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deselection

  • 1 cancelación de suscripción a revista

    (n.) = serials deselection, journal deselection
    Ex. The same author also wrote the book ' Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex. The reasons for journal deselection include the cost of periodicals, space constraints, and changing educational programmes.
    * * *
    (n.) = serials deselection, journal deselection

    Ex: The same author also wrote the book ' Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.

    Ex: The reasons for journal deselection include the cost of periodicals, space constraints, and changing educational programmes.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cancelación de suscripción a revista

  • 2 cancelación

    f.
    1 cancellation, invalidation, cancelation, annulment.
    2 cancellation, annulment.
    3 cancelation, erasure.
    * * *
    1 cancellation
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF cancellation; (Inform) deletion
    * * *
    1) ( suspensión) cancellation
    2) ( liquidación) payment
    * * *
    = cancellation, withdrawal, axing, repeal, write-off [writeoff], discontinuance, discontinuation, cancel.
    Ex. One claim category can be reserved for immediate cancellation of orders.
    Ex. This situation has been severely aggravated by the sudden withdrawal of nearly a decade of federal largesse toward education and education-related activities.
    Ex. This article reports briefly on the axing of the Wilson Library Bulletin.
    Ex. The author examines the historical context that led to the adoption of the Public Libraries Act 1959 and the events that led to its repeal in 1992.
    Ex. The problem of non-repayment of debts should not be tackled therefore through populist measures such as conversions of loans, interest waivers or absolute write-off.
    Ex. If these students do not withdraw before the start of classes, they will be billed for tuition up to the official date of discontinuance.
    Ex. Many high selling products eventually see a drop in sales and eventual discontinuation, usually after being superseded by a superior product.
    Ex. Then offered that same cruise for $99.00 a person because they had so many cancels.
    ----
    * cancelación de suscripción = churn.
    * cancelación de suscripción a revista = serials deselection, journal deselection.
    * cancelación de una deuda = debt write-off.
    * gastos de cancelación = cancellation fees.
    * * *
    1) ( suspensión) cancellation
    2) ( liquidación) payment
    * * *
    = cancellation, withdrawal, axing, repeal, write-off [writeoff], discontinuance, discontinuation, cancel.

    Ex: One claim category can be reserved for immediate cancellation of orders.

    Ex: This situation has been severely aggravated by the sudden withdrawal of nearly a decade of federal largesse toward education and education-related activities.
    Ex: This article reports briefly on the axing of the Wilson Library Bulletin.
    Ex: The author examines the historical context that led to the adoption of the Public Libraries Act 1959 and the events that led to its repeal in 1992.
    Ex: The problem of non-repayment of debts should not be tackled therefore through populist measures such as conversions of loans, interest waivers or absolute write-off.
    Ex: If these students do not withdraw before the start of classes, they will be billed for tuition up to the official date of discontinuance.
    Ex: Many high selling products eventually see a drop in sales and eventual discontinuation, usually after being superseded by a superior product.
    Ex: Then offered that same cruise for $99.00 a person because they had so many cancels.
    * cancelación de suscripción = churn.
    * cancelación de suscripción a revista = serials deselection, journal deselection.
    * cancelación de una deuda = debt write-off.
    * gastos de cancelación = cancellation fees.

    * * *
    A (suspensión) cancellation
    B (liquidación) payment
    encuentran imposible la cancelación de su deuda externa they find it impossible to pay off o settle their foreign debt
    el pasaje se entrega previa cancelación del mismo ( Andes); the ticket will be issued on receipt of payment
    * * *

     

    cancelación sustantivo femenino
    1 ( suspensión) cancellation
    2 ( liquidación) payment
    cancelación sustantivo femenino cancellation
    ' cancelación' also found in these entries:
    English:
    cancellation
    * * *
    1. [de contrato, vuelo, reunión] cancellation
    2. [de deuda] payment, settlement
    3. Informát cancellation
    * * *
    f
    1 cancellation; de billetes punching
    2 de deuda, cuenta settlement, payment
    * * *
    1) : cancellation
    2) : payment in full

    Spanish-English dictionary > cancelación

  • 3 expurgo

    = relegation, scrapping, withdrawal, expurgation, weeding, discarding, deaccession, deacquisition [de-acquisition], jettisoning, deselection, purge.
    Ex. The number of withdrawn books from academic libraries has fallen to about one third of the quantity in the 'pre Atkinson' period, whereas public library relegations have increased.
    Ex. The last 3 years while grants were available saw a rise in loans, readers and outreach services, a controversial stock revision and scrapping were carried out and a PC was taken in use.
    Ex. Also it is difficult to correct any errors in punching, and to make any modifications to the index, corresponding, for instance, to withdrawals.
    Ex. We might connect stream, current, flux, flow and evolution as being manifestations of motion; expurgation, disinfection, refining, bowdlerization and whitewashing as being manifestations of cleaning.
    Ex. Weeding is the process of removing materials which are no longer useful from a library collection.
    Ex. The discarding of literature can only offer limited help in relieving the space shortage for seating.
    Ex. These rules are concerned with access, deaccession, appraisals, preservation, and theft of books.
    Ex. Most deacquisitions research is carried out in college and university libraries, since serious space problems exist in such libraries.
    Ex. Part 1 deals with library processes, including selection, checking and claiming, cataloguing and jettisoning.
    Ex. No, it is not the deselection of contentious literature about, say, politics or sex, that is at issue.
    Ex. The first mass removal of material was instigated by the trade unions and although admitted in 1932 to have been a mistake, the purges proved difficult to stop.
    ----
    * expurgo de documentos = records disposition.
    * expurgo de fondos bibliográficos = collection weeding, stock weeding.
    * expurgo de publicaciones periódicas = periodical collection weeding.
    * expurgo por censura = bowdlerization.
    * expurgos = withdrawn material, withdrawn books.
    * fecha de expurgo = purge date.
    * plan de expurgo = weeding policy, weeding project.
    * política de expurgo = weeding policy.
    * * *
    = relegation, scrapping, withdrawal, expurgation, weeding, discarding, deaccession, deacquisition [de-acquisition], jettisoning, deselection, purge.

    Ex: The number of withdrawn books from academic libraries has fallen to about one third of the quantity in the 'pre Atkinson' period, whereas public library relegations have increased.

    Ex: The last 3 years while grants were available saw a rise in loans, readers and outreach services, a controversial stock revision and scrapping were carried out and a PC was taken in use.
    Ex: Also it is difficult to correct any errors in punching, and to make any modifications to the index, corresponding, for instance, to withdrawals.
    Ex: We might connect stream, current, flux, flow and evolution as being manifestations of motion; expurgation, disinfection, refining, bowdlerization and whitewashing as being manifestations of cleaning.
    Ex: Weeding is the process of removing materials which are no longer useful from a library collection.
    Ex: The discarding of literature can only offer limited help in relieving the space shortage for seating.
    Ex: These rules are concerned with access, deaccession, appraisals, preservation, and theft of books.
    Ex: Most deacquisitions research is carried out in college and university libraries, since serious space problems exist in such libraries.
    Ex: Part 1 deals with library processes, including selection, checking and claiming, cataloguing and jettisoning.
    Ex: No, it is not the deselection of contentious literature about, say, politics or sex, that is at issue.
    Ex: The first mass removal of material was instigated by the trade unions and although admitted in 1932 to have been a mistake, the purges proved difficult to stop.
    * expurgo de documentos = records disposition.
    * expurgo de fondos bibliográficos = collection weeding, stock weeding.
    * expurgo de publicaciones periódicas = periodical collection weeding.
    * expurgo por censura = bowdlerization.
    * expurgos = withdrawn material, withdrawn books.
    * fecha de expurgo = purge date.
    * plan de expurgo = weeding policy, weeding project.
    * política de expurgo = weeding policy.

    * * *
    expurgation

    Spanish-English dictionary > expurgo

  • 4 revista

    f.
    1 magazine.
    revista del corazón gossip magazine
    2 revue.
    3 revision, review.
    4 new trial, re-trial, retrial, rehearing.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: rever.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: revistar.
    pres.subj.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: revestir.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: revistar.
    * * *
    1 (publicación) magazine, review, journal
    2 (inspección) inspection
    3 MILITAR review
    4 TEATRO revue
    \
    pasar revista a (inspeccionar) to inspect, review 2 (tratar) to review
    revista de modas fashion magazine
    revista del corazón gossip magazine
    revista juvenil teenage magazine
    revista semanal weekly review
    * * *
    noun f.
    journal, magazine
    * * *
    SF
    1) [de información general] magazine; [especializada] journal, review

    revista de destape — † erotic magazine

    revista del corazón — magazine featuring celebrity gossip and real-life romance stories

    revista gráfica — † illustrated magazine

    2) (=sección) section
    3) (=inspección) inspection; (Mil, Náut) review, inspection

    pasar revista a la tropa — to review o inspect the troops

    ¿ya has pasado revista a todos los invitados? — * have you given all the guests the once-over, then? *

    4) (Teat) variety show, revue
    5) (Jur) retrial
    6) And [del pelo] trim
    * * *
    1) ( publicación ilustrada) magazine; ( de profesión) journal; ( crítica) review section
    2) (Espec, Teatr) revue
    3) ( inspección) review

    pasar revista a las tropas — to inspect o review the troops

    * * *
    = magazine, journal title, news magazine.
    Ex. Trade literature, popular magazines, and newspapers do not abound with citations.
    Ex. Results show that a relatively small number of journal titles supplied a majority of the articles sent.
    Ex. Additionally, popular news magazines have characterized the Soviets as 'savages, dupes, despots, and barbarians,' prompting the United States to believe itself superior.
    ----
    * cancelación de suscripción a revista = serials deselection, journal deselection.
    * cese de publicación de una revista = title cessation.
    * distribuidor de revistas = journal host.
    * distribuidor de revistas electrónicas = e-journal host.
    * edición de revistas electrónicas = electronic journal publishing.
    * editor de revista científica = scholarly editor.
    * editor de una revista científica = journal editor.
    * editorial de revistas del corazón = vanity press.
    * factor de impacto de la revista = journal impact, journal impact factor.
    * fondo de revistas = periodical holdings.
    * fondos de revistas = journal holdings.
    * material que no es revista científica = non-journal material.
    * números recientes de las revistas = current journals.
    * paquete de revistas = journal package.
    * pasar revista = review.
    * productividad de la revista = journal productivity.
    * revista académica = academic journal.
    * revista anual = annual journal.
    * revista a un real = shilling magazine.
    * revista científica = journal, periodical, scholarly journal, scientific journal, technical journal, research journal, learned journal, scholarly periodical, scientific serial, scientific periodical, research periodical, academic journal.
    * revista citada = cited journal.
    * revista citante = citing journal.
    * revista de actualidad = popular magazine, house magazine, entertainment magazine.
    * revista de ciencias = science journal.
    * revista de ciencia y tecnología = science and technology journal.
    * revista de índices = indexing journal.
    * revista de indización = indexing periodical.
    * revista de investigación = research periodical.
    * revista del corazón = popular magazine, gossip magazine, celebrity magazine, entertainment magazine.
    * revista de media corona = half-crown magazine.
    * revista de modas = fashion magazine.
    * revista deportiva = sports magazine.
    * revista de recensiones = reviewing journal.
    * revista de resúmenes = abstracts journal, abstracting journal, abstracting periodical, abstracting and indexing publication, abstract journal, synoptic journal, abstracting and indexing journal, abstracting publication.
    * revista divulgativa = trade journal, trade magazine.
    * revista editada por la propia institución = house journal.
    * revista electrónica = electronic journal (e-journal), electronic magazine (e-zine/EZine), electronic newsletter.
    * revista electrónica en línea = online journal.
    * revista en curso = current journal.
    * revista especializada = specialist journal, specialised journal.
    * revista evaluada por expertos = refereed journal, peer-reviewed journal.
    * revista evaluada por pares = refereed journal, peer-reviewed journal.
    * revista impresa = print serial.
    * revista interna = in-house journal.
    * revista literaria = literary magazine.
    * revista mensual = monthly.
    * revista mensual de media corona = half-crown monthly magazine.
    * revista muerta = inactive journal.
    * revista popular = house magazine.
    * revista pornográfica = pornographic magazine.
    * revista primaria = primary journal.
    * revista profesional = professional journal.
    * revista que tiene una gran demanda popular = mass-market journal.
    * revistas = journal material.
    * revistas de informática = computer press, the.
    * revista semanal = weekly.
    * revistas para mujeres = women's magazines.
    * revista viva = active journal.
    * revista web = electronic magazine (e-zine/EZine), zine.
    * solapamiento en la cobertura de las revistas = journal coverage overlap.
    * título de la revista = journal title.
    * vaciado de revistas = periodical indexing.
    * * *
    1) ( publicación ilustrada) magazine; ( de profesión) journal; ( crítica) review section
    2) (Espec, Teatr) revue
    3) ( inspección) review

    pasar revista a las tropas — to inspect o review the troops

    * * *
    = magazine, journal title, news magazine.

    Ex: Trade literature, popular magazines, and newspapers do not abound with citations.

    Ex: Results show that a relatively small number of journal titles supplied a majority of the articles sent.
    Ex: Additionally, popular news magazines have characterized the Soviets as 'savages, dupes, despots, and barbarians,' prompting the United States to believe itself superior.
    * cancelación de suscripción a revista = serials deselection, journal deselection.
    * cese de publicación de una revista = title cessation.
    * distribuidor de revistas = journal host.
    * distribuidor de revistas electrónicas = e-journal host.
    * edición de revistas electrónicas = electronic journal publishing.
    * editor de revista científica = scholarly editor.
    * editor de una revista científica = journal editor.
    * editorial de revistas del corazón = vanity press.
    * factor de impacto de la revista = journal impact, journal impact factor.
    * fondo de revistas = periodical holdings.
    * fondos de revistas = journal holdings.
    * material que no es revista científica = non-journal material.
    * números recientes de las revistas = current journals.
    * paquete de revistas = journal package.
    * pasar revista = review.
    * productividad de la revista = journal productivity.
    * revista académica = academic journal.
    * revista anual = annual journal.
    * revista a un real = shilling magazine.
    * revista científica = journal, periodical, scholarly journal, scientific journal, technical journal, research journal, learned journal, scholarly periodical, scientific serial, scientific periodical, research periodical, academic journal.
    * revista citada = cited journal.
    * revista citante = citing journal.
    * revista de actualidad = popular magazine, house magazine, entertainment magazine.
    * revista de ciencias = science journal.
    * revista de ciencia y tecnología = science and technology journal.
    * revista de índices = indexing journal.
    * revista de indización = indexing periodical.
    * revista de investigación = research periodical.
    * revista del corazón = popular magazine, gossip magazine, celebrity magazine, entertainment magazine.
    * revista de media corona = half-crown magazine.
    * revista de modas = fashion magazine.
    * revista deportiva = sports magazine.
    * revista de recensiones = reviewing journal.
    * revista de resúmenes = abstracts journal, abstracting journal, abstracting periodical, abstracting and indexing publication, abstract journal, synoptic journal, abstracting and indexing journal, abstracting publication.
    * revista divulgativa = trade journal, trade magazine.
    * revista editada por la propia institución = house journal.
    * revista electrónica = electronic journal (e-journal), electronic magazine (e-zine/EZine), electronic newsletter.
    * revista electrónica en línea = online journal.
    * revista en curso = current journal.
    * revista especializada = specialist journal, specialised journal.
    * revista evaluada por expertos = refereed journal, peer-reviewed journal.
    * revista evaluada por pares = refereed journal, peer-reviewed journal.
    * revista impresa = print serial.
    * revista interna = in-house journal.
    * revista literaria = literary magazine.
    * revista mensual = monthly.
    * revista mensual de media corona = half-crown monthly magazine.
    * revista muerta = inactive journal.
    * revista popular = house magazine.
    * revista pornográfica = pornographic magazine.
    * revista primaria = primary journal.
    * revista profesional = professional journal.
    * revista que tiene una gran demanda popular = mass-market journal.
    * revistas = journal material.
    * revistas de informática = computer press, the.
    * revista semanal = weekly.
    * revistas para mujeres = women's magazines.
    * revista viva = active journal.
    * revista web = electronic magazine (e-zine/EZine), zine.
    * solapamiento en la cobertura de las revistas = journal coverage overlap.
    * título de la revista = journal title.
    * vaciado de revistas = periodical indexing.

    * * *
    A
    la revista del domingo the Sunday magazine o supplement
    2 (crítica) review section
    una revista científica a scientific review o journal
    Compuestos:
    ( RPl) comic book ( AmE), comic ( BrE)
    real-life o true-romance magazine
    fashion magazine
    B ( Espec, Teatr) revue
    teatro de revista variety theater
    revista musical musical revue
    C (inspección) review
    pasará revista a las tropas he will inspect o review the troops
    pasó revista a la situación he reviewed the situation
    se entretenía pasando revista a los demás pasajeros she entertained herself by studying the other passengers
    fui pasando revista a los últimos detalles I checked over the last details
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    Del verbo revestir: ( conjugate revestir)

    revista es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

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

    Multiple Entries:
    revestir    
    revista
    revestir ( conjugate revestir) verbo transitivo ( cubrir) ‹pared/suelo› to cover;
    ‹ cable› to sheathe, cover;
    ‹ tubería› ( con material aislante) to lag;

    revista sustantivo femenino

    ( de profesión) journal;
    ◊ revista del corazón real-life o true-romance magazine

    b) (Espec, Teatr) revue;



    ◊ pasar revista a las tropas to inspect o review the troops

    revestir verbo transitivo
    1 (como protección o adorno) to cover [de, with]
    2 (presentar un aspecto, cualidad, carácter) to have: el asunto revestía gran importancia, the matter was really serious
    3 (encubrir) to disguise [de, in]
    revista sustantivo femenino
    1 magazine
    (publicación técnica o especializada) journal
    Esp revista del corazón, celebrity o romance magazine
    revista pornográfica, pornographic magazine
    2 Teat revue, variety show
    3 Mil inspection
    ♦ Locuciones: pasar revista, to review: pasamos revista a la situación, we evaluated the situation
    ' revista' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    descafeinada
    - descafeinado
    - distribuir
    - hojear
    - ilustrada
    - ilustrado
    - número
    - pasada
    - pasado
    - reseñar
    - tira
    - abonado
    - abonar
    - aparecer
    - artículo
    - categoría
    - cochino
    - coger
    - colaborador
    - colaborar
    - comic
    - consultorio
    - contraportada
    - corista
    - coro
    - director
    - dirigir
    - editar
    - entrega
    - espacio
    - folletín
    - mono
    - portada
    - público
    - recorte
    - reportaje
    - salir
    - tapa
    English:
    copy
    - flick through
    - girlie magazine
    - issue
    - journal
    - magazine
    - monthly
    - newsmagazine
    - number
    - periodical
    - review
    - revue
    - subscribe
    - subscription
    - weekly
    - browse
    - comic
    - digest
    - glossy
    - inspect
    - inspection
    - music
    * * *
    ♦ nf
    1. [publicación] magazine;
    [académica] journal CSur revista de chistes (children's) comic;
    revista del corazón gossip magazine [with details of celebrities' lives];
    Am revista de historietas (children's) comic;
    revista pornográfica pornographic magazine
    2. [espectáculo teatral] revue
    revista musical musical revue
    3. [inspección]
    pasar revista a [tropas] to inspect, to review;
    el informe pasa revista a la situación del sector agrícola the report reviews the situation of the farming sector;
    un estudio que pasa revista a las transformaciones de final de siglo a study which reviews o looks at the transformations undergone at the turn of the century
    * * *
    f
    1 magazine
    2
    :
    pasar revista a MIL inspect, review; fig review
    * * *
    1) : magazine, journal
    2) : revue
    3)
    pasar revista : to review, to inspect
    * * *

    Spanish-English dictionary > revista

  • 5 suscripción

    f.
    1 subscription.
    2 subscription, membership fee.
    * * *
    1 subscription
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    * * *
    1) ( a publicación) subscription
    2) ( de tratado) signing
    3) (de bonos, acciones) subscription
    * * *
    Nota: Acuerdo para el suministro de una publicación en serie durante un período determinado, generalmente mediante el pago de una cantidad fijada de antemano.
    Ex. SCOLCAP is based on the National Library of Scotland and is financed by the Scottish Education Department, and through subscriptions.
    ----
    * agencia de suscripciones = subscription agency, subscription agent.
    * base de datos de acceso mediante suscripción = subscription database.
    * biblioteca de suscripción = subscription library.
    * cancelación de suscripción = churn.
    * cancelación de suscripción a revista = serials deselection, journal deselection.
    * cancelar una suscripción = churn.
    * cuota de suscripción = dues, subscription costs.
    * darse de baja de una suscripción = unsubscribe.
    * distribución de información por suscripción = syndication.
    * envío de información por suscripción = syndication feed.
    * por suscripción = subscriber + Nombre.
    * precio de la suscripción = subscription price.
    * recursos electrónicos por suscripción = licensed resources, licensed electronic resources.
    * suscripción en línea = online subscription.
    * suscripción impresa = print subscription.
    * * *
    1) ( a publicación) subscription
    2) ( de tratado) signing
    3) (de bonos, acciones) subscription
    * * *
    Nota: Acuerdo para el suministro de una publicación en serie durante un período determinado, generalmente mediante el pago de una cantidad fijada de antemano.

    Ex: SCOLCAP is based on the National Library of Scotland and is financed by the Scottish Education Department, and through subscriptions.

    * agencia de suscripciones = subscription agency, subscription agent.
    * base de datos de acceso mediante suscripción = subscription database.
    * biblioteca de suscripción = subscription library.
    * cancelación de suscripción = churn.
    * cancelación de suscripción a revista = serials deselection, journal deselection.
    * cancelar una suscripción = churn.
    * cuota de suscripción = dues, subscription costs.
    * darse de baja de una suscripción = unsubscribe.
    * distribución de información por suscripción = syndication.
    * envío de información por suscripción = syndication feed.
    * por suscripción = subscriber + Nombre.
    * precio de la suscripción = subscription price.
    * recursos electrónicos por suscripción = licensed resources, licensed electronic resources.
    * suscripción en línea = online subscription.
    * suscripción impresa = print subscription.

    * * *
    A (a una publicación) subscription
    B (de un tratado) signing
    C
    1 (de bonos, acciones) subscription
    2 (de un seguro) underwriting
    * * *

    suscripción sustantivo femenino ( a publicación) subscription
    suscripción sustantivo femenino subscription
    ' suscripción' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abrir
    - fecha
    English:
    stop
    - subscription
    * * *
    suscripción, subscripción nf
    1. [a publicación] subscription
    2. Fin [de acciones] subscription;
    oferta pública de suscripción de acciones public offering of esp Br shares o esp US stock;
    debe acreditar la suscripción de una póliza de seguros you must provide proof of insurance;
    es obligatoria la suscripción de un seguro it is obligatory to take out insurance
    * * *
    f subscription
    * * *
    1) : subscription
    2) : endorsement, sanction
    3) : signing

    Spanish-English dictionary > suscripción

  • 6 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

  • 7 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

  • 8 horroroso

    adj.
    horrible, frightful, fearsome, dreadful.
    * * *
    1 (que causa miedo) horrifying, terrifying
    2 familiar (feo) ghastly, hideous
    3 familiar (malísimo) dreadful, awful
    * * *
    (f. - horrorosa)
    adj.
    horrible, horrifying
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=aterrador) dreadful, ghastly *
    2) (=horrible) [ropa, peinado] hideous, horrific; [dolor] terrible; [película, libro] dreadful
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo < crimen> horrific, horrifying; <película/novela> terrible, awful; <persona/vestido> awful, ghastly, horrific (colloq)
    * * *
    = appalling, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, shocking, horrible, dreadful, hellish, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], horrid, yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.].
    Ex. His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.
    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 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. The movie novel is about a trio of small-town guys who come across a wrecked plane containing a bag full of what they presume to be 'dirty money' and decide to hold onto it, with predictably hellish consequences.
    Ex. Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex. The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.
    Ex. I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo < crimen> horrific, horrifying; <película/novela> terrible, awful; <persona/vestido> awful, ghastly, horrific (colloq)
    * * *
    = appalling, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, shocking, horrible, dreadful, hellish, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], horrid, yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.].

    Ex: His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.

    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 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: The movie novel is about a trio of small-town guys who come across a wrecked plane containing a bag full of what they presume to be 'dirty money' and decide to hold onto it, with predictably hellish consequences.
    Ex: Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex: The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.
    Ex: I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.

    * * *
    ‹crimen› horrific, horrifying; ‹película/novela› terrible, dreadful; ‹persona/vestido› awful, ghastly ( colloq), horrific ( colloq)
    hizo un tiempo horroroso the weather was horrendous o awful o foul
    tengo un hambre horrorosa I'm terribly hungry, I'm absolutely starving ( colloq)
    * * *

    horroroso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo ‹ crimen› horrific, horrifying;


    ‹película/novela› terrible, awful;
    ‹persona/vestido› awful, horrific (colloq);

    horroroso,-a adjetivo
    1 (que causa terror) horrifying, terrifying
    2 fam (muy feo) hideous, ghastly
    3 fam (muy desagradable) awful, dreadful

    ' horroroso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    horrorosa
    - traer
    - horrendo
    English:
    appalling
    - ask back
    - frightful
    - ghastly
    - grisly
    - harrowing
    - hideous
    - horrid
    - vile
    - wicked
    - awful
    - horrendous
    - horrible
    - horrific
    - horrifying
    * * *
    horroroso, -a, horrendo, -a adj
    1. [terrorífico] horrific, horrifying, terrifying;
    un accidente horroroso a horrific accident
    2. Fam [muy malo] appalling, awful;
    nos hizo un tiempo horroroso we had appalling o awful weather
    3. Fam [muy feo] hideous;
    tiene un novio horroroso she's got a hideous boyfriend;
    ese vestido le queda horroroso that dress looks hideous on her
    4. Fam [muy grande]
    tengo un frío horroroso I'm absolutely freezing;
    ¡qué frío más horroroso! it's absolutely freezing!;
    tengo un hambre horrorosa I'm ravenous o starving;
    * * *
    adj terrible; (de mala calidad) dreadful; ( feo) hideous
    * * *
    horroroso, -sa adj
    1) : horrifying, terrifying
    2) : dreadful, bad
    * * *
    1. (accidente, etc) horrific
    2. (horrible) awful / terrible

    Spanish-English dictionary > horroroso

  • 9 limitaciones de espacio

    Ex. The reasons for journal deselection include the cost of periodicals, space constraints, and changing educational programmes.
    * * *

    Ex: The reasons for journal deselection include the cost of periodicals, space constraints, and changing educational programmes.

    Spanish-English dictionary > limitaciones de espacio

  • 10 terrible

    adj.
    1 terrible (tremendo).
    2 terrifying.
    * * *
    1 terrible, awful
    * * *
    adj.
    terrible, horrible
    * * *
    ADJ terrible, awful
    * * *
    a) <tortura/experiencia> terrible, horrific
    b) ( uso hiperbólico) terrible
    * * *
    = formidable, harrowing, dreadful, horrendous, redoubtable, terrible, ghastly, excruciating, appalling, god-awful, shattering.
    Ex. 'It's up to you to see that things are done,' she defended herself, somewhat nervous and abashed by his formidable stare.
    Ex. See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.
    Ex. The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex. If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.
    Ex. The city has returned a majority for every Democratic presidential candidate since 1916, when Woodrow Wilson took 65% of the city's vote against the redoubtable Charles Evans Hughes.
    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. True, ghastly additions were made to XML.
    Ex. Loneliness can involve excruciating physical pain as well as harrowing mental suffering.
    Ex. His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.
    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 death of Scindia was shattering to all of us who knew him.
    ----
    * Atila el Terrible = Tilly the Hun.
    * jaqueca terrible = splitting headache.
    * Terrible, el = Hun, the.
    * terrible experiencia = ordeal.
    * * *
    a) <tortura/experiencia> terrible, horrific
    b) ( uso hiperbólico) terrible
    * * *
    el Terrible
    = Hun, the

    Ex: Mathilda Panopoulos, known as 'Tilly' to her friends and colleagues but usually styled 'Tilly the Hun' or just 'the Hun' by her detractors, is a native of Pritchard.

    = formidable, harrowing, dreadful, horrendous, redoubtable, terrible, ghastly, excruciating, appalling, god-awful, shattering.

    Ex: 'It's up to you to see that things are done,' she defended herself, somewhat nervous and abashed by his formidable stare.

    Ex: See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.
    Ex: The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex: If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.
    Ex: The city has returned a majority for every Democratic presidential candidate since 1916, when Woodrow Wilson took 65% of the city's vote against the redoubtable Charles Evans Hughes.
    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: True, ghastly additions were made to XML.
    Ex: Loneliness can involve excruciating physical pain as well as harrowing mental suffering.
    Ex: His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.
    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 death of Scindia was shattering to all of us who knew him.
    * Atila el Terrible = Tilly the Hun.
    * jaqueca terrible = splitting headache.
    * Terrible, el = Hun, the.
    * terrible experiencia = ordeal.

    * * *
    1 ‹tortura/experiencia› terrible, horrific
    tengo un sueño terrible I'm terribly tired
    tenía un terrible dolor de muelas she had terrible toothache
    la máquina hace un ruido terrible the machine makes a terrible o dreadful noise
    este niño es terrible, no para quieto this child is terrible, he won't sit still
    * * *

     

    Multiple Entries:
    algo terrible    
    terrible
    terrible adjetivo
    a) ‹tortura/experiencia› terrible, horrific



    terrible adjetivo
    1 (desagradable) terrible, awful
    2 (intensificador) terrible
    3 (travieso) naughty
    ' terrible' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abominable
    - amanecer
    - campeonato
    - canutas
    - condición
    - demonio
    - diabólica
    - diabólico
    - disgusto
    - espanto
    - estado
    - follón
    - hambruna
    - impresionante
    - infumable
    - lamentable
    - lástima
    - maltrecha
    - maltrecho
    - miedosa
    - miedoso
    - pecho
    - pena
    - penosa
    - penoso
    - pésima
    - pésimo
    - rabiosa
    - rabioso
    - secuela
    - susto
    - tener
    - traer
    - tremebunda
    - tremebundo
    - tremenda
    - tremendo
    - triunfo
    - agobiante
    - antología
    - barbaridad
    - bueno
    - cabreo
    - calamidad
    - cochino
    - endiablado
    - enredo
    - espantoso
    - fatal
    - funesto
    English:
    abominable
    - appalling
    - bad
    - blow
    - carry-on
    - damage
    - dispose
    - doom
    - flap
    - lousy
    - ordeal
    - oversight
    - rotten
    - shocking
    - terrible
    - think back
    - dreadful
    - flirt
    - harrowing
    - horrendous
    - job
    * * *
    1. [malo] terrible;
    la guerra es siempre terrible war is always a terrible thing;
    un año terrible para la economía del país a terrible year for the country's economy;
    este niño es terrible this boy is a terror;
    es terrible no poder hacer nada por ellos it's terrible not to be able to do anything for them
    2. [mucho] terrible;
    tengo un hambre/frío terrible I'm terribly hungry/cold
    * * *
    adj terrible, awful
    * * *
    : terrible, horrible
    * * *
    terrible adj terrible / awful

    Spanish-English dictionary > terrible

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