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  • 61 войти в жизнь

    • ВХОДИТЬ/ВОЙТИ В ЖИЗНЬ
    [VP]
    =====
    1. Also: ВХОДИТЬ/ВОЙТИ В БЫТ [subj: abstr]
    ⇒ to become an accepted, common phenomenon in life:
    - X вошёл в жизнь≈ X became a part of (everyday) life;
    - X became rooted in daily life.
         ♦ Этот обычай давно вошёл в жизнь. This custom became a part of life long ago.
    ⇒ to adapt to and become an active participant in new surroundings, a new environment:
    - X вошел в Y-ову жизнь≈ X adapted to Y's way of life < Y's life style>;
    || X быстро вошел в городскую жизнь <в жизнь института и т. п.> ≈ X quickly got into the swing of city (institute etc) life;
    - X quickly adapted (adjusted) to city (institute etc) life.
    3. Also: ВСТУПАТЬ/ВСТУПИТЬ В ЖИЗНЬ [subj: human]
    ⇒ to begin to function as an independent member of society:
    - X вступает в жизнь≈ X is starting (setting) out in life.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > войти в жизнь

  • 62 вступать в жизнь

    • ВХОДИТЬ/ВОЙТИ В ЖИЗНЬ
    [VP]
    =====
    1. Also: ВХОДИТЬ/ВОЙТИ В БЫТ [subj: abstr]
    ⇒ to become an accepted, common phenomenon in life:
    - X вошёл в жизнь≈ X became a part of (everyday) life;
    - X became rooted in daily life.
         ♦ Этот обычай давно вошёл в жизнь. This custom became a part of life long ago.
    ⇒ to adapt to and become an active participant in new surroundings, a new environment:
    - X вошел в Y-ову жизнь≈ X adapted to Y's way of life < Y's life style>;
    || X быстро вошел в городскую жизнь <в жизнь института и т. п.> ≈ X quickly got into the swing of city (institute etc) life;
    - X quickly adapted (adjusted) to city (institute etc) life.
    3. Also: ВСТУПАТЬ/ВСТУПИТЬ В ЖИЗНЬ [subj: human]
    ⇒ to begin to function as an independent member of society:
    - X вступает в жизнь≈ X is starting (setting) out in life.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > вступать в жизнь

  • 63 вступить в жизнь

    • ВХОДИТЬ/ВОЙТИ В ЖИЗНЬ
    [VP]
    =====
    1. Also: ВХОДИТЬ/ВОЙТИ В БЫТ [subj: abstr]
    ⇒ to become an accepted, common phenomenon in life:
    - X вошёл в жизнь≈ X became a part of (everyday) life;
    - X became rooted in daily life.
         ♦ Этот обычай давно вошёл в жизнь. This custom became a part of life long ago.
    ⇒ to adapt to and become an active participant in new surroundings, a new environment:
    - X вошел в Y-ову жизнь≈ X adapted to Y's way of life < Y's life style>;
    || X быстро вошел в городскую жизнь <в жизнь института и т. п.> ≈ X quickly got into the swing of city (institute etc) life;
    - X quickly adapted (adjusted) to city (institute etc) life.
    3. Also: ВСТУПАТЬ/ВСТУПИТЬ В ЖИЗНЬ [subj: human]
    ⇒ to begin to function as an independent member of society:
    - X вступает в жизнь≈ X is starting (setting) out in life.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > вступить в жизнь

  • 64 входить в быт

    • ВХОДИТЬ/ВОЙТИ В ЖИЗНЬ
    [VP]
    =====
    1. Also: ВХОДИТЬ/ВОЙТИ В БЫТ [subj: abstr]
    ⇒ to become an accepted, common phenomenon in life:
    - X вошёл в жизнь≈ X became a part of (everyday) life;
    - X became rooted in daily life.
         ♦ Этот обычай давно вошёл в жизнь. This custom became a part of life long ago.
    ⇒ to adapt to and become an active participant in new surroundings, a new environment:
    - X вошел в Y-ову жизнь≈ X adapted to Y's way of life < Y's life style>;
    || X быстро вошел в городскую жизнь <в жизнь института и т. п.> ≈ X quickly got into the swing of city (institute etc) life;
    - X quickly adapted (adjusted) to city (institute etc) life.
    3. Also: ВСТУПАТЬ/ВСТУПИТЬ В ЖИЗНЬ [subj: human]
    ⇒ to begin to function as an independent member of society:
    - X вступает в жизнь≈ X is starting (setting) out in life.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > входить в быт

  • 65 входить в жизнь

    • ВХОДИТЬ/ВОЙТИ В ЖИЗНЬ
    [VP]
    =====
    1. Also: ВХОДИТЬ/ВОЙТИ В БЫТ [subj: abstr]
    ⇒ to become an accepted, common phenomenon in life:
    - X вошёл в жизнь≈ X became a part of (everyday) life;
    - X became rooted in daily life.
         ♦ Этот обычай давно вошёл в жизнь. This custom became a part of life long ago.
    ⇒ to adapt to and become an active participant in new surroundings, a new environment:
    - X вошел в Y-ову жизнь≈ X adapted to Y's way of life < Y's life style>;
    || X быстро вошел в городскую жизнь <в жизнь института и т. п.> ≈ X quickly got into the swing of city (institute etc) life;
    - X quickly adapted (adjusted) to city (institute etc) life.
    3. Also: ВСТУПАТЬ/ВСТУПИТЬ В ЖИЗНЬ [subj: human]
    ⇒ to begin to function as an independent member of society:
    - X вступает в жизнь≈ X is starting (setting) out in life.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > входить в жизнь

  • 66 Ärgernis

    n; -ses, -se; (etw. Lästiges) nuisance; (Anstoß) offen|ce (Am. -se); die Ärgernisse des täglichen Lebens the (little) upsets of daily life; öffentliches Ärgernis JUR. public nuisance; Ärgernis erregen cause offen|ce (Am. -se)
    * * *
    das Ärgernis
    scandal; umbrage; vexation; nuisance
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    Ạ̈r|ger|nis ['ɛrgɐnɪs]
    nt -ses, -se
    1) no pl (= Anstoß) offence (Brit), offense (US), outrage

    Ärgernis erregen — to cause offence (Brit) or offense

    Ärgernis an etw (dat) nehmen (old) — to be offended by sth

    wegen Erregung öffentlichen Ärgernisses angeklagt werden — to be charged with offending public decency

    2) (= etwas Anstößiges) outrage; (= etwas Ärgerliches) terrible nuisance

    es ist ein Ärgernis für sie, wenn... — it annoys her (terribly) when...

    um Ärgernisse zu vermeiden — to avoid upsetting anybody

    * * *
    das
    1) (something which annoys: That noise has been an annoyance to me for weeks!) annoyance
    2) ((any cause of) anger, displeasure, hurt feelings etc: That rubbish dump is an offence to the eye.) offence
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    Är·ger·nis
    <-, -se>
    nt kein pl (Anstoß) offence [or AM -se], outrage
    [bei jdm] \Ärgernis erregen (geh) to cause offence [or AM -se] to sb, to offend sb
    ein \Ärgernis sein to be a terrible nuisance
    ▶ ein \Ärgernis kommt selten allein (prov) it never rains but it pours, when it rains, it pours
    * * *
    das; Ärgernisses, Ärgernisse
    1) o. Pl. offence

    Erregung öffentlichen Ärgernisses — (Rechtsspr.) creating a public nuisance

    2) (etwas Ärgerliches) annoyance; irritation
    3) (etwas Anstößiges) nuisance; (etwas Skandalöses) scandal; outrage
    * * *
    Ärgernis n; -ses, -se; (etwas Lästiges) nuisance; (Anstoß) offence (US -se);
    die Ärgernisse des täglichen Lebens the (little) upsets of daily life;
    öffentliches Ärgernis JUR public nuisance;
    Ärgernis erregen cause offence (US -se)
    * * *
    das; Ärgernisses, Ärgernisse
    1) o. Pl. offence

    Erregung öffentlichen Ärgernisses — (Rechtsspr.) creating a public nuisance

    2) (etwas Ärgerliches) annoyance; irritation
    3) (etwas Anstößiges) nuisance; (etwas Skandalöses) scandal; outrage
    * * *
    -se f.
    nuisance n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Ärgernis

  • 67 Beschwerde

    f; -, -n
    1. (Klage) complaint ( über + Akk about); JUR. appeal; (Beschwerdegrund) grievance; Beschwerde führen oder einlegen oder förm. erheben gegen lodge a complaint against ( bei with)
    2. nur Pl.; körperliche: aches and pains; problems ( mit with), trouble Sg. (with); (Schmerzen) pain Sg.; haben Sie noch Beschwerden? do you still have any problems ( Schmerzen: pains)?; die Beschwerden des Alters the infirmities ( oder aches and pains umg.) of old age; Beschwerden beim Atmen / bei der Verdauung haben have trouble breathing / have problems digesting ( oder with one’s digestion); meine Beine machen mir immer noch Beschwerden I’m still having problems ( oder trouble) with my legs, my legs are still causing me problems ( oder trouble); ( wieder) ohne Beschwerden sein have recovered; (schmerzfrei) be free from pain
    3. auch Pl. (Anstrengung) discomfort; (Belastung) burden, inconvenience; stärker: strain; jemandem Beschwerden machen cause s.o. great discomfort ( oder a lot of trouble), be a (great) strain on s.o.; die Beschwerden des Alltags the difficulties of daily life
    * * *
    die Beschwerde
    grievance; complaint; appeal
    * * *
    Be|schwer|de [bə'ʃveːɐdə]
    f -, -n
    1) (= Klage) complaint; (JUR) appeal

    eine Beschwérde gegen jdn — a complaint about sb

    wenn Sie eine Beschwérde haben — if you have a complaint or grievance

    Beschwérde führen or einlegen or erheben (form) — to lodge a complaint

    jdm Grund zur Beschwérde geben — to give sb grounds or cause for complaint

    2) pl (= Leiden) trouble

    das macht mir immer noch Beschwérden — it's still causing or giving me trouble

    mit etw Beschwérden haben — to have trouble with sth

    wenn Sie wieder ganz ohne Beschwérden sind — when the trouble's cleared up completely

    3) (= Mühe) hardship
    * * *
    die
    1) (a sickness, disease, disorder etc: He's always suffering from some complaint or other.) complaint
    2) (a cause or reason for complaint: a list of grievances.) grievance
    * * *
    Be·schwer·de
    <-, -n>
    [bəˈʃve:ɐ̯də]
    f
    1. (Beanstandung, Klage) complaint
    Grund zur \Beschwerde haben to have grounds for complaint [or reason to complain
    2. JUR appeal
    \Beschwerde gegen jdn/etw führen to submit [or make] a complaint about sb/sth
    [bei jdm] \Beschwerde einlegen to file [or lodge] an appeal [with sb]
    [bei jdm] eine \Beschwerde einreichen to lodge [or file] a complaint [with sb]
    3. pl MED complaint form
    \Beschwerden mit etw dat haben to have problems with sth
    haben Sie sonst noch \Beschwerden? is there anything else wrong?
    etw macht jdm \Beschwerden sth hurts sb
    mein Magen macht mir \Beschwerden my stomach is giving [or causing] me trouble
    * * *
    die; Beschwerde, Beschwerden
    1) complaint (gegen, über + Akk. about)

    Beschwerde führen (Amtsspr.) od. einlegen — (Rechtsw.) lodge a complaint; (gegen einen Entscheid) lodge an appeal

    2) Plural (Schmerz) pain sing.; (Leiden) trouble sing
    * * *
    Beschwerde f; -, -n
    1. (Klage) complaint (
    über +akk about); JUR appeal; (Beschwerdegrund) grievance;
    einlegen oder form
    erheben gegen lodge a complaint against (
    bei with)
    2. nur pl; körperliche: aches and pains; problems (
    mit with), trouble sg (with); (Schmerzen) pain sg;
    haben Sie noch Beschwerden? do you still have any problems ( Schmerzen: pains)?;
    die Beschwerden des Alters the infirmities ( oder aches and pains umg) of old age;
    Beschwerden beim Atmen/bei der Verdauung haben have trouble breathing/have problems digesting ( oder with one’s digestion);
    meine Beine machen mir immer noch Beschwerden I’m still having problems ( oder trouble) with my legs, my legs are still causing me problems ( oder trouble);
    (wieder) ohne Beschwerden sein have recovered; (schmerzfrei) be free from pain
    3. auch pl (Anstrengung) discomfort; (Belastung) burden, inconvenience; stärker: strain;
    jemandem Beschwerden machen cause sb great discomfort ( oder a lot of trouble), be a (great) strain on sb;
    die Beschwerden des Alltags the difficulties of daily life
    * * *
    die; Beschwerde, Beschwerden
    1) complaint (gegen, über + Akk. about)

    Beschwerde führen (Amtsspr.) od. einlegen — (Rechtsw.) lodge a complaint; (gegen einen Entscheid) lodge an appeal

    2) Plural (Schmerz) pain sing.; (Leiden) trouble sing
    * * *
    f.
    administrative appeal n.
    complaint (illness) n.
    complaint n.
    grievance n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Beschwerde

  • 68 agente furtivo

    (n.) = infiltrator
    Ex. We librarians are already infiltrators into the stale round of our readers' domestic daily life.
    * * *

    Ex: We librarians are already infiltrators into the stale round of our readers' domestic daily life.

    Spanish-English dictionary > agente furtivo

  • 69 anhelado

    adj.
    longed-for, strongly desired, yenned.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: anhelar.
    * * *
    = long-awaited [long awaited], hoped for [hoped-for], wishful, longed-for, desired, much desired.
    Ex. Dykstra, M., 'PRECIS: a primer', published in 1985, offers the long-awaited 'idiot's guide' to PRECIS indexing.
    Ex. The hoped for panaceas are either not materialising or proving illusory = Las panaceas tan esperadas no se materializaron o resultaron ser ficticias.
    Ex. To the extent that special librarians can recognise what burnout is and how, when, and where it occurs, they will be better prepared to resist the ineffectual, wishful remedies that are sometimes practised.
    Ex. They have literally faded now, at last, into the much longed-for invisibility background of daily life.
    Ex. Arguably, before one tries to understand what current action would be optimal, one should decide on the desired eventual outcome.
    Ex. These concepts reflect the process of globalization and its relation to both the feared 'Clash of Civilizations' and the much desired and advocated 'Dialogue among Civilizations'.
    * * *
    = long-awaited [long awaited], hoped for [hoped-for], wishful, longed-for, desired, much desired.

    Ex: Dykstra, M., 'PRECIS: a primer', published in 1985, offers the long-awaited 'idiot's guide' to PRECIS indexing.

    Ex: The hoped for panaceas are either not materialising or proving illusory = Las panaceas tan esperadas no se materializaron o resultaron ser ficticias.
    Ex: To the extent that special librarians can recognise what burnout is and how, when, and where it occurs, they will be better prepared to resist the ineffectual, wishful remedies that are sometimes practised.
    Ex: They have literally faded now, at last, into the much longed-for invisibility background of daily life.
    Ex: Arguably, before one tries to understand what current action would be optimal, one should decide on the desired eventual outcome.
    Ex: These concepts reflect the process of globalization and its relation to both the feared 'Clash of Civilizations' and the much desired and advocated 'Dialogue among Civilizations'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > anhelado

  • 70 antropofagia

    f.
    anthropophagy, cannibalism.
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    1 cannibalism
    * * *
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    femenino cannibalism
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    Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    * * *
    femenino cannibalism
    * * *

    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.

    * * *
    cannibalism, anthropophagy
    * * *
    cannibalism, anthropophagy
    * * *
    f cannibalism
    * * *
    canibalismo: cannibalism

    Spanish-English dictionary > antropofagia

  • 71 aspereza

    f.
    1 roughness.
    limar asperezas to smooth things over
    2 asperity, abrasiveness, roughness, coarseness.
    3 harsh remark, sour remark.
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    1 roughness, coarseness, asperity
    * * *
    SF [de terreno] roughness, ruggedness; (=acidez) sourness, tartness; [de carácter] surliness
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( al tacto) roughness; ( de terreno) roughness, unevenness
    b) ( de sabor) sharpness; (de voz, clima) harshness

    un terreno lleno de asperezas — a very uneven o rough piece of ground

    limar asperezas: el tiempo limó las asperezas de su personalidad time knocked the rough edges off her; en un intento de limar asperezas — in an attempt to iron out their differences

    3) ( brusquedad) abruptness, surliness
    * * *
    = roughness, harshness.
    Ex. In practice, we find that antonyms often fall into the category of quasi-synonyms which represent points on the same continuum, eg roughness -- smoothness.
    Ex. Ghobadi does not flinch from confronting the harshness of daily life in Iran in this portrayal of a small village high in the mountains.
    ----
    * limar asperezas = iron out + the bugs, knock + the rough edges off.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( al tacto) roughness; ( de terreno) roughness, unevenness
    b) ( de sabor) sharpness; (de voz, clima) harshness

    un terreno lleno de asperezas — a very uneven o rough piece of ground

    limar asperezas: el tiempo limó las asperezas de su personalidad time knocked the rough edges off her; en un intento de limar asperezas — in an attempt to iron out their differences

    3) ( brusquedad) abruptness, surliness
    * * *
    = roughness, harshness.

    Ex: In practice, we find that antonyms often fall into the category of quasi-synonyms which represent points on the same continuum, eg roughness -- smoothness.

    Ex: Ghobadi does not flinch from confronting the harshness of daily life in Iran in this portrayal of a small village high in the mountains.
    * limar asperezas = iron out + the bugs, knock + the rough edges off.

    * * *
    1 (al tacto) roughness
    2 (del terreno) roughness, unevenness
    3 (de un sabor) sharpness
    4 (de la voz) harshness
    5 (del clima) harshness
    B
    (parte áspera): usar papel de lija para quitar las asperezas use sandpaper to remove any roughness o rough patches ( o parts etc)
    quitar las asperezas con una lima file off the rough edges
    un terreno lleno de asperezas a very uneven o rough piece of ground
    limar asperezas: el tiempo ha limado las asperezas de su personalidad time has knocked the rough edges off her, she has mellowed with age
    en un intento de limar asperezas in an attempt to iron out their differences/problems
    C (brusquedad) abruptness, surliness
    * * *

    aspereza sustantivo femenino
    1
    a) (de superficie, piel) roughness


    (de voz, clima) harshness
    2 ( parte áspera):

    limar asperezas to smooth things over
    aspereza sustantivo femenino roughness
    ♦ Locuciones: figurado limar asperezas, to smooth things over
    ' aspereza' also found in these entries:
    English:
    abruptly
    - ruggedness
    * * *
    1. [al tacto] roughness
    2. [de terreno] ruggedness, roughness
    3. [de sabor] sharpness, sourness
    4. [de clima] harshness
    5. [de voz] harshness
    6. [rudeza] [de persona] abruptness;
    decir algo con aspereza to say something sharply o abruptly
    * * *
    f roughness, unevenness;
    limar asperezas knock the rough edges off
    * * *
    rudeza: roughness, coarseness

    Spanish-English dictionary > aspereza

  • 72 atroz

    adj.
    1 terrible, awful.
    hace un frío atroz it's terribly o awfully cold
    2 atrocious, horrible, inhumane, abominable.
    3 agonizing, excruciating.
    * * *
    ► adjetivo (pl atroces)
    1 (bárbaro) atrocious, outrageous
    2 familiar (enorme) enormous, huge, awful
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=terrible) atrocious; (=cruel) cruel, inhuman; (=escandaloso) outrageous
    2) * (=enorme) huge, terrific; (=malísimo) dreadful, awful
    * * *
    adjetivo (brutal, cruel) appalling; ( uso hiperbólico) atrocious, awful
    * * *
    = dismal, atrocious, brutal, frightful, dire, abysmal, excruciating, hideous, gruesome, ferocious, god-awful, heinous.
    Ex. The persistence of a dismal image is a most worrying phenomenon and one which must change if progress is to be made by SLIS.
    Ex. The public library's selection of books for small boys is atrocious.
    Ex. Few, if any of us, want to be involved in murder, but the brutal act of one person killing another, the motives for doing so, the personal and social consequences, all hold our attention, as newspaper editors well know and exploit = Pocos, si existe alguien, desea verse implicado en un asesinato, pero el acto brutal de una persona asesinando a otra, los motivos para hacerlo, las consecuencias personales y sociales, todo capta nuestra atención, como bien saben y explotan los directores de periódicos.
    Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex. Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.
    Ex. The communications infrastructure in Africa varies from very good to abysmal = La infraestructura de comunicaciones en †frica oscila entre muy buena y pésima.
    Ex. Loneliness can involve excruciating physical pain as well as harrowing mental suffering.
    Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex. We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.
    Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex. The director and deputies deserve the most recognition because they actually had to give up time with their families for the god-awful places we sent them.
    Ex. There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.
    * * *
    adjetivo (brutal, cruel) appalling; ( uso hiperbólico) atrocious, awful
    * * *
    = dismal, atrocious, brutal, frightful, dire, abysmal, excruciating, hideous, gruesome, ferocious, god-awful, heinous.

    Ex: The persistence of a dismal image is a most worrying phenomenon and one which must change if progress is to be made by SLIS.

    Ex: The public library's selection of books for small boys is atrocious.
    Ex: Few, if any of us, want to be involved in murder, but the brutal act of one person killing another, the motives for doing so, the personal and social consequences, all hold our attention, as newspaper editors well know and exploit = Pocos, si existe alguien, desea verse implicado en un asesinato, pero el acto brutal de una persona asesinando a otra, los motivos para hacerlo, las consecuencias personales y sociales, todo capta nuestra atención, como bien saben y explotan los directores de periódicos.
    Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex: Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.
    Ex: The communications infrastructure in Africa varies from very good to abysmal = La infraestructura de comunicaciones en †frica oscila entre muy buena y pésima.
    Ex: Loneliness can involve excruciating physical pain as well as harrowing mental suffering.
    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex: We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.
    Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex: The director and deputies deserve the most recognition because they actually had to give up time with their families for the god-awful places we sent them.
    Ex: There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.

    * * *
    1 (brutal, cruel) appalling, terrible
    2 (uso hiperbólico) atrocious, awful, dreadful ( BrE)
    tengo un dolor de cabeza atroz I have an atrocious o an awful headache
    * * *

    atroz adjetivo
    atrocious
    atroz adjetivo
    1 (pésimo, insoportable) atrocious
    2 fam (enorme) enormous, tremendous
    ' atroz' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    insensibilidad
    - barbaridad
    - muerte
    English:
    agonizing
    - appalling
    - atrocious
    - dreadful
    - excruciating
    - heinous
    - hell
    - hideous
    - raging
    - unspeakable
    - vicious
    - crippling
    - dire
    - terrible
    * * *
    atroz adj
    1. [cruel] [crimen, tortura] horrific, barbaric
    2. [enorme]
    hace un frío atroz it's terribly o bitterly cold;
    es de una fealdad atroz he's terribly o incredibly ugly
    3. [muy malo] atrocious, awful
    * * *
    adj
    1 appalling, atrocious
    2
    :
    un éxito atroz a smash hit
    * * *
    atroz adj, pl atroces : atrocious, appalling
    ♦ atrozamente adv
    * * *
    atroz adj
    1. (cruel) atrocious / appalling
    2. (enorme) terrible
    hace un frío atroz it's terribly cold / it's freezing

    Spanish-English dictionary > atroz

  • 73 canibalismo

    m.
    cannibalism.
    * * *
    1 cannibalism
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=antropofagia) cannibalism
    2) (=ferocidad) fierceness, savageness
    * * *
    Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    * * *

    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.

    * * *
    cannibalism
    * * *

    canibalismo sustantivo masculino cannibalism
    ' canibalismo' also found in these entries:
    English:
    canibalism
    * * *
    1. [de seres vivos] cannibalism
    2. Mktg cannibalization
    * * *
    m cannibalism
    * * *
    antropofagia: cannibalism

    Spanish-English dictionary > canibalismo

  • 74 caprichoso

    adj.
    capricious, cranky, erratic, fickle.
    * * *
    1 capricious, whimsical, fanciful
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 whimsical person
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] capricious
    2) [idea, novela etc] whimsical, fanciful
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    a) ( inconstante) <carácter/persona> capricious; <tiempo/moda> changeable
    b) (difícil, exigente) fussy
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino

    es un caprichoso — ( es inconstante) he's always changing his mind; (es difícil, exigente) he's so fussy

    * * *
    = capricious, whimsical, wayward, fickle, wanton, faddish, flighty [flightier -comp., flightiest -sup.], faddy [faddier -comp., faddies -sup.].
    Ex. Panizzi introduced what seemed to his critics unwarranted and capricious complications calculated to make the catalog much more difficult for the librarian to prepare and the reader to use.
    Ex. This slightly off-balance, whimsical remark was a Marsha James' trademark.
    Ex. The article 'The wayward scholar: resources and research in popular culture' defends popular culture as a legitimate and important library resource.
    Ex. The rise and dramatic fall of E-businesses is a testimony of the fickle electronic commerce (E-commerce) market.
    Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex. Whilst, presumably, a set of standards for the conduct of reference work, the document is in fact a hodgepodge shaped by faddish misconceptions.
    Ex. 'Anyway, to make a long story short, Huish said he knows Lisa has been a little flighty at times'.
    Ex. These emotions will have a knock-on effect on the child and may, in the case of the faddy eater, cause the situation to deteriorate.
    ----
    * de forma caprichosa = capriciously.
    * de modo caprichoso = capriciously.
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    a) ( inconstante) <carácter/persona> capricious; <tiempo/moda> changeable
    b) (difícil, exigente) fussy
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino

    es un caprichoso — ( es inconstante) he's always changing his mind; (es difícil, exigente) he's so fussy

    * * *
    = capricious, whimsical, wayward, fickle, wanton, faddish, flighty [flightier -comp., flightiest -sup.], faddy [faddier -comp., faddies -sup.].

    Ex: Panizzi introduced what seemed to his critics unwarranted and capricious complications calculated to make the catalog much more difficult for the librarian to prepare and the reader to use.

    Ex: This slightly off-balance, whimsical remark was a Marsha James' trademark.
    Ex: The article 'The wayward scholar: resources and research in popular culture' defends popular culture as a legitimate and important library resource.
    Ex: The rise and dramatic fall of E-businesses is a testimony of the fickle electronic commerce (E-commerce) market.
    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex: Whilst, presumably, a set of standards for the conduct of reference work, the document is in fact a hodgepodge shaped by faddish misconceptions.
    Ex: 'Anyway, to make a long story short, Huish said he knows Lisa has been a little flighty at times'.
    Ex: These emotions will have a knock-on effect on the child and may, in the case of the faddy eater, cause the situation to deteriorate.
    * de forma caprichosa = capriciously.
    * de modo caprichoso = capriciously.

    * * *
    1 (inconstante) ‹carácter/persona› capricious; ‹tiempo/moda› changeable
    ¡qué niño más caprichoso! what a capricious child! o this child is always changing his mind
    las estalactitas presentaban formas caprichosas the stalactites formed fanciful shapes
    2 (difícil, exigente) fussy
    masculine, feminine
    es un caprichoso (es inconstante) he's so capricious o he's always changing his mind; (es difícil, exigente) he is so fussy
    * * *

     

    caprichoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a) ( inconstante) ‹carácter/persona› capricious;

    ‹tiempo/moda› changeable
    b) (difícil, exigente) fussy

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino:


    (es difícil, exigente) he's so fussy
    caprichoso,-a
    I sustantivo masculino y femenino mi hermana es una caprichosa, my sister is very impulsive
    II adjetivo
    1 (antojadizo) whimsical, fanciful
    2 (maniático, exigente) fussy
    3 (creativo, sin norma) las nubes creaban figuras caprichosas, the clouds made strange shapes
    ' caprichoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    caprichosa
    - mañoso
    English:
    capricious
    - erratic
    - flighty
    - moody
    - whimsical
    * * *
    caprichoso, -a adj
    capricious, impulsive;
    actuar de forma caprichosa to act capriciously o impulsively
    * * *
    adj capricious
    * * *
    caprichoso, -sa adj
    antojadizo: capricious, fickle

    Spanish-English dictionary > caprichoso

  • 75 deseado

    1→ link=desear desear
    1 desired
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=anhelado) sought-after, coveted
    2) [embarazo] planned

    un embarazo no deseado — an unwanted o unplanned pregnancy

    * * *
    = desirable, intended, wishful, coveted, longed-for, desired.
    Ex. It is desirable that they be treated as parts of a single serials record, since this will provide a 'one-stop' file containing all the relevant data, and will produce a file with a number of funtions.
    Ex. In all 20 per cent of visitors went out of the bookshop with a book they had intended to buy, 15 per cent went out with a book they had not intended to buy and 67 went out with both intended and unintended purchases.
    Ex. To the extent that special librarians can recognise what burnout is and how, when, and where it occurs, they will be better prepared to resist the ineffectual, wishful remedies that are sometimes practised.
    Ex. Four factors enable such cooperation: common needs; possession of resources coveted by the other institution; a clear delineation of responsibilities; and demonstrated goodwill.
    Ex. They have literally faded now, at last, into the much longed-for invisibility background of daily life.
    Ex. Arguably, before one tries to understand what current action would be optimal, one should decide on the desired eventual outcome.
    ----
    * no deseado = unwanted, uninvited.
    * * *
    = desirable, intended, wishful, coveted, longed-for, desired.

    Ex: It is desirable that they be treated as parts of a single serials record, since this will provide a 'one-stop' file containing all the relevant data, and will produce a file with a number of funtions.

    Ex: In all 20 per cent of visitors went out of the bookshop with a book they had intended to buy, 15 per cent went out with a book they had not intended to buy and 67 went out with both intended and unintended purchases.
    Ex: To the extent that special librarians can recognise what burnout is and how, when, and where it occurs, they will be better prepared to resist the ineffectual, wishful remedies that are sometimes practised.
    Ex: Four factors enable such cooperation: common needs; possession of resources coveted by the other institution; a clear delineation of responsibilities; and demonstrated goodwill.
    Ex: They have literally faded now, at last, into the much longed-for invisibility background of daily life.
    Ex: Arguably, before one tries to understand what current action would be optimal, one should decide on the desired eventual outcome.
    * no deseado = unwanted, uninvited.

    * * *
    deseado, -a adj
    1. [ansiado] desired;
    la tan deseada primera cita the longed-for first date
    2. [embarazo] planned;
    [hijo] wanted;
    un embarazo no deseado an unwanted pregnancy
    * * *
    adj desired;
    niño deseado wanted child;
    no deseado unwanted

    Spanish-English dictionary > deseado

  • 76 espantoso

    adj.
    frightening, frightful, fearsome, dreadful.
    * * *
    1 (terrible) frightful, dreadful
    2 (asombroso) astonishing, amazing
    3 (desmesurado) dreadful, terrible
    ■ hizo un frío espantoso the cold was awful, it was absolutely freezing
    * * *
    (f. - espantosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=aterrador) frightening
    2) [para exagerar]

    llevaba un traje espantoso — she was wearing an awful o a hideous o a frightful o ghastly * hat

    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <escena/crimen> horrific, appalling
    b) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) <comida/letra/tiempo> atrocious; <vestido/color> hideous; <ruido/voz> terrible, awful

    hace un calor espantoso — it's boiling o roasting hot (colloq)

    * * *
    = frightening, harrowing, atrocious, awful, frightful, dire, ghastly, fear-inducing, hideous, shocking, horrible, dreadful, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], god-awful, groundshaking, nightmarish.
    Ex. No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
    Ex. See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.
    Ex. The public library's selection of books for small boys is atrocious.
    Ex. These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.
    Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex. Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.
    Ex. True, ghastly additions were made to XML.
    Ex. The author suggests that the ability to enjoy fear-inducing media increases with age.
    Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex. The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex. Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex. The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex. Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex. The director and deputies deserve the most recognition because they actually had to give up time with their families for the god-awful places we sent them.
    Ex. The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.
    Ex. It was the drugs that made me mad: Jane was anorexic, but the treatment prescribed pushed her over the edge for 22 nightmarish years.
    ----
    * dolor de cabeza espantoso = splitting headache.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <escena/crimen> horrific, appalling
    b) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) <comida/letra/tiempo> atrocious; <vestido/color> hideous; <ruido/voz> terrible, awful

    hace un calor espantoso — it's boiling o roasting hot (colloq)

    * * *
    = frightening, harrowing, atrocious, awful, frightful, dire, ghastly, fear-inducing, hideous, shocking, horrible, dreadful, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], god-awful, groundshaking, nightmarish.

    Ex: No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.

    Ex: See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.
    Ex: The public library's selection of books for small boys is atrocious.
    Ex: These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.
    Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex: Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.
    Ex: True, ghastly additions were made to XML.
    Ex: The author suggests that the ability to enjoy fear-inducing media increases with age.
    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex: The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex: Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex: The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex: Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex: The director and deputies deserve the most recognition because they actually had to give up time with their families for the god-awful places we sent them.
    Ex: The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.
    Ex: It was the drugs that made me mad: Jane was anorexic, but the treatment prescribed pushed her over the edge for 22 nightmarish years.
    * dolor de cabeza espantoso = splitting headache.

    * * *
    1 ‹escena/crimen› horrific, appalling
    fue una experiencia espantosa it was a horrific o horrifying experience
    2 ( fam)
    (uso hiperbólico): hace un calor espantoso it's boiling o roasting, it's incredibly o unbearably hot ( colloq)
    pasamos un frío espantoso we were absolutely freezing ( colloq)
    tengo un hambre espantosa I'm ravenous o starving ( colloq)
    la comida era espantosa the food was atrocious o ghastly
    ¡qué sombrero tan espantoso! what a hideous o an awful hat
    esta máquina hace un ruido espantoso this machine makes a terrible o dreadful noise ( colloq)
    llueve que es una cosa espantosa it's absolutely pouring ( colloq), it's bucketing down ( colloq)
    * * *

    espantoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a) ‹escena/crimen› horrific, appalling

    b) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) ‹comida/letra/tiempo› atrocious;

    ‹vestido/color› hideous;
    ‹ruido/voz› terrible, awful;

    espantoso,-a adjetivo
    1 (horripilante) horrifying, appalling: es un asunto espantoso, it's a horrifying situation
    2 fam (uso hiperbólico) tengo unas ganas espantosas de que llegue el fin de semana, I'm dying for the weekend to come!
    3 fam (muy feo) awful, hideous: ¡quítate ese espantoso sombrero!, take off that awful hat!
    ' espantoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    berrido
    - espantosa
    - ridícula
    - ridículo
    - sueño
    - tener
    - hacer
    English:
    diabolic
    - diabolical
    - dreadful
    - frightening
    - frightful
    - ghastly
    - gruesome
    - hairy
    - hideous
    - horrendous
    - interminable
    - shocking
    - stinking
    - wretched
    - abominable
    - atrocious
    - boiling
    - dire
    - excruciating
    - horrific
    - split
    - terrible
    - terrific
    * * *
    espantoso, -a adj
    1. [pavoroso] horrific
    2. [enorme] terrible;
    allí dentro hacía un calor espantoso it was roasting o boiling o terribly hot in there;
    tengo un frío espantoso I'm freezing to death;
    teníamos un hambre espantosa we were famished o starving
    3. [feísimo] hideous, frightful;
    llevaba un vestido espantoso she was wearing a hideous o frightful dress
    4. [pasmoso] appalling, shocking;
    el servicio postal era espantoso the postal service was appalling;
    * * *
    adj
    1 horrific, appalling
    2 para enfatizar terrible, dreadful;
    hace un calor espantoso it’s terribly o incredibly hot
    * * *
    espantoso, -sa adj
    1) : frightening, terrifying
    2) : frightful, dreadful
    * * *
    espantoso adj awful / dreadful

    Spanish-English dictionary > espantoso

  • 77 espía

    f. & m.
    spy, double agent, secret agent, infiltrator.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: espiar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: espiar.
    * * *
    1 spy
    * * *
    noun mf.
    * * *
    1.
    SMF spy
    2.
    ADJ
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo invariable <avión/satélite> spy (before n); < cámara> hidden (before n), secret (before n)
    II
    masculino y femenino ( persona) spy
    * * *
    = foreign agent, infiltrator, spy, undercover agent, mole, spook, secret agent, stool pigeon, snoop.
    Ex. I am sure I am being spied upon by foreign agents.
    Ex. We librarians are already infiltrators into the stale round of our readers' domestic daily life.
    Ex. During these campaigns, black soldiers served as militiamen, guides, teamsters, and spies.
    Ex. During the one-day trials of the arrested dissidents four independent librarians testified for the prosecution, revealing themselves to be undercover agents.
    Ex. On the one hand it is a tale of espionage and mole hunting, and on the other it is an elegiac drama of remembrance and departure.
    Ex. Wherever there are diplomats, spooks are not far away.
    Ex. He used the University as his recruiting ground to enlist bright, patriotic young men to serve as secret agents.
    Ex. There is only one proper method of exposing the stool pigeons -- and that is mass exposure, creating mass hatred against these rats.
    Ex. Every single email she wrote in secret has been read by snoops.
    ----
    * hacerse espía = go undercover.
    * jefe de espías = spymaster.
    * página espía = spy page.
    * programas espía = spyware.
    * programas espía de anuncios = adware.
    * propio de espías = cloak-and-dagger.
    * virus espía = snoop.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo invariable <avión/satélite> spy (before n); < cámara> hidden (before n), secret (before n)
    II
    masculino y femenino ( persona) spy
    * * *
    = foreign agent, infiltrator, spy, undercover agent, mole, spook, secret agent, stool pigeon, snoop.

    Ex: I am sure I am being spied upon by foreign agents.

    Ex: We librarians are already infiltrators into the stale round of our readers' domestic daily life.
    Ex: During these campaigns, black soldiers served as militiamen, guides, teamsters, and spies.
    Ex: During the one-day trials of the arrested dissidents four independent librarians testified for the prosecution, revealing themselves to be undercover agents.
    Ex: On the one hand it is a tale of espionage and mole hunting, and on the other it is an elegiac drama of remembrance and departure.
    Ex: Wherever there are diplomats, spooks are not far away.
    Ex: He used the University as his recruiting ground to enlist bright, patriotic young men to serve as secret agents.
    Ex: There is only one proper method of exposing the stool pigeons -- and that is mass exposure, creating mass hatred against these rats.
    Ex: Every single email she wrote in secret has been read by snoops.
    * hacerse espía = go undercover.
    * jefe de espías = spymaster.
    * página espía = spy page.
    * programas espía = spyware.
    * programas espía de anuncios = adware.
    * propio de espías = cloak-and-dagger.
    * virus espía = snoop.

    * * *
    ‹avión/satélite› spy ( before n); ‹cámara› hidden ( before n), secret ( before n)
    A (persona) spy
    B
    * * *

    Del verbo espiar: ( conjugate espiar)

    espía es:

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

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    espiar    
    espía
    espiar ( conjugate espiar) verbo transitivo ‹enemigo/movimientos› to spy on, keep watch on
    verbo intransitivo
    to spy
    espía adjetivo invariable ‹avión/satélite› spy ( before n);
    ‹ cámara› hidden ( before n), secret ( before n)
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino ( persona) spy
    espiar
    I verbo intransitivo to spy
    II verbo transitivo to spy on: ¿me estabas espiando?, were you spying on me?
    espía mf spy
    espía doble, double agent
    ' espía' also found in these entries:
    English:
    bump off
    - double agent
    - midst
    - mole
    - operative
    - plant
    - spy
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    avión/satélite espía spy plane/satellite
    ♦ nmf
    [persona] spy espía doble double agent
    espía2 nf
    Náut [cabo] warp
    * * *
    m/f spy
    * * *
    espía nmf
    : spy
    * * *
    espía n spy [pl. spies]

    Spanish-English dictionary > espía

  • 78 horrendo

    adj.
    horrible, terrible, dreadful, horrifying.
    * * *
    1 horrible, horrifying, awful, frightful
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=aterrador) [crimen] horrific, ghastly *
    2) (=horrible) [ropa, zapatos] hideous, ghastly *; [película, libro] dreadful; [frío, calor] terrible, dreadful, awful
    * * *
    - da adjetivo horroroso
    * * *
    = harrowing, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, hideous, horrible, grotesquely ugly.
    Ex. See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.
    Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex. If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.
    Ex. The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.
    Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex. Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex. In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo horroroso
    * * *
    = harrowing, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, hideous, horrible, grotesquely ugly.

    Ex: See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.

    Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex: If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.
    Ex: The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.
    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex: Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex: In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.

    * * *
    * * *

    horrendo
    ◊ -da adjetivo See Also→ horroroso


    ' horrendo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    horrendo-a
    - infierno
    English:
    eyewitness
    - harrowing
    - horrendous
    - horrific
    - ghastly
    - hideous
    - horrifying
    * * *
    * * *
    adj horrendous
    * * *
    horrendo, -da adj
    : horrendous, horrible

    Spanish-English dictionary > horrendo

  • 79 horrible

    adj.
    1 horrifying, terrifying.
    2 terrible, awful (muy malo).
    3 horrible, hideous (muy feo).
    * * *
    1 horrible, dreadful, awful
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=espantoso) [accidente, crimen, matanza] horrific
    2) (=feo) [persona, objeto, ropa, cuadro] hideous
    3) (=malo, perverso) horrible

    ¡qué hombre tan horrible! — what a horrible man!

    4) (=insoportable) terrible

    hizo un calor horrible — it was terribly hot, the heat was terrible

    la conferencia fue un rollo horrible — * the lecture was a real drag *

    * * *
    a) <accidente/muerte> horrible, horrific
    b) ( feo) < persona> hideous, ugly; <camisa/adorno> horrible, hideous
    c) < tiempo> terrible, awful
    d) ( inaguantable) unbearable
    * * *
    = horrid, lousy [lousier -comp., lousiest -sup.], unsightly, revolting, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unpleasant, awful, terrible, crummy [crummier -comp., crummiest -sup.], hideous, shocking, horrible, dreadful, heinous, frightening, yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.], pathetic.
    Ex. The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.
    Ex. I want to react, though, to your description of lousy catalogers.
    Ex. He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex. This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex. Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex. And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
    Ex. These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.
    Ex. She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called 'one-upmanship'.
    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. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex. The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex. Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex. The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex. There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.
    Ex. No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
    Ex. I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.
    Ex. Unfortunately, the quality of the debate on the other side is pathetic.
    ----
    * horrible, espantoso, de puta pena = awful.
    * morir una muerte horrible = suffer + a horrible death, die + a horrible death.
    * tener una muerte horrible = die + a horrible death, suffer + a horrible death.
    * tener un aspecto horrible = look + shit.
    * * *
    a) <accidente/muerte> horrible, horrific
    b) ( feo) < persona> hideous, ugly; <camisa/adorno> horrible, hideous
    c) < tiempo> terrible, awful
    d) ( inaguantable) unbearable
    * * *
    = horrid, lousy [lousier -comp., lousiest -sup.], unsightly, revolting, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unpleasant, awful, terrible, crummy [crummier -comp., crummiest -sup.], hideous, shocking, horrible, dreadful, heinous, frightening, yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.], pathetic.

    Ex: The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.

    Ex: I want to react, though, to your description of lousy catalogers.
    Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex: This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex: And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
    Ex: These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.
    Ex: She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called 'one-upmanship'.
    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: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex: The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex: Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex: The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex: There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.
    Ex: No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
    Ex: I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.
    Ex: Unfortunately, the quality of the debate on the other side is pathetic.
    * horrible, espantoso, de puta pena = awful.
    * morir una muerte horrible = suffer + a horrible death, die + a horrible death.
    * tener una muerte horrible = die + a horrible death, suffer + a horrible death.
    * tener un aspecto horrible = look + shit.

    * * *
    1 (trágico, espantoso) ‹accidente/muerte› horrible, horrific
    2 (feo) ‹persona› hideous, ugly; ‹camisa/adorno› horrible, hideous
    3 (malo) ‹tiempo› terrible, awful, dreadful
    4
    (inaguantable): ¡qué calor más horrible! it's terribly o unbearably hot!
    * * *

     

    horrible adjetivo
    a) ‹accidente/muerte› horrible, horrific

    b) ( feo) ‹ persona› hideous, ugly;

    ‹camisa/adorno› horrible, hideous
    c) ‹ tiempo› terrible, awful


    horrible adjetivo horrible, dreadful, awful
    ' horrible' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amanecer
    - horrendo-a
    - infame
    - pestazo
    - antipático
    - calor
    - cargante
    - mal
    - malo
    - odioso
    - pereza
    - perro
    - pinche
    - tocar
    - tufo
    English:
    awful
    - cat
    - dreadful
    - hideous
    - hole
    - horrible
    - horrid
    - it
    - manage
    - mind
    - nasty
    - shocking
    - thought
    - wretched
    - abominable
    - crummy
    - foul
    - ghastly
    - revolting
    - rotten
    - sickly
    - vile
    * * *
    1. [terrorífico] horrific, terrifying;
    un accidente horrible a horrific accident
    2. Fam [muy malo] appalling, awful;
    nos hizo un tiempo horrible we had terrible o awful weather
    3. Fam [muy feo] horrible, hideous;
    tiene un novio horrible she's got a horrible-looking o hideous boyfriend;
    ese vestido le queda horrible that dress looks horrible o hideous on her
    4. Fam [muy grande]
    tengo un frío horrible I'm absolutely freezing;
    ¡qué frío más horrible! it's absolutely freezing!;
    tengo un hambre horrible I'm ravenous o starving
    * * *
    adj horrible, dreadful
    * * *
    : horrible, dreadful
    * * *
    1. (en general) awful / terrible
    2. (accidente) horrific

    Spanish-English dictionary > horrible

  • 80 horroso

    Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    * * *

    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.

    Spanish-English dictionary > horroso

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