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horrendous

  • 1 espantable

    • horrendous
    • horrible experience

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > espantable

  • 2 monstruoso

    • horrendous
    • horrible experience
    • monstrous

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > monstruoso

  • 3 horrendo

    adj.
    horrible, terrible, dreadful, horrifying.
    * * *
    1 horrible, horrifying, awful, frightful
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=aterrador) [crimen] horrific, ghastly *
    2) (=horrible) [ropa, zapatos] hideous, ghastly *; [película, libro] dreadful; [frío, calor] terrible, dreadful, awful
    * * *
    - da adjetivo horroroso
    * * *
    = harrowing, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, hideous, horrible, grotesquely ugly.
    Ex. See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.
    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 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. Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex. In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo horroroso
    * * *
    = harrowing, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, hideous, horrible, grotesquely ugly.

    Ex: See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.

    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 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: Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex: In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.

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    horrendo
    ◊ -da adjetivo See Also→ horroroso


    ' horrendo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    horrendo-a
    - infierno
    English:
    eyewitness
    - harrowing
    - horrendous
    - horrific
    - ghastly
    - hideous
    - horrifying
    * * *
    * * *
    adj horrendous
    * * *
    horrendo, -da adj
    : horrendous, horrible

    Spanish-English dictionary > horrendo

  • 4 feroz

    adj.
    1 fierce, ferocious (animal, bestia).
    2 cruel, savage (criminal, asesino).
    3 terrible (intenso) (dolor, angustia).
    tenía un hambre feroz he was ravenous o starving
    la competencia es feroz the competition is fierce
    4 horrendous, dreadful.
    * * *
    ► adjetivo (pl feroces)
    1 fierce, ferocious
    \
    el lobo feroz the big bad wolf
    * * *
    adj.
    fierce, ferocious
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=salvaje) fierce, ferocious

    tengo un hambre feroz — I'm starving, I'm famished

    2) (=cruel) cruel
    3) LAm (=feo) ugly
    * * *
    a) < animal> ferocious, fierce; <ataque/mirada/odio> fierce, vicious; <viento/tempestad> fierce, violent

    tengo un hambre feroz — (fam) I'm ravenous o starved (colloq)

    b) (Col, Méx, Ven fam) ( feo) horrendous (colloq)
    * * *
    = fierce [fiercer -comp., fiercest -sup.], savage, swingeing, ferocius, ferocious, cutthroat, truculent.
    Ex. The greatest living theoretician of descriptive cataloging, Professor Seymour Lubetzky, graced our library with his brilliance, insight, and fierce dedication to the integrity of the catalog.
    Ex. The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.
    Ex. Faced with the prospect of a swingeing cut of 15% in the periodical budget, the library had to determine which titles could be cancelled with least damage to the integrity of the research collections.
    Ex. Fuller's novel make for a form of intellectual clarity, even if that clarity, paradoxically, is expressed in a ferocious hell-bent manner.
    Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex. As the saying goes, 'Be as innocent as a lamb, and as wily as a fox' -- shrewdness is a valuable attribute in this cutthroat world.
    Ex. Senior staff members said that these fevers of truculent behavior had manifested themselves only within the past two or three years.
    ----
    * crítica feroz = hatchet job.
    * * *
    a) < animal> ferocious, fierce; <ataque/mirada/odio> fierce, vicious; <viento/tempestad> fierce, violent

    tengo un hambre feroz — (fam) I'm ravenous o starved (colloq)

    b) (Col, Méx, Ven fam) ( feo) horrendous (colloq)
    * * *
    = fierce [fiercer -comp., fiercest -sup.], savage, swingeing, ferocius, ferocious, cutthroat, truculent.

    Ex: The greatest living theoretician of descriptive cataloging, Professor Seymour Lubetzky, graced our library with his brilliance, insight, and fierce dedication to the integrity of the catalog.

    Ex: The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.
    Ex: Faced with the prospect of a swingeing cut of 15% in the periodical budget, the library had to determine which titles could be cancelled with least damage to the integrity of the research collections.
    Ex: Fuller's novel make for a form of intellectual clarity, even if that clarity, paradoxically, is expressed in a ferocious hell-bent manner.
    Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex: As the saying goes, 'Be as innocent as a lamb, and as wily as a fox' -- shrewdness is a valuable attribute in this cutthroat world.
    Ex: Senior staff members said that these fevers of truculent behavior had manifested themselves only within the past two or three years.
    * crítica feroz = hatchet job.

    * * *
    1 ‹animal› ferocious, fierce; ‹ataque/mirada› fierce, vicious; ‹viento/tempestad› fierce, violent; ‹fanatismo› fierce
    bajo el feroz sol del mediodía beneath the fierce midday sun
    se desató una feroz tempestad a fierce o violent storm was unleashed ( liter)
    tengo un hambre feroz ( fam); I'm ravenous o starved ( colloq)
    2 (Col, Méx fam) (feo) horrendous ( colloq)
    un verde feroz a ghastly o horrendous green ( colloq)
    * * *

    Multiple Entries:
    algo feroz    
    feroz
    feroz adjetivo
    a) ‹ animal› ferocious, fierce;

    ‹ataque/mirada/odio› fierce, vicious;
    ‹viento/tempestad› fierce, violent
    b) (Col, Méx, Ven fam) ( feo) horrendous (colloq)

    feroz adjetivo fierce, ferocious: tengo un hambre feroz, I'm ravenous
    una crítica feroz, savage criticism
    ' feroz' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bestia
    - un
    English:
    cutthroat
    - destroy
    - ferocious
    - fierce
    - glare
    - rat race
    - ravenous
    - savage
    - cut
    - furious
    - hard
    - vicious
    * * *
    feroz adj
    1. [animal, bestia] fierce, ferocious
    2. [criminal, asesino] cruel, savage
    3. [intenso] [tempestad] fierce, violent;
    [dolor, angustia] terrible;
    tenía un hambre feroz I was ravenous o starving;
    la competencia es feroz the competition is fierce;
    lanzó un ataque feroz contra la propuesta del gobierno he launched a fierce attack against the government's proposal
    4. Fam [enorme] massive;
    agarraron una feroz borrachera they got terribly o incredibly drunk
    * * *
    adj fierce; ( cruel) cruel
    * * *
    feroz adj, pl feroces fiero: ferocious, fierce
    ♦ ferozmente adv
    * * *
    feroz adj fierce / ferocious

    Spanish-English dictionary > feroz

  • 5 horroroso

    adj.
    horrible, frightful, fearsome, dreadful.
    * * *
    1 (que causa miedo) horrifying, terrifying
    2 familiar (feo) ghastly, hideous
    3 familiar (malísimo) dreadful, awful
    * * *
    (f. - horrorosa)
    adj.
    horrible, horrifying
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=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'.

    * * *
    ‹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 foul
    tengo un hambre horrorosa I'm terribly hungry, I'm absolutely starving ( colloq)
    * * *

    horroroso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo ‹ crimen› horrific, horrifying;


    ‹película/novela› terrible, awful;
    ‹persona/vestido› awful, horrific (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 adj
    1. [terrorífico] horrific, horrifying, terrifying;
    un accidente horroroso a horrific accident
    2. Fam [muy malo] appalling, awful;
    nos hizo un tiempo horroroso we had appalling o awful weather
    3. Fam [muy feo] hideous;
    tiene un novio horroroso she's got a hideous boyfriend;
    ese vestido le queda horroroso that dress looks hideous on her
    4. Fam [muy grande]
    tengo un frío horroroso I'm absolutely freezing;
    ¡qué frío más horroroso! it's absolutely freezing!;
    tengo un hambre horrorosa I'm ravenous o starving;
    * * *
    adj terrible; (de mala calidad) dreadful; ( feo) hideous
    * * *
    horroroso, -sa adj
    1) : horrifying, terrifying
    2) : dreadful, bad
    * * *
    1. (accidente, etc) horrific
    2. (horrible) awful / terrible

    Spanish-English dictionary > horroroso

  • 6 terrible

    adj.
    1 terrible (tremendo).
    2 terrifying.
    * * *
    1 terrible, awful
    * * *
    adj.
    terrible, horrible
    * * *
    ADJ terrible, awful
    * * *
    a) <tortura/experiencia> terrible, horrific
    b) ( uso hiperbólico) terrible
    * * *
    = formidable, harrowing, dreadful, horrendous, redoubtable, terrible, ghastly, excruciating, appalling, god-awful, shattering.
    Ex. 'It's up to you to see that things are done,' she defended herself, somewhat nervous and abashed by his formidable stare.
    Ex. See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.
    Ex. The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex. If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.
    Ex. The city has returned a majority for every Democratic presidential candidate since 1916, when Woodrow Wilson took 65% of the city's vote against the redoubtable Charles Evans Hughes.
    Ex. She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called 'one-upmanship'.
    Ex. True, ghastly additions were made to XML.
    Ex. Loneliness can involve excruciating physical pain as well as harrowing mental suffering.
    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 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 death of Scindia was shattering to all of us who knew him.
    ----
    * Atila el Terrible = Tilly the Hun.
    * jaqueca terrible = splitting headache.
    * Terrible, el = Hun, the.
    * terrible experiencia = ordeal.
    * * *
    a) <tortura/experiencia> terrible, horrific
    b) ( uso hiperbólico) terrible
    * * *
    el Terrible
    = Hun, the

    Ex: Mathilda Panopoulos, known as 'Tilly' to her friends and colleagues but usually styled 'Tilly the Hun' or just 'the Hun' by her detractors, is a native of Pritchard.

    = formidable, harrowing, dreadful, horrendous, redoubtable, terrible, ghastly, excruciating, appalling, god-awful, shattering.

    Ex: 'It's up to you to see that things are done,' she defended herself, somewhat nervous and abashed by his formidable stare.

    Ex: See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.
    Ex: The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex: If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.
    Ex: The city has returned a majority for every Democratic presidential candidate since 1916, when Woodrow Wilson took 65% of the city's vote against the redoubtable Charles Evans Hughes.
    Ex: She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called 'one-upmanship'.
    Ex: True, ghastly additions were made to XML.
    Ex: Loneliness can involve excruciating physical pain as well as harrowing mental suffering.
    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 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 death of Scindia was shattering to all of us who knew him.
    * Atila el Terrible = Tilly the Hun.
    * jaqueca terrible = splitting headache.
    * Terrible, el = Hun, the.
    * terrible experiencia = ordeal.

    * * *
    1 ‹tortura/experiencia› terrible, horrific
    tengo un sueño terrible I'm terribly tired
    tenía un terrible dolor de muelas she had terrible toothache
    la máquina hace un ruido terrible the machine makes a terrible o dreadful noise
    este niño es terrible, no para quieto this child is terrible, he won't sit still
    * * *

     

    Multiple Entries:
    algo terrible    
    terrible
    terrible adjetivo
    a) ‹tortura/experiencia› terrible, horrific



    terrible adjetivo
    1 (desagradable) terrible, awful
    2 (intensificador) terrible
    3 (travieso) naughty
    ' terrible' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abominable
    - amanecer
    - campeonato
    - canutas
    - condición
    - demonio
    - diabólica
    - diabólico
    - disgusto
    - espanto
    - estado
    - follón
    - hambruna
    - impresionante
    - infumable
    - lamentable
    - lástima
    - maltrecha
    - maltrecho
    - miedosa
    - miedoso
    - pecho
    - pena
    - penosa
    - penoso
    - pésima
    - pésimo
    - rabiosa
    - rabioso
    - secuela
    - susto
    - tener
    - traer
    - tremebunda
    - tremebundo
    - tremenda
    - tremendo
    - triunfo
    - agobiante
    - antología
    - barbaridad
    - bueno
    - cabreo
    - calamidad
    - cochino
    - endiablado
    - enredo
    - espantoso
    - fatal
    - funesto
    English:
    abominable
    - appalling
    - bad
    - blow
    - carry-on
    - damage
    - dispose
    - doom
    - flap
    - lousy
    - ordeal
    - oversight
    - rotten
    - shocking
    - terrible
    - think back
    - dreadful
    - flirt
    - harrowing
    - horrendous
    - job
    * * *
    1. [malo] terrible;
    la guerra es siempre terrible war is always a terrible thing;
    un año terrible para la economía del país a terrible year for the country's economy;
    este niño es terrible this boy is a terror;
    es terrible no poder hacer nada por ellos it's terrible not to be able to do anything for them
    2. [mucho] terrible;
    tengo un hambre/frío terrible I'm terribly hungry/cold
    * * *
    adj terrible, awful
    * * *
    : terrible, horrible
    * * *
    terrible adj terrible / awful

    Spanish-English dictionary > terrible

  • 7 acabarse

    pron.v.
    to finish, to stop, to come to an end; to die, to run out.
    ¡Se acabó it's all over
    * * *
    1 to end, finish, come to an end (no quedar) to run out
    * * *
    1) to finish, come to an end
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (=terminarse) [acto, reunión] to finish, come to an end; [reservas] to run out

    todo se acabó para él — * he's had it *

    ¡se acabó! — that's it!

    ¡un minuto más y se acabó! — one more minute and that will be it!

    ¡te quedas aquí y se acabó! — you're staying here and that's that!

    -... y san se acabó
    2) [con complemento indirecto]

    se me acabó la paciencia — my patience is exhausted o at an end, I've run out of patience

    3) [con valor enfático]
    4) [persona] (=morir) to die; esp LAm (=cansarse) to wear o.s. out
    * * *
    (v.) = draw to + a close, peter out, run out, be gone, come to + an end, run out of, draw to + an end, wind down, be all gone
    Ex. In 1971 the experimental phase of PRECIS was drawing to a close as the system became operational in the British national bibliography.
    Ex. Press demands for information soon petered out but enquiries from the general public continued for many months.
    Ex. He continued writing for two years until his ink ran out.
    Ex. Hard times lie ahead, the halcyon days are gone -- perhaps forever.
    Ex. The era of paper-based information systems is coming to an end.
    Ex. The philosophy of science lacks a time dimension and seems to have run out of language to cope with all the abstractions needed.
    Ex. As the war drew to an end, the horrendous scenes of misery and destitution came to light.
    Ex. As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.
    Ex. The hall is quiet, the band has packed up, and the munchies are all gone.
    * * *
    (v.) = draw to + a close, peter out, run out, be gone, come to + an end, run out of, draw to + an end, wind down, be all gone

    Ex: In 1971 the experimental phase of PRECIS was drawing to a close as the system became operational in the British national bibliography.

    Ex: Press demands for information soon petered out but enquiries from the general public continued for many months.
    Ex: He continued writing for two years until his ink ran out.
    Ex: Hard times lie ahead, the halcyon days are gone -- perhaps forever.
    Ex: The era of paper-based information systems is coming to an end.
    Ex: The philosophy of science lacks a time dimension and seems to have run out of language to cope with all the abstractions needed.
    Ex: As the war drew to an end, the horrendous scenes of misery and destitution came to light.
    Ex: As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.
    Ex: The hall is quiet, the band has packed up, and the munchies are all gone.

    * * *

    ■acabarse verbo reflexivo to finish, come to an end: se nos acabó el aceite, we ran out of olive oil
    exclamación familiar ¡se acabó!, that's that!
    ' acabarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    terminarse
    - acabar
    English:
    draw
    - end
    - give out
    - go
    - run
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [agotarse] to be used up, to be gone;
    se nos ha acabado la gasolina we're out of petrol o US gas;
    se ha acabado la comida there's no more food left;
    se ha acabado la leche the milk has run out, we've run out of milk;
    no corras tanto, se te acabarán las fuerzas don't run so fast, you'll run out of energy
    2. [terminar] [guerra, película] to finish, to be over
    3. [consumir] [comida] to eat up;
    ¡acábatelo todo y no dejes ni una miga! make sure you eat it all up!
    4. RP, Ven Fam [tener un orgasmo] to come
    5. Comp
    ¡se acabó! [¡basta ya!] that's enough!;
    [se terminó] that's it, then!;
    ¡te quedarás en casa y (san) se acabó! you'll stay at home and that's that o that's the end of it!;
    se acabó lo que se daba that is/was the end of that;
    Méx Fam
    no acabársela: no me la acabo con la cantidad de trabajo que hay I can't deal with the amount of work we've got
    * * *
    v/r de actividad finish, end; de pan, dinero run out;
    se nos ha acabado el azúcar we’ve run out of sugar;
    ¡se acabó! that’s it!, that’s that!
    * * *
    vr
    terminarse: to come to an end, to run out
    se me acabó el dinero: I ran out of money
    * * *
    acabarse vb to run out [pt. ran; pp. run]
    ¡se acabó! that's it!

    Spanish-English dictionary > acabarse

  • 8 acercarse al final

    (v.) = draw to + an end, draw to + a close, come to + an end
    Ex. As the war drew to an end, the horrendous scenes of misery and destitution came to light.
    Ex. In 1971 the experimental phase of PRECIS was drawing to a close as the system became operational in the British national bibliography.
    Ex. The era of paper-based information systems is coming to an end.
    * * *
    (v.) = draw to + an end, draw to + a close, come to + an end

    Ex: As the war drew to an end, the horrendous scenes of misery and destitution came to light.

    Ex: In 1971 the experimental phase of PRECIS was drawing to a close as the system became operational in the British national bibliography.
    Ex: The era of paper-based information systems is coming to an end.

    Spanish-English dictionary > acercarse al final

  • 9 alivio

    m.
    1 relief.
    2 remission.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: aliviar.
    * * *
    1 (aligeramiento) lightening
    2 (mejoría) relief
    ■ ¡qué alivio! what a relief!
    3 (consuelo) comfort, consolation
    \
    ser de alivio familiar (persona) to be a fine one 2 (cosa) to be awful
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=consuelo) relief

    es un gran alivio haber aprobado por fin — it's a great relief to have passed at last, I'm relieved that I've passed at last

    ¡qué alivio! — what a relief!

    2) [de un dolor]

    ¡que siga el alivio! — I hope you continue to improve!

    3) Esp

    de alivio — * awful, frightful

    4)
    * * *
    1) (del dolor, síntoma) relief
    2) (de problema, preocupación) relief

    sintió un gran alivio — it was a great relief to him o he felt a great sense of relief

    * * *
    = relief, mitigation, salve, reprieve.
    Ex. A feeling of unshielded relief filled Pope's whole being.
    Ex. Recommendations are made for potential public library involvement in the four phases of comprehensive emergency management: mitigation/long-term prevention, preparedness to respond, response to emergencies, and the recovery.
    Ex. 'Catching 10' while the supervisor is looking the other way is both a salve to the tired body & a little act of opposition.
    Ex. A small, but growing, number of employers are allowing workplace naps; some are actively encouraging this little reprieve from consciousness.
    ----
    * alivio del dolor = pain relief.
    * dar un suspiro de alivio = breathe + a sigh of relief, heave + a sigh of relief.
    * ser un gran alivio = be a welcome relief.
    * ser un grato alivio = be a welcome relief.
    * suspirar de alivio = breathe + a sigh of relief, heave + a sigh of relief.
    * suspiro de alivio = sigh of relief.
    * * *
    1) (del dolor, síntoma) relief
    2) (de problema, preocupación) relief

    sintió un gran alivio — it was a great relief to him o he felt a great sense of relief

    * * *
    = relief, mitigation, salve, reprieve.

    Ex: A feeling of unshielded relief filled Pope's whole being.

    Ex: Recommendations are made for potential public library involvement in the four phases of comprehensive emergency management: mitigation/long-term prevention, preparedness to respond, response to emergencies, and the recovery.
    Ex: 'Catching 10' while the supervisor is looking the other way is both a salve to the tired body & a little act of opposition.
    Ex: A small, but growing, number of employers are allowing workplace naps; some are actively encouraging this little reprieve from consciousness.
    * alivio del dolor = pain relief.
    * dar un suspiro de alivio = breathe + a sigh of relief, heave + a sigh of relief.
    * ser un gran alivio = be a welcome relief.
    * ser un grato alivio = be a welcome relief.
    * suspirar de alivio = breathe + a sigh of relief, heave + a sigh of relief.
    * suspiro de alivio = sigh of relief.

    * * *
    A (del dolor, de un síntoma) relief
    B (de un problema, una preocupación) relief
    ¡qué alivio! what a relief!
    sintió un gran alivio cuando al fin se solucionó el problema it was a great relief to him o he felt a great sense of relief when the problem finally got sorted out
    dio un suspiro de alivio he heaved o breathed a sigh of relief
    de alivio ( Esp fam); ‹catarro› stinking ( colloq)
    nos han tocado unos vecinos de alivio we've got horrendous neighbors ( colloq)
    irse de alivio ( Chi fam); to take it easy ( colloq)
    * * *

     

    Del verbo aliviar: ( conjugate aliviar)

    alivio es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    alivió es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    aliviar    
    alivio
    aliviar ( conjugate aliviar) verbo transitivo ‹ dolor› to relieve, soothe;
    ‹ síntomas› to relieve;
    ‹tristeza/pena› to alleviate;
    ‹ persona› to make … feel better
    aliviarse verbo pronominal


    alivio sustantivo masculino
    relief;
    ◊ ¡qué alivio! what a relief!

    aliviar verbo transitivo
    1 (calmar un dolor) to relieve, soothe
    2 (hacer menos pesado) to lighten, make lighter
    alivio sustantivo masculino relief
    ♦ Locuciones: de alivio, tremendous: le dieron un susto de alivio, they gave him an awful fright

    ' alivio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desahogo
    - descanso
    - bendito
    - huy
    - suspirar
    - suspiro
    English:
    breathe
    - experience
    - load
    - phew
    - relief
    - riddance
    - relieved
    - sigh
    * * *
    ♦ nm
    1. [de enfermedad] relief;
    con estas pastillas notarás un alivio inmediato when you take these pills you will feel instant relief o you will feel better immediately
    2. [de preocupación] relief;
    ¡qué alivio! what a relief!;
    fue un alivio saber que había llegado bien it was a relief to know that she had arrived safely
    ♦ de alivio loc adj
    Fam
    agarró un resfriado de alivio she caught a stinker of a cold;
    es un niño de alivio he's a little monster
    * * *
    m
    1 relief
    2
    :
    de alivio fam horrendous;
    me he dado un golpe de alivio I gave myself a helluva knock fam
    * * *
    alivio nm
    : relief
    * * *
    alivio n relief

    Spanish-English dictionary > alivio

  • 10 atroz

    adj.
    1 terrible, awful.
    hace un frío atroz it's terribly o awfully cold
    2 atrocious, horrible, inhumane, abominable.
    3 agonizing, excruciating.
    * * *
    ► adjetivo (pl atroces)
    1 (bárbaro) atrocious, outrageous
    2 familiar (enorme) enormous, huge, awful
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=terrible) atrocious; (=cruel) cruel, inhuman; (=escandaloso) outrageous
    2) * (=enorme) huge, terrific; (=malísimo) dreadful, awful
    * * *
    adjetivo (brutal, cruel) appalling; ( uso hiperbólico) atrocious, awful
    * * *
    = dismal, atrocious, brutal, frightful, dire, abysmal, excruciating, hideous, gruesome, ferocious, god-awful, heinous.
    Ex. The persistence of a dismal image is a most worrying phenomenon and one which must change if progress is to be made by SLIS.
    Ex. The public library's selection of books for small boys is atrocious.
    Ex. Few, if any of us, want to be involved in murder, but the brutal act of one person killing another, the motives for doing so, the personal and social consequences, all hold our attention, as newspaper editors well know and exploit = Pocos, si existe alguien, desea verse implicado en un asesinato, pero el acto brutal de una persona asesinando a otra, los motivos para hacerlo, las consecuencias personales y sociales, todo capta nuestra atención, como bien saben y explotan los directores de periódicos.
    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. The communications infrastructure in Africa varies from very good to abysmal = La infraestructura de comunicaciones en †frica oscila entre muy buena y pésima.
    Ex. Loneliness can involve excruciating physical pain as well as harrowing mental suffering.
    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. We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.
    Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    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. There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.
    * * *
    adjetivo (brutal, cruel) appalling; ( uso hiperbólico) atrocious, awful
    * * *
    = dismal, atrocious, brutal, frightful, dire, abysmal, excruciating, hideous, gruesome, ferocious, god-awful, heinous.

    Ex: The persistence of a dismal image is a most worrying phenomenon and one which must change if progress is to be made by SLIS.

    Ex: The public library's selection of books for small boys is atrocious.
    Ex: Few, if any of us, want to be involved in murder, but the brutal act of one person killing another, the motives for doing so, the personal and social consequences, all hold our attention, as newspaper editors well know and exploit = Pocos, si existe alguien, desea verse implicado en un asesinato, pero el acto brutal de una persona asesinando a otra, los motivos para hacerlo, las consecuencias personales y sociales, todo capta nuestra atención, como bien saben y explotan los directores de periódicos.
    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: The communications infrastructure in Africa varies from very good to abysmal = La infraestructura de comunicaciones en †frica oscila entre muy buena y pésima.
    Ex: Loneliness can involve excruciating physical pain as well as harrowing mental suffering.
    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: We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.
    Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    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: There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.

    * * *
    1 (brutal, cruel) appalling, terrible
    2 (uso hiperbólico) atrocious, awful, dreadful ( BrE)
    tengo un dolor de cabeza atroz I have an atrocious o an awful headache
    * * *

    atroz adjetivo
    atrocious
    atroz adjetivo
    1 (pésimo, insoportable) atrocious
    2 fam (enorme) enormous, tremendous
    ' atroz' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    insensibilidad
    - barbaridad
    - muerte
    English:
    agonizing
    - appalling
    - atrocious
    - dreadful
    - excruciating
    - heinous
    - hell
    - hideous
    - raging
    - unspeakable
    - vicious
    - crippling
    - dire
    - terrible
    * * *
    atroz adj
    1. [cruel] [crimen, tortura] horrific, barbaric
    2. [enorme]
    hace un frío atroz it's terribly o bitterly cold;
    es de una fealdad atroz he's terribly o incredibly ugly
    3. [muy malo] atrocious, awful
    * * *
    adj
    1 appalling, atrocious
    2
    :
    un éxito atroz a smash hit
    * * *
    atroz adj, pl atroces : atrocious, appalling
    ♦ atrozamente adv
    * * *
    atroz adj
    1. (cruel) atrocious / appalling
    2. (enorme) terrible
    hace un frío atroz it's terribly cold / it's freezing

    Spanish-English dictionary > atroz

  • 11 dantesco

    adj.
    1 gruesome, horrible, frightening.
    2 Dantesque in style, Dantean in style.
    3 of or relating to Dante Alighieri or his writings.
    * * *
    1 Dantesque
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (Literat) of Dante, relating to Dante
    2) (=horrible) nightmarish
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo ( de Dante) Dantesque; ( terrible) horrific
    * * *
    = gruesome, frightening, nightmarish.
    Ex. We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.
    Ex. No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
    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.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo ( de Dante) Dantesque; ( terrible) horrific
    * * *
    = gruesome, frightening, nightmarish.

    Ex: We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.

    Ex: No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
    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.

    * * *
    1 (de Dante) Dantesque
    2 (terrible) horrific
    * * *

    dantesco,-a adjetivo horrific, weird, macabre: asistimos a una escena dantesca, we witnessed a shocking scene
    ' dantesco' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    dantesca
    English:
    gruesome
    * * *
    dantesco, -a adj
    1. [horroroso] horrific, grotesque
    2. Lit Dantesque, Dantean
    * * *
    adj fig
    nightmarish

    Spanish-English dictionary > dantesco

  • 12 finalizar

    v.
    1 to finish, to complete, to end.
    2 to finalize, to conclude, to end, to finish.
    Ella le dio fin a la discusión She put an end to the discussion.
    * * *
    1 to end, finish
    1 to end, finish
    * * *
    verb
    to finish, end
    * * *
    1.

    finalizar la sesión — (Inform) to log out, log off

    2.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to finish
    2.
    finalizar vi to end

    una vez finalizada la reunión — once the meeting is/was over

    * * *
    = be over, complete, conclude, end, finalise [finalize, -USA], terminate, put to + bed, curtain + fall, lay + Nombre + to rest, carry through to + completion, come to + an end, round off, be scheduled for completion, wrap up, draw to + a close, draw to + an end, wind up (in/at), finish off, top + Nombre + off, wind down.
    Ex. Alternatively, the loan policy may be changed to make documents due when the vacation is over.
    Ex. A summary at the end of a document is intended to complete the orientation of the reader, and to identify the significant ideas for the reader to remember.
    Ex. Thus chapter 21 concludes with a number of special rules.
    Ex. Each field also ends with a special delimiter, which signals the end of the fields.
    Ex. Before the schedules can be finalised, the order of the facets in the schedules must be determined.
    Ex. An SDI profile can be terminated at any future time by the commands.
    Ex. At the session on Sunday 15th, it was agreed to put to bed the non-controversial items.
    Ex. The third act is of course the denouement, when everything is made clear, all the loose ends are tied up, and the curtain falls.
    Ex. A New Orleans style funeral provided a humorous backdrop for library staff to relive the tragedies and successes of the old system as it was laid to rest.
    Ex. The author discusses the development process which began with a concept, continued with the formulation of objectives, and has been carried through to completion.
    Ex. The era of paper-based information systems is coming to an end.
    Ex. Klaus Ring will round off the plenary sessions with a lecture entitled: 'Are Internet and Print Products Interchangeable Reading Media?' = Klaus Ring culminará las sesiones plenarias el miércoles con una conferencia titulada: "¿Son los Productos Impresos y de Internet Soportes de Lectura Intercambiables?".
    Ex. The 2nd phase is scheduled for completion by the end of 1995.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'ACRL wraps up year 1 of Academic Library Statistics Project'.
    Ex. In 1971 the experimental phase of PRECIS was drawing to a close as the system became operational in the British national bibliography.
    Ex. As the war drew to an end, the horrendous scenes of misery and destitution came to light.
    Ex. Besides, winding up in an exclusive arrangement with a distributor that has rotten customer service ruins any advantage.
    Ex. His statement is a serious threat to the cooperative sector and was aimed at finishing off the movement.
    Ex. Top it off with spicy yacamole and it's worth the nosh.
    Ex. As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.
    ----
    * código de finalizar = end code.
    * estar casi finalizado = near + completion.
    * finalizar los estudios de BUP = complete + high school.
    * finalizar repentinamente = come to + an abrupt end, come to + a swift end.
    * finalizar un mandato = leave + office.
    * para finalizar = in closing.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to finish
    2.
    finalizar vi to end

    una vez finalizada la reunión — once the meeting is/was over

    * * *
    = be over, complete, conclude, end, finalise [finalize, -USA], terminate, put to + bed, curtain + fall, lay + Nombre + to rest, carry through to + completion, come to + an end, round off, be scheduled for completion, wrap up, draw to + a close, draw to + an end, wind up (in/at), finish off, top + Nombre + off, wind down.

    Ex: Alternatively, the loan policy may be changed to make documents due when the vacation is over.

    Ex: A summary at the end of a document is intended to complete the orientation of the reader, and to identify the significant ideas for the reader to remember.
    Ex: Thus chapter 21 concludes with a number of special rules.
    Ex: Each field also ends with a special delimiter, which signals the end of the fields.
    Ex: Before the schedules can be finalised, the order of the facets in the schedules must be determined.
    Ex: An SDI profile can be terminated at any future time by the commands.
    Ex: At the session on Sunday 15th, it was agreed to put to bed the non-controversial items.
    Ex: The third act is of course the denouement, when everything is made clear, all the loose ends are tied up, and the curtain falls.
    Ex: A New Orleans style funeral provided a humorous backdrop for library staff to relive the tragedies and successes of the old system as it was laid to rest.
    Ex: The author discusses the development process which began with a concept, continued with the formulation of objectives, and has been carried through to completion.
    Ex: The era of paper-based information systems is coming to an end.
    Ex: Klaus Ring will round off the plenary sessions with a lecture entitled: 'Are Internet and Print Products Interchangeable Reading Media?' = Klaus Ring culminará las sesiones plenarias el miércoles con una conferencia titulada: "¿Son los Productos Impresos y de Internet Soportes de Lectura Intercambiables?".
    Ex: The 2nd phase is scheduled for completion by the end of 1995.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'ACRL wraps up year 1 of Academic Library Statistics Project'.
    Ex: In 1971 the experimental phase of PRECIS was drawing to a close as the system became operational in the British national bibliography.
    Ex: As the war drew to an end, the horrendous scenes of misery and destitution came to light.
    Ex: Besides, winding up in an exclusive arrangement with a distributor that has rotten customer service ruins any advantage.
    Ex: His statement is a serious threat to the cooperative sector and was aimed at finishing off the movement.
    Ex: Top it off with spicy yacamole and it's worth the nosh.
    Ex: As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.
    * código de finalizar = end code.
    * estar casi finalizado = near + completion.
    * finalizar los estudios de BUP = complete + high school.
    * finalizar repentinamente = come to + an abrupt end, come to + a swift end.
    * finalizar un mandato = leave + office.
    * para finalizar = in closing.

    * * *
    finalizar [A4 ]
    vt
    to finish
    debemos finalizar este trabajo hoy we must finish o complete this work today
    poco antes de dar por finalizada su estancia shortly before the end of her stay
    ■ finalizar
    vi
    to end
    el debate está a punto de finalizar the debate is about to end o ( frml) come to a close
    así finaliza la emisión de hoy and that brings us to the end of today's programs
    una vez finalizada la reunión once the meeting is/was over
    * * *

     

    finalizar ( conjugate finalizar) verbo transitivo
    to finish
    verbo intransitivo
    to end;
    ◊ una vez finalizada la reunión once the meeting is/was over

    finalizar verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo to end, finish

    ' finalizar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    después
    - liquidación
    - parar
    - remachar
    English:
    assume
    - conclude
    - draw
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    [terminar] to finish, to complete; [contrato] to complete
    ♦ vi
    to end, to finish ( con in);
    el plazo de inscripciones ya finalizó the deadline for registration has passed;
    la ceremonia finalizó con un desfile the ceremony ended with a parade
    * * *
    v/t & v/i end, finish
    * * *
    finalizar {21} v
    : to finish, to end
    * * *
    1. (acabar) to finish
    2. (terminarse) to end

    Spanish-English dictionary > finalizar

  • 13 horripilante

    adj.
    1 horrifying, spine-chilling.
    2 horrible, hideous (muy feo).
    3 dreadful, horrible, gruesome, horrifying.
    * * *
    1 hair-raising, horrifying, terrifying
    * * *
    ADJ (=espeluznante) [escena] hair-raising, horrifying; [persona] creepy *, terrifying
    * * *
    adjetivo terrifying, horrifying
    * * *
    = horrifying, gruesome, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], chilling, gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], hair-raising, frightening, creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], grotesquely ugly.
    Ex. The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.
    Ex. We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.
    Ex. Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Chilling admissions: the affirmative action crisis and the search for alternatives'.
    Ex. Janell has always had a soft spot in her heart for animals most people might find gross.
    Ex. This ' hair-raising' experience will allow students to have a better understanding of what energy is and why it's so important.
    Ex. No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
    Ex. For me, it's like those really creepy films I used to like watching when I was a kid.
    Ex. In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.
    * * *
    adjetivo terrifying, horrifying
    * * *
    = horrifying, gruesome, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], chilling, gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], hair-raising, frightening, creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], grotesquely ugly.

    Ex: The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.

    Ex: We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.
    Ex: Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex: The article is entitled ' Chilling admissions: the affirmative action crisis and the search for alternatives'.
    Ex: Janell has always had a soft spot in her heart for animals most people might find gross.
    Ex: This ' hair-raising' experience will allow students to have a better understanding of what energy is and why it's so important.
    Ex: No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
    Ex: For me, it's like those really creepy films I used to like watching when I was a kid.
    Ex: In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.

    * * *
    terrifying, horrifying, hair-raising
    * * *

    horripilante adjetivo
    terrifying, horrifying
    horripilante adjetivo hair-raising, scary
    ' horripilante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    espantosa
    - espantoso
    English:
    grisly
    - gruesome
    - horrifying
    * * *
    1. [terrorífico] horrifying, spine-chilling
    2. Fam [muy malo] appalling
    3. Fam [muy feo] hideous
    * * *
    adj horrible
    * * *
    : horrifying, hair-raising

    Spanish-English dictionary > horripilante

  • 14 llegar a su fin

    to come to an end
    * * *
    (v.) = wind down, draw to + a close, draw to + an end
    Ex. As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.
    Ex. In 1971 the experimental phase of PRECIS was drawing to a close as the system became operational in the British national bibliography.
    Ex. As the war drew to an end, the horrendous scenes of misery and destitution came to light.
    * * *
    (v.) = wind down, draw to + a close, draw to + an end

    Ex: As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.

    Ex: In 1971 the experimental phase of PRECIS was drawing to a close as the system became operational in the British national bibliography.
    Ex: As the war drew to an end, the horrendous scenes of misery and destitution came to light.

    Spanish-English dictionary > llegar a su fin

  • 15 macabro

    adj.
    macabre, ghoulish, gloomy, gruesome.
    * * *
    1 macabre
    * * *
    * * *
    - bra adjetivo macabre
    * * *
    = macabre, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], sinister, gruesome.
    Nota: Véase some para otras palabras terminadas con este sufijo.
    Ex. In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.
    Ex. Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex. The selectman received this explanation in silence, but he fastened on the librarian a glance full of sinister meaning.
    Ex. We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.
    * * *
    - bra adjetivo macabre
    * * *
    = macabre, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], sinister, gruesome.
    Nota: Véase some para otras palabras terminadas con este sufijo.

    Ex: In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.

    Ex: Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex: The selectman received this explanation in silence, but he fastened on the librarian a glance full of sinister meaning.
    Ex: We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.

    * * *
    macabre
    * * *

    macabro
    ◊ - bra adjetivo

    macabre
    macabro,-a adjetivo macabre

    ' macabro' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    macabra
    English:
    ghoulish
    - grisly
    - macabre
    * * *
    macabro, -a adj
    macabre
    * * *
    I adj macabre
    II m, macabra f ghoul
    * * *
    macabro, - bra adj
    : macabre

    Spanish-English dictionary > macabro

  • 16 repugnante

    adj.
    disgusting.
    f. & m.
    loathsome person, repulsive person.
    * * *
    1 repugnant, repulsive, disgusting, revolting
    * * *
    adj.
    repugnant, disgusting
    * * *
    ADJ disgusting, revolting
    * * *
    adjetivo < olor> disgusting, revolting; < crimen> abhorrent, repugnant; < persona> ( físicamente) repulsive, revolting; ( moralmente) repugnant
    * * *
    = filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], rank, repellent, revolting, repulsive, obnoxious, disgusting, rebarbative, abhorrent, minging, gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], gruesome, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], icky [ickier -comp., ickiest -sup.], creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], loathsome.
    Ex. Printing houses -- apart from the few that had been built for the purpose rather than converted from something else -- were generally filthy and badly ventilated.
    Ex. And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.
    Ex. But, in the main, I find it often boring and sometimes repellent.
    Ex. This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    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. I find it disgusting but I guess that's human nature.
    Ex. The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.
    Ex. He debates what should the librarian's attitude be to materials considered personally abhorrent.
    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. Janell has always had a soft spot in her heart for animals most people might find gross.
    Ex. We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.
    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. Neck buffs and balaclava's get the most icky, because you're usually breathing against them, and they tend to get a bit moist.
    Ex. Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.
    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.
    * * *
    adjetivo < olor> disgusting, revolting; < crimen> abhorrent, repugnant; < persona> ( físicamente) repulsive, revolting; ( moralmente) repugnant
    * * *
    = filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], rank, repellent, revolting, repulsive, obnoxious, disgusting, rebarbative, abhorrent, minging, gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], gruesome, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], icky [ickier -comp., ickiest -sup.], creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], loathsome.

    Ex: Printing houses -- apart from the few that had been built for the purpose rather than converted from something else -- were generally filthy and badly ventilated.

    Ex: And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.
    Ex: But, in the main, I find it often boring and sometimes repellent.
    Ex: This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    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: I find it disgusting but I guess that's human nature.
    Ex: The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.
    Ex: He debates what should the librarian's attitude be to materials considered personally abhorrent.
    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: Janell has always had a soft spot in her heart for animals most people might find gross.
    Ex: We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.
    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: Neck buffs and balaclava's get the most icky, because you're usually breathing against them, and they tend to get a bit moist.
    Ex: Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.
    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.

    * * *
    1 ‹olor› disgusting, revolting
    2 ‹crimen› abhorrent, repugnant
    3 ‹persona› (físicamente) repulsive, revolting, repellent; (moralmente) repugnant
    * * *

    repugnante adjetivo ‹ olor› disgusting, revolting;
    ‹ crimen› abhorrent, repugnant;
    ‹ persona› ( físicamente) repulsive, revolting;
    ( moralmente) repugnant
    repugnante adjetivo
    1 (físicamente) disgusting, revolting, repulsive
    2 (moralmente) repugnant
    ' repugnante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    repelente
    - asco
    English:
    abhorrent
    - disgusting
    - loathsome
    - obnoxious
    - offensive
    - repugnant
    - revolting
    - foul
    - nauseating
    - repulsive
    * * *
    1. [sabor, olor] disgusting, revolting
    2. [acción, comportamiento] disgusting
    * * *
    adj disgusting, repugnant
    * * *
    : repulsive, repugnant, revolting
    * * *
    repugnante adj revolting

    Spanish-English dictionary > repugnante

  • 17 terminarse

    1 (acabarse) to finish, end, be over
    2 (agotarse) to run out
    * * *
    VPR
    1) [obra, acto] to end

    antes de que se termine el curso — before the year ends o finishes, before the year is over

    2) [comida, gasolina, carrete] to run out
    3) [persona] to finish

    ¡termínate toda la sopa! — finish (up) your soup!

    termínate la copa y vámonos — finish your drink and let's go, drink up and let's go

    * * *
    (v.) = draw to + a close, run + short (of), be gone, come to + an end, draw to + an end, be all gone
    Ex. In 1971 the experimental phase of PRECIS was drawing to a close as the system became operational in the British national bibliography.
    Ex. The arguments are well known but we must realise that there was a very real fear that society would run short of manual labour = Los argumentos son bien conocidos pero debemos darnos cuenta de que había existía un miedo real de que la sociedad se quedase sin mano de obra.
    Ex. Hard times lie ahead, the halcyon days are gone -- perhaps forever.
    Ex. The era of paper-based information systems is coming to an end.
    Ex. As the war drew to an end, the horrendous scenes of misery and destitution came to light.
    Ex. The hall is quiet, the band has packed up, and the munchies are all gone.
    * * *
    (v.) = draw to + a close, run + short (of), be gone, come to + an end, draw to + an end, be all gone

    Ex: In 1971 the experimental phase of PRECIS was drawing to a close as the system became operational in the British national bibliography.

    Ex: The arguments are well known but we must realise that there was a very real fear that society would run short of manual labour = Los argumentos son bien conocidos pero debemos darnos cuenta de que había existía un miedo real de que la sociedad se quedase sin mano de obra.
    Ex: Hard times lie ahead, the halcyon days are gone -- perhaps forever.
    Ex: The era of paper-based information systems is coming to an end.
    Ex: As the war drew to an end, the horrendous scenes of misery and destitution came to light.
    Ex: The hall is quiet, the band has packed up, and the munchies are all gone.

    * * *

    ■terminarse verbo reflexivo
    1 (tener un fin, acabarse) to finish, end, be over
    2 (consumirse toda la reserva) to run out: se terminó el azúcar, we have run out of sugar
    ' terminarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    agotarse
    - volar
    - acabar
    - terminar
    English:
    close
    - completion
    - end
    - terminate
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [finalizar] to finish;
    ¿cuándo se termina el curso? when does the course finish?
    2. [agotarse] [repuestos, víveres] to run out;
    se han terminado las cerillas the matches have run out;
    se nos ha terminado el azúcar we've run out of sugar, the sugar has run out
    3. [acabar] [comida, revista] to finish off;
    ¿te has terminado el desayuno? have you finished your breakfast?;
    me terminé la novela en una noche I finished off the novel in one night
    * * *
    v/r
    1 run out;
    se ha terminado la leche we’ve run out of milk, the milk’s all gone
    2 ( finalizar) come to an end
    * * *
    vr
    1) : to run out
    2) : to come to an end
    * * *
    terminarse vb to run out [pt. ran; pp. run]
    se ha terminado el papel the paper's run out / we've run out of paper

    Spanish-English dictionary > terminarse

  • 18 tocar a su fin

    figurado to be coming to an end
    ————————
    to come to an end
    * * *
    (v.) = draw to + a close, draw to + an end, wind down
    Ex. In 1971 the experimental phase of PRECIS was drawing to a close as the system became operational in the British national bibliography.
    Ex. As the war drew to an end, the horrendous scenes of misery and destitution came to light.
    Ex. As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.
    * * *
    (v.) = draw to + a close, draw to + an end, wind down

    Ex: In 1971 the experimental phase of PRECIS was drawing to a close as the system became operational in the British national bibliography.

    Ex: As the war drew to an end, the horrendous scenes of misery and destitution came to light.
    Ex: As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.

    Spanish-English dictionary > tocar a su fin

  • 19 tremebundo

    adj.
    terrible, frightful, dreadful.
    * * *
    1 terrible, dreadful
    * * *
    ADJ (=terrible) terrible, frightening; (=amenazador) threatening; (=violento) fierce, savage
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <insulto/cólera> terrible; < grito> terrifying, fearful
    * * *
    = of the highest order, ferocious.
    Ex. I've got to tell you, and I do say this affectionately, but we're talking about a geek of the highest order.
    Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <insulto/cólera> terrible; < grito> terrifying, fearful
    * * *
    = of the highest order, ferocious.

    Ex: I've got to tell you, and I do say this affectionately, but we're talking about a geek of the highest order.

    Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.

    * * *
    ‹insulto/cólera› terrible; ‹grito› terrifying, fearful
    hoy tuve un día tremebundo I've had a horrendous day today
    tiene un carácter tremebundo he has a fierce o ferocious temper
    * * *

    tremebundo,-a adjetivo terrible
    ' tremebundo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    tremebunda
    * * *
    tremebundo, -a adj
    terrifying
    * * *
    adj horrendous, frightening

    Spanish-English dictionary > tremebundo

  • 20 truculento

    adj.
    truculent, savagely brutal, cruel, unmerciful.
    * * *
    1 (cruel) cruel
    2 figurado (excesivo) sensationalistic
    * * *
    ADJ gruesome, horrifying
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo horrifying, gruesome
    * * *
    = gruesome, macabre.
    Ex. We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.
    Ex. In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo horrifying, gruesome
    * * *
    = gruesome, macabre.

    Ex: We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.

    Ex: In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.

    * * *
    horrifying, gruesome
    * * *

    truculento,-a adj (sangriento) cruel, bloodthirsty
    (sórdido) squalid
    ' truculento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    truculenta
    - morboso
    English:
    grisly
    - gruesome
    * * *
    truculento, -a adj
    gruesome
    * * *
    adj horrifying
    * * *
    truculento, -ta adj
    : horrifying, gruesome

    Spanish-English dictionary > truculento

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