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1 regrettable
adjective a regrettable mistake.) lamentabletr[rɪ'gretəbəl]1 lamentableregrettable [ri'grɛt̬əbəl] adj: lamentable♦ regrettably [-bli] advadj.• deplorable adj.• lamentable adj.rɪ'gretəbəladjective lamentableit is regrettable that... — es lamentable que (+ subj)
[rɪ'ɡretǝbl]ADJ lamentableit is regrettable that — es lamentable que + subjun, es de lamentar que + subjun
* * *[rɪ'gretəbəl]adjective lamentableit is regrettable that... — es lamentable que (+ subj)
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2 deplorable
adjective (very bad: deplorable behaviour.) deplorable
deplorable adjetivo deplorable
deplorable adjetivo deplorable: cometieron un acto deplorable, they committed a dreadful crime
volvió a casa en un estado deplorable, he came back home in an appalling state ' deplorable' also found in these entries: Spanish: lamentable English: deplorable - woefultr[dɪ'plɔːrəbəl]1 (appalling, disgraceful) deplorable, vergonzoso,-a; (regrettable) lamentabledeplorable [di'plorəbəl] adj1) contemptible: deplorable, despreciable2) lamentable: lamentableadj.• deplorable adj.• sensible adj.dɪ'plɔːrəbəla) ( disgraceful) deplorable, vergonzosob) ( regrettable) lamentable[dɪ'plɔːrǝbl]ADJ1) (=sad) lamentableit would be deplorable if — sería lamentable que + subjun
2) (=disgraceful) deplorableit is deplorable that — es deplorable que + subjun
* * *[dɪ'plɔːrəbəl]a) ( disgraceful) deplorable, vergonzosob) ( regrettable) lamentable -
3 unfortunate
1) (unlucky: He has been very unfortunate.) desafortunado, desgraciado, desventurado2) (regrettable: He has an unfortunate habit of giggling all the time.) infeliz, inoportuno•unfortunate adj desafortunadotr[ʌn'fɔːʧənət]2 (remark) desafortunado,-a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLhow unfortunate! ¡qué mala suerte!, ¡qué pena!unfortunate [.ʌn'fɔrʧənət] adj1) unlucky: desgraciado, infortunado, desafortunadohow unfortunate!: ¡qué mala suerte!2) inappropriate: inoportunoan unfortunate comment: un comentario poco feliz: desgraciado m, -da fadj.• aciago, -a adj.• azaroso, -a adj.• desafortunado, -a adj.• desastrado, -a adj.• desdichado, -a adj.• desgraciado, -a adj.• desventurado, -a adj.• fatal adj.• infausto, -a adj.• infeliz adj.• infortunado, -a adj.• malandante adj.• malaventurado, -a adj.• malogrado, -a adj.• pobre adj.• pobrete adj.n.• desgraciado s.m.
I ʌn'fɔːrtʃṇət, ʌn'fɔːtʃənəta) ( unlucky) < coincidence> desafortunado, desventurado (liter)b) ( unsuitable) < remark> desafortunado, inoportuno, poco feliz; < choice of words> desacertado, desafortunado, poco feliz; < habit> lamentable
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noun desgraciado, -da m,f[ʌn'fɔːtʃnɪt]1. ADJ1) (=deserving of pity, unlucky)how very unfortunate! — ¡qué mala suerte!, ¡qué desgracia!
he was unfortunate enough to be caught — tuvo la desgracia or mala suerte de que lo cogieran or pillaran
it is most unfortunate that he left — es una lástima or muy de lamentar que se haya ido
2) (=unsuitable, regrettable) [remark] poco acertado, inoportuno; [incident, consequences, tendency] lamentable2.N desgraciado(-a) m / f* * *
I [ʌn'fɔːrtʃṇət, ʌn'fɔːtʃənət]a) ( unlucky) < coincidence> desafortunado, desventurado (liter)b) ( unsuitable) < remark> desafortunado, inoportuno, poco feliz; < choice of words> desacertado, desafortunado, poco feliz; < habit> lamentable
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4 regret
rə'ɡret
1. past tense, past participle - regretted; verb(to be sorry about: I regret my foolish behaviour; I regret that I missed the concert; I regret missing the concert; I regret to inform you that your application for the job was unsuccessful.) lamentar
2. noun(a feeling of sorrow, or of having done something wrong: I have no regrets / I feel no regret about what I did; It was with deep regret that I heard the news of his death.) pesar; remordimiento- regretfully
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regret1 n pesarit is with deep regret that I have to inform you of the death of the King con un profundo pesar, les tengo que comunicar la muerte del Reyregret2 vb1. arrepentirse2. lamentartr[rɪ'gret]1 (remorse) remordimiento2 (sadness) pesar nombre masculino1 (feel sorry) lamentar, arrepentirse de2 (express one's sadness) lamentar■ I regret to inform you that... lamento informarle que...■ we regret to announce the death of... lamentamos comunicar la muerte de...3 (miss) echar de menos, echar en falta1 excusas nombre masculino pluralhe regrets nothing: no se arrepiente de nadaI regret to tell you: lamento decirleregret n1) remorse: arrepentimiento m, remordimientos mpl2) sadness: pesar m, dolor m3) regrets npl: excusas fplto send one's regrets: excusarsen.• arrepentimiento s.m.• dolor s.m.• pesar s.m.• remordimiento s.m.• resquemor s.m.• sentimiento s.m.v.• arrepentirse de v.• doler v.• lamentar v.• sentir v.
I rɪ'grettransitive verb - tt- \<\<decision/mistake\>\> arrepentirse* de, lamentarto regret -ING — arrepentirse* de or lamentar + inf
it is to be regretted that... — es lamentable que (+ subj)
to regret to + INF — lamentar tener que + inf
we regret to inform you that... — lamentamos comunicarle or informarle que...
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it is with regret that we announce... — lamentamos tener que anunciar que...
[rɪ'ɡret]my biggest/one regret is that I didn't have children — lo que más lamento/lo único que lamento es no haber tenido hijos
1. N1) (=sorrow) pena f, pesar mthe President expressed his regret for the deaths of civilians — el presidente expresó su pesar or dolor por las muertes de los civiles
my one or only regret is that I didn't see her before she died — lo único que siento or lamento es no haberla visto antes de que muriera
much to my regret, to my great regret — con gran pesar mío
2) (=remorse) remordimiento(s) m(pl)to send one's regrets — excusarse or mandar sus disculpas (por no poder acudir)
2. VT1) (=apologize for, be sorry for) [+ death, inconvenience, error] lamentarwe regret any inconvenience caused by the delay — lamentamos cualquier inconveniente que les pueda haber causado el retraso
the President regrets (that) he cannot see you today — el presidente lamenta or siente no poder verle hoy
we regret to inform you that... — lamentamos tener que informarle que...
her lack of co-operation is nothing new, I regret to say — lamento decir que su falta de cooperación no es algo nuevo
we regret having to do this, but it is necessary — lamentamos or sentimos tener que hacer esto, pero es necesario
2) (=rue) [+ decision] arrepentirse de, lamentaryou won't regret it! — ¡no te arrepentirás!, ¡no lo lamentarás!
he regrets saying it — se arrepiente de or lamenta haberlo dicho
he was regretting that he had asked the question — se arrepentía de or lamentaba haber hecho la pregunta
I don't regret what I did — no me arrepiento de or lamento lo que hice
to live to regret sth — arrepentirse de or lamentar algo más tarde
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I [rɪ'gret]transitive verb - tt- \<\<decision/mistake\>\> arrepentirse* de, lamentarto regret -ING — arrepentirse* de or lamentar + inf
it is to be regretted that... — es lamentable que (+ subj)
to regret to + INF — lamentar tener que + inf
we regret to inform you that... — lamentamos comunicarle or informarle que...
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it is with regret that we announce... — lamentamos tener que anunciar que...
my biggest/one regret is that I didn't have children — lo que más lamento/lo único que lamento es no haber tenido hijos
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5 unhappy
1) (sad or miserable: He had an unhappy childhood.) infeliz2) (regrettable: He has an unhappy knack of always saying the wrong thing.) infeliz, inoportuno•- unhappily
unhappy adj1. triste / infelizyou look unhappy, what's the matter? pareces triste, ¿qué pasa?2. preocupadotr[ʌn'hæpɪ]1 (sad) infeliz, triste2 (miserable) desdichado,-a, desgraciado,-a, infeliz3 (unsuitable) desafortunado,-a, poco afortunado,-a1) unfortunate: desafortunado, desventurado2) miserable, sad: infeliz, triste, desdichado3) inopportune: inoportuno, poco felizadj.• desdichado, -a adj.• desgraciado, -a adj.• infeliz adj.• malandante adj.• triste adj.'ʌn'hæpiadjective -pier, -piest1)it has an unhappy ending — termina mal, tiene un final triste
b) ( worried) (pred)to be unhappy ABOUT something/-ing: I was unhappy about the children being left alone me preocupaba or inquietaba que los niños se quedaran solos; I'm unhappy about sneaking away like this — no me gusta esto de escabullirme así
c) ( discontented) (pred) descontentoto be unhappy ABOUT something — no estar* contento con algo
to be unhappy WITH something/somebody — no estar* contento con algo/alguien
2)a) ( inopportune) < remark> desafortunado, poco feliz, inoportunob) ( unfortunate) <coincidence/day> desafortunado, desventurado (liter)[ʌn'hæpɪ]ADJ (compar unhappier) (superl unhappiest)1) (=sad) [person] infeliz; (stronger) desdichado; [childhood] infeliz; (stronger) desgraciado, desdichado; [marriage] infeliz; [memory] desagradableshe was unhappy in her marriage — no fue feliz or fue infeliz en su matrimonio
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she looked so unhappy — se la veía tan tristedon't look so unhappy! — ¡no pongas esa cara tan triste!
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to make sb unhappy, other children at school were making him unhappy — otros niños en el colegio le estaban haciendo sufririt makes me unhappy to see you upset — me entristece or pone triste verte disgustada
2) (=not pleased) descontento•
to be unhappy about sth — no estar contento con algo, estar descontento con algo•
to be unhappy with sth/sb — no estar contento con algo/algn, estar descontento con algo/algn3) (=uneasy, worried)•
I'm unhappy about leaving him on his own — no estoy a gusto dejándolo solo, me preocupa dejarlo solo4) (=unfortunate) [remark] poco acertado, inoportuno; [experience, situation] lamentable5) (=ill-fated) [day] desafortunado* * *['ʌn'hæpi]adjective -pier, -piest1)it has an unhappy ending — termina mal, tiene un final triste
b) ( worried) (pred)to be unhappy ABOUT something/-ing: I was unhappy about the children being left alone me preocupaba or inquietaba que los niños se quedaran solos; I'm unhappy about sneaking away like this — no me gusta esto de escabullirme así
c) ( discontented) (pred) descontentoto be unhappy ABOUT something — no estar* contento con algo
to be unhappy WITH something/somebody — no estar* contento con algo/alguien
2)a) ( inopportune) < remark> desafortunado, poco feliz, inoportunob) ( unfortunate) <coincidence/day> desafortunado, desventurado (liter) -
6 unlucky
(not lucky or fortunate: I am unlucky - I never win at cards.) desafortunado, que tiene mala suerteunlucky adj1. que da mala suerte2. que tiene mala suertetr[ʌn'lʌkɪ]1 (unfortunate) desafortunado,-a, desgraciado,-a2 (fateful) aciago,-a, nefasto,-a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be unlucky (person) tener mala suerteto be unlucky (thing) traer mala suertehow unlucky! ¡qué mala suerte!1) : de mala suerte, desgraciado, desafortunadoan unlucky year: un año de mala suerte2) inauspicious: desfavorable, poco propicio3) regrettable: lamentableadj.• aciago, -a adj.• azaroso, -a adj.• de mala suerte adj.• desafortunado, -a adj.• desastrado, -a adj.• desdichado, -a adj.• desgraciado, -a adj.• fatal adj.• infausto, -a adj.• infeliz adj.• infortunado, -a adj.• nefasto, -a adj.'ʌn'lʌkiadjective unluckier, unluckiesta) ( unfortunate) < person> sin suerte, desafortunado; < day> funesto, de mala suerteto be unlucky — tener* mala suerte
b) ( bringing bad luck) < omen> funesto, nefasto; < object> que trae mala suerte[ʌn'lʌkɪ]ADJ (compar unluckier) (superl unluckiest)1) (=luckless) [person] desafortunado; [day] de mala suertehow very unlucky! — ¡qué mala suerte!
to be unlucky — [person] tener mala suerte
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he was unlucky enough to meet him — tuvo la mala suerte or la desgracia de encontrarse con él•
he was unlucky not to score a second goal — no tuvo la suerte de marcar un segundo gol2) (=causing bad luck) [number, object] que trae mala suerte3) (=ill-omened) [day, omen] funesto, nefasto* * *['ʌn'lʌki]adjective unluckier, unluckiesta) ( unfortunate) < person> sin suerte, desafortunado; < day> funesto, de mala suerteto be unlucky — tener* mala suerte
b) ( bringing bad luck) < omen> funesto, nefasto; < object> que trae mala suerte
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