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1 humiliating failure
s.fracaso humillante. -
2 pratfall
'prætfɔːlnoun (esp AmE sl)a) ( humiliating failure) revés m, batacazo m (Esp fam)b) ( fall) porrazo m (fam)['prætfɔːl]N (esp US) culada ** f, caída f de culo **; (fig) (=blunder) metedura f de pata ** * *['prætfɔːl]noun (esp AmE sl)a) ( humiliating failure) revés m, batacazo m (Esp fam)b) ( fall) porrazo m (fam) -
3 fracaso humillante
m.humiliating failure, fiasco, pratfall. -
4 bochornoso
adj.1 shameful, embarrassing, humiliating.2 sultry, scorching, muggy.* * *► adjetivo1 (sofocante) hot, sultry, muggy2 figurado (vergonzoso) disgraceful, shameful* * *(f. - bochornosa)adj.1) close2) shameful, embarrassing* * *ADJ1) [tiempo, día] close *, stuffy *2) (=vergonzoso) degrading, shamefules un espectáculo bochornoso — it is a degrading spectacle, it is a shameful sight
* * *- sa adjetivohacía un día bochornoso — it was a close o muggy day
2) <espectáculo/situación> embarrassing* * *= mortifying, sultry [sultrier -comp., sultriest -sup.], embarrassing.Ex. He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.Ex. The day was sultry, and some of the party, being parched with thirst, left the line of march, and scrambled down the bank of the river to drink.Ex. This is highly embarrassing for the innocent reader and for the apologetic library staff.----* de un modo bochornoso = shamefully.* fracaso bochornoso = embarrassing failure.* * *- sa adjetivohacía un día bochornoso — it was a close o muggy day
2) <espectáculo/situación> embarrassing* * *= mortifying, sultry [sultrier -comp., sultriest -sup.], embarrassing.Ex: He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.
Ex: The day was sultry, and some of the party, being parched with thirst, left the line of march, and scrambled down the bank of the river to drink.Ex: This is highly embarrassing for the innocent reader and for the apologetic library staff.* de un modo bochornoso = shamefully.* fracaso bochornoso = embarrassing failure.* * *bochornoso -saA ‹tiempo› sultry, muggy; ‹calor› stickyhacía un día bochornoso it was a close o muggy dayB ‹espectáculo/situación› embarrassing* * *
bochornoso◊ -sa adjetivo
1 ‹ tiempo› sultry, muggy;
‹ calor› sticky;◊ hacía un día bochornoso it was a close o muggy day
2 ‹espectáculo/situación› embarrassing
bochornoso,-a adjetivo
1 (caluroso) sultry, close, muggy
(sofocante) stifling
2 fig (vergonzoso) shameful, embarrassing
' bochornoso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bochornosa
- cargado
English:
clammy
- close
- muggy
- sticky
- sultry
* * *bochornoso, -a adj1. [tiempo] stifling, muggy2. [vergonzoso] embarrassing* * *adj1 tiempo sultry2 figembarrassing* * *bochornoso, -sa adj1) embarazoso: embarrassing2) : hot and muggy -
5 Z61.3
рус События, приводящие к снижению самооценки в детствеeng Events resulting in loss of self-esteem in childhood. Events resulting in a negative self-reappraisal by the child such as failure in tasks with high personal investment; disclosure or discovery of a shameful or stigmatizing personal or family event; and other humiliating experiences.
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