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1 póliza de juego
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2 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
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