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  • 1 monótono y pesado

    • dreary

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > monótono y pesado

  • 2 monótono

    adj.
    monotonous, boring, drab, dull.
    * * *
    1 monotonous
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=uniforme) [voz, sonido] monotonous
    2) (=aburrido) [trabajo, discurso] tedious, monotonous; [vida] dreary, humdrum
    * * *
    - na adjetivo
    a) <vida/trabajo> monotonous, humdrum; <discurso/espectáculo> monotonous, tedious
    b) < voz> monotonous
    * * *
    = dull, monotone, monotonous, stale, drab, dreary [drearier -comp., dreariest -sup.], uninspiring.
    Ex. These librarians are given Haykin upon the day of their arrival and are expected to read the entire dull document and use it as a guideline in establishing subject headings.
    Ex. The notion of functional dependency requires an additional structure in the form of a monotone nondecreasing function.
    Ex. An ugly voice, one that is monotonous or grating, weak in power, incomprehensible or strained, is never likely to receive and retain anyone's attention for long.
    Ex. We librarians are already infiltrators into the stale round of our readers' domestic daily life.
    Ex. Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.
    Ex. The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').
    Ex. Though the novel begins like a house ablaze, it later thickens slightly into an acceptable if uninspiring finale.
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    * hacerse monótono = go + stale.
    * recitar en tono monótono = chant.
    * trabajo monótono = drudge work.
    * * *
    - na adjetivo
    a) <vida/trabajo> monotonous, humdrum; <discurso/espectáculo> monotonous, tedious
    b) < voz> monotonous
    * * *
    = dull, monotone, monotonous, stale, drab, dreary [drearier -comp., dreariest -sup.], uninspiring.

    Ex: These librarians are given Haykin upon the day of their arrival and are expected to read the entire dull document and use it as a guideline in establishing subject headings.

    Ex: The notion of functional dependency requires an additional structure in the form of a monotone nondecreasing function.
    Ex: An ugly voice, one that is monotonous or grating, weak in power, incomprehensible or strained, is never likely to receive and retain anyone's attention for long.
    Ex: We librarians are already infiltrators into the stale round of our readers' domestic daily life.
    Ex: Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.
    Ex: The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').
    Ex: Though the novel begins like a house ablaze, it later thickens slightly into an acceptable if uninspiring finale.
    * hacerse monótono = go + stale.
    * recitar en tono monótono = chant.
    * trabajo monótono = drudge work.

    * * *
    1 ‹vida/trabajo› monotonous, humdrum, dreary; ‹discurso/espectáculo› monotonous, tedious
    2 ‹voz› monotonous, monotone ( before n), droning ( before n)
    * * *

    monótono
    ◊ -na adjetivo

    monotonous
    monótono,-a adjetivo monotonous: un discurso verdaderamente largo y monótono, a really long and monotonous speech

    ' monótono' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    monótona
    English:
    drab
    - featureless
    - monotonous
    - soul-destroying
    - tediously
    - dreary
    - flat
    - grind
    - humdrum
    * * *
    monótono, -a adj
    monotonous
    * * *
    adj monotonous
    * * *
    monótono, -na adj
    : monotonous
    * * *
    monótono adj monotonous / drab [comp. drabber; superl. drabbest] / dreary [comp. drearier; superl. dreariest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > monótono

  • 3 aburrido

    adj.
    1 boring, dull, humdrum, uninteresting.
    2 bored, tired.
    f. & m.
    bore, boring person, tiresome person.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: aburrir.
    * * *
    1→ link=aburrir aburrir
    1 (ser aburrido) boring, tedious; (monótono) dull, dreary
    2 (estar aburrido) bored, weary; (cansado) tired of; (harto) fed up with
    * * *
    (f. - aburrida)
    adj.
    1) boring, tedious
    2) bored, fed up
    * * *
    ADJ (=que aburre) boring, tedious; (=que siente aburrimiento) bored

    ¡estoy aburrido de decírtelo! — I'm tired of telling you!

    ABURRIDO ¿"Bored" o "boring"? ► Usamos bored para referirnos al hecho de {estar} aburrido, es decir, de sentir aburrimiento: Si estás aburrida podrías ayudarme con este trabajo If you're bored you could help me with this work ► Usamos boring con personas, actividades y cosas para indicar que alguien o algo {es} aburrido, es decir, que produce aburrimiento: ¡Qué novela más aburrida! What a boring novel! No me gusta salir con él; es muy aburrido I don't like going out with him; he's very boring
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    1) < persona>
    a) [estar] ( sin entretenimiento) bored
    b) [estar] ( harto) fed up

    aburrido de algo — tired of something, fed up with something

    aburrido de + inf — tired of -ing

    2) [ser] <película/persona> boring; < trabajo> boring, tedious
    II
    - da masculino, femenino bore
    * * *
    = tedious, deadly [deadlier -comp., deadliest -sup.], drab, stodgy, unexciting, uninteresting, wearisome, weary [wearier -comp., weariest -sup.], bored, boring, wearying, dreary [drearier -comp., dreariest -sup.], uninspiring, unmoving, dull, cut and dried [cut and dry].
    Ex. In other places too many references could make for a very tedious search.
    Ex. Some authors, of course, object to their work being subjected to compulsory dissection for exams in the traditional deadly manner and like Bernard Shaw, they swear to haunt anyone who so mistreats them (Shaw's ghost must be busy these days).
    Ex. Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.
    Ex. One could easily prefer the convenience of the stodgy single-volume work.
    Ex. The author argues that the advantages for higher education are unclear, and rather unexciting.
    Ex. There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.
    Ex. The earliest binding machines replaced the wearisome hand-beating of the sheets in order to fold them.
    Ex. Humanity is returning to the downsized, reengineered, total quality management weary business world.
    Ex. One should answer the telephone clearly and pleasantly -- not in a bored voice or in slurred haste.
    Ex. This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.
    Ex. A new wave of books dealing frankly with such concerns as sex, alcoholism and broken homes was seen as a breakthrough, but plots and styles have begun to show a wearying sameness.
    Ex. The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').
    Ex. Though the novel begins like a house ablaze, it later thickens slightly into an acceptable if uninspiring finale.
    Ex. The outcome is strangely unmoving.
    Ex. These librarians are given Haykin upon the day of their arrival and are expected to read the entire dull document and use it as a guideline in establishing subject headings.
    Ex. I don't like to hear cut-and-dried sermons -- when I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.
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    * de un modo aburrido y pesado = tediously, ponderously, boringly.
    * día aburrido = dull day.
    * estar aburrido como una ostra = be bored stiff.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    1) < persona>
    a) [estar] ( sin entretenimiento) bored
    b) [estar] ( harto) fed up

    aburrido de algo — tired of something, fed up with something

    aburrido de + inf — tired of -ing

    2) [ser] <película/persona> boring; < trabajo> boring, tedious
    II
    - da masculino, femenino bore
    * * *
    = tedious, deadly [deadlier -comp., deadliest -sup.], drab, stodgy, unexciting, uninteresting, wearisome, weary [wearier -comp., weariest -sup.], bored, boring, wearying, dreary [drearier -comp., dreariest -sup.], uninspiring, unmoving, dull, cut and dried [cut and dry].

    Ex: In other places too many references could make for a very tedious search.

    Ex: Some authors, of course, object to their work being subjected to compulsory dissection for exams in the traditional deadly manner and like Bernard Shaw, they swear to haunt anyone who so mistreats them (Shaw's ghost must be busy these days).
    Ex: Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.
    Ex: One could easily prefer the convenience of the stodgy single-volume work.
    Ex: The author argues that the advantages for higher education are unclear, and rather unexciting.
    Ex: There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.
    Ex: The earliest binding machines replaced the wearisome hand-beating of the sheets in order to fold them.
    Ex: Humanity is returning to the downsized, reengineered, total quality management weary business world.
    Ex: One should answer the telephone clearly and pleasantly -- not in a bored voice or in slurred haste.
    Ex: This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.
    Ex: A new wave of books dealing frankly with such concerns as sex, alcoholism and broken homes was seen as a breakthrough, but plots and styles have begun to show a wearying sameness.
    Ex: The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').
    Ex: Though the novel begins like a house ablaze, it later thickens slightly into an acceptable if uninspiring finale.
    Ex: The outcome is strangely unmoving.
    Ex: These librarians are given Haykin upon the day of their arrival and are expected to read the entire dull document and use it as a guideline in establishing subject headings.
    Ex: I don't like to hear cut-and-dried sermons -- when I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.
    * de un modo aburrido y pesado = tediously, ponderously, boringly.
    * día aburrido = dull day.
    * estar aburrido como una ostra = be bored stiff.

    * * *
    aburrido1 -da
    A ‹persona›
    1 [ ESTAR] (sin entretenimiento) bored
    estoy muy aburrido I'm bored stiff
    2 [ ESTAR] (harto) fed up
    me tienes aburrido con tus quejas I'm fed up with your complaints
    aburrido DE algo tired OF sth, fed up WITH sth
    estoy aburrido de sus bromas I'm tired of o fed up with her jokes
    aburrido DE + INF tired of -ING
    estoy aburrido de pedírselo I'm tired of asking him for it
    B [ SER] ‹película/persona› boring
    es un trabajo muy aburrido it's a really boring o tedious job
    la conferencia fue aburridísima the lecture was really boring
    aburrido2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    bore
    * * *

     

    Del verbo aburrir: ( conjugate aburrir)

    aburrido es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    aburrido    
    aburrir
    aburrido
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    1 [estar] ‹ persona›


    b) ( harto) fed up;

    aburrido de algo tired of sth, fed up with sth;
    aburrido de hacer algo tired of doing sth
    2 [ser] ‹película/persona› boring;
    ‹ trabajo› boring, tedious
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    bore
    aburrir ( conjugate aburrir) verbo transitivo
    to bore
    aburrirse verbo pronominal

    b) ( hartarse) aburridose de algo/algn to get tired of o fed up with sth/sb;

    aburridose de hacer algo to get tired of doing sth
    aburrido,-a adjetivo
    1 (cargante, tedioso) tu hermano es aburrido, your brother's boring
    2 (que no se divierte) tu hermano está aburrido, your brother's bored
    (cansado, hastiado) estoy aburrido de tus quejas, I'm tired of your complaints
    aburrir verbo transitivo to bore
    ♦ Locuciones: aburrir a las ovejas, to be incredibly boring
    ' aburrido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aburrida
    - acto
    - amargada
    - amargado
    - harta
    - harto
    - insípida
    - insípido
    - ladrillo
    - pesada
    - pesado
    - petardo
    - plomo
    - sopa
    - tostón
    - aburridor
    - aguado
    - bastante
    - cansado
    - de
    - enojoso
    - latoso
    - mamado
    - podrido
    English:
    bored
    - boring
    - dreary
    - dull
    - grind
    - plough through
    - quiet
    - shade
    - stiff
    - tedious
    - tediously
    - uninspiring
    - especially
    - staid
    - wade
    * * *
    aburrido, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [harto, fastidiado] bored;
    estar aburrido de hacer algo to be fed up with doing sth;
    estoy aburrido de esperar I'm fed up with o tired of waiting;
    me tiene muy aburrido con sus constantes protestas I'm fed up with her constant complaining;
    Fam
    2. [que aburre] boring;
    este libro es muy aburrido this book is very boring;
    la fiesta está muy aburrida it's a very boring party
    ♦ nm,f
    bore;
    ¡eres un aburrido! you're so boring!
    * * *
    adj que aburre boring; que se aburre bored;
    aburrido de algo bored o fed up fam with sth
    * * *
    aburrido, -da adj
    1) : bored, tired, fed up
    2) tedioso: boring, tedious
    * * *
    aburrido1 adj
    2. (tedioso, pesado) boring
    ¡qué programa más aburrido! what a boring programme!

    Spanish-English dictionary > aburrido

  • 4 lúgubre

    adj.
    lugubrious, dreary, funereal, gloomy.
    * * *
    1 (triste) bleak, lugubrious; (fúnebre) sombre (US somber), mournful
    * * *
    ADJ (=triste) mournful, lugubrious frm, dismal; [voz, tono] sombre, somber (EEUU), mournful
    * * *
    adjetivo <habitación/ambiente/persona> gloomy, lugubrious (liter); <rostro/voz/paisaje> gloomy
    * * *
    = gloomy [gloomier -comp., gloomiest -sup.], grim [grimmer -comp., grimmest -sup.], grim-faced, dreary [drearier -comp., dreariest -sup.], spooky [spookier -comp., spookiest -sup.], spine-tingling, doleful, lugubrious.
    Ex. In spite of gloomy conditions thoughtful library leaders are saying that opportunities have never been more promising.
    Ex. Anita Schiller's own grim conclusion was that 'These two opposing and often inimical views, when incorporated within reference service, often reduce overall effectiveness'.
    Ex. In the English language, people are described as grim, while in Journalese they are referred to as being ' grim-faced'.
    Ex. The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').
    Ex. Records are even being sold with terrifying sounds designed to create a ' spooky' atmosphere at home.
    Ex. This is a spine-tingling collection of real haunted houses and spooky ghost stories.
    Ex. This year will go down as the most depressing doleful Christmas I've ever had.
    Ex. Such epigones seldom present more than a lugubrious rehash and potpourri of their idols.
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    * de un modo lúgubre = spookily.
    * * *
    adjetivo <habitación/ambiente/persona> gloomy, lugubrious (liter); <rostro/voz/paisaje> gloomy
    * * *
    = gloomy [gloomier -comp., gloomiest -sup.], grim [grimmer -comp., grimmest -sup.], grim-faced, dreary [drearier -comp., dreariest -sup.], spooky [spookier -comp., spookiest -sup.], spine-tingling, doleful, lugubrious.

    Ex: In spite of gloomy conditions thoughtful library leaders are saying that opportunities have never been more promising.

    Ex: Anita Schiller's own grim conclusion was that 'These two opposing and often inimical views, when incorporated within reference service, often reduce overall effectiveness'.
    Ex: In the English language, people are described as grim, while in Journalese they are referred to as being ' grim-faced'.
    Ex: The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').
    Ex: Records are even being sold with terrifying sounds designed to create a ' spooky' atmosphere at home.
    Ex: This is a spine-tingling collection of real haunted houses and spooky ghost stories.
    Ex: This year will go down as the most depressing doleful Christmas I've ever had.
    Ex: Such epigones seldom present more than a lugubrious rehash and potpourri of their idols.
    * de un modo lúgubre = spookily.

    * * *
    ‹habitación/ambiente› gloomy, dismal, lugubrious ( liter); ‹persona› gloomy, somber*, lugubrious ( liter); ‹paisaje› gloomy, dismal; ‹rostro/voz› gloomy, mournful, somber*
    * * *

    lúgubre adjetivo
    gloomy
    lúgubre adjetivo dismail, lugubrious
    ' lúgubre' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    sombrío
    English:
    cheerless
    - dingy
    - dismal
    - doleful
    - dreary
    - grim
    - mournful
    - somber
    - sombre
    - desolate
    - gloomy
    - lugubrious
    * * *
    1. [triste, melancólico] [semblante, expresión] gloomy, mournful;
    [pensamiento, tono] gloomy, sombre
    2. [fúnebre] [idea, relato] morbid;
    [voz] sepulchral
    * * *
    adj gloomy
    * * *
    : gloomy, lugubrious
    * * *
    lúgubre adj gloomy [comp. gloomier; superl. gloomiest] / grim [comp. grimmer; superl. grimmest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > lúgubre

  • 5 deprimente

    adj.
    1 depressing.
    2 depressive, depressing, sickening, dismal.
    m.
    depressant.
    * * *
    1 depressing
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    1.
    2.
    * * *
    adjetivo depressing
    * * *
    = gloomy [gloomier -comp., gloomiest -sup.], depressing, dreary [drearier -comp., dreariest -sup.], dispiriting, dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.].
    Ex. In spite of gloomy conditions thoughtful library leaders are saying that opportunities have never been more promising.
    Ex. Since 1963 they have produced their own bibliographic listings with various degrees of efficiency and comprehensiveness but usually with the same depressing tardiness in recording new publications which has so beset the UNDEX listings.
    Ex. The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').
    Ex. What is so dispiriting about this painting is that rather than being created in order to be challenging or even inspiring, it's intended only to be comforting.
    Ex. Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
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    * de manera deprimente = sombrely [somberly, -USA].
    * Nombre + deprimente = depressingly + Adjetivo.
    * * *
    adjetivo depressing
    * * *
    = gloomy [gloomier -comp., gloomiest -sup.], depressing, dreary [drearier -comp., dreariest -sup.], dispiriting, dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.].

    Ex: In spite of gloomy conditions thoughtful library leaders are saying that opportunities have never been more promising.

    Ex: Since 1963 they have produced their own bibliographic listings with various degrees of efficiency and comprehensiveness but usually with the same depressing tardiness in recording new publications which has so beset the UNDEX listings.
    Ex: The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').
    Ex: What is so dispiriting about this painting is that rather than being created in order to be challenging or even inspiring, it's intended only to be comforting.
    Ex: Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
    * de manera deprimente = sombrely [somberly, -USA].
    * Nombre + deprimente = depressingly + Adjetivo.

    * * *
    depressing
    * * *

    deprimente adjetivo
    depressing
    deprimente adjetivo depressing: nos contó una historia muy deprimente, he told us a very depressing story
    la habitación era deprimente, it was a gloomy room
    ' deprimente' also found in these entries:
    English:
    bleak
    - depressing
    - depressingly
    - downer
    - gloomy
    - miserable
    - dismal
    - dreary
    * * *
    depressing
    * * *
    adj depressing
    * * *
    : depressing
    * * *
    deprimente adj depressing

    Spanish-English dictionary > deprimente

  • 6 triste

    adj.
    1 sad (person).
    no te pongas triste don't be sad
    2 sad (que entristece) (noticia, suceso).
    es triste que… it's sad o a shame that…
    ofrecen un triste espectáculo they present a sorry spectacle
    3 poor (humilde).
    un triste viejo a poor old man
    * * *
    1 (infeliz) sad, unhappy; (futuro) bleak
    2 (oscuro, sombrío) gloomy, dismal
    3 (único) single, only
    4 (insignificante) poor, humble
    \
    es triste que... it's a pity...
    hacer un triste papel to cut a sorry figure
    poner triste a alguien to make somebody sad
    ponerse triste to become sad
    triste futuro bleak future
    * * *
    adj.
    1) sad, blue, gloomy
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=entristecido) [persona] sad; (=desgraciado) miserable; [carácter] gloomy, melancholy

    poner triste a algn — to make sb sad, make sb unhappy, make sb miserable

    2) (=entristecedor) [noticia, canción] sad; [paisaje] dismal, desolate; [cuarto] gloomy
    3) * (=mustio) [flor] withered
    4) (=lamentable) sad, sorry

    es triste no poder ir — it's a pity o shame we can't go

    la triste verdad es que... — the sad truth is that...

    5) (=insignificante) miserable
    6) And (=tímido) shy, timid
    2.
    SM LAm (=canción) sad love song
    * * *
    1)
    a) [ESTAR] ( afligido) < persona> sad
    b) <expresión/mirada> sad, sorrowful
    c) [SER] ( que causa tristeza) <historia/película/noticia> sad; <paisaje/color> dismal, gloomy; <lugar/ambiente> gloomy

    un día nublado y triste — a miserable, cloudy day

    2) (delante del n) (miserable, insignificante) miserable
    * * *
    = bleak, sad, sagging, wistful, depressing, glum, miserable, morose, doleful.
    Ex. The projections of qualified manpower into the year 2000 are bleak for personnel based industries.
    Ex. Tom Hernandez tried not to show how sad he felt about his friends' leaving, and managed to keep up a cheerful facade until the party broke up.
    Ex. It was obvious that Balzac's enthusiasm for the grant lifted his spirits up from their normal sagging state.
    Ex. A wistful look appeared in his eyes as he lingered over memories of President Langeford.
    Ex. Since 1963 they have produced their own bibliographic listings with various degrees of efficiency and comprehensiveness but usually with the same depressing tardiness in recording new publications which has so beset the UNDEX listings.
    Ex. Children no less than adults are subject to fits of boredom, to times when they feel glum or restless when everything they usually enjoy lacks attraction, purpose or pleasure.
    Ex. Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    Ex. His limber writing consequentializes the inconsequential, and there is not one morose moment in his work, no hint of sourness.
    Ex. This year will go down as the most depressing doleful Christmas I've ever had.
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    * Caballero de la Triste Figura, el = Knight of the Doleful Countenance, the.
    * caso triste = sad story.
    * la triste realidad es que = the sad fact is (that).
    * triste de admitir = sad to relate.
    * triste realidad = fact of life.
    * triste realidad, la = sad truth, the.
    * triste recordatorio = painful reminder.
    * * *
    1)
    a) [ESTAR] ( afligido) < persona> sad
    b) <expresión/mirada> sad, sorrowful
    c) [SER] ( que causa tristeza) <historia/película/noticia> sad; <paisaje/color> dismal, gloomy; <lugar/ambiente> gloomy

    un día nublado y triste — a miserable, cloudy day

    2) (delante del n) (miserable, insignificante) miserable
    * * *
    = bleak, sad, sagging, wistful, depressing, glum, miserable, morose, doleful.

    Ex: The projections of qualified manpower into the year 2000 are bleak for personnel based industries.

    Ex: Tom Hernandez tried not to show how sad he felt about his friends' leaving, and managed to keep up a cheerful facade until the party broke up.
    Ex: It was obvious that Balzac's enthusiasm for the grant lifted his spirits up from their normal sagging state.
    Ex: A wistful look appeared in his eyes as he lingered over memories of President Langeford.
    Ex: Since 1963 they have produced their own bibliographic listings with various degrees of efficiency and comprehensiveness but usually with the same depressing tardiness in recording new publications which has so beset the UNDEX listings.
    Ex: Children no less than adults are subject to fits of boredom, to times when they feel glum or restless when everything they usually enjoy lacks attraction, purpose or pleasure.
    Ex: Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    Ex: His limber writing consequentializes the inconsequential, and there is not one morose moment in his work, no hint of sourness.
    Ex: This year will go down as the most depressing doleful Christmas I've ever had.
    * Caballero de la Triste Figura, el = Knight of the Doleful Countenance, the.
    * caso triste = sad story.
    * la triste realidad es que = the sad fact is (that).
    * triste de admitir = sad to relate.
    * triste realidad = fact of life.
    * triste realidad, la = sad truth, the.
    * triste recordatorio = painful reminder.

    * * *
    A
    1 [ ESTAR] (afligido) ‹persona› sad
    esa música me pone triste that music makes me sad
    se puso muy triste cuando se lo dije he was very sad o unhappy when I told him
    ¿qué te pasa? te noto tristón ( fam); what's the matter? you look miserable o sad
    2 ‹expresión/mirada› sad, sorrowful
    tiene la mirada triste he has a sad look in his eyes
    3 [ SER] (que causa tristeza) ‹historia/película/noticia› sad; ‹paisaje/color› dismal, gloomy
    un día nublado y triste a miserable, cloudy day
    el cuarto se ve muy triste con esas cortinas those curtains make the room look very dreary o gloomy
    B ( delante del n) (miserable, insignificante) miserable
    es la triste realidad it's the sad truth, sadly, that's the way it is
    tenía ante sí un triste futuro he faced an unhappy o a wretched future
    por cuatro tristes pesos for a few miserable o ( colloq) measly pesos
    hizo un triste papel he made a fool of himself, he performed poorly
    * * *

     

    triste adjetivo
    1
    a) [ESTAR] ‹ persona› sad;


    b) ‹expresión/mirada› sad, sorrowful

    c) [SER] ( que causa tristeza) ‹historia/película/noticia› sad;

    ‹paisaje/color› dismal, gloomy;
    ‹lugar/ambiente› gloomy
    2 ( delante del n) (miserable, insignificante) miserable;

    es la triste realidad it's the sad truth
    triste adjetivo
    1 sad
    2 (paisaje, habitación, etc) gloomy, dismal
    3 (penoso) es triste reconocerlo, it's sad to admit it
    4 (insignificante, simple) single: no tenemos ni un triste limón en la nevera, we haven't got a single lemon in the fridge
    ' triste' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alicaída
    - alicaído
    - alma
    - cabizbaja
    - cabizbajo
    - deshecha
    - deshecho
    - destrozada
    - destrozado
    - fúnebre
    - negra
    - negro
    - pachucha
    - pachucho
    - polvo
    - sombría
    - sombrío
    - taciturna
    - taciturno
    - abatido
    - compungido
    - dejo
    - desolador
    - espectáculo
    - mirada
    - notar
    - penoso
    - poner
    - tanto
    English:
    blue
    - cheerless
    - dismal
    - doleful
    - downbeat
    - face
    - feel
    - forlorn
    - gloomy
    - leaden
    - lonesome
    - make
    - miserable
    - outwardly
    - rueful
    - sad
    - sorrowful
    - sorry
    - unhappy
    - wan
    - woeful
    - infamous
    - melancholy
    - note
    - obviously
    - pine
    - tearful
    * * *
    triste adj
    1. [entristecido] [persona] sad;
    ¿por qué estás triste? why are you looking so sad?;
    esa canción me pone triste that song makes me feel sad;
    no te pongas triste don't be sad;
    era un hombre triste y amargado he was a sad and embittered man
    2. [que entristece] [noticia, suceso] sad;
    [día, tiempo, paisaje] gloomy, dreary; [color, vestido, luz] dull, dreary;
    tiene los ojos tristes she has sad eyes
    3. [deplorable] sad;
    es triste que una empresa como ésa tenga que cerrar it's sad o a shame that a firm like that should have to close down
    4. [doloroso] sorry;
    los jueces ofrecen un triste espectáculo the judges present a sorry spectacle;
    el equipo hizo un triste papel the team gave a poor showing
    5. [humilde] poor;
    un triste viejo a poor old man;
    no es más que un triste empleado he's nothing but a humble worker
    6. [insignificante]
    un triste sueldo a miserable salary;
    nos dio dos tristes aceitunas he gave us two measly olives;
    es un triste consuelo it's small consolation, it's cold comfort;
    ni un triste… not a single…;
    ni una triste excusa not one single excuse;
    no tengo ni una triste radio I haven't even got a lousy radio
    * * *
    adj sad
    * * *
    triste adj
    1) : sad, gloomy
    ponerse triste: to become sad
    2) : desolate, dismal
    una perspectiva triste: a dismal outlook
    3) : sorry, sorry-looking
    la triste verdad: the sorry truth
    * * *
    triste adj
    1. (en general) sad [comp. sadder; superl. saddest]
    2. (lugar) gloomy [comp. gloomier; superl. gloomiest]
    una casa triste y oscura a dark, gloomy house

    Spanish-English dictionary > triste

  • 7 abatido

    adj.
    1 depressed, despondent, crestfallen, dejected.
    2 contemptible, despicable.
    3 devalued, fallen in price, depreciated.
    m.
    slating, boarding.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: abatir.
    * * *
    1→ link=abatir abatir
    1 (deprimido) dejected, depressed
    2 (despreciable) despicable, low
    3 (fruta) fallen, drooping
    * * *
    (f. - abatida)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=deprimido) depressed, dejected

    tener la cara abatida — to be crestfallen, look dejected

    2) (=despreciable) despicable, contemptible
    3) (Com, Econ) depreciated
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) [estar] (deprimido, triste) depressed
    b) [estar] ( desanimado) downhearted, dispirited
    * * *
    = disheartened, depressed, abject, despondent, abjected, dispirited, hipped.
    Ex. This paper describes a case study where a proposal by the city manager to cut the budget of the public library by 40% has left the library director very disheartened.
    Ex. As I said in the study I did on the subject analysis of nonbook materials, the problem that librarians and media specialists felt most depressed about was the cataloging of music recordings.
    Ex. Her art works incorporate such abject materials as dirt, hair, excrement, dead animals, menstrual blood and rotting food in order to confront taboo issues of gender and sexuality.
    Ex. Perhaps those who come from the smaller nations feel even more despondent about their plight.
    Ex. In this study of sapphism in the British novel, Moore often directs our attention to the periphery of sapphic romances, when an abjected body suffers on behalf of the stainless heroine.
    Ex. The text around the rim of the teacup, from Marcel Proust, reads: ' Dispirited after a dreary day, with the prospect of a depressing morrow'.
    Ex. His in danger of becoming hipped, a prey to his own doubts and fears, and unable to accomplish anything in life beyond catering to his own morbid fancies.
    ----
    * abatidos, los = dismayed, the.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) [estar] (deprimido, triste) depressed
    b) [estar] ( desanimado) downhearted, dispirited
    * * *
    = disheartened, depressed, abject, despondent, abjected, dispirited, hipped.

    Ex: This paper describes a case study where a proposal by the city manager to cut the budget of the public library by 40% has left the library director very disheartened.

    Ex: As I said in the study I did on the subject analysis of nonbook materials, the problem that librarians and media specialists felt most depressed about was the cataloging of music recordings.
    Ex: Her art works incorporate such abject materials as dirt, hair, excrement, dead animals, menstrual blood and rotting food in order to confront taboo issues of gender and sexuality.
    Ex: Perhaps those who come from the smaller nations feel even more despondent about their plight.
    Ex: In this study of sapphism in the British novel, Moore often directs our attention to the periphery of sapphic romances, when an abjected body suffers on behalf of the stainless heroine.
    Ex: The text around the rim of the teacup, from Marcel Proust, reads: ' Dispirited after a dreary day, with the prospect of a depressing morrow'.
    Ex: His in danger of becoming hipped, a prey to his own doubts and fears, and unable to accomplish anything in life beyond catering to his own morbid fancies.
    * abatidos, los = dismayed, the.

    * * *
    abatido -da
    1 [ ESTAR] (deprimido, triste) depressed
    está muy abatido por su muerte her death has left him very depressed o feeling very low
    siempre ha sido tan alegre y ahora lo veo tan abatido he's always been such a cheerful person and now he seems so dejected o downhearted o despondent
    la enfermedad lo tiene muy abatido he's feeling very low o very down because of his illness
    2 [ ESTAR] (desanimado) depressed, downhearted, dispirited, despondent
    * * *

    Del verbo abatir: ( conjugate abatir)

    abatido es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    abatido    
    abatir
    abatido
    ◊ -da adjetivo [estar] (deprimido, triste) depressed;


    ( desanimado) downhearted, dispirited
    abatir ( conjugate abatir) verbo transitivo
    1 ( derribar) ‹pájaro/avión› to bring down;
    ‹muro/edificio› to knock down;
    ‹ árbol› to fell;

    2 (deprimir, entristecer):

    no te dejes abatido por las preocupaciones don't let your worries get you down
    3 ‹ asiento› to recline
    abatirse verbo pronominal
    1 ( deprimirse) to get depressed
    2 (frml) abatidose sobre algo/algn [pájaro/avión] to swoop down on sth/sb;
    [ desgracia] to befall sth/sb (frml);

    abatido,-a adjetivo dejected, depressed, downhearted
    abatir verbo transitivo
    1 (derribar, derrumbar) to knock down, pull down: los enemigos abatieron tres de nuestros aviones, the enemy shot down three of our planes
    2 (tumbar el respaldo) to fold down
    3 (desalentar) to depress, dishearten: las malas noticias no nos abatieron, the bad news didn't discourage us
    ' abatido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abatida
    - aplanar
    - desanimada
    - desanimado
    - deshecha
    - deshecho
    - polvo
    - sombría
    - sombrío
    - abatir
    English:
    dejected
    - despondent
    - dishearten
    - downcast
    - glum
    - grief-stricken
    - mope
    - prostrate
    - depressed
    - dispirited
    - down
    - miserable
    * * *
    abatido, -a adj
    dejected, downhearted;
    está muy abatido por la muerte de su padre he's feeling very down because of his father's death;
    “no me quiere”, respondió abatido “she doesn't love me,” he said dejectedly o downheartedly
    * * *
    I adj depressed
    II part → abatir
    * * *
    abatido, -da adj
    : dejected, depressed

    Spanish-English dictionary > abatido

  • 8 alicaído

    adj.
    downcast, crestfallen, browbeaten, depressed.
    * * *
    1 figurado (débil) weak, feeble
    2 figurado (deprimido) depressed, down
    * * *
    ADJ (=débil) drooping, weak; (=triste) downcast, depressed
    * * *
    - da adjetivo low, down in the dumps (colloq)
    * * *
    = crestfallen, dispirited.
    Ex. 'That doesn't take care of 10% and I'm not sure it's the answer anyway' Bogardus felt crestfallen.
    Ex. The text around the rim of the teacup, from Marcel Proust, reads: ' Dispirited after a dreary day, with the prospect of a depressing morrow'.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo low, down in the dumps (colloq)
    * * *
    = crestfallen, dispirited.

    Ex: 'That doesn't take care of 10% and I'm not sure it's the answer anyway' Bogardus felt crestfallen.

    Ex: The text around the rim of the teacup, from Marcel Proust, reads: ' Dispirited after a dreary day, with the prospect of a depressing morrow'.

    * * *
    ( fam); down in the dumps ( colloq)
    * * *

    alicaído
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    low, down in the dumps (colloq)
    alicaído,-a adjetivo
    1 fig (mustio, débil) weak, feeble
    2 fig (triste) down, depressed

    ' alicaído' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alicaída
    - cabizbajo
    - mohíno
    English:
    crestfallen
    - mope about
    - mope around
    - crest
    - down
    - mouth
    * * *
    alicaído, -a adj
    1. [triste] depressed
    2. [débil] weak
    * * *
    adj fam
    down pred
    * * *
    alicaído, -da adj
    : depressed, discouraged

    Spanish-English dictionary > alicaído

  • 9 cabizbajo

    adj.
    1 crestfallen, sad, browbeaten, downcast.
    2 down-headed, head-down.
    * * *
    1 crestfallen
    * * *
    ADJ dejected, downcast, crestfallen
    * * *
    - ja adjetivo

    caminaba cabizbajo — he walked along, head bowed

    * * *
    = glum, dispirited.
    Ex. Children no less than adults are subject to fits of boredom, to times when they feel glum or restless when everything they usually enjoy lacks attraction, purpose or pleasure.
    Ex. The text around the rim of the teacup, from Marcel Proust, reads: ' Dispirited after a dreary day, with the prospect of a depressing morrow'.
    * * *
    - ja adjetivo

    caminaba cabizbajo — he walked along, head bowed

    * * *
    = glum, dispirited.

    Ex: Children no less than adults are subject to fits of boredom, to times when they feel glum or restless when everything they usually enjoy lacks attraction, purpose or pleasure.

    Ex: The text around the rim of the teacup, from Marcel Proust, reads: ' Dispirited after a dreary day, with the prospect of a depressing morrow'.

    * * *
    caminaba cabizbajo, abstraído en sus problemas he walked along, head bowed, deep in thought
    * * *

    cabizbajo
    ◊ -ja adjetivo ( alicaído) downcast;

    caminaba cabizbajo he walked along, head bowed
    cabizbajo,-a adjetivo (triste) downcast, crestfallen

    ' cabizbajo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cabizbaja
    * * *
    cabizbajo, -a adj
    caminaba cabizbajo he was walking with his head bowed;
    volvieron a casa cabizbajos tras la derrota they went home crestfallen o downcast after the defeat
    * * *
    adj dejected, downhearted
    * * *
    cabizbajo, -ja adj
    : dejected, downcast

    Spanish-English dictionary > cabizbajo

  • 10 con basura por el suelo

    (adj.) = littered
    Ex. The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').
    * * *
    (adj.) = littered

    Ex: The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').

    Spanish-English dictionary > con basura por el suelo

  • 11 cutre

    adj.
    1 cheap and nasty (de bajo precio, calidad). (peninsular Spanish)
    2 shabby, dingy.
    3 tight, stingy (tacaño).
    4 down-at-heel, shabby.
    5 in bad shape.
    6 mean, stingy.
    f. & m.
    Scrooge, miser.
    * * *
    1 (tacaño) mean, stingy
    2 familiar (sórdido) grotty, seedy
    * * *
    adjetivo (Esp fam) < hotel> seedy, shabby; < persona> shabby
    * * *
    = seedy [seedier -comp., seediest -sup.], cheapo, shabby [shabbier -comp., shabbiest -sup.].
    Ex. The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').
    Ex. I just put the DVD in my cheapo DVD player connected to my TV and it played without a hitch.
    Ex. Behind the shabby desk was a rather shabby man, with a tired and indecisive face.
    * * *
    adjetivo (Esp fam) < hotel> seedy, shabby; < persona> shabby
    * * *
    = seedy [seedier -comp., seediest -sup.], cheapo, shabby [shabbier -comp., shabbiest -sup.].

    Ex: The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').

    Ex: I just put the DVD in my cheapo DVD player connected to my TV and it played without a hitch.
    Ex: Behind the shabby desk was a rather shabby man, with a tired and indecisive face.

    * * *
    1 ( Esp fam) ‹hotel› seedy, shabby
    el bar es un poco cutre the bar is a bit of a dive o is pretty seedy ( colloq)
    es un chico de lo más cutre he's terribly shabby o down-at-heel(s)
    2 ( ant) (tacaño) stingy
    * * *

    cutre adj fam
    1 (de mala calidad) shabby, grotty, seedy
    2 (tacaño) stingy
    ' cutre' also found in these entries:
    English:
    seedily
    - seedy
    - tatty
    * * *
    cutre adj
    Esp Fam
    1. [de bajo precio, calidad] cheap and nasty, crummy
    2. [sórdido] shabby, dingy;
    un garito cutre a sleazy nightclub
    3. [tacaño] tight, stingy
    * * *
    adj fam
    shabby, dingy

    Spanish-English dictionary > cutre

  • 12 de mal aspecto

    (adj.) = seedy [seedier -comp., seediest -sup.], shanky [shankier -comp., shankiest -sup.]
    Ex. The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').
    Ex. It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.
    * * *
    (adj.) = seedy [seedier -comp., seediest -sup.], shanky [shankier -comp., shankiest -sup.]

    Ex: The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').

    Ex: It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de mal aspecto

  • 13 decaído

    adj.
    depressed, broken-hearted, beaten, dejected.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: decaer.
    * * *
    1→ link=decaer decaer
    1 (débil) weak
    2 (triste) sad, depressed, low
    * * *
    ADJ down, low
    * * *
    - da adjetivo [estar] low, down (colloq)
    * * *
    = sagging, dispirited.
    Ex. It was obvious that Balzac's enthusiasm for the grant lifted his spirits up from their normal sagging state.
    Ex. The text around the rim of the teacup, from Marcel Proust, reads: ' Dispirited after a dreary day, with the prospect of a depressing morrow'.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo [estar] low, down (colloq)
    * * *
    = sagging, dispirited.

    Ex: It was obvious that Balzac's enthusiasm for the grant lifted his spirits up from their normal sagging state.

    Ex: The text around the rim of the teacup, from Marcel Proust, reads: ' Dispirited after a dreary day, with the prospect of a depressing morrow'.

    * * *
    [ ESTAR] low, down ( colloq)
    te encuentro muy decaído you seem in very low spirits o very down o very low
    * * *

    Del verbo decaer: ( conjugate decaer)

    decaído es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    decaer    
    decaído
    decaer ( conjugate decaer) verbo intransitivo
    a) [ánimo/fuerzas] to flag;

    [ enfermo] to deteriorate;
    [interés/popularidad] to wane
    b) [barrio/restaurante] to go downhill;

    [calidad/prestigio] to decline
    c) [imperio/civilización] to decay, decline

    decaído
    ◊ -da adjetivo [estar] low, down (colloq)

    decaer verbo intransitivo
    1 (la energía, la salud, etc) to deteriorate
    2 (en fuerza, intensidad) to decline: la minería ha decaído mucho en la última década, the mining industry has been in decline for the last ten years
    decaído,-a adjetivo down: está decaído, he is very low

    ' decaído' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    decaer
    - decaída
    English:
    ebb
    - lapse
    * * *
    decaído, -a adj
    [desalentado] gloomy, downhearted, dispirited;
    está muy decaído desde que lo despidieron he's been very low since he was sacked
    * * *
    I part → decaer
    II adj fig
    depressed, down fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > decaído

  • 14 deprimido

    adj.
    depressed, blue, broody, cast-down.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: deprimir.
    * * *
    1→ link=deprimir deprimir
    1 depressed
    * * *
    (f. - deprimida)
    adj.
    depressed, blue
    * * *
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) < persona> depressed
    b) <mercado/economía/barrio> depressed
    * * *
    = depressed, deflated, dispirited, hipped, in (the) doldrums.
    Ex. As I said in the study I did on the subject analysis of nonbook materials, the problem that librarians and media specialists felt most depressed about was the cataloging of music recordings.
    Ex. The two deflated employees exchanged looks and slipped quietly out of the room.
    Ex. The text around the rim of the teacup, from Marcel Proust, reads: ' Dispirited after a dreary day, with the prospect of a depressing morrow'.
    Ex. His in danger of becoming hipped, a prey to his own doubts and fears, and unable to accomplish anything in life beyond catering to his own morbid fancies.
    Ex. Thanks to the skewed-up policies of the state government the state's finances are in doldrums.
    ----
    * zona deprimida del centro de la ciudad = inner city.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) < persona> depressed
    b) <mercado/economía/barrio> depressed
    * * *
    = depressed, deflated, dispirited, hipped, in (the) doldrums.

    Ex: As I said in the study I did on the subject analysis of nonbook materials, the problem that librarians and media specialists felt most depressed about was the cataloging of music recordings.

    Ex: The two deflated employees exchanged looks and slipped quietly out of the room.
    Ex: The text around the rim of the teacup, from Marcel Proust, reads: ' Dispirited after a dreary day, with the prospect of a depressing morrow'.
    Ex: His in danger of becoming hipped, a prey to his own doubts and fears, and unable to accomplish anything in life beyond catering to his own morbid fancies.
    Ex: Thanks to the skewed-up policies of the state government the state's finances are in doldrums.
    * zona deprimida del centro de la ciudad = inner city.

    * * *
    A ‹persona› depressed
    volvió muy deprimido he came back very depressed
    B ‹mercado/economía/precios› depressed; ‹zona/barrio› depressed
    C ( Zool) flattened
    * * *

    Del verbo deprimir: ( conjugate deprimir)

    deprimido es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    deprimido    
    deprimir
    deprimido
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    depressed
    deprimir ( conjugate deprimir) verbo transitivo
    to depress
    deprimirse verbo pronominal
    to get/become depressed
    deprimido,-a adjetivo
    1 (persona) depressed
    2 (lugar) depressed: vive en una zona muy deprimida de la ciudad, he lives in a run-down area of the city
    deprimir verbo transitivo to depress

    ' deprimido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    deprimida
    - jodida
    - jodido
    - abatido
    - apocado
    - polvo
    English:
    blue
    - depressed
    - dispirited
    - down
    - downbeat
    - dump
    - low
    - moody
    - mope
    * * *
    deprimido, -a adj
    1. [persona] depressed;
    se le veía un poco deprimido he seemed a bit low o down
    2. [economía] depressed
    3. [barrio, zona] depressed
    4. [terreno] depressed
    * * *
    adj depressed
    * * *
    deprimido adj depressed / miserable

    Spanish-English dictionary > deprimido

  • 15 desalentado

    adj.
    discouraged, dejected, beaten, broken-hearted.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desalentar.
    * * *
    = despondently, despondent, dispirited.
    Ex. She stood up and said despondently: 'The die is cast; stake is life or death'.
    Ex. Perhaps those who come from the smaller nations feel even more despondent about their plight.
    Ex. The text around the rim of the teacup, from Marcel Proust, reads: ' Dispirited after a dreary day, with the prospect of a depressing morrow'.
    ----
    * sentirse desalentado = be discouraged.
    * * *
    = despondently, despondent, dispirited.

    Ex: She stood up and said despondently: 'The die is cast; stake is life or death'.

    Ex: Perhaps those who come from the smaller nations feel even more despondent about their plight.
    Ex: The text around the rim of the teacup, from Marcel Proust, reads: ' Dispirited after a dreary day, with the prospect of a depressing morrow'.
    * sentirse desalentado = be discouraged.

    Spanish-English dictionary > desalentado

  • 16 desanimado

    adj.
    downhearted, beaten, broken-hearted, crestfallen.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desanimar.
    * * *
    1→ link=desanimar desanimar
    1 (decaído) dejected, downhearted
    2 (espectáculo etc) dull, lifeless
    * * *
    desanimado, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) [persona] downhearted, dejected
    2) [espectáculo, fiesta] dull, lifeless
    2.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo discouraged, dispirited
    * * *
    = despondent, dispirited.
    Ex. Perhaps those who come from the smaller nations feel even more despondent about their plight.
    Ex. The text around the rim of the teacup, from Marcel Proust, reads: ' Dispirited after a dreary day, with the prospect of a depressing morrow'.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo discouraged, dispirited
    * * *
    = despondent, dispirited.

    Ex: Perhaps those who come from the smaller nations feel even more despondent about their plight.

    Ex: The text around the rim of the teacup, from Marcel Proust, reads: ' Dispirited after a dreary day, with the prospect of a depressing morrow'.

    * * *
    1 ‹persona› downhearted, discouraged, dispirited
    2 ‹fiesta› dull
    * * *

    Del verbo desanimar: ( conjugate desanimar)

    desanimado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    desanimado    
    desanimar
    desanimado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    discouraged, dispirited
    desanimar ( conjugate desanimar) verbo transitivo
    to discourage
    desanimarse verbo pronominal
    to become disheartened o discouraged
    desanimado,-a adjetivo
    1 (abatido, entristecido) downhearted, dejected
    2 (reunión, verbena, etc) dull, lifeless
    desanimar verbo transitivo to discourage, dishearten

    ' desanimado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    capa
    - desanimada
    - abatido
    English:
    dispirited
    - glum
    - mope
    - mope about
    - mope around
    - down
    * * *
    desanimado, -a adj
    1. [persona] downhearted
    2. [fiesta, lugar] quiet, lifeless
    * * *
    adj discouraged, disheartened

    Spanish-English dictionary > desanimado

  • 17 desmoralizado

    adj.
    demoralized, discouraged, corrupt.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desmoralizar.
    * * *
    * * *
    = disheartened, dispirited.
    Ex. This paper describes a case study where a proposal by the city manager to cut the budget of the public library by 40% has left the library director very disheartened.
    Ex. The text around the rim of the teacup, from Marcel Proust, reads: ' Dispirited after a dreary day, with the prospect of a depressing morrow'.
    * * *
    = disheartened, dispirited.

    Ex: This paper describes a case study where a proposal by the city manager to cut the budget of the public library by 40% has left the library director very disheartened.

    Ex: The text around the rim of the teacup, from Marcel Proust, reads: ' Dispirited after a dreary day, with the prospect of a depressing morrow'.

    * * *
    desmoralizado, -a adj
    demoralized
    * * *
    adj demoralized

    Spanish-English dictionary > desmoralizado

  • 18 deteriorado

    adj.
    1 spoiled, damaged; worn; shopsoiled (géneros).
    2 impaired, damaged, deteriorated, shop-worn.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: deteriorar.
    * * *
    1→ link=deteriorar deteriorar
    1 damaged, worn
    * * *
    (f. - deteriorada)
    adj.
    2) worn
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [edificio, mueble] dilapidated
    2) [ropa, alfombra] worn
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < mercancías> damaged; < edificio> dilapidated, run down
    * * *
    = impaired, decayed, decrepit, decaying, dilapidated, crumbling, disintegrating.
    Ex. In contrast to higher specificity, higher exhaustivity increases precision at the cost of impaired recall.
    Ex. The city was considered to be seedy ( decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').
    Ex. No bright new digital firm can do without at least some of the supposedly decrepit bureaucracy it so abhors in the old tweedy institutions it wants to replace.
    Ex. Following World War II, 'urban renewal' referred primarily to public efforts to revitalize aging and decaying inner cities.
    Ex. China's transport authorities plan to scrap dilapidated ships to enhance safety and improve the competitiveness of the industry.
    Ex. We must now look beyond crumbling books to determine the deeper significance of our stewardship obligations for the future = Debemos mirar más allá de los libros en deterioro para determinar cuál es el verdadero significado de nuestras obligaciones para el futuro.
    Ex. For all Havana's crumbling structures, its disintegrating roads and toxin-belching jalopies, it attracts over a million tourists each year.
    ----
    * deteriorado por el humo = smoke-damaged.
    * deteriorado por el paso del tiempo = timeworn.
    * no estar deteriorado = unimpaired.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < mercancías> damaged; < edificio> dilapidated, run down
    * * *
    = impaired, decayed, decrepit, decaying, dilapidated, crumbling, disintegrating.

    Ex: In contrast to higher specificity, higher exhaustivity increases precision at the cost of impaired recall.

    Ex: The city was considered to be seedy ( decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').
    Ex: No bright new digital firm can do without at least some of the supposedly decrepit bureaucracy it so abhors in the old tweedy institutions it wants to replace.
    Ex: Following World War II, 'urban renewal' referred primarily to public efforts to revitalize aging and decaying inner cities.
    Ex: China's transport authorities plan to scrap dilapidated ships to enhance safety and improve the competitiveness of the industry.
    Ex: We must now look beyond crumbling books to determine the deeper significance of our stewardship obligations for the future = Debemos mirar más allá de los libros en deterioro para determinar cuál es el verdadero significado de nuestras obligaciones para el futuro.
    Ex: For all Havana's crumbling structures, its disintegrating roads and toxin-belching jalopies, it attracts over a million tourists each year.
    * deteriorado por el humo = smoke-damaged.
    * deteriorado por el paso del tiempo = timeworn.
    * no estar deteriorado = unimpaired.

    * * *
    ‹mercancías› damaged; ‹edificio› dilapidated, run down
    es una mesa bonita pero está muy deteriorada it's a nice table but it's in very bad condition
    * * *

    Del verbo deteriorar: ( conjugate deteriorar)

    deteriorado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    deteriorado    
    deteriorar
    deteriorado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹ mercancías› damaged;


    ‹ edificio› dilapidated, run down;
    ‹mueble/cuadro› in bad condition
    deteriorar ( conjugate deteriorar) verbo transitivo ‹relaciones/salud/situación› to cause … to deteriorate
    deteriorarse verbo pronominal [relaciones/salud/situación] to deteriorate, worsen;
    [ mercancías] to get damaged
    deteriorar verbo transitivo to spoil, damage
    ' deteriorado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    gastada
    - gastado
    English:
    shop-soiled
    - decrepit
    - fail
    - shop
    * * *
    deteriorado, -a adj
    [estropeado] damaged, spoilt; [por los elementos naturales] damaged; [edificio] dilapidated;
    el género llegó muy deteriorado the goods arrived in poor condition;
    el famoso cuadro se halla muy deteriorado the famous painting is in very poor condition;
    las relaciones entre ambos países están muy deterioradas relations between the two countries have greatly deteriorated
    * * *
    adj damaged
    * * *
    deteriorado, -da adj
    : damaged, worn

    Spanish-English dictionary > deteriorado

  • 19 iluminar

    v.
    1 to illuminate, to light up (dar luz a).
    los focos que iluminan la iglesia the floodlights which light up the church
    El neón iluminó las calles The neon illuminated the streets.
    2 to light up (adornar con luces).
    iluminan el castillo por la noche the castle is lit up at night
    3 to enlighten (religion).
    Sus escritos iluminaron al hombre His writings enlightened the man.
    4 to give light.
    la lámpara ilumina muy poco the lamp doesn't give much light
    5 to clarify, to shed light on, to shed light upon, to elucidate.
    La evidencia iluminó el caso The evidence clarified the case.
    * * *
    1 to light, light up
    2 (manuscrito) to illuminate
    3 figurado to enlighten
    * * *
    verb
    to illuminate, light
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ cuarto, calle, ciudad] to light; [+ estadio, edificio, monumento] to light up
    2) [+ grabado, ilustración] to illuminate
    3) [+ teoría, tesis] to illustrate
    4) (Rel) to enlighten
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < calles> to light, illuminate; < monumento> to illuminate; < escenario> to light
    b) ( con focos muy potentes) < estadio> to floodlight
    c) <rostro/ojos> (liter) to light up
    2) (Relig) to enlighten
    3) < grabado> to illuminate
    2.
    iluminarse v pron cara/ojos to light up
    * * *
    = illuminate, floodlight, light up, brighten up.
    Ex. Plenty of light, with a display spotlight if possible, should illuminate the exhibition (a number of inexpensive, safe little spotlights intended for the job are now on the market).
    Ex. The local authorities have decided to floodlight the library at night to discourage vandalism.
    Ex. These flares light up the surrounding area in a yellowish red glow for a short period of time, allowing you to see better.
    Ex. The short, dreary days of winter are a good time to think about adding skylights to brighten up dark rooms.
    ----
    * caja para iluminar diapositivas = light box [light-box].
    * iluminar con focos = floodlight.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < calles> to light, illuminate; < monumento> to illuminate; < escenario> to light
    b) ( con focos muy potentes) < estadio> to floodlight
    c) <rostro/ojos> (liter) to light up
    2) (Relig) to enlighten
    3) < grabado> to illuminate
    2.
    iluminarse v pron cara/ojos to light up
    * * *
    = illuminate, floodlight, light up, brighten up.

    Ex: Plenty of light, with a display spotlight if possible, should illuminate the exhibition (a number of inexpensive, safe little spotlights intended for the job are now on the market).

    Ex: The local authorities have decided to floodlight the library at night to discourage vandalism.
    Ex: These flares light up the surrounding area in a yellowish red glow for a short period of time, allowing you to see better.
    Ex: The short, dreary days of winter are a good time to think about adding skylights to brighten up dark rooms.
    * caja para iluminar diapositivas = light box [light-box].
    * iluminar con focos = floodlight.

    * * *
    iluminar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹calles› to light, illuminate; ‹monumento› to illuminate, light up; ‹escenario› to light
    un patio iluminado por la luz de la luna a patio bathed in moonlight, a moonlit patio
    una tenue luz iluminaba la habitación a pale light filled o lit the room
    2 (con focos muy potentes) ‹estadio› to floodlight
    3 ‹rostro/ojos› ( liter); to light up
    una sonrisa iluminó su rostro a smile lit up her face
    la alegría iluminó su cara his face lit up with joy
    B ( Relig) to enlighten
    C ‹grabado› to illuminate
    «cara/ojos» to light up
    * * *

    iluminar ( conjugate iluminar) verbo transitivo

    ‹ monumento› to illuminate;
    ‹ escenario› to light

    c) ‹rostro/ojos› (liter) to light up

    iluminar verbo transitivo
    1 to illuminate, light (up)
    2 fig (enseñar) to enlighten
    (esclarecer) to throw light upon
    3 Arte (un manuscrito) illuminate
    ' iluminar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alumbrar
    English:
    enlighten
    - illuminate
    - light
    - light up
    - lighten
    - brighten
    - floodlight
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [dar luz a] to illuminate, to light;
    la antorcha iluminaba la cueva the torch lit up the cave;
    los focos que iluminan la iglesia the floodlights which light up the church
    2. [adornar con luces] to light up;
    en Navidad iluminan el centro de la ciudad con luces at Christmas they light up Br the city centre o US downtown;
    iluminan el castillo por la noche the castle is lit up at night
    3. [grabado, códice] to illuminate
    4. Rel to enlighten
    ♦ vi
    to give light;
    la lámpara ilumina muy poco the lamp doesn't give much light
    * * *
    v/t edificio, calle etc light, illuminate; monumento light up, illuminate; fig
    light up
    * * *
    1) : to illuminate, to light (up)
    2) : to enlighten
    * * *
    iluminar vb to light [pt. & pp. lit]

    Spanish-English dictionary > iluminar

  • 20 llenar de luz

    (v.) = flood with + light, brighten up
    Ex. Opened in 1989, the library is housed in a modern building with large bay windows that flood the space with light.
    Ex. The short, dreary days of winter are a good time to think about adding skylights to brighten up dark rooms.
    * * *
    (v.) = flood with + light, brighten up

    Ex: Opened in 1989, the library is housed in a modern building with large bay windows that flood the space with light.

    Ex: The short, dreary days of winter are a good time to think about adding skylights to brighten up dark rooms.

    Spanish-English dictionary > llenar de luz

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