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  • 1 atroz

    adj.
    1 terrible, awful.
    hace un frío atroz it's terribly o awfully cold
    2 atrocious, horrible, inhumane, abominable.
    3 agonizing, excruciating.
    * * *
    adjetivo (pl atroces)
    1 (bárbaro) atrocious, outrageous
    2 familiar (enorme) enormous, huge, awful
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=terrible) atrocious; (=cruel) cruel, inhuman; (=escandaloso) outrageous
    2) * (=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, terrible
    2 (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 adj
    1. [cruel] [crimen, tortura] horrific, barbaric
    2. [enorme]
    hace un frío atroz it's terribly o bitterly cold;
    es de una fealdad atroz he's terribly o incredibly ugly
    3. [muy malo] atrocious, awful
    * * *
    adj
    1 appalling, atrocious
    2
    :
    un éxito atroz a smash hit
    * * *
    atroz adj, pl atroces : atrocious, appalling
    atrozamente adv
    * * *
    atroz adj
    1. (cruel) atrocious / appalling
    2. (enorme) terrible
    hace un frío atroz it's terribly cold / it's freezing

    Spanish-English dictionary > atroz

  • 2 espantoso

    adj.
    frightening, frightful, fearsome, dreadful.
    * * *
    1 (terrible) frightful, dreadful
    2 (asombroso) astonishing, amazing
    3 (desmesurado) dreadful, terrible
    hizo un frío espantoso the cold was awful, it was absolutely freezing
    * * *
    (f. - espantosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=aterrador) frightening
    2) [para exagerar]

    llevaba un traje espantososhe was wearing an awful o a hideous o a frightful o ghastly * hat

    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <escena/crimen> horrific, appalling
    b) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) <comida/letra/tiempo> atrocious; <vestido/color> hideous; <ruido/voz> terrible, awful

    hace un calor espantosoit's boiling o roasting hot (colloq)

    * * *
    = frightening, harrowing, atrocious, awful, frightful, dire, ghastly, fear-inducing, hideous, shocking, horrible, dreadful, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], god-awful, groundshaking, nightmarish.
    Ex. No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
    Ex. See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.
    Ex. The public library's selection of books for small boys is atrocious.
    Ex. These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.
    Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex. Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.
    Ex. True, ghastly additions were made to XML.
    Ex. The author suggests that the ability to enjoy fear-inducing media increases with age.
    Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex. The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex. Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex. The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex. Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex. The director and deputies deserve the most recognition because they actually had to give up time with their families for the god-awful places we sent them.
    Ex. The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.
    Ex. It was the drugs that made me mad: Jane was anorexic, but the treatment prescribed pushed her over the edge for 22 nightmarish years.
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    * dolor de cabeza espantoso = splitting headache.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <escena/crimen> horrific, appalling
    b) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) <comida/letra/tiempo> atrocious; <vestido/color> hideous; <ruido/voz> terrible, awful

    hace un calor espantosoit's boiling o roasting hot (colloq)

    * * *
    = frightening, harrowing, atrocious, awful, frightful, dire, ghastly, fear-inducing, hideous, shocking, horrible, dreadful, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], god-awful, groundshaking, nightmarish.

    Ex: No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.

    Ex: See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.
    Ex: The public library's selection of books for small boys is atrocious.
    Ex: These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.
    Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex: Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.
    Ex: True, ghastly additions were made to XML.
    Ex: The author suggests that the ability to enjoy fear-inducing media increases with age.
    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex: The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex: Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex: The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex: Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex: The director and deputies deserve the most recognition because they actually had to give up time with their families for the god-awful places we sent them.
    Ex: The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.
    Ex: It was the drugs that made me mad: Jane was anorexic, but the treatment prescribed pushed her over the edge for 22 nightmarish years.
    * dolor de cabeza espantoso = splitting headache.

    * * *
    1 ‹escena/crimen› horrific, appalling
    fue una experiencia espantosa it was a horrific o horrifying experience
    2 ( fam)
    (uso hiperbólico): hace un calor espantoso it's boiling o roasting, it's incredibly o unbearably hot ( colloq)
    pasamos un frío espantoso we were absolutely freezing ( colloq)
    tengo un hambre espantosa I'm ravenous o starving ( colloq)
    la comida era espantosa the food was atrocious o ghastly
    ¡qué sombrero tan espantoso! what a hideous o an awful hat
    esta máquina hace un ruido espantoso this machine makes a terrible o dreadful noise ( colloq)
    llueve que es una cosa espantosa it's absolutely pouring ( colloq), it's bucketing down ( colloq)
    * * *

    espantoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a)escena/crimen horrific, appalling

    b) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) ‹comida/letra/tiempo atrocious;

    vestido/color hideous;
    ruido/voz terrible, awful;

    espantoso,-a adjetivo
    1 (horripilante) horrifying, appalling: es un asunto espantoso, it's a horrifying situation
    2 fam (uso hiperbólico) tengo unas ganas espantosas de que llegue el fin de semana, I'm dying for the weekend to come!
    3 fam (muy feo) awful, hideous: ¡quítate ese espantoso sombrero!, take off that awful hat!
    ' espantoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    berrido
    - espantosa
    - ridícula
    - ridículo
    - sueño
    - tener
    - hacer
    English:
    diabolic
    - diabolical
    - dreadful
    - frightening
    - frightful
    - ghastly
    - gruesome
    - hairy
    - hideous
    - horrendous
    - interminable
    - shocking
    - stinking
    - wretched
    - abominable
    - atrocious
    - boiling
    - dire
    - excruciating
    - horrific
    - split
    - terrible
    - terrific
    * * *
    espantoso, -a adj
    1. [pavoroso] horrific
    2. [enorme] terrible;
    allí dentro hacía un calor espantoso it was roasting o boiling o terribly hot in there;
    tengo un frío espantoso I'm freezing to death;
    teníamos un hambre espantosa we were famished o starving
    3. [feísimo] hideous, frightful;
    llevaba un vestido espantoso she was wearing a hideous o frightful dress
    4. [pasmoso] appalling, shocking;
    el servicio postal era espantoso the postal service was appalling;
    * * *
    adj
    1 horrific, appalling
    2 para enfatizar terrible, dreadful;
    hace un calor espantoso it’s terribly o incredibly hot
    * * *
    espantoso, -sa adj
    1) : frightening, terrifying
    2) : frightful, dreadful
    * * *
    espantoso adj awful / dreadful

    Spanish-English dictionary > espantoso

  • 3 funesto

    adj.
    ill-fated, tragical, disastrous, fateful.
    * * *
    1 ill-fated, fatal
    * * *
    ADJ (=maldito) ill-fated; (=desastroso) fatal, disastrous; (=nocivo) baneful
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo disastrous, terrible
    * * *
    = dire, fateful, baleful.
    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 Russian delegation also presented a handmade book to the National Library of Scotland in remembrance of that fateful Moscow meeting.
    Ex. He urged the young artists of England to break away from conventionality and the baleful influence of Renaissance art.
    ----
    * día funesto = bad hair day.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo disastrous, terrible
    * * *
    = dire, fateful, baleful.

    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 Russian delegation also presented a handmade book to the National Library of Scotland in remembrance of that fateful Moscow meeting.
    Ex: He urged the young artists of England to break away from conventionality and the baleful influence of Renaissance art.
    * día funesto = bad hair day.

    * * *
    funesto -ta
    ‹resultado/consecuencia› disastrous, terrible
    un día funesto para nuestra organización a sad o terrible day for our organization
    * * *

    funesto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    disastrous, terrible
    funesto,-a adj (causa) ill-fated, fatal
    (consecuencias) disastrous: no debimos ir nunca en ese funesto viaje, we should never have gone on that ill-fated trip

    ' funesto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    funesta
    - nefasta
    - nefasto
    English:
    fatal
    - ill-fated
    - unfortunate
    - unlucky
    - dire
    - dismal
    * * *
    funesto, -a adj
    fateful, disastrous;
    tuvo la funesta idea de dejar solos a los niños he had the fateful o disastrous idea of leaving the children on their own
    * * *
    adj disastrous
    * * *
    funesto, -ta adj
    : terrible, disastrous
    consecuencias funestas: disastrous consequences

    Spanish-English dictionary > funesto

  • 4 luctuoso

    adj.
    mournful, sorrowful, sad.
    * * *
    1 literal mournful, sorrowful
    * * *
    ADJ frm mournful, sad
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo (frml) painful
    * * *
    = deplorable, woeful, pitiful, dire, fateful.
    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. Today's pitiful situation must be improved drastically to cope with the overwhelming demand of clients for better library service.
    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 Russian delegation also presented a handmade book to the National Library of Scotland in remembrance of that fateful Moscow meeting.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo (frml) painful
    * * *
    = deplorable, woeful, pitiful, dire, fateful.

    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: Today's pitiful situation must be improved drastically to cope with the overwhelming demand of clients for better library service.
    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 Russian delegation also presented a handmade book to the National Library of Scotland in remembrance of that fateful Moscow meeting.

    * * *
    ( frml); painful, sorrowful ( frml)
    * * *
    luctuoso, -a adj
    sorrowful, mournful
    * * *
    adj sad, sorrowful
    * * *
    luctuoso, -sa adj
    : mournful, tragic

    Spanish-English dictionary > luctuoso

  • 5 nefasto

    adj.
    unlucky, ill-fated, unfortunate, fateful.
    * * *
    1 (desgraciado) unlucky, ill-fated, bad
    2 (perjudicial) harmful, fatal
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=funesto) [viaje] ill-fated; [año] unlucky; [resultado] unfortunate; [influencia] pernicious; [corrupción] harmful, damaging; [alcohol, ácido] harmful
    2) LAm (=atroz) dreadful, terrible
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo < consecuencias> disastrous; < influencia> harmful; <tiempo/fiesta> (fam) awful (colloq)
    * * *
    = dire, nefarious, heinous, dastardly, loathsome.
    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 Internet is in the midst of a new wave of global resistance to its nefarious effects.
    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. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    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.
    ----
    * consecuencia nefasta = disastrous effect.
    * efecto nefasto = deleterious effect.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo < consecuencias> disastrous; < influencia> harmful; <tiempo/fiesta> (fam) awful (colloq)
    * * *
    = dire, nefarious, heinous, dastardly, loathsome.

    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 Internet is in the midst of a new wave of global resistance to its nefarious effects.
    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: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    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.
    * consecuencia nefasta = disastrous effect.
    * efecto nefasto = deleterious effect.

    * * *
    nefasto -ta
    1 ‹consecuencias› disastrous
    una influencia nefasta a harmful influence
    un día nefasto para nuestro país a sad day for our country
    2 ( fam); ‹tiempo/fiesta› awful ( colloq), terrible ( colloq)
    * * *

    nefasto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo ‹ consecuencias disastrous;


    influencia harmful;
    tiempo/fiesta› (fam) awful (colloq)
    nefasto,-a adj (funesto) unlucky, ill-fated: su intervención fue nefasta, her intervention did a lot of harm
    ' nefasto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    nefasta
    English:
    evil
    - fatal
    - painful
    - dire
    - grim
    * * *
    nefasto, -a adj
    [funesto] ill-fated; [dañino] bad, harmful; [pésimo] terrible, awful
    * * *
    adj harmful
    * * *
    nefasto, -ta adj
    1) : ill-fated, unlucky
    2) : disastrous, terrible

    Spanish-English dictionary > nefasto

  • 6 premonición

    f.
    premonition, hunch, feeling, foreboding.
    * * *
    1 premonition
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino premonition
    * * *
    = premonition, foreboding, hunch, gut feeling, gut instinct, feelings in + Posesivo + bones.
    Ex. The article 'University/industry partnerships: premonitions for academic libraries' outlines university/industry interactions and describes the issues surrounding them.
    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. Choice of manual or automated solution to a search problem depends mainly on the questions' complexity, but also on the librarian's hunch.
    Ex. There is some fascinating research that has confirmed that 'hunches,' 'gut instincts,' ' gut feelings' are real and should be paid attention to.
    Ex. There is some fascinating research that has confirmed that 'hunches,' ' gut instincts,' 'gut feelings' are real and should be paid attention to.
    Ex. But the people's justice is hasty, mean-spirited and based on vague feelings in the bones and we need the cold hand of the law to save us from ourselves.
    * * *
    femenino premonition
    * * *
    = premonition, foreboding, hunch, gut feeling, gut instinct, feelings in + Posesivo + bones.

    Ex: The article 'University/industry partnerships: premonitions for academic libraries' outlines university/industry interactions and describes the issues surrounding them.

    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: Choice of manual or automated solution to a search problem depends mainly on the questions' complexity, but also on the librarian's hunch.
    Ex: There is some fascinating research that has confirmed that 'hunches,' 'gut instincts,' ' gut feelings' are real and should be paid attention to.
    Ex: There is some fascinating research that has confirmed that 'hunches,' ' gut instincts,' 'gut feelings' are real and should be paid attention to.
    Ex: But the people's justice is hasty, mean-spirited and based on vague feelings in the bones and we need the cold hand of the law to save us from ourselves.

    * * *
    premonition
    * * *

    premonición sustantivo femenino
    premonition
    premonición sustantivo femenino premonition
    ' premonición' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    presagio
    English:
    foreboding
    - hindsight
    - premonition
    * * *
    premonition;
    tuve la premonición de que íbamos a ganar I had a premonition that we were going to win
    * * *
    f premonition
    * * *
    premonición nf, pl - ciones : premonition

    Spanish-English dictionary > premonición

  • 7 serio

    adj.
    1 serious, grave, humorless, unsmiling.
    2 serious, intense, grave, heavy.
    3 serious, responsible, reliable, businesslike.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: seriar.
    * * *
    1 (importante) serious, grave
    2 (severo) serious
    3 (formal) reliable, responsible, dependable
    4 (color) sober; (traje etc) formal
    \
    en serio seriously
    lo digo en serio I'm quite serious, I mean it
    ¿en serio? are you serious?, do you really mean that?, really?
    ir en serio to be true, be serious
    tomar en serio to take seriously
    * * *
    (f. - seria)
    adj.
    1) serious, earnest
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [expresión, tono] serious

    ¿por qué estás hoy tan serio? — why are you (looking) so serious today?

    se quedó mirándome muy serio — he looked at me very seriously, he stared gravely at me

    ponerse serio: se puso seria al ver la foto — she went o became serious when she saw the photo

    2)

    ¿lo dices en serio? — are you serious?, do you really mean it?

    3) [problema, enfermedad, pérdida] serious
    4) (=fiable) [persona] reliable; [trato] straight, honest
    5) (=severo)
    6) [estudio, libro] serious
    * * *
    - ria adjetivo
    1) ( poco sonriente) serious

    qué cara más seria ¿qué te ha pasado? — what a long face, what's the matter? (colloq)

    2) < empleado> responsible, reliable; < empresa> reputable

    no confío en él, es muy poco serio — I don't trust him, he's very unreliable

    3)
    a) <cine/tema> serious
    b) ( grave) <enfermedad/problema> serious
    c)

    en serio< hablar> seriously, in earnest

    ¿lo dices en serio? — are you (being) serious?, do you really mean it?

    esto es serio, está muriéndose — this is serious, he's dying

    * * *
    = authoritative, conscientious, gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], serious, thoughtful, earnest, grave [graver -comp., gravest -sup.], business-like, solemn, dire, staid, serious minded, straight-faced.
    Ex. Some authoritative texts on the subject are listed at the end of this chapter.
    Ex. Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.
    Ex. She notes some gross inadequacies of these schemes in classifying African subjects, especially in the social sciences and humanities.
    Ex. DC is certainly not regarded as the perfect classification scheme even in sectors where there is no serious alternative.
    Ex. Production quotas, I believe, are antithetical to careful, thoughtful cataloging.
    Ex. She spied Asadorian in earnest converse with McSpadden.
    Ex. I believe that literature is certainly in one sense 'play' -- grave and absorbed play.
    Ex. It was generally felt that US libraries are organised on more business-like lines than those in the Netherlands.
    Ex. The infants sat solemn as the Supreme Court pronounced judgment = Los niños se sentaron solemnes mientras que el Tribunal Supremo dictaba sentencia.
    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. As many of the responding librarians pointed out, ' staid, adult-looking pages are not attractive to a teenage audience' = Como muchos de los bibliotecarios encuestados indicaron las "páginas con aspecto serio como si estuviesen dirigidas a adultos no resultan atractivas a un público joven".
    Ex. From his description one gets the impression that the inhabitants of Utopia are serious minded and that they read for instruction or for improving their own mind.
    Ex. Satire and comedy can be better vehicles for social commentary than straight-faced, serious drama.
    ----
    * en serio = wholeheartedly [whole-heartedly], for real.
    * en un serio aprieto = in dire straits.
    * en un serio apuro = in dire straits.
    * humor serio = deadpan humour.
    * mejor sería que + Subjuntivo = might + as well + Verbo.
    * poco serio = flippant.
    * ponerse a hacer Algo en serio = buckle down to.
    * ponerse a trabajar en serio = get on with + Posesivo + work, buckle down to, pull up + Posesivo + socks, pull + (a/Posesivo) finger out.
    * sería mejor que + Imperfecto de Subjuntivo = had better + Infinitivo.
    * serio en apariencia = deadpan.
    * serios, los = serious, the.
    * tomarse Algo en serio = take to + heart.
    * tomarse en serio = take + seriously, get + serious.
    * * *
    - ria adjetivo
    1) ( poco sonriente) serious

    qué cara más seria ¿qué te ha pasado? — what a long face, what's the matter? (colloq)

    2) < empleado> responsible, reliable; < empresa> reputable

    no confío en él, es muy poco serio — I don't trust him, he's very unreliable

    3)
    a) <cine/tema> serious
    b) ( grave) <enfermedad/problema> serious
    c)

    en serio< hablar> seriously, in earnest

    ¿lo dices en serio? — are you (being) serious?, do you really mean it?

    esto es serio, está muriéndose — this is serious, he's dying

    * * *
    = authoritative, conscientious, gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], serious, thoughtful, earnest, grave [graver -comp., gravest -sup.], business-like, solemn, dire, staid, serious minded, straight-faced.

    Ex: Some authoritative texts on the subject are listed at the end of this chapter.

    Ex: Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.
    Ex: She notes some gross inadequacies of these schemes in classifying African subjects, especially in the social sciences and humanities.
    Ex: DC is certainly not regarded as the perfect classification scheme even in sectors where there is no serious alternative.
    Ex: Production quotas, I believe, are antithetical to careful, thoughtful cataloging.
    Ex: She spied Asadorian in earnest converse with McSpadden.
    Ex: I believe that literature is certainly in one sense 'play' -- grave and absorbed play.
    Ex: It was generally felt that US libraries are organised on more business-like lines than those in the Netherlands.
    Ex: The infants sat solemn as the Supreme Court pronounced judgment = Los niños se sentaron solemnes mientras que el Tribunal Supremo dictaba sentencia.
    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: As many of the responding librarians pointed out, ' staid, adult-looking pages are not attractive to a teenage audience' = Como muchos de los bibliotecarios encuestados indicaron las "páginas con aspecto serio como si estuviesen dirigidas a adultos no resultan atractivas a un público joven".
    Ex: From his description one gets the impression that the inhabitants of Utopia are serious minded and that they read for instruction or for improving their own mind.
    Ex: Satire and comedy can be better vehicles for social commentary than straight-faced, serious drama.
    * en serio = wholeheartedly [whole-heartedly], for real.
    * en un serio aprieto = in dire straits.
    * en un serio apuro = in dire straits.
    * humor serio = deadpan humour.
    * mejor sería que + Subjuntivo = might + as well + Verbo.
    * poco serio = flippant.
    * ponerse a hacer Algo en serio = buckle down to.
    * ponerse a trabajar en serio = get on with + Posesivo + work, buckle down to, pull up + Posesivo + socks, pull + (a/Posesivo) finger out.
    * sería mejor que + Imperfecto de Subjuntivo = had better + Infinitivo.
    * serio en apariencia = deadpan.
    * serios, los = serious, the.
    * tomarse Algo en serio = take to + heart.
    * tomarse en serio = take + seriously, get + serious.

    * * *
    con pinta de intelectual, seriecito y callado with an intellectual, rather serious o solemn and quiet air
    qué cara más seria ¿qué te ha pasado? what a long face, what's the matter? ( colloq)
    al oír la noticia se puso muy serio his expression became very serious o grave when he heard the news
    qué serio estás hoy ¿estás preocupado? you're looking very serious today, are you worried about something?
    como no obedezcas voy a tener que ponerme serio contigo if you don't do as I say I'm going to get annoyed with you
    B
    (sensato, responsable): un empleado serio y trabajador a responsible o reliable, hardworking employee
    no es serio que nos digan una cosa y luego hagan otra it's no way to treat people ( o to conduct business etc) saying one thing and then doing another
    no confío en él, es muy poco serio I don't trust him, he is very unreliable
    son todos profesionales muy serios they are all dedicated professionals
    C
    1 (no frívolo, importante) serious
    ha hecho cine serio y también comedias tontas y frívolas he's made serious movies as well as silly, lighthearted comedies
    es un serio aspirante al título he's a serious contender for the title
    2
    en serio ‹hablar› seriously, in earnest
    bueno, vamos a ponernos a trabajar en serio right (then), let's get down to some serious work
    ¿lo dices en serio? are you (being) serious? o seriously? o do you really mean it?
    se toma muy en serio su carrera she takes her career very seriously
    esto va en serio, está muriéndose this is serious, he's dying
    y esto va en serio and I really mean it o and I'm serious about this
    no se toma nada en serio he doesn't take anything seriously
    mira que te lo digo en serio I mean it, you know
    * * *

     

    Del verbo seriar: ( conjugate seriar)

    serio es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    serió es:

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

    serio
    ◊ - ria adjetivo

    1 ( poco sonriente) serious
    2 empleado responsible, reliable;
    empresa reputable
    3
    a)cine/tema serious

    b) ( grave) ‹enfermedad/problema serious;


    c)


    ¿lo dices en serio? are you (being) serious?, do you really mean it?;
    tomarse algo en serio to take sth seriously
    serio,-a adjetivo
    1 (taciturno, de consideración, grave) serious
    2 (comprometido, de confianza) reliable
    ♦ Locuciones: en serio, seriously: hablaba en serio, she was serious
    ponte a trabajar en serio, you must start to work hard
    ' serio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    callada
    - callado
    - coña
    - en
    - formal
    - gorda
    - gordo
    - jugar
    - ligera
    - ligero
    - risa
    - seria
    - tiesa
    - tieso
    - tomarse
    - verdad
    - asustar
    - decir
    - enfado
    - enojo
    English:
    apart
    - assert
    - businesslike
    - deep
    - dignified
    - earnest
    - face value
    - flippant
    - half-serious
    - intense
    - joke
    - kid
    - knuckle down
    - laugh off
    - major
    - mean
    - quality newspaper
    - reputable
    - responsible
    - serious
    - seriously
    - settle down
    - severe
    - sober
    - sober-minded
    - staid
    - steady
    - straight
    - weighty
    - business
    - dire
    - genuine
    - honestly
    - knuckle
    - nasty
    - pride
    - seriousness
    - solemn
    - surely
    * * *
    serio, -a
    adj
    1. [grave] serious;
    es una persona muy seria he's a very serious person;
    estar serio to look serious;
    me lanzó una mirada seria she gave me a serious look;
    me tuve que poner muy seria con mis alumnos I had to get very serious with my pupils
    2. [importante] serious;
    es una enfermedad muy seria it's a very serious illness;
    me dio un susto muy serio I got a very nasty shock;
    una seria amenaza para la paz mundial a serious threat to world peace
    3. [responsable] responsible;
    [cumplidor, formal] reliable;
    son muy serios, cumplirán los plazos they're very reliable, they'll meet the deadlines;
    no son gente seria they're very unreliable;
    ¡esto no es serio! this is ridiculous!;
    lo que no es serio es que ahora digan que necesitan dos meses más what's really unacceptable is that now they're saying they need another two months
    4. [sobrio] sober;
    un traje serio a formal suit;
    sólo ve programas serios she only watches serious programmes
    en serio loc adv
    seriously;
    lo digo en serio I'm serious;
    en serio, me ha tocado la lotería seriously, I've won the lottery;
    ¿vas en serio? are you (being) serious?;
    tomarse algo/a alguien en serio to take sth/sb seriously;
    ponte a estudiar en serio get down to some serious study
    * * *
    adj
    1 serious;
    ésto va en serio this is serious;
    tomarse algo en serio take sth seriously
    2 ( responsable) reliable
    * * *
    serio, - ria adj
    1) : serious, earnest
    2) : reliable, responsible
    3) : important
    4)
    en serio : seriously, in earnest
    seriamente adv
    * * *
    serio adj
    1. (en general) serious
    2. (responsable) reliable

    Spanish-English dictionary > serio

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