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1 gruelling
'ɡrueliŋ(exhausting: a gruelling race.) duro, penoso; agotadortr['grʊːəlɪŋ]1 (race, journey) agotador,-ra; (ordeal, experience) duro,-a, penoso,-aadj.• agotador adj.• penoso, -a adj.n.• trabajo penoso s.m.(US) ['ɡrʊǝlɪŋ]ADJ [task] penoso, duro; [match, race] agotador -
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adj.penoso.s.tortura, suplicio, tormento. -
3 grueling
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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 -
6 penoso
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
См. также в других словарях:
gruelling — also grueling, exhausting, punishing, 1891, from late 18c. slang get one s gruel receive one s punishment, from GRUEL (Cf. gruel) … Etymology dictionary
gruelling — meaning ‘extremely arduous or demanding’, is spelt with two ls in BrE and also as grueling in AmE … Modern English usage
gruelling — (US grueling) ► ADJECTIVE ▪ extremely tiring and demanding. DERIVATIVES gruellingly adverb. ORIGIN from obsolete gruel «exhaust, punish», from get one s gruel «receive one s punishment» … English terms dictionary
gruelling — [[t]gru͟ːəlɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED A gruelling activity is extremely difficult and tiring to do. He had complained of exhaustion after his gruelling schedule over the past week... This flight was more gruelling than I had expected! Syn: exhausting (in … English dictionary
gruelling — 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,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gruelling — UK [ˈɡruːəlɪŋ] / US [ˈɡru(ə)lɪŋ] adjective very difficult and involving a lot of continuous effort a gruelling twelve mile race the President s gruelling schedule … English dictionary
gruelling — adj. Gruelling/grueling is used with these nouns: ↑journey, ↑process, ↑race, ↑schedule, ↑test, ↑tour, ↑trek, ↑work, ↑workout … Collocations dictionary
gruelling — gru|el|ling BrE grueling AmE [ˈgru:əlıŋ] adj [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: gruel to punish (1800 1900), from gruel food ; because people were given gruel as a punishment] very difficult and tiring ▪ The cast took a break from their gruelling schedule … Dictionary of contemporary English
gruelling — BrE grueling AmE adjective very tiring because you have to use a lot of effort for a long time: a gruelling 6 hour mountain hike gruellingly adverb … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
gruelling — adjective see grueling … New Collegiate Dictionary
gruelling — adjective /ˈɡɹʊə.lɪŋ,ˈɡɹu.lɪŋ,ˈɡɹu.əl.ɪŋ/ So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking. Syn: backbreaking, exhausting … Wiktionary