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1 afear
v.1 to make ugly, to scar.Su actitud afea sus facciones Her attitude makes her features ugly.2 to reproach.El profesor afea al copiador The teacher reproaches the copycat.* * *1 to make ugly, disfigure2 figurado (vituperar) to reproach* * *VT1) (=hacer feo) to make ugly, disfigure2) (=censurar) to condemn, censure* * *1.verbo transitivob) < conducta> to criticize2.afearse v pron to lose one's looks* * *= disfigure, deface.Ex. Whichever he chooses he will still have to sift out and categorize the numerous errors that disfigure all the early texts of the play.Ex. Do not write or scribble in books or otherwise deface them.* * *1.verbo transitivob) < conducta> to criticize2.afearse v pron to lose one's looks* * *= disfigure, deface.Ex: Whichever he chooses he will still have to sift out and categorize the numerous errors that disfigure all the early texts of the play.
Ex: Do not write or scribble in books or otherwise deface them.* * *afear [A1 ]vt1 ‹persona› to make … look ugly; ‹paisaje› to spoilesos grandes hoteles que afean la costa those big hotels which spoil the coastlinelos anteojos no lo afean glasses don't look bad on him2 ‹conducta› to criticize■ afearseto lose one's looks* * *
afear ( conjugate afear) verbo transitivo
‹ paisaje› to spoil
afearse verbo pronominal
to lose one's looks
afear verbo transitivo to make sb look awful: ese grano en la nariz le afea mucho, that spot on her nose makes her look awful
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English:
disfigure
* * *♦ vt1. [volver feo] to make ugly;ese peinado la afea that hairstyle doesn't do her any favours;las líneas de alta tensión afean el paisaje power lines spoil the landscape♦ See also the pronominal verb afearse* * *v/t:afear algo/a alguien make sth/s.o. look ugly* * *afear vt: to make ugly, to disfigure -
2 afear
afe'arv1) (deformar, deslucir) verunstalten, verschandeln2) ( censurar a alguien) tadeln, jdm sein Verhalten vorhaltenLe afeó su mala conducta. — Er warf ihm sein schlechtes Benehmen vor.
verbo transitivo1. [poner feo] verunstalten2. [reprochar] verübelnafearafear [afe'ar]num1num (desfigurar) verunstaltennum2num (censurar) tadeln
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afear — ► verbo transitivo/ pronominal 1 Poner feo, desmejorar el aspecto: ■ aquel peinado la afea y el traje le sienta mal. ► verbo transitivo 2 Reprobar o recriminar a una persona por algo que ha hecho o dicho. SINÓNIMO tachar * * * afear 1 tr. Ser… … Enciclopedia Universal