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1 comfortable
1) (in comfort; pleasantly relaxed: He looked very comfortable in his chair.) tranquilo, relajado2) (producing a good physical feeling: a comfortable chair.) cómodo3) (financially secure without being rich: a comfortable standard of living.) acomodado, desahogadocomfortable adj cómodotr['kʌmfətəbəl]1 (furniture, clothes, etc) cómodo,-a2 (patient) tranquilo,-a3 (job, income) bueno,-a; (life) desahogado,-a, acomodado,-a■ they're comfortable viven bien, viven con desahogo4 (lead, majority) amplio,-a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto feel comfortable estar a gustoto make oneself comfortable ponerse cómodo,-acomfortable ['kʌmpfərt̬əbəl, 'kʌmpftə-] adj: cómodo, confortable♦ comfortably ['kʌmpfərt̬əbli, 'kʌmpftə-] advadj.• confortable adj.• cómodo, -a adj.• desahogado, -a adj.• holgado, -a adj.'kʌmftərbəl, 'kʌmftəbəl1)a) <chair/clothes> cómodo; <house/room> confortable, cómodob) ( Med) establec) ( at ease) (pred) cómodoto feel comfortable with somebody — sentirse* cómodo or a gusto con alguien
2) < income> bueno3) <margin/majority> amplio, holgado['kʌmfǝtǝbl]ADJ1) (physically) [chair, shoes, position] cómodo; [room, house, hotel] confortable, cómodo; [temperature] agradableare you comfortable, sitting there? — ¿estás cómodo sentado ahí?
I'm not comfortable in these shoes — no estoy or voy cómodo con estos zapatos
to make o.s. comfortable — ponerse cómodo
2) (mentally, emotionally) cómodo, a gustoI'm not comfortable or I don't feel comfortable at formal dinners — no me siento cómodo or a gusto en las cenas formales
to feel comfortable with sb/sth — sentirse cómodo or a gusto con algn/algo
4) (=easy) [lead, majority, margin] amplio, holgadoa comfortable job — un buen empleo, un empleo cómodo y bien pagado
he was elected with a comfortable majority — fue elegido por una amplia mayoría, fue elegido por una mayoría holgada
5) (Med) establehe was described as comfortable in hospital last night — anoche el hospital describió su condición como estable
* * *['kʌmftərbəl, 'kʌmftəbəl]1)a) <chair/clothes> cómodo; <house/room> confortable, cómodob) ( Med) establec) ( at ease) (pred) cómodoto feel comfortable with somebody — sentirse* cómodo or a gusto con alguien
2) < income> bueno3) <margin/majority> amplio, holgado -
2 gracious
- ʃəs1) (kind or polite: a gracious smile.) cortés, educado2) ((of God) merciful.) misericordiosogracious adj amable / cortésgood gracious! ¡Dios mío!tr['greɪʃəs]1 gracioso,-a2 (polite) cortés3 (kind) amable4 (benevolent) benévolo,-a1 ¡Dios mío!gracious ['greɪʃəs] adj: cortés, gentil, cordialadj.• afable adj.• airoso, -a adj.• cortés adj.• lucido, -a adj.interj.• caray interj.n.• afable s.m.• clemente s.m.• graciable s.m.
I 'greɪʃəs1)a) <smile/act> gentil, cortésb) ( merciful) misericordioso2) < lifestyle> refinado, elegante
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['ɡreɪʃǝs](good o goodness) gracious! — Dios Santo!, válgame Dios!
1. ADJ1) (=refined, courteous) [person, gesture, smile, letter] gentil, cortés; [era] refinado•
to be gracious enough to do sth — tener la cortesía de hacer algo•
he was gracious in defeat/victory — era correcto a la hora de la derrota/del triunfo•
by gracious permission of Her Majesty the Queen — frm por la gracia de Su Majestad la Reina•
to be gracious to sb — ser gentil or cortés con algn2) (=merciful) [God] misericordioso3) (=elegant, comfortable) [place, building] elegante, refinado2.EXCLgracious!, good gracious (me)! — ¡Santo cielo!, ¡Dios mío!
"you know Jack, don't you?" - "good gracious, yes!" — -conoces a Jack, ¿no? -¡por supuesto que sí!
goodnessgood gracious, what does that matter! — ¡por amor de Dios! ¿qué importancia tiene eso?
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I ['greɪʃəs]1)a) <smile/act> gentil, cortésb) ( merciful) misericordioso2) < lifestyle> refinado, elegante
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(good o goodness) gracious! — Dios Santo!, válgame Dios!
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