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he's a terrible liar

1 terrible

terrible [ˈterəbl]

adjective

terrible ; [experience, act, pain, injury] atroce ; [damage, poverty] effroyable

• her French is terrible son français est atroce

• to feel terrible ( = ill) se sentir mal

• to look terrible ( = ill) avoir très mauvaise mine ; ( = untidy) ne pas être beau à voir

• I've got a terrible memory j'ai très mauvaise mémoire

• to be a terrible bore être terriblement ennuyeux

• it would be a terrible pity if... ce serait extrêmement dommage si...

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['terəbl]
adjective

1) [pain, noise, sight, temper] épouvantable; [accident, fight] terrible; [mistake] grave

2) (colloq) [food, weather] affreux/-euse

to be terrible at — être nul en [rugby, maths]

he's a terrible liar — c'est un menteur invétéré

I feel terrible — ( guilty) je me sens coupable; ( ill) je ne me sens pas bien du tout

you look terrible in that hat — ce chapeau ne te va absolument pas

it was a terrible shame — c'était vraiment dommage

English-French dictionary > terrible
2 terrible

['terəbl]
aggettivo terribile, orribile

to be terrible at — essere un disastro a [ rugby]; essere un disastro in [ maths]

you look terrible in that hat — stai malissimo con quel cappello

I feel terrible — (guilty) mi sento molto in colpa; (ill) mi sento malissimo

a terrible liar — un bugiardo nato

it would be a terrible shame — sarebbe davvero un peccato

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['terəbl]
adjective

1) (very bad: a terrible singer; That music is terrible!) orribile

2) (causing great pain, suffering, hardship etc: War is terrible; It was a terrible disaster.) terribile

3) (causing great fear or horror: The noise of the guns was terrible.) terribile

•

- terribly

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['terəbl]
aggettivo terribile, orribile

to be terrible at — essere un disastro a [ rugby]; essere un disastro in [ maths]

you look terrible in that hat — stai malissimo con quel cappello

I feel terrible — (guilty) mi sento molto in colpa; (ill) mi sento malissimo

a terrible liar — un bugiardo nato

it would be a terrible shame — sarebbe davvero un peccato

English-Italian dictionary > terrible
3 terrible

terrible adj

1 ( awful) épouvantable ; to be terrible at être nul en [rugby, maths] ; to be terrible at writing/driving écrire/conduire très mal ; to have a terrible time doing avoir un mal de chien ○ à faire ;

2 ( guilty) I feel terrible je suis ennuyé ; to feel terrible about culpabiliser à cause de [accident, mistake] ;

3 ( ill) I feel terrible je ne me sens pas bien du tout ;

4 ( ugly) you look terrible in that hat ce chapeau ne te va absolument pas ;

5 ( for emphasis) [liar, optimist] invétéré ; to be a terrible fool se conduire comme le dernier des imbéciles ; it was/it would be a terrible shame c'était/ce serait vraiment dommage.

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4 mentiroso

adj.

deceptive, liar, deceitful, dishonest.

m.

liar, storyteller.

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mentiroso

► adjetivo

1 lying

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 liar

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mentiroso, -a
1. ADJ

1) (=que miente) lying

¡es tan mentiroso! — he's such a liar!

¡mentiroso! — you liar!

2) [texto] full of errors, full of misprints

2.

SM / F (=que miente) liar

mentiroso profesional — compulsive liar

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I
- sa adjetivo

es muy mentiroso — he's an awful o terrible liar; ( dicho sin ánimo de ofender) he's a real fibber (colloq)
II
- sa masculino, femenino liar; ( dicho sin ánimo de ofender) fibber (colloq)

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I
- sa adjetivo

es muy mentiroso — he's an awful o terrible liar; ( dicho sin ánimo de ofender) he's a real fibber (colloq)
II
- sa masculino, femenino liar; ( dicho sin ánimo de ofender) fibber (colloq)

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mentiroso¹

¹ = fibber, liar, fabulist, fabricator.

Ex: The article 'Frequent fibbers can blame their brain' relates the deficit in grey matter volume to the impulsiveness of fibbers.

Ex: That means human beings are natural-born liars.

Ex: It is important to remember that the story of the American West has been told as much by fabulists and fabricators as by historians.

Ex: It is important to remember that the story of the American West has been told as much by fabulists and fabricators as by historians.

* mentiroso compulsivo = pathological liar, compulsive liar.

* mentiroso patológico = pathological liar, compulsive liar.

mentiroso²

² = mendacious, lying, deceitful.

Ex: I love movies like that -- where slowly, gradually, bit by bit, all the characters realize that the villain was really disastrously mendacious and criminal.

Ex: The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.

Ex: Again, on the matter of the sources already consulted by the enquirer, the implication is not that he is unreliable or deceitful, but that in looking up the Encyclopedia Americana he may not be aware of the existence of the index.

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mentiroso¹ -sa

adjective

es muy mentiroso he's an awful o terrible liar; (dicho sin ánimo de ofender) he's a real fibber ( colloq)

mentiroso² -sa

masculine, feminine

liar; (dicho sin ánimo de ofender) fibber ( colloq)

antes se coge al mentiroso que al cojo or más rápido cae un mentiroso que un cojo the liar is sooner caught than the cripple

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mentiroso
◊ -sa adjetivo: es muy mentiroso he's an awful o terrible liar;

( dicho sin ánimo de ofender) he's a real fibber (colloq)
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
liar;
( dicho sin ánimo de ofender) fibber (colloq)
mentiroso,-a
I adjetivo lying: es un chico muy mentiroso, he's a big liar
II sustantivo masculino y femenino liar
' mentiroso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
engañosa
- engañoso
- mentirosa
- chanta
- cuentero
- deshonesto
- hablador
- incorregible
English:
consummate
- habitual
- liar
- lying
- storyteller
- untruthful

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mentiroso, -a

♦ adj

lying;
[engañoso] deceptive
♦ nm,f

liar

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mentiroso

I adj

:

ser muy mentiroso tell a lot of lies

II m, mentirosa f liar

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mentiroso, -sa adj

embustero: lying, untruthful

mentiroso, -sa n

embustero: liar

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mentiroso n liar

Spanish-English dictionary > mentiroso
5 Lügen

v/i Dial peer; durch etw.: auch peep; lugen nach look out for; fig. have an eye on

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to peek

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lu|gen ['luːgn]
vi (dial)
to peep, to peek
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(to say etc something which is not true, with the intention of deceiving: There's no point in asking her - she'll just lie about it.) lie

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lu·gen

[ˈlu:gn̩]

vi DIAL

1. (spähen) to peek

▪ irgendwoher/irgendwohin \lugen to peek from somewhere/somewhere

aus dem Fenster \lugen to peek out of the window

2. (hervorsehen)

▪ durch etw akk/aus etw dat \lugen to peek [or poke] through/out of sth

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1.
intransitives Verb lie

lügen wie gedruckt — lie like mad (coll.); be a terrible liar (coll.)
2.
transitives Verb

das ist gelogen! — that's a lie!

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lügen; lügt, log, hat gelogen

A. v/i lie, tell a lie ( mehrmals: lies);

er lügt he’s lying; prinzipiell: he’s a liar;

ich müsste lügen, wenn … I’d be lying ( oder telling a lie) if …;

wer einmal lügt(, dem glaubt man nicht, und wenn er auch die Wahrheit spricht) sprichw a liar is not believed forsooth, even when a liar tells the truth; → Balken 1, gedruckt

B. v/t:

das ist gelogen! that’s a lie;

alles gelogen! (it’s) all lies, umg it’s a pack of lies

C. Lügen n; -s, kein pl lying

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1.
intransitives Verb lie

lügen wie gedruckt — lie like mad (coll.); be a terrible liar (coll.)
2.
transitives Verb

das ist gelogen! — that's a lie!

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v.

(§ p.,pp.: log, gelogen)

= to belie v.

to lie v.

(§ p.,p.p.: lied) (•§ p.,p.p.: lay, lain•)

to tell a lie expr.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Lügen
6 lügen

v/i Dial peer; durch etw.: auch peep; lugen nach look out for; fig. have an eye on

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to peek

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lu|gen ['luːgn]
vi (dial)
to peep, to peek
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(to say etc something which is not true, with the intention of deceiving: There's no point in asking her - she'll just lie about it.) lie

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lu·gen

[ˈlu:gn̩]

vi DIAL

1. (spähen) to peek

▪ irgendwoher/irgendwohin \lugen to peek from somewhere/somewhere

aus dem Fenster \lugen to peek out of the window

2. (hervorsehen)

▪ durch etw akk/aus etw dat \lugen to peek [or poke] through/out of sth

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1.
intransitives Verb lie

lügen wie gedruckt — lie like mad (coll.); be a terrible liar (coll.)
2.
transitives Verb

das ist gelogen! — that's a lie!

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lügen; lügt, log, hat gelogen

A. v/i lie, tell a lie ( mehrmals: lies);

er lügt he’s lying; prinzipiell: he’s a liar;

ich müsste lügen, wenn … I’d be lying ( oder telling a lie) if …;

wer einmal lügt(, dem glaubt man nicht, und wenn er auch die Wahrheit spricht) sprichw a liar is not believed forsooth, even when a liar tells the truth; → Balken 1, gedruckt

B. v/t:

das ist gelogen! that’s a lie;

alles gelogen! (it’s) all lies, umg it’s a pack of lies

C. Lügen n; -s, kein pl lying

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1.
intransitives Verb lie

lügen wie gedruckt — lie like mad (coll.); be a terrible liar (coll.)
2.
transitives Verb

das ist gelogen! — that's a lie!

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v.

(§ p.,pp.: log, gelogen)

= to belie v.

to lie v.

(§ p.,p.p.: lied) (•§ p.,p.p.: lay, lain•)

to tell a lie expr.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > lügen
7 espèce

espèce [εspεs]

1. feminine noun

a. [d'animal, plante] species

• espèces species

• espèce humaine human race

b. ( = sorte) kind

• c'est une espèce de boîte it's a kind of box

• ça n'a aucune espèce d'importance that is of absolutely no importance

• une or un espèce d'excentrique est venu (inf) some eccentric turned up

• espèce de maladroit ! you clumsy oaf! (inf)

2. plural feminine noun

espèces ( = argent) cash

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ɛspɛs
1.

nom féminin

1) ( en biologie) species

une espèce rare — a rare species

l'espèce humaine — mankind

2) ( type) kind

de toute espèce — of every kind

de la pire or de la plus belle espèce — of the worst sort

3) ( dans une description approximative) sort

il y avait des espèces de colonnes — there were some kind ou sort of columns

cela n'a aucune espèce d'importance — that is of absolutely no importance

espèce d'idiot! — you idiot!

2.

espèces nom féminin pluriel

en espèces — [payer, règlement] in cash

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ɛspɛs
1. nf

1) BIOLOGIE, BOTANIQUE, ZOOLOGIE species inv

une espèce en voie de disparition — an endangered species

2) (généralement) (= sorte) sort, kind

une espèce de — a sort of, a kind of

Elle portait une espèce de cape en velours. — She was wearing a sort of velvet cloak., She was wearing a kind of velvet cloak., (avec nuance péjorative) She was wearing some kind of velvet cloak., She was wearing some sort of velvet cloak.

de toute espèce — of all kinds, of all sorts

3) (dans une interpellation) péjoratif

espèce de maladroit! — you clumsy oaf!

espèce de brute! — you brute!

espèce d'idiot! — you idiot!

4) (autres locutions)

en l'espèce — in the case in point

cas d'espèce — individual case

2. espèces nfpl

1) COMMERCE cash sg

payer en espèces — to pay cash, to pay in cash

2) RELIGION species

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espèce

A nf

1 Biol species; une espèce rare a rare species; espèces animales/végétales animal/plant species; l'espèce humaine mankind;

2 ( type) kind, sort; des espèces de kinds of, sorts of; de toute espèce of every kind; un menteur de la pire or de la plus belle espèce a liar of the worst sort; les individus de ton espèce people of your sort; en l'espèce fml in this instance;

3 ( dans description approximative) sort, kind; il y avait des espèces de colonnes dans l'entrée there were some kind ou sort of columns in the entrance; une espèce de tasse a sort of cup; cela n'a aucune espèce d'intérêt/d'importance that is of absolutely no interest/importance; espèce d'idiot/d'imbécile! you idiot/fool!; cette espèce d'idiot n'a même pas… that stupid idiot didn't even…

B espèces nfpl

1 Fin en espèces [payer, règlements] in cash; ⇒ sonnant;

2 Relig espèces (eucharistiques) species.

[ɛspɛs] nom féminin

1. SCIENCES species (singulier)

l'espèce humaine the human race, mankind

des espèces animales/végétales animal/plant species

espèce en voie de disparition endangered species

2. [sorte] sort, kind

rangez ensemble les livres de même espèce put books of the same kind together

des escrocs de ton/son espèce crooks like you/him

des gens de leur espèce their sort (péjoratif), the likes of them (péjoratif)

les gens de cette espèce that sort, people of that ilk

de la pire espèce terrible

c'est un menteur de la pire espèce he's the worst kind of liar, he's a terrible liar

ça n'a aucune espèce d'importance! that is of absolutely no importance!

une espèce/l'espèce de (péjoratif) : c'était une espèce de ferme it was a sort of farm ou a farm of sorts

l'espèce de malfrat barbu qui nous conduisait the shady-looking fellow with a beard who was driving

espèce de (familier & péjoratif) : espèce d'idiot! you idiot!

3. DROIT particular ou specific case

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espèces nom féminin pluriel

1. FINANCE cash

payer en espèces to pay cash

espèces sonnantes et trébuchantes hard cash

2. RELIGION species

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en l'espèce locution adverbiale

in this particular case

j'avais de bons rapports avec mes employés mais en l'espèce l'affaire a fini au tribunal I always had good relations with my employees but in this instance, the matter finished up in court

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > espèce
8 mentiroso

mentiroso

◊ -sa adjetivo: es muy mentiroso he's an awful o terrible liar;
( dicho sin ánimo de ofender) he's a real fibber (colloq) ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino liar; ( dicho sin ánimo de ofender) fibber (colloq)
mentiroso,-a
I adjetivo lying: es un chico muy mentiroso, he's a big liar
II sustantivo masculino y femenino liar ' mentiroso' also found in these entries: Spanish: engañosa - engañoso - mentirosa - chanta - cuentero - deshonesto - hablador - incorregible English: consummate - habitual - liar - lying - storyteller - untruthful

English-spanish dictionary > mentiroso
9 lugen

v/i Dial peer; durch etw.: auch peep; lugen nach look out for; fig. have an eye on

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to peek

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lu|gen ['luːgn]
vi (dial)
to peep, to peek
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(to say etc something which is not true, with the intention of deceiving: There's no point in asking her - she'll just lie about it.) lie

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lu·gen

[ˈlu:gn̩]

vi DIAL

1. (spähen) to peek

▪ irgendwoher/irgendwohin \lugen to peek from somewhere/somewhere

aus dem Fenster \lugen to peek out of the window

2. (hervorsehen)

▪ durch etw akk/aus etw dat \lugen to peek [or poke] through/out of sth

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1.
intransitives Verb lie

lügen wie gedruckt — lie like mad (coll.); be a terrible liar (coll.)
2.
transitives Verb

das ist gelogen! — that's a lie!

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lugen v/i Dial peer; durch etwas: auch peep;

lugen nach look out for; fig have an eye on

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1.
intransitives Verb lie

lügen wie gedruckt — lie like mad (coll.); be a terrible liar (coll.)
2.
transitives Verb

das ist gelogen! — that's a lie!

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v.

(§ p.,pp.: log, gelogen)

= to belie v.

to lie v.

(§ p.,p.p.: lied) (•§ p.,p.p.: lay, lain•)

to tell a lie expr.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > lugen
10 cañero

adj.

cane.

m.

pipe fitter.

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1. ADJ

1) LAm sugar-cane antes de s

machete cañero — sugar-cane knife

2) And, Caribe (=mentiroso) lying; (=fanfarrón) boastful

2. SM

1) (Téc) pipe fitter

2) LAm (Agr) owner o manager of a sugar-cane plantation

3) And, Caribe (=mentiroso) bluffer; (=fanfarrón) boaster

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I
- ra adjetivo (AmL) (Agr) sugarcane (before n)
II
- ra masculino, femenino (Agr) ( propietario) sugar plantation owner; ( trabajador) sugar plantation worker, cane cutter

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I
- ra adjetivo (AmL) (Agr) sugarcane (before n)
II
- ra masculino, femenino (Agr) ( propietario) sugar plantation owner; ( trabajador) sugar plantation worker, cane cutter

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cañero¹ -ra

adjective

A ( AmL) ( Agr) sugarcane ( before n)

B

( Col fam) (mentiroso): es muy cañero he's always telling lies, he's a terrible liar

cañero² -ra

masculine, feminine

A ( Agr) (propietario) sugar plantation owner; (trabajador) sugar plantation worker, cane cutter

B ( Col fam) (mentiroso) liar, fibber ( colloq)

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cañero
◊ -ra adjetivo (AmL) (Agr) sugarcane ( before n)

' cañero' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
machetero

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cañero, -a

♦ adj
Esp Fam [música] heavy
♦ nm
Méx [almacén] sugar mill storeroom
♦ nm,f
Am
1. [trabajador] sugar plantation worker

2. [propietario] sugar plantation owner

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cañero

I adj L.Am.

sugar-cane atr

II m, cañera f plantation worker

Spanish-English dictionary > cañero
11 beau

beau, belle [bo, bεl]

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1. adjective

2. masculine noun

3. feminine noun

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► bel, instead of beau, is used before a masculine noun beginning with a vowel or silent h.

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1. <

   a. beautiful ; [homme] good-looking

• il est beau garçon he's good-looking

• se faire beau to get dressed up

• il a fait du beau travail he did a beautiful job

• il m'a fait un très beau cadeau he gave me a lovely present

• les beaux quartiers the smart part of town

   b. (moralement) un beau geste a noble act

• ce n'est pas beau de mentir it isn't nice to tell lies

   c. ( = agréable) [voyage, journée] lovely

• il fait beau the weather's nice

• il fait très beau the weather's lovely

• il est arrivé un beau matin he turned up one fine morning

• c'est le bel âge ! it's nice to be young!

   d. ( = réussi) successful ; [résultat] excellent

• elle a fait une belle carrière she had a successful career

• c'est le plus beau jour de ma vie ! this is the best day of my life!

• c'est une belle mort it's a good way to go

• ce serait trop beau ! that would be too much to hope for!

   e. ( = grand) [revenu, profit] handsome ; [brûlure, peur] nasty

• ça fait une belle somme ! that's a tidy (inf) sum!

• ça a fait un beau scandale it caused quite a scandal

• il a attrapé une belle bronchite he's got a bad chest infection

• c'est un beau menteur he's a terrible liar

• c'est un beau salaud (inf!) he's a real bastard (vulg!)

   f. (locutions)

► avoir beau

• on a beau faire, ils n'apprennent rien no matter what you do, they don't learn anything

• il a eu beau essayer, il n'a pas réussi despite his efforts, he was unsuccessful

• on a beau dire, il n'est pas bête say what you like, he's not stupid► bel et bien really

• cet homme a bel et bien existé the man really did exist

• il s'est bel et bien trompé he got it well and truly wrong► de plus belle [crier, rire] even louder

• reprendre de plus belle [combat, polémique, violence] to start up again with renewed vigour

• continuer de plus belle [discrimination, répression] to be worse than ever

2. <

   a. le beau the beautiful

• elle n'achète que du beau she only buys the best

• c'est du beau ! (reproche) charming! ; (consternation) this is a fine mess!

   b. (temps) être au beau fixe [baromètre] to be set fair ; [relations] to be excellent

   c. faire le beau [chien] to sit up and beg

3. <

belle

   a. ( = femme) ma belle ! (inf) sweetheart!

• La Belle au bois dormant Sleeping Beauty

• La Belle et la Bête Beauty and the Beast

• se faire la belle (inf) to break out of jail

   b. ( = partie décisive) decider

• on fait la belle ? shall we play a decider?

   c. ( = action, parole) (inf) il en a fait de belles quand il était jeune he was a bit wild when he was young

• en apprendre de belles sur qn to hear things about sb

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1.

( bel before vowel or mute h), belle, mpl beaux bo, bɛl adjectif

1) ( esthétiquement) [enfant, femme, visage, yeux, cheveux] beautiful; [homme, garçon] handsome; [jambes] nice; [corps, silhouette] good; [couleur, son, jardin, objet] beautiful

se faire beau — to do oneself up

faire quelqu'un beau — to smarten somebody up

ce n'est pas (bien) beau à voir! — (colloq) it's not a pretty sight!

2) ( qualitativement) [vêtements, machine, spectacle] good; [collection, spécimen] fine; [travail, cadeau] nice; [temps, jour] fine, nice; [journée, promenade] lovely; [discours, projet] fine; [effort, victoire] nice; [geste, sentiment] noble; [carrière] successful; [succès, avenir, optimisme] great

fais de beaux rêves! — sweet dreams!

il fait beau — the weather is fine

il n'est pas beau de faire — it's not nice to do

un beau jour — one fine day

au beau milieu de — right in the middle of

c'est bien beau tout ça, mais — (colloq) that's all very fine, but

trop beau pour être vrai — too good to be true

ça serait trop beau! — (colloq) one should be so lucky! (colloq)

ce ne sont que de belles paroles — it's all talk

3) ( quantitativement) [somme, héritage] tidy; [salaire] very nice; [appétit] big

belle pagaille — absolute mess

bel égoïste — awful egoist

2.

nom masculin

1) ( choses intéressantes)

qu'est-ce que tu as fait de beau? — done anything interesting?

2) Philosophie ( beauté)

le beau — beauty

3) Météorologie

le temps est/se met au beau — the weather is/is turning fine

3.

avoir beau locution verbale

j'ai beau essayer, je n'y arrive pas — it's no good my trying, I can't do it

l'économie a beau se développer, le chômage progresse — even if the economy does develop, unemployment is still growing

on a beau dire, ce n'est pas si simple — no matter what people say, it's not that easy

4.

bel et bien locution adverbiale

1) ( irréversiblement) well and truly

bel et bien fini — well and truly over

2) ( indiscutablement) definitely

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Phrasal Verbs:

- beau fixe

- beau gosse

- beau parleur

- beau parti

- beau sexe

- beaux jours

- bel esprit

- belle page

- belle plante

- belles années

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faire le beau — [chien] to sit up and beg; [personne] to show off

c'est du beau! — (colloq) iron lovely! iron

tout beau (tout beau)! — ( pour calmer) easy(, easy)!

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bo, bɛl (belle) bel (devant un nom masculin commençant par une voyelle ou un h muet) beaux mpl
1. adj

1) [maison, spectacle] lovely, beautiful, [vacances] lovely

un bel été — a lovely summer

une belle journée — a beautiful day, a lovely day

2) (femme) beautiful, (homme) handsome

C'est une belle femme. — She is a beautiful woman.

un bel homme — a handsome man

C'est un beau garçon. — He is a good-looking boy.

3) (temps) fine, nice

si le temps est beau — if the weather's fine, if the weather's nice

il fait beau; il fait beau temps — the weather's fine

Il fait beau aujourd'hui. — It's a nice day today.

4) (sentiment) fine, (acte) good

un beau geste fig — a fine gesture

5) (valeur intensive)

un beau salaire — a very nice salary, a very good salary

un beau gâchis — a fine mess

un beau rhume — an awful cold

6) (autres locutions)

le beau monde — high society

un beau parleur — a smooth talker

un beau jour — one day, one fine day

un beau matin — one morning, one fine morning

avoir beau jeu de; Il a beau jeu de protester. — It's easy for him to protest.

bel et bien — well and truly, (= vraiment) really, really and truly

de plus belle — more than ever

avoir beau faire qch; J'ai beau essayer, je n'y arrive pas. — No matter how hard I try, I just can't do it., However hard I try, I just can't do it.

pour les beaux yeux de qn lit — for love of sb, for sb's sake

être promis à un bel avenir — to have a fine future ahead of one

Cette chanteuse d'à peine vingt ans semble promise à un bel avenir. — This singer, barely twenty years old, appears to have a fine future ahead of her.

2. nf

1) SPORT (= rencontre décisive) decider

2) (= évasion)

se faire la belle * — to do a bunk *

3. belles nfpl

en entendre de belles sur qn/qch — to hear a thing or two about sb/sth

en faire de belles — to do stupid things, to do some stupid things

en dire de belles — to say stupid things, to say some stupid things

4. nm

1) (= concept)

le beau — beauty

avoir le sens du beau — to have an aesthetic sense

2) (autres locutions)

le temps est au beau — the weather is set fair

le plus beau c'est que... — the best of it is that...

c'est du beau! — lovely! ironique

faire le beau [chien] — to sit up and beg

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beau ( bel before vowel or mute h), belle, mpl beaux

A adj

1 ( esthétiquement) [enfant, femme, visage, yeux, cheveux] beautiful; [homme, garçon] handsome; [jambes] nice; [corps, silhouette, dents] good; [couleur, son, musique, maison, jardin, objet] beautiful; tu es belle ( extraordinairement) you're beautiful; ( normalement) you look lovely; c'est une belle fille she's very nice-looking; c'est une belle femme she's a beautiful woman; avoir belle allure [personne] to cut a fine figure; [maison, voiture] to be fine-looking; se faire beau to do oneself up; faire beau qn to smarten sb up; ce n'est pas (bien) beau à voir○! it's not a pretty sight!; peindre qch sous de belles couleurs to make sth sound wonderful; ⇒ fille;

2 ( qualitativement) [vêtements, machine, performance, match, spectacle] good; [œuvre, collection, bijou, spécimen] fine; [travail, poste, cadeau, anniversaire] nice; [temps, jour] fine, nice; [journée, promenade, rêve] lovely; [promesse, débat, discours, projet] fine; [effort, victoire, exemple, manière] nice; [geste, sentiment, âme] noble; [pensée] beautiful; [carrière] successful; [succès, avenir, optimisme] great; fais de beaux rêves! sweet dreams!; il fait beau the weather is fine; il n'est pas beau de faire it's not nice to do; un beau jour/matin/soir one fine day/morning/evening; au beau milieu de right in the middle of; rien n'est trop beau pour lui/eux nothing is too good for him/them; c'est bien beau tout ça, mais○ that's all very fine, but; trop beau pour être vrai too good to be true; ça serait trop beau○! one should be so lucky○!; ce ne sont que de belles paroles it's all talk; assez de belles paroles, dites ce que vous avez à dire enough of your fine words, say what you have to say; il y a beau temps qu'il n'est pas venu he hasn't been here for ages; ⇒ démener, pluie;

3 ( quantitativement) [somme, héritage] tidy; [salaire] very nice; [appétit] big; belle pagaille absolute mess; beau mensonge whopping lie, whopper○; bel égoïste awful egoist; beau salaud◑ real bastard◑.

B nm

1 ( choses intéressantes) qu'est-ce que tu as fait de beau? done anything interesting?; tu n'as rien de beau à nous raconter? anything interesting to tell us?; le plus beau (de l'histoire) est que the best part (of the story) is that;

2 Philos ( beauté) le beau beauty; goût/recherche/sentiment du beau taste/quest/feeling for beauty;

3 ( bonne qualité) best quality; n'acheter que du beau to buy only the best quality;

4 ( homme) dandy; jouer les beaux to be a dandy; ⇒ vieux;

5 Météo le temps est/se met au beau the weather is/is turning fine.

C avoir beau loc verbale j'ai beau essayer/travailler, je n'y arrive pas it's no good my trying/working, I can't do it; l'économie a beau se développer, le chômage progresse even if the economy does develop, unemployment is still growing; on a beau dire, ce n'est pas si simple no matter what people say, it's not that easy.

D bel et bien loc adv

1 ( irréversiblement) well and truly; bel et bien fini well and truly over;

2 ( indiscutablement) definitely; il était bel et bien coupable he was definitely guilty.

E belle nf

1 ( femme) courtiser les belles to go courting the ladies; ma belle darling, love○ GB, doll○ US;

2 ( maîtresse) lady friend; avoir rendez-vous avec sa belle to have a date with one's lady friend;

3 Jeux decider; faire la belle to play the decider.

F de plus belle loc adv with renewed vigour^GB; les hostilités ont repris de plus belle hostilities resumed with renewed vigour^GB; la pluie a repris de plus belle it started raining again harder than ever; frapper de plus belle to hit harder than ever; crier de plus belle to shout louder than ever.

G belles○ nfpl ( paroles) stories; j'en ai appris or entendu de belles à ton sujet I have been hearing stories about you; on en raconte de belles sur elle there are quite a few stories about her.

Composés

beau fixe Météo fine weather; être au beau fixe [temps, baromètre] to be set fair; [[affaire, relation] to be going well; avoir le moral au beau fixe○ to be on a high○; beau gosse○ good-looking guy○; être beau gosse to be good-looking; beau linge○ high society; fréquenter le beau linge to hang out○ with society types; beau parleur smooth talker; beau parti ( homme) eligible bachelor; ( femme) good match; épouser un beau parti to marry money; beau sexe fair sex; beaux jours ( beau temps) fine weather ¢; ( belle époque) good days; les beaux jours sont arrivés the fine weather is here; c'étaient les beaux jours those were the days; Beau Danube bleu Mus Blue Danube; bel esprit bel esprit; la Belle au Bois dormant Sleeping Beauty; Belle Époque Belle Époque; style Belle Époque Belle Époque style; belle page Imprim right-hand page; belle plante○ gorgeous specimen○; belle vie life of ease; c'est la belle vie! this is the life!; avoir la belle vie to live it up; belles années happy years.

Idiomes

faire le beau [chien] to sit up and beg; [personne] to show off; (se) faire la belle○ ( s'évader) to do a bunk○ GB, to take a powder○ US; l'avoir belle○ to have an easy life; en faire voir de belles○ à qn to give sb a hard time; c'est du beau○! iron lovely! iron; tout beau (tout beau)! ( pour calmer) easy (, easy)!; il ferait beau voir○ (qu'il vienne) I'd like to see the day (when he shows up)○.

[bo] (devant nom masculin commençant par voyelle ou 'h' muet bel [bɛl]) ( féminin belle [bɛl], pluriel masculin beaux [bo], pluriel féminin belles [bɛl]) adjectif

A.

1. [bien fait, joli - femme] beautiful, good-looking ; [ - homme] good-looking, handsome ; [ - enfant, physique, objet, décor] beautiful, lovely

il est beau garçon ou (familier) gosse he's good-looking, he's a good-looking guy

ils forment un beau couple they make a lovely couple

se faire beau/belle to get dressed up, to do oneself up

ce n'était pas beau à voir (familier) it wasn't a pretty sight

il est beau comme l'amour ou un ange ou un astre ou le jour

a. [homme] he's a very handsome ou good-looking man

b. [petit garçon] he's a very handsome ou good-looking boy

il est beau comme un dieu he looks like a Greek god

elle est belle comme un ange ou le jour she's a real beauty

sois belle et tais-toi! (familier) just concentrate on looking pretty!

2. [attrayant pour l'oreille - chant, mélodie, voix] beautiful, lovely

3. [remarquable, réussi - poème, texte] fine, beautiful ; [ - chanson, film] beautiful, lovely

de beaux vêtements fine clothes

le boucher a de la belle marchandise the butcher's got nice meat

il y a eu quelques beaux échanges there were a few good ou fine rallies

nous avons fait un beau voyage we had a wonderful trip

4. MÉTÉOROLOGIE fine, beautiful

la mer sera belle the sea will be calm

temps froid mais beau sur tout le pays the whole country will enjoy cold but sunny weather

du beau temps nice ou good weather

les derniers beaux jours the last days of summer

B.

1. [digne] noble, fine

une belle âme a noble nature

[convenable] nice

ce n'est pas beau de mentir! it's very naughty ou it's not nice to lie!

2. [brillant intellectuellement] wonderful, fine

c'est un beau sujet de thèse it's a fine topic for a thesis

3. [d'un haut niveau social] smart

faire un beau mariage

a. [argent] to marry into money ou a fortune

b. [classe] to marry into a very good family

le beau monde ou (familier) linge the upper crust, the smart set

C.

1. [gros, important - gains, prime, somme] nice, handsome, tidy

donnez-moi un beau melon/poulet give me a nice big melon/chicken

il a un bel appétit he has a good ou hearty appetite

un beau coup en Bourse a spectacular deal on the Stock Exchange

2. [en intensif]

je me suis fait une belle bosse I got a great big bump

il y a eu un beau scandale there was a huge scandal

un bel hypocrite a real hypocrite

il y a beau temps: il y a beau temps de ce que je te dis là (familier) what I'm telling you now happened ages ago

3. [agréable] good

présenter quelque chose sous un beau jour to show something in a good light

c'est trop beau pour être vrai it's too good to be true

c'est beau l'amour! love's a wonderful thing!

4. [prospère] good

tu as encore de belles années devant toi you still have quite a few good years ahead of you

avoir une belle situation

a. [argent] to have a very well-paid job

b. [prestige] to have a high-flying job

5. [dans des appellations]

venez, ma belle amie do come along, darling

alors, (ma) belle enfant, qu'en dis-tu? (familier) what do you think about that, my dear?

mon beau monsieur, personne ne vous a rien demandé! my friend, this is none of your business!

6. [certain]

un beau jour/matin one fine day/morning

D. (ironique)

belle demande! [saugrenue] what a question!

c'est du beau travail! a fine mess this is!

beaux discours: ils ont oublié tous leurs beaux discours they've forgotten all their fine ou fine-sounding words

garde tes belles promesses ou tes beaux serments! you can keep your promises!

j'en ai appris ou entendu de belles sur toi! I heard some fine ou right things about you!

il en a fait de belles quand il était petit! he didn't half get up to some mischief when he was little!

nous voilà beaux! we're in a fine mess now!

c'est bien beau tout ça, mais... that's all very fine ou well, but...

le plus beau (familier) : et tu ne sais pas le plus beau! and you haven't heard the best part (yet)!, and the best part's still to come!

beau adverbe

1. MÉTÉOROLOGIE

il fait beau the weather's ou it's fine

il fera beau et chaud it'll be warm and sunny

il n'a pas fait très beau l'été dernier the weather wasn't very nice ou good last summer

2. (locution)

il ferait beau voir qu'elle me donne des ordres! her, boss me around? that'll be the day!

avoir beau faire (quelque chose): j'avais beau tirer, la porte ne s'ouvrait pas however hard I pulled, the door wouldn't open

j'ai eu beau le lui répéter plusieurs fois, il n'a toujours pas compris I have told him and told him but he still hasn't understood

on a beau dire, on a beau faire, les jeunes s'en vont un jour de la maison (familier) whatever you do or say, young people eventually leave home

vous avez beau dire, elle a quand même tout financé elle-même say what you like ou you may criticize, but she's paid for it all herself

a beau mentir qui vient de loin (proverbe) it's easy to lie when there's nobody around to contradict you

tout beau: alors, vous signez? — hé, tout beau (tout beau)! you will sign then? — hey, steady on ou not so fast!

beau nom masculin

1. [esthétique]

elle aime le beau she likes beautiful things

[objets de qualité]

pour les meubles du salon, je veux du beau I want really good ou nice furniture for the living room

2. [homme] beau, dandy

3. (locution)

au beau: le temps est au beau the weather looks fine

au beau fixe: le temps/baromètre est au beau fixe the weather/barometer is set fair

nos relations sont au beau fixe (familier) things between us are looking rosy

il a le moral au beau fixe (familier) he's in high spirits

c'est du beau! (familier) : elle a dit un gros mot — c'est du beau! she said a rude word! — how naughty!

faire le beau [chien] to sit up and beg

belle nom féminin

1. [jolie femme] beauty

[dame] lady

‘la Belle et la Bête’ Madame Leprince de Beaumont, Cocteau ‘Beauty and the Beast’

‘la Belle au bois dormant’ Perrault ‘Sleeping Beauty’

2. (familier) [en appellatif]

tu te trompes, ma belle! you're quite wrong my dear!

3. (humoristique & littéraire) [amie, amante] lady friend, beloved

4. SPORT decider, deciding match

JEUX decider, deciding game

5. (familier & locution)

(se) faire la belle to do a runner (UK), to cut and run (US)

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au plus beau de locution prépositionnelle

au plus beau de la fête when the party was in full swing

au plus beau du discours right in the middle of the speech

bel et bien locution adverbiale

well and truly

elle s'est bel et bien échappée she got away and no mistake

bel et bon locution adjectivale,

bel et bonne locution adjectivale

fine

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de plus belle locution adverbiale

[aboyer, crier] louder than ever, even louder

[frapper] harder than ever, even harder

[taquiner, manger] more than ever, even more

il s'est mis à travailler de plus belle he went back to work with renewed energy

belle de Fontenay nom féminin

Belle de Fontenay potato

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belle page nom féminin

IMPRIMERIE right-hand page

chaque chapitre commence en belle page each chapter starts on the right-hand page

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > beau

12 fier

fier, fière [fjεʀ]

adjective

proud

• fier comme Artaban or comme un coq as proud as a peacock

• faire le fier ( = être méprisant) to be aloof ; ( = faire le brave) to be full of o.s.

• c'est quelqu'un de pas fier (inf) he's not stuck-up (inf)

• avoir fière allure to cut a fine figure

• fier de qch/de faire qch proud of sth/to do sth

• il n'y a pas de quoi être fier there's nothing to be proud of

• je n'étais pas fier de moi I didn't feel very proud of myself

• je te dois une fière chandelle I'm extremely indebted to you

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I
fière fjɛʀ adjectif

1) ( satisfait) proud

tu peux être fier de toi — lit you have every right to be proud; iron you must be very proud of yourself

2) ( hautain) proud, haughty; ( prétentieux) stuck-up (colloq)

il n'était pas si fier à l'examen! — he wasn't so cocky (colloq) in the exam!

3) ( noble) [caractère] proud

avoir fière allure — to cut a fine figure

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fier comme Artaban or un coq or un paon — proud as a peacock

faire le fier — to be haughty

II

se fier fje verbe pronominal

1) ( placer sa confiance en)

se fier à — to trust [personne, promesse]

ne te fie pas à ce qu'il dit/aux apparences — don't go by what he says/by appearances

2) ( compter sur)

se fier à — to rely on [personne, mémoire, calculs]; to trust to [chance, destin]

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fjɛʀ adj (fière)
proud

fier de — proud of

avoir fière allure — to cut a fine figure

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I.

fier, fière adj

1 ( satisfait) proud (de qn/qch of sb/sth; de faire to do); tu peux être fier de toi lit you have every right to be proud; iron you must be very proud of yourself; il n'y a pas de quoi être fier! iron that's nothing to be proud of!; je suis corse et j'en suis fier, je suis corse et fier de l'être I'm a Corsican and proud of it; je suis fière qu'il ait réussi ses examens I'm proud of the fact that he passed his exams; je n'en suis pas peu fier I'm quite proud of it;

2 ( hautain) proud, haughty; ( prétentieux) stuck-up○; il est pas fier (pour deux sous)○ he's not (a bit) stuck-up○; il est devenu fier depuis sa promotion he's got GB ou gotten US ou become very stuck-up○ since he was promoted; il n'était pas si fier à l'examen! he wasn't so cocky○ in the exam!;

3 ( noble) [cœur, caractère, démarche, ville] proud; avoir fière allure to cut a fine figure;

4 ○( remarquable) (before n) fier imbécile an incredible fool; fier menteur a terrible liar; avoir un fier culot○ to have an incredible ou a fantastic nerve○;

5 ( fougueux) (before n) [monture] mettlesome; ⇒ chandelle.

Idiomes

fier comme Artaban or un coq or un paon proud as a peacock; faire le fier to be haughty.

II.

fier: se fier verb table: plier vpr

1 ( placer sa confiance en) se fier à to trust [personne, promesse]; to go by, to trust [apparences]; à qui peut-on se fier? who can one ou you trust?; ne te fie pas à ce qu'il dit you can't go by what he says;

2 ( compter sur) se fier à to trust, to rely on [personne, mémoire, instinct, instrument, calculs]; to trust to [chance, destin, bonne étoile]; le réveil marche mal, ne t'y fie pas the alarm clock doesn't work properly, you can't rely on it.

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( féminin fière) [fjɛr] adjectif

1. [satisfait] proud

il n'y a pas de quoi être fier it's nothing to be proud of

fier de proud of

j'étais fier d'avoir gagné I was proud (that) I won

je n'étais pas fier de moi I wasn't pleased with ou proud of myself

2. [noble] noble, proud

une âme fière (littéraire) a noble mind

3. [arrogant - personnage] proud, arrogant, haughty ; [ - regard] haughty, supercilious

quand il a fallu sauter, il n'était plus tellement fier when it came to jumping, he didn't seem so sure of himself

avoir fière allure to cut (quite) a dash

être fier comme Artaban ou comme un coq to be as proud as a peacock, to be puffed up with pride

4. (familier) (avant le nom) (familier) [extrême]

tu as un fier culot! you've got some nerve!

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, fière [fjɛr] nom masculin, nom féminin

proud person

faire le fier to put on airs and graces

II

[fje]

se fier à verbe pronominal plus préposition

1. [avoir confiance en] to trust (in)

se fier aux apparences to go by ou on appearances

ne vous y fiez pas! don't be fooled by it/him etc.!

2. [compter sur] to rely on

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > fier

13 poser

poser [poze]

➭ TABLE 1

1. transitive verb

   a. ( = placer) [+ objet] to put down ; (debout) to stand

• poser qch sur une table/par terre to put sth on a table/on the floor

• poser sa tête sur l'oreiller to lay one's head on the pillow

• poser une échelle contre un mur to lean a ladder against a wall

   b. ( = installer) [+ tableau, rideaux] to hang ; [+ carrelage, moquette] to lay ; [+ vitre] to put in ; [+ serrure] to fit ; [+ bombe] to plant

• poser la première pierre to lay the foundation stone

   c. [+ chiffres] to set down

• je pose 4 et je retiens 3 put down 4 and carry 3

   d. ( = énoncer) [+ condition] to set ; [+ question] to ask ; (à un examen) to set

• poser sa candidature à un poste to apply for a post

   e. ( = demander) poser des jours de congé to put in a request for leave

   f. ( = donner de l'importance) poser qn to establish sb's reputation

• ça vous pose people really think you're somebody

2. intransitive verb

(pour portrait) to sit ; ( = chercher à se faire remarquer) to show off

3. reflexive verb

► se poser

   a. [insecte, oiseau, avion] to land

• se poser en catastrophe/sur le ventre [avion] to make an emergency landing/a belly-landing

• pose-toi là (inf) sit down here

• son regard s'est posé sur elle his eyes fell on her

   b. [question, problème] to arise

   c. ( = se présenter) se poser comme victime to claim to be a victim

• comme menteur, vous vous posez (un peu) là ! (inf) you're a terrible liar!

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poze
1.

verbe transitif

1) ( mettre) to put down

pose ton manteau — put your coat somewhere

ils ont posé un échafaudage contre le mur — they've put some scaffolding up against the wall

poser la main sur le bras de quelqu'un — to lay ou place one's hand on somebody's arm

j'ai posé une lettre sur votre bureau — I've put a letter on your desk

poser les yeux sur quelqu'un/quelque chose — to look at somebody/something

2) ( mettre en place) to put in [compteur, vitre]; to install [signalisation, radiateur]; to fit [serrure, prothèse]; to lay [carrelage, mine, pierre, câble]; to plant [bombe]; to fit, to lay [moquette]; to put up [papier peint, tableau, rideau, cloison, affiches]

3) ( établir) to assert, to postulate sout [hypothèse]; to lay down [règles, limites]

poser sa candidature à un poste — to apply for a job

poser sa candidature à une élection — to stand GB ou run for election

je pose 3 et je retiens 2 — I put ou write down (the) 3 and carry (the) 2

poser comme hypothèse que — to put forward the theory that

4) ( soulever) to ask [question]; to set [devinette]

la question reste posée — the question (still) remains

poser (un) problème à quelqu'un — to pose a problem for somebody

ça ne pose aucun problème — that's no problem at all

5) Musique to place [voix]

2.

verbe intransitif

1) Art, Photographie to pose

poser nu — to pose (in the) nude

2) ( être affecté) to put on airs

3.

se poser verbe pronominal

1) [oiseau, insecte] to settle, to alight

2) [avion] to land, to touch down

se poser en catastrophe — to make an emergency landing

3) (colloq) ( s'asseoir) to plant oneself

pose-toi quelque part et attends-moi — park (colloq) yourself somewhere and wait for me

4) ( s'arrêter) [yeux, regard] to fall ( sur on)

5) ( s'affirmer)

se poser en — to claim to be

se poser en victime — to present oneself as a victim

6) ( se demander)

se poser des questions — to ask oneself questions

se poser des questions au sujet de quelqu'un/quelque chose — ( s'interroger) to wonder about somebody/something; ( douter) to have doubts about somebody/something

ils vivent sans se poser de questions — they accept things as they are

7) ( exister) [question] to arise

la question ne se pose pas — ( c'est impossible) there's no question of it; ( c'est évident) it goes without saying

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comme imbécile il se pose là! — (colloq) he's a prime example of an idiot!

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poze
1. vt

1) (= déposer) [valise, objet lourd] to put down

poser qch sur — to put sth down on

Pose ta valise, elle doit être lourde. — Put your suitcase down, it must be heavy.

2) [passager]

poser qn à — to drop sb off at

Je vous pose à Montparnasse? — Shall I drop you off at Montparnasse?

3) (= placer)

poser qch sur — to put sth on

poser qch contre — to put sth against

poser qch quelque part — to put sth somewhere

J'ai posé la cafetière sur la table. — I put the coffee pot on the table.

poser son regard sur qn/qch — to turn one's gaze on sb/sth

4) (= installer) [moquette, carrelage] to lay, [rideaux, papier peint] to hang, [vitre, radiateur] to put in, [verrou] to fit

5) ADMINISTRATION

poser sa candidature (pour un poste) — to apply, POLITIQUEto stand

6) [question] to ask

poser une question à qn — to ask sb a question

7) (= énoncer) [principe, conditions] to lay down, to set down, [problème] to formulate

8) [difficulté] to pose

Cela pose un problème. — That poses a problem.

9) [personne]

ce genre de truc, ça vous pose — that kind of thing gives you status

10) MATHÉMATIQUE, [chiffre] to put down, to put

2. vi

1) (pour un photographe) to pose

2) (pour un peintre) to sit

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poser verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 ( mettre) to put down, to lay down [livre, journal]; to put down, to set down [verre, tasse]; il a posé son verre he put ou set down his glass; pose ton manteau et assieds-toi put your coat somewhere and sit down; ils ont posé un échafaudage contre le mur they've put some scaffolding up against the wall; poser la main sur le bras de qn to lay ou place one's hand on sb's arm; dès qu'il a posé le pied en Italie il a su qu'il y serait bien as soon as he set foot in Italy he knew he would be happy there; j'ai posé une lettre sur votre bureau I've put a letter on your desk; s'endormir dès qu'on pose la tête sur l'oreiller to fall asleep as soon as one's head hits ou touches the pillow; poser les yeux sur qn/qch to look at sb/sth; poser son regard sur qn to look at sb; poser un baiser sur la joue de qn to plant a kiss on sb's cheek; une grande bâtisse posée au mileu d'un parc a large mansion set in the middle of a park;

2 ( mettre en place) to put in, to install [compteur, vitre]; to install [signalisation, radiateur]; to fit [serrure, dentier, prothèse]; to lay [carrelage, mine, pierre, câble]; to plant [bombe]; to fit, to lay [moquette]; to put up [papier peint, tableau, rideau, cloison]; to put up, to post [affiches]; to fit, to insert [stérilet]; to apply [garrot];

3 ( établir) to assert, to postulate sout [théorie, hypothèse]; to lay down [principes, règles, limites]; poser la supériorité de l'homme sur l'animal to assert the superiority of human beings over animals; le syndicat a posé un préavis de grève the trade union has given notice of a strike; je vais accepter leur proposition mais je vais poser mes conditions I'll accept their proposal but I'm going to lay down my conditions; poser sa candidature à un poste to apply for a job; poser sa candidature à une élection to stand GB ou run for election; poser une addition to write a sum down, to write down a sum; je pose 3 et je retiens 2 I put ou write down (the) 3 and carry (the) 2; poser que to suppose that; poser comme hypothèse que to put forward the theory that;

4 ( soulever) to ask [question] (sur, au sujet de about); to set [devinette]; la question reste posée the question (still) remains; poser (un) problème à qn to pose a problem for sb; ça ne pose aucun problème that's no problem at all ; ça leur pose des problèmes that poses problems for them;

5 Mus to place [voix]; j'ai appris à poser ma voix I've learned to place my voice.

B vi

1 Art, Phot to pose; poser nu to pose (in the) nude;

2 ( être affecté) to put on airs; il fallait la voir poser devant le ministre! you should have seen how she put on airs in front of the minister!; poser pour la galerie to play to the gallery; poser au génie méconnu to act ou play the misunderstood genius.

C se poser vpr

1 [oiseau, insecte] to settle, to alight (sur on);

2 [avion] to land, to touch down; se poser en catastrophe to make an emergency landing;

3 ○( s'asseoir) to plant oneself (sur on); pose-toi quelque part et attends-moi park○ yourself somewhere and wait for me;

4 ( s'arrêter) [yeux, regard] to fall (sur on);

5 ( être installé) une fenêtre se pose plus facilement à deux it' s easier to fit ou install a window if there are two of you;

6 ( s'affirmer) se poser en qch to claim to be sth; se poser en victime/exemple to present oneself as a victim/an example; se poser comme le successeur to present oneself as the successor;

7 ( se demander) se poser des questions to ask oneself questions; se poser des questions au sujet de qn/qch ( s'interroger) to wonder about sb/sth; ( douter) to have doubts about sb/sth; se poser la question de l'efficacité de qn/l'efficacité de qch to wonder ou have doubts about sb's efficiency/the efficiency of sth; il faut se poser la question de savoir si le projet a des chances d'aboutir we must ask ourselves whether this project has any chance of success; ils vivent sans se poser de questions they accept things as they are;

8 ( exister) [problème, cas, question] to arise; le problème se pose régulièrement the problem arises regularly; la question ne se pose pas ( c'est impossible) there's no question of it; ( c'est évident) it goes without saying; la question se pose aussi en termes d'argent there is also a financial side to the question.

Idiome

comme imbécile/hypocrite il se pose là○! he's a prime example of an idiot/a hypocrite!

I

[poze] nom masculin

MILITAIRE landing (of a helicopter)

II

[poze] verbe transitif

1. [mettre] to put, to lay, to place

poser ses coudes sur la table to rest ou to put one's elbows on the table

poser un sac par terre to put a bag (down) on the floor

j'ai tellement mal que je ne peux plus poser le pied par terre my foot hurts so much, I can't put my weight on it any longer

il posa un baiser sur ses paupières he kissed her on the eyelids

je ne sais pas où poser mes fesses (familier & humoristique) I don't know where to sit

(en usage absolu)

à toi de poser! [aux dominos] your turn!

[cesser d'utiliser] to put away ou down (separable)

pose ton ballon et viens dîner put away your ball and come and have dinner

posez vos stylos et écoutez-moi put your pens down and listen to me

2. [installer - papier peint, cadre, tentures, affiche] to put up (separable) ; [ - antenne] to put up (separable), to install ; [ - radiateur, alarme] to put in (separable), to install ; [ - verrou] to fit ; [ - cadenas] to put on (separable) ; [ - moquette] to fit, to lay ; [ - carrelage, câble, mine, rail, tuyau] to lay ; [ - vitre] to put in ; [ - placard] to put in, to install ; [ - prothèse] to fit, to put in ; [ - enduit] to put on

faire poser un double vitrage to have double-glazing put in ou fitted

se faire poser une couronne to have a crown fitted

3. [énoncer - question] to ask ; [ - devinette] to ask, to set

poser une question à quelqu'un to ask somebody a question, to put a question to somebody

poser un problème

a. [causer des difficultés] to raise ou to pose a problem

b. [l'énoncer] to set a problem

de la façon dont il m'avait posé le problème... the way he'd put ou outlined the problem to me...

elle me pose de gros problèmes she's a great problem ou source of anxiety to me

si ça ne pose pas de problème, je viendrai avec mon chien if it's not a problem (for you) I'll bring my dog

4. [établir - condition] to state, to lay down ; [ - principe, règle] to lay ou to set down (separable), to state

une fois posées les bases du projet once the foundations of the project have been laid down

poser quelque chose comme condition/principe to lay something down as a condition/principle

si l'on pose comme hypothèse que... if we take as a hypothesis that...

5. (familier) [mettre en valeur] to establish the reputation of, to give standing to

une voiture comme ça, ça vous pose that kind of car gives you a certain status

6. MATHÉMATIQUES to put down (separable)

je pose 2 et je retiens 1 put down 2, carry 1

poser une opération to set out a sum

7. MUSIQUE

poser sa voix to pitch one's voice

8. SPORT to place

9. AÉRONAUTIQUE [avion, hélicoptère] to land, to set down (separable)

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[poze] verbe intransitif

1. [pour un peintre, un photographe] to pose, to sit

poser pour une photo/un magazine to pose for a photo/magazine

et maintenant, tout le monde va poser pour la photo souvenir let's have everyone together now for the souvenir photograph

2. [fanfaronner] to put on airs, to show off, to pose

[faire semblant] to put on airs, to strike a pose ou an attitude

elle n'est pas vraiment malheureuse, elle pose she's not really unhappy, it's just a façade ou it's all show

poser à [se faire passer pour] to pretend to be, to act, to play

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se poser verbe pronominal (emploi passif)

se poser facilement

a. [chaudière] to be easy to install

b. [moquette] to be easy to lay

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se poser verbe pronominal transitif

[faire surgir]

se poser la question ou le problème de savoir si... to ask oneself ou to wonder whether...

il va finir par se poser des questions he's going to start having doubts

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se poser verbe pronominal intransitif

1. [descendre - avion, hélicoptère] to land, to touch down ; [ - papillon] to land, to alight ; [ - oiseau] to land, to perch

se poser en catastrophe to make an emergency landing

se poser en douceur to make a smooth landing

une plume est venue se poser sur sa tête a feather floated down onto his head

tous les regards se posèrent sur elle all eyes turned to her

il sentit leurs yeux se poser sur lui he could feel their eyes on him

sa main se posa sur la mienne she put her hand on mine

2. (familier) [s'asseoir]

pose-toi là sit (yourself) down here

3. [surgir - question, problème] to arise, to come up

la question ne se pose plus maintenant the question is irrelevant now

la question qui se pose maintenant est la suivante the question which must now be asked is the following

le problème qui se pose à moi the problem I've got to face ou to solve

le problème se pose de savoir si l'on doit négocier there's the problem of whether or not we should negotiate

le problème ne se pose pas exactement en ces termes that's not exactly where the problem lies

4. [se faire passer pour]

se poser en ou comme to pass oneself off as

je ne me suis jamais posé en expert I never set myself up to be ou I never pretended I was an expert

5. (familier & locution)

se poser là [il est brillant]: pour l'intelligence, son frère se pose là! her brother's got quite a brain!

elle se pose là, leur bagnole! [avec admiration] their car's an impressive bit of machinery!

comme plombier, tu te poses là! call yourself a plumber, do you?

comme gaffe, ça se pose là! that's what you might call a blunder!

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14 sure

sure [ʃʊə(r)]

1 adjective

(a) (convinced, positive) sûr, certain;

∎ are you sure of the facts? êtes-vous sûr ou certain des faits?;

∎ I'm not sure you're right je ne suis pas sûr ou certain que vous ayez raison;

∎ I'm not sure when they're coming/what he wants je ne sais pas au juste quand ils doivent venir/ce qu'il veut;

∎ I'm sure of it j'en suis sûr ou certain;

∎ I can't be sure, but I think it was 2 o'clock je n'en suis pas tout à fait sûr, mais je pense qu'il était 2 heures;

∎ are you quite sure he hasn't left yet? êtes-vous bien sûr qu'il n'est pas encore parti?;

∎ he's not sure whether he's going to come or not il n'est pas sûr de venir;

∎ she isn't sure of or about her feelings for him elle n'est pas sûre de ses sentiments pour lui;

∎ you seem convinced, but I'm not so sure tu sembles convaincu, mais moi j'ai des doutes;

∎ I wouldn't be so sure about that! ça, ça m'étonnerait!;

∎ he'll win, I'm sure il gagnera, j'en suis sûr;

∎ I'm sure I've been here before je suis sûr d'être déjà venu ici;

∎ she's sure she didn't receive your letter elle est sûre de ne pas avoir reçu ta lettre;

∎ what makes you so sure?, how can you be so sure? qu'est-ce qui te fait dire ça?;

∎ I don't know, I'm sure ma foi, je ne sais pas

(b) (confident, assured) sûr;

∎ is he someone we can be sure of? est-ce quelqu'un de sûr?;

∎ you can be sure of good service in this restaurant dans ce restaurant, vous êtes sûr d'être bien servi;

∎ to be sure of oneself être sûr de soi, avoir confiance en soi

(c) (definite, certain) sûr, certain;

∎ one thing is sure, he won't be back in a hurry! une chose est sûre ou certaine, il ne va pas revenir de sitôt!;

∎ we're sure to meet again nous nous reverrons sûrement;

∎ she's sure to be here soon elle va sûrement arriver bientôt;

∎ they're sure to get caught ils vont sûrement se faire prendre;

∎ the play is sure to be a success la pièce va certainement avoir du succès;

∎ it's a sure thing c'est dans la poche;

∎ esp American familiar sure thing! d'accord!;

∎ be sure to be on time tomorrow il faut que vous soyez à l'heure demain;

∎ be sure to go to bed early il faut que tu te couches tôt;

∎ be sure not to lose it, be sure that you don't lose it prenez garde de ne pas le perdre;

∎ we made sure that no one was listening nous nous sommes assurés ou nous avons vérifié que personne n'écoutait;

∎ I'll just go and make sure je vais vérifier;

∎ it is his job to make sure that everyone is satisfied c'est lui qui veille à ce que tout le monde soit satisfait;

∎ make sure you don't lose your ticket prends garde à ne pas perdre ton billet;

∎ make sure you've turned off the gas vérifie que tu as éteint le gaz

(d) (firm, steady) sûr;

∎ with a sure hand d'une main sûre;

∎ figurative a sure grasp of the subject des connaissances solides en la matière

(e) (reliable, safe → method, remedy, judgement) sûr; (→ profit, success) assuré;

∎ there is only one sure way of doing it il n'y a qu'un moyen sûr de le faire;

∎ work is a sure remedy for boredom le travail est un remède sûr contre l'ennui;

∎ insomnia is a sure sign of depression l'insomnie est un signe incontestable de dépression;

∎ it's a sure bet he'll be late il y a tout à parier qu'il sera en retard

2 adverb

(a) familiar (of course) bien sûr^□ ;

∎ can I borrow your car? - sure (you can)! (est-ce que) je peux emprunter ta voiture? - bien sûr (que oui)!

(b) esp American familiar (really) drôlement, rudement;

∎ he sure is ugly il est drôlement laid;

∎ she sure can cook! elle cuisine drôlement bien!;

∎ it sure was difficult c'était vraiment ou bien difficile;

∎ are you hungry? - I sure am! as-tu faim? - plutôt! ou et comment!;

∎ I sure as hell do object! et comment que je proteste!

(c) (as intensifier)

∎ (as) sure as aussi sûr que;

∎ as sure as my name is Jones aussi sûr que je m'appelle Jones;

∎ as sure as I'm standing here (today), as sure as fate, as sure as eggs are or familiar is eggs aussi sûr que deux et deux font quatre

(d) Irish familiar

∎ sure, he's a terrible liar c'est un grand menteur^□ ;

∎ sure, he doesn't know anything il n'y connaît rien^□

(e) American familiar (you're welcome)

∎ sure! de rien!^□, il n'y a pas de quoi!^□

3 for sure adverb

∎ I'll give it to you tomorrow for sure je te le donnerai demain sans faute;

∎ one thing is for sure, I'm not staying here! une chose est sûre, je ne reste pas ici!;

∎ she won't come, that's for sure elle ne viendra pas, c'est certain;

∎ I think he's single but I can't say for sure je crois qu'il est célibataire, mais je ne peux pas l'affirmer

4 sure enough adverb

effectivement, en effet;

∎ she said she'd ring and sure enough she did elle a dit qu'elle appellerait, et c'est ce qu'elle a fait;

∎ no, it's whisky sure enough non, c'est bien du whisky

5 to be sure adverb

∎ to be sure, his offer is well-intentioned certes, son offre est bien intentionnée

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15 chronic

'kronik
adjective

((especially of a disease) lasting a long time: a chronic illness.) crónico

- chronically

chronic

tr['krɒnɪk]

adjective

1 (disease, person, problem) crónico,-a

2 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL familiar (terrible) malísimo,-a, terrible

chronic ['krɑnɪk] adj

: crónico

♦ chronically [-nɪkli] adv

chronic

adj.

• crónico, -a adj.

'krɑːnɪk, 'krɒnɪk
adjective

a) ( Med) crónico; <unemployment/shortages> crónico; <smoker/liar> empedernido

chronic fatigue syndrome — u síndrome m de fatiga crónica, SFC m

b) ( terrible) (BrE colloq) pésimo, terrible

['krɒnɪk]
1. ADJ

1) [invalid, disease] crónico

2) (=inveterate) [smoker] empedernido; [liar] incorregible

3) (Brit) * [weather, person] horrible, malísimo

I had toothache something chronic — me dolían las muelas horriblemente

2.

CPD

chronic fatigue syndrome N — síndrome m de fatiga crónica

chronic wasting disease N — enfermedad f del desgaste crónico

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['krɑːnɪk, 'krɒnɪk]
adjective

a) ( Med) crónico; <unemployment/shortages> crónico; <smoker/liar> empedernido

chronic fatigue syndrome — u síndrome m de fatiga crónica, SFC m

b) ( terrible) (BrE colloq) pésimo, terrible

English-spanish dictionary > chronic

16 lío

m.

1 mess, difficulty, mix-up, problem.

2 bundle.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: liar.

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lío

► nombre masculino

1 (embrollo) mess

2 (aventura amorosa) affair

3 (fardo) bundle

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FRASEOLOGÍA

armar un lío to make a fuss

hacerse un lío (uso literal) to get tangled up 2 (uso figurado) to get muddled up

meterse en un lío to get oneself into a mess

¡qué lío! what a mess!

tener un lío con alguien to be having an affair with somebody

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noun m.

1) mess

2) trouble

3) affair, liaison

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SM

1) (=fardo) bundle; Cono Sur truss

2) * (=jaleo) fuss; (=confusión) muddle, mix-up

ese lío de los pasaportes — that fuss about the passports

en mi mesa hay un lío enorme de papeles — my desk is in a real muddle with all these bits of paper

• armar un lío — to make a fuss, kick up a fuss

• armarse un lío, se armó un lío tremendo — there was a terrific fuss

• hacerse un lío — to get into a muddle, get mixed up

se hizo un lío con tantos nombres — he got into a muddle with all the names

3) (=aprieto)

meterse en un lío — to get into trouble

4) * (=amorío) affair

tener un lío con algn — to be having an affair with sb

lío de faldas — affair

5) (=cotilleo) tale, piece of gossip

¡no me vengas con líos! — less of your tales!

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masculino

1)

a) (fam) (embrollo, confusión) mess

qué lío! — what a mess!

hacerse un lío con algo — to get into a mess with something (colloq)

b) (fam) (problema, complicación)

tiene líos con la policía — he's in trouble with the police (colloq)

no me vengas con tus líos — don't come to me with your problems

qué lío se va a armar! — there's going to be hell to pay! (colloq)

armó un lío — he kicked up a fuss (colloq)

meterse en un lío — to get oneself into trouble

c) (fam) ( amorío) affair

2) ( fardo) bundle

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= mess, jumble, hassle, cock-up, bedlam, snarl, snarl-up, a pretty kettle of fish, a fine kettle of fish, palaver, predicament, rigmarole [rigamarole].

Ex. 'Look, Mel,' said James after the hiatus, 'I'm irritated at the convoluted mess this simple case of filling a vacancy has become'.

Ex. Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.

Ex. The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.

Ex. The repatriation of the emigres was a tragic oversight rather than a war crime, a cock-up rather than a conspiracy.

Ex. In subsequent years, Bethlem became ' Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself.

Ex. His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.

Ex. However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.

Ex. A pretty kettle of fish indeed, out of whom only Tracy is really trying seriously to make a new life for herself.

Ex. Knowing the historical roots of their misfortune may not make it easier for them to escape the fine kettle of fish they are in.

Ex. Most fashion-conscious shoppers will beaware of the palaver caused last month by the swastika design embroidered on a Zara handbag.

Ex. Any attempt to coerce a response without good reason based on that child's present predicament is to place in jeopardy the child's willing engagement now and in the future.

Ex. The government is creating a rigmarole of a process for residents to exercise their constitutional right.

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* armar el lío = make + trouble.

* armar un lío = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row.

* ¡En qué lío cada vez más complicado nos metemos al mentir! = O what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!.

* en un lío = in a (pretty) pickle, in a turmoil, in a twirl.

* estar hecho un lío = be at sixes and sevens with.

* lío amoroso = fling.

* meterse en líos = get into + trouble.

* meterse en un lío = be in trouble, get into + a predicament.

* no meterse en líos = keep out of + trouble.

* ¡qué lío! = what a palaver!.

* tener un lío amoroso = have + an affair, have + a fling.

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masculino

1)

a) (fam) (embrollo, confusión) mess

qué lío! — what a mess!

hacerse un lío con algo — to get into a mess with something (colloq)

b) (fam) (problema, complicación)

tiene líos con la policía — he's in trouble with the police (colloq)

no me vengas con tus líos — don't come to me with your problems

qué lío se va a armar! — there's going to be hell to pay! (colloq)

armó un lío — he kicked up a fuss (colloq)

meterse en un lío — to get oneself into trouble

c) (fam) ( amorío) affair

2) ( fardo) bundle

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= mess, jumble, hassle, cock-up, bedlam, snarl, snarl-up, a pretty kettle of fish, a fine kettle of fish, palaver, predicament, rigmarole [rigamarole].

Ex: 'Look, Mel,' said James after the hiatus, 'I'm irritated at the convoluted mess this simple case of filling a vacancy has become'.

Ex: Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.

Ex: The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.

Ex: The repatriation of the emigres was a tragic oversight rather than a war crime, a cock-up rather than a conspiracy.

Ex: In subsequent years, Bethlem became ' Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself.

Ex: His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.

Ex: However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.

Ex: A pretty kettle of fish indeed, out of whom only Tracy is really trying seriously to make a new life for herself.

Ex: Knowing the historical roots of their misfortune may not make it easier for them to escape the fine kettle of fish they are in.

Ex: Most fashion-conscious shoppers will beaware of the palaver caused last month by the swastika design embroidered on a Zara handbag.

Ex: Any attempt to coerce a response without good reason based on that child's present predicament is to place in jeopardy the child's willing engagement now and in the future.

Ex: The government is creating a rigmarole of a process for residents to exercise their constitutional right.

* armar el lío = make + trouble.

* armar un lío = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row.

* ¡En qué lío cada vez más complicado nos metemos al mentir! = O what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!.

* en un lío = in a (pretty) pickle, in a turmoil, in a twirl.

* estar hecho un lío = be at sixes and sevens with.

* lío amoroso = fling.

* meterse en líos = get into + trouble.

* meterse en un lío = be in trouble, get into + a predicament.

* no meterse en líos = keep out of + trouble.

* ¡qué lío! = what a palaver!.

* tener un lío amoroso = have + an affair, have + a fling.

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lío

masculine

A

1 ( fam) (embrollo, confusión) mess

¡qué lío! ¡esto no hay quién lo entienda! what a mess! this is totally incomprehensible

se hizo un lío con las cuentas she got into a mess o a muddle o she got confused with the accounts ( colloq)

2 ( fam)

(problema, complicación): tiene líos con la policía he is in trouble with the police ( colloq)

no me vengas con tus líos don't come to me with your problems

¡qué lío se va a armar! there's going to be hell to pay! ( colloq), the shit is really going to hit the fan (sl)

armó un lío tremendo porque le sirvieron la sopa fría he created o kicked up a real fuss because his soup was cold ( colloq)

si no obedeces te vas a meter en un buen lío if you don't do as you're told, you're going to get into a lot of trouble o to land yourself in serious trouble

no vengas aquí buscando líos don't come here looking for trouble ( colloq)

3 ( fam) (amorío) affair

tuvo un lío con una periodista famosa he had an affair o ( colloq) a fling with a famous journalist

B (fardo) bundle

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Del verbo liar: ( conjugate liar)

lío es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

lió es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
liar
lío
liar ( conjugate liar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹ cigarrillo› to roll

b) ( atar) to tie (up);

( envolver) to wrap (up);
(en un fardo, manojo) to bundle (up)
2 (fam)
a) ‹situación/asunto› to complicate

b) ( confundir) ‹ persona› to confuse, get … in a muddle

c) ( en un asunto) ‹ persona› to involve

liarse verbo pronominal
1 (fam)
a) [ asunto] to get complicated

b) [ persona] to get confused

2 (Esp fam)
a) ( entretenerse):

◊ nos liamos a hablar y … we got talking and …

b) ( emprenderla):

◊ se líoon a golpes they started throwing punches at each other

lío sustantivo masculino
1
a) (fam) (embrollo, confusión) mess;

◊ armarse/hacerse un lío (con algo) to get into a mess (with sth) (colloq)

b) (fam) (problema, complicación) trouble;

◊ meterse en un lío to get oneself into trouble;

tiene líos con la policía he's in trouble with the police (colloq);
¡qué lío se va a armar! there's going to be hell to pay! (colloq)
c) (fam) ( amorío) affair

2 ( fardo) bundle
liar verbo transitivo
1 (envolver) to wrap up
(un cigarro) to roll
2 (embrollar) to muddle up
(aturdir) to confuse
lío sustantivo masculino
1 fam (desorden) mess, muddle
2 fam (romance) affair
3 (de ropa, etc) bundle
♦ Locuciones: armar un lío, to kick up a fuss
hacerse líos con, to get mixed up
meterse en un lío, to get into trouble
' lío' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
avispero
- barullo
- berenjenal
- buena
- bueno
- enredarse
- follón
- gorda
- gordo
- meterse
- mogollón
- monumental
- petate
- tinglado
- tomate
- trapisonda
- armar
- bochinche
- bronca
- desenredar
- despelote
- enredado
- enredar
- enredo
- menudo
- meter
- pedo
- pelotera
- quilombo
English:
carry-on
- cock-up
- fuss
- hassle
- hot
- hot water
- jam
- kick up
- mess
- misunderstanding
- mix-up
- muddle
- palaver
- pickle
- rigmarole
- scrape
- screw-up
- tangle
- to-do
- trouble
- ungodly
- water
- bundle
- get
- havoc
- mix
- muddled
- rumpus
- stink
- stir
- to
- wad

* * *

lío nm

1. Fam [enredo] mess;

esto de la declaración de hacienda es un lío filling in your tax return is a real pain o Br palaver;

hacerse un lío to get muddled up;

son tantos hermanos que siempre me armo un lío con sus nombres there are so many different brothers, I always get their names muddled up;

estoy hecho un lío, no sé qué hacer I'm all confused, I don't know what to do

2. Fam [problema]
meterse en líos to get into trouble;

me he metido en un lío del que no sé salir I've got myself into a mess that I don't know how to get out of

3. Fam [jaleo] racket, row;

armar un lío to kick up a fuss

4. Fam [amorío] affair;

está casado pero tiene un lío con alguien del trabajo he's married, but he's having an affair with someone from work

Comp

tener un lío de faldas to be having an affair

5. [paquete] bundle

* * *

lío

m

1 bundle

2 fam ( desorden) mess;

lío amoroso fam affair;

estar hecho un lío be all confused;

hacerse un lío get into a muddle;

meterse en líos get into trouble

3 fam ( jaleo) fuss;

armar un lío fam kick up a fuss fam

* * *

lío nm, fam

1) : confusion, mess

2) : hassle, trouble, jam

meterse en un lío: to get into a jam

3) : affair, liason

* * *

lío n

1. (desorden) mess

tiene la habitación hecha un lío his room is in a right mess

2. (problema) trouble

se ha metido en un buen lío she's in big trouble

se va a armar un lío there's going to be trouble

hacerse un lío to get into a muddle

Spanish-English dictionary > lío

17 fearful

adjective

1) (afraid: a fearful look.) temeroso

2) (terrible: The lion gave a fearful roar.) terrible, espantoso

3) (very bad: a fearful mistake!) terrible, tremendo

fearful adj espantoso

fearful

tr['fɪəfʊl]

adjective

1 (frightened) temeroso,-a (of, de)

2 (terrible) terrible, espantoso,-a, tremendo,-a

fearful ['fɪrfəl] adj

1) frightening: espantoso, aterrador, horrible

2) frightened: temeroso, miedoso

fearful

adj.

• aprensivo, -a adj.

• cobarde adj.

• espantoso, -a adj.

• medroso, -a adj.

• pávido, -a adj.

• receloso, -a adj.

• temeroso, -a adj.

'fɪrfəl, 'fɪəfəl
adjective

1)

a) ( frightening) aterrador

b) ( dreadful) (colloq) <cold/mess> espantoso, horrible; < liar> tremendo, terrible

2) ( timid) miedoso, temeroso

to be fearful of -ING — temer + inf

['fɪǝfʊl]
ADJ
1) (=frightened) temeroso (of de)

to be fearful that — tener miedo de que + subjun

2) (=frightening) espantoso

3) † * (=awful) horrible

* * *
['fɪrfəl, 'fɪəfəl]
adjective

1)

a) ( frightening) aterrador

b) ( dreadful) (colloq) <cold/mess> espantoso, horrible; < liar> tremendo, terrible

2) ( timid) miedoso, temeroso

to be fearful of -ING — temer + inf

English-spanish dictionary > fearful

18 schrecklich

I Adj. awful, terrible, dreadful (alle auch umg., fig.); stärker: appalling; (Schrecken erregend) auch horrible; schrecklicher Lärm terrible ( oder awful, dreadful) noise; schreckliche Hitze / Kälte terrible ( oder awful, dreadful) heat / cold; der Gestank war schrecklich the stench was awful ( oder terrible, dreadful, appalling); es ist etwas Schreckliches passiert something terrible ( oder awful, dreadful, appalling) has happened; sie haben einen schrecklichen Geschmack umg. they have awful ( oder terrible, dreadful, appalling) taste

II Adv.

1. (entsetzlich) misshandeln, zurichten etc.: terribly, horribly; umg. (sehr schlecht) sich benehmen, stinken etc.: terribly, dreadfully, awfully; stärker: appallingly; sich schrecklich aufregen make a terrible ( oder dreadful, awful, appalling) fuss

2. umg., fig. (ungemein) terribly, dreadfully, awfully; sich schrecklich freuen be terribly ( oder awfully) pleased; etw. schrecklich gern tun be terribly fond of doing s.th., really love doing s.th.; er würde schrecklich gern mitkommen he’d really love to come; es tut mir schrecklich Leid I’m terribly ( oder dreadfully, awfully) sorry; jemanden schrecklich lieb haben be terribly ( oder desperately) in love with s.o.; siehe auch furchtbar

* * *

horrid (Adj.); frightful (Adj.); awful (Adj.); gruesome (Adj.); terrible (Adj.); awfully (Adv.); detestable (Adj.); horrible (Adj.); dire (Adj.); atrocious (Adj.); formidable (Adj.); dreadful (Adj.); appalling (Adj.); shocking (Adj.); unholy (Adj.)

* * *
schrẹck|lich ['ʃrɛklɪç]
1. adj
terrible, dreadful; (inf = sehr, groß auch) awful; Freude great
er war schrecklich in seinem Zorn (geh) — his wrath was terrible (to behold) (liter)

2. adv

1) (= entsetzlich) horribly

schrecklich schimpfen — to swear dreadfully or terribly

2) (inf = sehr) terribly

sich schrecklich freuen — to be terribly or awfully pleased

schrecklich gerne! — I'd absolutely love to

schrecklich viel — an awful lot (of)

schrecklich wenig — very little

schrecklich nett (usu iro) — terribly nice

* * *

1) (terrible or frightening: I had a frightful experience.) frightful

2) (very bad: He is a frightful liar.) frightful

3) (very: He's frightfully clever.) frightfully

4) (causing horror; dreadful: a horrible sight.) horrible

5) (unpleasant: What a horrible day!) horrible

6) horribly

7) (unpleasant: That was a horrid thing to say.) horrid

8) (dreadful: a horrid shriek.) horrid

9) (very bad: a shocking cold.) shocking

10) (very: shockingly expensive.) shockingly

11) (very: She is terribly clever.) terribly

12) (in a terrible way: Does your leg hurt terribly?) terribly

13) (very bad: a terrible singer; That music is terrible!) terrible

14) (causing great pain, suffering, hardship etc: War is terrible; It was a terrible disaster.) terrible

15) (causing great fear or horror: The noise of the guns was terrible.) terrible

16) (very: It's tremendously interesting; He's tremendously strong.) tremendously

17) (outrageous or unreasonable: an unholy din.) unholy

* * *

schreck·lich

[ˈʃrɛklɪç]

I. adj

1. (entsetzlich) terrible, dreadful

▪ etwas S\schreckliches something dreadful [or terrible

2. (hum fam: schlimm) terrible

▪ \schrecklich sein to be terrible

du bist \schrecklich! you're terrible!

II. adv

1. (entsetzlich) terribly, awfully, dreadfully

2. (fam: sehr) awfully, terribly

\schrecklich gern! I'd simply love to!

* * *
1.
Adjektiv

1) terrible

2) (ugs.): (unerträglich) terrible (coll.)

3) (ugs.): (sehr groß)

es hat ihm schrecklichen Spaß gemacht — he found it terrific fun (coll.)
2.
adverbial

1) terribly; horribly

2) (ugs. abwertend): (unerträglich) terribly (coll.); dreadfully (coll.)

3) (ugs.): (sehr, äußerst) terribly (coll.)

* * *

schrecklich

A. adj awful, terrible, dreadful (alle auch umg, fig); stärker: appalling; (schreckenerregend) auch horrible;

schrecklicher Lärm terrible ( oder awful, dreadful) noise;

schreckliche Hitze/Kälte terrible ( oder awful, dreadful) heat/cold;

der Gestank war schrecklich the stench was awful ( oder terrible, dreadful, appalling);

es ist etwas Schreckliches passiert something terrible ( oder awful, dreadful, appalling) has happened;

sie haben einen schrecklichen Geschmack umg they have awful ( oder terrible, dreadful, appalling) taste

B. adv

1. (entsetzlich) misshandeln, zurichten etc: terribly, horribly; umg (sehr schlecht) sich benehmen, stinken etc: terribly, dreadfully, awfully; stärker: appallingly;

sich schrecklich aufregen make a terrible ( oder dreadful, awful, appalling) fuss

2. umg, fig (ungemein) terribly, dreadfully, awfully;

sich schrecklich freuen be terribly ( oder awfully) pleased;

etwas schrecklich gern tun be terribly fond of doing sth, really love doing sth;

er würde schrecklich gern mitkommen he’d really love to come;

es tut mir schrecklich Leid I’m terribly ( oder dreadfully, awfully) sorry;

jemanden schrecklich lieb haben be terribly ( oder desperately) in love with sb; → auch furchtbar

* * *
1.
Adjektiv

1) terrible

2) (ugs.): (unerträglich) terrible (coll.)

3) (ugs.): (sehr groß)

es hat ihm schrecklichen Spaß gemacht — he found it terrific fun (coll.)
2.
adverbial

1) terribly; horribly

2) (ugs. abwertend): (unerträglich) terribly (coll.); dreadfully (coll.)

3) (ugs.): (sehr, äußerst) terribly (coll.)

* * *

adj.

abominable adj.

appalling adj.

awful adj.

dreadful adj.

formidable adj.

frightful adj.

horrible adj.

lurid adj.

terrible adj.

terrific adj.

tremendous adj. adv.

appallingly adv.

awfully adv.

direly adv.

dreadfully adv.

formidably adv.

frightfully adv.

horribly adv.

luridly adv.

terribly adv.

terrifically adv.

tremendously adv.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > schrecklich

19 hundsgemein

umg.

I Adj. really mean; auch Lüge, Bemerkung etc.: nasty; hundsgemeiner Kerl auch bastard Sl.; er / sie kann hundsgemein werden he can be a real bastard / she can be a real bitch Sl.

II Adv.

1. nastily

2. (sehr, verdammt) damn, bloody Sl.; es tut hundsgemein weh it hurts like hell Sl.

* * *

scurvy

* * *
hụnds|ge|mein ['hʊntsgə'main] (inf)
1. adj
shabby, mean; (= schwierig) fiendishly difficult; Schmerz etc terrible
er kann hundsgeméín werden — he can get really nasty

2. adv

es tut hundsgeméín weh — it hurts like hell (inf)

* * *

hunds·ge·mein

[ˈhʊntsgəˈmain]

I. adj (fam)

1. (niederträchtig) low-down, rotten fam

eine \hundsgemeine Lüge a malicious lie

er kann \hundsgemein sein he can be really nasty

2. (sehr groß) severe

eine \hundsgemeine Kälte a biting [or bitter] cold

II. adv (fam)

es tut \hundsgemein weh it hurts like hell fam

* * *
1.
(ugs.) Adjektiv

1) (abwertend): (überaus gemein) really mean or shabby; dirty < liar>

2) (sehr stark) terrible (coll.), dreadful (coll.) <cold, weather, pain, etc.>
2.
adverbial

1) (gemein) <deceive, behave> really meanly or shabbily

2) (sehr stark)

das tut hundsgemein weh — it hurts like hell (coll.) or terribly (coll.)

* * *

hundsgemein umg

A. adj really mean; auch Lüge, Bemerkung etc: nasty;

hundsgemeiner Kerl auch bastard sl;

er/sie kann hundsgemein werden he can be a real bastard/she can be a real bitch sl

B. adv

1. nastily

2. (sehr, verdammt) damn, bloody sl;

es tut hundsgemein weh it hurts like hell sl

* * *
1.
(ugs.) Adjektiv

1) (abwertend): (überaus gemein) really mean or shabby; dirty < liar>

2) (sehr stark) terrible (coll.), dreadful (coll.) <cold, weather, pain, etc.>
2.
adverbial

1) (gemein) <deceive, behave> really meanly or shabbily

2) (sehr stark)

das tut hundsgemein weh — it hurts like hell (coll.) or terribly (coll.)

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > hundsgemein

20 espantoso

adj.

frightening, frightful, fearsome, dreadful.

* * *

espantoso

► adjetivo

1 (terrible) frightful, dreadful

2 (asombroso) astonishing, amazing

3 (desmesurado) dreadful, terrible

■ hizo un frío espantoso the cold was awful, it was absolutely freezing

* * *

(f. - espantosa)

adj.

1) frightening

2) dreadful

* * *

ADJ

1) (=aterrador) frightening

2) [para exagerar]

hizo un frío espantoso — it was absolutely freezing

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 adjetivo

a) <escena/crimen> horrific, appalling

b) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) <comida/letra/tiempo> atrocious; <vestido/color> hideous; <ruido/voz> terrible, awful

hace un calor espantoso — it's boiling o roasting hot (colloq)

pasé un frío espantoso — I was absolutely freezing (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 adjetivo

a) <escena/crimen> horrific, appalling

b) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) <comida/letra/tiempo> atrocious; <vestido/color> hideous; <ruido/voz> terrible, awful

hace un calor espantoso — it's boiling o roasting hot (colloq)

pasé un frío espantoso — I was absolutely freezing (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 -sa

adjective

1 ‹escena/crimen› horrific, appalling

fue una experiencia espantosa it was a horrific o horrifying experience

2 ( 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 hat

esta máquina hace un ruido espantoso this machine makes a terrible o dreadful noise ( colloq)

llueve que es una cosa espantosa it's absolutely pouring ( colloq), it's bucketing down ( colloq)

* * *

espantoso
◊ -sa adjetivo

a) ‹escena/crimen› horrific, appalling

b) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) ‹comida/letra/tiempo› atrocious;

‹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 adj

1. [pavoroso] horrific

2. [enorme] terrible;

allí dentro hacía un calor espantoso it was roasting o boiling o terribly hot in there;

tengo un frío espantoso I'm freezing to death;

teníamos un hambre espantosa we were famished o starving

3. [feísimo] hideous, frightful;

llevaba un vestido espantoso she was wearing a hideous o frightful dress

4. [pasmoso] appalling, shocking;

el servicio postal era espantoso the postal service was appalling;

su capacidad para mentir es espantosa he's an appalling liar

* * *

espantoso

adj

1 horrific, appalling

2 para enfatizar terrible, dreadful;

hace un calor espantoso it’s terribly o incredibly hot

* * *

espantoso, -sa adj

1) : frightening, terrifying

2) : frightful, dreadful

* * *

espantoso adj awful / dreadful

Spanish-English dictionary > espantoso

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