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  • 1 afligente

    • distressing
    • troubleshooting
    • troublous

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > afligente

  • 2 desconsolador

    • distressing
    • heartbreak
    • heartbroken

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > desconsolador

  • 3 angustioso

    adj.
    distressful, anguished, agonizing, distressing.
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    1 (situación) distressing, worrying; (mirada) anguished
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    (f. - angustiosa)
    adj.
    1) anguished, distressed
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    ADJ
    1) (=angustiado) [sensación] distressed, anguished; [voz, mirada] anguished
    2) (=agobiante) [habitación, espacio] oppressive; [problema, recuerdo, situación] distressing
    3) (=doloroso) (lit) agonizing; (fig) heartbreaking
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    - sa adjetivo < situación> distressing; <mirada/grito> anguished
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    = harrowing, agonising [agonizing, -USA], agonised [agonized, -USA], distressing, gut-wrenching, nightmarish.
    Ex. See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.
    Ex. Much of the conventional wisdom of librarianship is going to have to undergo what is so aptly described as an ' agonizing reappraisal' before we can come to terms with the new information age.
    Ex. He went back into the house, addressing his Maker in low agonized tones, changed, and started out again.
    Ex. It really is distressing to observe in some libraries the casual and perfunctory way in which enquirers obviously seeking help are treated as persons.
    Ex. In these gut-wrenching times it's important to know who the strongest, healthiest providers are to keep your money out of harm's way!.
    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.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo < situación> distressing; <mirada/grito> anguished
    * * *
    = harrowing, agonising [agonizing, -USA], agonised [agonized, -USA], distressing, gut-wrenching, nightmarish.

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

    Ex: Much of the conventional wisdom of librarianship is going to have to undergo what is so aptly described as an ' agonizing reappraisal' before we can come to terms with the new information age.
    Ex: He went back into the house, addressing his Maker in low agonized tones, changed, and started out again.
    Ex: It really is distressing to observe in some libraries the casual and perfunctory way in which enquirers obviously seeking help are treated as persons.
    Ex: In these gut-wrenching times it's important to know who the strongest, healthiest providers are to keep your money out of harm's way!.
    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.

    * * *
    ‹situación› distressing; ‹mirada/grito› anguished
    * * *

    angustioso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo ‹ situación› distressing;


    ‹mirada/grito› anguished
    angustioso,-a adjetivo distressing
    ' angustioso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    angustiosa
    - desesperante
    English:
    distressing
    - nerve-racking
    - agonizing
    - harrowing
    * * *
    angustioso, -a adj
    [espera] anxious; [situación, noticia] distressing
    * * *
    adj agonizing
    * * *
    angustioso, -sa adj
    1) : anguished, distressed
    2) : distressing, worrisome

    Spanish-English dictionary > angustioso

  • 4 doloroso

    adj.
    1 painful, sore, sorrowful, dolorous.
    2 algesic.
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    1 painful
    2 figurado painful, distressing
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    (f. - dolorosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (Med) painful
    2) (=angustioso) painful, distressing
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <tratamiento/enfermedad> painful
    b) <decisión/momento/recuerdo> painful; <separación/espectáculo> distressing, upsetting
    * * *
    = painfully + Adjetivo, grievous, wrenching, upsetting, painful, heartbreaking.
    Ex. In a painfully detailed letter to the editor, Lespran allowed vent for her fury.
    Ex. How should restitution be made across generations for grievous harms suffered in the distant past?.
    Ex. A political setback forced a wrenching transformation of the stolid but effective library into what ultimately became a brand new, proactive one.
    Ex. Lovelorn staff at a Japanese company can take paid time off after an upsetting break-up with a partner, with more 'heartache leave' offered as they get older.
    Ex. The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.
    Ex. These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.
    ----
    * hacer que Algo sea menos doloroso = take + the sting out of + Algo, take + the bite out of.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <tratamiento/enfermedad> painful
    b) <decisión/momento/recuerdo> painful; <separación/espectáculo> distressing, upsetting
    * * *
    = painfully + Adjetivo, grievous, wrenching, upsetting, painful, heartbreaking.

    Ex: In a painfully detailed letter to the editor, Lespran allowed vent for her fury.

    Ex: How should restitution be made across generations for grievous harms suffered in the distant past?.
    Ex: A political setback forced a wrenching transformation of the stolid but effective library into what ultimately became a brand new, proactive one.
    Ex: Lovelorn staff at a Japanese company can take paid time off after an upsetting break-up with a partner, with more 'heartache leave' offered as they get older.
    Ex: The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.
    Ex: These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.
    * hacer que Algo sea menos doloroso = take + the sting out of + Algo, take + the bite out of.

    * * *
    1 ‹tratamiento/enfermedad› painful
    tuvo una muerte muy dolorosa he had o died a very painful death, he died in great pain
    2 ‹decisión/momento› painful, distressing; ‹separación/espectáculo› distressing, upsetting; ‹recuerdo› painful
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    doloroso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a) ‹tratamiento/enfermedad› painful

    b) ‹decisión/momento/recuerdo› painful;

    ‹separación/espectáculo› distressing, upsetting
    doloroso,-a adjetivo painful
    ' doloroso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    dolorosa
    English:
    painful
    - grievous
    - poignant
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    doloroso, -a adj
    1. [físicamente] painful;
    tuvo un parto muy doloroso she had a very painful labour
    2. [moralmente] distressing;
    fue una decisión muy dolorosa para mí it was a very painful decision for me;
    tengo un recuerdo doloroso de aquella época I have painful memories of that period;
    resulta doloroso verlo en ese estado it's distressing to see him in that state
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    adj tb fig
    painful
    * * *
    doloroso, -sa adj
    1) : painful
    2) : distressing
    * * *
    doloroso adj painful

    Spanish-English dictionary > doloroso

  • 5 penoso

    adj.
    1 troublesome, difficult, painful, embarrassing.
    2 shy, bashful, timid.
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    1 (doloroso) painful; (triste) sad
    2 (trabajoso) laborious, hard
    3 (desastroso) terrible, awful, dreadful
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=doloroso) painful

    me veo en la penosa obligación de comunicarles que... — I regret to have to inform you that...

    2) (=difícil) [tarea] arduous, laborious; [viaje] gruelling, grueling (EEUU)
    3) (=lamentable) pitiful

    era penoso ver la casa en ese estado — the house was a sorry o pitiful sight, it was pitiful to see the house in such a state

    4) And, Méx (=tímido) shy, timid
    5) And, Méx (=embarazoso) embarrassing
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    - sa adjetivo
    1) ( lamentable) terrible, awful
    2)
    a) ( triste) sad
    b) < viaje> grueling*; < trabajo> laborious, difficult
    3) (AmL exc CS fam)
    a) < persona> shy
    b) ( embarazoso) embarrassing
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    = painful, embarrassing, distressing, grievous, wrenching, excruciating, pitiful, upsetting, gruelling [grueling, -USA].
    Ex. The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.
    Ex. This is highly embarrassing for the innocent reader and for the apologetic library staff.
    Ex. It really is distressing to observe in some libraries the casual and perfunctory way in which enquirers obviously seeking help are treated as persons.
    Ex. How should restitution be made across generations for grievous harms suffered in the distant past?.
    Ex. A political setback forced a wrenching transformation of the stolid but effective library into what ultimately became a brand new, proactive one.
    Ex. Loneliness can involve excruciating physical pain as well as harrowing mental suffering.
    Ex. Today's pitiful situation must be improved drastically to cope with the overwhelming demand of clients for better library service.
    Ex. Lovelorn staff at a Japanese company can take paid time off after an upsetting break-up with a partner, with more 'heartache leave' offered as they get older.
    Ex. He has become one of the first people in the world to complete a gruelling foot race involving four deserts on four different continents.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    1) ( lamentable) terrible, awful
    2)
    a) ( triste) sad
    b) < viaje> grueling*; < trabajo> laborious, difficult
    3) (AmL exc CS fam)
    a) < persona> shy
    b) ( embarazoso) embarrassing
    * * *
    = painful, embarrassing, distressing, grievous, wrenching, excruciating, pitiful, upsetting, gruelling [grueling, -USA].

    Ex: The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.

    Ex: This is highly embarrassing for the innocent reader and for the apologetic library staff.
    Ex: It really is distressing to observe in some libraries the casual and perfunctory way in which enquirers obviously seeking help are treated as persons.
    Ex: How should restitution be made across generations for grievous harms suffered in the distant past?.
    Ex: A political setback forced a wrenching transformation of the stolid but effective library into what ultimately became a brand new, proactive one.
    Ex: Loneliness can involve excruciating physical pain as well as harrowing mental suffering.
    Ex: Today's pitiful situation must be improved drastically to cope with the overwhelming demand of clients for better library service.
    Ex: Lovelorn staff at a Japanese company can take paid time off after an upsetting break-up with a partner, with more 'heartache leave' offered as they get older.
    Ex: He has become one of the first people in the world to complete a gruelling foot race involving four deserts on four different continents.

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    penoso -sa
    A (lamentable) terrible, awful
    B
    1 (triste) sad
    tengo el penoso deber de comunicarle que … it is my sad duty to inform you that …
    2 ‹viaje› grueling*; ‹trabajo› laborious, difficult
    1 ‹persona› shy
    2 (embarazoso) embarrassing
    * * *

    penoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    1 ( lamentable) terrible, awful
    2
    a) ( triste) sad

    b) ‹ viaje› grueling( conjugate grueling);

    ‹ trabajo› laborious, difficult
    3 (AmL exc CS fam)
    a) ‹ persona› shy


    penoso,-a adjetivo
    1 (un estado, una situación) terrible, painful
    2 (un trabajo, un esfuerzo), difficult, arduous
    ' penoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desgracia
    - penosa
    - trabajada
    - trabajado
    - triste
    - desolador
    - duro
    English:
    arduous
    - blubber
    - drudgery
    - grievous
    - grueling
    - gruelling
    - laborious
    - pathetic
    - sad
    - bashful
    - distressing
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    penoso, -a adj
    1. [trabajoso] backbreaking;
    llegaron a puerto tras una travesía penosa they reached port after an arduous crossing
    2. [lamentable] dreadful;
    el arbitraje fue penoso the refereeing was dreadful;
    tenía un aspecto penoso he was a sorry sight
    3. CAm, Carib, Col, Méx [embarazoso] embarrassing
    4. CAm, Carib, Col, Méx [persona] shy
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    adj
    1 ( angustiante) distressing
    2 trabajo laborious
    3 C.Am., Cu, Méx: que causa vergüenza
    embarrassing
    4 C.Am., Cu, Méx: que siente vergüenza
    shy
    * * *
    penoso, -sa adj
    1) : painful, distressing
    2) : difficult, arduous
    3) : shy, bashful
    * * *
    penoso adj painful / distressing

    Spanish-English dictionary > penoso

  • 6 angustiante

    adj.
    distressing, afflictive.
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    adjetivo < experiencia> distressing
    * * *
    = nerve-wracking [nerve-racking], anguishing.
    Ex. A program should always tell the operator what it is doing once an instruction has been given: there is nothing more nerve-wracking than to enter a command and have the screen go totally blank!.
    Ex. Buddhism is above all a form of therapy and that remaining silent in the face of anguished and anguishing questions constitutes a cathartic act.
    * * *
    adjetivo < experiencia> distressing
    * * *
    = nerve-wracking [nerve-racking], anguishing.

    Ex: A program should always tell the operator what it is doing once an instruction has been given: there is nothing more nerve-wracking than to enter a command and have the screen go totally blank!.

    Ex: Buddhism is above all a form of therapy and that remaining silent in the face of anguished and anguishing questions constitutes a cathartic act.

    * * *
    ‹experiencia› distressing
    estaban en una situación económica angustiante they were in a desperate situation financially
    * * *
    [situación] distressing
    * * *
    adj distressing

    Spanish-English dictionary > angustiante

  • 7 desolador

    adj.
    desolating, destructive, ravaging.
    m.
    desolator, bereaver, desolater.
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    1 (devastador) devastating, ravaging
    2 (desconsolador) heartbreaking, devastating
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    ADJ
    1) (=entristecedor) [imagen] heartbreaking, heartrending; [noticia] devastating, distressing; [paisaje] bleak, cheerless
    2) [epidemia] devastating
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo
    1) ( devastador) <tormenta/epidemia> devastating
    2) (triste, penoso) < noticia> devastating; < espectáculo> distressing
    * * *
    = desolating, heartbreaking.
    Ex. This was especially desolating to Hernandez because Norbert Crane had been so exemplary in this regard.
    Ex. These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo
    1) ( devastador) <tormenta/epidemia> devastating
    2) (triste, penoso) < noticia> devastating; < espectáculo> distressing
    * * *
    = desolating, heartbreaking.

    Ex: This was especially desolating to Hernandez because Norbert Crane had been so exemplary in this regard.

    Ex: These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.

    * * *
    A (devastador) ‹tormenta/epidemia› devastating
    B
    (triste, penoso): ante este panorama desolador faced with this bleak prospect
    todos se conmovieron ante ese espectáculo desolador everybody was moved by that heartrending sight
    la noticia desoladora de la muerte de su padre the heartbreaking o desvastating news of his father's death
    * * *

    desolador
    ◊ - dora adjetivo

    1 ( devastador) ‹tormenta/epidemia› devastating
    2 (triste, penoso) ‹ noticia› devastating;
    ‹ espectáculo› distressing
    desolador,-ora adjetivo
    1 (asolador, arrasador) devastating
    2 (descorazonador) distressing
    ' desolador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desoladora
    - panorama
    * * *
    desolador, -ora adj
    1. [devastador] [terremoto, guerra] devastating
    2. [deprimente] [imagen, espectáculo] heart-rending;
    [noticia] devastating;
    ante un panorama tan desolador, nadie sabía cómo reaccionar faced with such a bleak prospect, nobody knew how to react
    * * *
    adj devastating
    * * *
    desolador, - dora adj
    1) : devastating
    2) : bleak, desolate

    Spanish-English dictionary > desolador

  • 8 desconsolador

    adj.
    1 disconsolate, disappointing, disconcerting, lamentable.
    2 distressing, heartbreaking.
    * * *
    1 heartbreaking, distressing
    * * *
    ADJ distressing, grievous
    * * *
    = desolating, heartbreaking.
    Ex. This was especially desolating to Hernandez because Norbert Crane had been so exemplary in this regard.
    Ex. These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.
    * * *
    = desolating, heartbreaking.

    Ex: This was especially desolating to Hernandez because Norbert Crane had been so exemplary in this regard.

    Ex: These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.

    * * *
    adj distressing

    Spanish-English dictionary > desconsolador

  • 9 desesperante

    adj.
    1 infuriating.
    2 exasperating, maddening.
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    1 exasperating, infuriating
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    ADJ [situación] infuriating; [persona] infuriating, hopeless
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    a) ( exasperante) exasperating
    b) ( angustioso) distressing
    * * *
    = agonising [agonizing, -USA], maddening.
    Ex. Much of the conventional wisdom of librarianship is going to have to undergo what is so aptly described as an ' agonizing reappraisal' before we can come to terms with the new information age.
    Ex. For people with 'print disabilities' this is maddening and frustrating.
    * * *
    a) ( exasperante) exasperating
    b) ( angustioso) distressing
    * * *
    = agonising [agonizing, -USA], maddening.

    Ex: Much of the conventional wisdom of librarianship is going to have to undergo what is so aptly described as an ' agonizing reappraisal' before we can come to terms with the new information age.

    Ex: For people with 'print disabilities' this is maddening and frustrating.

    * * *
    ‹situación› exasperating
    es desesperante hablar con él porque no te escucha it's infuriating o exasperating o maddening talking to him because he doesn't listen
    * * *

    desesperante adjetivo


    desesperante adjetivo exasperating: adoptó una actitud desesperante, she assumed an infuriating attitude
    ' desesperante' also found in these entries:
    English:
    agonizing
    - soul-destroying
    * * *
    infuriating;
    resulta desesperante oírle hablar he's infuriating to listen to;
    el balón rodaba por el barro con lentitud desesperante the ball rolled through the mud infuriatingly o maddeningly slowly
    * * *
    adj infuriating, exasperating

    Spanish-English dictionary > desesperante

  • 10 aflictivo

    adj.
    afflictive, distressing; causing pain and grief.
    * * *
    1 grievous, distressing
    * * *
    * * *
    adj very sad

    Spanish-English dictionary > aflictivo

  • 11 angustia

    f.
    1 anxiety.
    2 distress (Psi).
    3 anguish, affliction, agony, distress.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: angustiar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: angustiar.
    * * *
    1 anguish, affliction, distress
    ■ ¡qué angustia! how distressing!
    2 (física) sickness, nausea
    \
    angustia vital anxiety state, angst
    * * *
    noun f.
    1) anguish, distress
    * * *
    1. SF
    1) (=miedo) anguish, distress

    una mirada/sensación de angustia — a look/feeling of anguish o distress

    un grito de angustia — a cry of anguish, an anguished cry

    sentía un nudo de angustia en la garganta — I could feel a knot in my throat, from anguish

    ¡estuve a punto de caerme por el acantilado! ¡qué angustia! — I was just about to fall off the cliff! what an ordeal!

    2) (=ansiedad) [por estrés, miedo] anxiety; [por inseguridad] angst

    ataque de angustia — anxiety attack, panic attack

    angustia existencial, angustia vital — (Med) state of anxiety; (Psic) angst

    3) * (=náuseas)
    2.
    SMF INV

    ser un angustias — * to be a worrier

    * * *
    a) ( congoja) anguish, distress

    gritos/mirada de angustia — anguished cries/look

    b) ( desasosiego) anxiety

    vive con la angustia de que... — she's constantly worried that...

    c) (Psic) anxiety
    * * *
    = distress, angst [Angst], anguish, torment.
    Ex. The reason for his distress seemed to have been twofold: he derived comfort from reading the roll and he would have found it very embarassing to admit at the end of his journey that he had lost it.
    Ex. This article reviews a selection of World Wide Web (WWW) sites providing sources of information on specific topics ranging from feeling bad ( Angst) to bicycles.
    Ex. The exhibition was organized around the themes of love, anguish, awe, triumph and joy.
    Ex. There is much slavering, kinky enjoyment of Diana's torments, a quality shared with the Gothic novel.
    ----
    * acosado por la angustia = angst-ridden.
    * dominado por la angustia = angst-ridden.
    * don angustias = worryguts, worrywart, worrypot.
    * expresar angustia = express + Posesivo + anguish.
    * grito de angustia = cry of anguish.
    * lleno de angustia = angst-ridden.
    * presionado por la angustia = angst-ridden.
    * * *
    a) ( congoja) anguish, distress

    gritos/mirada de angustia — anguished cries/look

    b) ( desasosiego) anxiety

    vive con la angustia de que... — she's constantly worried that...

    c) (Psic) anxiety
    * * *
    = distress, angst [Angst], anguish, torment.

    Ex: The reason for his distress seemed to have been twofold: he derived comfort from reading the roll and he would have found it very embarassing to admit at the end of his journey that he had lost it.

    Ex: This article reviews a selection of World Wide Web (WWW) sites providing sources of information on specific topics ranging from feeling bad ( Angst) to bicycles.
    Ex: The exhibition was organized around the themes of love, anguish, awe, triumph and joy.
    Ex: There is much slavering, kinky enjoyment of Diana's torments, a quality shared with the Gothic novel.
    * acosado por la angustia = angst-ridden.
    * dominado por la angustia = angst-ridden.
    * don angustias = worryguts, worrywart, worrypot.
    * expresar angustia = express + Posesivo + anguish.
    * grito de angustia = cry of anguish.
    * lleno de angustia = angst-ridden.
    * presionado por la angustia = angst-ridden.

    * * *
    A
    1 (congoja) anguish, distress
    sus gritos de angustia his anguished o distressed cries, his cries of anguish
    siento una gran angustia al no poder ayudarlos it causes me great anguish o distress not to be able to help them ( liter), I feel very distressed at not being able to help them
    2 (desasosiego) anxiety
    vive con la angustia de que algún día la despidan she's constantly worried o she lives with the worry that one day she is going to lose her job
    Doña Angustias ( fam): hija mía, pareces Doña Angustias you're a born worrier ( colloq), you get so worked up o ( BrE) het up about everything! ( colloq), you're such a worrier ( colloq)
    3 ( Psic) anxiety
    Compuestos:
    ● angustia existencial or vital
    angst, metaphysical anguish, existential anxiety
    oral anxiety
    B
    ( Esp fam) (náuseas): tengo una angustia … I feel sick o ( AmE) nauseous
    * * *

     

    Del verbo angustiar: ( conjugate angustiar)

    angustia es:

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

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    angustia    
    angustiar
    angustia sustantivo femenino



    ◊ vive con la angustia de que… she's constantly worried that…

    c) (Psic) anxiety

    angustiar ( conjugate angustiar) verbo transitivo
    a) ( acongojar) to distress

    b) ( preocupar) to worry, make … anxious

    angustiarse verbo pronominal ( acongojarse) to get distressed, get upset;
    ( preocuparse) to get worried, become anxious
    angustia sustantivo femenino anguish
    angustiar verbo transitivo to distress
    ' angustia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    agobio
    - desgarrador
    - desgarradora
    - nudo
    - respiro
    - vivir
    - desesperación
    - dios
    - horror
    English:
    agony
    - angst
    - anguish
    - distress
    - worrier
    * * *
    1. [aflicción] anxiety;
    vivieron las semanas de secuestro con angustia they were in a state of constant anxiety throughout the weeks of the kidnapping;
    lloraba con angustia she was crying in distress
    2. Psi distress;
    3. [sensación física]
    siente una angustia en el pecho she feels short of breath o breathless
    4. Fam [persona]
    ¡qué angustia de mujer! what a worrier that woman is!
    * * *
    f anguish
    * * *
    1) congoja: anguish, distress
    2) : anxiety, worry
    * * *
    angustia n distress

    Spanish-English dictionary > angustia

  • 12 inquietante

    adj.
    1 worrying.
    2 disquieting, distressing, distressful, alarming.
    * * *
    1 disturbing
    * * *
    ADJ worrying, disturbing
    * * *
    adjetivo <noticia/cifras> disturbing, worrying; < síntoma> worrying
    * * *
    = disquieting, worrisome, unsettling, disturbing, unnerving, enervating.
    Ex. A girl strokes its keys languidly and looks about the room and sometimes at the speaker with a disquieting gaze.
    Ex. For archivists, automation's power to change the ways people look at, treat, and communicate information is inescapable and worrisome.
    Ex. These two fondly remembered programs often presented speculative and unsettling political visions of American society.
    Ex. For years a most intractable and disturbing problem has been the low take-up of means-tested benefits.
    Ex. Librarians have an unnerving habit of assuming that all libraries and all patrons are the same.
    Ex. Plato warned that too much music of any kind was enervating to personal will and would `make a soft warrior'.
    ----
    * de manera inquietante = eerily.
    * evocador e inquietante = haunting.
    * lo que es aun más inquietante = more disturbingly.
    * * *
    adjetivo <noticia/cifras> disturbing, worrying; < síntoma> worrying
    * * *
    = disquieting, worrisome, unsettling, disturbing, unnerving, enervating.

    Ex: A girl strokes its keys languidly and looks about the room and sometimes at the speaker with a disquieting gaze.

    Ex: For archivists, automation's power to change the ways people look at, treat, and communicate information is inescapable and worrisome.
    Ex: These two fondly remembered programs often presented speculative and unsettling political visions of American society.
    Ex: For years a most intractable and disturbing problem has been the low take-up of means-tested benefits.
    Ex: Librarians have an unnerving habit of assuming that all libraries and all patrons are the same.
    Ex: Plato warned that too much music of any kind was enervating to personal will and would `make a soft warrior'.
    * de manera inquietante = eerily.
    * evocador e inquietante = haunting.
    * lo que es aun más inquietante = more disturbingly.

    * * *
    ‹noticia/cifras› disturbing, worrying; ‹síntoma› worrying
    * * *

    inquietante adjetivo ‹noticia/cifras› disturbing, worrying;
    ‹ síntoma› worrying
    inquietante adjetivo worrying
    ' inquietante' also found in these entries:
    English:
    disquieting
    - distressing
    - disturbing
    - perturbing
    - unsettling
    - worrying
    - eerie
    - haunting
    * * *
    worrying
    * * *
    adj worrying
    * * *
    : disturbing, worrisome

    Spanish-English dictionary > inquietante

  • 13 preocupante

    adj.
    1 worrying.
    2 worrisome, afflictive, afflicting, distressing.
    * * *
    1 worrying
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo worrying
    * * *
    = alarming, disturbing, worrying, worrisome, troubling.
    Ex. 71 exhibitors and visitors were interviewed and results showed an alarming ignorance of the library's potential.
    Ex. For years a most intractable and disturbing problem has been the low take-up of means-tested benefits.
    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. For archivists, automation's power to change the ways people look at, treat, and communicate information is inescapable and worrisome.
    Ex. A troubling finding is that reference staff seem to regard the Internet as an external resource that users can search independently.
    ----
    * de manera preocupante = disturbingly.
    * lo que es aun más preocupante = more disturbingly.
    * * *
    adjetivo worrying
    * * *
    = alarming, disturbing, worrying, worrisome, troubling.

    Ex: 71 exhibitors and visitors were interviewed and results showed an alarming ignorance of the library's potential.

    Ex: For years a most intractable and disturbing problem has been the low take-up of means-tested benefits.
    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: For archivists, automation's power to change the ways people look at, treat, and communicate information is inescapable and worrisome.
    Ex: A troubling finding is that reference staff seem to regard the Internet as an external resource that users can search independently.
    * de manera preocupante = disturbingly.
    * lo que es aun más preocupante = more disturbingly.

    * * *
    worrying
    * * *

    preocupante adjetivo
    worrying
    ' preocupante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    turbador
    - turbadora
    English:
    distressing
    - frequency
    - worrying
    * * *
    worrying;
    lo preocupante es que no haya llamado todavía the worrying thing is that she still hasn't phoned
    * * *
    adj worrying
    * * *
    : worrisome

    Spanish-English dictionary > preocupante

  • 14 somero

    adj.
    1 shallow, superficial.
    2 summary.
    * * *
    1 figurado (superficial) superficial, shallow; (breve) brief
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=a poca profundidad) shallow
    2) (=poco detallado) superficial, summary frm
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo superficial, summary (frml)
    * * *
    = mild, sketchy [sketchier -comp., sketchiest -sup.], perfunctory.
    Ex. If the spot stays yellow the paper is decidedly acid; an in-between colour (green, grey, grey-green, yellow-green) indicates mild acidity; while if the spot goes purple, the paper is near-neutral or alkaline.
    Ex. I recently did a sketchy biography of Lucille Morsch and had to go back and read all the material on her career.
    Ex. It really is distressing to observe in some libraries the casual and perfunctory way in which enquirers obviously seeking help are treated as persons.
    ----
    * espiga de la somera = head tenon.
    * mortaja de la somera = head mortise.
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo superficial, summary (frml)
    * * *
    = mild, sketchy [sketchier -comp., sketchiest -sup.], perfunctory.

    Ex: If the spot stays yellow the paper is decidedly acid; an in-between colour (green, grey, grey-green, yellow-green) indicates mild acidity; while if the spot goes purple, the paper is near-neutral or alkaline.

    Ex: I recently did a sketchy biography of Lucille Morsch and had to go back and read all the material on her career.
    Ex: It really is distressing to observe in some libraries the casual and perfunctory way in which enquirers obviously seeking help are treated as persons.
    * espiga de la somera = head tenon.
    * mortaja de la somera = head mortise.

    * * *
    somero -ra
    1 ‹análisis/descripción/estudio› superficial, summary ( frml)
    2 ‹aguas› shallow
    rocas someras rocks just below the surface of the water
    * * *

    somero,-a adjetivo
    1 (sucinto, insustancial) slight, superficial
    una somera descripción de los hechos, a brief description of the facts
    2 (superficial) superficial
    ' somero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    somera
    English:
    cursory
    - perfunctory
    * * *
    somero, -a adj
    1. [superficial] superficial
    2. [breve] brief
    3. [aguas] shallow
    * * *
    adj superficial
    * * *
    somero, -ra adj
    : superficial, cursory, shallow

    Spanish-English dictionary > somero

  • 15 superficial

    adj.
    superficial (also figurative).
    * * *
    1 superficial
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [herida] superficial, skin antes de s
    2) (=poco perceptible) [interés] superficial; [mirada] brief, perfunctory; [carácter] shallow; [medidas] surface antes de s
    * * *
    1) ( frívolo) < persona> superficial, shallow; <charla/comentario> superficial
    2) < herida> superficial; <marca/grieta> surface (before n)
    * * *
    = shallow [shallower -comp., shallowest -sup.], superficial, facile, sketchy [sketchier -comp., sketchiest -sup.], lightweight [light-weight], perfunctory, cosmetic, skin deep.
    Ex. Overall, a shallow view of life will produce a shallow penetration into experience.
    Ex. There is a distinct superficial similarity between a KWOC index and an index arranged under assigned or controlled subject headings.
    Ex. I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.
    Ex. I recently did a sketchy biography of Lucille Morsch and had to go back and read all the material on her career.
    Ex. David Niven's amusing but very lightweight autobiography 'The Moon's a Balloon' is an excellent example of this phenomenon and it was impossible for the original hardback publishers to forecast the tremendous success of this book.
    Ex. It really is distressing to observe in some libraries the casual and perfunctory way in which enquirers obviously seeking help are treated as persons.
    Ex. The author calls for more market research rather than just tinkering or applying fashionable cosmetic quick fixes.
    Ex. The article 'Beauty is still only skin deep' argues that in e-business it is what is beneath the surface that counts such as the integration of sales and order information with the production, stocking and delivery of the product or service.
    ----
    * arteria temporal superficial = superficial temporal artery.
    * con heridas superficiales = superficially wounded.
    * de manera muy superficial = sketchily.
    * herida superficial = superficial wound.
    * tono superficial = light touch.
    * * *
    1) ( frívolo) < persona> superficial, shallow; <charla/comentario> superficial
    2) < herida> superficial; <marca/grieta> surface (before n)
    * * *
    = shallow [shallower -comp., shallowest -sup.], superficial, facile, sketchy [sketchier -comp., sketchiest -sup.], lightweight [light-weight], perfunctory, cosmetic, skin deep.

    Ex: Overall, a shallow view of life will produce a shallow penetration into experience.

    Ex: There is a distinct superficial similarity between a KWOC index and an index arranged under assigned or controlled subject headings.
    Ex: I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.
    Ex: I recently did a sketchy biography of Lucille Morsch and had to go back and read all the material on her career.
    Ex: David Niven's amusing but very lightweight autobiography 'The Moon's a Balloon' is an excellent example of this phenomenon and it was impossible for the original hardback publishers to forecast the tremendous success of this book.
    Ex: It really is distressing to observe in some libraries the casual and perfunctory way in which enquirers obviously seeking help are treated as persons.
    Ex: The author calls for more market research rather than just tinkering or applying fashionable cosmetic quick fixes.
    Ex: The article 'Beauty is still only skin deep' argues that in e-business it is what is beneath the surface that counts such as the integration of sales and order information with the production, stocking and delivery of the product or service.
    * arteria temporal superficial = superficial temporal artery.
    * con heridas superficiales = superficially wounded.
    * de manera muy superficial = sketchily.
    * herida superficial = superficial wound.
    * tono superficial = light touch.

    * * *
    A (frívolo) ‹persona› superficial, shallow; ‹charla/comentario› superficial
    B ‹herida› superficial; ‹marca/grieta› surface ( before n) estructura
    * * *

    superficial adjetivo
    1 ( frívolo) ‹ persona› superficial, shallow;
    ‹charla/comentario› superficial
    2 ‹ herida› superficial;
    ‹marca/grieta› surface ( before n)
    superficial adjetivo
    1 superficial
    una herida superficial, a superficial wound
    2 (una persona) pey superficial, shallow
    ' superficial' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escarceo
    - somera
    - somero
    - vacía
    - vacío
    - vaguedad
    - hueco
    English:
    cursory
    - facile
    - flesh wound
    - glitter
    - lightweight
    - perfunctory
    - shallow
    - sketchy
    - skin-deep
    - superficial
    - surface
    - surface tension
    - casual
    - cosmetic
    - skin
    * * *
    1. [poco profundo] [capa, herida] superficial
    2. [frívolo] [persona, conversación] superficial
    * * *
    adj superficial, shallow
    * * *
    : superficial
    * * *
    superficial adj superficial

    Spanish-English dictionary > superficial

  • 16 afligente

    adj.
    distressing, upsetting. (Central America & Mexico)
    * * *
    ADJ CAm, Méx distressing, upsetting

    Spanish-English dictionary > afligente

  • 17 alarmante

    adj.
    1 alarming.
    2 startling.
    * * *
    1 alarming
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo alarming
    * * *
    = alarming, staggering.
    Ex. 71 exhibitors and visitors were interviewed and results showed an alarming ignorance of the library's potential.
    Ex. It's a staggering list of accomplishments, and considering bureaucracy and some of the internal problems of the Library of Congress, I think that the Library deserves a great deal of credit and commendation.
    ----
    * alcanzar proporciones alarmantes = reach + alarming proportions.
    * a un ritmo alarmante = at an alarming pace.
    * de modo alarmante = alarmingly.
    * * *
    adjetivo alarming
    * * *
    = alarming, staggering.

    Ex: 71 exhibitors and visitors were interviewed and results showed an alarming ignorance of the library's potential.

    Ex: It's a staggering list of accomplishments, and considering bureaucracy and some of the internal problems of the Library of Congress, I think that the Library deserves a great deal of credit and commendation.
    * alcanzar proporciones alarmantes = reach + alarming proportions.
    * a un ritmo alarmante = at an alarming pace.
    * de modo alarmante = alarmingly.

    * * *
    alarming
    * * *

    alarmante adjetivo
    alarming
    alarmante adjetivo alarming
    ' alarmante' also found in these entries:
    English:
    alarming
    - chop down
    - distressing
    - fascism
    - startling
    - ugly
    - disturbing
    * * *
    alarming
    * * *
    adj alarming
    * * *
    : alarming

    Spanish-English dictionary > alarmante

  • 18 envejecimiento

    m.
    aging.
    * * *
    1 ageing, growing old
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino aging*
    * * *
    = aging [ageing], aging [ageing].
    Ex. Aging is one of the properties of scientific and technical literature.
    Ex. These are reference materials that may be useful to librarians who serve practitioners, researchers, caregivers, interested non-professionals and the elderly who wish to learn about the psychology of adult development and aging.
    ----
    * en proceso de envejecimiento = aging [ageing].
    * envejecimiento celular = cellular aging [cellular ageing].
    * envejecimiento de la población = aging population [ageing population].
    * envejecimiento mental = mental aging.
    * proceso de envejecimiento = aging process.
    * resistencia al envejecimiento = aging resistance [ageing resistance].
    * retardar el envejecimiento = retard + aging.
    * retrasar el envejecimiento = retard + aging.
    * * *
    masculino aging*
    * * *
    = aging [ageing], aging [ageing].

    Ex: Aging is one of the properties of scientific and technical literature.

    Ex: These are reference materials that may be useful to librarians who serve practitioners, researchers, caregivers, interested non-professionals and the elderly who wish to learn about the psychology of adult development and aging.
    * en proceso de envejecimiento = aging [ageing].
    * envejecimiento celular = cellular aging [cellular ageing].
    * envejecimiento de la población = aging population [ageing population].
    * envejecimiento mental = mental aging.
    * proceso de envejecimiento = aging process.
    * resistencia al envejecimiento = aging resistance [ageing resistance].
    * retardar el envejecimiento = retard + aging.
    * retrasar el envejecimiento = retard + aging.

    * * *
    1 (de una persona, de la piel) aging*
    2 (del vino, queso) maturing, aging*
    * * *

    envejecimiento sustantivo masculino ageing
    ' envejecimiento' also found in these entries:
    English:
    ageing
    - aging
    * * *
    1. [de persona] ageing
    2. [de piel] ageing
    3. [de vino, licor] ageing
    4. [de madera, mueble] distressing
    * * *
    m ag(e)ing
    * * *
    : aging

    Spanish-English dictionary > envejecimiento

  • 19 intranquilizante

    adj.
    distressing, afflicting, afflictive, disturbing.
    * * *
    Ex. A girl strokes its keys languidly and looks about the room and sometimes at the speaker with a disquieting gaze.
    * * *

    Ex: A girl strokes its keys languidly and looks about the room and sometimes at the speaker with a disquieting gaze.

    Spanish-English dictionary > intranquilizante

  • 20 panorama

    m.
    1 panorama (vista).
    2 overall state.
    3 scenario.
    * * *
    1 (paisaje) panorama, view
    2 (aspecto) situation, outlook
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) [gen] panorama (tb fig); (=vista) view; (=perspectiva) outlook
    2) (Arte, Fot) view
    * * *
    a) (vista, paisaje) view, panorama
    b) ( perspectiva) outlook
    c) ( escenario)
    * * *
    = vista, overview, landscape.
    Ex. From the library she could see miles and miles of unobstructed vistas of rich, coffee-brown, almost black soil, broken only by occasional small towns, farms, and grain elevators.
    Ex. Figure 16 on page 24 gives an overview of searching.
    Ex. During the post-war period international organizations have become a prominent feature of the international landscape.
    ----
    * visión del panorama = overview.
    * * *
    a) (vista, paisaje) view, panorama
    b) ( perspectiva) outlook
    c) ( escenario)
    * * *
    = vista, overview, landscape.

    Ex: From the library she could see miles and miles of unobstructed vistas of rich, coffee-brown, almost black soil, broken only by occasional small towns, farms, and grain elevators.

    Ex: Figure 16 on page 24 gives an overview of searching.
    Ex: During the post-war period international organizations have become a prominent feature of the international landscape.
    * visión del panorama = overview.

    * * *
    1 (vista, paisaje) view, panorama
    2 (perspectiva) outlook
    se presenta un panorama esperanzador the outlook is promising o hopeful
    3 (escenario) scene
    el panorama político internacional the international political scene
    * * *

    panorama sustantivo masculino
    a) (vista, paisaje) view, panorama


    panorama sustantivo masculino
    1 (paisaje) panorama, view
    2 (visión, aspecto) scene: era un panorama desolador, it was a distressing scene
    3 (situación general, previsión) outlook: ese panorama no me seduce nada, that prospect doesn't appeal to me at all
    ' panorama' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alentador
    - alentadora
    - diversa
    - diverso
    - perspectiva
    - vista
    - espectáculo
    - general
    - magnífico
    - paisaje
    English:
    panorama
    - picture
    - scene
    - view
    - vista
    * * *
    1. [vista] panorama
    2. [visión general] overview;
    un panorama de la música barroca an overview of Baroque music
    3. [situación] outlook;
    el panorama económico no es bueno the economic outlook is not good
    * * *
    m panorama
    * * *
    1) vista: panorama, view
    2) : scene, situation
    el panorama nacional: the national scene
    3) perspectiva: outlook
    * * *
    panorama n (vista) view / panorama

    Spanish-English dictionary > panorama

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