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growled

  • 1 gruñir

    v.
    1 to growl, to snarl, to grunt.
    El viejo amargado gruñe por todo The grouch growls at everything.
    Los perros gruñen en la noche The dogs growl at night.
    2 to growl, to grouch.
    El viejo amargado gruñe por todo The grouch growls at everything.
    3 to growl at, to snarl at.
    Me gruñó el oso The bear growled at me.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ MUÑIR], like link=muñir muñir
    1 to grunt
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VI
    1) [animal] to grunt, growl
    2) [persona] to grouse *, grumble
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    a) cerdo to grunt; perro to growl
    b) (fam) persona to grumble
    * * *
    = growl, grunt, snort, snarl, niggle, groan, grouch (about).
    Ex. 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.
    Ex. 'Humph!' grunted the director, accepting the check with a preoccupied air = "¡Humph!" gruñó el director, aceptando el cheque con un aire preocupado.
    Ex. 'I have always attended those conferences,' he snorted.
    Ex. Wind raged over the sea; waves snarled and showed their teeth.
    Ex. The House of Commons passed the week in niggling without result over a profusion of theoretical issues.
    Ex. Young kids like listening to these shaggy dog stories, but don't usually 'get it', while parents generally groan over the punch lines.
    Ex. You can choose to grouch about what they don't have OR open your mind up and see what they have to offer.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    a) cerdo to grunt; perro to growl
    b) (fam) persona to grumble
    * * *
    = growl, grunt, snort, snarl, niggle, groan, grouch (about).

    Ex: 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.

    Ex: 'Humph!' grunted the director, accepting the check with a preoccupied air = "¡Humph!" gruñó el director, aceptando el cheque con un aire preocupado.
    Ex: 'I have always attended those conferences,' he snorted.
    Ex: Wind raged over the sea; waves snarled and showed their teeth.
    Ex: The House of Commons passed the week in niggling without result over a profusion of theoretical issues.
    Ex: Young kids like listening to these shaggy dog stories, but don't usually 'get it', while parents generally groan over the punch lines.
    Ex: You can choose to grouch about what they don't have OR open your mind up and see what they have to offer.

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    gruñir [I9 ]
    vi
    1 «cerdo» to grunt
    2 «perro» to growl
    3 ( fam); «persona» to grumble, grouse ( colloq)
    siempre está gruñendo she's always grumbling o grousing about something
    * * *

    gruñir ( conjugate gruñir) verbo intransitivo

    [ perro] to growl
    b) (fam) [ persona] to grumble

    gruñir verbo intransitivo
    1 (cerdo) to grunt
    2 (persona) to grumble
    ' gruñir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    rezar
    English:
    growl
    - grunt
    - snarl
    - groan
    - grouse
    - snort
    * * *
    1. [perro] to growl
    2. [cerdo] to grunt
    3. [persona] to grumble
    * * *
    v/i
    1 ( quejarse) grumble, moan fam
    2 de perro growl; de cerdo grunt
    * * *
    gruñir {38} vi
    1) : to growl, to grunt
    2) : to grumble
    * * *
    1. (cerdo) to grunt
    2. (perro) to growl
    3. (persona) to grumble

    Spanish-English dictionary > gruñir

  • 2 bramar

    v.
    1 to bellow (animal).
    2 to roar.
    El toro brama de ira The bull bellows with rage.
    4 to howl, to bluster, to blow fiercely, to roar.
    El viento brama The wind roars.
    5 to trumpet.
    El elefante brama de alegría The elephant trumpets with joy.
    6 to bell, to bellow.
    El ciervo brama The deer bells.
    7 to roar at, to bellow at.
    El toro le brama a la vaca The bull roars at the cow.
    8 to utter throatily, to storm, to throat.
    Ricardo bramó su respuesta Richard uttered his answer throatily.
    * * *
    1 (toro, ciervo) to bellow
    2 (persona - de cólera) to roar, bellow; (- de dolor) to howl
    * * *
    verb
    2) howl
    * * *
    VI
    1) (Zool) [toro, elefante] to bellow; [león] to roar
    2) [persona]

    están que braman con el alcalde — * they're hopping mad with the mayor

    3) (Meteo) [viento] to howl, roar; [mar] to thunder
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    a) toro to bellow, roar; ciervo to bell, bellow; elefante to trumpet
    b) (liter) viento to howl, roar; mar to roar
    * * *
    = bellow, roar, rage, growl.
    Ex. As when 'Spider!' is bellowed at someone who does not exactly care for arachnids = Como cuando se le grita "¡Una araña!" a alguien que no se asusta de los arácnidos.
    Ex. The article was entitled 'The New York Public Library: the lions roar again' = El artículo se titulaba "La Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York: los leones rugen de nuevo".
    Ex. The party raged into the early morning hours drawing the attention of police, who have increased patrols in the area because of end of the year partying.
    Ex. 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    a) toro to bellow, roar; ciervo to bell, bellow; elefante to trumpet
    b) (liter) viento to howl, roar; mar to roar
    * * *
    = bellow, roar, rage, growl.

    Ex: As when 'Spider!' is bellowed at someone who does not exactly care for arachnids = Como cuando se le grita "¡Una araña!" a alguien que no se asusta de los arácnidos.

    Ex: The article was entitled 'The New York Public Library: the lions roar again' = El artículo se titulaba "La Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York: los leones rugen de nuevo".
    Ex: The party raged into the early morning hours drawing the attention of police, who have increased patrols in the area because of end of the year partying.
    Ex: 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.

    * * *
    bramar [A1 ]
    vi
    1 «toro» to bellow, roar; «ciervo» to bell, bellow; «elefante» to trumpet
    2 ( liter); «viento» to howl, roar; «mar» to roar
    3
    «persona»: está que brama he is fuming o seething
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    bramar ( conjugate bramar) verbo intransitivo [toro/ciervo] to bellow;
    [ elefante] to trumpet
    bramar verbo intransitivo
    1 (el ganado) to low, bellow
    2 (gritar, rugir una persona) to roar, bellow
    (el mar, el viento) to roar, howl
    ' bramar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    bellow
    - rage
    - roar
    - snort
    - howl
    * * *
    bramar vi
    1. [animal] to bellow
    2. [persona] [de dolor] to groan;
    [de ira] to roar
    3. [viento] to howl;
    [mar] to roar
    * * *
    v/i
    1 de animal bellow, roar
    2 del viento howl; del mar roar
    * * *
    bramar vi
    1) rugir: to roar, to bellow
    2) : to howl (of the wind)
    * * *
    bramar vb to bellow

    Spanish-English dictionary > bramar

  • 3 con enfado

    (adj.) = angrily
    Ex. 'Look!' he growled angrily.
    * * *
    (adj.) = angrily

    Ex: 'Look!' he growled angrily.

    Spanish-English dictionary > con enfado

  • 4 con ira

    (adj.) = angrily
    Ex. 'Look!' he growled angrily.
    * * *
    (adj.) = angrily

    Ex: 'Look!' he growled angrily.

    Spanish-English dictionary > con ira

  • 5 demacrado

    adj.
    emaciated, ashen, anemic, haggard.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: demacrar.
    * * *
    1 demacrar
    1 (gen) emaciated; (cara) haggard, drawn
    * * *
    (f. - demacrada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ gaunt, haggard
    * * *
    - da adjetivo haggard, drawn
    * * *
    = haggard, gaunt.
    Ex. To see a haggard face in your dreams, denotes misfortune and defeat in love matters.
    Ex. A dog standing in the middle of the road raised his hackles and growled as the line of filthy, gaunt humans marched down the dusty street towards him.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo haggard, drawn
    * * *
    = haggard, gaunt.

    Ex: To see a haggard face in your dreams, denotes misfortune and defeat in love matters.

    Ex: A dog standing in the middle of the road raised his hackles and growled as the line of filthy, gaunt humans marched down the dusty street towards him.

    * * *
    haggard, drawn
    * * *

    Del verbo demacrar: ( conjugate demacrar)

    demacrado es:

    el participio

    demacrado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ( pálido) haggard, drawn;


    ( delgado) emaciated
    demacrado,-a adjetivo emaciated
    ' demacrado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    demacrada
    English:
    drawn
    - emaciated
    - gaunt
    - haggard
    * * *
    demacrado, -a adj
    gaunt, haggard
    * * *
    adj haggard
    * * *
    demacrado, -da adj
    : emaciated, gaunt

    Spanish-English dictionary > demacrado

  • 6 enfadado

    adj.
    angry, irate, mad, as mad as a hornet.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: enfadar.
    * * *
    1→ link=enfadar enfadar
    1 angry, cross, annoyed, US mad
    * * *
    (f. - enfadada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ angry, cross

    • estar enfadado con alguien — to be angry o annoyed o cross with sb

    • estar enfadado por algo — to be angry o annoyed o cross about sth

    dijo, enfadado — he said, angrily o crossly

    * * *
    - da adjetivo (esp Esp) angry; ( en menor grado) annoyed

    está enfadado contigo — he's angry/annoyed with you

    * * *
    = upset, angry [angrier -comp., angriest -sup.], angrily, crossly, annoyed, out of anger.
    Ex. He had never seen the children's librarian so upset.
    Ex. The irate patron stance is characterised by very erect posture, an angry facial expression, sustained eye contact, dilated pupils, emphatic head nods, and in rare cases, clenched fists.
    Ex. 'Look!' he growled angrily.
    Ex. 'Justine refuses to work in your department, Muriel, if it involves overtime,' she said crossly.
    Ex. Your exaggerated coughs and annoyed looks and the oh so dramatic flailing about of your hands and arms when he lights up drive him up a wall.
    Ex. If either spouse on rare occasions out of frustration or anger slams a door or speaks angry words is it fair to label he or she as an abuser?.
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    * decir de un modo enfadado = spit out.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (esp Esp) angry; ( en menor grado) annoyed

    está enfadado contigo — he's angry/annoyed with you

    * * *
    = upset, angry [angrier -comp., angriest -sup.], angrily, crossly, annoyed, out of anger.

    Ex: He had never seen the children's librarian so upset.

    Ex: The irate patron stance is characterised by very erect posture, an angry facial expression, sustained eye contact, dilated pupils, emphatic head nods, and in rare cases, clenched fists.
    Ex: 'Look!' he growled angrily.
    Ex: 'Justine refuses to work in your department, Muriel, if it involves overtime,' she said crossly.
    Ex: Your exaggerated coughs and annoyed looks and the oh so dramatic flailing about of your hands and arms when he lights up drive him up a wall.
    Ex: If either spouse on rare occasions out of frustration or anger slams a door or speaks angry words is it fair to label he or she as an abuser?.
    * decir de un modo enfadado = spit out.

    * * *
    ( esp Esp) angry; (en menor grado) annoyed
    están enfadados they've fallen out, they've had an argument o a fight, they've had a row ( BrE)
    está muy enfadado contigo he's very angry/annoyed with you
    * * *

    Del verbo enfadar: ( conjugate enfadar)

    enfadado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    enfadado    
    enfadar
    enfadado
    ◊ -da adjetivo (esp Esp) angry;


    ( en menor grado) annoyed;

    está enfadado contigo he's angry/annoyed with you
    enfadar ( conjugate enfadar) verbo transitivo (esp Esp) ( enojar) to anger, make … angry;

    ( en menor grado) to annoy
    enfadarse verbo pronominal (esp Esp)
    a) ( enojarse) to get angry, get mad (esp AmE colloq);

    ( en menor grado) to get annoyed, get cross (BrE colloq);
    enfadadose con algn to get angry/annoyed with sb

    enfadado,-a adjetivo angry: él y su mujer están enfadados, he and his wife have fallen out
    enfadar verbo transitivo to make angry
    ' enfadado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    causa
    - enfadada
    - hosca
    - hosco
    - molesta
    - molesto
    - mosca
    - mosqueada
    - mosqueado
    - no
    - parecerse
    - sentir
    - acalorado
    - peleado
    - picado
    English:
    angry
    - be
    - cross
    - flounce
    - huff
    - mad
    - mighty
    - myself
    - sore
    - vexed
    - wild
    - annoyed
    * * *
    enfadado, -a adj
    esp Esp [irritado] angry; [molesto] annoyed;
    estar enfadado con alguien to be angry/annoyed with sb;
    está enfadado con sus padres he's angry/annoyed with his parents;
    estoy muy enfadado contigo I'm very angry/annoyed with you;
    estar enfadado por algo to be angry/annoyed about sth;
    están enfadados desde hace años they've been on bad terms with one another for years
    * * *
    adj
    1 annoyed ( con with)
    2 ( encolerizado) angry ( con with)
    * * *
    enfadado adj angry [comp. angrier; superl. angriest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > enfadado

  • 7 enojado

    adj.
    1 angry, furious, cross, mad.
    2 furious, angry, irate.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: enojar.
    * * *
    1→ link=enojar enojar
    1 angry, cross
    * * *
    (f. - enojada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ angry, cross, mad (EEUU)

    dijo, enojado — he said angrily

    * * *
    - da adjetivo (esp AmL) angry, mad (esp AmE colloq); ( en menor grado) annoyed, cross (BrE colloq)

    esta enojado contigo — he`s angry/annoyed with you

    * * *
    = annoyed, irate, upset, angry [angrier -comp., angriest -sup.], in a rage, angrily, crossly, irritated, pissed off, ill-humoured [ill-humored, -USA], exasperated, miffed, out of anger, in a grouch.
    Ex. Your exaggerated coughs and annoyed looks and the oh so dramatic flailing about of your hands and arms when he lights up drive him up a wall.
    Ex. First, Sholom Aleichem I recently spent something like twenty minutes talking over the telephone with a suitably irate and properly frustrated borrower.
    Ex. He had never seen the children's librarian so upset.
    Ex. The irate patron stance is characterised by very erect posture, an angry facial expression, sustained eye contact, dilated pupils, emphatic head nods, and in rare cases, clenched fists.
    Ex. When a library user comes to the reference desk in frustration and desperation -- perhaps in a rage or in tears, it is often an unforgettable (and sometimes unpleasant) opportunity to test one's problem-solving abilities and diplomatic talents.
    Ex. 'Look!' he growled angrily.
    Ex. 'Justine refuses to work in your department, Muriel, if it involves overtime,' she said crossly.
    Ex. Stanley C Holliday hammers home the same message by more whimsical means hinting darkly that a sticky end at the hands of irritated colleagues awaits all librarians who fail to make adequate and accurate notes.
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Pissed Off: The Ethnography of a Heavy Metal Musician'.
    Ex. The presence of this irony in ill-humored short articles from various journalistic sources is described.
    Ex. He was drumming on his desk with exasperated fingers, his mouth quirked at the corners, as if saying: 'Wriggle out of that!'.
    Ex. These are just superfluous rantings of miffed children.
    Ex. If either spouse on rare occasions out of frustration or anger slams a door or speaks angry words is it fair to label he or she as an abuser?.
    Ex. Life is too short to be in a grouch all the time.
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    * enojado al máximo = mad as hell.
    * estar enojado = get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist, get + Posesivo + knickers in a bundle, get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle.
    * irse enojado dando zapatazos = stomp away.
    * salir enojado dando zapatazos = stomp out of.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (esp AmL) angry, mad (esp AmE colloq); ( en menor grado) annoyed, cross (BrE colloq)

    esta enojado contigo — he`s angry/annoyed with you

    * * *
    = annoyed, irate, upset, angry [angrier -comp., angriest -sup.], in a rage, angrily, crossly, irritated, pissed off, ill-humoured [ill-humored, -USA], exasperated, miffed, out of anger, in a grouch.

    Ex: Your exaggerated coughs and annoyed looks and the oh so dramatic flailing about of your hands and arms when he lights up drive him up a wall.

    Ex: First, Sholom Aleichem I recently spent something like twenty minutes talking over the telephone with a suitably irate and properly frustrated borrower.
    Ex: He had never seen the children's librarian so upset.
    Ex: The irate patron stance is characterised by very erect posture, an angry facial expression, sustained eye contact, dilated pupils, emphatic head nods, and in rare cases, clenched fists.
    Ex: When a library user comes to the reference desk in frustration and desperation -- perhaps in a rage or in tears, it is often an unforgettable (and sometimes unpleasant) opportunity to test one's problem-solving abilities and diplomatic talents.
    Ex: 'Look!' he growled angrily.
    Ex: 'Justine refuses to work in your department, Muriel, if it involves overtime,' she said crossly.
    Ex: Stanley C Holliday hammers home the same message by more whimsical means hinting darkly that a sticky end at the hands of irritated colleagues awaits all librarians who fail to make adequate and accurate notes.
    Ex: The article is entitled ' Pissed Off: The Ethnography of a Heavy Metal Musician'.
    Ex: The presence of this irony in ill-humored short articles from various journalistic sources is described.
    Ex: He was drumming on his desk with exasperated fingers, his mouth quirked at the corners, as if saying: 'Wriggle out of that!'.
    Ex: These are just superfluous rantings of miffed children.
    Ex: If either spouse on rare occasions out of frustration or anger slams a door or speaks angry words is it fair to label he or she as an abuser?.
    Ex: Life is too short to be in a grouch all the time.
    * enojado al máximo = mad as hell.
    * estar enojado = get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist, get + Posesivo + knickers in a bundle, get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle.
    * irse enojado dando zapatazos = stomp away.
    * salir enojado dando zapatazos = stomp out of.

    * * *
    enojado -da
    ( esp AmL) angry, mad ( colloq); (en menor grado) annoyed, cross ( BrE colloq)
    —de ninguna manera —contestó enojado certainly not! he replied angrily
    están enojados y no se hablan they've fallen out o they've had an argument and they aren't speaking to each other
    estar enojado CON algn to be angry/annoyed WITH sb
    * * *

    Del verbo enojar: ( conjugate enojar)

    enojado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    enojado    
    enojar
    enojado
    ◊ -da adjetivo (esp AmL) angry, mad (esp AmE colloq);


    ( en menor grado) annoyed, cross (BrE colloq);
    ◊ está enojado contigo he`s angry/annoyed with you;

    están enojados they've fallen out
    enojar ( conjugate enojar) verbo transitivo (esp AmL) to make … angry;

    ( en menor grado) to annoy
    enojarse verbo pronominal (esp AmL) to get angry, get mad (esp AmE colloq);
    ( en menor grado) to get annoyed, get cross (BrE colloq);
    enojadose con algn to get angry/annoyed with sb
    enojado,-a adjetivo angry
    enojar verbo transitivo to anger, annoy
    ' enojado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    enojada
    - picada
    - picado
    - arisco
    - arrecho
    - bravo
    - contrariado
    - encarado
    English:
    stamp
    - angry
    - annoyed
    - cross
    - vexed
    * * *
    enojado, -a adj
    esp Am [irritado] angry; [molesto] annoyed;
    estar enojado con alguien to be angry/annoyed with sb;
    está enojada con sus padres she's angry/annoyed with her parents;
    estoy muy enojado contigo I'm very angry/annoyed with you;
    estar enojado por algo to be angry/annoyed about sth;
    están enojados desde hace años they've been on bad terms with one another for years
    * * *
    adj L.Am.
    angry
    * * *
    enojado, -da adj
    1) : annoyed
    2) : angry, mad
    * * *
    enojado adj annoyed

    Spanish-English dictionary > enojado

  • 8 erizar la crin

    (v.) = raise + Posesivo + hackles
    Ex. A dog standing in the middle of the road raised his hackles and growled as the line of filthy, gaunt humans marched down the dusty street towards him.
    * * *
    (v.) = raise + Posesivo + hackles

    Ex: A dog standing in the middle of the road raised his hackles and growled as the line of filthy, gaunt humans marched down the dusty street towards him.

    Spanish-English dictionary > erizar la crin

  • 9 escuchimizado

    adj.
    very thin.
    * * *
    1→ link=escuchimizarse escuchimizarse
    1 familiar puny, scrawny
    * * *
    = scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.], nesh, gaunt.
    Ex. It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.
    Ex. They are for the most part, a puny, degenerate race, whose bodies are too weak for their overworked minds.
    Ex. Usually, half of us would sleep on the ground outside and the other half would go for the nesh option of sleeping in a tent or hut.
    Ex. A dog standing in the middle of the road raised his hackles and growled as the line of filthy, gaunt humans marched down the dusty street towards him.
    * * *
    = scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.], nesh, gaunt.

    Ex: It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.

    Ex: They are for the most part, a puny, degenerate race, whose bodies are too weak for their overworked minds.
    Ex: Usually, half of us would sleep on the ground outside and the other half would go for the nesh option of sleeping in a tent or hut.
    Ex: A dog standing in the middle of the road raised his hackles and growled as the line of filthy, gaunt humans marched down the dusty street towards him.

    * * *
    ( Esp fam) puny, scrawny
    * * *

    escuchimizado,-a adj fam scrawny, puny: solamente había dos gatos escuchimizados en el jardín, there were just two scrawny cats in the garden
    ' escuchimizado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escuchimizada
    * * *
    escuchimizado, -a Esp Fam
    ♦ adj
    skinny, thin as a rake
    ♦ nm,f
    skinny person
    * * *
    adj fam
    puny fam, scrawny fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > escuchimizado

  • 10 escuálido

    adj.
    squalid, filthy.
    * * *
    1 (delgado) emaciated, extremely thin, skinny
    2 (sucio) squalid, filthy
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=delgado) skinny, scraggy
    2) (=sucio) squalid, filthy
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <persona/animal> skinny, scrawny
    * * *
    = grungy, emaciated, squalid, scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.], skinny [skinnier -comp., skinniest -sup.], gaunt.
    Ex. It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.
    Ex. The non-white anorexic subjects reported ealier menarche, were shorter in stature, less emaciated, and practiced veganism slightly more commonly.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.
    Ex. They are for the most part, a puny, degenerate race, whose bodies are too weak for their overworked minds.
    Ex. The writer discusses the fashion industry's obsession with skinny models.
    Ex. A dog standing in the middle of the road raised his hackles and growled as the line of filthy, gaunt humans marched down the dusty street towards him.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <persona/animal> skinny, scrawny
    * * *
    = grungy, emaciated, squalid, scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.], skinny [skinnier -comp., skinniest -sup.], gaunt.

    Ex: It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.

    Ex: The non-white anorexic subjects reported ealier menarche, were shorter in stature, less emaciated, and practiced veganism slightly more commonly.
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex: It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.
    Ex: They are for the most part, a puny, degenerate race, whose bodies are too weak for their overworked minds.
    Ex: The writer discusses the fashion industry's obsession with skinny models.
    Ex: A dog standing in the middle of the road raised his hackles and growled as the line of filthy, gaunt humans marched down the dusty street towards him.

    * * *
    A ‹persona/animal› skinny, scrawny
    B ‹lugar› squalid
    * * *

    escuálido
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹persona/animal› skinny, scrawny

    escuálido,-a adjetivo emaciated

    ' escuálido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escuálida
    English:
    scraggy
    - emaciated
    - scrawny
    * * *
    escuálido, -a adj
    emaciated
    * * *
    adj skinny, emaciated
    * * *
    escuálido, -da adj
    1) : skinny, scrawny
    2) inmundo: filthy, squalid

    Spanish-English dictionary > escuálido

  • 11 famélico

    adj.
    starved, hungry, famished, starving.
    * * *
    1 starving, famished
    * * *
    ADJ starving, famished
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo starving

    vengo famélico — (fam) I'm famished

    * * *
    = gaunt.
    Ex. A dog standing in the middle of the road raised his hackles and growled as the line of filthy, gaunt humans marched down the dusty street towards him.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo starving

    vengo famélico — (fam) I'm famished

    * * *

    Ex: A dog standing in the middle of the road raised his hackles and growled as the line of filthy, gaunt humans marched down the dusty street towards him.

    * * *
    starving
    ¿qué hay para comer? vengo famélico ( fam); what's for lunch? I'm famished o starved, I'm starving ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

    famélico,-a adjetivo starving, starved, famished
    ' famélico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    famélica
    English:
    ravenous
    - famished
    - starving
    * * *
    famélico, -a adj
    1. [hambriento] starving, famished
    2. [delgado] emaciated
    * * *
    adj starving
    * * *
    famélico, -ca adj
    hambriento: starving, famished

    Spanish-English dictionary > famélico

  • 12 flaco

    adj.
    thin, lean, skinny, frail.
    * * *
    1 (delgado) thin, skinny
    2 (débil) weak, frail
    1 (debilidad) weak point, weak spot; (vicio) bad habit
    ————————
    1 (debilidad) weak point, weak spot; (vicio) bad habit
    * * *
    (f. - flaca)
    adj.
    1) thin, skinny
    2) feeble, weak
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=delgado) thin, skinny *

    años flacos — LAm lean years

    ponerse flaco — LAm to get thin

    2) (=débil) weak, feeble; [memoria] bad, short; LAm [tierra] barren

    su punto flaco — his weak point, his weakness

    2.
    SM (=defecto) failing; (=punto débil) weakness, weak point
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo
    a) < persona> thin, skinny (colloq)
    b) (AmL) ( como apelativo cariñoso) skinny (colloq)
    c) ( insignificante) poor
    * * *
    = skinny [skinnier -comp., skinniest -sup.], scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.], gaunt.
    Ex. The writer discusses the fashion industry's obsession with skinny models.
    Ex. It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.
    Ex. They are for the most part, a puny, degenerate race, whose bodies are too weak for their overworked minds.
    Ex. A dog standing in the middle of the road raised his hackles and growled as the line of filthy, gaunt humans marched down the dusty street towards him.
    ----
    * ahorrar para cuando lleguen las vacas flacas = save for + a rainy day.
    * punto flaco = blind spot, weak link.
    * punto flaco, el = chink in the armour, the.
    * ser el punto más flaco de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo
    a) < persona> thin, skinny (colloq)
    b) (AmL) ( como apelativo cariñoso) skinny (colloq)
    c) ( insignificante) poor
    * * *
    = skinny [skinnier -comp., skinniest -sup.], scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.], gaunt.

    Ex: The writer discusses the fashion industry's obsession with skinny models.

    Ex: It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.
    Ex: They are for the most part, a puny, degenerate race, whose bodies are too weak for their overworked minds.
    Ex: A dog standing in the middle of the road raised his hackles and growled as the line of filthy, gaunt humans marched down the dusty street towards him.
    * ahorrar para cuando lleguen las vacas flacas = save for + a rainy day.
    * punto flaco = blind spot, weak link.
    * punto flaco, el = chink in the armour, the.
    * ser el punto más flaco de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.

    * * *
    flaco -ca
    1 ‹persona› thin
    * * *

     

    flaco
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    thin, skinny (colloq)
    flaco,-a adjetivo
    1 (muy delgado) skinny
    2 (débil) weak: tienes flaca memoria, you have a very bad memory
    punto flaco, weak spot

    ' flaco' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    flaca
    - punto
    - reseca
    - reseco
    - chupado
    - delgado
    English:
    chink
    - disservice
    - lean
    - point
    - rake
    - scrawny
    - skinny
    - thin
    - weakness
    - blind
    - spindly
    * * *
    flaco, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [delgado] thin;
    [esquelético] skinny
    2. [frágil] weak;
    su punto flaco es la ortografía his weak point is spelling
    3. [pobre]
    le haces un flaco servicio o [m5] favor mimándolo tanto you're not doing him any favours by spoiling him like that
    ♦ nm,f
    Am Fam [como apelativo]
    ¿cómo estás, flaca? hey, how are you doing?;
    ¿qué auto tiene el flaco? what kind of car has the guy got?
    * * *
    I adj
    1 ( delgado) thin
    2 ( débil)
    :
    punto flaco weak point;
    flaco de memoria forgetful
    II m, flaca f thin person
    * * *
    flaco, -ca adj
    1) delgado: thin, skinny
    2) : feeble, weak
    una excusa flaca: a feeble excuse
    * * *
    flaco adj
    1. (delgado) thin [comp. thinner; superl. thinnest]
    2. (débil) weak

    Spanish-English dictionary > flaco

  • 13 mordaz

    adj.
    1 caustic, biting.
    2 sarcastic, bitter, biting, bitterly severe.
    3 mordant, biting, sour, stinging.
    * * *
    1 mordant, sarcastic
    * * *
    adj.
    sarcastic, biting
    * * *
    ADJ [crítica, persona] sharp, scathing; [estilo] incisive; [humor] caustic
    * * *
    adjetivo <estilo/lenguaje> scathing, caustic; < crítica> sharp, scathing
    * * *
    = trenchant, scathing, searing, stinging, caustic, salty [saltier -comp., saltiest -sup.], pungent, sarcastic, blistering, spiky [spikier -comp., spikiest -sup.], vitriolic, waspish.
    Ex. However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.
    Ex. Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.
    Ex. His searing and rigorously logical analysis of the '1949 ALA Rules for Entry' is one of my favorite pieces of writing on cataloging.
    Ex. In a stinging rebuke to the American Library Association, Nat Hentoff has criticized the ALA for failing to take action to defend volunteer librarians in Cuba who are being subjected to a brutal crackdown.
    Ex. While her characters are frequently intrinsic to theme and plot, her most caustic scenes deflate academic ambition and pretension.
    Ex. Serious questions which face us may often be better understood when a modicum of salty satire is applied.
    Ex. The studies reported here addressed the question of whether the pungent element in chilies, capsaicin, suppresses taste and flavor intensity.
    Ex. 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.
    Ex. Lodge Kerrigan's 'Clean, Shaven' is a blistering piece of cinematic inventiveness and a young director's low-budget first feature.
    Ex. This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.
    Ex. This magazine had a particular interest in curious stories of libraries and bookmen, and was abundant in criticism both humorous and vitriolic.
    Ex. Harwood is excellent -- saucy and coquettish and really waspish in her subsequent vitriolic exchanges with the irate Marcello.
    ----
    * crítica mordaz = hatchet job.
    * de forma mordaz = pungently.
    * mordaz en sus comentarios = sharp of tongue.
    * * *
    adjetivo <estilo/lenguaje> scathing, caustic; < crítica> sharp, scathing
    * * *
    = trenchant, scathing, searing, stinging, caustic, salty [saltier -comp., saltiest -sup.], pungent, sarcastic, blistering, spiky [spikier -comp., spikiest -sup.], vitriolic, waspish.

    Ex: However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.

    Ex: Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.
    Ex: His searing and rigorously logical analysis of the '1949 ALA Rules for Entry' is one of my favorite pieces of writing on cataloging.
    Ex: In a stinging rebuke to the American Library Association, Nat Hentoff has criticized the ALA for failing to take action to defend volunteer librarians in Cuba who are being subjected to a brutal crackdown.
    Ex: While her characters are frequently intrinsic to theme and plot, her most caustic scenes deflate academic ambition and pretension.
    Ex: Serious questions which face us may often be better understood when a modicum of salty satire is applied.
    Ex: The studies reported here addressed the question of whether the pungent element in chilies, capsaicin, suppresses taste and flavor intensity.
    Ex: 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.
    Ex: Lodge Kerrigan's 'Clean, Shaven' is a blistering piece of cinematic inventiveness and a young director's low-budget first feature.
    Ex: This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.
    Ex: This magazine had a particular interest in curious stories of libraries and bookmen, and was abundant in criticism both humorous and vitriolic.
    Ex: Harwood is excellent -- saucy and coquettish and really waspish in her subsequent vitriolic exchanges with the irate Marcello.
    * crítica mordaz = hatchet job.
    * de forma mordaz = pungently.
    * mordaz en sus comentarios = sharp of tongue.

    * * *
    ‹estilo/lenguaje› scathing, caustic, incisive; ‹crítica› sharp, scathing
    * * *

    mordaz adjetivo ‹estilo/lenguaje› scathing, caustic;
    ‹ crítica› sharp, scathing
    mordaz adjetivo biting, scathing: me gusta leer sus mordaces comentarios acerca de los programas de la tele, I like reading his biting commentary on TV programmes
    ' mordaz' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    corrosiva
    - corrosivo
    - afilado
    English:
    abrasive
    - acid
    - barbed
    - biting
    - caustic
    - cutting
    - damning
    - denunciation
    - incisive
    - pointed
    - scathing
    - sharp
    - dry
    - dryness
    * * *
    mordaz adj
    caustic
    * * *
    adj biting, sharp
    * * *
    mordaz adj
    : caustic, scathing

    Spanish-English dictionary > mordaz

  • 14 rabiosamente

    adv.
    1 terribly (mucho).
    2 furiously, in a rage.
    * * *
    1 furiously
    * * *
    ADV
    1) (=furiosamente) furiously, in a rage
    2) [doler] terribly
    3) (=fanáticamente) rabidly
    * * *
    Ex. 'Look!' he growled angrily.
    * * *

    Ex: 'Look!' he growled angrily.

    * * *
    lo tiró rabiosamente al suelo he hurled it angrily to the floor, he hurled it to the floor in a rage
    una postura rabiosamente anticlerical a fiercely anticlerical stance
    * * *
    1. [mucho] terribly;
    era rabiosamente atractiva she was drop-dead gorgeous
    2. [con enfado] furiously;
    lo miró rabiosamente he looked at her furiously, he gave her a furious look

    Spanish-English dictionary > rabiosamente

  • 15 refunfuñar

    v.
    1 to grumble, to grunt, to grouch, to growl.
    2 to mumble to.
    Me refunfuña Ricardo Ricardo mumbles to me.
    * * *
    1 familiar to grumble, moan, complain
    * * *
    VI (=gruñir) to growl; (=quejarse) to grumble
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo (fam) to grumble, grouch (colloq)
    * * *
    = mutter, niggle, groan, growl, grouch (about).
    Ex. We would laugh and mutter that in his case the cap fitted.
    Ex. The House of Commons passed the week in niggling without result over a profusion of theoretical issues.
    Ex. Young kids like listening to these shaggy dog stories, but don't usually 'get it', while parents generally groan over the punch lines.
    Ex. 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.
    Ex. You can choose to grouch about what they don't have OR open your mind up and see what they have to offer.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo (fam) to grumble, grouch (colloq)
    * * *
    = mutter, niggle, groan, growl, grouch (about).

    Ex: We would laugh and mutter that in his case the cap fitted.

    Ex: The House of Commons passed the week in niggling without result over a profusion of theoretical issues.
    Ex: Young kids like listening to these shaggy dog stories, but don't usually 'get it', while parents generally groan over the punch lines.
    Ex: 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.
    Ex: You can choose to grouch about what they don't have OR open your mind up and see what they have to offer.

    * * *
    vi
    ( fam); to grumble, grouch ( colloq)
    * * *

    refunfuñar ( conjugate refunfuñar) verbo intransitivo (fam) to grumble, grouch (colloq)
    refunfuñar verbo intransitivo to grumble, grouch
    ' refunfuñar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    rezar
    - renegar
    - rumiar
    - quejarse
    English:
    gripe
    - groan
    - grumble
    - mutter
    * * *
    to grumble
    * * *
    v/i grumble
    * * *
    : to grumble, to groan

    Spanish-English dictionary > refunfuñar

  • 16 rugir

    v.
    1 to roar (animal, mar, viento).
    2 to roar at.
    Me ruge el tigre The tiger roars at me.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ DIRIGIR], like link=dirigir dirigir
    1 to roar, bellow (viento) to howl; (tripas) to rumble
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VI
    1) [león etc] to roar; [toro] to bellow; [mar] to roar; [tormenta, viento] to roar, howl, rage; [estómago] to rumble; [persona] to roar

    rugir de dolor — to roar o howl with pain

    2) ** (=oler mal) to pong *, stink
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo león/mar/viento to roar
    * * *
    = roar, rumble, thunder, rage, growl.
    Ex. The article was entitled 'The New York Public Library: the lions roar again' = El artículo se titulaba "La Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York: los leones rugen de nuevo".
    Ex. As a writer he could not continue to live in Czechoslovakia after the Soviet tanks rumbled into Prague in 1968.
    Ex. The juggernaut of 'new British' history thunders on with Smyth's textbook on the United Kingdom between 1660 and 1800.
    Ex. The party raged into the early morning hours drawing the attention of police, who have increased patrols in the area because of end of the year partying.
    Ex. 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo león/mar/viento to roar
    * * *
    = roar, rumble, thunder, rage, growl.

    Ex: The article was entitled 'The New York Public Library: the lions roar again' = El artículo se titulaba "La Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York: los leones rugen de nuevo".

    Ex: As a writer he could not continue to live in Czechoslovakia after the Soviet tanks rumbled into Prague in 1968.
    Ex: The juggernaut of 'new British' history thunders on with Smyth's textbook on the United Kingdom between 1660 and 1800.
    Ex: The party raged into the early morning hours drawing the attention of police, who have increased patrols in the area because of end of the year partying.
    Ex: 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.

    * * *
    rugir [I7 ]
    vi
    1 «león/tigre» to roar
    2 ( liter); «mar/viento» to roar
    * * *

    rugir ( conjugate rugir) verbo intransitivo [león/mar/viento] to roar
    rugir verbo intransitivo
    1 (un animal) to roar
    2 (el viento, etc) to howl, roar
    3 fam (las tripas) to rumble
    ' rugir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bramar
    English:
    bellow
    - growl
    - rage
    - roar
    * * *
    rugir vi
    1. [animal] to roar
    2. Literario [mar, viento] to roar
    3. [persona] to bellow
    4. [tripas] to rumble;
    me rugen las tripas my tummy's rumbling
    * * *
    v/i de león roar; de estómago rumble, growl
    * * *
    rugir {35} vi
    : to roar
    * * *
    rugir vb to roar

    Spanish-English dictionary > rugir

  • 17 sarcástico

    adj.
    sarcastic, acerb, biting, acerbic.
    * * *
    1 sarcastic
    * * *
    (f. - sarcástica)
    adj.
    * * *
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo sarcastic
    * * *
    Ex. 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.
    ----
    * comentario sarcástico = sarcastic remark.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo sarcastic
    * * *

    Ex: 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.

    * comentario sarcástico = sarcastic remark.

    * * *
    sarcastic
    * * *

    sarcástico
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    sarcastic
    sarcástico,-a adjetivo sarcastic: se dirigió a mí en tono sarcástico, her voice was heavy with sarcasm when she spoke to me

    ' sarcástico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    sarcástica
    - retintín
    - socarrón
    English:
    catty
    - sarcastic
    * * *
    sarcástico, -a
    ♦ adj
    sarcastic
    ♦ nm,f
    sarcastic person;
    ser un sarcástico to be sarcastic
    * * *
    adj sarcastic
    * * *
    sarcástico, -ca adj
    : sarcastic
    * * *
    sarcástico adj sarcastic

    Spanish-English dictionary > sarcástico

  • 18 sardónico

    adj.
    sardonic, biting, dryly humorous, ironical.
    * * *
    1 sardonic
    * * *
    ADJ sardonic, sarcastic
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo sardonic, ironic
    * * *
    = sardonic, wry [wrier/wryer -comp., wriest/wryest -sup.], sarcastic, waspish.
    Ex. 'That wouldn't be my problem,' Stanton said darting a sardonic glance at her antagonist.
    Ex. While another colleague of mine offered the wry comment that 'as the computer's capabilities have increased our expectations of what it can do have proportionally diminished'.
    Ex. 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.
    Ex. Harwood is excellent -- saucy and coquettish and really waspish in her subsequent vitriolic exchanges with the irate Marcello.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo sardonic, ironic
    * * *
    = sardonic, wry [wrier/wryer -comp., wriest/wryest -sup.], sarcastic, waspish.

    Ex: 'That wouldn't be my problem,' Stanton said darting a sardonic glance at her antagonist.

    Ex: While another colleague of mine offered the wry comment that 'as the computer's capabilities have increased our expectations of what it can do have proportionally diminished'.
    Ex: 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.
    Ex: Harwood is excellent -- saucy and coquettish and really waspish in her subsequent vitriolic exchanges with the irate Marcello.

    * * *
    sardonic, ironic
    * * *

    sardónico,-a adjetivo sardonic
    ' sardónico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    sardónica
    English:
    sardonic
    - waspish
    * * *
    sardónico, -a adj
    sardonic
    * * *
    adj sardonic
    * * *
    sardónico, -ca adj
    : sardonic

    Spanish-English dictionary > sardónico

  • 19 áspero

    adj.
    1 rough, tart, abrasive, coarse.
    2 gruff, abrasive, brusque.
    3 harsh-sounding, rasping, raucous, harsh.
    * * *
    1 (cosa) rough, coarse
    3 (clima, tiempo) harsh
    * * *
    (f. - áspera)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [al tacto] rough; [terreno] rough, rugged; [filo] uneven, jagged, rough
    2) [al gusto] sour, tart
    3) [clima] harsh; [trato] rough
    4) [voz] rough, rasping; [tono] surly, gruff; [temperamento] sour; [disputa etc] bad-tempered
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo
    1)
    a) <superficie/piel> rough
    b) < terreno> uneven, rough
    2)
    a) < sabor> sharp
    b) <voz/sonido/clima> harsh
    3)
    a) ( en el trato) abrupt, surly
    b) < discusión> acrimonious
    * * *
    = sharp [sharper -comp., sharpest -sup.], acidulous, angular, acrid, rough [rougher -comp., roughest -sup.], abrasive, rough and rugged, tart [tarter -comp., tartest -sup.], unpolished.
    Ex. 'I'll give it more thought,' she said with a sharp frown, resuming her former posture.
    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. 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. 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.
    Ex. In addition they are able to sustain the library services in this rough terrain.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. The western shoreline of Lake Superior has rough and rugged beauty.
    Ex. Season with salt, pepper, and pinch of sugar if the plums tasted tart.
    Ex. It seems too rush, too unpolished to be a final product.
    ----
    * de superficie áspera = rough-surfaced.
    * sabor áspero = off-flavour.
    * un poco áspero = roughish.
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo
    1)
    a) <superficie/piel> rough
    b) < terreno> uneven, rough
    2)
    a) < sabor> sharp
    b) <voz/sonido/clima> harsh
    3)
    a) ( en el trato) abrupt, surly
    b) < discusión> acrimonious
    * * *
    = sharp [sharper -comp., sharpest -sup.], acidulous, angular, acrid, rough [rougher -comp., roughest -sup.], abrasive, rough and rugged, tart [tarter -comp., tartest -sup.], unpolished.

    Ex: 'I'll give it more thought,' she said with a sharp frown, resuming her former posture.

    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: 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: 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.
    Ex: In addition they are able to sustain the library services in this rough terrain.
    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex: The western shoreline of Lake Superior has rough and rugged beauty.
    Ex: Season with salt, pepper, and pinch of sugar if the plums tasted tart.
    Ex: It seems too rush, too unpolished to be a final product.
    * de superficie áspera = rough-surfaced.
    * sabor áspero = off-flavour.
    * un poco áspero = roughish.

    * * *
    áspero -ra
    A
    1 ‹superficie/piel› rough
    una tela áspera or de tacto áspero a coarse material, a material which is rough to the touch
    2 ‹terreno› uneven, rough
    B
    1 ‹sabor› sharp
    2 ‹voz/sonido› harsh, rasping
    3 ‹clima› harsh
    C
    1 (en el trato) abrupt, surly
    2 ‹discusión› acrimonious
    * * *

    áspero
    ◊ -ra adjetivo

    1 ‹superficie/piel› rough;
    ‹ tela› coarse
    2
    a) ‹ sabor› sharp

    b) ‹voz/sonido/clima› harsh

    3


    áspero,-a adjetivo
    1 (al tacto) rough
    2 fig (de carácter) surly
    3 (tiempo) harsh: un viento áspero recorría la meseta, a harsh wind blew over the meseta
    ' áspero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    áspera
    - tacto
    - rasguñar
    - raspar
    - raspón
    English:
    abrupt
    - coarse
    - gruff
    - harsh
    - rasping
    - raw
    - rough
    - roughen
    - rugged
    - tart
    - abrasive
    - hacking
    - wiry
    * * *
    áspero, -a adj
    1. [rugoso] rough
    2. [terreno] rugged, rough
    3. [sabor] sharp, sour
    4. [clima] harsh
    5. [voz] rasping, harsh
    6. [persona, carácter] abrupt, surly;
    una áspera disputa [entre grupos] a bitter dispute
    * * *
    adj
    1 superficie rough
    2 sonido harsh
    3 persona abrupt
    * * *
    áspero, -ra adj
    : rough, coarse, abrasive
    ♦ ásperamente adv
    * * *
    áspero adj rough

    Spanish-English dictionary > áspero

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