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21 fies
umg.I Adj. nasty, horrible; so ein fieser Typ what a nasty piece of work, what a (real) bastard; das war echt fies von dir that was really mean ( oder beastly) of you* * *grotty* * *[fiːs] (inf)1. adj(= abstoßend, unangenehm) Mensch, Gesicht, Geruch, Arbeit nasty, horrid, horrible; (= gemein) Charakter, Methoden auch mean2. adv(= abstoßend, ekelhaft) sich benehmen, lachen nastily, horribly; (= gemein) handeln, reagieren in a nasty wayfíés aussehen — to look horrible
fíés riechen — to smell horrible
benimm dich nicht so fíés! — don't be so horrid!
* * *1) (mean; contemptible: a low-down thief.) low-down2) (wicked; evil: He has a nasty temper.) nasty* * *[fi:s]sei nicht so \fies! don't be so mean [or fam horrid2. (ekelhaft) horrible, disgusting* * *1.Adjektiv (ugs.)1) (charakterlich) nasty < person, character>2.adverbial in a nasty way* * *fies umgA. adj nasty, horrible;das war echt fies von dir that was really mean ( oder beastly) of youB. adv:* * *1.Adjektiv (ugs.)1) (charakterlich) nasty <person, character>2.adverbial in a nasty way* * *adj.horrible adj.nasty adj. -
22 antipático
adj.1 unpleasant, disagreeable, antipathetic, hateful.2 antipathic.* * *► adjetivo1 unfriendly, unpleasant, unkind► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 unpleasant person* * *(f. - antipática)adj.* * *ADJ unpleasant, disagreeablees un chico de lo más antipático — he's a horrible o a thoroughly unpleasant boy
en un ambiente antipático — in an unfriendly environment, in an uncongenial atmosphere
* * *I- ca adjetivoa) < persona> unpleasantb) (fam) < tarea>II- ca masculino, femenino* * *= unpleasant, antipathetic.Ex. And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.Ex. In some respects, TREC in its present form is antipathetic to interactive information retrieval.* * *I- ca adjetivoa) < persona> unpleasantb) (fam) < tarea>II- ca masculino, femenino* * *= unpleasant, antipathetic.Ex: And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
Ex: In some respects, TREC in its present form is antipathetic to interactive information retrieval.* * *1 ‹persona› unpleasant¡qué tipo más antipático! what a horrible o an unpleasant man!las azafatas estuvieron de lo más antipáticas the flight attendants were extremely unfriendly o unpleasant¿por qué estás tan antipático hoy? why are you being so unfriendly o unpleasant today?, why are you in such a bad mood today?; (más fuerte) why are you being so nasty o horrible today?2 ( fam) ‹tarea›tener que cocinar todos los días es muy antipático it's a real pain o drag having to cook every day ( colloq)esto de planchar es de lo más antipático ironing is such a drag ( colloq)masculine, femininees un antipático he's very unpleasant o very unfriendly, he's horrible ( colloq)* * *
antipático◊ -ca adjetivo
◊ ¡qué tipo más antipático! what a horrible man!b) (fam) ‹ tarea›:
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino:
antipático,-a adjetivo unpleasant
' antipático' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
antipática
- cargante
- pesado
- volver
English:
nasty
- unfriendly
- unlikeable
- unpleasant
* * *antipático, -a♦ adjunpleasant;estuvo muy antipático con sus primos he was very unpleasant to o towards his cousins;me resulta muy antipático I don't like him at all, I find him very unpleasant;no seas antipático y ven a saludar a mi madre don't be so miserable and come and say hello to my mother;limpiar el baño es un trabajo muy antipático cleaning the bathroom is a very unpleasant job♦ nm,funpleasant person;tu jefe es un antipático your boss is really unpleasant, your boss isn't very nice at all* * *adj disagreeable, unpleasant* * *antipático, -ca adj: obnoxious, unpleasant* * *ese hombre me cae antipático I don't like that man / I find that man unpleasant -
23 espantoso
adj.frightening, frightful, fearsome, dreadful.* * *► adjetivo1 (terrible) frightful, dreadful2 (asombroso) astonishing, amazing3 (desmesurado) dreadful, terrible■ hizo un frío espantoso the cold was awful, it was absolutely freezing* * *(f. - espantosa)adj.1) frightening2) dreadful* * *ADJ1) (=aterrador) frightening2) [para exagerar]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 adjetivoa) <escena/crimen> horrific, appallingb) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) <comida/letra/tiempo> atrocious; <vestido/color> hideous; <ruido/voz> terrible, awfulhace un calor espantoso — it's boiling o roasting hot (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 adjetivoa) <escena/crimen> horrific, appallingb) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) <comida/letra/tiempo> atrocious; <vestido/color> hideous; <ruido/voz> terrible, awfulhace un calor espantoso — it's boiling o roasting hot (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 -sa1 ‹escena/crimen› horrific, appallingfue una experiencia espantosa it was a horrific o horrifying experience2 ( 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 hatesta máquina hace un ruido espantoso this machine makes a terrible o dreadful noise ( colloq)* * *
espantoso◊ -sa adjetivo
‹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 adj1. [pavoroso] horrific2. [enorme] terrible;tengo un frío espantoso I'm freezing to death;teníamos un hambre espantosa we were famished o starving3. [feísimo] hideous, frightful;llevaba un vestido espantoso she was wearing a hideous o frightful dress4. [pasmoso] appalling, shocking;el servicio postal era espantoso the postal service was appalling;su capacidad para mentir es espantosa he's an appalling liar* * *adj1 horrific, appallinghace un calor espantoso it’s terribly o incredibly hot* * *espantoso, -sa adj1) : frightening, terrifying2) : frightful, dreadful* * *espantoso adj awful / dreadful -
24 calor
m.1 heat (temperatura alta).al calor de la lumbre by the firesideeste abrigo da mucho calor this coat is very warmentrar en calor to get warm; to warm up (figurative) (público, deportista)hace calor it's warm o hottener calor to be warm o hotcalor animal body heat2 warmth (afecto, entusiasmo).el calor del público the warmth of the audience3 ardor, eagerness, fervor, zeal.4 hot weather, suffocating heat.5 cauma.* * *1 heat, warmth2 figurado (actividad) heat\al calor de figurado under the wing ofentrar en calor to get warm 2 DEPORTE to warm upcalor natural natural heatel calor del hogar figurado the warmth of home* * *noun m.1) heat2) warmth* * *SM[a veces] SF1) (=alta temperatura) heat¡qué calor! — it's really hot!
nos sentamos al calor de la chimenea — we sat by the heat of the fire, we sat by the warm fireside
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dar calor, el fuego da un calorcito muy agradable — the fire gives off a very pleasant heat•
entrar en calor — to get warmun café para entrar en calor — a coffee to warm you/us up
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hacer calor — to be hot•
pasar calor — to be hotnunca he pasado tanto calor como hoy — I've never been o felt as hot as today
asar 2.•
tener calor — to be hot2) (=afecto) warmth and affection3) pl calores [de la menopausia] hot flushes, hot flashes (EEUU)* * *[Use of the feminine gender, although common in some areas, is generally considered to be archaic or non-standard]1) (Fís) heat2)a) (Meteo) heathacía un calor agobiante — the heat was stifling o suffocating
b) ( sensación)pasamos un calor horrible — it was terribly o unbearably hot
al calor del fuego/de la lumbre — by the fireside
3) ( afecto) warmth4) calores masculino plural ( de la menopausia) hot flashes (pl) (AmE), hot flushes (pl) (BrE)* * *= heat, warmth.Ex. Numerous different models are available, ranging from models where communication is via a heat sensitive screen, through to terminals linked to an outside computer by a telephone line.Ex. The spark of warmth had emboldened her.----* achicharrarse de calor = bake.* al calor de la lumbre = round-the-fireside.* asarse de calor = bake.* bocanada de calor = gust of warm air, gust of hot air, gust of heat.* bomba de calor = heat pump.* calor abrasador = scorching heat, blistering heat, torrid heat.* calor achicharrante = scorching heat, blistering heat.* calor extremo = extreme heat.* calor infernal = scorching heat, blistering heat.* calor sofocante = torrid heat.* calor tórrido = scorching heat, torrid heat, blistering heat.* día de mucho calor = scorcher.* durante las horas de más calor = during the heat of the day.* estrés causado por el calor = heat stress.* estrés debido al calor = heat stress.* intercambio de calor = heat exchange.* ola de calor = heat wave.* oleada de calor = heat wave.* pantalla susceptible al calor = sensitive screen.* pérdida de calor = heat loss.* que hace entrar en calor = warming.* que retiene el calor = heat absorbing.* resistente al calor = heat-resistant.* si no aguantas el calor, sal de la cocina = if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.* * *[Use of the feminine gender, although common in some areas, is generally considered to be archaic or non-standard]1) (Fís) heat2)a) (Meteo) heathacía un calor agobiante — the heat was stifling o suffocating
b) ( sensación)pasamos un calor horrible — it was terribly o unbearably hot
al calor del fuego/de la lumbre — by the fireside
3) ( afecto) warmth4) calores masculino plural ( de la menopausia) hot flashes (pl) (AmE), hot flushes (pl) (BrE)* * *= heat, warmth.Ex: Numerous different models are available, ranging from models where communication is via a heat sensitive screen, through to terminals linked to an outside computer by a telephone line.
Ex: The spark of warmth had emboldened her.* achicharrarse de calor = bake.* al calor de la lumbre = round-the-fireside.* asarse de calor = bake.* bocanada de calor = gust of warm air, gust of hot air, gust of heat.* bomba de calor = heat pump.* calor abrasador = scorching heat, blistering heat, torrid heat.* calor achicharrante = scorching heat, blistering heat.* calor extremo = extreme heat.* calor infernal = scorching heat, blistering heat.* calor sofocante = torrid heat.* calor tórrido = scorching heat, torrid heat, blistering heat.* día de mucho calor = scorcher.* durante las horas de más calor = during the heat of the day.* estrés causado por el calor = heat stress.* estrés debido al calor = heat stress.* intercambio de calor = heat exchange.* ola de calor = heat wave.* oleada de calor = heat wave.* pantalla susceptible al calor = sensitive screen.* pérdida de calor = heat loss.* que hace entrar en calor = warming.* que retiene el calor = heat absorbing.* resistente al calor = heat-resistant.* si no aguantas el calor, sal de la cocina = if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.* * *[Use of the feminine gender, although common in some areas, is generally considered to be archaic or non-standard]A ( Fís) heatB1 [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ( Meteo) heatcon este calor no dan ganas de trabajar you don't feel like working in this heathoy hace calor it's hot todayhacía un calor agobiante the heat was stifling o suffocatinghace un calorcillo agradable it's pleasantly warm2(sensación): ¿tienes calor? are you hot?en el viaje pasamos un calor horrible it was terribly o unbearably hot on the journeytómate esta sopa para entrar en calor drink this soup, it'll warm you up o drink this soup to warm yourself upme puse a saltar para entrar en calor I started jumping up and down to get warmesta chaqueta me da mucho calor I feel very hot in this jacketal calor del fuego/de la lumbre by the firesideC (afecto) warmthun hogar falto de calor a home lacking in warmth and affectionD1( RPl fam) (vergüenza, apuro): me da calor ir a pedirle plata I'm embarrassed to go and ask him for money* * *
calor sustantivo masculino Use of the feminine gender, although common in some areas, is generally considered to be archaic or non-standard
1a) (Fis, Meteo) heat;
hacía un calor agobiante the heat was stifling o suffocatingb) ( sensación):
pasamos un calor horrible it was terribly hot;
entrar en calor to get warm;
esta chaqueta me da mucho calor I feel very hot in this jacket;
al calor del fuego by the fireside
2 ( afecto) warmth
3◊ calores sustantivo masculino plural ( de la menopausia) hot flashes (pl) (AmE), hot flushes (pl) (BrE)
calor sustantivo masculino
1 heat: hacía mucho calor, it was very hot
pasar/tener calor, to feel hot o to be hot
en el calor de la noche, in the heat of the night
2 (afecto, cariño) warmth: el niño echa en falta el calor de una madre, the boy needs some motherly love
3 (pasión) ardour US ardor: discutieron con calor la propuesta, they had a heated discussion about the proposal
♦ Locuciones: entrar en calor, to warm up
al calor de, beside: nos reunimos al calor de la lumbre, we gathered around the bonfire
Si quieres combinar esta palabra con los verbos hacer o tener, debes usar respectivamente to be y to feel/be: Hace calor. It's hot. Tengo calor. I feel hot o I am hot.
' calor' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abarquillarse
- abrigar
- achicharrarse
- aplatanada
- aplatanado
- apretar
- ardor
- asada
- asado
- asarse
- asfixiante
- bastante
- bocanada
- bochorno
- calentar
- caliente
- calurosa
- caluroso
- cocerse
- colorada
- colorado
- débil
- demonio
- disminuir
- enfermar
- entrar
- extemporánea
- extemporáneo
- fuera
- insensible
- irradiar
- mucha
- mucho
- pasar
- quemazón
- quien
- reflector
- reflectora
- residual
- sofocante
- sofocarse
- sofoco
- sol
- vaya
- abrigo
- absorber
- absorción
- acalorado
- achicharrante
- adentro
English:
as
- B.T.U.
- bake
- baking
- be
- blistering
- boiling
- certainly
- conduct
- diffuse
- dog days
- emit
- exposure
- feel
- floodlight
- great
- heat
- heat-seeking
- heatwave
- hot
- interminable
- oppressive
- phew
- retain
- roast
- scorcher
- shall
- spell
- suffocating
- that
- used
- very
- warm
- warm up
- warmth
- bask
- become
- Calor Gas
- quite
- roasting
* * *calor nm1. [temperatura alta] heat;[tibieza] warmth;el calor dilata los cuerpos heat causes bodies to expand;al calor de la lumbre by the fireside;asarse de calor to be roasting, to be boiling hot;este abrigo da mucho calor this coat is very warm;entrar en calor to get warm;[público, deportista] to warm up;hace calor it's warm o hot;¡qué calor (hace)! it's so hot!;tener calor to be warm o hot;voy a abrir la ventana, tengo calor I'm going to open the window, I'm too hotcalor animal body heat;calor blanco white heat;Fís calor específico specific heat;calor latente latent heat;calor negro electric heating;calor radiante radiant heat2. [afecto, entusiasmo] warmth;la emocionó el calor del público she was moved by the warmth of the audiencecalor humano human warmthme da calor hablar en público I get embarrassed if I have to speak in public* * *m1 heat;hace mucho calor it’s very hot;tengo calor I’m hot2 figwarmth;entrar en calor get warm3:* * *calor nm1) : heathace calor: it's hot outsidetener calor: to feel hot2) : warmth, affection3) : ardor, passion* * *calor n heat -
25 desagradable
adj.1 unpleasant.2 disagreeable, distasteful, unpleasant, displeasing.* * *► adjetivo1 disagreeable, unpleasant* * *adj.unpleasant, disagreeable* * *ADJ unpleasant, disagreeable más frm* * *adjetivo <respuesta/comentario> unkind; <ruido/sensación> unpleasant, disagreeable; <escena/sorpresa> unpleasant; <tiempo/clima> unpleasant, horribleno seas tan desagradable! — don't be so mean o unkind!
* * *= off-putting, unwelcome, unpleasant, disagreeable, unkind, obnoxious, peevish, distasteful, unappealing, seamy [seamier -comp., seamiest -sup.], unsavoury [unsavory, -USA], unpalatable, unsightly, minging, abrasive, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unwholesome, insalubrious, invidious, ill-natured.Ex. Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.Ex. The faithful adherents of the ideology of the finding catalog were determined to combat the unwelcome intrusion of Panizzi's scheme before the Royal Commission.Ex. And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.Ex. Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.Ex. The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.Ex. During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.Ex. In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.Ex. In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.Ex. In general, the writer explains, crimes are depicted in such a way that they are associated with seamy characters who have little regard for conventional morality.Ex. Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.Ex. The article is entitled 'Spam is unpalatable any way it's served up: things you can do to reduce the amount of unwanted e-mail'.Ex. He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.Ex. Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.Ex. The text raises the possibility that there might be something unwholesome in the Buddhist obsession with hell.Ex. Specific actions are those which are intended to reinforce the fight against specific medical conditions related to insalubrious living.Ex. Within the ranks of authorship therefore there are many types of author and it is invidious to claim that one sort is necessarily 'better' than another.Ex. Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.----* algo desagradable a la vista = a blot on the landscape.* darle a Uno escalofríos por Algo desagradable = make + Nombre + flinch.* de sabor desagradable = unpalatable.* desagradable a la vista = eyesore.* encontrarse con una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.* esperar una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.* lo desagradable = unpleasantness.* situación desagradable = unpleasantness.* sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening.* * *adjetivo <respuesta/comentario> unkind; <ruido/sensación> unpleasant, disagreeable; <escena/sorpresa> unpleasant; <tiempo/clima> unpleasant, horribleno seas tan desagradable! — don't be so mean o unkind!
* * *= off-putting, unwelcome, unpleasant, disagreeable, unkind, obnoxious, peevish, distasteful, unappealing, seamy [seamier -comp., seamiest -sup.], unsavoury [unsavory, -USA], unpalatable, unsightly, minging, abrasive, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unwholesome, insalubrious, invidious, ill-natured.Ex: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
Ex: The faithful adherents of the ideology of the finding catalog were determined to combat the unwelcome intrusion of Panizzi's scheme before the Royal Commission.Ex: And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.Ex: Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.Ex: The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.Ex: During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.Ex: In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.Ex: In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.Ex: In general, the writer explains, crimes are depicted in such a way that they are associated with seamy characters who have little regard for conventional morality.Ex: Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.Ex: The article is entitled 'Spam is unpalatable any way it's served up: things you can do to reduce the amount of unwanted e-mail'.Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.Ex: The text raises the possibility that there might be something unwholesome in the Buddhist obsession with hell.Ex: Specific actions are those which are intended to reinforce the fight against specific medical conditions related to insalubrious living.Ex: Within the ranks of authorship therefore there are many types of author and it is invidious to claim that one sort is necessarily 'better' than another.Ex: Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.* algo desagradable a la vista = a blot on the landscape.* darle a Uno escalofríos por Algo desagradable = make + Nombre + flinch.* de sabor desagradable = unpalatable.* desagradable a la vista = eyesore.* encontrarse con una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.* esperar una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.* lo desagradable = unpleasantness.* situación desagradable = unpleasantness.* sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening.* * *‹respuesta/comentario› unkind; ‹sabor/ruido/sensación› unpleasant, disagreeable; ‹escena› horribleestuvo realmente desagradable conmigo he was really unpleasant to me¡no seas tan desagradable! dale una oportunidad don't be so mean o unkind! give him a chance¡qué tiempo más desagradable! what nasty o horrible weatherhacía un día bastante desagradable the weather was rather unpleasant, it was a rather unpleasant dayse llevó una sorpresa desagradable she got a nasty o an unpleasant surprise* * *
desagradable adjetivo
unpleasant;
‹respuesta/comentario› unkind
desagradable adjetivo unpleasant, disagreeable: hay un olor desagradable, there's an unpleasant smell
es una persona muy desagradable, he's really disagreeable
' desagradable' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
escopetazo
- fresca
- fresco
- graznido
- grosera
- grosero
- gustillo
- horrorosa
- horroroso
- impresión
- marrón
- palma
- sensación
- terrible
- terrorífica
- terrorífico
- chocante
- ingrato
- mal
- shock
English:
bullet
- business
- creep
- dirty
- disagreeable
- distasteful
- emptiness
- filthy
- hard
- ill-natured
- miserable
- nasty
- off
- off-putting
- rude
- thankless
- ugly
- unkind
- unpleasant
- unsavory
- unsavoury
- unwelcome
- why
- home
- objectionable
- offensive
- painful
- peevish
- unpalatable
- unwholesome
* * *♦ adj1. [sensación, tiempo, escena] unpleasant;no voy a salir, la tarde está muy desagradable I'm not going to go out, the weather's turned quite nasty this afternoon;una desagradable sorpresa an unpleasant o a nasty surprise2. [persona, comentario, contestación] unpleasant;está muy desagradable con su familia he's very unpleasant to his family;no seas desagradable y ven con nosotros al cine don't be unsociable, come to the cinema with us♦ nmfson unos desagradables they're unpleasant people* * *adj unpleasant, disagreeable* * *desagradable adj: unpleasant, disagreeable♦ desagradablemente adv* * *desagradable adj unpleasant -
26 horroroso
adj.horrible, frightful, fearsome, dreadful.* * *► adjetivo1 (que causa miedo) horrifying, terrifying3 familiar (malísimo) dreadful, awful4 familiar (muy grande) awful* * *(f. - horrorosa)adj.horrible, horrifying* * *ADJ1) (=aterrador) dreadful, ghastly *2) (=horrible) [ropa, peinado] hideous, horrific; [dolor] terrible; [película, libro] dreadful* * *- sa adjetivo < crimen> horrific, horrifying; <película/novela> terrible, awful; <persona/vestido> awful, ghastly, horrific (colloq)* * *= appalling, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, shocking, horrible, dreadful, hellish, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], horrid, yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.].Ex. His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.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. If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.Ex. The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.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. The movie novel is about a trio of small-town guys who come across a wrecked plane containing a bag full of what they presume to be 'dirty money' and decide to hold onto it, with predictably hellish consequences.Ex. Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.Ex. The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.Ex. I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.* * *- sa adjetivo < crimen> horrific, horrifying; <película/novela> terrible, awful; <persona/vestido> awful, ghastly, horrific (colloq)* * *= appalling, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, shocking, horrible, dreadful, hellish, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], horrid, yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.].Ex: His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.
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: If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.Ex: The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.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: The movie novel is about a trio of small-town guys who come across a wrecked plane containing a bag full of what they presume to be 'dirty money' and decide to hold onto it, with predictably hellish consequences.Ex: Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.Ex: The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.Ex: I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.* * *horroroso -sa‹crimen› horrific, horrifying; ‹película/novela› terrible, dreadful; ‹persona/vestido› awful, ghastly ( colloq), horrific ( colloq)hizo un tiempo horroroso the weather was horrendous o awful o foultengo un hambre horrorosa I'm terribly hungry, I'm absolutely starving ( colloq)* * *
horroroso
‹película/novela› terrible, awful;
‹persona/vestido› awful, horrific (colloq);◊ tengo un hambre horrorosa I'm absolutely starving (colloq)
horroroso,-a adjetivo
1 (que causa terror) horrifying, terrifying
2 fam (muy feo) hideous, ghastly
3 fam (muy desagradable) awful, dreadful
' horroroso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
horrorosa
- traer
- horrendo
English:
appalling
- ask back
- frightful
- ghastly
- grisly
- harrowing
- hideous
- horrid
- vile
- wicked
- awful
- horrendous
- horrible
- horrific
- horrifying
* * *horroroso, -a, horrendo, -a adj1. [terrorífico] horrific, horrifying, terrifying;un accidente horroroso a horrific accidentnos hizo un tiempo horroroso we had appalling o awful weathertiene un novio horroroso she's got a hideous boyfriend;ese vestido le queda horroroso that dress looks hideous on her¡qué frío más horroroso! it's absolutely freezing!;tengo un hambre horrorosa I'm ravenous o starving;tengo unas ganas horrorosas de leerlo I'm dying to read it* * ** * *horroroso, -sa adj1) : horrifying, terrifying2) : dreadful, bad* * *horroroso adj1. (accidente, etc) horrific2. (horrible) awful / terrible -
27 mal
adj.1 bad, evil.2 bad, poor.3 bad, deficient, low-quality.adv.1 wrong (incorrectamente).hacer algo mal to do something wronghas escrito mal esta palabra you've spelled that word wronghiciste mal en decírselo it was wrong of you to tell himportarse mal to behave badly2 badly (inadecuadamente).la conferencia/reunión salió mal the talk/meeting went badlymal vestido badly dressedoigo/veo mal I can't hear/see very wellesta puerta cierra mal this door doesn't shut properlyHaces las cosas mal siempre! You always do things badly!3 hardly.mal puede saberlo si no se lo cuentas he's hardly going to know it if you don't tell him4 barely, hardly.Mal pudimos dormir esa noche We could barely sleep that night.m.1 harm, damage (daño).no te hará ningún mal salir un rato it won't harm you o it won't do you any harm to go out for a whilemal de ojo evil eye2 illness.mal de altura o montaña altitude o mountain sicknessel mal de las vacas locas mad cow disease3 evil.4 wrong.* * *1 evil2 (daño) harm3 (enfermedad) sickness► adjetivo► adverbio1 (no adecuadamente) badly2 (enfermo) ill, sick■ me encuentro mal I feel ill, I don't feel well3 (incorrectamente) wrong4 (difícilmente) hardly, scarcely5 (desagradablemente) bad■ como sigas así, acabarás mal if you keep on like that, you'll end up in trouble6 (en frases negativas) bad, badly\a grandes males, grandes remedios desperate situations call for desperate measuresde mal en peor from bad to worseestar a mal con alguien to be on bad terms with somebodymal que bien one way or anothermal que les (te, etc) pese whether they (you, etc) like it or notmenos mal que... it's a good job that..., thank God that...no hay mal que cien años dure nothing goes on foreverno hay mal que por bien no venga every cloud has a silver liningmal de altura altitude sicknessmal de ojo evil eyemal de la rosa pellagramal de la tierra homesicknessmal francés syphilis* * *1. adv.1) badly, poorly2) hardly3) wrong2. noun m.1) evil2) wrong3) harm4) misfortune5) illness, disease3. adj.* * *1. ADV1) (=imperfectamente) badlyoigo/veo mal — I can't hear/see well
si mal no recuerdo — if my memory serves me right, if I remember correctly
2) (=reprobablemente)•
hacer mal, hace mal en mentir — he is wrong to lie3) (=insuficientemente) poorlyeste disco se vendió muy mal — this record sold very poorly, this record had very poor sales
•
comer mal, en este restaurante se come mal — the food isn't very good in this restaurantla niña come mal — the girl isn't eating properly, the girl is off her food
4) (=sin salud) illencontrarse o sentirse mal — to feel ill
5) (=desagradablemente)¡no está mal este vino! — this wine isn't bad!
•
caer mal algn, me cae mal su amigo — I don't like his friend•
llevarse mal, me llevo mal con él — I don't get on with him•
oler mal, esta habitación huele mal — this room smells (bad)•
pensar mal de algn — to think badly of sb•
saber mal, sabe mal — it doesn't taste nice6) [otras locuciones]•
estar a mal con algn — to be on bad terms with sb•
¡ menos mal! — thank goodness!menos mal que... — it's just as well (that)..., it's a good job (that)...
•
mal que bien — more or less, just aboutmal que bien lo hemos solucionado — we've more or less o just about managed to solve it
•
tomarse algo (a) mal — to take sth the wrong way2.CONJ3.4. SM1) (=maldad)combatir el mal — frm to fight against evil
2) (=perjuicio) harmel mal ya está hecho — the harm o damage is done now
¡mal haya quien...! — frm a curse on whoever...!
•
dar mal a algn — to make sb suffer•
darse mal — to torment o.s.rebajamos los precios, como mal menor — we cut the prices, as the lesser of two evils
esa solución no me satisface, pero es un mal menor — I'm not happy with that solution, but it could have been worse
•
parar en mal — to come to a bad end3) (=problema) ill4) (Med) disease, illnessmal francés — ( Hist) syphilis
5)6) LAm (Med) epileptic fit* * *I IIadjetivo invariable1)a) (enfermo, con mal aspecto)estar mal — to be bad o ill; ( anímicamente) to be in a bad way (colloq)
me siento mal — I don't feel well, I feel ill
b) (incómodo, a disgusto)¿tan mal estás aquí que te quieres ir? — are you so unhappy here that you want to leave?
2) (fam) (en frases negativas) ( refiriéndose al atractivo sexual)no está nada mal — he's/she's not at all bad (colloq)
3) ( desagradable) <oler/saber> badaquí huele mal — there's a horrible smell o it smells in here
4) ( insatisfactorio)estoy or salí muy mal en esta foto — I look awful in this photograph
la casa no está mal, pero es cara — the house isn't bad, but it's expensive
5) ( incorrecto) wrongestá muy mal no decírselo — it's very wrong o bad not to tell her
6) ( indicando escasez)IIIestamos mal de arroz — we're low on o almost out of rice
1) ( de manera no satisfactoria) <hecho/vestido> badly; <cantar/escribir> badlyse expresó mal — he didn't express himself very well, he expressed himself badly
2) ( desventajosamente)3) ( desfavorablemente) badly, illhablar mal de alguien — to speak badly o ill of somebody
4)a) (de manera errónea, incorrecta) wrong, wronglyte han informado mal — you've been badly o wrongly informed
b) ( de manera reprensible) badlyobró mal — he acted wrongly o badly
me contestó muy mal — she answered me very rudely o in a very rude manner
portarse mal — to behave badly, to misbehave
5) ( difícilmente)mal puedes saber si te gusta si no lo has probado — you can hardly say whether you like it when you haven't even tried it
6) (en locs)hacer mal — (AmL) ( a la salud)
comí algo que me hizo mal — I ate something which didn't agree with me; ver tb mal IV 2)
mal que bien — (fam) somehow or other
mal que me/te/nos pese — whether I/you/we like it or not
menos mal: menos mal! thank goodness!; menos mal que le avisaron a tiempo! it's just as well they told him in time!; menos mal que no se enteró! it's a good thing she didn't find out! (colloq); estar a mal con alguien to be on bad terms with somebody; tomarse algo a mal — to take something to heart
•IV1) (Fil) evilel bien y el mal — good and evil, right and wrong
2) (daño, perjuicio)le estás haciendo un mal consintiéndole todo — you're not doing her any good by giving in to her all the time
lo que dijo me hizo mucho mal — what he said really hurt me; ver tb mal III 6)
3) (inconveniente, problema)mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos:... pero yo no soy la única - mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos —... but I'm not the only one - well, if that makes you feel better about it (iro)
4) (Med)a) (liter) ( enfermedad) illnessb) ( epilepsia)el mal — ( enfermedad) epilepsy
5) ( pena) trouble* * *= ill, malaise, ailment, evil, affliction, wrong, out of sorts, woe, woefulness.Ex. Americans, convinced that education could be the panacea for all their ills, answered with vigorous action.Ex. He interprets 'alienation' as the ' malaise that affects all of us, leaving us in some measure unable to operate in humane, supportive ways'.Ex. In the two years that followed Woodforde had various other ailments, including an inflammation of the eyelid.Ex. It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.Ex. In the Netherlands there are currently some 20,000 sufferers from this affliction.Ex. Librarians have traditionally been concerned with giving rather than selling information and information supplied negligently is dealt with by the law of torts: civil wrongs independent of contract.Ex. For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.Ex. 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.Ex. In presenting this story, Amenabar has managed to avoid both saccharine sentimentality and easy woefulness.----* eje del mal = axis of evil.* el dinero es el origen de todos los males = money is the root of all evil.* el dinero es la fuente de todos los males = money is the root of all evil.* evitar el mal = shun + evil.* fuente de todos los males, la = root of all evil, the.* hacer el mal = do + evil.* mal de amores = heartache, lovesick.* mal de Parkinson = Parkinson's disease.* males de la guerra, los = evils of war, the.* origen de todos males, el = root of all evil, the.* para colmo de males = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.* tener mal de amores = be lovesick.* * *I IIadjetivo invariable1)a) (enfermo, con mal aspecto)estar mal — to be bad o ill; ( anímicamente) to be in a bad way (colloq)
me siento mal — I don't feel well, I feel ill
b) (incómodo, a disgusto)¿tan mal estás aquí que te quieres ir? — are you so unhappy here that you want to leave?
2) (fam) (en frases negativas) ( refiriéndose al atractivo sexual)no está nada mal — he's/she's not at all bad (colloq)
3) ( desagradable) <oler/saber> badaquí huele mal — there's a horrible smell o it smells in here
4) ( insatisfactorio)estoy or salí muy mal en esta foto — I look awful in this photograph
la casa no está mal, pero es cara — the house isn't bad, but it's expensive
5) ( incorrecto) wrongestá muy mal no decírselo — it's very wrong o bad not to tell her
6) ( indicando escasez)IIIestamos mal de arroz — we're low on o almost out of rice
1) ( de manera no satisfactoria) <hecho/vestido> badly; <cantar/escribir> badlyse expresó mal — he didn't express himself very well, he expressed himself badly
2) ( desventajosamente)3) ( desfavorablemente) badly, illhablar mal de alguien — to speak badly o ill of somebody
4)a) (de manera errónea, incorrecta) wrong, wronglyte han informado mal — you've been badly o wrongly informed
b) ( de manera reprensible) badlyobró mal — he acted wrongly o badly
me contestó muy mal — she answered me very rudely o in a very rude manner
portarse mal — to behave badly, to misbehave
5) ( difícilmente)mal puedes saber si te gusta si no lo has probado — you can hardly say whether you like it when you haven't even tried it
6) (en locs)hacer mal — (AmL) ( a la salud)
comí algo que me hizo mal — I ate something which didn't agree with me; ver tb mal IV 2)
mal que bien — (fam) somehow or other
mal que me/te/nos pese — whether I/you/we like it or not
menos mal: menos mal! thank goodness!; menos mal que le avisaron a tiempo! it's just as well they told him in time!; menos mal que no se enteró! it's a good thing she didn't find out! (colloq); estar a mal con alguien to be on bad terms with somebody; tomarse algo a mal — to take something to heart
•IV1) (Fil) evilel bien y el mal — good and evil, right and wrong
2) (daño, perjuicio)le estás haciendo un mal consintiéndole todo — you're not doing her any good by giving in to her all the time
lo que dijo me hizo mucho mal — what he said really hurt me; ver tb mal III 6)
3) (inconveniente, problema)mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos:... pero yo no soy la única - mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos —... but I'm not the only one - well, if that makes you feel better about it (iro)
4) (Med)a) (liter) ( enfermedad) illnessb) ( epilepsia)el mal — ( enfermedad) epilepsy
5) ( pena) trouble* * *= ill, malaise, ailment, evil, affliction, wrong, out of sorts, woe, woefulness.Ex: Americans, convinced that education could be the panacea for all their ills, answered with vigorous action.
Ex: He interprets 'alienation' as the ' malaise that affects all of us, leaving us in some measure unable to operate in humane, supportive ways'.Ex: In the two years that followed Woodforde had various other ailments, including an inflammation of the eyelid.Ex: It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.Ex: In the Netherlands there are currently some 20,000 sufferers from this affliction.Ex: Librarians have traditionally been concerned with giving rather than selling information and information supplied negligently is dealt with by the law of torts: civil wrongs independent of contract.Ex: For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.Ex: 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.Ex: In presenting this story, Amenabar has managed to avoid both saccharine sentimentality and easy woefulness.* eje del mal = axis of evil.* el dinero es el origen de todos los males = money is the root of all evil.* el dinero es la fuente de todos los males = money is the root of all evil.* evitar el mal = shun + evil.* fuente de todos los males, la = root of all evil, the.* hacer el mal = do + evil.* mal de amores = heartache, lovesick.* mal de Parkinson = Parkinson's disease.* males de la guerra, los = evils of war, the.* origen de todos males, el = root of all evil, the.* para colmo de males = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.* tener mal de amores = be lovesick.* * *mal1mal2A1 (enfermo, con mal aspecto) estar mal to be bad o ill; (anímicamente) to be o feel low ( colloq), to be o feel down ( colloq)me siento mal I don't feel well, I feel illhace días que ando mal del estómago I've been having trouble with my stomach for some days nowlo encontré muy mal, pálido y desmejorado he didn't seem at all well, he looked pale and sicklyestá muy mal, no se ha repuesto de lo del marido she's in a bad way, she hasn't got over what happened to her husband¡éste está mal de la cabeza! he's not right in the headesas cosas me ponen mal things like that really upset me2(incómodo, a disgusto): ¿tan mal estás aquí que te quieres ir? are you so unhappy here that you want to leave?tú allí estás mal you aren't comfortable thereB ( fam) ( en frases negativas)C (desagradable) ‹oler/saber› badaquí huele mal there's a horrible smell in here, it smells in hereno sabe tan mal it doesn't taste that badesta leche huele mal this milk smells bad o offD(insatisfactorio): los soufflés siempre me quedan mal my soufflés never turn out rightestoy or quedé or salí muy mal en esta foto I look awful in this photole queda mal ese peinado that hairstyle doesn't suit herla casa no está mal, pero es cara the house isn't bad o is quite nice but it's expensivesacarnos un millón no estaría nada mal I wouldn't mind winning a millionE (incorrecto) wrongla fecha está mal the date is wrongcreo que está muy mal no decírselo I think it's very wrong o bad not to tell herestá mal que le hables en ese tono it's wrong (of you) to speak to him in that toneestuviste muy mal en no ayudarlo it was wrong of you not to help himF (indicando escasez) estar mal DE algo:estamos mal de dinero we're hard up ( colloq), we're short of moneyestamos mal de arroz we have hardly any rice (left), we're low on o almost out of ricemal3A (de manera no satisfactoria) ‹hecho/organizado/pintado/vestido› badlycanta muy mal she sings very badly, she's a very bad singer, she's very bad at singingse expresó mal he didn't express himself very well, he expressed himself badlyte oigo muy mal I can hardly hear you, I can't hear you very wellen el colegio se come muy mal the food's terrible at schoolle fue mal en los exámenes his exams went badlyde mal en peor from bad to worseB(desventajosamente): se casó muy mal she made a bad marriagevendieron muy mal la casa they got a terrible price for the houseel negocio marcha mal the business isn't doing very wellC (desfavorablemente) badly, illno hables mal de ella don't speak badly o ill of herpiensa mal de todo el mundo he thinks ill of everyoneD1 (de manera errónea, incorrecta) wrong, wronglylo has hecho mal you've done it wrongmi nombre está mal escrito my name has been misspelt, my name is spelt/has been spelt wrong(ly)te han informado mal you've been badly o wrongly informedte entendí mal I misunderstood you, I didn't understand you properly2 (de manera reprensible) badlyobró or procedió mal he acted wrongly o badlyhaces mal en no ir a verla it's wrong of you not to go and see herme contestó muy mal she answered me very rudely o in a very rude mannersi te portas mal no te traigo más if you behave badly o if you misbehave I won't bring you againE(difícilmente): mal puedes saber si te gusta si no lo has probado you can hardly say o I don't see how you can say whether you like it when you haven't even tried itF ( en locs):comí algo que me hizo mal I ate something which didn't agree with me o which made me feel bad o illmal que me/te/nos pese whether I/you/we like it or notmenos mal: aceptaron tu solicitud — ¡menos mal! they've accepted your application — thank goodness!¡menos mal que le avisaron a tiempo! it's just as well they told him in time!estar a mal con algn to be on bad terms with sbtomarse algo a mal to take sth to heartCompuesto:mal nacido, mal nacidamasculine, feminine swine ( colloq), rat ( colloq) ver tb maleducado1 (↑ maleducado (1)), maleducado2 (↑ maleducado (2))mal4A ( Fil) evilel bien y el mal good and evil, right and wronglíbranos del mal deliver us from evilB(daño, perjuicio): no le perdono todo el mal que me hizo I can't forgive her all the wrong she did mele estás haciendo un mal consintiéndole todo you're doing her a disservice o you're not doing her any good by giving in to her all the timeel divorcio de sus padres le hizo mucho mal her parents' divorce did her a lot of harmlo que me dijo me hizo mucho mal what he said hurt me deeply o really hurt meC(inconveniente, problema): los males que aquejan a nuestra sociedad the ills afflicting our societyla contaminación es uno de los males de nuestro tiempo pollution is one of the evils of our timea grandes males grandes remedios desperate situations call for desperate measuresno hay mal que cien años dure nothing goes on for everno hay mal que por bien no venga every cloud has a silver liningmal de muchos, consuelo de tontos: … pero a mucha gente le pasó lo mismo — mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos … but the same thing happened to a lot of other people — so that makes you feel better, does it? ( iro)todos mis amigos suspendieron también, así que mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos all my friends failed too, so that's some consolation, I suppose o so that makes things a bit better, I supposequien canta sus males espanta problems don't seem so bad if you keep cheerfulCompuesto:(entre dos alternativas) lesser of two evilseso fue un mal menor porque se podría haber matado in fact he was lucky o he can count himself lucky, he could have been killedD ( Med)1 ( liter) (enfermedad) illness2cuando le da el mal when she has a fitCompuestos:Alzheimer's disease( fam):tiene mal de amores he's lovesickChagas' diseasealtitude sickness, mountain sicknessevil eyele echó el mal de ojo or (CS) le hizo mal de ojo she gave him the evil eyeParkinson's disease( euf); syphilisE (pena) troubleno me vengas a contar tus males don't come to me with your troubles* * *
mal adjetivo: ver◊ malo
■ adjetivo invariable
1 [estar] ( enfermo) ill;
( anímicamente) in a bad way (colloq);
( incómodo) uncomfortable;
¡este está mal de la cabeza! he's not right in the head;
esas cosas me ponen mal things like that really upset me
2 (fam) ( en frases negativas) ( refiriéndose al aspecto):◊ no está nada mal she's/he's/it's not at all bad (colloq)
3 ( insatisfactorio): estoy or salí muy mal en esta foto I look awful in this photograph;
4 [estar] ( incorrecto) wrong
5 ( indicando escasez) estar or ir mal de algo ‹de dinero/tiempo› to be short of sth
■ adverbio
1 ( de manera no satisfactoria) ‹vestir/cantar/jugar› badly;
te oigo muy mal I can hardly hear you;
el negocio marcha mal the business isn't doing well;
de mal en peor from bad to worse
2 ( desfavorablemente) badly, ill;◊ hablar mal de algn to speak badly o ill of sb
3
◊ te han informado mal you've been badly o wrongly informed;
te entendí mal I misunderstood you
me contestó muy mal she answered me very rudely
4 ( desagradable) ‹oler/saber› bad;◊ aquí huele mal there's a horrible smell o it smells in here
5 ( en locs)
el pescado me hizo mal the fish didn't agree with me;
menos mal: ¡menos mal! thank goodness!;
¡menos mal que le avisaron a tiempo! it's just as well they told him in time!;
tomarse algo a mal to take sth to heart
■ sustantivo masculino
1 (Fil) evil;
2 (daño, perjuicio):
3 ( cosa dañina) ill, evil;
no hay mal que por bien no venga every cloud has a silver lining
4 (Med) (liter) ( enfermedad) illness;◊ tiene mal de amores (fam) he's lovesick;
mal de (las) altura(s) altitude sickness, mountain sickness
5 ( pena) trouble
mal
I adj (delante de sustantivo masculino) bad
un mal momento, (inoportuno) a bad time: está atravesando un mal momento, he's going through a bad patch ➣ malo,-a
II sustantivo masculino
1 evil, wrong
más allá del bien y del mal, beyond good and evil
2 (perjuicio) harm: me ha hecho mucho mal, it really hurt me
mal de ojo, the evil eye
3 (dolencia) illness, disease: padece un mal incurable, she suffers from an incurable disease
III adverbio
1 (de mala manera, incorrectamente) badly, wrong: oye muy mal, she can hardly hear
todo me sale mal, everything I do turns out badly
me siento mal del estómago, I've got an upset stomach
menos mal que estás aquí, it's a good job you are here
2 (difícilmente) scarcely, hardly: si no me lo cuentas, mal puedo yo ayudarte, if you don't tell me I can scarcely help you
♦ Locuciones: llevar uno mal algo, to take sthg badly: lleva muy mal la muerte de su padre, he took the death of his father really badly
mal que, even if: tendremos que ir mal que nos pese, whether we like it or not, we'll have to go
mal que bien, somehow or other: mal que bien vamos tirando, we're managing quite well somehow or other
ponerse a mal con alguien, to fall out with sb
tomar uno a mal, to take sthg badly: no te lo tomes a mal, don't take it badly
' mal' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agüero
- añadidura
- apestar
- apestosa
- apestoso
- atufar
- avenida
- avenido
- azotea
- berrear
- bicho
- bien
- caber
- cabeza
- caer
- café
- calcular
- caldo
- camino
- cantar
- carácter
- cardo
- chabacana
- chabacano
- chapuza
- comportarse
- comunicada
- comunicado
- conservarse
- contraluz
- contraria
- contrario
- criada
- criado
- daño
- desastre
- desencajada
- desencajado
- deslucir
- despertar
- día
- dinero
- educada
- educado
- efecto
- empañarse
- encajar
- encaminada
- encaminado
- encontrar
English:
abuse
- acquit
- act up
- agree
- along
- amulet
- astray
- bad
- bad-tempered
- badly
- barring
- best
- bile
- cheap
- cloud
- come off
- condition
- deal
- deliver
- disagree
- disapprove
- disrepair
- do
- do with
- doom
- downhill
- embody
- evil
- evil eye
- fit
- flare up
- foolish
- foot
- frown on
- gnawing
- go
- go down
- go off
- god
- going
- good
- greasy
- grief
- grim
- grin
- grumpy
- half-baked
- hash
- health
- hinder
* * *♦ adjver malo♦ nmLiterariolas fuerzas del mal the forces of darkness o evil2. [daño] harm, damage;nadie sufrió ningún mal no one was harmed, no one suffered any harm;¿no le hará mal al bebé tanta agua? all that water can't be good for the baby;no te hará ningún mal salir un rato it won't harm you o it won't do you any harm to go out for a while;todas aquellas habladurías le hicieron mucho mal all the gossip hurt her deeplymal de ojo evil eye; Arquit el mal de la piedra = the problem of crumbling masonry caused by pollution etc3. [enfermedad] illness;Figesto te curará todos los males this will make you feel better;tener mal de amores to be lovesickmal de (las) altura(s) altitude sickness;mal de montaña mountain sickness;Ven mal de páramo altitude sickness; Fam el mal de las vacas locas mad cow disease4. [problema, inconveniente] bad thing;el hambre y la pobreza son males que afectan al Tercer Mundo hunger and poverty are problems o ills which affect the Third World;entre las dos opciones, es el mal menor it's the lesser of two evils;un mal necesario a necessary evil5. Compdel mal, el menos it's the lesser of two evils;la crisis pasará, no hay mal que cien años dure the recession will end sooner or later, these things never last forever;a grandes males, grandes remedios drastic situations demand drastic action;mal de muchos, consuelo de todos o [m5]de tontos: he suspendido, pero también mis compañeros – mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos o [m5] de todos I failed, but so did my classmates – it doesn't make it all right, just because they did too;lo mismo pasa en otros países – mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos o [m5] de todos the same thing happens in other countries – that doesn't make it any better, though;no hay mal que por bien no venga every cloud has a silver lining♦ adv1. [incorrectamente] wrong;obrar mal to do wrong;portarse mal to behave badly;juzgar mal a alguien to misjudge sb;está mal hecho [un informe, un trabajo] it hasn't been done properly;[un producto, un aparato] it's badly made;eso está mal hecho, no debían haberlo aceptado it was wrong of them, they shouldn't have accepted it;está mal eso que has hecho what you've done is wrong;hacer algo mal to do sth wrong;has escrito mal esta palabra you've spelt that word wrong;hiciste mal en decírselo it was wrong of you to tell him;está mal que yo lo diga, pero esta sopa esta buenísima this soup is delicious, although I say so myself2. [inadecuadamente, insuficientemente] badly;creo que me he explicado mal I'm not sure I've explained myself clearly;oigo/veo mal I can't hear/see very well;el niño come bastante mal the boy isn't eating properly o very well;calculé mal el tiempo I miscalculated the time;canta muy mal she sings terribly, she's a terrible singer;esta puerta cierra mal this door doesn't shut properly;andar mal de dinero to be short of money;andamos mal de azúcar we're running out of sugar;la empresa/el equipo va mal the company/team isn't doing very well;va mal en la universidad she's not doing very well at university;le fue mal en la entrevista his interview didn't go very well;el sueldo no está nada mal the pay's pretty good, the pay isn't at all bad;ese chico no está nada mal that boy's not bad o pretty nice;la reparación quedó mal it wasn't repaired properly;me quedó mal el retrato my portrait didn't come out right;la conferencia/reunión salió mal the talk/meeting went badly;la fiesta salió mal the party was a failure[incómodo] to feel uncomfortable; [de calidad] to be bad;hablar mal de alguien to speak ill of sb;oler mal to smell bad;¡qué mal huele! what a smell!;Fam Figesto me huele mal this smells fishy to me;pasarlo mal to have a bad time;pensar mal de alguien to think ill of sb;saber mal to taste bad;Figme supo mal que no vinieses a despedirme I was a bit put out that you didn't come to see me off;me sabe muy mal que hablen a mis espaldas I don't like it that they talk behind my back;sentar mal a alguien [ropa] not to suit sb;[comida] to disagree with sb; [comentario, actitud] to upset sb4. [difícilmente] hardly;mal puede saberlo si no se lo cuentas he's hardly going to know if you don't tell him, how's he supposed to know if you don't tell him?5. Compestar a mal con alguien to have fallen out with sb;ir de mal en peor to go from bad to worse;no estaría mal que… it would be nice if…;tomar algo a mal to take sth the wrong way♦ mal que loc conjalthough, even though;mal que te pese, las cosas están así whether you like it or not, that's the way things are;mal que bien somehow or other* * *I adj → maloII adv badly;mal que bien one way or the other;¡no está mal! it isn’t bad!;¡menos mal! thank goodness!;no hay mal que por bien no venga every cloud has a silver lining;hacer mal en hacer algo be wrong to do sth;ir de mal en peor go from bad to worse;estar a mal con alguien be on bad terms with s.o.;hablar mal de alguien speak ill of s.o.;poner mal a alguien criticize s.o.;ponerse a mal con alguien fall out with s.o.;tomarse algo a mal take sth badly;ponerse mal get sickel mal menor the lesser of two evils* * *mal adv1) : badly, poorlybaila muy mal: he dances very badly2) : wrong, incorrectlyme entendió mal: she misunderstood me3) : with difficulty, hardlymal puedo oírte: I can hardly hear you4)de mal en peor : from bad to worse5)menos mal : it could have been worsemal nm1) : evil, wrong2) daño: harm, damage3) desgracia: misfortune4) enfermedad: illness, sickness* * *mal2 advme encuentro mal I don't feel well / I feel ill4. (de forma incorrecta) wrong5. (en frases negativas) badmal3 n1. (daño) harm / wrong2. (maldad) evil3. (problema) problem -
28 tocar
v.1 to touch (entrar en contacto con).Ella toca su mano She touches his hand.Ese dolor lo tocó muy profundamente That pain touched him very deeply.2 to play (hacer sonar) (instrumento, canción).el reloj tocó las doce the clock struck twelveElla toca bellísimo She plays beautifully.Toca el piano! Play the piano!3 to touch on (abordar) (tema).no toques ese tema don't mention that subject4 to touch.5 to be supposed to, to have to, to have the obligation of, to have the obligation to.Me toca hacer esto I am supposed to do this=have to do this.6 to touch upon, to make reference to, to get on to.Ellos tocaron el tema They touched upon the subject.7 to be in for.Le toca un escarmiento He is in for a lesson.8 to be time to.Toca ir al doctor It is time to go to the doctor.9 to be ringing, to ring.Tocan las campanas The bells are ringing.10 to knock, to knock at the door.Ella toca pero no le abren She knocks but no-one opens.11 to be one's turn to.Me toca jugar It's my turn to play.12 to reproduce, to replay, to play.Ellos reproducen la cinta They play the cassette.13 to clang.María hizo sonar la campMaría Mary clanged the bell.14 to feel.El médico toca su piel The doctor feels her skin.15 to bunt.* * *1 (gen) to touch2 (sentir por el tacto) to feel■ tócalo, está frío feel it, it's cold3 (revolver) to rummage amongst, root around4 (hacer sonar - instrumento, canción) to play; (timbre) to ring; (bocina) to blow, honk; (campanas) to strike6 (la hora) to strike9 figurado (mencionar) to touch on10 figurado (impresionar) to touch, reach1 (ser el turno) to be one's turn2 (corresponder) to be up to3 (ganar) to win4 (en un reparto etc) to fall5 (un destino) to be posted6 (tener que) to have to7 (afectar) to concern, affect8 (ser parientes) to be a relative of, be related9 (barco, avión) to call (en, at), stop over (en, at)10 (entrar en contacto) to touch1 (uso reflexivo) to touch oneself; (uso recíproco) to touch each other\por lo que a mí toca as far as I am concernedtocar a muerto to tolltocar a su fin figurado to be coming to an endtocar con to be next totocarse la nariz to pick one's nose————————1 (peinar) to do the hair of1 (cubrirse) to cover one's head* * *verb1) to touch2) feel3) play4) ring, knock5) concern, affect•* * *1. VT1) [gen] to touch; [para examinar] to feel¡no me toques! — don't touch me!
no toques el dinero como no sea para una emergencia — don't touch the money unless it's an emergency
tócalo, verás qué suave — feel it and see how soft it is
tócale la frente, la tiene muy caliente — feel his forehead, it's very hot
2) (=estar en contacto con) to touchponte ahí, tocando la pared — stand up against the wall over there
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tocar tierra — to touch down, land3) (=hacer sonar) [+ piano, violín, trompeta] to play; [+ campana, timbre] to ring; [+ tambor] to beat; [+ silbato] to blow; [+ disco] to play•
tocar la generala — (Mil) to sound the call to arms4) [+ tema] to refer to, touch onno tocó para nada esa cuestión — he didn't refer to o touch on that matter at all
5) (=afectar) to concern6) (=estar emparentado con) to be related to7) (=conmover) to touchlas imágenes me tocaron en lo más profundo — the pictures moved o touched me deeply
8) (Dep) to hit9) (Náut)hacía varios días que no tocábamos puerto — it was several days since we had called at o put in at a port
en este crucero tocaremos el puerto de Génova — on this cruise we will call o stop at Genoa
10) (Caza) to hit11) (Arte) to touch up2. VI1) (Mús) to playtoca en un grupo de rock — he's in o he plays in a rock group
2) (=sonar)3) (=llamar)tocar a una puerta — to knock on o at a door
4) (=corresponder)tocar a algn: les tocó un dólar a cada uno — they got a dollar each
¿les tocará algo de herencia? — will they get anything under the will?
me ha tocado el peor asiento — I ended up with o got the worst seat
¿a quién le toca? — whose turn is it?
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tocar a algn hacer algo, te toca jugar — it's your turn (to play), it's your goa usted le toca reprenderle si lo cree conveniente — it is up to you to reprimand him if you see fit
5) (=rayar)•
tocar en algo — to border on sth, verge on sthesto toca en lo absurdo — this borders o verges on the ridiculous
su conducta toca en locura — his behaviour borders o verges on madness
6) (=chocar)•
tocar con algo — to touch sth7)• tocar a su fin — to be drawing to a close
3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)si le toca un pelo al niño... — if he lays a hand o finger on that child...
b) ( entrar en contacto con) to touch2) (Aviac) to make a stopover in; (Náut) to put in3) ( en béisbol) to bunt5)a) (conmover, impresionar) to touchb) (atañer, concernir) to affectc) (Esp fam) ( estar emparentado con)¿Victoria te toca algo? — is Victoria related to you?
6)a) ( hacer sonar) <timbre/campana> to ring; < claxon> to blow, soundb) (Mús) <instrumento/pieza> to play2.tocar vi1) ( concernir)por or en lo que toca a la ecología — (frml) as far as ecology is concerned
2) ( rayar)tocar EN algo — to border o verge on something
3)b) campana/timbre to ringtocar a rebato/a retirada — (Mil) to sound the alarm/the retreat
c) (Mús) ( hacer música) to play4)a) (corresponder en reparto, concurso, sorteo) (+ me/te/le etc)nos tocó hacer la práctica en el mismo colegio — we happened to do our teaching practice at the same school
b) ( ser el turno) (+ me/te/le etc)¿a quién le toca cocinar? — whose turn is it to do the cooking?
5) (en 3a pers) (fam)3.vamos, toca ponerse a estudiar — come on, it's time we/you got down to some studying
tocarse v prona) (refl) <herida/grano> to touchsiempre se toca la barba/la nariz — he always plays with his beard/touches his nose
* * *= touch, play, lay + a finger on.Ex. He repeatedly comments on my appearance, makes sexual innuendoes, and touches me.Ex. In another style of lesson, the book is approached through film clips, dramatizations on TV, or played on records or tapes made commercially.Ex. That's why he's in prison for the rest of his life when he never laid a finger on the victims -- he was the general who ordered his troops into battle.----* dejar sin tocar = leave + Nombre + alone, leave + Nombre + undisturbed.* en lo que toca a = as far as + Nombre + be + concerned.* eso es lo que toca = that's + Posesivo + lot (in life).* no tocar = hands off, leave + Nombre + alone, leave + Nombre + undisturbed.* que toca aquí y allá = wandering.* sin tocar = untouched.* tocar a muerto = sound + the death knell for.* tocar a su fin = draw to + a close, draw to + an end, wind down.* tocar con arco = bowing.* tocar de refilón = brush past.* tocar distraídamente = finger.* tocar donde duele = touch on + raw nerve, touch on + a sore spot.* tocar el claxon = honk.* tocar fondo = hit + rock-bottom, reach + rock-bottom, bottom out, touch + rock bottom, strike + bottom.* tocar juntos = play along with.* tocar la bocina = honk.* tocar la fibra sensible de = strike + a chord with.* tocar la lotería = win + the lottery.* tocar las pelotas = piss + Nombre + off.* tocarle un pelo a = lay + a finger on.* tocar ligeramente = skim + the surface of, stroke, brush past, tip.* tocar ligeramente con el codo = nudge.* tocar los cojones = piss + Nombre + off.* tocar los huevos = piss + Nombre + off.* tocar música = play + music.* tocar una cuestión = touch on/upon + issue.* tocar una vena sensible = hit + home.* tocar un instrumento musical = play + instrument.* tocar un problema = touch on/upon + problem.* tocar un punto = touch on + a point.* tocar un tema = touch on + a point.* todo lo que toca se convierte en oro = Midas touch, the.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)si le toca un pelo al niño... — if he lays a hand o finger on that child...
b) ( entrar en contacto con) to touch2) (Aviac) to make a stopover in; (Náut) to put in3) ( en béisbol) to bunt5)a) (conmover, impresionar) to touchb) (atañer, concernir) to affectc) (Esp fam) ( estar emparentado con)¿Victoria te toca algo? — is Victoria related to you?
6)a) ( hacer sonar) <timbre/campana> to ring; < claxon> to blow, soundb) (Mús) <instrumento/pieza> to play2.tocar vi1) ( concernir)por or en lo que toca a la ecología — (frml) as far as ecology is concerned
2) ( rayar)tocar EN algo — to border o verge on something
3)b) campana/timbre to ringtocar a rebato/a retirada — (Mil) to sound the alarm/the retreat
c) (Mús) ( hacer música) to play4)a) (corresponder en reparto, concurso, sorteo) (+ me/te/le etc)nos tocó hacer la práctica en el mismo colegio — we happened to do our teaching practice at the same school
b) ( ser el turno) (+ me/te/le etc)¿a quién le toca cocinar? — whose turn is it to do the cooking?
5) (en 3a pers) (fam)3.vamos, toca ponerse a estudiar — come on, it's time we/you got down to some studying
tocarse v prona) (refl) <herida/grano> to touchsiempre se toca la barba/la nariz — he always plays with his beard/touches his nose
* * *= touch, play, lay + a finger on.Ex: He repeatedly comments on my appearance, makes sexual innuendoes, and touches me.
Ex: In another style of lesson, the book is approached through film clips, dramatizations on TV, or played on records or tapes made commercially.Ex: That's why he's in prison for the rest of his life when he never laid a finger on the victims -- he was the general who ordered his troops into battle.* dejar sin tocar = leave + Nombre + alone, leave + Nombre + undisturbed.* en lo que toca a = as far as + Nombre + be + concerned.* eso es lo que toca = that's + Posesivo + lot (in life).* no tocar = hands off, leave + Nombre + alone, leave + Nombre + undisturbed.* que toca aquí y allá = wandering.* sin tocar = untouched.* tocar a muerto = sound + the death knell for.* tocar a su fin = draw to + a close, draw to + an end, wind down.* tocar con arco = bowing.* tocar de refilón = brush past.* tocar distraídamente = finger.* tocar donde duele = touch on + raw nerve, touch on + a sore spot.* tocar el claxon = honk.* tocar fondo = hit + rock-bottom, reach + rock-bottom, bottom out, touch + rock bottom, strike + bottom.* tocar juntos = play along with.* tocar la bocina = honk.* tocar la fibra sensible de = strike + a chord with.* tocar la lotería = win + the lottery.* tocar las pelotas = piss + Nombre + off.* tocarle un pelo a = lay + a finger on.* tocar ligeramente = skim + the surface of, stroke, brush past, tip.* tocar ligeramente con el codo = nudge.* tocar los cojones = piss + Nombre + off.* tocar los huevos = piss + Nombre + off.* tocar música = play + music.* tocar una cuestión = touch on/upon + issue.* tocar una vena sensible = hit + home.* tocar un instrumento musical = play + instrument.* tocar un problema = touch on/upon + problem.* tocar un punto = touch on + a point.* tocar un tema = touch on + a point.* todo lo que toca se convierte en oro = Midas touch, the.* * *tocar [A2 ]vtA1 «persona» to touch; (palpar) to feel; (manosear) to handle¿puedes tocar el techo? can you touch o reach the ceiling?¡no vayas a tocar ese cable! don't touch that cable!por favor, no toquen los objetos expuestos please do not touch the exhibitsla pelota tocó (la) red the ball clipped the netme tocó el hombro con el bastón she tapped me on the shoulder with her stickle tocó la frente para ver si tenía fiebre he put his hand on her forehead to see if she had a fever¿por qué le pegaste? — ¡pero si yo no la he tocado! why did you hit her? — I never touched her! ( colloq)¿tocas fondo? can you touch the bottom?si le toca un pelo al niño … if he lays a hand o finger on that child …, if he touches a hair on that child's head … ( colloq)no puede tocar el alcohol he mustn't touch a drop of alcoholni siquiera tocó la comida he didn't even touch his foodno me toquen estos papeles don't touch these papersmis ahorros no los quiero tocar I don't want to break into/touch my savingsdel marido puedes decir lo que quieras pero a los hijos no se los toques you can say anything you like about her husband but don't say a word against her children2 «objeto» to touchla cama está tocando la pared the bed is up against o is touching the wallla planta ya toca el techo the plant is already up to o is touching the ceilingel avión tocó tierra the plane landed o touched downB (hacer escala en) ( Aviac) to make a stopover in, go viano toca puerto en Lisboa ( Náut) it doesn't call at o put in at LisbonC (en béisbol) to buntsólo tocó de paso el tema he only touched on o mentioned the subject in passingE1 (conmover, impresionar) to touchsus palabras nos tocaron a todos profundamente his words moved us all deeply o affected us all profoundly, we were all deeply touched by his wordstu comentario tocó su amor propio your comment hurt his pridesupo tocar el corazón del público presente he touched the hearts of all those present2 (atañer, concernir) to affectel problema de la droga toca a muchos países the drug problem affects many countriesno siento que ese tema me toque en lo más mínimo I don't feel that subject concerns me at allel tema del alcoholismo me toca muy de cerca the question of alcoholism concerns me very closely o is very close to my heart3( Esp fam) (estar emparentado con): ¿Victoria te toca algo? is Victoria a relation of yours?, is Victoria related to you?A (hacer sonar) ‹timbre/campana› to ringtocar el claxon to blow o sound o hoot the hornB ( Mús) ‹instrumento/pieza› to playestá aprendiendo a tocar el piano he's learning to play the pianoC ( Mil) to soundtocar retirada to sound the retreat■ tocarviA(concernir): por or en lo que toca a la ecología ( frml); as far as ecology is concerned, regarding ecology, with regard to ecologyB (rayar) tocar EN algo to border o verge ON sthla situación ya empezaba a tocar en lo grotesco by this time the situation was bordering o verging on the grotesqueme parece que alguien está tocando (a la puerta) I think there's somebody at the doorB «campana» to ringlas campanas tocaban a muerto/a misa the bells were tolling the death knell/were ringing for mass¿podemos salir a jugar? ya ha tocado el timbre can we go out to play? the bell rang already ( AmE) o ( BrE) the bell's already goneel reloj tocó las tres the clock struck o chimed threetocar a rebato ( Mil) to sound the alarmC ( Mús) (hacer música) to playA1 (corresponder) (+ me/te/le etc):me tocaría a mí ocuparme de los niños it would be up to me o it would be my job to take care of the childrensiempre me toca a mí sacar al perro it's always me who has to take the dog out for a walknos tocan tres bombones a cada uno there are three chocolates for each of usa ella le toca la mitad de la herencia she gets half of the inheritance2 (en suerte) (+ me/te/le etc):le ha tocado la lotería/el primer premio/un millón she has won the lottery/first prize/a millionnos ha tocado (en suerte) vivir en épocas difíciles it has fallen to our lot to live in difficult timesnos tocó la maestra más antipática del colegio we got the most horrible teacher in the schoolnos tocó hacer las prácticas en el mismo colegio we happened to do our teaching practice at the same schoolme tocó a mí comunicarle la mala noticia I was the one who had to tell him the bad news, it fell to me to tell him the bad news ( frml)me tocó detrás de una columna y no vi casi nada I had to sit behind a pillar and I hardly saw anything3 (ser el turno) (+ me/te/le etc):te toca a ti ¿vas a jugar? it's your turn/move, are you going to play?¿a quién le toca cocinar hoy? whose turn is it to do the cooking today?nos toca pagar a nosotros it's our turn to payB ( en tercera persona)1 ( fam)(ser hora de): vamos, toca ponerse a estudiar come on, it's time we/you got down to some studying¡a correr tocan! ( fam); run for it!¡a pagar tocan! ( fam); it's time to pay up!2 ( fam)(haber que): toca comer otra vez arroz we're having rice again■ tocarseA1 ( refl) ‹herida/grano› to touchsiempre se está tocando la barba/la nariz he's always playing with his beard/touching his nose2 ( recípr) «personas» to touch each other; «cables» to touchlos fondos de nuestras casas se tocan our garden backs onto theirslos extremos se tocan the two extremes come together o meetla reina se tocaba con un sombrero azul the queen was wearing a blue hat* * *
tocar ( conjugate tocar) verbo transitivo
1
( palpar) to feel;
( manosear) to handle;◊ ¡no vayas a tocar ese cable! don't touch that cable!;
mis ahorros no los quiero tocar I don't want to touch my savings;
la planta ya toca el techo the plant is already touching the ceiling
‹ claxon› to blow, sound
2 ‹ tema› ( tratar) to touch on, refer to;
( sacar) to bring up
3 (atañer, concernir) to affect;
verbo intransitivo
1
c) (Mús) to play
2a) (corresponder en reparto, concurso, sorteo):
le tocó el primer premio she won the first prize;
me tocó la maestra más antipática del colegio I got the most horrible teacher in the schoolb) ( ser el turno):
¿a quién le toca cocinar? whose turn is it to do the cooking?
tocarse verbo pronominal
‹ barba› to play with
[ cables] to touch
tocar
I verbo transitivo
1 (entrar en contacto) to touch: el avión toca tierra, the airplane touches down
(a una persona) to touch
(manipular, manejar) to handle
(sentir al tacto) to feel
(mover, desordenar) yo no toqué tus papeles, I didn't touch your papers
2 (hacer alusión) to touch on
3 (un instrumento) to play: toca el violín, she plays the violin
4 (el timbre, la campana) to ring
II verbo intransitivo
1 (corresponder) a ti te toca decírselo, you're the one who has to tell him
los lunes te toca limpiar la casa, you have to clean the house on Mondays
(por turno) me toca, it's my turn
2 (en el juego, en un concurso) to win: le tocaron dos millones, he won two million pesetas
3 (afectar) to concern, affect
por lo que a ti te toca, as far as you are concerned
4 (sonar) tocan las campanas, the bells are ringing
' tocar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
fondo
- pitar
- tacto
- timbre
- campana
- claxon
- destiempo
- gustar
- llamar
- madera
- oído
- palma
- pito
- rozar
- silbato
English:
beat
- blow
- bongo
- bottom out
- busk
- can
- dab
- disturb
- drum
- enjoy
- feel
- finger
- graze
- handle
- honk
- keep off
- lightly
- love
- meet
- paw
- play
- please
- replay
- ring
- sharp
- softly
- sound
- stop
- strike up
- thump out
- toll
- toot
- touch
- undisturbed
- clear
- ear
- goose
- hoot
- interfere
- jazz
- knock
- perform
- rock
- sight
- strike
- tamper with
- untouched
* * *♦ vt1. [entrar en contacto con, alterar] to touch;[palpar] to feel;por favor, no toquen las esculturas please do not touch the sculptures;el médico le tocó el estómago the doctor felt her stomach;yo no lo tocaría, así está muy bien I wouldn't touch a thing, it's fine as it is;tócalo, verás qué suave es touch it and see how soft it is;¡no se te ocurra tocar al niño! don't you dare lay a finger on the child!;el corredor cayó al tocar la valla con un pie the athlete fell when his foot struck o clipped the hurdle;el balón tocó el poste the ball touched o clipped the post;no ha tocado la comida he hasn't touched his food;¡esos libros, ni tocarlos! don't you go near those books!;tocar madera to touch wood2. [hacer sonar] [instrumento, canción] to play;[bombo] to bang; [sirena, alarma] to sound; [campana, timbre] to ring; [bocina, claxon] to hoot, to toot; [silbato] to blow;el reloj tocó las doce the clock struck twelve3. [abordar] [asunto, tema] to touch on;lo tocó por encima he touched on it briefly;no toques ese tema don't mention that subjecten o [m5] por lo que toca al asunto de los ascensos as far as the matter of promotions is concerned;tocar a alguien de cerca to concern sb closely5. [conmover] to touch;la historia la tocó hondo the story touched her deeply♦ vi1. [entrar en contacto] to touch;no tocar [en letrero] don't touch;no tocar, alto voltaje [en letrero] high voltage: do not touch[país, jardín] to border (on) sth;la mesa toca con la pared the table is touching the wall;nuestra casa toca con la suya our house is right next to theirs3. [llamar]tocar a la puerta/ventana to knock on o at the door/window4. [campanas, timbre] to ring5. [en un reparto]tocar a alguien: le tocó la mitad he got half of it;a ti te toca la casa you get the house;a mí me toca fregar la cocina I've got to mop the kitchen;tocamos a dos trozos cada uno there's enough for two slices each;tocamos a mil cada uno [nos deben] we're due a thousand each;[debemos] it's a thousand each;te toca a ti hacerlo [turno] it's your turn to do it;[responsabilidad] it's up to you to do it;te toca tirar a ti [en juegos] it's your go;¿a quién le toca? whose turn is it?6. [caer en suerte]me ha tocado la lotería/el gordo I've won the lottery/the jackpot;le ha tocado sufrir mucho he has had to suffer a lotahora toca divertirse now it's time to have some fun;le toca dar a luz la semana que viene she's due to have the baby next week;ya me toca ir al dentista it's time for me to go to the dentist;¿cuándo te toca renovar el permiso? when do you have to renew your licence?;Fam Humsi te dicen que salgas, a salir tocan if they tell you to go out, then you'd better go outeso ya toca en lo imaginario that's verging on the imaginary* * *I v/t1 touch;tocar el corazón touch one’s heart;tocar a alguien de cerca concern s.o. closely2 MÚS playII v/i1 L.Am.las campanas de la iglesia tocaban a misa the church bells were ringing for mass;tocar a muerto toll the death knell:ya toca dar de comer al bebé it’s time to feed the baby:te toca jugar it’s your turn4:por lo que toca a … as far as … is concerned* * *tocar {72} vt1) : to touch, to feel, to handle2) : to touch on, to refer to3) : to concern, to affect4) : to play (a musical instrument)tocar vi1) : to knock, to ringtocar a la puerta: to rap on the door2)tocar en : to touch on, to border oneso toca en lo ridículo: that's almost ludicrous3)tocarle a : to fall to, to be up to, to be one's turn¿a quién le toca manejar?: whose turn is it to drive?* * *tocar vb1. (en general) to touch2. (instrumento) to play¿has tocado el timbre? have you rung the bell?4. (bocina) to sound5. (corresponder hacer algo) to be your turn¿a quién le toca ahora? whose turn is it now? -
29 infame
adj.1 vile, base.2 infamous, wicked.pres.subj.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: infamar.* * *► adjetivo1 (vil) despicable, vile2 (muy malo) awful, terrible* * *1.ADJ (=odioso) [persona] odious; [tarea] thankless2.SMF vile person, villain* * *Ia) (vil, cruel) < persona> loathsome, despicable; <acción/comportamiento> unspeakable, disgracefulb) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) horrible, terribleIImasculino y femenino loathsome o despicable person* * *= slanderous, infamous, despicable, unholy, notorious, dastardly, beyond evil, loathsome.Ex. That's slanderous; they're not the names of the people.Ex. The Matsukawa Materials Room at Fukushima University, Japan, contains items relating to the Matsukawa Incident, an infamous miscarriage of justice in Aug 1949.Ex. Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.Ex. The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.Ex. Iraqi secret police believed that the notorious Palestinian assassin Abu Nidal was working for the Americans as well as Egypt and Kuwait.Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.Ex. What his brother did was beyond evil, they should've finished him off with the death sentence.Ex. It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.----* coalición infame = unholy alliance.* * *Ia) (vil, cruel) < persona> loathsome, despicable; <acción/comportamiento> unspeakable, disgracefulb) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) horrible, terribleIImasculino y femenino loathsome o despicable person* * *= slanderous, infamous, despicable, unholy, notorious, dastardly, beyond evil, loathsome.Ex: That's slanderous; they're not the names of the people.
Ex: The Matsukawa Materials Room at Fukushima University, Japan, contains items relating to the Matsukawa Incident, an infamous miscarriage of justice in Aug 1949.Ex: Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.Ex: The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.Ex: Iraqi secret police believed that the notorious Palestinian assassin Abu Nidal was working for the Americans as well as Egypt and Kuwait.Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.Ex: What his brother did was beyond evil, they should've finished him off with the death sentence.Ex: It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.* coalición infame = unholy alliance.* * *1 (vil, cruel) ‹persona› loathsome, despicable; ‹acción/comportamiento› monstrous, unspeakable, disgraceful2 ( fam) (uso hiperbólico) horrible, terriblehizo un tiempo infame we had foul o terrible o vile o horrible weather ( colloq)loathsome o despicable person* * *
Del verbo infamar: ( conjugate infamar)
infamé es:
1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo
infame es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
infamar
infame
infame
I adjetivo
1 (pésimo, horrible) dreadful, awful
una obra de teatro infame, a dreadful play
2 (persona) infamous, vile
II mf vile person
' infame' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
indigna
- indigno
English:
base
- infamous
- vile
- wicked
* * *infame adj1. [persona] vile, basevivían en una casa infame they lived in a dreadful house* * *adj vile, loathsome; ( terrible) dreadful, awful* * *infame adj1) : infamous2) : loathsome, viletiempo infame: terrible weather -
30 tufo
m.1 stench, foul smell (informal) (mal olor).2 vapor.3 stink, stench, reek.* * *1 (mal olor) pong, foul smell, stink2 (emanación) fume, vapour (US vapor)* * *ISM1) (=emanación) fumes pl2) (=hedor) [gen] stink; [de cuarto] fugIItener tufos — to be swanky *, be conceited
SM (=rizo) curl, sidelock* * *a) (fam) (olor - a sucio, podrido) stink (colloq); (- a cerrado)b) (fam) (gas, humo) fumes (pl)* * *= stench, pestilence, whiff, fug.Ex. The stench was unbearable.Ex. Much of what lies before our eyes today like a tongue of fire -- animal pestilences and the poisoning of our foodstuffs -- was already announced many years ago.Ex. Some people are oblivious to the odor in the locker room after a game, while others wrinkle their noses at the slightest whiff of sweat.Ex. Pork scratchings behind the bar, a well-used dartboard in the corner and a fug of smoke hanging over the tables are all hallmarks of the traditional English pub.* * *a) (fam) (olor - a sucio, podrido) stink (colloq); (- a cerrado)b) (fam) (gas, humo) fumes (pl)* * *= stench, pestilence, whiff, fug.Ex: The stench was unbearable.
Ex: Much of what lies before our eyes today like a tongue of fire -- animal pestilences and the poisoning of our foodstuffs -- was already announced many years ago.Ex: Some people are oblivious to the odor in the locker room after a game, while others wrinkle their noses at the slightest whiff of sweat.Ex: Pork scratchings behind the bar, a well-used dartboard in the corner and a fug of smoke hanging over the tables are all hallmarks of the traditional English pub.* * *(— a cerrado): abre la ventana, en esta habitación hay un tufo horrible open the window, it smells really stuffy in this roomllegó con un tufo a vino tremendo he arrived reeking of wine ( colloq)el tufillo de corrupción the stink of corruption* * *
tufo sustantivo masculino (fam) ( olor — a sucio, podrido) stink (colloq);
(— a cerrado):
tufo sustantivo masculino
1 (de un tubo de escape) fumes pl
(mal olor) stink
2 fam pey sus opiniones tienen un tufo racista, his opinions have a nasty whiff of racism
' tufo' also found in these entries:
English:
reek
* * *tufo nmhay un tufo a sudor horrible there's a foul smell of sweat2. [emanación] fumes3. Fam [aire sospechoso]desconfiaba del tufo clerical de sus palabras I distrusted the clerical undertones of his remarks;una decisión con un cierto tufo electoralista a decision that smacks of electioneering* * *tufo nm1) : fume, vapor* * *tufo n stink -
31 horreur
horreur [ɔʀœʀ]feminine nouna. horror• je me suis aperçu avec horreur que... to my horror I realized that...• c'est une horreur (inf) [tableau] it's hideous ; [personne méchante] he's (or she's) ghastly (inf)• quelle horreur ! how dreadful!* * *ɔʀœʀ1) ( atrocité) horror2) ( parole méchante) awful thing3) ( épouvante) horrorêtre une horreur — [personne, chose, œuvre] to be horrible
4) ( aversion) loathingavoir horreur de quelqu'un/quelque chose, avoir quelqu'un/quelque chose en horreur — to loathe somebody/something
••c'est (vraiment) l'horreur — (colloq) it's (really) the pits (colloq)
* * *ɔʀœʀ nf1) (= terreur) horror2) (= détestation) hatredavoir horreur de — to hate, to loathe
J'ai horreur du chou. — I hate cabbage.
avoir en horreur — to hate, to loathe
faire horreur à qn [personne, nourriture] La viande de cheval lui faisait horreur. — He thought horsemeat was disgusting., [idée]
La perspective de passer le mois d'août à réviser lui faisait horreur. — He was appalled by the prospect of spending August revising.
* * *horreur nf1 ( atrocité) horror; dans toute son horreur in all its horror; les horreurs de la guerre/commises dans les camps de concentration the horrors of war/committed in concentration camps;2 ( parole méchante) awful thing; dire des horreurs de or sur qn to say awful things about sb;3 ( épouvante) horror; remplir qn d'horreur to fill sb with horror; éprouver de l'horreur à la vue de to feel horror at the sight of; faire qch/se détourner avec horreur to do sth/to turn away in horror; être glacé/muet d'horreur to be frozen/dumb with horror; être saisi d'horreur to be horror-struck; être une horreur [personne, chose, œuvre] to be horrible; quelle horreur! how horrible!;4 ( aversion) loathing; inspirer de l'horreur à qn to inspire loathing in sb; avoir horreur de qn/qch, avoir qn/qch en horreur to loathe sb/sth; avoir horreur de faire to hate doing; il a une sainte horreur du travail/de parler en public he absolutely loathes work/speaking in public; les chats ont horreur de l'eau cats hate water; j'ai horreur qu'on me dérange I hate being disturbed; la nature a horreur du vide nature abhors a vacuum; prendre qn en horreur to begin to loathe sb; ton attitude me fait horreur your attitude horrifies me; le poisson cru me fait horreur I find raw fish disgusting.c'est (vraiment) l'horreur○ it's (really) the pits○.[ɔrɶr] nom féminin1. [effroi] horrorsaisi ou rempli d'horreur horror-stricken, filled with horrorhurler/reculer d'horreur to cry out/to shrink away in horroravoir quelque chose en horreur [dégoût] to have a horror of ou to loathe somethingavoir horreur de to loathe, to hatej'ai horreur qu'on me dérange I hate ou I can't stand being disturbedfaire horreur à quelqu'un to horrify ou to terrify somebody, to fill somebody with horroril décrit la guerre des tranchées dans toute son horreur he describes trench warfare in all its horror3. (familier) [chose ou personne laide]a. [personne] he's/she's repulsiveb. [objet] it's hideous4. [dans des exclamations]oh, quelle horreur! that's awful ou terrible!quelle horreur, cette odeur! what a disgusting ou vile smell!————————horreurs nom féminin pluriel1. [crimes] horrorsles horreurs dont il est responsable the horrible ou dreadful deeds he is responsible for2. [calomnies] -
32 abscheulich
I Adj.2. (sehr schlecht) dreadful, awful; Wetter auch: atrocious; es war einfach abscheulich it was ghastly3. (sehr hässlich) Kröte etc.: hideous, repulsive4. umg. (gemein, frech etc.) nasty, horrible; warum bist du bloß so abscheulich zu ihr? why are you so nasty to her?II Adv.2. sich abscheulich benehmen behave disgracefully; abscheulich riechen / schmecken smell / taste disgusting* * *diabolic; miscreant; ungodly; vile; diabolical; pestilent; outrageous; loathsome; heinous; hateful; hideous; beastly; detestable; horrid; pestilential; abominable; atrocious; revolting; repulsive; horrible* * *ab|scheu|lich [ap'ʃɔylɪç]1. adjabominable, atrocious, loathsome; Verbrechen auch heinous; Anblick auch repulsive; (inf) awful, terrible (inf)wie abschéúlich! — how ghastly or awful or terrible!
2. advbehandeln, zurichten atrociously, abominably; sich anziehen terribly, awfullyabschéúlich riechen/schmecken — to smell/taste horrible
das tut abschéúlich weh — it hurts terribly
* * *1) abominably2) (very bad; terrible: What abominable weather!) abominable3) (extremely hateful.) detestable* * *ab·scheu·lich[apˈʃɔylɪç]1. (entsetzlich) revolting, horrible, dreadfulein \abscheuliches Verbrechen a horrifying [or heinous] crime, an atrocious crimedas Essen schmeckt mal wieder \abscheulich the food tastes revolting [or disgusting] again* * *1. 2.1) disgracefully; abominably2) (ugs.): (sehr)abscheulich frieren — freeze [half] to death (coll.)
das tut abscheulich weh — it hurts like hell (coll.)
abscheulich kalt/scharf — terribly cold/sharp (coll.)
* * *A. adjes war einfach abscheulich it was ghastlywarum bist du bloß so abscheulich zu ihr? why are you so nasty to her?B. advabscheulich kalt hideously cold;abscheulich wehtun hurt like hell umg2.sich abscheulich benehmen behave disgracefully;abscheulich riechen/schmecken smell/taste disgusting* * *1. 2.1) disgracefully; abominably2) (ugs.): (sehr)abscheulich frieren — freeze [half] to death (coll.)
das tut abscheulich weh — it hurts like hell (coll.)
abscheulich kalt/scharf — terribly cold/sharp (coll.)
* * *adj.abhorrent adj.abominable adj.detestable adj.disgusting adj.execrable adj.flagrant adj.heinous adj.hideous adj.horrible adj.outrageous adj. adv.abominably adv.damnably adv.detestably adv.disgustingly adv.execrably adv.flagrantly adv.heinously adv.hideously adv.outrageously adv. -
33 méchant
méchant, e [me∫ɑ̃, ɑ̃t]1. adjective• arrête, tu es méchant stop it, you're being nasty2. masculine noun, feminine noun• tais-toi, méchant ! be quiet you naughty boy!* * *
1.
méchante meʃɑ̃, ɑ̃t adjectif1) ( malveillant) nasty, maliciousêtre méchant avec quelqu'un — to be horrible ou mean to somebody
2) ( dangereux) [animal, personne] viciousquand il a bu, il devient méchant — he gets nasty when he's been drinking
3) ( grave) [blessure, grippe, affaire] nasty, bad4) (colloq) ( extraordinaire) fantastic (colloq)
2.
* * *meʃɑ̃, ɑ̃t adj méchant, -e1) (personne, parole) nastyNe sois pas méchant avec ton petit frère. — Don't be nasty to your little brother.
2) (enfant) (= pas sage) naughty3) (animal) vicious"Attention, chien méchant" — "Beware of the dog"
4) (avant le nom) (plaie, blessure) nasty* * *A adj1 ( malveillant) [personne, regard, propos, action] nasty, malicious, mean; ce n'est pas une méchante femme she's not such a bad woman; être de méchante humeur to be in a foul mood; avoir l'air méchant to look mean; être méchant avec qn to be horrible ou mean to sb;2 ( dangereux) [animal, personne] vicious; quand il a bu, il devient méchant he gets ou turns nasty when he's been drinking; attention chien méchant! beware of the dog!;3 ( mauvais) (before n) [outil, instrument] poor quality, wretched; [route] dreadful; [roman, poète, écrivain] mediocre, second-rate;4 ( grave) (before n) [grippe, affaire, blessure] nasty, bad; ce n'est pas bien méchant it's not very bad ou serious;5 ○( extraordinaire) [allure, voiture, succès] fantastic○, terrific○; une méchante tempête a terrific storm; une méchante averse a heavy shower; une méchante balafre a nasty scar; une méchante gueule de bois○ a bad hangover, a hell○ of a hangover; une méchante explosion a hell○ of an explosion.B nm,f1 ( au cinéma) villain, baddy○;2 ( enfant) naughty boy/girl.a. [pas malveillant] there's no harm in him, he's harmlessb. [pas dangereux] he won't do you any harmen fait, ce n'est pas une méchante femme she means no harm ou she's not that bad, reallyne sois pas si méchant avec moi don't be so nasty ou horrible to meça n'était pas bien méchant, finalement, cette piqûre/ce permis? (familier) the injection/driving test wasn't that bad after all, was it?elle essayait de vendre deux ou trois méchantes salades she was trying to sell a couple of pathetic-looking lettuces————————, méchante [meʃɑ̃, ɑ̃t] nom masculin, nom féminin -
34 grässlich
I Adj. horrible, terrible, awful (alle auch umg., fig.); (scheußlich) hideous; Verbrechen: auch heinous, atrocious* * *direful; dreadful; gruesome; grisly; horrid; terrible; horrible; hideous; atrocious; dire* * *grạ̈ss|lich ['grɛslɪç]1. adj1) hideous; Verbrechen auch heinous, abominable2) (= intensiv, unangenehm) terrible, dreadful, awful; Mensch horrible, awful2. adv1) (= schrecklich) horribly2) (inf = äußerst) terribly, dreadfully, awfully* * *gräss·lichRR, gräß·lichALT[ˈgrɛslɪç]I. adj1. (furchtbar) horrible, terribleein \grässliches Verbrechen a heinous [or horrible] crime\grässliche Verwüstungen complete [or total] [or utter] devastation\grässliche Kopfschmerzen haben to have a splitting headachewas für ein \grässliches Wetter! what foul [or fam beastly] weather!einen \grässlichen Geschmack haben to have awful taste\grässlich müde dead tired, dog-tired fam* * *1.1) (abscheulich) horrible; terrible < accident>2.1) (abscheulich) horribly; terribly* * *A. adj horrible, terrible, awful (alle auch umg, fig); (scheußlich) hideous; Verbrechen: auch heinous, atrociousB. adv umg:* * *1.1) (abscheulich) horrible; terrible < accident>2.1) (abscheulich) horribly; terribly* * *adj.dire adj.direful adj.dreadful adj.ghastly adj.grisly adj.horrid adj. adv.direly adv.horridly adv. -
35 garstig
Adj.1. Benehmen, Geruch etc.: nasty; Wetter: auch filthy2. (hässlich) Hexe, Zwerg: horrible, horrid* * *horrid; ghastly; nasty; hideous; beastly* * *gạrs|tig ['garstɪç]adj (dated)nasty, horrible* * ** * *gars·tig[ˈgarstɪç]adj (veraltend)1. (ungezogen) badein \garstiges Kind a naughty child2. (abscheulich) horrible, nastyein \garstiger Wind a biting wind* * *2) (abscheulich) horrible; nasty* * *garstig adj1. Benehmen, Geruch etc: nasty; Wetter: auch filthy* * *2) (abscheulich) horrible; nasty* * *adj.nasty adj. adv.nastily adv. -
36 scheußlich
I Adj. horrible, dreadful (beide auch umg., fig.); Aussehen: auch hideous, ghastly; (abstoßend) auch revolting; umg., Wetter etc.: awful, rotten; stärker: atrocious; eine scheußliche Erkältung etc. umg. auch the most awful cold etc.II Adv. umg. (furchtbar) bes. Brit. dreadfully, terribly; scheußlich kalt auch beastly cold; es tut scheußlich weh it hurts like hell ( oder something awful); es schmeckt scheußlich it tastes awful ( oder abominable oder ghastly); sie sind scheußlich eingerichtet their furniture and decorations are ghastly; sich scheußlich benehmen behave abominably* * *ghastly; ungodly; forbidding; dreadful; abominable; atrocious; nasty; beastly; horrible; shocking; confounded; frightful; horrid; unholy* * *scheuß|lich ['ʃɔyslɪç]1. adjdreadful; (= abstoßend hässlich) hideous2. adv1) (= widerlich) kochen terribly; speisen badlyschéúßlich riechen/schmecken — to smell/taste terrible
2) (= gemein) sich benehmen dreadfully, terribly3) (inf = furchtbar) dreadfullyes hat schéúßlich wehgetan — it hurt dreadfully, it was horribly or terribly painful
* * *1) (extremely cruel: an atrocious crime.) atrocious2) hideously3) (extremely ugly: a hideous vase.) hideous4) (horrible; wicked; disgusting: That was a vile thing to say!; The food tasted vile.) vile* * *scheuß·lich[ˈʃɔyslɪç]I. adj1. (abstoßend) repulsive2. (ekelhaft) disgusting, revolting3. (fam) dreadful, awful, terribleII. adv1. (widerlich) in a disgusting [or revolting] manner [or way]\scheußlich riechen/schmecken to smell/taste disgusting [or revolting2. (gemein)jdn \scheußlich behandeln to treat sb appallingly [or cruelly]3. (fam) dreadfully, terribly\scheußlich wehtun/schmerzen to hurt/ache dreadfully [or awfully] [or horribly]* * *1.1) dreadful2) (ugs.): (äußerst unangenehm) terrible (coll.); dreadful (coll.); dreadful (coll.), ghastly (coll.) <weather, taste, smell>2.1) dreadfully* * *A. adj horrible, dreadful (beide auch umg, fig); Aussehen: auch hideous, ghastly; (abstoßend) auch revolting; umg, Wetter etc: awful, rotten; stärker: atrocious;B. adv umg (furchtbar) besonders Br dreadfully, terribly;scheußlich kalt auch beastly cold;es tut scheußlich weh it hurts like hell ( oder something awful);sie sind scheußlich eingerichtet their furniture and decorations are ghastly;sich scheußlich benehmen behave abominably* * *1.1) dreadful2) (ugs.): (äußerst unangenehm) terrible (coll.); dreadful (coll.); dreadful (coll.), ghastly (coll.) <weather, taste, smell>2.1) dreadfully* * *adj.abominable adj.atrocious adj.hideous adj.nasty adj.rotten adj.ungodly adj. adv.atrociously adv.hideously adv. -
37 übel
I Adj.1. (schlimm) bad; (scheußlich) horrible, nasty; (gemein) nasty; (moralisch verwerflich) unsavo(u)ry; ein übler Trick a nasty trick; üble Geschäfte shady dealings; übler Ruf bad reputation; ein übler Kerl umg. a nasty customer; er ist kein übler Kerl umg. he’s all right; übles Schimpfwort horrible swearword; Nachrede2. (unangenehm) unpleasant; in eine üble Lage bringen get into a nasty situation; ich bin in eine üble Sache hineingeschlittert I stumbled into a nasty situation; nicht übel umg. not bad; kein übler Gedanke umg. not a bad ideaII Adv.1. (schlecht, unangenehm) badly; übel riechen smell (awful), stink; ganz übel aus dem Mund riechen have really bad breath; das riecht / schmeckt gar nicht übel it doesn’t smell / taste at all bad; übel riechend foul smelling; Atem: foul2. fig. (schlecht, schlimm) badly; jemanden auf übelste Weise beschimpfen insult s.o. in a very unpleasant way; es bekam ihr übel it didn’t do her any good; es ging übel aus it turned out badly; übel beraten sein be badly advised; übel dran sein umg. be in a bad way; übel gelaunt bad-tempered, grumpy umg.; übel gelaunt sein vorübergehend: auch be in a bad ( stärker: foul) mood; übel gesinnt ill-disposed (+ Dat toward[s]); das klingt nicht übel umg. that’s not a bad idea; ich hätte nicht übel Lust, ihn anzuzeigen etc. I have a good mind to report etc. him3. (negativ, nachteilig) badly; etw. übel nehmen take s.th. amiss, take offen|ce (Am. -se) at; jemandem etw. übel nehmen längerfristig: hold s.th. against s.o.; das nehme ich ihm jetzt aber übel this is something I hold against him now; du nimmst es mir doch nicht übel, oder? you’re not offended, are you?; jemandem übel wollen be ill-disposed toward(s) s.o.; (jemandem schaden wollen) be out to harm s.o., have it in for s.o. umg.; mitspielen I 5, vermerken 2, wohl1 2, zurichten 2 etc.* * *das Übelwoe; evil* * *['yːbl]nt -s, -1) (geh = Krankheit, Leiden) illness, malady (old)2) (= Missstand) ill, evilein notwendiges/das kleinere or geringere Ǘbel — a necessary/the lesser evil
das alte Ǘbel — the old trouble
der Grund allen Ǘbels ist, dass... — the cause or root of all the trouble is that...
die Gleichgültigkeit ist die Wurzel alles or allen Ǘbels — indifference is the root of all evil
das Ǘbel bei der Sache — the trouble
3) (= Plage, Schaden) evilvon Ǘbel sein — to be a bad thing, to be bad
zu allem Ǘbel... — to make matters worse...
ein Ǘbel kommt selten allein (Prov) — misfortunes seldom come alone
* * *das1) (anything evil, eg crime, misfortune etc: London in the eighteenth century was a place of crime, filth, poverty and other evils.) evil2) (evil: I would never wish anyone ill.) ill3) (unpleasant, nasty or dangerous: ugly black clouds; The crowd was in an ugly mood.) ugly4) (rough and violent: It's a tough neighbourhood.) tough* * *<-s, ->[ˈy:bl̩]nt (Missstand) evil▶ zu allem \Übel to cap [or crown] it all▶ das kleinere [o geringere] \Übel the lesser evil▶ ein \Übel kommt selten allein (prov) misfortunes never come singly prov, it never rains but it pours prov▶ ein notwendiges \Übel a necessary evil▶ von \Übel sein to be a bad thing [or bad]▶ von \Übel sein, etw zu tun to be a bad thing to do sth* * *das; Übels, Übel1) (Missstand, Ärgernis) evilzu allem Übel — on top of everything else; to make matters [even] worse
2) (meist geh.): (Krankheit) illness; malady3) (geh., veralt.): (das Böse) evil no art.von od. vom Übel sein — be an evil
* * *A. adj1. (schlimm) bad; (scheußlich) horrible, nasty; (gemein) nasty; (moralisch verwerflich) unsavo(u)ry;ein übler Trick a nasty trick;üble Geschäfte shady dealings;übler Ruf bad reputation;ein übler Kerl umg a nasty customer;er ist kein übler Kerl umg he’s all right;2. (unangenehm) unpleasant;in eine üble Lage bringen get into a nasty situation;ich bin in eine üble Sache hineingeschlittert I stumbled into a nasty situation;nicht übel umg not bad;kein übler Gedanke umg not a bad ideaübler Geruch/Geschmack foul ( oder awful) smell/taste4.mir ist übel I feel sick;dabei kann einem übel werden it’s enough to make you sickB. adv1. (schlecht, unangenehm) badly;übel riechen smell (awful), stink;ganz übel aus dem Mund riechen have really bad breath;das riecht/schmeckt gar nicht übel it doesn’t smell/taste at all bad;übel riechend foul smelling; Atem: foul2. fig (schlecht, schlimm) badly;jemanden auf übelste Weise beschimpfen insult sb in a very unpleasant way;es bekam ihr übel it didn’t do her any good;es ging übel aus it turned out badly;übel beraten sein be badly advised;übel dran sein umg be in a bad way;übel gelaunt bad-tempered, grumpy umg;übel gesinnt ill-disposed (+dat toward[s]);das klingt nicht übel umg that’s not a bad idea;ich hätte nicht übel Lust, ihn anzuzeigen etc I have a good mind to report etc him3. (negativ, nachteilig) badly;jemandem etwas übel nehmen längerfristig: hold sth against sb;das nehme ich ihm jetzt aber übel this is something I hold against him now;du nimmst es mir doch nicht übel, oder? you’re not offended, are you?; → mitspielen A 5, vermerken 2, wohl1 2, zurichten 2 etc* * *das; Übels, Übel1) (Missstand, Ärgernis) evilzu allem Übel — on top of everything else; to make matters [even] worse
2) (meist geh.): (Krankheit) illness; malady3) (geh., veralt.): (das Böse) evil no art.von od. vom Übel sein — be an evil
* * *evil n. -
38 olor
m.1 smell.tener olor a to smell oflos niños acudieron al olor de la comida the children were drawn to the smell of cookingolor corporal body odor2 odor, fragrance, smell, perfume.* * *1 smell\al olor de attracted byen olor de santidad like a saintolor corporal body odour* * *noun m.odor, smell* * *SM1) [gen] smell (a of)mal olor — bad smell, nasty smell
olor a sudor — smell of sweat, body odour o (EEUU) odor, B.O. *
olor corporal — body odour o (EEUU) odor, B.O. *
2) (=atracción) smell3) (=fama)* * *masculino smelltomarle el olor a algo — (AmL) to smell something
en olor de multitud(es): fue recibido en olor de multitud he was welcomed by a huge crowd; en olor de santidad: vivir en olor de santidad to lead the life of a saint; morir en olor de santidad — to die a saint
* * *= smell, odour [odor, -USA], scent.Ex. Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.Ex. Since 1946 multidimensional statistical methods have been applied to odour characterization and classification.Ex. Various animals, including humans, are able to distinguish among individuals by scent.----* con olor a ajo = garlicky.* con olor a cerrado = musty [mustier -comp., mustiest -sup.], mousy [mousier -comp., mousiest -sup.].* con olor a fruta = fruity [fruitier -comp., fruitiest -sup.].* con olor a humedad = musty [mustier -comp., mustiest -sup.], mousy [mousier -comp., mousiest -sup.].* con olor a orina = urinous.* con olor a polvo = dust smelling.* de olor agradable = sweet-smelling.* de olor a podrido = rotten smelling.* de olor fuerte = strong-smelling.* mal olor = stench.* olor a fruta = fruitiness.* olor corporal = body scent.* olor fuerte y penetrante = tang.* sin olor = odourless [odorless, -USA].* * *masculino smelltomarle el olor a algo — (AmL) to smell something
en olor de multitud(es): fue recibido en olor de multitud he was welcomed by a huge crowd; en olor de santidad: vivir en olor de santidad to lead the life of a saint; morir en olor de santidad — to die a saint
* * *= smell, odour [odor, -USA], scent.Ex: Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.
Ex: Since 1946 multidimensional statistical methods have been applied to odour characterization and classification.Ex: Various animals, including humans, are able to distinguish among individuals by scent.* con olor a ajo = garlicky.* con olor a cerrado = musty [mustier -comp., mustiest -sup.], mousy [mousier -comp., mousiest -sup.].* con olor a fruta = fruity [fruitier -comp., fruitiest -sup.].* con olor a humedad = musty [mustier -comp., mustiest -sup.], mousy [mousier -comp., mousiest -sup.].* con olor a orina = urinous.* con olor a polvo = dust smelling.* de olor agradable = sweet-smelling.* de olor a podrido = rotten smelling.* de olor fuerte = strong-smelling.* mal olor = stench.* olor a fruta = fruitiness.* olor corporal = body scent.* olor fuerte y penetrante = tang.* sin olor = odourless [odorless, -USA].* * *smell¡qué olor más bueno/horrible! what a lovely/horrible smell!tiene un olor raro it smells strange, it has a strange smell to ittomarle el olor a algo ( AmL); to smell sth¡qué rico olor! ( AmL); what a lovely smell!olor A algo smell OF sth¡qué olor a comida hay aquí! there's a strong smell of food (in) here!tiene olor a queso it smells of cheeseen olor de multitud: fue recibido en olor de multitud he was welcomed by a huge crowden olor de santidad: vivir en olor de santidad to lead the life of a saintmorir en olor de santidad to die a saintCompuesto:* * *
olor sustantivo masculino
smell;
tomarle el olor a algo (AmL) to smell sth;
olor A algo smell of sth
olor sustantivo masculino smell: el olor a humedad me disgusta, I don't like the smell of damp
estas rosas no tienen olor, these roses don't smell of anything
' olor' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ácida
- ácido
- acritud
- apestar
- apestosa
- apestoso
- atufar
- cantar
- corporal
- desagradable
- desprender
- echar
- estercolar
- graja
- grajo
- inconfundible
- olfatear
- penetrar
- penetrante
- peste
- soltar
- tufo
- agradable
- asqueroso
- clavo
- descomponer
- despedir
- feo
- fetidez
- fuerte
- ligero
- percibir
- pestilente
- podrido
- repugnante
- repulsivo
- rico
- sentir
- tumbar
English:
acrid
- cling
- detect
- detection
- distinct
- emit
- exude
- fishy
- fluid
- foul
- fruity
- give off
- linger
- lingering
- nasty
- obnoxious
- obtrusive
- odor
- odour
- of
- offensive
- overpower
- pervade
- pervasive
- powerful
- pungent
- put off
- scent
- sharp
- sickening
- smell
- smoky
- sweet
- sweetness
- unmistakable
- vile
- clove
- high
- stink
- tang
- waft
* * *olor nmlos niños acudieron al olor de la comida the children were drawn to the smell of cooking;miles de jóvenes aspirantes acuden a Hollywood al olor de la fama thousands of young hopefuls come to Hollywood looking for fame;Famen olor de multitudes enjoying popular acclaim;vivir/morir en olor de santidad to live/die like a saintRP Fam olor a chivo BO;olor corporal body odour* * *mscent2:en olor de santidad like a saint;fue acogido en olor de multitud(es) he was received by a huge crowd* * *olor nm: smell, odor* * *olor n smell -
39 repelente
adj.1 repulsive (desagradable, repugnante).2 repellent.m.insect repellent.* * *► adjetivo1 repellent, repulsive\niño,-a repelente irónico little know-all* * *1. ADJ1) (=repulsivo) repellent, repulsive2) * (=sabelotodo)2.SM repellent, insect repellent* * *I1) ( que ahuyenta)IImasculino insect repellent* * *= repellent, repulsive, obnoxious, rebarbative, aversive, creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], creep.Ex. But, in the main, I find it often boring and sometimes repellent.Ex. A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.Ex. During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.Ex. The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.Ex. In fact, weeding aversive staff tend to spend a lot more time complaining about having nothing on the shelves.Ex. Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.Ex. The main character, Tom Johnson, realizes that no girls go out with creeps like him so he quickly changes and buys a guitar and learns how to play one.----* repelente contra insectos = insect repellent.* repelente de insectos = insect repellent.* repelente de mosquitos = mosquito repellent.* * *I1) ( que ahuyenta)IImasculino insect repellent* * *= repellent, repulsive, obnoxious, rebarbative, aversive, creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], creep.Ex: But, in the main, I find it often boring and sometimes repellent.
Ex: A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.Ex: During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.Ex: The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.Ex: In fact, weeding aversive staff tend to spend a lot more time complaining about having nothing on the shelves.Ex: Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.Ex: The main character, Tom Johnson, realizes that no girls go out with creeps like him so he quickly changes and buys a guitar and learns how to play one.* repelente contra insectos = insect repellent.* repelente de insectos = insect repellent.* repelente de mosquitos = mosquito repellent.* * *A(que ahuyenta): una loción repelente a repellentB ‹persona› repulsive, repellent, horrible; ‹niño› horrible, obnoxiousinsect repellent* * *
repelente adjetivo ‹ persona› repulsive, repellent;
‹ niño› obnoxious
■ sustantivo masculino
insect repellent
repelente
I sustantivo masculino
1 (para insectos) repellent
2 fam (persona redicha) affected person
(sabelotodo) know-all
II adjetivo
1 (repugnante) repulsive, repellent
2 fam (insoportable, intratable) unbearable, obnoxious
(redicho) affected: es la niña repelente de la clase, she's the class know-all
' repelente' also found in these entries:
English:
icky
- repellent
- repellant
* * *♦ adj2. [odioso] disgusting3. [de insectos] repellent♦ nmrepelente (contra insectos) insect repellent* * *I adj1 figrepellent, repulsive2 famniño horribleII m repellent* * *repelente adj: repellent, repulsiverepelente nm: repellentrepelente de insectos: insect repellent* * *repelente1 adj1. (sabelotodo) know all2. (repulsivo) revoltingrepelente2 n1. (para insectos) repellent2. (persona) know all -
40 mamarrachada
f.1 stupid or idiotic thing (informal).2 awful thing, ugly thing.3 buffoonery, clownish act.* * ** * *femenino (fam)otra de sus mamarrachadas fue poner esas ventanas tan feas — another awful thing he did was put in those horrible windows
qué mamarrachada han hecho en esta pared! — what a mess o botch they've made of this wall! (colloq)
* * *femenino (fam)otra de sus mamarrachadas fue poner esas ventanas tan feas — another awful thing he did was put in those horrible windows
qué mamarrachada han hecho en esta pared! — what a mess o botch they've made of this wall! (colloq)
* * *( fam)otra de sus mamarrachadas fue poner esas ventanas tan feas another awful thing he did was put in those horrible windowsese cuadro es una mamarrachada that painting is a daub o ( colloq) a whole lot of splodges¡qué mamarrachada han hecho en esta pared! what a mess o botch they've made of this wall! ( colloq)* * *
mamarrachada f fam
1 (comportamiento) bad behaviour
2 (dicho absurdo) stupid story: déjate de mamarrachadas y ponte a estudiar, stop being so stupid and get down to your studies
3 (cosa mal hecha) botch up: esa obra de teatro era una mamarrachada, they really botched up that theatre play
* * *mamarrachada nfFam stupid o idiotic thing;tu plan es una mamarrachada your plan is crazy;pintar la puerta de rosa me parece una mamarrachada I think it's daft o crazy to paint the door pink* * *f fammess
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horrible - horrid - horrific - horrifying - horrendous — All of these words except horrid can be used to describe a very unpleasant and shocking event, experience, or story. ...an imaginary torture, perhaps, but all the more horrible. It was one of the most horrific experiences of my life.… … Useful english dictionary
Horrible Harry — is a popular children s book series written by Suzy Kline which is used in American elementary schools for teaching reading. [cite book |title=Teaching Word Recognition, Spelling, and Vocabulary |last=Rajewski |first=Jeannine Perry |year=2000… … Wikipedia
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horrible — 1 Horrible, horrid, horrific, horrendous mean inspiring horror or abhorrence. Horrible (see also FEAR FUL 2) is the general term for what inspires horror {some . . . horrible form, which might deprive your sovereignty of reason Shak.} {wrongs and … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Horrible Histories — Infobox Book name = Horrible Histories translator = image caption = The front cover of France . author = Terry Deary illustrator = Martin Brown; Philip Reeve; Peter Hepplewhite cover artist = Martin Brown; Philip Reeve; Peter Hepplewhite country … Wikipedia
horrible — 01. The food in that restaurant is [horrible] really greasy, and way too salty. 02. What s the matter with your stereo? The sound is [horrible]. 03. Matt used to be a [horrible] tennis player, but he has really practiced, and now he s getting… … Grammatical examples in English
horrible — adj. 1) horrible to + inf. (it is horrible to work there = it is horrible working there) 2) horrible that + clause (it s horrible that he was fired) * * * [ hɒrəb(ə)l] horrible to + inf. (it is horrible to work there = it is horrible working… … Combinatory dictionary
horrible — hor|ri|ble S2 [ˈhɔrıbəl US ˈho: , ˈha: ] adj [Date: 1200 1300; : French; Origin: Latin horribilis, from horrere; HORROR] 1.) very bad used for example about things you see, taste, or smell, or about the weather ▪ The weather has been really… … Dictionary of contemporary English
horrible — [[t]hɒ̱rɪb(ə)l, AM hɔ͟ːr [/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe something or someone as horrible, you do not like them at all. [INFORMAL] The record sounds horrible. ...a horrible small boy. Syn: horrid Ant: lovely Derived words: horribly … English dictionary
horrible — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, seem, smell, sound, taste ADVERB ▪ really … Collocations dictionary
horrible — adjective 1 very unpleasant and often frightening or upsetting: a horrible murder 2 spoken very bad or unpleasant: horrible weather | I have a horrible feeling we re going to miss the plane. 3 spoken rude and unfriendly: What a horrible man.… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English