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1 despeluznante
• dreadful• frightful -
2 horripilante
• dreadful• grueling• gruff• hair-producing• hair-remover• horrendous• horrible experience• horrified• horrifying show• horrifyingly• horripilation• terrified• terrifyingly -
3 horroroso
• dreadful• fearsome• frightful• gripsack• grissini• horny• horrendous• horrendously• horrible experience• horribleness• horrid• horridly• horrifically -
4 miedo cerval
• dreadful fear• enormous fear• great diligence• great figure• intense fear• irrational fear -
5 miedo horrible
• dreadful fear -
6 tremebundo
• dreadful• frightful• terrestrial horizon• terrible day -
7 espantoso
adj.frightening, frightful, fearsome, dreadful.* * *► adjetivo1 (terrible) frightful, dreadful2 (asombroso) astonishing, amazing3 (desmesurado) dreadful, terrible■ hizo un frío espantoso the cold was awful, it was absolutely freezing* * *(f. - espantosa)adj.1) frightening2) dreadful* * *ADJ1) (=aterrador) frightening2) [para exagerar]llevaba un traje espantoso — she was wearing an awful o a hideous o a frightful o ghastly * hat
había un ruido espantoso — there was a terrible o dreadful noise
* * *- sa adjetivoa) <escena/crimen> horrific, appallingb) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) <comida/letra/tiempo> atrocious; <vestido/color> hideous; <ruido/voz> terrible, awfulhace un calor espantoso — it's boiling o roasting hot (colloq)
tengo un hambre espantosa — I'm starving (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 adjetivoa) <escena/crimen> horrific, appallingb) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) <comida/letra/tiempo> atrocious; <vestido/color> hideous; <ruido/voz> terrible, awfulhace un calor espantoso — it's boiling o roasting hot (colloq)
tengo un hambre espantosa — I'm starving (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.* * *espantoso -sa1 ‹escena/crimen› horrific, appallingfue una experiencia espantosa it was a horrific o horrifying experience2 ( 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 hatesta máquina hace un ruido espantoso this machine makes a terrible o dreadful noise ( colloq)* * *
espantoso◊ -sa adjetivo
‹vestido/color› hideous;
‹ruido/voz› terrible, awful;◊ pasé un frío espantoso I was absolutely freezing (colloq)
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 adj1. [pavoroso] horrific2. [enorme] terrible;tengo un frío espantoso I'm freezing to death;teníamos un hambre espantosa we were famished o starving3. [feísimo] hideous, frightful;llevaba un vestido espantoso she was wearing a hideous o frightful dress4. [pasmoso] appalling, shocking;el servicio postal era espantoso the postal service was appalling;su capacidad para mentir es espantosa he's an appalling liar* * *adj1 horrific, appallinghace un calor espantoso it’s terribly o incredibly hot* * *espantoso, -sa adj1) : frightening, terrifying2) : frightful, dreadful* * *espantoso adj awful / dreadful -
8 horroroso
adj.horrible, frightful, fearsome, dreadful.* * *► adjetivo1 (que causa miedo) horrifying, terrifying3 familiar (malísimo) dreadful, awful4 familiar (muy grande) awful* * *(f. - horrorosa)adj.horrible, horrifying* * *ADJ1) (=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'.* * *horroroso -sa‹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 foultengo un hambre horrorosa I'm terribly hungry, I'm absolutely starving ( colloq)* * *
horroroso
‹película/novela› terrible, awful;
‹persona/vestido› awful, horrific (colloq);◊ tengo un hambre horrorosa I'm absolutely starving (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 adj1. [terrorífico] horrific, horrifying, terrifying;un accidente horroroso a horrific accidentnos hizo un tiempo horroroso we had appalling o awful weathertiene un novio horroroso she's got a hideous boyfriend;ese vestido le queda horroroso that dress looks hideous on her¡qué frío más horroroso! it's absolutely freezing!;tengo un hambre horrorosa I'm ravenous o starving;tengo unas ganas horrorosas de leerlo I'm dying to read it* * ** * *horroroso, -sa adj1) : horrifying, terrifying2) : dreadful, bad* * *horroroso adj1. (accidente, etc) horrific2. (horrible) awful / terrible -
9 horrible
adj.1 horrifying, terrifying.2 terrible, awful (muy malo).3 horrible, hideous (muy feo).* * *► adjetivo1 horrible, dreadful, awful* * *adj.* * *ADJ1) (=espantoso) [accidente, crimen, matanza] horrific2) (=feo) [persona, objeto, ropa, cuadro] hideous3) (=malo, perverso) horrible¡qué hombre tan horrible! — what a horrible man!
4) (=insoportable) terriblehizo 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, horrificc) < tiempo> terrible, awfuld) ( 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, horrificc) < tiempo> terrible, awfuld) ( 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, horrific2 (feo) ‹persona› hideous, ugly; ‹camisa/adorno› horrible, hideous3 (malo) ‹tiempo› terrible, awful, dreadful4(inaguantable): ¡qué calor más horrible! it's terribly o unbearably hot!* * *
horrible adjetivo
‹camisa/adorno› horrible, hideous
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
* * *horrible adj1. [terrorífico] horrific, terrifying;un accidente horrible a horrific accidentnos hizo un tiempo horrible we had terrible o awful weathertiene 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¡qué frío más horrible! it's absolutely freezing!;tengo un hambre horrible I'm ravenous o starving* * *adj horrible, dreadful* * *horrible adj: horrible, dreadful♦ horriblemente adv* * *horrible adj1. (en general) awful / terrible2. (accidente) horrific -
10 pésimo
adj.very bad, lousy, terrible, rotten.* * *► adjetivo1 dreadful, awful* * *(f. - pésima)adj.terrible, very bad* * *1.ADJ awful, dreadful2.ADV Méx*lo hiciste pésimo — you did it awfully o dreadfully
* * *I- ma adjetivo dreadful, terrible, abysmalII* * *= appalling, rotten, abysmal, lousy [lousier -comp., lousiest -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. Besides, winding up in an exclusive arrangement with a distributor that has rotten customer service ruins any advantage.Ex. The communications infrastructure in Africa varies from very good to abysmal = La infraestructura de comunicaciones en †frica oscila entre muy buena y pésima.Ex. I want to react, though, to your description of lousy catalogers.----* de pésimo gusto = tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.].* * *I- ma adjetivo dreadful, terrible, abysmalII* * *= appalling, rotten, abysmal, lousy [lousier -comp., lousiest -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: Besides, winding up in an exclusive arrangement with a distributor that has rotten customer service ruins any advantage.Ex: The communications infrastructure in Africa varies from very good to abysmal = La infraestructura de comunicaciones en frica oscila entre muy buena y pésima.Ex: I want to react, though, to your description of lousy catalogers.* de pésimo gusto = tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.].* * *dreadful, terrible, abysmal‹jugar› terriblycanta pésimo she has a terrible voice* * *
pésimo◊ -ma adjetivo
dreadful, terrible, abysmal
pésimo,-a adjetivo dreadful, terrible: es un pésimo actor, he's an awful actor
' pésimo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abominable
- atroz
- decoración
- fatal
- infame
- pésima
- trasquiladura
English:
abominable
- abysmal
- appalling
- demand
- deplorably
- jabber
- lousy
- shocking
- dismal
- dreadful
- foul
- rotten
* * *pésimo, -a♦ superlativover malo♦ adjterrible, awful* * *adj sup awful, terrible* * *pésimo, -ma adj: dreadful, abominable* * *pésimo adj awful / dreadful -
11 tremendo
adj.1 tremendous, extraordinary, huge, colossal.2 great, royal.3 terrible, naughty.4 crushing, large.* * *► adjetivo1 (terrible) terrible, dreadful, frightful2 (muy grande) huge, enormous, tremendous3 (travieso) terrible\tomarse algo por la tremenda figurado to make a great fuss about something* * *(f. - tremenda)adj.1) tremendous2) terrible* * *ADJ1) * (=grandísimo) tremendoushay unas diferencias tremendas entre los dos — there are tremendous differences between the two of them
2) (=terrible) terrible, horrifichemos presenciado escenas tremendas — we witnessed terrible o horrific scenes
3) * (=divertido)es tremendo, ¿eh? — he's something else, isn't he? *
4) * (=travieso)* * *- da adjetivo1) ( terrible) terrible, dreadfulse hallan en una situación tremenda — they're in a terrible o dreadful situation
tiene (un) tremendo chichón — (AmL) he has a huge o massive o terrible bump on his head
me dio (una) tremenda patada — (AmL) he kicked me really hard
2) (fam) ( travieso) terrible, naughty; ( desobediente) disobedient, terrible* * *= daunting, formidable, phenomenal, terrific, tremendous, hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.], of the highest order, awesome.Ex. One of the most daunting aspect of music cataloguing arises from the fact that music and music recordings have international value.Ex. 'It's up to you to see that things are done,' she defended herself, somewhat nervous and abashed by his formidable stare.Ex. Over the last 10 years public archive material has come under increased pressure because of the growing numbers of users and the phenomenal expansion in the range of material.Ex. However, fiction -- from a public library standpoint, but not from a research or academic standpoint -- is a terrific example of undercataloging.Ex. There has been tremendous growth in libraries since then, but, fundamentally, it has been possible to build on the foundation that nineteenth-century heroes constructed.Ex. Research publication had to adopt the same economic model as trade publication, and research libraries the world over paid the hefty price = Las publicaciones científicas tuvieron que adoptar el mismo modelo económico que las publicaciones comerciales y las bibliotecas universitarias de todo el mundo pagaron un precio elevado.Ex. I've got to tell you, and I do say this affectionately, but we're talking about a geek of the highest order.Ex. In the sometimes frenetic push towards the somewhat awesome concept of Universal Bibliographic Control (UBC), the library needs of the nonscholar are easily overlooked.* * *- da adjetivo1) ( terrible) terrible, dreadfulse hallan en una situación tremenda — they're in a terrible o dreadful situation
tiene (un) tremendo chichón — (AmL) he has a huge o massive o terrible bump on his head
me dio (una) tremenda patada — (AmL) he kicked me really hard
2) (fam) ( travieso) terrible, naughty; ( desobediente) disobedient, terrible* * *= daunting, formidable, phenomenal, terrific, tremendous, hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.], of the highest order, awesome.Ex: One of the most daunting aspect of music cataloguing arises from the fact that music and music recordings have international value.
Ex: 'It's up to you to see that things are done,' she defended herself, somewhat nervous and abashed by his formidable stare.Ex: Over the last 10 years public archive material has come under increased pressure because of the growing numbers of users and the phenomenal expansion in the range of material.Ex: However, fiction -- from a public library standpoint, but not from a research or academic standpoint -- is a terrific example of undercataloging.Ex: There has been tremendous growth in libraries since then, but, fundamentally, it has been possible to build on the foundation that nineteenth-century heroes constructed.Ex: Research publication had to adopt the same economic model as trade publication, and research libraries the world over paid the hefty price = Las publicaciones científicas tuvieron que adoptar el mismo modelo económico que las publicaciones comerciales y las bibliotecas universitarias de todo el mundo pagaron un precio elevado.Ex: I've got to tell you, and I do say this affectionately, but we're talking about a geek of the highest order.Ex: In the sometimes frenetic push towards the somewhat awesome concept of Universal Bibliographic Control (UBC), the library needs of the nonscholar are easily overlooked.* * *tremendo -daA (terrible) terrible, dreadfulse hallan en una situación tremenda they're in a terrible o dreadful situationla película tiene unas escenas tremendas the film has some horrific scenestiene (un) tremendo chichón ( AmL); he has a huge o massive o terrible bump on his headme dio (una) tremenda patada ( AmL); he kicked me really hard* * *
tremendo◊ -da adjetivo
1
‹velocidad/éxito› tremendous;
‹ chichón› huge;◊ hace un frío tremendo it's incredibly cold! (colloq);
me dio (una) tremenda patada he kicked me really hard
2 (fam) ‹ persona› terrible
tremendo,-a adjetivo
1 (muy grande, excesivo) tremendous
2 (terrible) terrible
3 (el colmo) limit: tu marido es tremendo, siempre se olvida de los cumpleaños, your husband is the limit, he always forgets birthdays
' tremendo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bochinche
- bufido
- cabreo
- golpe
- patinazo
- tremenda
- disgusto
English:
almighty
- awful
- baking
- carry-on
- exert
- formidable
- terrific
- to-do
- tremendous
- unearthly
- ungodly
- uproar
- fearsome
- havoc
- stupendous
* * *tremendo, -a adj1. [enorme] tremendous, enormous;una caída/un éxito tremendo a tremendous o huge fall/success;se llevó un disgusto tremendo he was terribly upset2. [horrible] terrible;un espectáculo tremendo a terrible o horrific sight;tengo un dolor de cabeza tremendo I've got a terrible headache4. [increíble]¡ese niño es tremendo! that boy is a handful!;cuando se enfada es tremendo he's really scary when he gets angry* * *adj* * *tremendo, -da adj1) : tremendous, enormous2) : terrible, dreadful* * *tremendo adj1. (terrible) terrible2. (enorme) tremendous -
12 espanto
m.1 fright (miedo).le tiene espanto a las arañas he's frightened of spiders2 horror, great fear, dread, terror.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: espantar.* * *1 (miedo) fright, dread, terror2 (asombro) astonishment, amazement\■ nos llovió de espanto the rain was dreadful, it was pouring down¡qué espanto! how awful!* * *noun m.fright, fear* * *SM1) (=susto) frightcurado 1., 3)2) (=amenaza) threat, menace3) LAm (=fantasma) ghost4) * [para exagerar]¡qué espanto! — how awful!
es un coche de espanto — it's a fabulous o tremendous car *
* * *1)a) ( miedo) fright, horrorb) ( uso hiperbólico)la noticia nos llenó de espanto — we were horrified o appalled at the news
qué espanto de mujer! — (fam) what a dreadful o frightful woman! (colloq)
hace un frío de espanto — (fam) it's freezing o terribly cold (colloq)
estar curado de espanto — (fam)
ya está curada de espanto — she's seen/heard it all before
2) (Bol, Col, Ven fam) ( espíritu) ghost, spook (colloq)* * *= terror.Ex. The idea was exquisite but full of terror.* * *1)a) ( miedo) fright, horrorb) ( uso hiperbólico)la noticia nos llenó de espanto — we were horrified o appalled at the news
qué espanto de mujer! — (fam) what a dreadful o frightful woman! (colloq)
hace un frío de espanto — (fam) it's freezing o terribly cold (colloq)
estar curado de espanto — (fam)
ya está curada de espanto — she's seen/heard it all before
2) (Bol, Col, Ven fam) ( espíritu) ghost, spook (colloq)* * *= terror.Ex: The idea was exquisite but full of terror.
* * *A1 (miedo) fright, horrortraía una expresión de espanto en el rostro he had a look of horror/fright on his face2(uso hiperbólico): la noticia nos llenó de espanto we were horrified o appalled at the newses un espanto ver cómo tratan a esos niños it's terrible o awful to see the way they treat those children¡qué espanto! how awful!, that's ( o that must have been etc) terrible!todos sus cuadros son un espanto ( fam); all his paintings are hideous o horrendous o ghastly ( colloq)a mí no me parece tan malo, será que ya estoy curada de espanto it doesn't seem so bad to me, I've seen plenty worse* * *
Del verbo espantar: ( conjugate espantar)
espanto es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
espantó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
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espantar
espanto
espantar ( conjugate espantar) verbo transitivo
1
2 (fam) ( horrorizar) to horrify, appall( conjugate appall)
verbo intransitivoa) (fam) ( asustar):◊ es tan feo que espanta he's absolutely hideous (colloq)b) (Bol, Col, Ven fam) [ fantasma]:
espantarse verbo pronominal [pájaro/peces] to get frightened away;
[ caballo] to take fright, be startled
espanto sustantivo masculino
1
b) ( uso hiperbólico):◊ la noticia nos llenó de espanto we were horrified o appalled at the news;
hace un frío de espanto (fam) it's freezing o terribly cold (colloq);
ya está curada de espanto (fam) she's seen/heard it all before
2 (Bol, Col, Ven fam) ( espíritu) ghost, spook (colloq)
espantar verbo transitivo
1 (ahuyentar) to shoo o scare away: espantó a los atacantes con un tiro al aire, he scared away his attackers by firing a shot into the air
2 (causar espanto) to scare, frighten
espanto sustantivo masculino
1 (terror) panic, fright: siento espanto cuando me mira, he makes me shudder when he looks at me
2 (impresión fuerte) shock: ver toda esa sangre fue un espanto, it was shocking to see all that blood
3 fam (terrible) dreadful, awful: la obra de teatro era un espanto, the play was awful
♦ Locuciones: familiar de espanto, dreadful, shocking
estar curado,-a de espanto, to be inured to something: a mí no me impresiona, estoy curada de espanto, it doesn't impress me, I've seen it all before
' espanto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
espantar
- execrable
English:
flail
- horrify
* * *espanto nm1. [miedo] fright;le tiene espanto a las arañas he's frightened o scared of spiders¡qué espanto! how terrible!;hacía un calor de espanto the heat was appallingtiene un novio que es un espanto she's got a boyfriend who's a real fright;¡qué espanto de traje! what a hideous o frightful suit!4. Am [fantasma] ghost* * *m1 ( susto) fright2 L.Am. ( fantasma) ghost3:nos llenó de espanto desagrado we were horrified;¡qué espanto! how awful!;de espanto terrible;estar curado de espanto(s) fam have seen it all before* * *espanto nm: fright, fear, horror* * * -
13 terrible
adj.1 terrible (tremendo).2 terrifying.* * *► adjetivo1 terrible, awful* * *adj.terrible, horrible* * *ADJ terrible, awful* * *a) <tortura/experiencia> terrible, horrificb) ( 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, horrificb) ( uso hiperbólico) terrible* * *el Terrible= Hun, theEx: 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, horrific2 (uso hiperbólico) terribletengo un sueño terrible I'm terribly tiredtenía un terrible dolor de muelas she had terrible toothachela máquina hace un ruido terrible the machine makes a terrible o dreadful noiseeste niño es terrible, no para quieto this child is terrible, he won't sit still* * *
Multiple Entries:
algo terrible
terrible
terrible adjetivo
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
* * *terrible adj1. [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 them2. [mucho] terrible;tengo un hambre/frío terrible I'm terribly hungry/cold* * *adj terrible, awful* * *terrible adj: terrible, horrible♦ terriblemente adv* * *terrible adj terrible / awful -
14 horror
m.1 terror, horror (miedo).me da horror pensarlo just thinking about it gives me the shivers¡qué horror! how awful!¡qué horror de día! what an awful day!2 atrocity.los horrores de la guerra the horrors of war* * *1 (repulsión) horror, terror2 (temor) hate3 figurado (atrocidad) atrocity\¡qué horror! how awful!* * *noun m.* * *SM1) (=miedo) horror (a of)dread (a of)¡qué horror! — how awful o dreadful!, how ghastly! *
la fiesta fue un horror — * the party was ghastly *, the party was dreadful
se dicen horrores de la cocina inglesa — * awful things are said about English cooking
tener algo en horror — frm to detest sth, loathe sth
2) (=acto) atrocity, terrible thing3) * (=mucho)me gusta horrores o un horror — I love it
me duele horrores — it's really painful, it hurts like mad o like hell *
se divirtieron horrores — they had a tremendous o fantastic time *
* * *1)a) (miedo, angustia) horrorb) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico)qué horror! — how awful o terrible!
2) horrores masculino plural ( cosas terribles) horrors (pl)dice horrores de ella — (fam) he says awful o terrible things about her (colloq)
* * *= horror.Ex. In recent years, then, there has been much less scaremongering about the imagined horrors of drowning in a sea of paper.----* grito de horror = cry of horror.* manifestar horror = register + horror.* novelas de horror = horror fiction.* tener horror a = loathe, hate.* * *1)a) (miedo, angustia) horrorb) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico)qué horror! — how awful o terrible!
2) horrores masculino plural ( cosas terribles) horrors (pl)dice horrores de ella — (fam) he says awful o terrible things about her (colloq)
* * *= horror.Ex: In recent years, then, there has been much less scaremongering about the imagined horrors of drowning in a sea of paper.
* grito de horror = cry of horror.* manifestar horror = register + horror.* novelas de horror = horror fiction.* tener horror a = loathe, hate.* * *A1(miedo, angustia): me causa horror ver esas escenas it horrifies me to see those scenesel horror que causó or produjo la matanza the feeling of horror o the horror which the massacre provokedlos exámenes me producen horror I have an absolute horror o dread of examsles tengo horror a los hospitales I'm terrified of hospitals2 ( fam)(uso hiperbólico): ¡qué horror! how awful o terrible!, that's awful o terrible!¡qué horror de mujer! what an awful o appalling woman!, what a dreadful o ghastly woman! ( BrE)había un horror de gente there were a tremendous number of people there ( colloq)(cosas terribles): dice horrores de su suegra he says awful o terrible o dreadful things about his mother-in-lawlos horrores de los campos de concentración the horrors of the concentration campslos horrores que vi durante la guerra the horrific things I witnessed during the war* * *
horror sustantivo masculino
1
les tengo horror a los hospitales I'm terrified of hospitalsb) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico):◊ ¡qué horror! how awful o terrible!
2
los horrors de la guerra the horrors of the war
horror sustantivo masculino
1 horror, terror: ¡qué horror!, how awful!
2 (antipatía, aversión) fam le tengo horror a la plancha, I hate doing the ironing
♦ Locuciones: fam (muchísimo) un horror u horrores, an awful lot
' horror' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desgarrador
- desgarradora
- escalofrío
- película
- terror
- espanto
- estremecer
- vampiro
English:
bear
- dreadful
- flail
- horror
- horror film
- horror story
- it
- nameless
- to
* * *♦ nm1. [miedo] terror, horror;me da horror pensarlo just thinking about it gives me the shivers;se quedó paralizado de horror he was paralysed with fear;¡qué horror! how awful!;¡qué horror de día! what an awful day!2. [atrocidad] atrocity;los horrores de la guerra the horrors of warme gusta un horror I absolutely love it;la quiero un horror I love her to bits, I really love her;nos costó un horror convencerle it was an incredible job to convince him♦ advFamhorrores terribly, an awful lot;me gusta horrores I absolutely love it;la quiero horrores I love her to bits, I really love her* * *m1 horror (a of);tener horror a be terrified of;me da horror pensar en … I dread to think of …;¡qué horror! how awful!2:me gusta horrores fam I like it a lot* * *horror nm: horror, dread* * *horror n1. (en general) horror2. (muchísimo) an awful lot¡qué horror! how awful! -
15 infame
adj.1 vile, base.2 infamous, wicked.pres.subj.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: infamar.* * *► adjetivo1 (vil) despicable, vile2 (muy malo) awful, terrible* * *1.ADJ (=odioso) [persona] odious; [tarea] thankless2.SMF vile person, villain* * *Ia) (vil, cruel) < persona> loathsome, despicable; <acción/comportamiento> unspeakable, disgracefulb) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) horrible, terribleIImasculino y femenino loathsome o despicable person* * *= slanderous, infamous, despicable, unholy, notorious, dastardly, beyond evil, loathsome.Ex. That's slanderous; they're not the names of the people.Ex. The Matsukawa Materials Room at Fukushima University, Japan, contains items relating to the Matsukawa Incident, an infamous miscarriage of justice in Aug 1949.Ex. Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.Ex. The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.Ex. Iraqi secret police believed that the notorious Palestinian assassin Abu Nidal was working for the Americans as well as Egypt and Kuwait.Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.Ex. What his brother did was beyond evil, they should've finished him off with the death sentence.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.----* coalición infame = unholy alliance.* * *Ia) (vil, cruel) < persona> loathsome, despicable; <acción/comportamiento> unspeakable, disgracefulb) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) horrible, terribleIImasculino y femenino loathsome o despicable person* * *= slanderous, infamous, despicable, unholy, notorious, dastardly, beyond evil, loathsome.Ex: That's slanderous; they're not the names of the people.
Ex: The Matsukawa Materials Room at Fukushima University, Japan, contains items relating to the Matsukawa Incident, an infamous miscarriage of justice in Aug 1949.Ex: Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.Ex: The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.Ex: Iraqi secret police believed that the notorious Palestinian assassin Abu Nidal was working for the Americans as well as Egypt and Kuwait.Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.Ex: What his brother did was beyond evil, they should've finished him off with the death sentence.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.* coalición infame = unholy alliance.* * *1 (vil, cruel) ‹persona› loathsome, despicable; ‹acción/comportamiento› monstrous, unspeakable, disgraceful2 ( fam) (uso hiperbólico) horrible, terriblehizo un tiempo infame we had foul o terrible o vile o horrible weather ( colloq)loathsome o despicable person* * *
Del verbo infamar: ( conjugate infamar)
infamé es:
1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo
infame es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
infamar
infame
infame
I adjetivo
1 (pésimo, horrible) dreadful, awful
una obra de teatro infame, a dreadful play
2 (persona) infamous, vile
II mf vile person
' infame' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
indigna
- indigno
English:
base
- infamous
- vile
- wicked
* * *infame adj1. [persona] vile, basevivían en una casa infame they lived in a dreadful house* * *adj vile, loathsome; ( terrible) dreadful, awful* * *infame adj1) : infamous2) : loathsome, viletiempo infame: terrible weather -
16 deplorable
adj.deplorable (suceso, comportamiento).* * *► adjetivo1 deplorable, regrettable* * *ADJ [conducta] deplorable; [estado] appalling* * *adjetivo deplorableen un estado deplorable — in a dreadful o an appalling state
* * *= deplorable, woeful, disgraceful, pitiful.Ex. We agree with Price that using the words 'citation' and 'reference' interchangeably is a deplorable waste of a good technical term.Ex. In this woeful film, under the mantle of a 'bitter-sweet romantic comedy,' Poliakoff lets his maudlin sentiments and fears run riot.Ex. He maintains that indexers are shamefully treated, their pay is disgraceful and they are almost never acknowledged in the book.Ex. Today's pitiful situation must be improved drastically to cope with the overwhelming demand of clients for better library service.----* condición deplorable = dismaying condition.* * *adjetivo deplorableen un estado deplorable — in a dreadful o an appalling state
* * *= deplorable, woeful, disgraceful, pitiful.Ex: We agree with Price that using the words 'citation' and 'reference' interchangeably is a deplorable waste of a good technical term.
Ex: In this woeful film, under the mantle of a 'bitter-sweet romantic comedy,' Poliakoff lets his maudlin sentiments and fears run riot.Ex: He maintains that indexers are shamefully treated, their pay is disgraceful and they are almost never acknowledged in the book.Ex: Today's pitiful situation must be improved drastically to cope with the overwhelming demand of clients for better library service.* condición deplorable = dismaying condition.* * *deplorablesu conducta ha sido deplorable he has behaved deplorably, his behavior has been deplorableme lo devolvió en un estado deplorable he returned it to me in a dreadful o a shocking o an appalling state* * *
deplorable adjetivo
deplorable
deplorable adjetivo deplorable: cometieron un acto deplorable, they committed a dreadful crime
volvió a casa en un estado deplorable, he came back home in an appalling state
' deplorable' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
lamentable
English:
deplorable
- woeful
* * *deplorable adj[comportamiento, espectáculo, estado] deplorable; [aspecto] sorry, pitiful* * *adj deplorable* * *deplorable adj: deplorable -
17 porquería
f.1 filthy thing, crud, mess, filth.2 piggishness.3 filthy act.4 crap, unwanted items.* * *1 (suciedad) dirt, filth2 (mala calidad) rubbish■ ¡vaya una porquería de coche se ha comprado! what a pathetic car she's bought!1 familiar (chucherías) rubbish, junk food■ ¡no digas esas porquerías! don't use such filthy language!* * *SF1) (=suciedad) dirt, muck *¿qué es toda esta porquería que hay el suelo? — what's all this dirt o muck on the floor?
estar hecho una porquería — to be covered in dirt o muck *
2) (=guarrada)3) (=indecencia)estas porquerías no deberían salir por la tele — that filth o smut shouldn't be shown on TV
4) (=cosa de poca calidad) junk *, rubbish *, garbage (EEUU) *si comes tantas porquerías, luego no vas a cenar — if you eat all that junk o rubbish now you won't want your dinner *
5) (=poco dinero) pittance6) (=mala pasada)¡vaya porquería te han hecho despidiéndote así! — what a lousy thing they did to you, sacking you like that! *
7)de porquería — LAm * (=condenado) lousy *
* * *1)a) ( suciedad) dirtb) ( cochinada)no hagas porquerías — don't do disgusting o filthy things like that
la casa está hecha una porquería — (fam) the house is in such a state (colloq)
2)a) ( cosa de mala calidad)el libro es un porquería — the movie's a piece of junk o (BrE colloq) the book's a load of rubbish
la comida es una porquería — the food is dreadful o terrible
b)de porquería — (AmS fam) lousy (colloq)
qué tiempo de porquería! — what foul o lousy weather!
c) ( chuchería)no te comas esa porquería — don't eat that junk o (BrE) that rubbish
* * *= rubbish, schlock, shit, garbage, dud.Ex. Science fiction may be so obviously rubbish that one is tempted to dismiss the whole product as rubbish.Ex. Adolescents should be allowed such pleasant means of escaping reality and there's no reason why libraries can't accommodate a little schlock.Ex. Until your skin gets use to it, it will itch but non-scented talcum powder will help, just make sure you don't inhale any of that shit.Ex. Some individuals are satisfied with a 50% 'hit' rate because they feel they can more quickly weed out the ' garbage' than they could compile the needed bibliography by hand.Ex. It may be tempting the weather gods just to point this out, but this has been a dud of a hurricane season so far.* * *1)a) ( suciedad) dirtb) ( cochinada)no hagas porquerías — don't do disgusting o filthy things like that
la casa está hecha una porquería — (fam) the house is in such a state (colloq)
2)a) ( cosa de mala calidad)el libro es un porquería — the movie's a piece of junk o (BrE colloq) the book's a load of rubbish
la comida es una porquería — the food is dreadful o terrible
b)de porquería — (AmS fam) lousy (colloq)
qué tiempo de porquería! — what foul o lousy weather!
c) ( chuchería)no te comas esa porquería — don't eat that junk o (BrE) that rubbish
* * *= rubbish, schlock, shit, garbage, dud.Ex: Science fiction may be so obviously rubbish that one is tempted to dismiss the whole product as rubbish.
Ex: Adolescents should be allowed such pleasant means of escaping reality and there's no reason why libraries can't accommodate a little schlock.Ex: Until your skin gets use to it, it will itch but non-scented talcum powder will help, just make sure you don't inhale any of that shit.Ex: Some individuals are satisfied with a 50% 'hit' rate because they feel they can more quickly weed out the ' garbage' than they could compile the needed bibliography by hand.Ex: It may be tempting the weather gods just to point this out, but this has been a dud of a hurricane season so far.* * *A1 (suciedad) dirthay tanta porquería que no sé por dónde empezar a limpiar it's so filthy o there's so much dirt everywhere I don't know where to begin cleaning2(cochinada): no hagas porquerías en la mesa don't do disgusting o filthy things like that at the tablesiempre deja la cocina hecha una porquería ( fam); she always leaves the kitchen in such a state ( colloq)me hizo una porquería he played a dirty trick on me3 (palabrota) swearwordno digas esas porquerías don't use such bad languageB1(cosa de mala calidad): lo que me regaló fue una porquería he gave me a really trashy gift, he gave me a really rubbishy present ( BrE)tiene la casa llena de porquerías her house is full of junk ( colloq)la película es una porquería the movie's a piece of junk, the film's a load of rubbish ( BrE colloq)la comida es una porquería the food is dreadful o terrible2un hotel de porquería a lousy o crummy hotel ( colloq)¡qué tiempo de porquería! what foul o lousy weather!¡cómo me duele este diente de porquería! this damn tooth is killing me ( colloq)me regaló unas tazas de porquería she gave me some crummy o lousy cups ( colloq)3(chuchería): no te comas esa porquería/esas porquerías don't eat that junk o ( BrE) that rubbish* * *
porquería sustantivo femenino
1
b) ( cochinada):◊ no hagas porquerías don't do disgusting o filthy things like that;
la casa está hecha una porquería (fam) the house is in such a state (colloq)
2 ( cosa de mala calidad):
la comida es una porquería the food is dreadful o terrible
porquería sustantivo femenino
1 (mugre, suciedad) dirt, filth: la porquería se acumulaba en las calles, the rubbish piled up in the streets
2 (birria) rubbish
3 fam (chuchería, golosina) rubbish, US junk food
' porquería' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
basura
- chanchada
- guarrada
English:
dud
- filth
- rubbish
- trash
- garbage
- load
- loss
- old
- trashy
* * *♦ nf1. [suciedad] filth;la habitación está llena de porquería the room is absolutely filthyuna porquería de moto a useless bike;¡qué porquería de música escuchas! that music you listen to is a load of Br rubbish o US garbage!3.4. [grosería] vulgarity♦ de porquería loc adjAndes, RP lousy, useless;una moto de porquería a useless bike;da unas clases de porquería his classes are lousy o useless;son unos usureros de porquería they're a bunch of lousy loan sharks* * *f1 ( suciedad) filth2 fam* * *porquería nf1) suciedad: dirt, filth2) : nastiness, vulgarity3) : worthless thing, trifle4) : junk food* * *1. (suciedad) filth2. (basura) rubbish3. (comida mala) junk food -
18 atroz
adj.1 terrible, awful.hace un frío atroz it's terribly o awfully cold2 atrocious, horrible, inhumane, abominable.3 agonizing, excruciating.* * *1 (bárbaro) atrocious, outrageous* * *adj.* * *ADJ1) (=terrible) atrocious; (=cruel) cruel, inhuman; (=escandaloso) outrageous2) * (=enorme) huge, terrific; (=malísimo) dreadful, awful* * *adjetivo (brutal, cruel) appalling; ( uso hiperbólico) atrocious, awful* * *= dismal, atrocious, brutal, frightful, dire, abysmal, excruciating, hideous, gruesome, ferocious, god-awful, heinous.Ex. The persistence of a dismal image is a most worrying phenomenon and one which must change if progress is to be made by SLIS.Ex. The public library's selection of books for small boys is atrocious.Ex. Few, if any of us, want to be involved in murder, but the brutal act of one person killing another, the motives for doing so, the personal and social consequences, all hold our attention, as newspaper editors well know and exploit = Pocos, si existe alguien, desea verse implicado en un asesinato, pero el acto brutal de una persona asesinando a otra, los motivos para hacerlo, las consecuencias personales y sociales, todo capta nuestra atención, como bien saben y explotan los directores de periódicos.Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.Ex. Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.Ex. The communications infrastructure in Africa varies from very good to abysmal = La infraestructura de comunicaciones en †frica oscila entre muy buena y pésima.Ex. Loneliness can involve excruciating physical pain as well as harrowing mental suffering.Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.Ex. We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.Ex. The director and deputies deserve the most recognition because they actually had to give up time with their families for the god-awful places we sent them.Ex. There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.* * *adjetivo (brutal, cruel) appalling; ( uso hiperbólico) atrocious, awful* * *= dismal, atrocious, brutal, frightful, dire, abysmal, excruciating, hideous, gruesome, ferocious, god-awful, heinous.Ex: The persistence of a dismal image is a most worrying phenomenon and one which must change if progress is to be made by SLIS.
Ex: The public library's selection of books for small boys is atrocious.Ex: Few, if any of us, want to be involved in murder, but the brutal act of one person killing another, the motives for doing so, the personal and social consequences, all hold our attention, as newspaper editors well know and exploit = Pocos, si existe alguien, desea verse implicado en un asesinato, pero el acto brutal de una persona asesinando a otra, los motivos para hacerlo, las consecuencias personales y sociales, todo capta nuestra atención, como bien saben y explotan los directores de periódicos.Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.Ex: Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.Ex: The communications infrastructure in Africa varies from very good to abysmal = La infraestructura de comunicaciones en frica oscila entre muy buena y pésima.Ex: Loneliness can involve excruciating physical pain as well as harrowing mental suffering.Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.Ex: We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.Ex: The director and deputies deserve the most recognition because they actually had to give up time with their families for the god-awful places we sent them.Ex: There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.* * *1 (brutal, cruel) appalling, terrible2 (uso hiperbólico) atrocious, awful, dreadful ( BrE)tengo un dolor de cabeza atroz I have an atrocious o an awful headache* * *
atroz adjetivo
atrocious
atroz adjetivo
1 (pésimo, insoportable) atrocious
2 fam (enorme) enormous, tremendous
' atroz' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
insensibilidad
- barbaridad
- muerte
English:
agonizing
- appalling
- atrocious
- dreadful
- excruciating
- heinous
- hell
- hideous
- raging
- unspeakable
- vicious
- crippling
- dire
- terrible
* * *atroz adj1. [cruel] [crimen, tortura] horrific, barbarices de una fealdad atroz he's terribly o incredibly ugly3. [muy malo] atrocious, awful* * *adj1 appalling, atrocious2:un éxito atroz a smash hit* * *♦ atrozamente adv* * *atroz adj1. (cruel) atrocious / appalling2. (enorme) terriblehace un frío atroz it's terribly cold / it's freezing -
19 fatal
adj.1 fatal (mortal).2 terrible, awful (informal) (muy malo). (peninsular Spanish)lo que has hecho está fatal what you've done is awful o terrible3 inevitable (inevitable).* * *► adjetivo1 (inexorable) fateful2 (mortal) deadly, fatal3 familiar (muy malo) awful, horrible, terrible► adverbio1 familiar awfully, terribly* * *adj.* * *1. ADJ1) (=mortal) [accidente, desenlace] fatal2) * (=horrible) awful, terribletiene un inglés fatal — his English is awful o terrible
la obra estuvo fatal — the play was awful o terrible
3) (=inevitable) [plazo, cita] unavoidableese comentario fatal firmó su sentencia — that ill-fated o disastrous comment sealed his sentence
2.ADV * terriblylo pasaron fatal — they had an awful o a terrible time (of it)
cocina fatal — he's an awful o a terrible cook
me encuentro fatal — I feel awful o terrible
* * *I1)a) <accidente/enfermedad/consecuencias> fatalb) (liter) ( ineludible) inevitable, fatal (liter)2) (fam) ( muy malo) terrible, awfulIIestá fatal, tendrán que operar — she's in a really bad way, they'll have to operate (colloq)
adverbio: (esp Esp fam)me caen fatal — I can't stand them (colloq)
* * *= fatal, god-awful.Ex. Quite apart from the great toll of unasked questions, any hint of mutual antipathy between enquirer and librarian is fatal to the reference interview.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.----* atracción fatal = fatal attraction.* casi fatal = near-fatal.* con consecuencias fatales = fatally.* mujer fatal = femme fatale, man-eater.* salir fatal = go + pear-shaped.* * *I1)a) <accidente/enfermedad/consecuencias> fatalb) (liter) ( ineludible) inevitable, fatal (liter)2) (fam) ( muy malo) terrible, awfulIIestá fatal, tendrán que operar — she's in a really bad way, they'll have to operate (colloq)
adverbio: (esp Esp fam)me caen fatal — I can't stand them (colloq)
* * *= fatal, god-awful.Ex: Quite apart from the great toll of unasked questions, any hint of mutual antipathy between enquirer and librarian is fatal to the reference interview.
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.* atracción fatal = fatal attraction.* casi fatal = near-fatal.* con consecuencias fatales = fatally.* mujer fatal = femme fatale, man-eater.* salir fatal = go + pear-shaped.* * *A1 ‹accidente/enfermedad/consecuencias› fatalestá muy grave y se teme un desenlace fatal he is in a critical condition and we fear the worstel hado/destino fatal así lo había escrito it was fated/destined to happensoy fatal para este juego I'm very unlucky at this gameB ( fam)1 (muy malo) terrible, awfullos niños están fatales hoy the children are impossible o are behaving terribly today2 ( fam)(enfermo): está fatal, tendrán que operar she's in a really bad way, they'll have to operate ( colloq)me encuentro fatal I feel awful o terrible o rotten ( colloq)viste fatal he dresses really badlysus bromas me caen fatal I can't stand her jokes ( colloq)* * *
fatal adjetivo
1 ‹accidente/enfermedad/consecuencias› fatal
2 (fam) ( muy malo) terrible, awful;
me encuentro fatal I feel awful;
su padre está fatal his father's in a really bad way (colloq)
■ adverbio (esp Esp fam):
me caen fatal I can't stand them (colloq)
fatal
I adjetivo
1 (desastroso, muy perjudicial) fatal: fue un error fatal, it was a fatal error
2 (mortal) deadly, fatal: el accidente tuvo un fatal desenlace, the accident ended tragically
3 (lamentable, pésimo) awful, dreadful
familiar lousy
4 (inevitable, ineludible) fateful, inevitable
II adv fam awfully, terribly: lo pasamos fatal, we had a rotten time
cantaban fatal, they sang really badly
' fatal' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
enrollarse
- funesta
- funesto
- marras
- mortal
- sentar
- vampiresa
- distracción
English:
appalling
- awful
- behave
- dreadful
- fatal
- femme fatale
- grim
- lousy
- pear-shaped
- rotten
- terrible
- wretched
- bad
- deadly
* * *♦ adj1. [mortal] fatal;el accidente fue fatal it was a fatal accident2. [inevitable] inevitableuna novela fatal a terrible o an awful novel;eso que has hecho está fatal what you've done is terrible o awfulestá fatal, igual se muere he's in a very bad way and may well die♦ advEsp Fampasarlo fatal to have a terrible o an awful time;sentirse fatal to feel terrible o awful;ese vestido te sienta fatal that dress looks terrible o awful on you;me cae fatal su novio I can't stand her boyfriend* * *I adj1 fatalII adv very badly;lo he pasado fatal fam I had an awful time* * *fatal adj1) mortal: fatal3) : fateful, unavoidable* * *fatal1 adj1. (muy malo) awful / terrible2. (mortal) fatalfatal2 adv terribly / really badly -
20 horrendo
adj.horrible, terrible, dreadful, horrifying.* * *► adjetivo1 horrible, horrifying, awful, frightful* * *ADJ1) (=aterrador) [crimen] horrific, ghastly *2) (=horrible) [ropa, zapatos] hideous, ghastly *; [película, libro] dreadful; [frío, calor] terrible, dreadful, awful* * ** * *= harrowing, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, hideous, horrible, grotesquely ugly.Ex. See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.Ex. If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.Ex. The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.Ex. Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.Ex. In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.* * ** * *= harrowing, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, hideous, horrible, grotesquely ugly.Ex: See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.
Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.Ex: If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.Ex: The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.Ex: Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.Ex: In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.* * *horrendo -da* * *
horrendo◊ -da adjetivo See Also→ horroroso
' horrendo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
horrendo-a
- infierno
English:
eyewitness
- harrowing
- horrendous
- horrific
- ghastly
- hideous
- horrifying
* * ** * *adj horrendous* * *horrendo, -da adj: horrendous, horrible
См. также в других словарях:
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