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penoso
◊ -sa adjetivo1 ( lamentable) terrible, awful 2 ‹ trabajo› laborious, difficult 3 (AmL exc CS fam)
penoso,-a adjetivo
1 (un estado, una situación) terrible, painful
2 (un trabajo, un esfuerzo), difficult, arduous ' penoso' also found in these entries: Spanish: desgracia - penosa - trabajada - trabajado - triste - desolador - duro English: arduous - blubber - drudgery - grievous - grueling - gruelling - laborious - pathetic - sad - bashful - distressing -
4 agotador
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5 carrera
carrera sustantivo femenino 1 (Dep) ( competición) race; la carrera de los 100 metros vallas the 100 meters hurdles; te echo una carrera I'll race you; carrera de armamentos arms race; carrera contra reloj (Dep) time trial; carrera de fondo long-distance race; carrera de postas o relevos relay race 2 (fam) ( corrida): darse or pegarse una carrera to run as fast as one can;◊ me fui de una carrera a su casa I raced o rushed round to her house (colloq);a la(s) carrera(s) in a rush 3a) (Educ) degree course;carrera media/superior three-year/five-year university course 4 ( en la media) run, ladder (BrE); ( en el pelo) (Col, Ven) part (AmE), parting (BrE)
carrera sustantivo femenino
1 (en una media) run, ladder
2 (competición) race: te echo una carrera, I'll race you
carrera contrarreloj, race against the clock
carrera de armamentos, arms race (de caballos) horse race
3 (estudios universitarios) degree
carrera técnica, technical degree
4 (profesión) career, profession
5 (trayecto en taxi) journey Locuciones: a la carrera, in a hurry ' carrera' also found in these entries: Spanish: abandonar - acabar - año - antepenúltima - antepenúltimo - comprometer - conquistar - cumbre - disputar - Ecuador - hacer - obstáculo - plenitud - relevo - rutilante - sprint - terminar - trayectoria - truncar - ventaja - vivir - abandono - accidentado - acortar - ascender - auge - auto - automovilístico - cima - clasificar - contrarreloj - cross - culminación - culminante - descolgar - diplomacia - diplomático - eliminatoria - encabezar - enfermería - estudiar - fondo - huincha - largar - llenar - magisterio - mentalizar - participante - peleado - regata English: academic - arms race - blow - career - chequered - circuit - climax - clock - competitor - course - dash - exert - fall behind - fortuitous - fourth - grandstand - grueling - gruelling - hesitation - high - horse - ladder - leg - mad - obstacle race - outright - peak - prep - promising - race - relay - run - sack race - scramble - start - stay - steeplechase - win - drop - early - graduate - hold - junior - late - low - move - part - parting - professional - racing
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grueling — grueling, gruelling gruellingadj. 1. characterized by toilsome effort; requiring extreme physical or mental effort; as, a grueling campaign. Syn: arduous, backbreaking, back breaking, exhausting, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
grueling — I (difficult) adjective complex, complicated, difficult, extreme, formidable, hard, harsh, involved, labyrinthine, obscure, onerous, opaque, operose, trying II (weakening) adjective debilitating, devitalizing, enervating, enfeebling, exhausting,… … Law dictionary
grueling — [adj] difficult, taxing arduous, backbreaking, brutal, chastening, crushing, demanding, excruciating, exhausting, fatiguing, fierce, grinding, hairy*, hard, harsh, heavy*, laborious, punishing, racking, severe, stiff, strenuous, tiring, torturous … New thesaurus
grueling — or gruelling [gro͞o′liŋ, gro͞o′ə liŋ] adj. [prp. of obs. v. gruel, to punish < GRUEL] extremely trying; exhausting n. [Brit. Informal] harsh treatment or punishment … English World dictionary
grueling — gru|el|ing [ gru(ə)lıŋ ] adjective involving a lot of continuous effort: DEMANDING, PUNISHING: a grueling twelve mile hike the President s grueling schedule ╾ gru|el|ing|ly adverb … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
grueling — or gruelling adjective Etymology: from present participle of obsolete gruel to exhaust, punish, from gruel, noun Date: 1852 trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion ; punishing < a grueling race > • gruelingly adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
grueling — gruelingly, adv. /grooh euh ling, grooh ling/, adj. 1. exhausting; very tiring; arduously severe: the grueling Boston marathon. n. 2. any trying or exhausting procedure or experience. Also, esp. Brit., gruelling. [1850 55; slang gruel punishment… … Universalium
grueling — adjective a grueling hike through the snow Syn: exhausting, tiring, fatiguing, wearying, taxing, draining, debilitating; demanding, exacting, difficult, hard, arduous, strenuous, laborious, back breaking, harsh, severe, stiff … Thesaurus of popular words
grueling — gru•el•ing [[t]ˈgru ə lɪŋ, ˈgru lɪŋ[/t]] adj. exhausting; very tiring; arduously severe: a grueling marathon[/ex] Also, esp. brit. gru′el•ling. Etymology: 1850–55; gruel punishment (n.), punish (v.) (cf. to get one s gruel to be punished, killed) … From formal English to slang
grueling — adjective characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort worked their arduous way up the mining valley a grueling campaign hard labor heavy work heavy going spent many laborious hours on the project set a punishing … Useful english dictionary
grueling — adjective alternative spelling of gruelling … Wiktionary