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1 espantoso
adj.frightening, frightful, fearsome, dreadful.* * *► adjetivo1 (terrible) frightful, dreadful2 (asombroso) astonishing, amazing3 (desmesurado) dreadful, terrible■ hizo un frío espantoso the cold was awful, it was absolutely freezing* * *(f. - espantosa)adj.1) frightening2) dreadful* * *ADJ1) (=aterrador) frightening2) [para exagerar]llevaba un traje espantoso — she was wearing an awful o a hideous o a frightful o ghastly * hat
había un ruido espantoso — there was a terrible o dreadful noise
* * *- sa adjetivoa) <escena/crimen> horrific, appallingb) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) <comida/letra/tiempo> atrocious; <vestido/color> hideous; <ruido/voz> terrible, awfulhace un calor espantoso — it's boiling o roasting hot (colloq)
tengo un hambre espantosa — I'm starving (colloq)
* * *= frightening, harrowing, atrocious, awful, frightful, dire, ghastly, fear-inducing, hideous, shocking, horrible, dreadful, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], god-awful, groundshaking, nightmarish.Ex. No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.Ex. See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.Ex. The public library's selection of books for small boys is atrocious.Ex. These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.Ex. Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.Ex. True, ghastly additions were made to XML.Ex. The author suggests that the ability to enjoy fear-inducing media increases with age.Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.Ex. The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.Ex. Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.Ex. The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.Ex. Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.Ex. The director and deputies deserve the most recognition because they actually had to give up time with their families for the god-awful places we sent them.Ex. The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.Ex. It was the drugs that made me mad: Jane was anorexic, but the treatment prescribed pushed her over the edge for 22 nightmarish years.----* dolor de cabeza espantoso = splitting headache.* * *- sa adjetivoa) <escena/crimen> horrific, appallingb) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) <comida/letra/tiempo> atrocious; <vestido/color> hideous; <ruido/voz> terrible, awfulhace un calor espantoso — it's boiling o roasting hot (colloq)
tengo un hambre espantosa — I'm starving (colloq)
* * *= frightening, harrowing, atrocious, awful, frightful, dire, ghastly, fear-inducing, hideous, shocking, horrible, dreadful, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], god-awful, groundshaking, nightmarish.Ex: No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
Ex: See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.Ex: The public library's selection of books for small boys is atrocious.Ex: These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.Ex: Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.Ex: True, ghastly additions were made to XML.Ex: The author suggests that the ability to enjoy fear-inducing media increases with age.Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.Ex: The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.Ex: Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.Ex: The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.Ex: Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.Ex: The director and deputies deserve the most recognition because they actually had to give up time with their families for the god-awful places we sent them.Ex: The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.Ex: It was the drugs that made me mad: Jane was anorexic, but the treatment prescribed pushed her over the edge for 22 nightmarish years.* dolor de cabeza espantoso = splitting headache.* * *espantoso -sa1 ‹escena/crimen› horrific, appallingfue una experiencia espantosa it was a horrific o horrifying experience2 ( fam)(uso hiperbólico): hace un calor espantoso it's boiling o roasting, it's incredibly o unbearably hot ( colloq)pasamos un frío espantoso we were absolutely freezing ( colloq)tengo un hambre espantosa I'm ravenous o starving ( colloq)la comida era espantosa the food was atrocious o ghastly¡qué sombrero tan espantoso! what a hideous o an awful hatesta máquina hace un ruido espantoso this machine makes a terrible o dreadful noise ( colloq)* * *
espantoso◊ -sa adjetivo
‹vestido/color› hideous;
‹ruido/voz› terrible, awful;◊ pasé un frío espantoso I was absolutely freezing (colloq)
espantoso,-a adjetivo
1 (horripilante) horrifying, appalling: es un asunto espantoso, it's a horrifying situation
2 fam (uso hiperbólico) tengo unas ganas espantosas de que llegue el fin de semana, I'm dying for the weekend to come!
3 fam (muy feo) awful, hideous: ¡quítate ese espantoso sombrero!, take off that awful hat!
' espantoso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
berrido
- espantosa
- ridícula
- ridículo
- sueño
- tener
- hacer
English:
diabolic
- diabolical
- dreadful
- frightening
- frightful
- ghastly
- gruesome
- hairy
- hideous
- horrendous
- interminable
- shocking
- stinking
- wretched
- abominable
- atrocious
- boiling
- dire
- excruciating
- horrific
- split
- terrible
- terrific
* * *espantoso, -a adj1. [pavoroso] horrific2. [enorme] terrible;tengo un frío espantoso I'm freezing to death;teníamos un hambre espantosa we were famished o starving3. [feísimo] hideous, frightful;llevaba un vestido espantoso she was wearing a hideous o frightful dress4. [pasmoso] appalling, shocking;el servicio postal era espantoso the postal service was appalling;su capacidad para mentir es espantosa he's an appalling liar* * *adj1 horrific, appallinghace un calor espantoso it’s terribly o incredibly hot* * *espantoso, -sa adj1) : frightening, terrifying2) : frightful, dreadful* * *espantoso adj awful / dreadful -
2 aterrador
adj.terrifying, frightful, frightening, awesome.* * *► adjetivo1 terrifying, frightful* * *(f. - aterradora)adj.frightening, terrifying* * *ADJ terrifying* * *- dora adjetivo terrifying* * *= frightening, terrifying, terrorising [terrorizing, -USA], frightful, fear-inducing, hideous, hair-raising, groundshaking, creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.].Ex. No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.Ex. To the general public 'the female librarian is still angular, elderly, acidulous and terrifying', to use Geoffrey Langley's words, 'and a male librarian is impossible under any hypothesis'.Ex. He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.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. 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. This ' hair-raising' experience will allow students to have a better understanding of what energy is and why it's so important.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. For me, it's like those really creepy films I used to like watching when I was a kid.* * *- dora adjetivo terrifying* * *= frightening, terrifying, terrorising [terrorizing, -USA], frightful, fear-inducing, hideous, hair-raising, groundshaking, creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.].Ex: No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
Ex: To the general public 'the female librarian is still angular, elderly, acidulous and terrifying', to use Geoffrey Langley's words, 'and a male librarian is impossible under any hypothesis'.Ex: He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.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: 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: This ' hair-raising' experience will allow students to have a better understanding of what energy is and why it's so important.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: For me, it's like those really creepy films I used to like watching when I was a kid.* * *terrifying* * *
aterrador◊ - dora adjetivo
terrifying
aterrador,-ora adjetivo terrifying
' aterrador' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aterradora
English:
chilling
- frightful
- terrifying
- terrifyingly
- blood
- fearful
- fearsome
- frightening
* * *aterrador, -ora adjterrifying* * *adj frightening, terrifying* * *: terrifying* * *aterrador adj terrifying -
3 horroroso
adj.horrible, frightful, fearsome, dreadful.* * *► adjetivo1 (que causa miedo) horrifying, terrifying3 familiar (malísimo) dreadful, awful4 familiar (muy grande) awful* * *(f. - horrorosa)adj.horrible, horrifying* * *ADJ1) (=aterrador) dreadful, ghastly *2) (=horrible) [ropa, peinado] hideous, horrific; [dolor] terrible; [película, libro] dreadful* * *- sa adjetivo < crimen> horrific, horrifying; <película/novela> terrible, awful; <persona/vestido> awful, ghastly, horrific (colloq)* * *= appalling, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, shocking, horrible, dreadful, hellish, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], horrid, yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.].Ex. His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.Ex. If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.Ex. The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.Ex. The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.Ex. Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.Ex. The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.Ex. The movie novel is about a trio of small-town guys who come across a wrecked plane containing a bag full of what they presume to be 'dirty money' and decide to hold onto it, with predictably hellish consequences.Ex. Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.Ex. The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.Ex. I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.* * *- sa adjetivo < crimen> horrific, horrifying; <película/novela> terrible, awful; <persona/vestido> awful, ghastly, horrific (colloq)* * *= appalling, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, shocking, horrible, dreadful, hellish, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], horrid, yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.].Ex: His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.
Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.Ex: If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.Ex: The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.Ex: The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.Ex: Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.Ex: The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.Ex: The movie novel is about a trio of small-town guys who come across a wrecked plane containing a bag full of what they presume to be 'dirty money' and decide to hold onto it, with predictably hellish consequences.Ex: Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.Ex: The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.Ex: I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.* * *horroroso -sa‹crimen› horrific, horrifying; ‹película/novela› terrible, dreadful; ‹persona/vestido› awful, ghastly ( colloq), horrific ( colloq)hizo un tiempo horroroso the weather was horrendous o awful o foultengo un hambre horrorosa I'm terribly hungry, I'm absolutely starving ( colloq)* * *
horroroso
‹película/novela› terrible, awful;
‹persona/vestido› awful, horrific (colloq);◊ tengo un hambre horrorosa I'm absolutely starving (colloq)
horroroso,-a adjetivo
1 (que causa terror) horrifying, terrifying
2 fam (muy feo) hideous, ghastly
3 fam (muy desagradable) awful, dreadful
' horroroso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
horrorosa
- traer
- horrendo
English:
appalling
- ask back
- frightful
- ghastly
- grisly
- harrowing
- hideous
- horrid
- vile
- wicked
- awful
- horrendous
- horrible
- horrific
- horrifying
* * *horroroso, -a, horrendo, -a adj1. [terrorífico] horrific, horrifying, terrifying;un accidente horroroso a horrific accidentnos hizo un tiempo horroroso we had appalling o awful weathertiene un novio horroroso she's got a hideous boyfriend;ese vestido le queda horroroso that dress looks hideous on her¡qué frío más horroroso! it's absolutely freezing!;tengo un hambre horrorosa I'm ravenous o starving;tengo unas ganas horrorosas de leerlo I'm dying to read it* * ** * *horroroso, -sa adj1) : horrifying, terrifying2) : dreadful, bad* * *horroroso adj1. (accidente, etc) horrific2. (horrible) awful / terrible -
4 horrendo
adj.horrible, terrible, dreadful, horrifying.* * *► adjetivo1 horrible, horrifying, awful, frightful* * *ADJ1) (=aterrador) [crimen] horrific, ghastly *2) (=horrible) [ropa, zapatos] hideous, ghastly *; [película, libro] dreadful; [frío, calor] terrible, dreadful, awful* * ** * *= harrowing, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, hideous, horrible, grotesquely ugly.Ex. See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.Ex. If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.Ex. The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.Ex. Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.Ex. In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.* * ** * *= harrowing, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, hideous, horrible, grotesquely ugly.Ex: See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.
Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.Ex: If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.Ex: The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.Ex: Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.Ex: In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.* * *horrendo -da* * *
horrendo◊ -da adjetivo See Also→ horroroso
' horrendo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
horrendo-a
- infierno
English:
eyewitness
- harrowing
- horrendous
- horrific
- ghastly
- hideous
- horrifying
* * ** * *adj horrendous* * *horrendo, -da adj: horrendous, horrible -
5 atroz
adj.1 terrible, awful.hace un frío atroz it's terribly o awfully cold2 atrocious, horrible, inhumane, abominable.3 agonizing, excruciating.* * *1 (bárbaro) atrocious, outrageous* * *adj.* * *ADJ1) (=terrible) atrocious; (=cruel) cruel, inhuman; (=escandaloso) outrageous2) * (=enorme) huge, terrific; (=malísimo) dreadful, awful* * *adjetivo (brutal, cruel) appalling; ( uso hiperbólico) atrocious, awful* * *= dismal, atrocious, brutal, frightful, dire, abysmal, excruciating, hideous, gruesome, ferocious, god-awful, heinous.Ex. The persistence of a dismal image is a most worrying phenomenon and one which must change if progress is to be made by SLIS.Ex. The public library's selection of books for small boys is atrocious.Ex. Few, if any of us, want to be involved in murder, but the brutal act of one person killing another, the motives for doing so, the personal and social consequences, all hold our attention, as newspaper editors well know and exploit = Pocos, si existe alguien, desea verse implicado en un asesinato, pero el acto brutal de una persona asesinando a otra, los motivos para hacerlo, las consecuencias personales y sociales, todo capta nuestra atención, como bien saben y explotan los directores de periódicos.Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.Ex. Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.Ex. The communications infrastructure in Africa varies from very good to abysmal = La infraestructura de comunicaciones en †frica oscila entre muy buena y pésima.Ex. Loneliness can involve excruciating physical pain as well as harrowing mental suffering.Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.Ex. We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.Ex. The director and deputies deserve the most recognition because they actually had to give up time with their families for the god-awful places we sent them.Ex. There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.* * *adjetivo (brutal, cruel) appalling; ( uso hiperbólico) atrocious, awful* * *= dismal, atrocious, brutal, frightful, dire, abysmal, excruciating, hideous, gruesome, ferocious, god-awful, heinous.Ex: The persistence of a dismal image is a most worrying phenomenon and one which must change if progress is to be made by SLIS.
Ex: The public library's selection of books for small boys is atrocious.Ex: Few, if any of us, want to be involved in murder, but the brutal act of one person killing another, the motives for doing so, the personal and social consequences, all hold our attention, as newspaper editors well know and exploit = Pocos, si existe alguien, desea verse implicado en un asesinato, pero el acto brutal de una persona asesinando a otra, los motivos para hacerlo, las consecuencias personales y sociales, todo capta nuestra atención, como bien saben y explotan los directores de periódicos.Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.Ex: Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.Ex: The communications infrastructure in Africa varies from very good to abysmal = La infraestructura de comunicaciones en frica oscila entre muy buena y pésima.Ex: Loneliness can involve excruciating physical pain as well as harrowing mental suffering.Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.Ex: We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.Ex: The director and deputies deserve the most recognition because they actually had to give up time with their families for the god-awful places we sent them.Ex: There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.* * *1 (brutal, cruel) appalling, terrible2 (uso hiperbólico) atrocious, awful, dreadful ( BrE)tengo un dolor de cabeza atroz I have an atrocious o an awful headache* * *
atroz adjetivo
atrocious
atroz adjetivo
1 (pésimo, insoportable) atrocious
2 fam (enorme) enormous, tremendous
' atroz' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
insensibilidad
- barbaridad
- muerte
English:
agonizing
- appalling
- atrocious
- dreadful
- excruciating
- heinous
- hell
- hideous
- raging
- unspeakable
- vicious
- crippling
- dire
- terrible
* * *atroz adj1. [cruel] [crimen, tortura] horrific, barbarices de una fealdad atroz he's terribly o incredibly ugly3. [muy malo] atrocious, awful* * *adj1 appalling, atrocious2:un éxito atroz a smash hit* * *♦ atrozamente adv* * *atroz adj1. (cruel) atrocious / appalling2. (enorme) terriblehace un frío atroz it's terribly cold / it's freezing -
6 espanto
m.1 fright (miedo).le tiene espanto a las arañas he's frightened of spiders2 horror, great fear, dread, terror.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: espantar.* * *1 (miedo) fright, dread, terror2 (asombro) astonishment, amazement\■ nos llovió de espanto the rain was dreadful, it was pouring down¡qué espanto! how awful!* * *noun m.fright, fear* * *SM1) (=susto) frightcurado 1., 3)2) (=amenaza) threat, menace3) LAm (=fantasma) ghost4) * [para exagerar]¡qué espanto! — how awful!
es un coche de espanto — it's a fabulous o tremendous car *
* * *1)a) ( miedo) fright, horrorb) ( uso hiperbólico)la noticia nos llenó de espanto — we were horrified o appalled at the news
qué espanto de mujer! — (fam) what a dreadful o frightful woman! (colloq)
hace un frío de espanto — (fam) it's freezing o terribly cold (colloq)
estar curado de espanto — (fam)
ya está curada de espanto — she's seen/heard it all before
2) (Bol, Col, Ven fam) ( espíritu) ghost, spook (colloq)* * *= terror.Ex. The idea was exquisite but full of terror.* * *1)a) ( miedo) fright, horrorb) ( uso hiperbólico)la noticia nos llenó de espanto — we were horrified o appalled at the news
qué espanto de mujer! — (fam) what a dreadful o frightful woman! (colloq)
hace un frío de espanto — (fam) it's freezing o terribly cold (colloq)
estar curado de espanto — (fam)
ya está curada de espanto — she's seen/heard it all before
2) (Bol, Col, Ven fam) ( espíritu) ghost, spook (colloq)* * *= terror.Ex: The idea was exquisite but full of terror.
* * *A1 (miedo) fright, horrortraía una expresión de espanto en el rostro he had a look of horror/fright on his face2(uso hiperbólico): la noticia nos llenó de espanto we were horrified o appalled at the newses un espanto ver cómo tratan a esos niños it's terrible o awful to see the way they treat those children¡qué espanto! how awful!, that's ( o that must have been etc) terrible!todos sus cuadros son un espanto ( fam); all his paintings are hideous o horrendous o ghastly ( colloq)a mí no me parece tan malo, será que ya estoy curada de espanto it doesn't seem so bad to me, I've seen plenty worse* * *
Del verbo espantar: ( conjugate espantar)
espanto es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
espantó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
espantar
espanto
espantar ( conjugate espantar) verbo transitivo
1
2 (fam) ( horrorizar) to horrify, appall( conjugate appall)
verbo intransitivoa) (fam) ( asustar):◊ es tan feo que espanta he's absolutely hideous (colloq)b) (Bol, Col, Ven fam) [ fantasma]:
espantarse verbo pronominal [pájaro/peces] to get frightened away;
[ caballo] to take fright, be startled
espanto sustantivo masculino
1
b) ( uso hiperbólico):◊ la noticia nos llenó de espanto we were horrified o appalled at the news;
hace un frío de espanto (fam) it's freezing o terribly cold (colloq);
ya está curada de espanto (fam) she's seen/heard it all before
2 (Bol, Col, Ven fam) ( espíritu) ghost, spook (colloq)
espantar verbo transitivo
1 (ahuyentar) to shoo o scare away: espantó a los atacantes con un tiro al aire, he scared away his attackers by firing a shot into the air
2 (causar espanto) to scare, frighten
espanto sustantivo masculino
1 (terror) panic, fright: siento espanto cuando me mira, he makes me shudder when he looks at me
2 (impresión fuerte) shock: ver toda esa sangre fue un espanto, it was shocking to see all that blood
3 fam (terrible) dreadful, awful: la obra de teatro era un espanto, the play was awful
♦ Locuciones: familiar de espanto, dreadful, shocking
estar curado,-a de espanto, to be inured to something: a mí no me impresiona, estoy curada de espanto, it doesn't impress me, I've seen it all before
' espanto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
espantar
- execrable
English:
flail
- horrify
* * *espanto nm1. [miedo] fright;le tiene espanto a las arañas he's frightened o scared of spiders¡qué espanto! how terrible!;hacía un calor de espanto the heat was appallingtiene un novio que es un espanto she's got a boyfriend who's a real fright;¡qué espanto de traje! what a hideous o frightful suit!4. Am [fantasma] ghost* * *m1 ( susto) fright2 L.Am. ( fantasma) ghost3:nos llenó de espanto desagrado we were horrified;¡qué espanto! how awful!;de espanto terrible;estar curado de espanto(s) fam have seen it all before* * *espanto nm: fright, fear, horror* * * -
7 temer
v.1 to fear, to be afraid of (tener miedo de).yo no te temo I'm not afraid of youtemo herir sus sentimientos I'm afraid of hurting her feelingsElla teme lo peor She fears the worst.Ella teme She is afraid.2 to fear.3 to be afraid.no temas don't worryle teme mucho al fuego she's very afraid of firetemer por to fear for4 to be afraid to, to be afraid of, to dread to, to fear to.Ella teme cometer un error She is afraid to make a mistake.* * *1 (tener miedo) to fear, be afraid of2 (sospechar) to fear, be afraid3 RELIGIÓN to fear1 (tener miedo) to be afraid2 (preocuparse) to worry1 to be afraid\era de temer it had to happenme lo temía I was afraid this would happentemer por to be afraid for, fear for, be in fear of* * *verbto fear, dread* * *1.VT [+ persona, castigo, consecuencias] to be afraid of, fearteme al profesor — he's afraid o frightened of the teacher
temer que — to be afraid (that), fear (that)
teme que no vaya a volver — she's afraid o she fears (that) he might not come back
2.VI to be afraid3.See:* * *1.temer + INF — to be frightened o afraid of -ing
2.temer QUE + SUBJ: teme que le echen la culpa a él — he's afraid that they'll blame him for it
temer vi to be afraidestos niños son de temer — (fam) these kids are terrible! (colloq)
3.temer POR algo/alguien — to fear for something/somebody
temerse v prona) ( sospechar) to fearya me lo temía — I knew this/that would happen
me temo que... — I fear that...
b) ( en fórmulas de cortesía) to be afraid* * *= fear, be afraid, flinch at/from, dread, be frightful of, be apprehensive (about).Ex. For example, an unwed woman who fears she is pregnant may have appointments made for her at a medical clinic.Ex. I am afraid I shall disappoint again, for this book is not a polemical document, nor is it even a personal view of community information.Ex. It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.Ex. At least it is the part most dreaded by employees and supervisors.Ex. 'No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face so as not to be frightful of death'.Ex. His actions have bothered me to the extent that I have difficulty working with him without always being apprehensive.----* hacer temer = misgive.* temer por = become + apprehensive about.* temer tratar = fear to + tread.* * *1.temer + INF — to be frightened o afraid of -ing
2.temer QUE + SUBJ: teme que le echen la culpa a él — he's afraid that they'll blame him for it
temer vi to be afraidestos niños son de temer — (fam) these kids are terrible! (colloq)
3.temer POR algo/alguien — to fear for something/somebody
temerse v prona) ( sospechar) to fearya me lo temía — I knew this/that would happen
me temo que... — I fear that...
b) ( en fórmulas de cortesía) to be afraid* * *= fear, be afraid, flinch at/from, dread, be frightful of, be apprehensive (about).Ex: For example, an unwed woman who fears she is pregnant may have appointments made for her at a medical clinic.
Ex: I am afraid I shall disappoint again, for this book is not a polemical document, nor is it even a personal view of community information.Ex: It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.Ex: At least it is the part most dreaded by employees and supervisors.Ex: 'No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face so as not to be frightful of death'.Ex: His actions have bothered me to the extent that I have difficulty working with him without always being apprehensive.* hacer temer = misgive.* temer por = become + apprehensive about.* temer tratar = fear to + tread.* * *temer [E1 ]vt‹castigo/reacción/desenlace› to fear, dread; ‹persona› to be afraid of, fearsus hijos la or ( AmL) le temen her children are afraid o frightened of hertodos temían lo peor they all feared the worsttemer + INF to be frightened o afraid OF -INGtemo ofenderlo I'm frightened o afraid of offending himtemer QUE + SUBJ:teme que le echen la culpa a él he's afraid that they'll blame him for ittemían que pudiera interpretarse mal they were afraid it might be misinterpreted■ temervito be afraidno temas, no te voy a hacer daño don't be afraid o don't worry, I'm not going to hurt youtemer POR algo/algn to fear FOR sth/sbteme por sus hijos/su vida he fears for his children/his life■ temerse1 (sospechar) to fearme temo que nuestro amigo tenía razón I fear o I have an awful feeling that our friend was right2 (en fórmulas de cortesía) to be afraidme temo que no puedo hacer nada más I'm afraid there's nothing more I can do* * *
temer ( conjugate temer) verbo transitivo ‹castigo/reacción› to fear, dread;
‹ persona› to be afraid of;
temo ofenderlo I'm afraid of offending him
verbo intransitivo
to be afraid;
no temas don't be afraid
temerse verbo pronominal
me temo que tená razón I fear that he was right
temer
I verbo transitivo
1 (sentir miedo, temor) to fear, be afraid: temo que lo haya oído, I'm afraid she heard it
sus hijos lo temen, his sons are afraid of him
2 (tener un presagio, presentir) temíamos que no viniera, we were afraid he wouldn't come
II verbo intransitivo to be afraid: temo por su vida, I'm afraid for his life ➣ Ver nota en afraid y fear
' temer' also found in these entries:
English:
dread
- fear
- afraid
- to
* * *♦ vt1. [tener miedo de] [persona] to fear, to be afraid of;[represalias, consecuencias, reacción] to fear, to be afraid of;yo no te temo I'm not afraid of you;temo herir sus sentimientos I'm afraid of hurting her feelings;temen que los despidan they are afraid of losing their jobs;Famcuando se pone a hablar le temo my heart sinks whenever he opens his mouth2. [sospechar] to fear;temo que vamos a tener que trabajar mucho I fear we're going to have to work hard;tememos lo peor we fear the worst♦ vino temas don't worry;temer por to fear for;los médicos temen por su vida the doctors fear for her life;el equipo polaco es de temer the Polish team are formidable opponents;estos críos son de temer these kids are a menace;es de temer que… it is to be feared that…;son de temer nuevos atentados further attacks are to be feared* * *v/t be afraid of* * *temer vt: to fear, to dreadtemer vi: to be afraid* * *temer vb to be afraid / to be frightened -
8 Bruselas
m.Brussels.* * *1 Brussels* * *SF Brussels* * *femenino Brussels* * *= Brussels.Ex. 'No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face so as not to be frightful of death'.----* col de bruselas = Brussels sprout.* * *femenino Brussels* * *= Brussels.Ex: 'No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face so as not to be frightful of death'.
* col de bruselas = Brussels sprout.* * *Brussels* * *
Bruselas sustantivo femenino
Brussels
Bruselas sustantivo femenino Brussels
' Bruselas' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
col
English:
Brussels
- Brussels sprouts
- sprout
* * *Bruselas nBrussels* * *f Brussels -
9 atrocidad
f.1 barbarity.me parece una atrocidad que no tengan calefacción I think it's terrible o awful that they don't have heating2 atrocity, abomination, atrocious action, barbarity.* * *1 (barbaridad) atrocity, outrage2 (disparate - acción) something stupid, foolish thing; (- dicho) silly remark, stupid remark■ es una atrocidad salir sin abrigo con el frío que hace it's madness to go out without a coat in this cold weather* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (Mil etc) atrocity, outrage2) * (=tontería) foolish thing, silly thing3) * (=exageración)¡qué atrocidad! — how dreadful!, how awful!
* * *2) ( uso hiperbólico)qué atrocidad! — how atrocious! o how awful!
* * *= enormity, atrocity, awfulness, hideousness, monstrosity, outrage, inhumanity.Ex. It is very rare that a library will abandon a classification scheme and turn to another due to the enormity of the task of reclassifying.Ex. The library's collections and collection policy covers not only the Nazi atrocities but also genocide wherever its has occurred in modern times.Ex. But among those elements there may be something new and strange which one may not be able to assimilate oneself, as an adult, because of the sheer awfulness of the rest of the stuff.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. Homosexuality, cuckoldry, flowering anuses, zombies, monstrosity, gambling, banquets, viral contagion all become signs of a historical epoch which exists in a repetitious & catastrophic crisis.Ex. The outrage expressed by users of the Internet brought about the passing an act aimed at ridding the Internet of pornography.Ex. Humanism is seen as the last best way to combat inhumanity & injustice.* * *2) ( uso hiperbólico)qué atrocidad! — how atrocious! o how awful!
* * *= enormity, atrocity, awfulness, hideousness, monstrosity, outrage, inhumanity.Ex: It is very rare that a library will abandon a classification scheme and turn to another due to the enormity of the task of reclassifying.
Ex: The library's collections and collection policy covers not only the Nazi atrocities but also genocide wherever its has occurred in modern times.Ex: But among those elements there may be something new and strange which one may not be able to assimilate oneself, as an adult, because of the sheer awfulness of the rest of the stuff.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: Homosexuality, cuckoldry, flowering anuses, zombies, monstrosity, gambling, banquets, viral contagion all become signs of a historical epoch which exists in a repetitious & catastrophic crisis.Ex: The outrage expressed by users of the Internet brought about the passing an act aimed at ridding the Internet of pornography.Ex: Humanism is seen as the last best way to combat inhumanity & injustice.* * *A1 (cualidad) barbarity2 (acto) atrocityB(uso hiperbólico): ¿eso le dijo? ¡qué atrocidad! he said that to her? how atrocious! o how awful!este nuevo programa es una atrocidad this new program is terrible o awful o appalling* * *
atrocidad sustantivo femenino ( cualidad) barbarity;
( acto) atrocity;◊ ¡qué atrocidad! how atrocious! o how awful!
atrocidad sustantivo femenino atrocity
' atrocidad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bestialidad
- monstruosidad
English:
atrocity
- monstrosity
- outrage
- inhumanity
* * *atrocidad nf1. [cualidad] barbarity2. [acción] atrocityme parece una atrocidad que no tengan calefacción I think it's terrible o awful that they don't have heating* * *f1 atrocity2 ( disparate):decir/hacer atrocidades say/do stupid things3:una atrocidad de película/libro fam an atrocious movie/book* * *atrocidad nf: atrocity* * *atrocidad n atrocity -
10 cautivador
adj.captivating, bewitching, winning, enchanting.* * *► adjetivo1 captivating2 (encantador) charming* * *(f. - cautivadora)adj.* * *- dora adjetivo captivating* * *= charming, compelling, absorbing, winning, beguiling, luscious, ever-dashing, smouldering [smoldering, -USA], enchanting.Ex. 'No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face so as not to be frightful of death'.Ex. This article examines the facets of the fee-or-free controversy and presents a compelling case that the issue is far from resolved.Ex. Administration of reference services is an absorbing challenge.Ex. Basically it is more tangible and exciting for retailers to develop new products, decorate stores, design Web sites, and create winning advertisements than it is for them to struggle to set prices that will mean profits.Ex. There is a real need for beguiling stories that accurately describe what it is like to be a human being in modern China.Ex. This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.Ex. Princess Cinderella and the ever-dashing Prince Charming are about to celebrate their tenth anniversary - and all the kingdom's abuzz!.Ex. We show you how to create a smouldering 40s look with a modern twist, using a home-grown cosmetic collection.Ex. 'Don't let it bother you and I won't let it affect me,' said Passantino, with an enchanting smile.* * *- dora adjetivo captivating* * *= charming, compelling, absorbing, winning, beguiling, luscious, ever-dashing, smouldering [smoldering, -USA], enchanting.Ex: 'No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face so as not to be frightful of death'.
Ex: This article examines the facets of the fee-or-free controversy and presents a compelling case that the issue is far from resolved.Ex: Administration of reference services is an absorbing challenge.Ex: Basically it is more tangible and exciting for retailers to develop new products, decorate stores, design Web sites, and create winning advertisements than it is for them to struggle to set prices that will mean profits.Ex: There is a real need for beguiling stories that accurately describe what it is like to be a human being in modern China.Ex: This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.Ex: Princess Cinderella and the ever-dashing Prince Charming are about to celebrate their tenth anniversary - and all the kingdom's abuzz!.Ex: We show you how to create a smouldering 40s look with a modern twist, using a home-grown cosmetic collection.Ex: 'Don't let it bother you and I won't let it affect me,' said Passantino, with an enchanting smile.* * *captivating* * *
cautivador◊ - dora adjetivo
captivating
cautivador,-ora adjetivo captivating
' cautivador' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cautivadora
English:
prepossessing
- beguiling
* * *cautivador, -ora♦ adjcaptivating, enchanting♦ nm,fcharmer* * *adj captivating* * *cautivador, - dora adj: captivating -
11 confundir
v.1 to confuse.me confundes con tanta información you're confusing me with all that informationMaría los confundió sonriendo Mary confused them by smiling.Ella confundió las razones She confused the reasons.María confundió la razón real Mary confused=muddled the real reason.2 to mix up.3 to confound.4 to scramble, to put in disorder, to confuse, to mess up.María confundió los papeles Mary scrambled the papers.* * *1 (mezclar) to mix up3 (no reconocer) to mistake ( con, for)4 (turbar) to confound, embarrass1 (mezclarse) to mingle; (colores, formas) to blend2 (equivocarse) to get mixed up, make a mistake3 (turbarse) to be confused, be embarrassed* * *verb* * *1. VT1) (=equivocar) to confuseen este planteamiento se están confundiendo causa y efecto — this approach confuses cause and effect
no confundamos las cosas, por favor — let's not confuse things, please
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confundir algo/a algn con algo/algn — to get sth/sb mixed up with sth/sb, mistake sth/sb for sth/sbla confundí con su hermana gemela — I got her mixed up with her twin sister, I mistook her for her twin sister
culo 1), velocidad 1)no se debe confundir a Richard Strauss con Johann Strauss — Richard Strauss should not be confused with Johann Strauss
2) (=mezclar) [+ papeles] to mix up3) (=desconcertar) to confuseme confunde con tanta palabrería — he confuses me o gets me confused with all that talk of his, I find all that talk of his confusing
4) (=turbar) to overwhelmme confundía con tantas atenciones — her kindness was overwhelming, I was overwhelmed by all her kindness
2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) ( por error) <fechas/datos> to confuse, get... mixed o muddled up; < personas> to confuse, mix upconfundir algo/alguien con algo/a alguien — to mistake something/somebody for something/somebody
b) ( desconcertar) to confusec) ( turbar) to embarrass2.confundirse v prona) ( equivocarse)confundirse de algo: me confundí de calle/casa — I got the wrong street/house
b) (mezclarse, fundirse)* * *= confound, puzzle, baffle, perplex, cloud, muddle, obfuscate, snarl up, nonplus, obnubilate.Ex. To treat these reports differently only because some are serial and the others are monographic in form is to play havoc with the integrity of the catalog and to confound its users.Ex. The repetition of the author's name introduces new esoteric punctuation which is bound to puzzle the catalog user.Ex. As the domain expands, the problem of rule formalisation may even baffle a human expert.Ex. If when you are working you come across a problem which perplexes you, you should write to someone in the field who may be able to help you.Ex. Whilst library schools should continue to concentrate upon traditional priorities and the obsession with machines and techniques should not cloud those priorities.Ex. But even when valid averages and unit costs are examined, Simpson's Paradox can arise to muddle expectations.Ex. Just because the facts don't support his views, he threatens, slanders, lies, obfuscates and charges 'lies, hypocrisy and cruelty'.Ex. If all goes as usual, it will snow approximately one inch and completely snarl up traffic until melted.Ex. The spectacle in front of Bertie was enough to nonplus anyone -- Gussie in scarlet tights and a pretty frightful false beard.Ex. Fourniret is a dangerous man obnubilated by the phantasm of virginity.----* confundir (con) = confuse (with).* confundir las diferencias entre = blur + the boundaries between.* confundir la situación = cloud + the view, cloud + the picture.* confundir la velocidad con el tocino = one thing + have + nothing to do with the other.* confundir los límites entre = blur + the boundaries between.* confundir los medios con el fin = confuse + the means with the ends.* confundir los papeles = blur + roles.* confundir + Nombre + por + Nombre = mistake + Nombre + for + Nombre.* para confundir aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.* que confunde = confounding.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) ( por error) <fechas/datos> to confuse, get... mixed o muddled up; < personas> to confuse, mix upconfundir algo/alguien con algo/a alguien — to mistake something/somebody for something/somebody
b) ( desconcertar) to confusec) ( turbar) to embarrass2.confundirse v prona) ( equivocarse)confundirse de algo: me confundí de calle/casa — I got the wrong street/house
b) (mezclarse, fundirse)* * *confundir (con)(v.) = confuse (with)Ex: The genus/species relationship must not be confused with other types of relationship such as those between a thing and its properties or between a thing and an operation.
= confound, puzzle, baffle, perplex, cloud, muddle, obfuscate, snarl up, nonplus, obnubilate.Ex: To treat these reports differently only because some are serial and the others are monographic in form is to play havoc with the integrity of the catalog and to confound its users.
Ex: The repetition of the author's name introduces new esoteric punctuation which is bound to puzzle the catalog user.Ex: As the domain expands, the problem of rule formalisation may even baffle a human expert.Ex: If when you are working you come across a problem which perplexes you, you should write to someone in the field who may be able to help you.Ex: Whilst library schools should continue to concentrate upon traditional priorities and the obsession with machines and techniques should not cloud those priorities.Ex: But even when valid averages and unit costs are examined, Simpson's Paradox can arise to muddle expectations.Ex: Just because the facts don't support his views, he threatens, slanders, lies, obfuscates and charges 'lies, hypocrisy and cruelty'.Ex: If all goes as usual, it will snow approximately one inch and completely snarl up traffic until melted.Ex: The spectacle in front of Bertie was enough to nonplus anyone -- Gussie in scarlet tights and a pretty frightful false beard.Ex: Fourniret is a dangerous man obnubilated by the phantasm of virginity.* confundir (con) = confuse (with).* confundir las diferencias entre = blur + the boundaries between.* confundir la situación = cloud + the view, cloud + the picture.* confundir la velocidad con el tocino = one thing + have + nothing to do with the other.* confundir los límites entre = blur + the boundaries between.* confundir los medios con el fin = confuse + the means with the ends.* confundir los papeles = blur + roles.* confundir + Nombre + por + Nombre = mistake + Nombre + for + Nombre.* para confundir aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.* que confunde = confounding.* * *confundir [I1 ]vt1 (por error) ‹fechas/datos› to confuse, get … mixed o muddled up; ‹personas› to confuse, mix upnos confunden la voz por teléfono people get our voices mixed up o confused on the phoneno confundas los dos términos don't confuse the two termsconfundir algo CON algo to mistake sth FOR sthconfundió el pimentón dulce con el picante she mistook the sweet paprika for the hotconfundir a algn CON algn to mistake sb FOR sbla gente siempre me confunde con mi hermano gemelo people always take o mistake me for my twin brothercreo que me confunde con otra persona I think you are getting me mixed up o confused with somebody else2 (desconcertar) to confuseno confundas al pobre chico con tantos detalles don't confuse the poor boy with so many detailstantas cifras confunden a cualquiera all these numbers are enough to confuse anyoneel interés que demuestra por ella me confunde I'm baffled by his interest in her3 (turbar) to embarrassse sintió confundida por tanta amabilidad she was embarrassed o overwhelmed by so much kindness1(equivocarse): siempre se confunde en las cuentas he always makes mistakes in the accounts o gets the accounts wrongconfundirse DE algo:me confundí de calle/casa I got the wrong street/housese ha confundido de número you have o you've got the wrong number2(mezclarse, fundirse): se confundió entre la multitud he melted into o disappeared into the crowduna gran variedad de colores se confunden en el cuadro the painting is a fusion of many different colors, many different colors are blended together in the paintingunos policías de civil se confundían con la multitud plainclothes police mingled with the crowd* * *
confundir ( conjugate confundir) verbo transitivo
‹ personas› to confuse, mix up;
confundir algo/a algn con algo/algn to mistake sth/sb for sth/sb;
confundirse verbo pronominal
confundir verbo transitivo
1 to confuse [con, with]: lo confundo con tu hermano, I am confusing him with your brother
2 (embarullar a alguien) to mislead
3 (turbar) to confound
' confundir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
equivocar
- trastocar
- turbar
- atolondrar
- despistar
- embrollar
- enrollar
- liar
- marear
English:
advise
- alone
- confound
- confuse
- everyday
- let
- mistake
- mix up
- practice
- practise
- stump
- fox
- mix
- muddle
* * *♦ vtconfundir dos cosas to get two things mixed up;siempre lo confundo con su hermano gemelo I always mistake him for his twin brother;creo que me está confundiendo con otro I think you're confusing me with someone else;Fam Humconfundir la velocidad con el tocino to mix up two completely different things2. [desconcertar] to confuse;me confundes con tanta información you're confusing me with all that information3. [mezclar] to mix up4. [abrumar] to overwhelm;tanta simpatía me confunde I'm overwhelmed by all this friendliness, all this friendliness is overwhelming* * *v/t1 confuse* * *confundir vt: to confuse, to mix up* * *confundir vb1. (mezclar) to get mixed up2. (equivocar) to mix up / to mistakesiempre me confunden con mi hermano people are always mixing me up with my brother / people always mistake me for my brother3. (dejar perplejo) to confuse -
12 coste de vidas humanas
(n.) = human costEx. 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.* * *(n.) = human costEx: 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.
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13 dar sombra
to shade, give shade* * *(v.) = shadeEx. 'No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face so as not to be frightful of death'.* * *(v.) = shadeEx: 'No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face so as not to be frightful of death'.
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14 dejar perplejo
v.to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle, to baffle.La sorpresa enmudeció a María The surprise dumbfounded Mary.* * *(v.) = puzzle, mystify, perplex, stump, blow + Posesivo + mind, bewilder, nonplusEx. During this decade, a number of the perennial information issues for which technological solutions are needed will persit and continue to puzzle librarians.Ex. 'What mystifies me' -- she paused, searching for the proper words -- 'what mystifies me is the hold he seems to have over you and the staff'.Ex. If when you are working you come across a problem which perplexes you, you should write to someone in the field who may be able to help you.Ex. I'm stumped -- again, any help would be appreciated -- and thank you for your responses so far!.Ex. This is a book that treats its audience with respect while blowing their mind.Ex. Often the publisher would deliberately edited the copy of a book, substituting English spelling for American and vice versa, and changing the text if he thought it would bewilder or offend his customers.Ex. The spectacle in front of Bertie was enough to nonplus anyone -- Gussie in scarlet tights and a pretty frightful false beard.* * *(v.) = puzzle, mystify, perplex, stump, blow + Posesivo + mind, bewilder, nonplusEx: During this decade, a number of the perennial information issues for which technological solutions are needed will persit and continue to puzzle librarians.
Ex: 'What mystifies me' -- she paused, searching for the proper words -- 'what mystifies me is the hold he seems to have over you and the staff'.Ex: If when you are working you come across a problem which perplexes you, you should write to someone in the field who may be able to help you.Ex: I'm stumped -- again, any help would be appreciated -- and thank you for your responses so far!.Ex: This is a book that treats its audience with respect while blowing their mind.Ex: Often the publisher would deliberately edited the copy of a book, substituting English spelling for American and vice versa, and changing the text if he thought it would bewilder or offend his customers.Ex: The spectacle in front of Bertie was enough to nonplus anyone -- Gussie in scarlet tights and a pretty frightful false beard. -
15 dejar sin palabras
(v.) = leave + Nombre + speechless, nonplusEx. The teachings of Maimonides do not leave us speechless but enable us to reach a new level of understanding of the deity.Ex. The spectacle in front of Bertie was enough to nonplus anyone -- Gussie in scarlet tights and a pretty frightful false beard.* * *(v.) = leave + Nombre + speechless, nonplusEx: The teachings of Maimonides do not leave us speechless but enable us to reach a new level of understanding of the deity.
Ex: The spectacle in front of Bertie was enough to nonplus anyone -- Gussie in scarlet tights and a pretty frightful false beard. -
16 desconcertar
v.1 to disconcert, to throw.Dejaron en suspenso al público They bewildered the public.2 to disturb, to perplex, to upset.* * *1 (perturbar) to disconcert, upset, disturb2 (desorientar) to confuse3 MEDICINA to dislocate1 (perturbarse) to be disconcerted2 (desorientarse) to be bewildered, be confused3 MEDICINA to be dislocated* * *verbto disconcert, confuse* * *1.VT (=desorientar) to disconcertcambió de táctica para desconcertar al rival — she changed tactics to disconcert her opponent o to put her opponent off
2.See:* * *verbo transitivo to disconcert* * *= puzzle, bewilder, baffle, bemuse, disconcert, mystify, perplex, grow + confused, throw + Nombre + off balance, discomfit, faze, nonplus.Ex. The repetition of the author's name introduces new esoteric punctuation which is bound to puzzle the catalog user.Ex. Often the publisher would deliberately edited the copy of a book, substituting English spelling for American and vice versa, and changing the text if he thought it would bewilder or offend his customers.Ex. As the domain expands, the problem of rule formalisation may even baffle a human expert.Ex. The student must not let himself be bemused by sheer statistics.Ex. On the negative side, the Britannica's complicated arrangement will continue to disconcert some users.Ex. 'What mystifies me' -- she paused, searching for the proper words -- 'what mystifies me is the hold he seems to have over you and the staff'.Ex. If when you are working you come across a problem which perplexes you, you should write to someone in the field who may be able to help you.Ex. This article discusses one case that illustrates how even well trained federal prosecutors can grow confused about how to apply the intellectual property law.Ex. At first, analyzing the way he went about his work eroded his confidence, threw him off balance, dimmed some of his energetic spirit.Ex. What many people miss is that part of his talent is to amuse and discomfit his audience at the same time.Ex. Arranged marriages, which are so the norm here in India, always seem to faze the non-Indians.Ex. The spectacle in front of Bertie was enough to nonplus anyone -- Gussie in scarlet tights and a pretty frightful false beard.* * *verbo transitivo to disconcert* * *= puzzle, bewilder, baffle, bemuse, disconcert, mystify, perplex, grow + confused, throw + Nombre + off balance, discomfit, faze, nonplus.Ex: The repetition of the author's name introduces new esoteric punctuation which is bound to puzzle the catalog user.
Ex: Often the publisher would deliberately edited the copy of a book, substituting English spelling for American and vice versa, and changing the text if he thought it would bewilder or offend his customers.Ex: As the domain expands, the problem of rule formalisation may even baffle a human expert.Ex: The student must not let himself be bemused by sheer statistics.Ex: On the negative side, the Britannica's complicated arrangement will continue to disconcert some users.Ex: 'What mystifies me' -- she paused, searching for the proper words -- 'what mystifies me is the hold he seems to have over you and the staff'.Ex: If when you are working you come across a problem which perplexes you, you should write to someone in the field who may be able to help you.Ex: This article discusses one case that illustrates how even well trained federal prosecutors can grow confused about how to apply the intellectual property law.Ex: At first, analyzing the way he went about his work eroded his confidence, threw him off balance, dimmed some of his energetic spirit.Ex: What many people miss is that part of his talent is to amuse and discomfit his audience at the same time.Ex: Arranged marriages, which are so the norm here in India, always seem to faze the non-Indians.Ex: The spectacle in front of Bertie was enough to nonplus anyone -- Gussie in scarlet tights and a pretty frightful false beard.* * *desconcertar [A5 ]vtto disconcertme desconcertó con tantas preguntas I was disconcerted by all the questionssus reacciones me desconciertan I find his reactions disconcertingsu respuesta me desconcertó I was taken aback o disconcerted by her replyto be disconcertedme desconcerté con su pregunta I was taken aback o disconcerted by her question* * *
desconcertar ( conjugate desconcertar) verbo transitivo
to disconcert;
desconcertar verbo transitivo to disconcert: los últimos hallazgos han desconcertado a los investigadores, the lastest discoveries have puzzled the researchers
' desconcertar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aturdir
- turbar
- confundir
English:
baffle
- confound
- confuse
- disconcert
- perplex
- rattle
- throw
- unnerve
- flummox
- mystify
- put
- vex
* * *♦ vtsu respuesta lo desconcertó her answer threw him;su comportamiento me desconcierta I find his behaviour disconcerting* * *v/t a persona disconcert* * *desconcertar {55} vt: to disconcert* * *desconcertar vb to puzzle -
17 encaje
m.1 insertion, fitting-in (ajuste).2 lace (tejido).pañuelo/bragas de encaje lace handkerchief/knickers3 socket.4 bank adjustment.pres.subj.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: encajar.* * *1 (acto) fit, fitting3 COSTURA lace* * *noun m.* * *SM1) (Cos) laceencaje de bolillos — (lit) bobbin lace
tengo que hacer encaje de bolillos para que el sueldo me llegue a fin de mes — I have to juggle things around constantly to make ends meet
2) [de piezas] fitting3) (=cabida)una obra de difícil encaje en el concepto de teatro moderno — a work which does not fit easily into the concept of modern theatre
4) (Téc) (=hueco) socket; (=ranura) groove5) (=taracea) inlay, mosaicencaje de aplicación — appliqué, appliqué work
6) (Econ) reserve, stock* * *1) (Indum) lace2) (Fin) tb3) (Mec) socket* * *= lace.Ex. 'No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face so as not to be frightful of death'.----* bordado de encaje = lacework.* de encaje = lacy.* encaje de aguja a mano = needlepoint lace.* encaje de bolillos = bobbin lace.* encaje de hilo = tatting.* encajes = lacework.* hacer encaje = tat.* hacer encaje de bolillos para que cuadre Algo = do + the impossible, jump through + hoops, double over + backwards, juggle.* hecho de encaje = lacy.* persona que hace encajes = tatter.* * *1) (Indum) lace2) (Fin) tb3) (Mec) socket* * *= lace.Ex: 'No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face so as not to be frightful of death'.
* bordado de encaje = lacework.* de encaje = lacy.* encaje de aguja a mano = needlepoint lace.* encaje de bolillos = bobbin lace.* encaje de hilo = tatting.* encajes = lacework.* hacer encaje = tat.* hacer encaje de bolillos para que cuadre Algo = do + the impossible, jump through + hoops, double over + backwards, juggle.* hecho de encaje = lacy.* persona que hace encajes = tatter.* * *A ( Indum) lacepañuelo de encaje lace handkerchiefmedias de encaje lacy stockingsun camisón con encajes en el cuello a nightgown with a lacy collarB ( Fin) tbencaje bancario reserveC ( Mec) socket* * *
Del verbo encajar: ( conjugate encajar)
encajé es:
1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo
encaje es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
encajar
encaje
encajar ( conjugate encajar) verbo transitivo
1 (meter, colocar) to fit
2 (esp AmL fam) ( endilgar):◊ me encajeon a mí el trabajito I got saddled o landed with the job (colloq);
le encaja los hijos a la suegra she dumps the kids on her mother-in-law (colloq);
les encajeon tres goles they put three goals past them
verbo intransitivo
las piezas encajeon the pieces fitted together
encaje sustantivo masculino (Indum) lace;
encajar
I verbo transitivo
1 (algo dentro de algo) to insert: hay que encajar las fichas del rompecabezas, you have to fit the pieces of the puzzle together
2 (aceptar) to take: encaja muy mal las críticas, she takes criticism very badly
3 (un golpe a alguien) to land sb a blow
II verbo intransitivo
1 (ajustarse) to fit: este enchufe no encaja aquí, this plug doesn't fit
2 (cuadrar) no encaja en este ambiente, she doesn't fit in in this environment
su declaración no encaja con la del testigo, her statement doesn't agree with that of the witness
encaje sustantivo masculino lace
un pañuelo de encaje, a lace handkerchief
' encaje' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bolillo
- puntilla
English:
fit
- lace
- lacy
- socket
* * *encaje nm1. [ajuste] insertion, fitting in2. [tejido] lace;pañuelo de encaje lace handkerchief;un camisón de encaje a lacy nightdressencaje de bolillos bobbin lace;habrá que hacer encaje de bolillos para ajustarse al presupuesto we'll have to perform a minor miracle to keep within the budget* * *m lace* * *encaje nm1) : lace2) : financial reserve* * *encaje n lace -
18 encantador
adj.charming, winning, delightful, lovely.m.enchanter.* * *► adjetivo1 enchanting, charming, delightful► nombre masculino,nombre femenino\encantador,-ra de serpientes snake charmer* * *(f. - encantadora)adj.1) delightful2) charming* * *encantador, -a1.ADJ [persona] charming, delightful; [lugar] lovely2.SM / F magician, enchanter/enchantress* * *I- dora adjetivo <persona/lugar> charming, delightfulII- dora masculino, femenino magician* * *= engaging, charming, delightful, enchanting, delectable, winning, a prince of, lovely [lovelier - comp., loveliest -sup.].Ex. The interview went smoothly; the committee was impressed by her knowledge of the current library scene, her enthusiasm, and her engaging personality.Ex. 'No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face so as not to be frightful of death'.Ex. Indeed, this is one of the most delightful aspects of reference work, providing every day a new intellectual challenge.Ex. 'Don't let it bother you and I won't let it affect me,' said Passantino, with an enchanting smile.Ex. It is a delectable opportunity to introduce a patron to the writings of a favorite author, such as M. Fisher, whose works, one hopes, will delight the patron both for their gastronomical tours de force as well as for the unforgettable anecdotes.Ex. Basically it is more tangible and exciting for retailers to develop new products, decorate stores, design Web sites, and create winning advertisements than it is for them to struggle to set prices that will mean profits.Ex. The general opinion of Edward Wood seemed to be summed up in the words of one staff member, who said, 'Ed Wood's a prince of a guy'.Ex. The article ' Lovely idea, but unlovely pricing' criticizes the pricing level of a new service aimed at research scientists in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnology companies.----* de manera encantadora = winningly.* de un modo encantador = charmingly.* * *I- dora adjetivo <persona/lugar> charming, delightfulII- dora masculino, femenino magician* * *= engaging, charming, delightful, enchanting, delectable, winning, a prince of, lovely [lovelier - comp., loveliest -sup.].Ex: The interview went smoothly; the committee was impressed by her knowledge of the current library scene, her enthusiasm, and her engaging personality.
Ex: 'No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face so as not to be frightful of death'.Ex: Indeed, this is one of the most delightful aspects of reference work, providing every day a new intellectual challenge.Ex: 'Don't let it bother you and I won't let it affect me,' said Passantino, with an enchanting smile.Ex: It is a delectable opportunity to introduce a patron to the writings of a favorite author, such as M. Fisher, whose works, one hopes, will delight the patron both for their gastronomical tours de force as well as for the unforgettable anecdotes.Ex: Basically it is more tangible and exciting for retailers to develop new products, decorate stores, design Web sites, and create winning advertisements than it is for them to struggle to set prices that will mean profits.Ex: The general opinion of Edward Wood seemed to be summed up in the words of one staff member, who said, 'Ed Wood's a prince of a guy'.Ex: The article ' Lovely idea, but unlovely pricing' criticizes the pricing level of a new service aimed at research scientists in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnology companies.* de manera encantadora = winningly.* de un modo encantador = charmingly.* * *‹persona› charming, delightfulun lugar encantador a charming o delightful spotla niña es encantadora she is a delightful o a charming o an enchanting childmasculine, femininemagicianencantador de serpientes snake charmer* * *
encantador
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
magician;
encantador de serpientes snake charmer
encantador,-ora
I adjetivo charming, lovely
II sustantivo masculino y femenino enchanter: el encantador de serpientes es un farsante, the snake charmer is a phony
' encantador' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
encantadora
English:
captivating
- charm
- charming
- delightful
- enchanting
- lovable
- lovely
- overdo
- snake-charmer
- sweet
- winning
- beautiful
- delectable
- snake
* * *encantador, -ora♦ adjdelightful, charming;es un tipo encantador he's charming, he's a lovely guy♦ nm,fencantador de serpientes snake charmer* * *I adj charmingII m, encantadora f magician;encantador de serpientes snake charmer* * *encantador, - dora adj: charming, delightfulencantador, - dora n: magician* * *encantador adj delightful / charming -
19 espantosidad
f.horribleness, direfulness, dreadfulness.* * *SF And terror, fear* * *= hideousness.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.* * *= hideousness.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.
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20 extremidad
f.1 end (extremo).2 extremity, terminal, end.* * *1 (parte extrema) extremity; (punta) end, tip2 ANATOMÍA limb, extremity* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=punta) tip, extremity; (=borde) edge, outermost part2) pl extremidades (Anat) extremities* * *a) ( extremo) endb) extremidades femenino plural (Anat) extremities* * *= limb, extremity.Ex. 'No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face so as not to be frightful of death'.Ex. Use of other types of protective equipment, such as wrist guards, knee pads, and elbow pads, should be considered for prevention of injuries to the extremities during ice-skating.----* extremidad anterior = forelimb.* extremidades inferiores = lower extremities, lower limbs.* extremidades superiores = upper extremities, upper limbs.* extremidad posterior = hindlimb.* * *a) ( extremo) endb) extremidades femenino plural (Anat) extremities* * *= limb, extremity.Ex: 'No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face so as not to be frightful of death'.
Ex: Use of other types of protective equipment, such as wrist guards, knee pads, and elbow pads, should be considered for prevention of injuries to the extremities during ice-skating.* extremidad anterior = forelimb.* extremidades inferiores = lower extremities, lower limbs.* extremidades superiores = upper extremities, upper limbs.* extremidad posterior = hindlimb.* * *1 (extremo) end* * *
extremidad sustantivo femenino
b)◊ extremidades sustantivo femenino plural (Anat) extremities
extremidad sustantivo femenino
1 (de un ser vivo) limb, extremity
2 (extremo) end, tip
' extremidad' also found in these entries:
English:
extremity
* * *extremidad nf[extremo] end;extremidades [del cuerpo] extremities* * *f1 end2:extremidades pl ANAT extremities* * *extremidad nf1) : extremity, tip, edge2) extremidades nfpl: extremities* * *1. (punta) tip2. (brazo, pierna) limb
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