombre + up the wrong way.

* calcular mal = misjudge.

* chiste malo = shaggy dog story.

* citar mal = misquote.

* comportarse mal = misbehave, act up.

* comportarse muy mal con = be rotten to.

* comprender mal = misunderstand.

* concebir mal = misconceive.

* con mala fama = disreputable.

* con mala reputación = disreputable.

* control de las malas hierbas = weed control.

* corregir un mal = correct + a wrong.

* creer que estar mal = feel + wrong.

* dar de mala gana = begrudge, grudge.

* dar mala impresión = look + bad.

* decían las malas lenguas que = rumour had it that.

* decir con mal humor = spit out.

* dejar un mal sabor de boca = leave + a bad taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* de mala calidad = shabby [shabbier -comp., shabbiest -sup.].

* de mala fama = of bad repute, notorious.

* de mala gana = reluctantly, grudgingly, grudging, begrudgingly, unwillingly.

* de mala leche = like a bear with a sore head, in a foul mood.

* de mala reputación = of bad repute, notorious.

* de mal aspecto = seedy [seedier -comp., seediest -sup.], nasty looking, shanky [shankier -comp., shankiest -sup.].

* de malas pulgas = in a grouch.

* de mala uva = in a foul mood.

* de mal carácter = ill-natured.

* de mal en peor = out of the fire and into the frying pan.

* de mal genio = bad-tempered, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], irascible, shrewish, short-tempered, ill-natured.

* de mal gusto = in bad taste, distasteful, tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], unbecoming, tasteless, tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], naff, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.].

* de mal humor = crotchety.

* de mal sabor = unbecoming.

* de mal vivir = disreputable.

* dentro de lo malo lo menos malo = the best of a bad lot.

* diagnosticar mal = misdiagnose.

* día malo = bad hair day.

* dicen las malas lenguas que = rumour has it that.

* el cielo rojo al atardecer augura buen tiempo, el cielo rojo al amanecer aug = red sky at night, (shepherd/sailor)'s delight, red sky in the morning, (shepherd/sailor)'s warning.

* en mala forma = in bad nick.

* en malas condiciones = in poor condition, in bad condition, in bad shape, in poor shape, in bad nick.

* en mal estado = in bad condition, in poor condition, in bad shape, in poor shape, in bad nick.

* entender mal = misunderstand, misconceive, mishearing.

* escuchar mal = mishearing.

* estar mal = be wrong, feel under + the weather, be under the weather.

* estar mal comunicado con = have + poor connections with.

* estar mal encaminado = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.

* estar mal preparado = ill-prepared.

* estar mal visto = frown on/upon.

* estar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* funcionar mal = malfunction.

* gestionar mal = mismanage.

* golpe de malasuerte = stroke of misfortune.

* hablar mal de = speak out against, speak + ill of, say + nasty things about, slag + Nombre + off, slate, diss.

* hacer sentir mal = make + Nombre + feel bad.

* ir de mal en peor = go from + bad to worse.

* ir mal = go + wrong.

* ir mal encaminado = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.

* ir por mal camino = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.

* juzgar mal = misjudge, misconceive.

* limpieza de malas hierbas = weeding.

* llevar por el mal camino = lead + astray.

* llevar por mal camino = mislead.

* lo bueno y lo malo = the rights and wrongs.

* lo que está bien y lo que está mal = rights and wrongs.

* lo uno es tan malo como lo otro = one is as bad as the other.

* mala administración = mismanagement.

* mala aplicación = misapplication.

* mala calidad = badness.

* mala cizaña = rotten apple.

* mala colocación = misplacement, misfiling.

* mala colocación en los estantes = misshelving.

* mala compañía = bad apple, rotten apple, damaged goods.

* mala conducta = misconduct, misbehaviour [misbehavior, -USA].

* mala conducta científica = scientific misconduct.

* mala decisión = bad judgement.

* mal + Adjetivo = poorly + Adjetivo.

* mala educación = impoliteness.

* mala experiencia = horror story.

* mala fama = ill-repute, bad repute, bad reputation, ill reputation.

* mala fortuna = misfortune.

* mala gestión = mismanagement.

* mala hierba = weed, bad apple, rotten apple.

* mala influencia = bad seed, bad influence.

* mala intención = sinisterness, ill will.

* mala interpretación = misinterpretation.

* mala jugada = dirty trick.

* mala leche = nastiness, bad blood.

* mal aliento = bad breath.

* mala ordenación = misfiling.

* mala palabra = dirty word.

* mala pasada = dirty trick.

* mala persona = rotten apple, a bad lot.

* mala racha económica = economic doldrums.

* mala reputación = ill-repute, bad repute, bad reputation, ill reputation.

* mal armado = ill-armed.

* mala salud = poor health.

* mala semilla = bad seed.

* malas experiencias = awful experience.

* malas pulgas = ornery, grouchiness, grouch.

* mala suerte = misfortune, mischance, bad luck, tough luck, hard luck, losing streak.

* malas vibraciones = bad vibes.

* mal atendido = ill-served.

* mala tierra = poor soil.

* mala vista = poor eyesight.

* mala voluntad = ill will.

* mal batido = badly-beaten.

* mal comportamiento = misconduct, disruptive behaviour, misbehaviour [misbehavior, -USA].

* mal comportamiento científico = scientific misconduct.

* mal concebido = ill-conceived.

* mal configurado = misconfigured.

* mal considerado = poorly-regarded.

* mal cuidado = mishandling.

* mal día = bad hair day.

* mal digerido = ill-digested.

* mal educado = impolite.

* mal emparejado = mismated.

* mal enfocado = ill-adapted.

* mal escrito = mistyped, ill-written, badly written.

* mal estado = disrepair, state of disrepair.

* mal estado de salud = poor health.

* mal estructurado = ill-structured.

* mal expresado = inarticulate.

* mal formado = ill-trained.

* mal formulado = badly formulated.

* mal funcionamiento = malfunction, malfunctioning.

* mal fundido = ill-cast.

* mal genio = bile, short temper.

* mal gusto = bad taste, tawdriness.

* mal hecho para = ill suited to/for.

* mal iluminado = badly-lit.

* mal informado = ill-informed.

* mal juicio = bad judgement.

* mal llamado = ill-named.

* mal menor = lesser evil.

* malo del estómago = upset stomach.

* malo, el = bad guy, the.

* mal oído = poor hearing.

* mal olor = stench.

* mal ordenado en los estantes = misshelved.

* mal ordenado los estantes = misshelved.

* mal organizado = ill-structured.

* malos, los = baddies, the.

* malos tiempos = bad times.

* malos tratos = mistreatment, battery, maltreatment, physical abuse.

* malos tratos a la mujer = wife beating, wife battering, wife abuse.

* mal pagado = low-paid, underpaid.

* mal perdedor = sore loser, bad loser.

* mal planeado = ill-planned.

* mal preparado = ill-prepared, ill-equipped, ill-trained.

* mal presentado = poorly presented.

* mal provisto = poorly stocked.

* mal remunerado = poorly paid, poorly remunerated.

* mal retribuido = underpaid.

* mal rollo = bad vibes.

* mal sabor de boca = bad taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* mal social = societal ill.

* mal surtido = poorly stocked.

* mal trago = awful experience.

* mal uso = misuse, mishandling.

* mal ventilado = stuffy [stuffier -comp., stuffies -sup.].

* manejar mal = mishandle.

* más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer = better the devil you know (than the devil you don't).

* mirar con malos ojos = glower, scowl (at).

* muy mal tiempo = severe weather.

* no + haber + nada malo en = there + be + nothing wrong in/with.

* no hay mal que por bien no venga = to every cloud, there is a silver lining.

* no hay mal que por bien no venga = every cloud has a silver lining, be a blessing in disguise.

* no salir mal parado por = be none the worse for (that).

* oír mal = mishearing.

* para bien o para mal = for better or (for) worse, for good or (for) ill, for good or (for) evil.

* para mal = for the worse.

* pasarlo mal = have + a thin time, have + a difficult time, experience + difficult times, pass through + difficult times, face + difficult times.

* pasarlo muy mal = have + a tough time, have + a hard time.

* persona vaga y mal vestida = slob.

* poner a mal tiempo buena cara = keep + Posesivo + chin up.

* ponerse a malas con = run + afoul of, fall + afoul of.

* por la mala fortuna = by ill fate.

* por la mala suerte = by ill luck, by bad luck, by ill fate.

* por las buenas o por las malas = by hook or by crook.

* por mala fortuna = unfortunately, unhappily, sadly.

* por mala suerte = by ill luck, by bad luck, by a stroke of bad luck, by ill fate.

* por mal camino = astray.

* portarse muy mal con = be rotten to.

* quedar mal = lose + face.

* que queda mal = ill-fitting.

* quitarse una mala reputación = clean up + bad reputation.

* racha de mala suerte = losing streak.

* recibir mala prensa = acquire + a bad name.

* reformar malos hábitos = reform + bad habits.

* representar mal = misrepresent.

* salir horriblemente mal = go + horribly wrong.

* salir mal = go + wrong, go + awry, misfire, backfire.

* se avecinan malos tiempos = hard times lie ahead.

* sentirse mal = feel + bad, feel under + the weather, be under the weather, feel + wrong.

* sentirse mal con Uno mismo = feel + wrong.

* ser malo = be a joke, spell + bad news, make + poor + Nombre.

* si mal no + Pronombre + acordarse = to the best of + Posesivo + recollection.

* tener mala fama = hold in + disrepute.

* tener mala fama por = be infamous for.

* tener malas conexiones con = have + poor connections with.

* tener malas intenciones = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* tener mal ojo para juzgar a la gente = be a bad judge of character.

* tener muy mala cara = look like + death warmed (over/up).

* tener un mal concepto de Alguien = show + low regard for, give + low regard to.

* tener un mal día = have + a bad day.

* terminar mal = come to + a bad end.

* tiempo muy malo = severe weather.

* tierra mala = poor soil.

* traerse algo malo entre manos = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* tratar mal = maltreat, manhandle.

* usar mal = abuse, misuse.

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I
1) - la adjetivo [ The form mal is used before masculine singular nouns]

Sentido I

2) [ser] ( en calidad) < producto> bad, poor; <película/novela> bad

es de mala calidad — it is poor quality

tiene mala ortografía — her spelling is bad o poor

más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer — better the devil you know (than the devil you don't)

3) [ser]

a) ( incompetente) <alumno/actor> bad

soy muy mala para los números — I'm terrible o very bad with figures

b) <padre/marido/amigo> bad

4) [SER] (desfavorable, adverso) bad

qué mala suerte! — what bad luck!, how unlucky!

lo malo es que... — the thing o trouble is that...

en las malas se conoce a los amigos — a friend in need is a friend indeed

estar de malas — ( de mal humor) (fam) to be in a bad mood; ( desafortunado) (esp AmL) to be unlucky

por las malas — unwillingly

5) [ser] (inconveniente, perjudicial) <hábitos/lecturas> bad

las malas compañías — bad company

llegas en mal momento — you've come at an awkward o a bad moment

es malo tomar tanto sol — it's not good to sunbathe so much

6) [SER] ( sin gracia) < chiste> bad

7) [SER] ( desagradable) <olor/aliento> bad

hace un día muy malo — it's a horrible day

hace tan malo — (Esp) it's such horrible weather

8) [estar] ( en mal estado) < alimento>

el pescado/queso está malo — the fish/cheese has gone bad, that fish/cheese is off (BrE)

9)

a) (desmejorado, no saludable)

tienes mala cara/mal aspecto — you don't look well

yo le veo muy mal color — he looks terribly pale to me

b) [SER] (serio, grave) serious

no tiene nada malo — it's nothing serious

una mala caída — a bad fall

c) [estar] (Esp, Méx fam) ( enfermo) sick (AmE), ill (BrE)

el pobre está malito — the poor thing's not very well (colloq)

d) [ESTAR] (Esp fam & euf) < mujer>

estoy mala — it's that time of the month (colloq & euph)

me he puesto mala — my period's started

10) [ser] ( difícil)

malo de + inf — difficult to + inf

es muy malo de convencer — he's very difficult o hard to persuade

Sentido II

11) [ser] ( en sentido ético) < persona> nasty

qué malo eres con tu hermano! — you're really horrible o nasty to your brother

no seas mala, préstamelo — don't be mean o rotten, lend it to me (colloq)

una mala mujer — a loose woman

una mujer mala — a wicked o an evil woman

a la mala — (Chi fam)

se lo quitaron a la mala — they did him out of it (colloq)

pasó la cámara a la mala — she sneaked the camera through (colloq)

Sentido III

12) (Esp) ( uso enfático) (delante del n)

no nos ofrecieron ni un mal café — they didn't even offer us a cup of coffee

no había ni una mala silla para sentarse — there wasn't a single damn chair to sit on (colloq)

•

- mala hierba

- mala idea

- mala leche

- mala palabra

- mala pata

- mala sangre

- malas artes

- malas lenguas

- malos pensamientos

- malos tratos
II
- la masculino, femenino (leng infantil o hum) baddy (colloq)

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el malo

(n.) = bad guy, the

Ex: The author offers an interpretation of why in professional wrestling the bad guy is often victorious, by whatever means necessary including foul play.

= bad [worse -comp., worst -sup.], poor [poorer -comp., poorest -sup.], wrong, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.], naughty [naughtier -comp., naugtiest -sup.], villain, evil, crummy [crummier -comp., crummiest -sup.], lame.

Ex: I'm not saying that it is bad, but it is a real difference of interest between the needs and purposes of research libraries and the public libraries, and I would also throw in the school and almost certainly junior college libraries.

Ex: Examples are generally poor or obscure (often in Latin or German).

Ex: In a conventional system, the omission of a punctuation mark or an abbreviation will not necessarily cause an entry to be filed in the wrong place, because humans can compensate for variations in spelling and punctuation.

Ex: Wilensky has argued that 'the good, the mediocre and the trashy are becoming fused in one massive middle mush' and that 'intellectuals are increasingly tempted to play to mass audiences'.

Ex: He felt like a naughty school-boy.

Ex: The father, Old Brightwell, curses his daughter, Jane, for preferring the love of the smooth-tongued villain, Grandley, to that of her own parents.

Ex: One teacher I knew used to poke his head round the door just at the end of the day and say something like, 'Tomorrow when we meet I am going to tell you about the evil magician,' and then he would disappear leaving us all agog.

Ex: One librarian bluntly wondered about the ethics of sending ' crummy looking books with information that is incorrect or obsolete to the needy (because) everyone should have access to good material'.

Ex: Democrats are lame, feckless, timid, with no ideas, no vision, no message, and no future.

* acabar mal = come to + a bad end.

* algo anda mal = something is amiss.

* algo va mal = something is amiss.

* andar mal = feel under + the weather, be under the weather.

* andar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* aplicar mal = misapply.

* a veces las cosas salen mal = shit happens.

* bastante malo = third rate [third-rate].

* bicho malo = nasty piece of work.

* caer mal = rub + Nombre + up the wrong way.

* calcular mal = misjudge.

* chiste malo = shaggy dog story.

* citar mal = misquote.

* comportarse mal = misbehave, act up.

* comportarse muy mal con = be rotten to.

* comprender mal = misunderstand.

* concebir mal = misconceive.

* con mala fama = disreputable.

* con mala reputación = disreputable.

* control de las malas hierbas = weed control.

* corregir un mal = correct + a wrong.

* creer que estar mal = feel + wrong.

* dar de mala gana = begrudge, grudge.

* dar mala impresión = look + bad.

* decían las malas lenguas que = rumour had it that.

* decir con mal humor = spit out.

* dejar un mal sabor de boca = leave + a bad taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* de mala calidad = shabby [shabbier -comp., shabbiest -sup.].

* de mala fama = of bad repute, notorious.

* de mala gana = reluctantly, grudgingly, grudging, begrudgingly, unwillingly.

* de mala leche = like a bear with a sore head, in a foul mood.

* de mala reputación = of bad repute, notorious.

* de mal aspecto = seedy [seedier -comp., seediest -sup.], nasty looking, shanky [shankier -comp., shankiest -sup.].

* de malas pulgas = in a grouch.

* de mala uva = in a foul mood.

* de mal carácter = ill-natured.

* de mal en peor = out of the fire and into the frying pan.

* de mal genio = bad-tempered, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], irascible, shrewish, short-tempered, ill-natured.

* de mal gusto = in bad taste, distasteful, tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], unbecoming, tasteless, tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], naff, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.].

* de mal humor = crotchety.

* de mal sabor = unbecoming.

* de mal vivir = disreputable.

* dentro de lo malo lo menos malo = the best of a bad lot.

* diagnosticar mal = misdiagnose.

* día malo = bad hair day.

* dicen las malas lenguas que = rumour has it that.

* el cielo rojo al atardecer augura buen tiempo, el cielo rojo al amanecer aug = red sky at night, (shepherd/sailor)'s delight, red sky in the morning, (shepherd/sailor)'s warning.

* en mala forma = in bad nick.

* en malas condiciones = in poor condition, in bad condition, in bad shape, in poor shape, in bad nick.

* en mal estado = in bad condition, in poor condition, in bad shape, in poor shape, in bad nick.

* entender mal = misunderstand, misconceive, mishearing.

* escuchar mal = mishearing.

* estar mal = be wrong, feel under + the weather, be under the weather.

* estar mal comunicado con = have + poor connections with.

* estar mal encaminado = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.

* estar mal preparado = ill-prepared.

* estar mal visto = frown on/upon.

* estar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* funcionar mal = malfunction.

* gestionar mal = mismanage.

* golpe de malasuerte = stroke of misfortune.

* hablar mal de = speak out against, speak + ill of, say + nasty things about, slag + Nombre + off, slate, diss.

* hacer sentir mal = make + Nombre + feel bad.

* ir de mal en peor = go from + bad to worse.

* ir mal = go + wrong.

* ir mal encaminado = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.

* ir por mal camino = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.

* juzgar mal = misjudge, misconceive.

* limpieza de malas hierbas = weeding.

* llevar por el mal camino = lead + astray.

* llevar por mal camino = mislead.

* lo bueno y lo malo = the rights and wrongs.

* lo que está bien y lo que está mal = rights and wrongs.

* lo uno es tan malo como lo otro = one is as bad as the other.

* mala administración = mismanagement.

* mala aplicación = misapplication.

* mala calidad = badness.

* mala cizaña = rotten apple.

* mala colocación = misplacement, misfiling.

* mala colocación en los estantes = misshelving.

* mala compañía = bad apple, rotten apple, damaged goods.

* mala conducta = misconduct, misbehaviour [misbehavior, -USA].

* mala conducta científica = scientific misconduct.

* mala decisión = bad judgement.

* mal + Adjetivo = poorly + Adjetivo.

* mala educación = impoliteness.

* mala experiencia = horror story.

* mala fama = ill-repute, bad repute, bad reputation, ill reputation.

* mala fortuna = misfortune.

* mala gestión = mismanagement.

* mala hierba = weed, bad apple, rotten apple.

* mala influencia = bad seed, bad influence.

* mala intención = sinisterness, ill will.

* mala interpretación = misinterpretation.

* mala jugada = dirty trick.

* mala leche = nastiness, bad blood.

* mal aliento = bad breath.

* mala ordenación = misfiling.

* mala palabra = dirty word.

* mala pasada = dirty trick.

* mala persona = rotten apple, a bad lot.

* mala racha económica = economic doldrums.

* mala reputación = ill-repute, bad repute, bad reputation, ill reputation.

* mal armado = ill-armed.

* mala salud = poor health.

* mala semilla = bad seed.

* malas experiencias = awful experience.

* malas pulgas = ornery, grouchiness, grouch.

* mala suerte = misfortune, mischance, bad luck, tough luck, hard luck, losing streak.

* malas vibraciones = bad vibes.

* mal atendido = ill-served.

* mala tierra = poor soil.

* mala vista = poor eyesight.

* mala voluntad = ill will.

* mal batido = badly-beaten.

* mal comportamiento = misconduct, disruptive behaviour, misbehaviour [misbehavior, -USA].

* mal comportamiento científico = scientific misconduct.

* mal concebido = ill-conceived.

* mal configurado = misconfigured.

* mal considerado = poorly-regarded.

* mal cuidado = mishandling.

* mal día = bad hair day.

* mal digerido = ill-digested.

* mal educado = impolite.

* mal emparejado = mismated.

* mal enfocado = ill-adapted.

* mal escrito = mistyped, ill-written, badly written.

* mal estado = disrepair, state of disrepair.

* mal estado de salud = poor health.

* mal estructurado = ill-structured.

* mal expresado = inarticulate.

* mal formado = ill-trained.

* mal formulado = badly formulated.

* mal funcionamiento = malfunction, malfunctioning.

* mal fundido = ill-cast.

* mal genio = bile, short temper.

* mal gusto = bad taste, tawdriness.

* mal hecho para = ill suited to/for.

* mal iluminado = badly-lit.

* mal informado = ill-informed.

* mal juicio = bad judgement.

* mal llamado = ill-named.

* mal menor = lesser evil.

* malo del estómago = upset stomach.

* malo, el = bad guy, the.

* mal oído = poor hearing.

* mal olor = stench.

* mal ordenado en los estantes = misshelved.

* mal ordenado los estantes = misshelved.

* mal organizado = ill-structured.

* malos, los = baddies, the.

* malos tiempos = bad times.

* malos tratos = mistreatment, battery, maltreatment, physical abuse.

* malos tratos a la mujer = wife beating, wife battering, wife abuse.

* mal pagado = low-paid, underpaid.

* mal perdedor = sore loser, bad loser.

* mal planeado = ill-planned.

* mal preparado = ill-prepared, ill-equipped, ill-trained.

* mal presentado = poorly presented.

* mal provisto = poorly stocked.

* mal remunerado = poorly paid, poorly remunerated.

* mal retribuido = underpaid.

* mal rollo = bad vibes.

* mal sabor de boca = bad taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* mal social = societal ill.

* mal surtido = poorly stocked.

* mal trago = awful experience.

* mal uso = misuse, mishandling.

* mal ventilado = stuffy [stuffier -comp., stuffies -sup.].

* manejar mal = mishandle.

* más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer = better the devil you know (than the devil you don't).

* mirar con malos ojos = glower, scowl (at).

* muy mal tiempo = severe weather.

* no + haber + nada malo en = there + be + nothing wrong in/with.

* no hay mal que por bien no venga = to every cloud, there is a silver lining.

* no hay mal que por bien no venga = every cloud has a silver lining, be a blessing in disguise.

* no salir mal parado por = be none the worse for (that).

* oír mal = mishearing.

* para bien o para mal = for better or (for) worse, for good or (for) ill, for good or (for) evil.

* para mal = for the worse.

* pasarlo mal = have + a thin time, have + a difficult time, experience + difficult times, pass through + difficult times, face + difficult times.

* pasarlo muy mal = have + a tough time, have + a hard time.

* persona vaga y mal vestida = slob.

* poner a mal tiempo buena cara = keep + Posesivo + chin up.

* ponerse a malas con = run + afoul of, fall + afoul of.

* por la mala fortuna = by ill fate.

* por la mala suerte = by ill luck, by bad luck, by ill fate.

* por las buenas o por las malas = by hook or by crook.

* por mala fortuna = unfortunately, unhappily, sadly.

* por mala suerte = by ill luck, by bad luck, by a stroke of bad luck, by ill fate.

* por mal camino = astray.

* portarse muy mal con = be rotten to.

* quedar mal = lose + face.

* que queda mal = ill-fitting.

* quitarse una mala reputación = clean up + bad reputation.

* racha de mala suerte = losing streak.

* recibir mala prensa = acquire + a bad name.

* reformar malos hábitos = reform + bad habits.

* representar mal = misrepresent.

* salir horriblemente mal = go + horribly wrong.

* salir mal = go + wrong, go + awry, misfire, backfire.

* se avecinan malos tiempos = hard times lie ahead.

* sentirse mal = feel + bad, feel under + the weather, be under the weather, feel + wrong.

* sentirse mal con Uno mismo = feel + wrong.

* ser malo = be a joke, spell + bad news, make + poor + Nombre.

* si mal no + Pronombre + acordarse = to the best of + Posesivo + recollection.

* tener mala fama = hold in + disrepute.

* tener mala fama por = be infamous for.

* tener malas conexiones con = have + poor connections with.

* tener malas intenciones = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* tener mal ojo para juzgar a la gente = be a bad judge of character.

* tener muy mala cara = look like + death warmed (over/up).

* tener un mal concepto de Alguien = show + low regard for, give + low regard to.

* tener un mal día = have + a bad day.

* terminar mal = come to + a bad end.

* tiempo muy malo = severe weather.

* tierra mala = poor soil.

* traerse algo malo entre manos = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* tratar mal = maltreat, manhandle.

* usar mal = abuse, misuse.

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malo¹ -la

adjective

[ The form mal is used before masculine singular nouns. mal² (↑ mal (2)) ]

Sentido I

A [ SER] (en calidad) ‹producto› bad, poor; ‹película/novela› bad

la tela es de mala calidad the material is poor quality

tiene mala ortografía her spelling is bad o poor, she's a bad o poor speller

más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer better the devil you know (than the devil you don't)

B [ SER]

1 (incompetente) ‹alumno/actor› bad

soy muy mala para los números I'm terrible o very bad with figures

2 ‹padre/marido/amigo› bad

C [ SER] (desfavorable, adverso) bad

¡qué mala suerte! what bad luck!, how unlucky!

la obra tuvo mala crítica the play got bad reviews

están en mala situación económica they're going through hard times

lo malo es que va a haber mucho tráfico the only thing o trouble o problem is that there'll be a lot of traffic

en las malas ( AmS): un amigo no te abandona en las malas a friend doesn't abandon you when things are tough o when times are bad

estar de malas (de mal humor) ( fam) to be in a bad mood; (desafortunado) ( esp AmL) to be unlucky

por las malas unwillingly

vas a tener que hacerlo, ya sea por las buenas o por las malas you'll have to do it whether you like it or not

D [ SER] (inconveniente, perjudicial) ‹hábitos/lecturas› bad

las malas compañías bad company

llegas en mal momento you've come at an awkward o a bad moment

es malo tomar tanto sol it's not good to sunbathe so much

E [ SER] (sin gracia) ‹chiste› bad

F [ SER]

1 (desagradable) ‹olor/aliento› bad

hace un día muy malo it's a horrible day

nos hizo mal tiempo we had bad weather

hace tan malo ( Esp); it's such horrible weather, the weather's so horrible

2 ( Chi fam) (feo) ugly

G [ ESTAR] (en mal estado) ‹alimento›

ese pescado/queso está malo that fish/cheese has gone bad, that fish/cheese is off ( BrE)

H

1

(desmejorado, no saludable): tienes mal aspecto you don't look very well

tienes mala cara you don't look well

yo le veo muy mal color he looks terribly pale to me

2 [ SER] (serio, grave) serious

fue una mala caída it was a bad fall

no tiene nada malo it's nothing serious

3 [ ESTAR] (Esp, Méx fam) (enfermo) sick ( AmE), ill ( BrE)

el pobre está malito the poor thing's not very well ( colloq)

4 [ ESTAR]

( Esp fam euf) ‹mujer› estoy mala I've got my period, it's the time of the month ( colloq euph)

me he puesto mala my period's started

I [ SER] (difícil) malo DE + INF difficult to + INF

esta tela es mala de planchar this material is difficult to iron

es muy malo de convencer he's very difficult o hard to persuade, it's very difficult o hard to persuade him

Sentido II [ SER] (en sentido ético) ‹persona›

¡qué malo eres con tu hermano! you're really horrible o nasty to your brother

no seas mala, préstamelo don't be mean o rotten, lend it to me ( colloq)

una mala mujer a loose woman

es una mujer muy mala she's a wicked o an evil woman

a la mala ( Chi fam): se lo quitaron a la mala they did him out of it ( colloq)

pasó la cámara a la mala she sneaked the camera through ( colloq)

un ataque a la mala a sneak attack

Sentido III (uso enfático) ( delante del n):

no nos ofrecieron ni un mal café they didn't even offer us a (lousy) cup of coffee

no había ni una mala silla para sentarse there wasn't a single damn chair to sit on ( colloq)

Compuestos:

● mala hierba

feminine weed

● mala idea

feminine

( Esp): tiene muy maloa idea she's a nasty character o a nasty piece of work ( colloq)

lo hizo a or con maloa idea he did it deliberately o to be nasty, he did it knowing it would hurt ( o cause trouble etc)

● mala leche

feminine ( fam):

lo hizo con maloa leche (Esp, Méx, Ven); he did it deliberately o to be nasty, he did it knowing it would hurt ( o cause trouble etc)

está de maloa leche ( Esp); she's in a foul mood ( colloq)

¡qué maloa leche, se ha puesto a llover! ( Esp); what a drag! it's started raining ( colloq)

● mala palabra

feminine ( esp AmL) rude o dirty word

● mala pasada

feminine dirty trick

me hizo or jugó una maloa pasada she played a dirty trick on me

los nervios me jugaron una maloa pasada my nerves got the better of me

● mala pata

feminine ( fam); bad luck

● mala sangre

feminine:

hacerse maloa sangre to get worked up ( colloq), to get into a state ( colloq)

● malas artes

fpl guile, cunning

todo lo ha conseguido con maloas artes she's got everything she has by guile o through cunning

● malas lenguas

fpl ( fam):

dicen las maloas lenguas que … rumor* has it that …, there's a rumor* o there are rumors* going around that …, people are saying that …

● mala uva

feminine ( Esp) mala leche

● malos pensamientos

mpl bad o impure thoughts (pl)

● malos tratos

mpl (a persona, animal) maltreatment, ill-treatment; (a un niño, mujer) physical abuse, battery

malos tratos a menores or a la infancia child abuse

malo² -la

masculine, feminine

( leng infantil or hum); baddy ( colloq)

uno de los malos one of the baddies o bad guys

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malo
◊ -la adjetivo [The form mal is used before masculine singular nouns]

1
a) [ser] ( en general) bad;

◊ una novela mala a bad novel;

un mal amigo a bad friend;
una mala caída a bad fall;
soy muy malo para los números I'm very bad with figures;
¡qué mala suerte or (fam) pata! what bad luck!, how unlucky!;
lo malo es que … the thing o trouble is that …;
las malas compañías bad company;
mala hierba weed;
malos tratos ill-treatment;
es malo tomar tanto sol it's not good to sunbathe so much;
tienes mala cara or mal aspecto you don't look well
b) ‹calidad/visibilidad› poor;

◊ tiene mala ortografía her spelling is poor;

estar de malas ( de mal humor) (fam) to be in a bad mood;

( con mala suerte) (esp AmL) to be unlucky;
◊ más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer better the devil you know (than the devil you don't)

2 [ser] ‹ persona› ( en sentido ético) nasty;
( travieso) naughty;
◊ ¡qué malo eres con tu hermano! you're really horrible o nasty to your brother;

no seas mala, préstamelo don't be mean o rotten, lend it to me (colloq);
una mala mujer a loose woman;
una mujer mala a wicked o an evil woman;
lo hizo a or con mala idea he did it deliberately o to be nasty;
mala palabra (esp AmL) rude o dirty word;
dicen las malas lenguas que … (fam) there's a rumor going around that …, people are saying that …;
hacerse mala sangre to get upset;
ver tb leche 3
3 [estar]
a) ( en mal estado) ‹ alimento›:

◊ el pescado/queso está malo the fish/cheese has gone bad, that fish/cheese is off (BrE)

b) (Esp, Méx fam) ( enfermo) sick (AmE), ill (BrE);

◊ el pobre está malito the poor thing's not very well (colloq)

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (leng infantil o hum) baddy (colloq)
malo,-a
I adjetivo ➣ mal
1 bad: he tenido un día muy malo, I've had a bad day
2 (perverso) wicked, bad
(desobediente, travieso) naughty: es una mala persona, he's wicked
préstame el coche, no seas malo, lend me your car, don't be so mean
3 (espectáculo, libro, etc) bad, poor: es un argumento muy malo, it's a feeble argument
4 (dañino) harmful: es malo para ti que él lo sepa, it's bad for you that he knows it
tenemos que arrancar las malas hierbas, we'll have to pull out the weeds
5 (enfermo) ill, sick
6 (alimentos) rotten: se puso mala la carne, the meat went bad
II m,f fam el malo, the baddy o villain
♦ Locuciones: estar de malas, to be in a bad mood
por las malas, by force
' malo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abominable
- ínfima
- ínfimo
- mal
- mala
- peor
- quina
- redundar
- santita
- santito
- antología
- chimbo
- en
- endiablado
- fatal
- fondo
- igualmente
- pata
- pichanga
- sangre
English:
abominable
- abysmal
- bad
- baddy
- devil
- evil
- good
- half
- ill
- lean
- low
- mean
- nasty
- off
- poor
- rotten
- shocking
- spiteful
- thick
- up
- villain
- wicked
- wrong
- your
- corny
- crummy
- indulgence
- lame
- naughty
- paltry
- ropey
- severe
- trashy
- unkind

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malo, -a Mal is used instead of malo before singular masculine nouns (e.g. un mal ejemplo a bad example). The comparative form of malo (= worse) is peor, the superlative forms (= the worst) are el peor (masculine) and la peor (feminine).

♦ adj

1. [perjudicial, grave] bad;

traigo malas noticias I have some bad news;

es malo para el hígado it's bad for your liver;

¿es algo malo, doctor? is it serious, doctor?;

una mala caída a nasty fall

2. [sin calidad, sin aptitudes] poor, bad;

una mala novela/actriz a bad novel/actress;

tiene muy malas notas her Br marks o US grades are very poor o bad;

ser de mala calidad to be poor quality;

este material/producto es muy malo this material/product is very poor quality;

soy muy malo para la música I'm no good at o very bad at music;

Comp
Hum
es más malo que hecho de encargo [producto, jugador] he's/it's truly awful o as bad as they come;

Prov

más vale lo malo conocido que lo bueno por conocer better the devil you know (than the devil you don't)

3. [inapropiado, adverso] bad;

fue una mala decisión it was a bad decision;

he dormido en mala postura I slept in a funny position;

es mala señal it's a bad sign;

lo malo es que… the problem is (that)…;

disparó con la pierna mala y metió gol he shot with his weaker foot and scored;

tener mala suerte to be unlucky;

¡qué mala suerte! how unlucky!

Comp
Am mala palabra swearword
4. [malvado] wicked, evil;

es muy mala persona she's a really nasty person;

tiene muy mala intención he's very spiteful;

eso sólo lo haría un mal amigo it's a poor friend who would do a thing like that;

¡mira que eres malo, criticarla así! it's not very nice of you to criticize her like that!;

anda, no seas malo y déjame que vaya go on, don't be mean, let me go

5. [travieso] naughty;

¡no seas malo y obedece! be good and do as I say!;

el crío está muy malo últimamente the child has been very naughty recently

6. [enfermo] ill, sick;

estar/ponerse malo to be/fall ill;

tiene a su padre malo her father's ill;

Comp

poner malo a alguien to drive sb mad;

me pongo mala cada vez que la veo I get mad every time I see her

7. [desagradable] bad;

esta herida tiene mal aspecto this wound looks nasty;

mal tiempo bad weather;

hace mal tiempo the weather's bad;
Esp
está muy malo el día it's a horrible day, it's not a very nice day

8. [podrido, pasado] bad, off, spoiled;

la fruta está mala the fruit is bad o spoiled;

la fruta se ha puesto mala the fruit has gone bad o Br gone off

9. [uso enfático]
ni un mal trozo de pan not even a crust of bread;

no había ni un mal supermercado en el pueblo there wasn't a single supermarket to be found in the village

10. [difícil]
el asunto es malo de entender the matter is hard o difficult to understand;

una lesión muy mala de curar an injury that won't heal easily

11. Esp Fam Euf [con la menstruación]
estar/ponerse mala to be on/start one's period

♦ nm,f

el malo, la mala [en cine] the villain, the baddy

♦ interj

cuando nadie se queja, ¡malo! it's a bad sign when nobody complains

♦ malas nfpl

está o [m5] se ha puesto a malas con él she's fallen out with him;

estar de malas to be in a bad mood;

por las malas [a la fuerza] by force;

lo vas a hacer, aunque tenga que ser por las malas you're going to do it, whether you like it or not;

por las malas es de temer she's a fearful sight when she's angry;

Comp
Am
estar o [m5] andar de malas to be having a hard time;

Comp
Andes, CSur
en las malas [de mal humor] in a bad mood;

los amigos no te abandonan en las malas friends don't let you down when things get bad

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malo

I adj

1 bad

2 calidad poor

3 ( enfermo) sick, ill;

ponerse malo get sick, fall ill

4

:

por las buenas o por las malas whether he/she etc likes it or not;

estar de malas be in a bad mood;

por las malas by force;

andar a malas con alguien be on bad terms with s.o.;

lo malo es que unfortunately

II m hum

bad guy, baddy

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malo, -la adj, ( mal before masculine singular nouns)

1) : bad

mala suerte: bad luck

2) : wicked, naughty

3) : cheap, poor (quality)

4) : harmful

malo para la salud: bad for one's health

5) (using the form mal) : unwell

estar mal del corazón: to have heart trouble

6)

estar de malas : to be in a bad mood

malo, -la n

: villain, bad guy (in novels, movies, etc.)

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malo¹ adj

1. (en general) bad [comp. worse; superl. worst]

un cantante malo a bad singer

hace un día malo the weather's bad

2. (travieso) naughty [comp. naughtier; superl. naughtiest]

es un niño muy malo he's a very naughty boy

3. (enfermo) ill [comp. worse; superl. worst]

ayer estuve malo I was ill yesterday

4. (pasado) off

creo que este yogur está malo I think this yoghurt is off

5. (malvado) evil

tiene cara de ser malo he looks evil

estar de malas to be in a bad mood

ser malo en/para algo to be bad at something

mala hierba weed

malo² n villain

Spanish-English dictionary > malo
5 fastidiado

fastidiado

► adjetivo

1 (hastiado) sickened, disgusted

2 (molesto) annoyed

3 (dañado) damaged, in bad condition

4 familiar (estropeado) ruined, spoilt

5 familiar (mal de salud) ill, sick, in a bad way; (órgano, miembro) bad

■ su madre está bastante fastidiada his mother is in a bad way

■ tenía el estómago fastidiado she had a bad stomach

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FRASEOLOGÍA

estar fastidiado,-a de, andar fastidiado,-a de... familiar to have a bad...

■ anda fastidiado del corazón he has a bad heart

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- da adjetivo (esp Esp fam)

estoy un poco fastidiado — I'm not too good o too well

anda fastidiado de los riñones — he's having trouble with his kidneys

tengo la garganta fastidiada — I've got a sore throat

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- da adjetivo (esp Esp fam)

estoy un poco fastidiado — I'm not too good o too well

anda fastidiado de los riñones — he's having trouble with his kidneys

tengo la garganta fastidiada — I've got a sore throat

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fastidiado -da

adjective

( esp Esp fam): ¿qué tal tu padre? — está un poco fastidiado how's your father? — he's not too good o too well

tengo el estómago fastidiado I've got an upset stomach

anda fastidiado de los riñones he's having trouble with his kidneys, his kidneys are giving him trouble

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Del verbo fastidiar: ( conjugate fastidiar)

fastidiado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
fastidiado
fastidiar
fastidiado
◊ -da adjetivo (esp Esp fam): estoy un poco fastidiado I'm not too good o too well;

anda fastidiado de los riñones he's having trouble with his kidneys
fastidiar ( conjugate fastidiar) verbo transitivo
a) (molestar, irritar) ‹ persona› to bother, pester

b) (esp Esp fam) ( estropear) ‹mecanismo/plan› to mess up;

‹fiesta/excursión› to spoil;
‹ estómago› to upset
verbo intransitivo:
◊ me fastidia tener que repetir las cosas it annoys me to have to repeat things;

¡no fastidies! ¿de veras? go on! you're kidding! (colloq)
fastidiarse verbo pronominal
a) (AmL fam) ( molestarse) to get annoyed

b) (fam) ( jorobarse):

◊ tendré que fastidiadome I'll have to put up with it (colloq);

¡te fastidias! (Esp) tough! (colloq)
c) (Esp fam) ( estropearse) [velada/plan] to be ruined

fastidiado,-a adj fam
1 (molesto) annoyed, bothered
2 (enfermo, dañado) sick: tiene el hígado fastidiado, he's got a bad liver
3 (estropeado) broken
fastidiar verbo transitivo
1 (causar enojo, molestia) to annoy, bother: me fastidió mucho que no vinieras, I was upset that you couldn't come
2 fam (el pelo, un coche, etc) to damage, ruin: se ha vuelto a fastidiar la lavadora, the washing machine's broken down again
(un proyecto, plan) to spoil
3 (causar una herida) to hurt
' fastidiado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
fastidiada
English:
blow
- have

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fastidiado, -a adj
Fam
1. Esp [de salud]
ando fastidiado I'm feeling a bit rough;

ando fastidiado del estómago I've got an upset stomach, Br my stomach's feeling rather dodgy;

tengo la espalda fastidiada I've hurt o injured my back, Br I've done my back in

2. Esp [emocionalmente] cut up;

la noticia de su despido lo dejó muy fastidiado he was very cut up when he heard that he had been laid off

3. Esp [estropeado]
la máquina de café está fastidiada [no funciona] the coffee machine is bust;
[funciona mal] the coffee machine isn't working properly
4. Am [enojado, molesto] upset

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fastidiado

adj

:

estoy fastidiado fam I’m not feeling too great

Spanish-English dictionary > fastidiado
6 irritado

adj.

1 irritated, angry, furious, annoyed.

2 irritated, itchy, inflamed, sore.

3 feverish.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: irritar.

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ADJ

1) (=enfadado) irritated

2) [piel] irritated

tengo la garganta irritada — I've got a sore throat

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= sore, irritated, exasperated, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].

Ex. The article 'A site for sore eyes' explains elements in a Web site that will ensure that users will want to use it: aesthetics, navigation, graphics tools, etc..

Ex. Stanley C Holliday hammers home the same message by more whimsical means hinting darkly that a sticky end at the hands of irritated colleagues awaits all librarians who fail to make adequate and accurate notes.

Ex. He was drumming on his desk with exasperated fingers, his mouth quirked at the corners, as if saying: 'Wriggle out of that!'.

Ex. We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.

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* ojos irritados = bloodshot eyes.

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= sore, irritated, exasperated, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].

Ex: The article 'A site for sore eyes' explains elements in a Web site that will ensure that users will want to use it: aesthetics, navigation, graphics tools, etc..

Ex: Stanley C Holliday hammers home the same message by more whimsical means hinting darkly that a sticky end at the hands of irritated colleagues awaits all librarians who fail to make adequate and accurate notes.

Ex: He was drumming on his desk with exasperated fingers, his mouth quirked at the corners, as if saying: 'Wriggle out of that!'.

Ex: We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.

* ojos irritados = bloodshot eyes.

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irritado, -a adj

1. [persona] irritated, annoyed

2. [garganta] sore;

tengo la piel irritada I've got a rash

Spanish-English dictionary > irritado
7 irritarse

irritarse

► verbo pronominal

1 to lose one's temper, get annoyed

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VPR to get irritated

irritarse por algo — to get irritated about o at sth, get annoyed about o at sth

irritarse con algn — to get irritated with sb, get annoyed with sb

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vpr

1. [enfadarse] to get annoyed;

se irrita con cualquier cosa he gets annoyed at the slightest thing;

se irritó por mis comentarios he was annoyed about what I said

2. [sujeto: piel, garganta]
se me irritó la garganta I got a sore throat;

se me irritó la piel I got a rash

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irritarse

v/r tb MED get irritated

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irritarse vb to get annoyed

Spanish-English dictionary > irritarse
8 angina

f.

1 angina, tonsil.

2 angina, angina pectoris.

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angina

► nombre femenino

1 angina

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FRASEOLOGÍA

tener anginas to have a sore throat

angina de pecho angina pectoris

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SF

1) (Med) angina; Méx, Ven tonsil

tener anginas — to have tonsillitis; [gen] to have a sore throat

angina de pecho — angina pectoris

2)

anginas — Esp ** (=pecho) tits ***

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femenino

1) (Arg, Col, Ven) ( de la garganta) inflammation of the palate, tonsils and/or pharynx

2) tb

angina de pecho — angina (pectoris)

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* angina de pecho = angina pectoris.

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femenino

1) (Arg, Col, Ven) ( de la garganta) inflammation of the palate, tonsils and/or pharynx

2) tb

angina de pecho — angina (pectoris)

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* angina de pecho = angina pectoris.

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angina

feminine

A

tb angina de pecho angina, angina pectoris

B ( esp AmL) (de la garganta) inflammation of the palate, tonsils and/or pharynx

Compuestos:

● angina roja

( esp AmL) sore throat

● anginas fpl

A (Esp, Méx) (inflamación) sore throat

B (Méx, Ven) (amígdalas) tonsils (pl)

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angina sustantivo femenino
1 (Arg, Col, Ven) ( de la garganta) inflammation of the palate, tonsils and/or pharynx
2 tb
◊ angina de pecho angina (pectoris)

angina sustantivo femenino
1 fam pl (inflamación de las amígdalas) tonsilitis, a sore throat: tengo anginas, I've got tonsilitis
2 Med angina de pecho, angina pectoris
' angina' also found in these entries:
English:
angina

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angina nf

1.
anginas [amigdalitis] sore throat;

tener anginas to have a sore throat

2. angina de pecho angina (pectoris)

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angina

f MED

:

anginas pl sore throat sg, strep throat sg

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angina nf

1) or

angina de pecho : angina

2) Mex : tonsil

Spanish-English dictionary > angina
9 irritar

v.

1 to irritate.

Su actitud irrita a Ricardo His attitude irritates Richard.

La loción irrita la piel The lotion irritates the skin.

2 to annul.

El documento irrita la apelación The document annuls the appeal.

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irritar

► verbo transitivo

1 to irritate

► verbo pronominal irritarse

1 to lose one's temper, get annoyed

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verb

1) to irritate

2) exasperate

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1. VT

1) (=enfadar) to irritate

2) (Med) to irritate

3) [+ celos, pasiones] to stir up, inflame

2.

See:

irritarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) <piel/garganta> to irritate

tiene la garganta irritada — his throat is sore o inflamed

b) < persona> to annoy, irritate
2.
irritarse v pron

a) piel/ojos to become irritated

b) persona to get annoyed, get irritated

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= irk, needle, irritate, rattle + Posesivo + cage, rub + Nombre + up the wrong way, spite, annoy, roil, nerve, gall, rile, peeve, enrage, hit + a (raw) nerve, strike + a nerve, exasperate, touch + a (raw) nerve, raise + Posesivo + hackles.

Ex. She had been told from time to time that he seemed to derive satisfaction from needling the staff, but she had never been able to pin down specifically what he does that irks them.

Ex. She had been told from time to time that he seemed to derive satisfaction from needling the staff, but she had never been able to pin down specifically what he does that irks them.

Ex. Their education must accordingly be designed to prepare them for that future, however much this may irritate the myopics whose only concern is for the present.

Ex. The author maintains that his poem makes an attempt to rattle the cage and is a gesture toward revolt, a call to abandon any vision of human life that does not embrace the sexual universe.

Ex. Relations between the two countries would now be difficult as our Prime Minister had rubbed theirs up the wrong way over ridiculous matters.

Ex. Men's abuse of children is in many instances instrumental in order to coerce or retaliate against women, echoing the Greek myth of Medea who killed her own children to spite her father.

Ex. Library pests are any humans, large or microscopic beasts, library equipment or installations, or chemical and biological substances that hamper or annoy the reader.

Ex. Episcopalians were roiled by the approval of a rector outspokenly conservative on such matters as the liturgy, the hymnal and ordination.

Ex. But there's something which has nerved me before with the forum.

Ex. It was the American attitude of superiority that galled them the most.

Ex. Now is not the time for superfluous rantings intended to rile the public.

Ex. Things like talking over the performances and cutting to commercials in the middle of performances were really peaving the people who watched.

Ex. On a recent field trip, he drank too much and became enraged with another student by whom he felt insulted.

Ex. Based on their account, it seems obvious that Beauperthuy hit a raw nerve among some of the medical research leaders of the day.

Ex. His plethoric prose produced by a prodigious placement of words struck a nerve.

Ex. Radical intellectuals often seem exasperated by what appears as excessive attention paid to conceptualization.

Ex. Obama's election seems to have touched a raw nerve in conservative white America, unleashing a torrent of right-wing rage unseen in this country.

Ex. But be prepared to raise some hackles if you take this approach, because it is essential you do it openly and not behind your boss' back.

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* irritarse con = get + short with.

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) <piel/garganta> to irritate

tiene la garganta irritada — his throat is sore o inflamed

b) < persona> to annoy, irritate
2.
irritarse v pron

a) piel/ojos to become irritated

b) persona to get annoyed, get irritated

* * *

= irk, needle, irritate, rattle + Posesivo + cage, rub + Nombre + up the wrong way, spite, annoy, roil, nerve, gall, rile, peeve, enrage, hit + a (raw) nerve, strike + a nerve, exasperate, touch + a (raw) nerve, raise + Posesivo + hackles.

Ex: She had been told from time to time that he seemed to derive satisfaction from needling the staff, but she had never been able to pin down specifically what he does that irks them.

Ex: She had been told from time to time that he seemed to derive satisfaction from needling the staff, but she had never been able to pin down specifically what he does that irks them.

Ex: Their education must accordingly be designed to prepare them for that future, however much this may irritate the myopics whose only concern is for the present.

Ex: The author maintains that his poem makes an attempt to rattle the cage and is a gesture toward revolt, a call to abandon any vision of human life that does not embrace the sexual universe.

Ex: Relations between the two countries would now be difficult as our Prime Minister had rubbed theirs up the wrong way over ridiculous matters.

Ex: Men's abuse of children is in many instances instrumental in order to coerce or retaliate against women, echoing the Greek myth of Medea who killed her own children to spite her father.

Ex: Library pests are any humans, large or microscopic beasts, library equipment or installations, or chemical and biological substances that hamper or annoy the reader.

Ex: Episcopalians were roiled by the approval of a rector outspokenly conservative on such matters as the liturgy, the hymnal and ordination.

Ex: But there's something which has nerved me before with the forum.

Ex: It was the American attitude of superiority that galled them the most.

Ex: Now is not the time for superfluous rantings intended to rile the public.

Ex: Things like talking over the performances and cutting to commercials in the middle of performances were really peaving the people who watched.

Ex: On a recent field trip, he drank too much and became enraged with another student by whom he felt insulted.

Ex: Based on their account, it seems obvious that Beauperthuy hit a raw nerve among some of the medical research leaders of the day.

Ex: His plethoric prose produced by a prodigious placement of words struck a nerve.

Ex: Radical intellectuals often seem exasperated by what appears as excessive attention paid to conceptualization.

Ex: Obama's election seems to have touched a raw nerve in conservative white America, unleashing a torrent of right-wing rage unseen in this country.

Ex: But be prepared to raise some hackles if you take this approach, because it is essential you do it openly and not behind your boss' back.

* irritarse con = get + short with.

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irritar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹piel/garganta› to irritate

el humo le irritaba los ojos the smoke was irritating his eyes

tiene la garganta irritada his throat is sore o inflamed

2 ‹persona› to annoy, irritate

■ irritarse

v pron

1 «piel/ojos» to become irritated

2 «persona» to get annoyed, get irritated

se irritó por lo que le dije he got annoyed o irritated at what I said

nunca se irrita con las críticas de sus adversarios she never gets annoyed at her opponents' criticisms

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irritar ( conjugate irritar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹piel/garganta› to irritate;

◊ tiene la garganta irritada his throat is sore o inflamed

b) ‹ persona› to annoy, irritate

irritarse verbo pronominal
a) [piel/ojos] to become irritated

b) [ persona] to get annoyed, get irritated

irritar verbo transitivo to irritate
' irritar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
crispar
- enfermar
- picar
- provocar
- chocar
- fastidiar
- reventar
English:
gall
- irk
- irritate
- needle
- rile
- roil
- rub
- annoy
- vex

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irritar

♦ vt

1. [enfadar] to irritate, to annoy

2. [piel, garganta] to irritate;

me irritó la garganta/piel it gave me a sore throat/a rash;

el humo me irrita los pulmones smoke irritates my lungs

♦ See also the pronominal verb irritarse

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irritar

v/t tb MED irritate

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irritar vt

: to irritate

♦ irritación nf

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irritar vb to irritate

Spanish-English dictionary > irritar
10 caries

f. s.&pl.

1 tooth decay.

tengo tres caries I have three cavities

2 cavity, caries, cavities, tooth decay.

3 rust.

4 bone decay, caries, ostempyesis.

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caries

► nombre femenino invariable

1 (enfermedad) tooth decay, caries plural; (lesión) cavity

■ tengo una caries I've got a cavity

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noun f.

decay

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SF INV

1) (Med) tooth decay, caries

está recomendado contra la caries — it's recommended for the prevention of tooth decay

tengo una caries en la muela del juicio — I've got some decay in my wisdom tooth

2) (Agr) blight

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femenino (pl caries)

a) ( proceso) tooth decay, caries (pl) (tech)

la caries dental — tooth decay

b) ( cavidad) cavity

tengo tres caries — I have three cavities

* * *

= caries, tooth decay, cavity, dental cavity, dental caries, dental decay.

Ex. This report describes the scope and severity of early childhood caries.

Ex. There is a distinctive pattern of severe tooth decay in infants and young children.

Ex. The specific health problems investigated were a rash, a sore throat, a toothache, bleeding gums, an upset stomach, a cavity, and a bad headache.

Ex. Under fluorescent lamps students developed fewer dental cavities and had better attendance, achievement, and growth and development than students under other lights.

Ex. Dental caries and periodontal disease in children occur mainly in molars.

Ex. Results indicate that untreated dental decay is significant among seasonal farmworkers who seek care at this dental clinic.

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* caries dental = dental caries, tooth decay, dental cavity, dental decay.

* * *

femenino (pl caries)

a) ( proceso) tooth decay, caries (pl) (tech)

la caries dental — tooth decay

b) ( cavidad) cavity

tengo tres caries — I have three cavities

* * *

= caries, tooth decay, cavity, dental cavity, dental caries, dental decay.

Ex: This report describes the scope and severity of early childhood caries.

Ex: There is a distinctive pattern of severe tooth decay in infants and young children.

Ex: The specific health problems investigated were a rash, a sore throat, a toothache, bleeding gums, an upset stomach, a cavity, and a bad headache.

Ex: Under fluorescent lamps students developed fewer dental cavities and had better attendance, achievement, and growth and development than students under other lights.

Ex: Dental caries and periodontal disease in children occur mainly in molars.

Ex: Results indicate that untreated dental decay is significant among seasonal farmworkers who seek care at this dental clinic.

* caries dental = dental caries, tooth decay, dental cavity, dental decay.

* * *

caries

feminine

(pl caries)

1 (proceso) tooth decay, caries (pl) ( tech)

para prevenir la caries dental to prevent tooth decay

2 (lesión) cavity

el dentista me encontró tres caries the dentist found that I had three cavities

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Del verbo cariar: ( conjugate cariar)

caries es:

2ª persona singular (tú) presente subjuntivo

caries sustantivo femenino (pl
◊ caries)

a) ( proceso) tooth decay, caries (pl) (tech)

b) ( cavidad) cavity

caries sustantivo femenino inv decay: tiene una caries en una muela, he has a cavity in his tooth
' caries' also found in these entries:
English:
cavity
- decay
- tooth

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caries nf inv

1. [proceso]
caries (dental) tooth decay, Espec (dental) caries;

el problema de la caries the problem of tooth decay

2. [infección] cavity;

tengo tres caries I have three cavities

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caries

f MED caries sg

* * *

caries nfs & pl

: cavity (in a tooth)

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caries n

1. (enfermedad) tooth decay

2. (agujero) hole

Spanish-English dictionary > caries
11 fiebre

f.

1 fever.

tener fiebre to have a temperature

fiebre aftosa foot and mouth disease

fiebre amarilla yellow fever

fiebre del heno hay fever

fiebre de Malta Malta fever

la fiebre del oro the gold rush

fiebre tifoidea typhoid (fever)

2 excitement, fever.

3 hothead.

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fiebre

► nombre femenino

1 (enfermedad) fever, temperature

■ tiene la fiebre muy alta she has a very high temperature

2 (agitación) fever, excitement

■ la fiebre del oro gold fever, the gold rush

■ una fiebre religiosa sacudió al país religious fever shook the country

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

tener fiebre to have a temperature

fiebre amarilla yellow fever

fiebre de Malta brucellosis

fiebre del heno hay fever

fiebre puerperal puerperal fever

fiebre reumática rheumatic fever

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noun f.

1) fever

2) temperature

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SF

1) (=síntoma) temperature, fever

tener fiebre — to have a temperature

está a o tiene 39 de fiebre — she has a temperature of 39

2) (=enfermedad) fever

fiebre aftosa — foot-and-mouth disease

fiebre amarilla — yellow fever

fiebre del heno — hay fever

fiebre de los labios — cold sore

fiebre entérica — enteric fever

fiebre de Malta — brucellosis

fiebre glandular — glandular fever

fiebre palúdica — malaria

fiebre porcina — swine fever, hog cholera (EEUU)

fiebre recurrente — relapsing fever

fiebre reumática — rheumatic fever

fiebre tifoidea — typhoid fever

3) (=agitación) fever

la fiebre del juego — the gambling fever

la fiebre de oro — gold fever

4) Cono Sur (=taimado) slippery customer *

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femenino

1) (Med) fever

tener fiebre — to be feverish, to have a fever (esp AmE), to have a temperature (esp BrE)

le bajó la fiebre — his fever o temperature came down

- fiebre aftosa

- fiebre amarilla/del heno/reumática

- fiebre palúdica/tifoidea

- fiebre uterina

2) ( furor) obsession

su fiebre por las motos — his obsession with motorcycles

le dio la fiebre de la limpieza — he went crazy and started cleaning the whole house (colloq)

tiene la fiebre de los video-juegos — he has the video-games fever o (colloq) bug

•

- fiebre del oro

* * *

= fever, high temperature.

Ex. Startlingly, we find also that Rule 2.44 would permit either Horses -- Diseases or Horse -- Diseases -- Strangles for a document on strangles in horses (an infectious streptococcal fever); the first of these is blatantly class entry rather than specific, while the second is equally blatantly alphabetico classed.

Ex. A total of 87 people had been admitted to hospital with the same symptoms: high blood pressure, splitting headache, high temperature and sore throat.

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* fiebre aftosa = foot and mouth disease.

* fiebre amarilla = yellow fever.

* fiebre catarral = catarrhal fever.

* fiebre consumista = shopping fever.

* fiebre de dengue = dengue fever.

* fiebre de las compras = shopping fever.

* fiebre del heno = hay fever.

* fiebre del oro, la = gold rush, the.

* fiebre del pollo = bird flu.

* fiebre de San Antonio = St. Anthony's fire.

* fiebre palúdica = malarial fever, paludic fever.

* fiebre porcina = swine flu, swine fever, swine influenza.

* fiebre reumática = rheumatic fever.

* fiebre tifoidea = typhoid fever.

* tener fiebre = have + a temperature, have + a fever.

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femenino

1) (Med) fever

tener fiebre — to be feverish, to have a fever (esp AmE), to have a temperature (esp BrE)

le bajó la fiebre — his fever o temperature came down

- fiebre aftosa

- fiebre amarilla/del heno/reumática

- fiebre palúdica/tifoidea

- fiebre uterina

2) ( furor) obsession

su fiebre por las motos — his obsession with motorcycles

le dio la fiebre de la limpieza — he went crazy and started cleaning the whole house (colloq)

tiene la fiebre de los video-juegos — he has the video-games fever o (colloq) bug

•

- fiebre del oro

* * *

= fever, high temperature.

Ex: Startlingly, we find also that Rule 2.44 would permit either Horses -- Diseases or Horse -- Diseases -- Strangles for a document on strangles in horses (an infectious streptococcal fever); the first of these is blatantly class entry rather than specific, while the second is equally blatantly alphabetico classed.

Ex: A total of 87 people had been admitted to hospital with the same symptoms: high blood pressure, splitting headache, high temperature and sore throat.

* fiebre aftosa = foot and mouth disease.

* fiebre amarilla = yellow fever.

* fiebre catarral = catarrhal fever.

* fiebre consumista = shopping fever.

* fiebre de dengue = dengue fever.

* fiebre de las compras = shopping fever.

* fiebre del heno = hay fever.

* fiebre del oro, la = gold rush, the.

* fiebre del pollo = bird flu.

* fiebre de San Antonio = St. Anthony's fire.

* fiebre palúdica = malarial fever, paludic fever.

* fiebre porcina = swine flu, swine fever, swine influenza.

* fiebre reumática = rheumatic fever.

* fiebre tifoidea = typhoid fever.

* tener fiebre = have + a temperature, have + a fever.

* * *

fiebre

feminine

A ( Med) fever

tener fiebre to be feverish, to have a fever ( esp AmE), to have o run a temperature ( esp BrE)

le bajó la fiebre his fever o temperature came down

Compuestos:

● fiebre aftosa

foot-and-mouth disease

● fiebre amarilla

yellow fever

● fiebre del heno

hay fever

● fiebre de Malta

brucellosis

● fiebre entérica

enteric fever, typhoid

● fiebre glandular

glandular fever

● fiebre palúdica

malaria, marsh fever

● fiebre paratifoidea

paratyphoid fever

● fiebre porcina

hog cholera ( AmE), swine fever ( BrE)

● fiebre puerperal

puerperal fever

● fiebre reumática

rheumatic fever

● fiebre tifoidea

typhoid

● fiebre uterina

nymphomania

B

(furor): su fiebre por las motos his obsession with o passion for motorcycles

de vez en cuando le da la fiebre de la limpieza from time to time he goes crazy and starts cleaning the whole house ( colloq), from time to time he gets the cleaning bug ( colloq)

Compuesto:

fiebre del oro

gold fever

* * *

fiebre sustantivo femenino
a) (Med) fever;

◊ tener fiebre to be feverish, to have a fever (esp AmE), to have a temperature (esp BrE);

le bajó la fiebre his fever o temperature came down;
fiebre del heno hay fever;
fiebre palúdica malaria
b) ( furor) obsession;

◊ le dio la fiebre de la limpieza he went crazy and started cleaning the whole house (colloq);

fiebre del oro gold fever
fiebre sustantivo femenino fever: al niño ya le bajó la fiebre, the boy's temperature has already gone down
Fever implica un tipo de enfermedad (yellow fever, typhoid fever, fiebre amarrilla, tifoidea). La fiebre (alta temperatura) se traduce por temperature: tener fiebre, to have a temperature.
' fiebre' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acceso
- calentura
- calenturienta
- calenturiento
- escalofrío
- moda
- temblar
- tifoidea
- tifoideo
- tifus
- transmitir
- aflojar
- amanecer
- bajar
- ceder
- con
- delirar
- destemplado
- intermitente
- remitir
- subir
- temblor
English:
fever
- hay fever
- prickly heat
- rheumatic fever
- temperature
- typhoid
- bug
- down
- feverish
- foot
- go
- gold
- hay
- hoof
- slight
- typhoid (fever)
- yellow

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fiebre nf

1. [corporal] fever;

tener fiebre to have a temperature

Comp
fiebre aftosa foot and mouth disease;
fiebre amarilla yellow fever;

fiebre del heno hay fever;

fiebre de Malta brucellosis;

fiebre mediterránea brucellosis;

fiebre palúdica malaria;

fiebre puerperal puerperal fever;

fiebre reumática rheumatic fever;

fiebre tifoidea typhoid (fever)

2. [agitación, interés] fever, mania;

una fiebre inversora investment fever o mania;

ese año llegó la fiebre de los yoyós that was the year the yoyo craze started

Comp
fiebre del oro gold fever
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fiebre

f fever;

tiene (mucha) fiebre he’s got a (high) temperature

* * *

fiebre nf

1) calentura: fever, temperature

fiebre amarilla: yellow fever

fiebre palúdica: malaria

2) : fever, excitement

* * *

fiebre n

1. (síntoma) temperature

el chico tiene fiebre the boy has a temperature

2. (enfermedad) fever

fiebre amarilla yellow fever

fiebre del heno hay fever

Spanish-English dictionary > fiebre
12 duele

intj.

1 does it hurt, do you feel any pain.

2 it hurts.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: doler.

* * *

duelen, etc see doler

* * *

duelen, etc see doler

* * *

duele, duelen, etc

doler

* * *

Del verbo doler: ( conjugate doler)

duele es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
doler
duele
doler ( conjugate doler) verbo intransitivo
a) [inyección/herida/brazo] to hurt;

◊ no duele nada it doesn't hurt at all;

(+ me/te/le etc)
◊ le dolió mucho it hurt a lot;

le duele una muela/la cabeza she has (a) toothache/a headache;
me dolía el estómago I had (a) stomachache;
me duele la garganta I have a sore throat;
me duelen los pies my feet ache;
me duele todo (el cuerpo) I ache all over
b) ( apenar) (+ me/te/le etc):

◊ me duele tener que decirte esto I'm sorry to have to tell you this;

me dolió muchísimo lo que me dijo I was deeply hurt by what he said
duele,
◊ duelen, etc see doler

doler verbo intransitivo to hurt, ache: me duelen las muelas, I've got a toothache
me duele que me digas eso, it hurts to hear you say that

' duele' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
barriga
- cantidad
- coco
- doler
- más
- mí
- montón
- tripa
- cabeza
- cuentista
- guata
- lo
- menos
- molestar
- tanto
English:
ache
- aching
- ouch
- over
- pain
- throat
- head
- hurt
- painful
- sore
- stop

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duele

vb → doler

* * *

duele, etc. doler

Spanish-English dictionary > duele
13 agalla

f.

1 gill.

2 gall.

3 nutgall, oak spangle, gallnut.

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agalla

► nombre femenino

1 (de pez) gill

2 (de ave) temple

3 BOTÁNICA gall, oak apple

► nombre femenino plural agallas

1 familiar courage sing, guts, pluck sing

■ tener agallas to have guts

2 (anginas) sore throat sing

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noun f.

gill

* * *

SF

1) (Bot) gall

agalla de roble — oak apple

2) [de pez] gill

3) pl agallas * (=valor) pluck, guts *

tener (muchas) agallas — to be brave, have guts *

es hombre de agallas — he's got guts *

4) LAm

tener agallas — (=ser glotón) to be greedy; (=ser tacaño) to be mean; (=ser descarado) to have lots of cheek *

5) Cono Sur

tener agallas — (=ser astuto) to be sharp, be smart

6) pl agallas (=amígdalas) tonsils; (=anginas) tonsillitis

* * *

femenino

1) (Zool) gill

2) (Bot) gall, oak apple

3) agallas femenino plural (fam) ( valor) guts (pl) (colloq)

con agallas — gutsy (colloq)

hay que tener agallas — it takes guts (colloq)

* * *

= gill.

Ex. The order of accumulation of heavy metals in the visceral mass and muscle was copper > lead > cadmium and for the gills it was lead > copper > cadmium.

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* agallas = gumption, grit, guts, spunk, pizzazz.

* con agallas = spunky.

* sangre y agallas = blood-and-guts.

* * *

femenino

1) (Zool) gill

2) (Bot) gall, oak apple

3) agallas femenino plural (fam) ( valor) guts (pl) (colloq)

con agallas — gutsy (colloq)

hay que tener agallas — it takes guts (colloq)

* * *

= gill.

Ex: The order of accumulation of heavy metals in the visceral mass and muscle was copper > lead > cadmium and for the gills it was lead > copper > cadmium.

* agallas = gumption, grit, guts, spunk, pizzazz.

* con agallas = spunky.

* sangre y agallas = blood-and-guts.

* * *

agalla

feminine

A ( Zool) gill

B ( Bot) gall, oak apple

C agallas fpl ( fam) (valor) guts (pl) ( colloq)

una chica con agallas a gutsy girl ( colloq), a girl with guts

hay que tener agallas it takes o you need guts ( colloq)

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agalla sustantivo femenino
1 (de pez) gill
2 pl (valor) guts: tuvo las agallas de decirlo, she had the guts to say it
' agalla' also found in these entries:
English:
gill

* * *

agalla nf

1. [de pez] gill

2. [de árbol] gall, gallnut

3.
agallas [valentía] guts;

tener agallas para hacer algo to have the guts to do sth;

es una chica con agallas she's a gutsy girl, she has guts

4. Carib
agallas [codicia] greed

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agalla

f

1 ZO gill

2

:

tener agallas fam have guts fam

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agalla nf

1) branquia: gill

2)

tener agallas fam : to have guts, to have courage

Spanish-English dictionary > agalla
14 dolido

adj.

grieved, hurt, regretful, distressed.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: doler.

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dolido

► participio pasado

1→ link=doler doler

► adjetivo

1 figurado hurt

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ADJ

estar dolido con algn — to be hurt by sb

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- da adjetivo hurt

estar dolido por algo — to be hurt at something

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= doleful.

Ex. This year will go down as the most depressing doleful Christmas I've ever had.

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- da adjetivo hurt

estar dolido por algo — to be hurt at something

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= doleful.

Ex: This year will go down as the most depressing doleful Christmas I've ever had.

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dolido -da

adjective

hurt

estaba muy dolido por lo que le dijiste he was very hurt at what you said to him

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Del verbo doler: ( conjugate doler)

dolido es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
doler
dolido
doler ( conjugate doler) verbo intransitivo
a) [inyección/herida/brazo] to hurt;

◊ no duele nada it doesn't hurt at all;

(+ me/te/le etc)
◊ le dolió mucho it hurt a lot;

le duele una muela/la cabeza she has (a) toothache/a headache;
me dolía el estómago I had (a) stomachache;
me duele la garganta I have a sore throat;
me duelen los pies my feet ache;
me duele todo (el cuerpo) I ache all over
b) ( apenar) (+ me/te/le etc):

◊ me duele tener que decirte esto I'm sorry to have to tell you this;

me dolió muchísimo lo que me dijo I was deeply hurt by what he said
dolido
◊ -da adjetivo

hurt;
estar dolido por algo to be hurt at sth
doler verbo intransitivo to hurt, ache: me duelen las muelas, I've got a toothache
me duele que me digas eso, it hurts to hear you say that
dolido,-a adjetivo estar dolido, to be hurt

' dolido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dolida
English:
hurt
- wounded

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dolido, -a adj

hurt, upset;

estar/sentirse dolido (por algo) to be/feel hurt (by sth), to be/feel upset (about sth);

¿aún sigues dolido por lo que pasó? are you still upset about what happened?

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dolido

adj fig

hurt

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dolido adj hurt

Spanish-English dictionary > dolido
15 duela

f.

1 stave, stave of a barrel.

2 liver fluke, fluke.

3 floorboard.

pres.subj.

1^st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: doler.

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duela

► nombre femenino

1 stave

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SF stave

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femenino (Méx) ( del suelo) floorboard

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= floorboard, stave.

Ex. The original floorboards are in bad nick with gaps between them and a few that are cracked.

Ex. A barrel maker was commonly called a cooper and he started by planing narrow wood strips or staves from imported wood often from Thailand.

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femenino (Méx) ( del suelo) floorboard

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= floorboard, stave.

Ex: The original floorboards are in bad nick with gaps between them and a few that are cracked.

Ex: A barrel maker was commonly called a cooper and he started by planing narrow wood strips or staves from imported wood often from Thailand.

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duela

feminine

1 (de un barril) stave

2 ( Méx) (del suelo) floorboard

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Del verbo doler: ( conjugate doler)

duela es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
doler
duela
doler ( conjugate doler) verbo intransitivo
a) [inyección/herida/brazo] to hurt;

◊ no duele nada it doesn't hurt at all;

(+ me/te/le etc)
◊ le dolió mucho it hurt a lot;

le duele una muela/la cabeza she has (a) toothache/a headache;
me dolía el estómago I had (a) stomachache;
me duele la garganta I have a sore throat;
me duelen los pies my feet ache;
me duele todo (el cuerpo) I ache all over
b) ( apenar) (+ me/te/le etc):

◊ me duele tener que decirte esto I'm sorry to have to tell you this;

me dolió muchísimo lo que me dijo I was deeply hurt by what he said
duela sustantivo femenino (Méx) ( del suelo) floorboard
doler verbo intransitivo to hurt, ache: me duelen las muelas, I've got a toothache
me duele que me digas eso, it hurts to hear you say that
' duela' also found in these entries:
English:
floor
- stave

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duela nf

1. [gusano] fluke

2. [de barril] stave

3. Méx [de suelo] floorboard

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duela

f

1 stave

2 Méx

parquet parquet

Spanish-English dictionary > duela
16 duelo

m.

1 duel (combate).

2 grief, sorrow (sentimiento).

en señal de duelo as a sign of mourning

3 mourning, bereavement.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: doler.

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duelo

► nombre masculino

1 (combate) duel

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FRASEOLOGÍA

batirse en duelo to fight a duel

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duelo

► nombre masculino

1 (dolor) grief, affliction

2 (luto) mourning; (reunión de parientes) wake; (cortejo) cortege, funeral procession

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FRASEOLOGÍA

sin duelo regardless

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I
SM (Mil) duel

batirse en duelo — to fight a duel

retar a algn a duelo — to challenge sb to a duel

duelo a muerte — fight to the death, duel of death
II
SM

1) (=luto) mourning

toda la familia está de duelo — the whole family is in mourning

se celebrarán tres días de duelo — there will be three days of mourning

la comitiva de duelo — the funeral procession

2) (=velatorio) wake

3) (=dolor) grief, sorrow

4)

- sin duelo

gastar sin duelo — to spend lavishly

pegar a algn sin duelo — to beat sb mercilessly

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masculino

1)

a) ( dolor) sorrow, grief; ( luto) mourning

estar de duelo — to be in mourning

cerrado por duelo — (AmL) closed owing to bereavement

duelo nacional — national mourning

b) (Esp frml)

el duelo — ( el cortejo) the cortege; ( los deudos) the mourners (pl)

2) ( desafío) duel

retar a duelo — to challenge... to a duel

batirse en duelo — to fight a duel

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- duelo a muerte

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= duel, shootout [shoot-out], mourning.

Ex. The article is entitled ' Duels or dialogues? The relationship between archivists and conservators'.

Ex. The film deals with drug trafficking, prostitution, and shootouts while also incorporating melodramatic themes.

Ex. During our lives we face situations of losses and mournings, connected or not to death.

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* batirse en duelo = duel.

* de duelo = in mourning.

* echarse un duelo = duel.

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masculino

1)

a) ( dolor) sorrow, grief; ( luto) mourning

estar de duelo — to be in mourning

cerrado por duelo — (AmL) closed owing to bereavement

duelo nacional — national mourning

b) (Esp frml)

el duelo — ( el cortejo) the cortege; ( los deudos) the mourners (pl)

2) ( desafío) duel

retar a duelo — to challenge... to a duel

batirse en duelo — to fight a duel

•

- duelo a muerte

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= duel, shootout [shoot-out], mourning.

Ex: The article is entitled ' Duels or dialogues? The relationship between archivists and conservators'.

Ex: The film deals with drug trafficking, prostitution, and shootouts while also incorporating melodramatic themes.

Ex: During our lives we face situations of losses and mournings, connected or not to death.

* batirse en duelo = duel.

* de duelo = in mourning.

* echarse un duelo = duel.

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duelo

masculine

A

1 (dolor) sorrow, grief; (luto) mourning

la familia está de duelo the family is in mourning

[ S ] cerrado por duelo ( AmL); closed owing to bereavement

duelo nacional national mourning

2

( Esp frml): el duelo (el cortejo) the cortege, the funeral procession; (los deudos) the mourners (pl)

B (desafío) duel

retar a duelo to challenge … to a duel

batirse en duelo to fight a duel

duelo de artillería exchange of artillery fire

Compuesto:

duelo a muerte

duel to the death

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Del verbo doler: ( conjugate doler)

duelo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

Multiple Entries:
doler
duelo
doler ( conjugate doler) verbo intransitivo
a) [inyección/herida/brazo] to hurt;

◊ no duele nada it doesn't hurt at all;

(+ me/te/le etc)
◊ le dolió mucho it hurt a lot;

le duele una muela/la cabeza she has (a) toothache/a headache;
me dolía el estómago I had (a) stomachache;
me duele la garganta I have a sore throat;
me duelen los pies my feet ache;
me duele todo (el cuerpo) I ache all over
b) ( apenar) (+ me/te/le etc):

◊ me duele tener que decirte esto I'm sorry to have to tell you this;

me dolió muchísimo lo que me dijo I was deeply hurt by what he said
duelo sustantivo masculino
1 ( dolor) sorrow, grief;
( luto) mourning;
◊ estar de duelo to be in mourning

2 ( desafío) duel;
◊ retar a duelo to challenge … to a duel;

batirse en duelo to fight a duel;
duelo a muerte duel to the death
doler verbo intransitivo to hurt, ache: me duelen las muelas, I've got a toothache
me duele que me digas eso, it hurts to hear you say that
duelo 1 m (enfrentamiento, lucha) duel
duelo 2 m (luto) mourning
' duelo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
batirse
- señal
- batir
- escena
- padrino
English:
duel
- second
- mourning

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duelo¹ ver doler

duelo² nm

1. [combate por desafío] duel;

un duelo con pistola a duel with pistols;

un duelo a muerte a duel to the death;

batirse en duelo to fight a duel;

desafiar o [m5] retar a alguien a (un) duelo to challenge sb to a duel

2. [enfrentamiento] struggle, battle;

un duelo dialéctico a verbal duel, a bout of verbal sparring;

el duelo entre los dos equipos por ganar la liga the struggle between the two teams to win the league

3. [aflicción] grief, sorrow;

en señal de duelo (por la muerte de) as a sign of mourning (for the death of)

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duelo

m

1 grief

2 ( combate) duel;

batirse en duelo fight a duel

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duelo nm

1) : duel

2) luto: mourning

Spanish-English dictionary > duelo
17 molestia

f.

1 bother, trouble.

ocasionar o causar molestias a alguien to cause somebody trouble

si no es demasiada molestia if it's not too much trouble

perdone la molestia, pero… sorry to bother you, but…

tomarse la molestia de hacer algo to take the trouble to do something

2 discomfort.

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molestia

► nombre femenino

1 (incomodidad) bother, trouble; (fastidio) nuisance

2 MEDICINA trouble, slight pain

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FRASEOLOGÍA

no es molestia it's no trouble

perdonen las molestias please excuse the inconvenience

ser una molestia to be a nuisance

si no es molestia if you don't mind

tomarse la molestia de hacer algo to take the trouble to do something

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noun f.

1) annoyance, bother, nuisance

2) trouble

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SF

1) (=trastorno) bother, trouble

el retraso nos causó muchas molestias — the delay caused us a lot of bother o trouble

¿me podrías llevar a casa, si no es mucha molestia? — could you take me home, if it's not too much bother o trouble?

andar con muletas es una gran molestia — walking with crutches is a real nuisance o bother

perdone la molestia, pero... — sorry to bother you, but...

¡no es ninguna molestia, estaré encantado de ayudarte! — it's no trouble at all, I'll be happy to help!

"perdonen las molestias" — "we apologize for any inconvenience"

• ahorrarse la molestia de hacer algo — to save o.s. the bother o trouble of doing sth

• tomarse la molestia de hacer algo — to take the trouble to do sth

se tomaron la molestia de visitarlos en persona — they took the trouble to visit them in person

no tenías que haberte tomado la molestia — you shouldn't have bothered o taken the trouble, you shouldn't have put yourself out

2) (Med) discomfort

al andar noto una pequeña molestia — I feel a slight discomfort when I walk

si persisten las molestias, consulte a un especialista — if the discomfort o trouble persists, consult a specialist

tengo una pequeña molestia en la garganta — I have a bit of a sore throat

tengo molestias en el estómago — I have an upset stomach

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femenino

1)

a) (incomodidad, trastorno) trouble

siento causarte tantas molestias — I'm sorry to cause you so much trouble

no es ninguna molestia — it's no trouble at all

perdona la molestia, pero... — sorry to bother you, but...

rogamos disculpen las molestias ocasionadas — (frml) we apologize for any inconvenience caused (frml)

b) ( trabajo)

¿para qué te tomaste la molestia? — why did you bother to do that?

molestia DE + inf: ahórrate la molestia de ir save yourself the trip; se tomó la molestia de escribirnos — she took the trouble to write to us

2) ( malestar)

molestias estomacales — stomach problems o upsets

no es un dolor, sólo una molestia — it's not a pain, just a feeling of discomfort

las molestias que acompañan a estados gripales — the aches and pains symptomatic of flu

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= annoyance, discomfort, disruption, encumbrance, nuisance, pain, trial, embarrassment, aggravation, disturbance, irksomeness, mischief, ache, hassle, pest, irritant, soreness, niggling, niggle, self-effacement, inconvenience.

Nota: Nombre.

Ex. False drops are perhaps less of an annoyance in a computer-based system when brief records can be quickly scanned and rejected as necessary.

Ex. Discomfort is caused if windows are opened, heat, cold, dirt and noise are offered 'open-access' to the interior.

Ex. An academic library should be extendible to permit future growth with minimum disruption.

Ex. Meanwhile we are asked to accept encumbrances that will needlessly impair the effectiveness of our catalogs for an indefinite time to come.

Ex. However, delays in the generation of centralised records can be a considerable nuisance.

Ex. For instance, if discharge is 'watery' or 'purulent,' vision is 'blurred,' pain is 'moderate,' then corneal trauma or infection is diagnosed.

Ex. He wrote an article with the title 'The trials and traumas of authorship'.

Ex. Patrons who are reluctant to seek assistance in using reference books or the card catalog, feel no embarrassment about seeking help in the 'automated' setting.

Ex. One reads, for instance, that a parameter in assessing the maximum period a user can be kept waiting is the ' aggravation quotient'.

Ex. A centralised system was chosen to ensure speedy receipt and dissemination with minimal disturbances.

Ex. Teachers who keep reading records find that the light they throw on their work compensates for the irksomeness of the administrative chore of keeping them up to date.

Ex. The author discusses the characteristics of programs designed specifically to cause mischief to computer owners who download and run the programs = El autor analiza las características de los programas diseñados específicamente para causar problemas a los propietarios de ordenadores que los descargan y ejecutan.

Ex. Last year I did not prefer cushioned running shoes, but now I'm a year older with new aches and pains, so I want a shoe with added support.

Ex. The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.

Ex. Library users fall into 4 groups: (1) patrons, who are considerate, grateful and undemanding; (2) 'pests' -- the inconsiderate; (3) 'pirates' who steal, deface and mutilate library property and materials; (4) 'vampires' whose enquiries make excessive demands upon the librarian's time.

Ex. Common factors affecting the quality of air in libraries include scents and other controllable irritants, dust mites, moulds and other inhaled substances associated with paper and books.

Ex. While there are no significant injury worries to speak of, there is no doubt both sides have a number of players with general soreness and niggling.

Ex. While there are no significant injury worries to speak of, there is no doubt both sides have a number of players with general soreness and niggling.

Ex. Wilson was limping around so he must have picked up a knock or aggravated a niggle that he already had.

Ex. Mark's Gospel reveals the power of God as self-effacement and self-giving love rather than domination and conquest.

Ex. The main inconveniences of item record indexes arise from the necessity of searching the entire file.

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* ahorrar la molestia = spare + Nombre + a problem.

* ahorrar molestia = save + trouble.

* ahorrarse la molestia de = obviate + the need for.

* causar molestias = cause + disruption, inconvenience, cause + inconvenience.

* disculpe(n) las molestias = sorry for the inconvenience.

* molestia de estómago = stomach ache.

* molestias y dolores = aches and pains.

* ocasionar molestias = cause + disruption.

* perdone(n) las molestias = sorry for the inconvenience.

* ser una molestia = be a pest.

* sin molestias = hassle-free.

* tomarse la molestia de = take + the trouble to, take + the time and effort, take + the time to + Infinitivo.

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femenino

1)

a) (incomodidad, trastorno) trouble

siento causarte tantas molestias — I'm sorry to cause you so much trouble

no es ninguna molestia — it's no trouble at all

perdona la molestia, pero... — sorry to bother you, but...

rogamos disculpen las molestias ocasionadas — (frml) we apologize for any inconvenience caused (frml)

b) ( trabajo)

¿para qué te tomaste la molestia? — why did you bother to do that?

molestia DE + inf: ahórrate la molestia de ir save yourself the trip; se tomó la molestia de escribirnos — she took the trouble to write to us

2) ( malestar)

molestias estomacales — stomach problems o upsets

no es un dolor, sólo una molestia — it's not a pain, just a feeling of discomfort

las molestias que acompañan a estados gripales — the aches and pains symptomatic of flu

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= annoyance, discomfort, disruption, encumbrance, nuisance, pain, trial, embarrassment, aggravation, disturbance, irksomeness, mischief, ache, hassle, pest, irritant, soreness, niggling, niggle, self-effacement, inconvenience.

Nota: Nombre.

Ex: False drops are perhaps less of an annoyance in a computer-based system when brief records can be quickly scanned and rejected as necessary.

Ex: Discomfort is caused if windows are opened, heat, cold, dirt and noise are offered 'open-access' to the interior.

Ex: An academic library should be extendible to permit future growth with minimum disruption.

Ex: Meanwhile we are asked to accept encumbrances that will needlessly impair the effectiveness of our catalogs for an indefinite time to come.

Ex: However, delays in the generation of centralised records can be a considerable nuisance.

Ex: For instance, if discharge is 'watery' or 'purulent,' vision is 'blurred,' pain is 'moderate,' then corneal trauma or infection is diagnosed.

Ex: He wrote an article with the title 'The trials and traumas of authorship'.

Ex: Patrons who are reluctant to seek assistance in using reference books or the card catalog, feel no embarrassment about seeking help in the 'automated' setting.

Ex: One reads, for instance, that a parameter in assessing the maximum period a user can be kept waiting is the ' aggravation quotient'.

Ex: A centralised system was chosen to ensure speedy receipt and dissemination with minimal disturbances.

Ex: Teachers who keep reading records find that the light they throw on their work compensates for the irksomeness of the administrative chore of keeping them up to date.

Ex: The author discusses the characteristics of programs designed specifically to cause mischief to computer owners who download and run the programs = El autor analiza las características de los programas diseñados específicamente para causar problemas a los propietarios de ordenadores que los descargan y ejecutan.

Ex: Last year I did not prefer cushioned running shoes, but now I'm a year older with new aches and pains, so I want a shoe with added support.

Ex: The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.

Ex: Library users fall into 4 groups: (1) patrons, who are considerate, grateful and undemanding; (2) 'pests' -- the inconsiderate; (3) 'pirates' who steal, deface and mutilate library property and materials; (4) 'vampires' whose enquiries make excessive demands upon the librarian's time.

Ex: Common factors affecting the quality of air in libraries include scents and other controllable irritants, dust mites, moulds and other inhaled substances associated with paper and books.

Ex: While there are no significant injury worries to speak of, there is no doubt both sides have a number of players with general soreness and niggling.

Ex: While there are no significant injury worries to speak of, there is no doubt both sides have a number of players with general soreness and niggling.

Ex: Wilson was limping around so he must have picked up a knock or aggravated a niggle that he already had.

Ex: Mark's Gospel reveals the power of God as self-effacement and self-giving love rather than domination and conquest.

Ex: The main inconveniences of item record indexes arise from the necessity of searching the entire file.

* ahorrar la molestia = spare + Nombre + a problem.

* ahorrar molestia = save + trouble.

* ahorrarse la molestia de = obviate + the need for.

* causar molestias = cause + disruption, inconvenience, cause + inconvenience.

* disculpe(n) las molestias = sorry for the inconvenience.

* molestia de estómago = stomach ache.

* molestias y dolores = aches and pains.

* ocasionar molestias = cause + disruption.

* perdone(n) las molestias = sorry for the inconvenience.

* ser una molestia = be a pest.

* sin molestias = hassle-free.

* tomarse la molestia de = take + the trouble to, take + the time and effort, take + the time to + Infinitivo.

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molestia

feminine

A

1

(incomodidad, trastorno): siento causarte tantas molestias I'm sorry to be such a nuisance o to cause you so much trouble o to put you out like this

perdona la molestia, pero … sorry to bother you, but …

no es ninguna molestia, yo te llevo it's no trouble at all, I'll take you there

¿me podría cambiar el tenedor, si no es molestia? would you mind giving me a new fork, please?

rogamos disculpen las molestias ocasionadas por el retraso ( frml); we apologize for any inconvenience caused by the delay ( frml)

2

(trabajo): ¿para qué te has tomado la molestia? why did you bother to do that?, you shouldn't have put yourself out

molestia DE + INF:

ahórrate la molestia de ir save yourself the trip

se tomó la molestia de escribirnos a cada uno en particular she took the trouble to write to each of us individually

B

(malestar): puede causar molestias estomacales it may cause stomach problems o upsets, it may upset the stomach

las molestias que suelen acompañar a los estados gripales the aches and pains often symptomatic of flu

no es un dolor, sólo una ligera molestia it's not a pain, just a slight feeling of discomfort

a la primera molestia, me tomo un calmante as soon as it starts to hurt, I take a painkiller

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molestia sustantivo femenino
1
a) (incomodidad, trastorno):

◊ ser una molestia to be a nuisance;

siento causarte tantas molestias I'm sorry to cause you so much trouble;
perdona la molestia, pero … sorry to bother you, but …
b) ( trabajo) trouble;

◊ se tomó la molestia de escribirnos she took the trouble to write to us;

¿para qué te tomaste la molestia? why did you bother to do that?;
no es ninguna molestia it's no trouble o bother
2 ( malestar):
◊ molestias estomacales stomach problems o upsets;

no es un dolor, solo una molestia it's not a pain, just a feeling of discomfort
molestia sustantivo femenino
1 (incomodidad) trouble: no quiero causar ninguna molestia, I don't want to cause any trouble
2 (trabajo, esfuerzo) bother: se tomó la molestia de venir, he took the trouble to come
3 (fastidio) nuisance
4 (dolor) slight pain
' molestia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
daño
- fastidiar
- fastidio
- fregado
- gaita
- incomodar
- trastorno
- ahorrar
- estorbo
- evitar
- joda
- joroba
- pasajero
- pesadez
- tomar
English:
annoyance
- bother
- discomfort
- inconvenience
- irritation
- nuisance
- palaver
- tiresomeness
- trouble
- pain
- put

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molestia nf

1. [incomodidad] bother, trouble;

este ruido es una molestia this noise is annoying;

es una molestia vivir lejos del trabajo it's a nuisance living a long way from work;

ahórrese molestias y pague con tarjeta save yourself a lot of trouble and pay by credit card;

¿te llevo a la estación? – ahórrate la molestia, iré en taxi shall I give you a Br lift o US ride to the station? – don't bother, I'll get a cab;

ocasionar o [m5] causar molestias a alguien to cause sb trouble;

si no es demasiada molestia if it's not too much trouble;

no es ninguna molestia it's no trouble;

perdone la molestia, pero… sorry to bother you, but…;

(les rogamos) disculpen las molestias (causadas) we apologize for any inconvenience caused;

tomarse la molestia de hacer algo to go to o to take the trouble to do sth;

¡no tenías por qué tomarte tantas molestias! you didn't have to go to such trouble!, you shouldn't have!

2. [malestar] discomfort;

siento molestias en el estómago my stomach doesn't feel too good;

se retiró porque sentía algunas molestias en la rodilla he came off because his knee wasn't quite right

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molestia

f ( incordio) nuisance;

molestias pl MED discomfort sg ;

tomarse la molestia de go to the trouble of

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molestia nf

1) fastidio: annoyance, bother, nuisance

2) : trouble

se tomó la molestia de investigar: she took the trouble to investigate

3) malestar: discomfort

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molestia n

1. (incomodidad) trouble

se tomó la molestia de acompañarme a casa he took the trouble to see me home

no es molestia it's no trouble

2. (dolor) slight pain

siento algunas molestias en el estómago I've got a slight stomach pain

3. (fastidio) nuisance / bother

es una molestia it's a nuisance

Spanish-English dictionary > molestia
18 gallo

m.

1 cock, cockerel (ave).

en menos que canta un gallo (informal figurative) in no time at all

gallo de pelea fighting cock

gallo pinto rice and beans ( Carib)

2 false note.

3 John Dory (fish).

4 rooster, cock.

5 taco.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: gallar.

* * *

gallo

► nombre masculino

1 cock, rooster

2 (pez) John Dory

3 figurado (al cantar) false note; (al hablar) squeak

4 familiar figurado (mandón) cock of the walk

5 familiar (presumido, bravucón) cocky person, tough guy

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

alzar el gallo familiar to get on one's high horse

bajar el gallo familiar to get off one's high horse

en menos que canta un gallo in a flash

estar como gallo en gallinero familiar to strut about like a cock

otro gallo me (te, le, etc) cantara familiar things would have turned out differently

tener mucho gallo familiar to be very cocky

gallo de pelea fighting cock, gamecock

gallo lira black grouse

gallo silvestre capercaillie, woodgrouse

* * *

noun m.

cock

* * *
I
SM

1) (=ave) cock, rooster ( esp EEUU); [más pequeño] cockerel

- alzar el gallo

- comer gallo

- haber comido gallo

- como gallo en corral ajeno

- entre gallos y medianoche

- estar como gallo en gallinero

- dormírsele a algn el gallo

- no me va nada en el gallo

- levantar el gallo

- matar el gallo a algn

- en menos que canta un gallo

- otro gallo cantaría

- pelar gallo

- al primer gallo

- hay gallo tapado

- tener mucho gallo

gallo de pelea, gallo de riña — gamecock, fighting cock

gallo lira — black grouse

gallo pinto — CAm (Culin) beans and rice

gallo silvestre — capercaillie
pata 1., 1), b), pelea, peso 7), c)
2) (=pez) john dory

3) [en la voz] false note

soltó un gallo — [al cantar] he sang a false note; [al hablar] his voice cracked

tengo un gallo en la garganta — I have a frog in my throat

4) * (=bravucón) tough guy *; LAm expert, master

yo he sido gallo para eso — I was a great one at that

5) (Pesca) cork float

6) ** (=flema) spit; Méx (=gargajo) gob of spit **

7) Méx (=serenata) street serenade

8) Méx * (=ropa usada) hand-me-down, cast-off

anda siempre de gallos — all his clothes are hand-me-downs

lo visten con los gallos del hermano mayor — they dress him in his brother's hand-me-downs o cast-offs

9) And (=flecha) dart

10) Col, Méx (Dep) shuttlecock

11) And [de bomberos] hose truck
II
gallo, -a
SM / F Chile guy * /girl
conocí a un gallo estupendo — I met a great guy *

¡qué galla tan antipática! — she is so unfriendly!

* * *
I
- lla adjetivo (AmL fam) ( bravucón) tough (colloq), macho; ( valiente) tough (colloq)
II
masculino

1) (Zool) ( ave) cockerel; ( más grande) rooster

pelea de gallos — cockfight

comer gallo — (Méx fam) to get up on the wrong side of the bed (AmE colloq), to get out of the bed on the wrong side (BrE colloq)

dormírsele el gallo a alguien — (Méx fam)

que no se te duerma el gallo — you can't afford to rest on your laurels

se me durmió el gallo y venció el plazo — I forgot about it and missed the closing date

en menos (de lo) que canta un gallo — in no time at all

entre gallos y medianoche — (Arg) on the spur of the moment

gallo duro de pelar — (Méx fam)

resultaron gallos duros de pelar — they proved to be tough opposition

levantarse al cantar el gallo — to be up with the lark

mamarle gallo a alguien — (Col, Ven fam) to pull somebody's leg (colloq)

matarle el gallo a alguien — (Méx fam) to shut somebody up (colloq)

otro gallo cantaría or otro gallo me/te/nos cantara — (fam) things would be very different

pelar gallo — (Méx fam) ( huir) to leg it (colloq); ( morirse) to kick the bucket (colloq)

ser el (mejor) gallo de alguien — (Méx fam) to be somebody's best bet (colloq)

- gallo de pelea or de riña

2) (Méx fam) ( bravucón) macho, tough guy (colloq)

3) (fam) ( de un cantante) false note; ( de adolescente) (AmL)

soltó un gallo — his voice went squeaky

4) (Méx) ( serenata) serenade
III
- lla (Chi fam) (m) guy (colloq); (f) woman

hola gallo — hi, buddy (AmE) o (BrE) mate (colloq)

* * *

= cock, rooster, cockerel.

Ex. And outside, a cock crowed, for it was now dawn.

Ex. Without fail, every time the roosters crowed in the morning, the sun rose afterwards.

Ex. The eggs a chicken lays without the help of a cockerel are not fertilised and will therefore never hatch.

* * *
I
- lla adjetivo (AmL fam) ( bravucón) tough (colloq), macho; ( valiente) tough (colloq)
II
masculino

1) (Zool) ( ave) cockerel; ( más grande) rooster

pelea de gallos — cockfight

comer gallo — (Méx fam) to get up on the wrong side of the bed (AmE colloq), to get out of the bed on the wrong side (BrE colloq)

dormírsele el gallo a alguien — (Méx fam)

que no se te duerma el gallo — you can't afford to rest on your laurels

se me durmió el gallo y venció el plazo — I forgot about it and missed the closing date

en menos (de lo) que canta un gallo — in no time at all

entre gallos y medianoche — (Arg) on the spur of the moment

gallo duro de pelar — (Méx fam)

resultaron gallos duros de pelar — they proved to be tough opposition

levantarse al cantar el gallo — to be up with the lark

mamarle gallo a alguien — (Col, Ven fam) to pull somebody's leg (colloq)

matarle el gallo a alguien — (Méx fam) to shut somebody up (colloq)

otro gallo cantaría or otro gallo me/te/nos cantara — (fam) things would be very different

pelar gallo — (Méx fam) ( huir) to leg it (colloq); ( morirse) to kick the bucket (colloq)

ser el (mejor) gallo de alguien — (Méx fam) to be somebody's best bet (colloq)

- gallo de pelea or de riña

2) (Méx fam) ( bravucón) macho, tough guy (colloq)

3) (fam) ( de un cantante) false note; ( de adolescente) (AmL)

soltó un gallo — his voice went squeaky

4) (Méx) ( serenata) serenade
III
- lla (Chi fam) (m) guy (colloq); (f) woman

hola gallo — hi, buddy (AmE) o (BrE) mate (colloq)

* * *

= cock, rooster, cockerel.

Ex: And outside, a cock crowed, for it was now dawn.

Ex: Without fail, every time the roosters crowed in the morning, the sun rose afterwards.

Ex: The eggs a chicken lays without the help of a cockerel are not fertilised and will therefore never hatch.

* * *

gallo¹ - lla

adjective

1 ( AmL fam) (bravucón) tough ( colloq), macho

2 ( AmL fam) (valiente) tough ( colloq)

sólo los muy gallos se atreven only the real tough nuts dare to do it ( colloq)

gallo²

masculine

A ( Zool) (ave) cockerel; (más grande) rooster, cock ( BrE)

pelea de gallos cockfight

comer gallo ( Méx fam): hoy parece que comiste gallo you must have got out of bed the wrong side this morning ( colloq), you're a real bear today ( AmE colloq), you're like a bear with a sore head today ( BrE colloq)

dormírsele el gallo a algn ( Méx fam): que no se te duerma el gallo, que otro se ganará el ascenso you can't afford to rest on your laurels; if you do, someone else will get the promotion

se me durmió el gallo y venció el plazo I forgot about it and missed the closing date

en menos (de lo) que canta un gallo in no time at all, in a flash

entre gallos y medianoche ( Arg); on the spur of the moment, hastily

gallo difícil or duro de pelar ( Méx fam): resultaron gallos difíciles de pelar they proved to be tough opposition

levantarse al cantar el gallo to be up with the lark, get up at crack of dawn

mamar gallo ( Col fam); to mess o play around ( colloq), to muck around ( BrE colloq)

mamarle gallo a algn (Col, Ven fam); to pull sb's leg ( colloq), to put sb on ( AmE colloq), to have sb on ( BrE colloq)

matarle el gallo a algn ( Méx fam); to shut sb up ( colloq)

cuando el otro le dijo que era policía, le mató el gallo he soon shut up when the other guy told him he was a policeman ( colloq)

otro gallo cantaría or otro gallo me/te/nos cantara things would be very different

pelar gallo ( Méx fam) (huir) to leg it ( colloq), to hightail it ( AmE colloq) (morirse) to kick the bucket ( colloq), to snuff it ( BrE colloq)

pelaron gallo del mitin político antes de los cocolazos they legged it o hightailed it out of the meeting before the fighting began ( colloq)

ser el (mejor) gallo de algn ( Méx fam): los Pumas son su mejor gallo para las finales the Pumas are your best bet for the finals ( colloq), I'd put my money on the Pumas for the finals ( colloq)

Compuestos:

● gallo de la pasión

( Chi) small cockerel with black and white speckled feathers

● gallo de pelea or ( AmS) de riña

fighting o game cock

B ( Méx fam) (bravucón) macho, tough guy ( colloq BrE)

C ( fam) (de un cantante) false note

(de un adolescente): soltó un gallo or ( Col) se echó un gallo or ( Ven) se le fue el gallo his voice cracked o went squeaky

D (pez) John Dory

E ( Méx) (serenata) serenade

le llevaron gallo a la novia they serenaded the bride

F

( Méx fam) (en el pelo): se le hace un gallo en el lado izquierdo his hair sticks up on the left

G ( Méx fam) (prenda usada) hand-me-down ( colloq)

se viste de puros gallos all her clothes are hand-me-downs ( colloq), everything she wears is secondhand

gallo³ - lla

masculine, feminine

( Chi fam) ( masculine) guy ( colloq); ( feminine) woman

¿cómo estás gallo? hi, buddy ( AmE) o ( BrE) mate, how are you? ( colloq)

* * *

gallo 1 sustantivo masculino
1 (Zool) ( ave) cockerel;
gallo de pelea or (AmS) de riña fighting o game cock;
( más grande) rooster;
◊ en menos (de lo) que canta un gallo in no time at all;

otro gallo cantaría or otro gallo me/te/nos cantara (fam) things would be very different
2 (Méx fam) ( bravucón) macho, tough guy (colloq)
3 (fam)
a) ( de un cantante) false note

b) ( de adolescente):

◊ soltó un gallo his voice went squeaky

4 (Méx) ( serenata) serenade
gallo 2
◊ - lla adjetivo (AmL fam) tough (colloq)

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (Chi fam) (m) guy (colloq);

(f) woman;
◊ hola gallo hi, buddy (AmE) o (BrE) mate (colloq)

gallo sustantivo masculino
1 Zool cock, rooster
gallo de pelea, fighting cock
2 (lenguado) sole
3 Mús fam off-key note
(adolescente) Manuel está cambiando la voz y le salen muchos gallos, Manuel's voice is changing and it's gone all squeaky
♦ Locuciones: fam fig otro gallo nos/me/te cantara, things would be quite different
en menos que canta un gallo, in an instant

' gallo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cantar
- pata
- cacarear
- canto
- capón
- cresta
- misa
English:
cock
- cockcrow
- crest
- crow
- crow's-feet
- hounds-tooth
- rooster
- crow's feet
- man

* * *

gallo

♦ nm

1. [ave] cock, esp US rooster;

Comp
Méx Fam
ser gallo duro de pelar to be a tough nut to crack;

Comp
Fam
en menos (de lo) que canta un gallo in no time at all;

Comp

al canto del gallo at daybreak;

Comp

otro gallo cantaría, otro gallo me/te/ etc[m5]. cantaría it would be a different story;

Comp
Méx Fam
se le durmió el gallo he let the chance go by;

Comp
RP
entre gallos y medianoche on the fly;

Comp
Méx Fam
haber comido gallo to have got out of bed on the wrong side;

Comp
Col, Ven Fam
mamar gallo a alguien to pull sb's leg;

Comp
Méx Fam
matarle el gallo a alguien to shut sb up;

Comp
Méx Fam
pelar gallo to kick the bucket

Comp
gallo lira black grouse;
gallo de pelea fighting cock;
Carib, Nic gallo pinto rice and beans; Andes, RP gallo de riña fighting cock
2. [al cantar] false note;
[al hablar] squeak;
está cambiando la voz y le salen gallos de vez en cuando his voice is breaking so it goes squeaky sometimes

3. [pez] John Dory

4. [bravucón]
es un gallo he's cocky

5. [en boxeo] bantamweight;

peso gallo bantamweight

6. Chile [de bomberos] fire engine

7. Méx [serenata] serenade;

esta noche le va a llevar gallo he's going to serenade her tonight

8. Méx, RP Fam [flema] gob, spit

♦ adj m
Fam [bravucón] cocky, full of oneself
* * *

gallo

m

1 ZO rooster, Br

cock;

en menos que canta un gallo in an instant, in no time at all;

otro gallo le cantaría si it would be different if;

alzar o

levantar el gallo fig get on one’s high horse

2

:

soltó un gallo fam his voice cracked

* * *

gallo nm

1) : rooster, cock

2) fam : squeak or crack in the voice

3) Mex : serenade

4)

gallo de pelea : gamecock

* * *

gallo n

1. (ave) cock

2. (al cantar) false note

en menos que canta un gallo in a flash

Spanish-English dictionary > gallo
19 estómago

m.

stomach, bread-basket, belly, croop.

* * *

estómago

► nombre masculino

1 stomach

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

revolver el estómago familiar to turn one's stomach

tener buen estómago to have a strong stomach 2 figurado to be thick-skinned

dolor de estómago stomachache

* * *

noun m.

stomach

* * *

SM stomach

dolor de estómago — stomachache

"no tomar con el estómago vacío" — "not to be taken on an empty stomach"

revolver el estómago a algn — to make sb's stomach turn, turn sb's stomach

tener buen estómago — (=resistir comidas fuertes) to have a strong stomach; (=ser insensible) to be thick-skinned; (=ser poco escrupuloso) to have an elastic conscience

* * *

masculino (Anat) stomach

me duele el estómago or tengo dolor de estómago — I have a stomachache, my stomach hurts

beber con el estómago vacío — to drink on an empty stomach

revolverle el estómago a alguien — to turn somebody's stomach

tener (buen) estómago — (fam) to have a strong stomach

* * *

= stomach, belly, tummy.

Ex. Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Food for the mind, or food for the belly? The Irish famine and the Public Libraries Act of 1850'.

Ex. Ladies bemoan their fat tummies, wobbly thighs, bulging hips and flabby thighs.

----

* ardor de estómago = heartburn.

* boca del estómago, la = pit of the stomach, the.

* cáncer del estómago = stomach cancer.

* dar patadas en el estómago = stick in + Posesivo + craw.

* descomposición de estómago = upset stomach.

* descompuesto del estómago = upset stomach.

* dolor de estómago = stomach ache, upset stomach.

* estómago descompuesto = upset stomach.

* estómago liso = flat stomach.

* malo del estómago = upset stomach.

* meter el estómago = hold + Posesivo + stomach in.

* molestia de estómago = stomach ache.

* nudo en el estómago = knot in + Posesivo + stomach.

* sentir un cosquilleo en el estómago = have + butterflies in + Posesivo + stomach.

* tener los nervios en el estómago = have + butterflies in + Posesivo + stomach.

* úlcera de estómago = stomach ulcer.

* * *

masculino (Anat) stomach

me duele el estómago or tengo dolor de estómago — I have a stomachache, my stomach hurts

beber con el estómago vacío — to drink on an empty stomach

revolverle el estómago a alguien — to turn somebody's stomach

tener (buen) estómago — (fam) to have a strong stomach

* * *

= stomach, belly, tummy.

Ex: Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Food for the mind, or food for the belly? The Irish famine and the Public Libraries Act of 1850'.

Ex: Ladies bemoan their fat tummies, wobbly thighs, bulging hips and flabby thighs.

* ardor de estómago = heartburn.

* boca del estómago, la = pit of the stomach, the.

* cáncer del estómago = stomach cancer.

* dar patadas en el estómago = stick in + Posesivo + craw.

* descomposición de estómago = upset stomach.

* descompuesto del estómago = upset stomach.

* dolor de estómago = stomach ache, upset stomach.

* estómago descompuesto = upset stomach.

* estómago liso = flat stomach.

* malo del estómago = upset stomach.

* meter el estómago = hold + Posesivo + stomach in.

* molestia de estómago = stomach ache.

* nudo en el estómago = knot in + Posesivo + stomach.

* sentir un cosquilleo en el estómago = have + butterflies in + Posesivo + stomach.

* tener los nervios en el estómago = have + butterflies in + Posesivo + stomach.

* úlcera de estómago = stomach ulcer.

* * *

estómago

masculine

[ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]

( Anat) stomach

me duele el estómago or tengo dolor de estómago I have a stomachache, my stomach hurts

no bebas con el estómago vacío don't drink on an empty stomach

revolverle el estómago a algn to turn sb's stomach, to make sb's stomach turn

aquel olor me revolvió el estómago that smell turned my stomach

ser un estómago resfriado ( RPl fam); to be a blabbermouth ( colloq)

tener (buen) estómago ( fam); to have a strong stomach

* * *

Del verbo estomagar: ( conjugate estomagar)

estomago es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

estomagó es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

estómago sustantivo masculino (Anat) stomach;
◊ tengo dolor de estómago I have a stomachache, my stomach hurts;

beber con el estómago vacío to drink on an empty stomach;
revolverle el estómago a algn to turn sb's stomach
estómago sustantivo masculino
1 Biol Zool stomach
2 (tragaderas, aguante) hay que tener estómago para aguantarla, you have to have a strong stomach to put up with her
♦ Locuciones: ese lugar me revuelve el estómago, that place turns my stomach

' estómago' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acidez
- ardor
- etílica
- etílico
- hinchada
- hinchado
- lavado
- mal
- revolver
- vientre
- arreglar
- boca
- delicado
- descomponer
- descompuesto
- destrozar
- doler
- enfermar
- fastidiar
- joder
- jorobado
- jorobar
- mareo
- pesado
- revuelto
- vacío
- volver
English:
bottomless
- churn
- cramp
- heartburn
- midriff
- pit
- pump
- settle
- stomach
- stomach-ache
- trouble
- turn
- upset
- bug
- heart

* * *

estómago nm

stomach;

¿te duele el estómago? have you got a stomach-ache o a sore stomach?;

me revuelve el estómago ver imágenes de guerra it turns my stomach to see pictures of war;

con el estómago vacío on an empty stomach;

Comp

tener (buen o [m5] mucho) estómago to be tough, to be able to stand a lot;

hay que tener estómago para salir con un tipo así you have to be hard o able to put up with a lot to go out with a guy like that

* * *

estómago

m stomach;

estar enfermo del estómago have stomach problems;

tener estómago fig have a strong stomach;

tengo el estómago en los talones fig fam I’m starving, my stomach thinks my throat’s cut fam

* * *

estómago nm

: stomach

* * *

estómago n stomach

Spanish-English dictionary > estómago

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