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detestable

  • 1 detestable

    adj.
    detestable.
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    1 detestable, hateful, repulsive
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    ADJ [persona] hateful; [costumbre] detestable; [sabor, tiempo] foul
    * * *
    adjetivo <persona/carácter> hateful, detestable; < proceder> abominable
    * * *
    = odious, obnoxious, abhorrent, detestable, loathsome.
    Ex. Perhaps Jane Austen was aware of this, for having stated the fact of the elopement briefly, she says airily: 'Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery, I quit such odious subjects as soon as I can'.
    Ex. During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex. He debates what should the librarian's attitude be to materials considered personally abhorrent.
    Ex. He then made the comment that our soldiers are fighting ' detestable murderers and scumbags'.
    Ex. It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.
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    adjetivo <persona/carácter> hateful, detestable; < proceder> abominable
    * * *
    = odious, obnoxious, abhorrent, detestable, loathsome.

    Ex: Perhaps Jane Austen was aware of this, for having stated the fact of the elopement briefly, she says airily: 'Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery, I quit such odious subjects as soon as I can'.

    Ex: During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex: He debates what should the librarian's attitude be to materials considered personally abhorrent.
    Ex: He then made the comment that our soldiers are fighting ' detestable murderers and scumbags'.
    Ex: It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.

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    ‹persona/carácter› hateful, detestable, odious ( frml); ‹proceder› abominable, atrocious
    * * *

    detestable adjetivo detestable
    ' detestable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aborrecible
    English:
    damnable
    - obnoxious
    - odious
    * * *
    [persona, actitud] hateful, detestable; [comportamiento, trato] despicable; [comida] revolting; [alojamiento, calidad] terrible, appalling
    * * *
    adj terrible

    Spanish-English dictionary > detestable

  • 2 detestable

    • abhorrent
    • abominable
    • detestable
    • disgusting
    • execrable
    • hate very much
    • hateful individual
    • loathsome
    • odious

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > detestable

  • 3 de manera detestable

    Ex. She wondered why he was behaving so obnoxiously.
    * * *

    Ex: She wondered why he was behaving so obnoxiously.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de manera detestable

  • 4 lo detestable

    • the hell with it
    • the high circles

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > lo detestable

  • 5 lo más detestable

    • bete noire
    • the best thing there is
    • the better part
    • the morning after
    • the most important of all

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > lo más detestable

  • 6 persona detestable

    • bete noire
    • hated
    • hatefully
    • noxious person

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > persona detestable

  • 7 persona detestable

    f.
    hateful individual, bete noire, noxious person.

    Spanish-English dictionary > persona detestable

  • 8 aborrecido

    • detestable
    • hate to
    • hateful
    • loathed

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > aborrecido

  • 9 odioso

    • detestable
    • dislikable
    • hate very much
    • hateful individual
    • hideaway
    • hideously
    • loathsome
    • obnoxious
    • odious

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > odioso

  • 10 aborrecible

    adj.
    1 abhorrent, loathsome.
    2 detestable, hateful, abominable, loathsome.
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    1 hateful, detestable, loathsome
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    ADJ loathsome, detestable
    * * *
    adjetivo < persona> loathsome, detestable; < objeto> hideous
    * * *
    = detestable, heinous.
    Ex. He then made the comment that our soldiers are fighting ' detestable murderers and scumbags'.
    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 < persona> loathsome, detestable; < objeto> hideous
    * * *
    = detestable, heinous.

    Ex: He then made the comment that our soldiers are fighting ' detestable murderers and scumbags'.

    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.

    * * *
    ‹persona› loathsome, detestable; ‹objeto› hideous
    * * *

    aborrecible adjetivo
    loathsome, detestable
    ' aborrecible' also found in these entries:
    English:
    abhorrent
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    abhorrent, loathsome
    * * *
    adj detestable
    * * *
    abominable, odioso: abominable, detestable

    Spanish-English dictionary > aborrecible

  • 11 odioso

    adj.
    hateful, detestable, loathsome, obnoxious.
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    1 hateful, despicable, odious
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=detestable) odious, hateful, detestable
    2) (=repelente) nasty, unpleasant
    3) Arg, Chile, Perú (=molesto) annoying
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    - sa adjetivo <trabajo/tema> horrible, hateful; < persona> horrible, odious
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    = horrid, odious, invidious, hateful, detestable, loathsome.
    Ex. The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.
    Ex. Perhaps Jane Austen was aware of this, for having stated the fact of the elopement briefly, she says airily: 'Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery, I quit such odious subjects as soon as I can'.
    Ex. Within the ranks of authorship therefore there are many types of author and it is invidious to claim that one sort is necessarily 'better' than another.
    Ex. You will not upload, post, reproduce or distribute through the Service any libelous, obscene, unlawful, racist, hateful, or otherwise objectionable information of any kind.
    Ex. He then made the comment that our soldiers are fighting ' detestable murderers and scumbags'.
    Ex. It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo <trabajo/tema> horrible, hateful; < persona> horrible, odious
    * * *
    = horrid, odious, invidious, hateful, detestable, loathsome.

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

    Ex: Perhaps Jane Austen was aware of this, for having stated the fact of the elopement briefly, she says airily: 'Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery, I quit such odious subjects as soon as I can'.
    Ex: Within the ranks of authorship therefore there are many types of author and it is invidious to claim that one sort is necessarily 'better' than another.
    Ex: You will not upload, post, reproduce or distribute through the Service any libelous, obscene, unlawful, racist, hateful, or otherwise objectionable information of any kind.
    Ex: He then made the comment that our soldiers are fighting ' detestable murderers and scumbags'.
    Ex: It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.

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    odioso -sa
    1 ‹trabajo/tema› horrible, hateful
    su odiosa manía de mandar a todo el mundo her maddening o annoying o horrible habit of bossing everyone around
    2 ‹persona› (antipático) nasty, horrible, odious
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    odioso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo ‹trabajo/tema› horrible, hateful;


    ‹ persona› horrible, odious
    odioso,-a adjetivo hateful
    ' odioso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    despreciable
    - odiosa
    English:
    anathema
    - hateful
    - invidious
    - loathsome
    - obnoxious
    - odious
    * * *
    odioso, -a adj
    [persona, actitud, acción] hateful, horrible;
    tiene la odiosa manía de interrumpir a todo el mundo she has the annoying o irritating habit of interrupting everyone
    * * *
    adj odious, hateful
    * * *
    odioso, -sa adj
    abominable, aborrecible: hateful, detestable
    * * *
    odioso adj horrible

    Spanish-English dictionary > odioso

  • 12 abominable

    adj.
    abominable.
    el abominable hombre de las nieves the abominable snowman
    * * *
    1 abominable, loathsome
    \
    el abominable hombre de las nieves the abominable snowman
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo abominable
    * * *
    = repulsive, unspeakable, abhorrent, detestable, loathsome.
    Ex. A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.
    Ex. The article 'My life and hard times: a tale of unspeakable horrors' is a light hearted account of the author's experiences as a part time indexer.
    Ex. He debates what should the librarian's attitude be to materials considered personally abhorrent.
    Ex. He then made the comment that our soldiers are fighting ' detestable murderers and scumbags'.
    Ex. It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.
    * * *
    adjetivo abominable
    * * *
    = repulsive, unspeakable, abhorrent, detestable, loathsome.

    Ex: A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.

    Ex: The article 'My life and hard times: a tale of unspeakable horrors' is a light hearted account of the author's experiences as a part time indexer.
    Ex: He debates what should the librarian's attitude be to materials considered personally abhorrent.
    Ex: He then made the comment that our soldiers are fighting ' detestable murderers and scumbags'.
    Ex: It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.

    * * *
    abominable
    el abominable hombre de las nieves the Abominable Snowman
    * * *

    abominable adjetivo
    abominable
    abominable adjetivo abominable: el abominable hombre de las nieves, the Abominable Snowman
    su concepto de las mujeres es absolutamente abominable, he has an absolutely abominable concept of women
    ' abominable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    execrable
    - nefanda
    - nefando
    English:
    abominable
    - hideous
    * * *
    abominable;
    el abominable hombre de las nieves the abominable snowman
    * * *
    adj abominable
    * * *
    aborrecible: abominable

    Spanish-English dictionary > abominable

  • 13 cabronazo

    m.
    1 bastard.
    2 fucker.
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    1 tabú bastard, fucker
    * * *
    Ex. He then made the comment that our soldiers are fighting 'detestable murderers and scumbags'.
    * * *

    Ex: He then made the comment that our soldiers are fighting 'detestable murderers and scumbags'.

    * * *
    1. Vulg [persona] bastard
    2. Méx Fam [golpe] punch, thump;

    Spanish-English dictionary > cabronazo

  • 14 cabrón

    adj.
    1 mean, evil.
    2 intelligent.
    m.
    1 billy goat, buck.
    2 cuckold, man married to an unfaithful wife.
    3 son of a bitch, sod, git, get.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 tabú (hombre) bastard; (mujer) bitch
    1 ZOOLOGÍA he-goat, billy-goat
    ————————
    1 ZOOLOGÍA he-goat, billy-goat
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    cabrón, -ona ***
    1.
    SM (=cornudo) cuckold
    2. SM / F
    1)

    ¡cabrón! — you bastard! ***

    2) LAm [de burdel] brothel keeper; And, Cono Sur (=chulo) pimp; CAm, Cono Sur (=traidor) traitor; And (=maricón) queer **, fag (EEUU) **

    ¡cabrón! — (=idiota) you stupid berk! **

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    I
    - brona adjetivo (Esp, Méx vulg)

    el muy cabrón/la muy cabrona — the bastard o (AmE) son of a bitch (vulg)/the bitch (vulg)

    II
    - brona masculino, femenino
    1) (Esp, Méx vulg) (masculino) bastard (vulg), son of a bitch (AmE vulg); (femenino) bitch (vulg)
    2) cabrón masculino
    a) (vulg) ( cornudo) cuckold
    b) (Andes fam o vulg) ( proxeneta) pimp, ponce (BrE)
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    = rotter, dickhead, scumbag, bitchy [bitchier -comp., bitchiest -sup.], badass, swine, pig, bastard.
    Ex. When she had finished Beck said reassuringly: 'Don't let old Tilly bother you - She can be a rotter at times - She's a Jekyl and Hyde, if ever there was one - One minute she's fine; another, she's a monster'.
    Ex. Whoever said Moby is the leader of dickheads that beat people up? He is just a bald-headed hippie who wouldn't hurt a fly.
    Ex. He then made the comment that our soldiers are fighting 'detestable murderers and scumbags'.
    Ex. She worked at a local clothing company for a while and found the other staff and managers to all be very cliquey, bitchy and rather shallow.
    Ex. In the hardscrabble times of the Bible, where there were plagues, invasions from foreign powers, and swarms of locusts, you pretty much had to be a badass.
    Ex. In German law it is a criminal offense for A to insult B, for example, by calling him a swine.
    Ex. He was waiting for the opportunity to unleash his fury, no one calls him a pig and gets away with it.
    Ex. I once thought I saw the light at the end of the tunnel, but it was just the light from a torch of some bastard bringing me more work.
    ----
    * ser un cabrón con = be rotten to.
    * * *
    I
    - brona adjetivo (Esp, Méx vulg)

    el muy cabrón/la muy cabrona — the bastard o (AmE) son of a bitch (vulg)/the bitch (vulg)

    II
    - brona masculino, femenino
    1) (Esp, Méx vulg) (masculino) bastard (vulg), son of a bitch (AmE vulg); (femenino) bitch (vulg)
    2) cabrón masculino
    a) (vulg) ( cornudo) cuckold
    b) (Andes fam o vulg) ( proxeneta) pimp, ponce (BrE)
    * * *
    = rotter, dickhead, scumbag, bitchy [bitchier -comp., bitchiest -sup.], badass, swine, pig, bastard.

    Ex: When she had finished Beck said reassuringly: 'Don't let old Tilly bother you - She can be a rotter at times - She's a Jekyl and Hyde, if ever there was one - One minute she's fine; another, she's a monster'.

    Ex: Whoever said Moby is the leader of dickheads that beat people up? He is just a bald-headed hippie who wouldn't hurt a fly.
    Ex: He then made the comment that our soldiers are fighting 'detestable murderers and scumbags'.
    Ex: She worked at a local clothing company for a while and found the other staff and managers to all be very cliquey, bitchy and rather shallow.
    Ex: In the hardscrabble times of the Bible, where there were plagues, invasions from foreign powers, and swarms of locusts, you pretty much had to be a badass.
    Ex: In German law it is a criminal offense for A to insult B, for example, by calling him a swine.
    Ex: He was waiting for the opportunity to unleash his fury, no one calls him a pig and gets away with it.
    Ex: I once thought I saw the light at the end of the tunnel, but it was just the light from a torch of some bastard bringing me more work.
    * ser un cabrón con = be rotten to.

    * * *
    ( Esp vulg: en algunas regiones fam): el muy cabrón the swine ( colloq), the bastard ( vulg), the son of a bitch ( AmE vulg)
    masculine, feminine
    A ( Esp vulg: en algunas regiones fam) son of a bitch ( AmE vulg), bastard (sl), swine ( colloq)
    B
    1 ( vulg) (cornudo) cuckold
    2 ( Andes fam o vulg) (proxeneta) pimp, ponce ( BrE colloq)
    C
    * * *

     

    cabrón 1
    ◊ - brona adjetivo (Esp, Méx vulg): el muy cabrón/la muy cabrona the bastard o (AmE) son of a bitch (vulg)/the bitch (vulg)

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (Esp, Méx vulg) (m) bastard (vulg), son of a bitch (AmE vulg);

    (f) bitch (vulg)
    cabrón 2 sustantivo masculino (vulg) ( cornudo) cuckold;
    ( proxeneta) (Andes fam o vulg) pimp, ponce (BrE)
    cabrón,-ona
    I m Zool billy goat
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino vulgar ofens (hombre) bastard
    (mujer) bitch
    ' cabrón' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cabrito
    - cabrona
    English:
    cunt
    - sod
    - swine
    - bastard
    * * *
    cabrón, -ona
    ♦ adj
    1. Vulg [como insulto]
    ¡qué cabrón eres! you bastard!;
    mi profesor de inglés es muy cabrón my English teacher is a real bastard o US asshole
    2. Méx muy Fam [difícil] Br bloody o US goddamn difficult;
    el examen estuvo bien cabrón the exam was a bitch
    ♦ nm,f
    1. Vulg [insulto] bastard, f bitch, US asshole;
    Esp muy Fam
    trabajó/estudió como un cabrón he worked/studied his Br arse o US ass off
    2. Méx Fam [genio] whizz, ace;
    es un cabrón para la física he's a whizz at physics
    ♦ nm
    1. Vulg [cornudo] cuckold [neutro];
    es un cabrón his wife's screwing around behind his back
    2. [animal] billy-goat
    3. Méx muy Fam [tío] guy;
    ¿adónde irá ese cabrón? where the hell is that guy going?
    4. CAm, Méx muy Fam [como apelativo]
    hola cabrón, ¿qué tal estás? how are you, you old bastard?
    ♦ a lo cabrón loc adv
    Méx Fam by force;
    entraron a la casa a lo cabrón they broke into the house
    * * *
    bastard pop, son of a bitch pop

    Spanish-English dictionary > cabrón

  • 15 canalla

    adj.
    rotten, wicked, mean.
    f. & m.
    1 swine, dog.
    2 knave, despicable person, scoundrel, scum.
    3 mob, rabble, canaille, doggery.
    * * *
    1 peyorativo (chusma) riffraff, mob, rabble
    1 peyorativo (hombre ruin) rascal, scoundrel, swine, rotter
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    noun mf.
    swine, rat
    * * *
    masculino y femenino
    a) (fam) (bribón, granuja) swine (colloq)
    b) canalla femenino (pey) ( chusma)

    la canalla — the rabble o riffraff

    * * *
    = scoundrel, miscreant, scumbag, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, cad, swine, pig, badass, nasty piece of work.
    Ex. Here came every sort of human ingredient -- sturdy homesteaders, skilled craftsmen, precious scoundrels.
    Ex. The forest, therefore, is regarded as the abode of robbers & sundry miscreants, implying its relation to the forces of chaos & disorder.
    Ex. He then made the comment that our soldiers are fighting 'detestable murderers and scumbags'.
    Ex. And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.
    Ex. In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.
    Ex. In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex. Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.
    Ex. In German law it is a criminal offense for A to insult B, for example, by calling him a swine.
    Ex. He was waiting for the opportunity to unleash his fury, no one calls him a pig and gets away with it.
    Ex. In the hardscrabble times of the Bible, where there were plagues, invasions from foreign powers, and swarms of locusts, you pretty much had to be a badass.
    Ex. Mary, on the other hand, is a nasty piece of work who is at her best is frosty and aloof and at her worst is hostile and cruel.
    ----
    * comportarse como un canalla con = be rotten to.
    * portarse como un canalla con = be rotten to.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino
    a) (fam) (bribón, granuja) swine (colloq)
    b) canalla femenino (pey) ( chusma)

    la canalla — the rabble o riffraff

    * * *
    = scoundrel, miscreant, scumbag, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, cad, swine, pig, badass, nasty piece of work.

    Ex: Here came every sort of human ingredient -- sturdy homesteaders, skilled craftsmen, precious scoundrels.

    Ex: The forest, therefore, is regarded as the abode of robbers & sundry miscreants, implying its relation to the forces of chaos & disorder.
    Ex: He then made the comment that our soldiers are fighting 'detestable murderers and scumbags'.
    Ex: And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.
    Ex: In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.
    Ex: In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex: Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.
    Ex: In German law it is a criminal offense for A to insult B, for example, by calling him a swine.
    Ex: He was waiting for the opportunity to unleash his fury, no one calls him a pig and gets away with it.
    Ex: In the hardscrabble times of the Bible, where there were plagues, invasions from foreign powers, and swarms of locusts, you pretty much had to be a badass.
    Ex: Mary, on the other hand, is a nasty piece of work who is at her best is frosty and aloof and at her worst is hostile and cruel.
    * comportarse como un canalla con = be rotten to.
    * portarse como un canalla con = be rotten to.

    * * *
    ( fam); rotten ( colloq), mean ( colloq)
    el muy canalla se largó con toda la plata the rotten swine ran off with all the cash
    1 ( fam) (bribón, granuja) swine ( colloq), bastard (sl)
    2
    canalla feminine ( pey) (chusma): la canalla the rabble o riffraff
    la canalla periodística the press mob ( pej)
    * * *

    canalla sustantivo masculino y femenino (fam) (bribón, granuja) swine (colloq)
    canalla pey
    I mf swine, rotter
    II sustantivo femenino riffraff, mob
    ' canalla' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    miserable
    - sinvergüenza
    English:
    heel
    - rat
    - scoundrel
    - swine
    - unmitigated
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1 [miserable] beastly;
    [bribón] roguish
    2 [barriobajero] low-life
    3 [estado] rogue
    ♦ nmf
    [persona] swine, dog
    ♦ nf
    la canalla the rabble, the riffraff
    * * *
    I m/f swine fam, rat fam
    II f riff-raff
    * * *
    canalla adj, fam : low, rotten
    canalla nmf, fam : bastard, swine

    Spanish-English dictionary > canalla

  • 16 hijoputa

    f. & m.
    fucking bastard, motherfucker.
    * * *
    1 tabú bastard, motherfucker
    * * *
    = scumbag, bitchy [bitchier -comp., bitchiest -sup.].
    Ex. He then made the comment that our soldiers are fighting 'detestable murderers and scumbags'.
    Ex. She worked at a local clothing company for a while and found the other staff and managers to all be very cliquey, bitchy and rather shallow.
    * * *
    = scumbag, bitchy [bitchier -comp., bitchiest -sup.].

    Ex: He then made the comment that our soldiers are fighting 'detestable murderers and scumbags'.

    Ex: She worked at a local clothing company for a while and found the other staff and managers to all be very cliquey, bitchy and rather shallow.

    * * *
    ( vulg)
    bastard ( vulg), son of a bitch ( AmE sl)
    * * *
    Vulg fucking bastard, motherfucker

    Spanish-English dictionary > hijoputa

  • 17 abominación

    f.
    1 abomination, hatred, anathema, hate.
    2 abominable action, abomination, act of abomination, atrocity.
    * * *
    1 abomination
    * * *

    es una abominación — it's an abomination, it's detestable

    * * *
    Ex. The Cold War is now consigned to history and the nuclear deterrant is widely identified as an abomination, moraly and economically.
    * * *

    Ex: The Cold War is now consigned to history and the nuclear deterrant is widely identified as an abomination, moraly and economically.

    * * *
    abomination
    * * *
    abomination
    * * *
    f abomination
    * * *
    abominación nf, pl - ciones : abomination

    Spanish-English dictionary > abominación

  • 18 cerdo3

    3 = scumbag, swine.
    Ex. He then made the comment that our soldiers are fighting 'detestable murderers and scumbags'.
    Ex. In German law it is a criminal offense for A to insult B, for example, by calling him a swine.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cerdo3

  • 19 detestar

    v.
    1 to detest.
    María odia los discursos Mary hates speeches.
    2 to hate to.
    * * *
    1 to detest, hate, abhor
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT to detest, loathe
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to hate, detest
    * * *
    = abhor, hate, loathe, put off, detest.
    Ex. Shera has reminded us that 'man abhors chaos as nature is said to abhor a vacuum', and he seeks constantly to impose a pattern on what he sees.
    Ex. I would hate to see us add more responsibility at this time, when librarians are already reeling.
    Ex. He sometimes loathed the books he recommended as much as the children they were inflicted upon loathed them.
    Ex. Whatever the situation, prepared for or unexpected, it is always too easy to overplay one's hand, praising a book so extravagantly, so effusively, that many children are put off.
    Ex. This resulted in Africans loving and aspiring to everything European and detesting and deeming inferior anything that is African.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to hate, detest
    * * *
    = abhor, hate, loathe, put off, detest.

    Ex: Shera has reminded us that 'man abhors chaos as nature is said to abhor a vacuum', and he seeks constantly to impose a pattern on what he sees.

    Ex: I would hate to see us add more responsibility at this time, when librarians are already reeling.
    Ex: He sometimes loathed the books he recommended as much as the children they were inflicted upon loathed them.
    Ex: Whatever the situation, prepared for or unexpected, it is always too easy to overplay one's hand, praising a book so extravagantly, so effusively, that many children are put off.
    Ex: This resulted in Africans loving and aspiring to everything European and detesting and deeming inferior anything that is African.

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    detestar [A1 ]
    vt
    to hate, detest
    detesto esta ciudad/este clima I hate o detest o loathe this city/this climate, I can't stand this city/this climate
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    detestar ( conjugate detestar) verbo transitivo
    to hate, detest
    detestar verbo transitivo to detest, hate ➣ Ver notas en detest y hate
    ' detestar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    detest
    - loathe
    - abhor
    - hate
    * * *
    to detest;
    detesto trabajar los sábados I hate working on Saturdays;
    te detesto I despise o hate you
    * * *
    v/t detest
    * * *
    : to detest
    ♦ detestable adj
    * * *
    detestar vb to detest / to hate

    Spanish-English dictionary > detestar

  • 20 ominoso

    adj.
    ominous, premonitory, fateful, ill-boding.
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    1 formal abominable
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    ADJ
    1) (=de mal agüero) ominous
    2) (=pasmoso) awful, dreadful
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    - sa adjetivo (frml) ( abominable) despicable; ( de mal agüero) ominous
    * * *
    = ominous, inauspicious, portentous.
    Ex. At first blush, nothing seemed particularly ominous about the formation of the ad hoc committee.
    Ex. In retrospect, this was perhaps a rather inauspicious beginning, for the test apparently broke down in disarray over the question of relevance judgement.
    Ex. Before me stretched the portentous menacing road of a new decade.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo (frml) ( abominable) despicable; ( de mal agüero) ominous
    * * *
    = ominous, inauspicious, portentous.

    Ex: At first blush, nothing seemed particularly ominous about the formation of the ad hoc committee.

    Ex: In retrospect, this was perhaps a rather inauspicious beginning, for the test apparently broke down in disarray over the question of relevance judgement.
    Ex: Before me stretched the portentous menacing road of a new decade.

    * * *
    ominoso -sa
    ( frml)
    1 (abominable) despicable
    * * *
    ominoso, -a adj
    1. [abominable] abominable
    2. [de mal agüero] ominous
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( despreciable) detestable
    2 (de mal agüero) ominous
    * * *
    ominoso, -sa adj
    : ominous
    ♦ ominosamente adv

    Spanish-English dictionary > ominoso

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  • détestable — [ detɛstabl ] adj. • 1308; lat. detestabilis 1 ♦ Vx Qu on doit détester, haïr. ⇒ abominable, exécrable, haïssable, odieux. « On verra de David l héritier détestable Abolir tes honneurs, profaner ton autel » (Racine). 2 ♦ (1663) Très désagréable… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • détestable — DÉTESTABLE. adj. des 2 g. Exécrable, qui doit être détesté. Il se dit Des personnes et des choses. Un crime détestable. Le plus détestable de tous les crimes. La seule pensée en est détestable. Il a des maximes, des opinions détestables. C est un …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • detestable — Detestable. adj. v. Execrable, qui doit estre detesté. Un crime detestable. le plus detestable de tous les crimes. la seule pensée en est detestable. il a des maximes detestables. il tient des opinions detestables. c est un homme detestable.… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • detestable — adjetivo 1. Que merece ser aborrecido o detestado, o que produce una pésima impresión: Tiene un gusto detestable para la ropa. Ahí la comida es detestable. Inés tiene un carácter detestable. Tu actitud me parece detestable …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • Detestable — De*test a*ble, a. [L. detestabilis: cf. F. d[ e]testable.] Worthy of being detested; abominable; extremely hateful; very odious; deserving abhorrence; as, detestable vices. [1913 Webster] Thou hast defiled my sanctuary will all thy detestable… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • detestable — early 15c., from M.Fr. détestable (14c.), from L. detestabilis execrable, abominable, from detestari (see DETEST (Cf. detest)). Related: Detestably …   Etymology dictionary

  • detestable — index contemptible, contemptuous, disgraceful, disreputable, heinous, loathsome, nefarious, objectionable …   Law dictionary

  • detestable — odious, *hateful, abominable, abhorrent Analogous words: *contemptible, despicable, sorry, scurvy: atrocious, *outrageous, monstrous, heinous: *execrable, damnable, accursed …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • detestable — [adj] loathsome, abominable abhorred, abhorrent, accursed, atrocious, awful, despicable, disgusting, execrable, godawful*, grody*, gross*, hateable, hateful, heinous, horrid, lousy, low down, maggot, monstrous, obnoxious, odious, offensive,… …   New thesaurus

  • detestable — et abominable, Detestabilis …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • detestable — (Del lat. detestabĭlis). adj. Abominable, execrable, aborrecible, pésimo …   Diccionario de la lengua española

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