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o:'di:l(a difficult, painful experience: Being kidnapped was an ordeal for the child.) mala experiencia, terrible experienciatr[ɔː'diːl]1 (bad experience) mala experiencia, terrible experiencia; (suffering) sufrimiento, suplicio\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto go through an ordeal pasar por una experiencia terribleordeal [ɔr'di:l, 'ɔr.di:l] n: prueba f dura, experiencia f terriblen.• ordalía s.f.ɔːr'diːl, ɔː'diːlnoun ( painful experience) terrible experiencia f, dura prueba fI hate shopping on a Saturday, it's such an ordeal — detesto ir de compras los sábados, es un verdadero suplicio
[ɔː'diːl]N1) (=bad experience) terrible experiencia f2) (Hist) ordalías fplordeal by fire — ordalías fpl del fuego
* * *[ɔːr'diːl, ɔː'diːl]noun ( painful experience) terrible experiencia f, dura prueba fI hate shopping on a Saturday, it's such an ordeal — detesto ir de compras los sábados, es un verdadero suplicio
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'terəbl1) (very bad: a terrible singer; That music is terrible!) atroz, pésimo, horrible, horroroso2) (causing great pain, suffering, hardship etc: War is terrible; It was a terrible disaster.) horrible, horroroso3) (causing great fear or horror: The noise of the guns was terrible.) horrible, horroroso•- terriblyterrible adj1. terrible2. malísimo / fatal
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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 - jobtr['terɪbəl]1 terrible, espantoso,-a, atroz2 familiar (as intensifier) mucho,-aterrible ['tɛrəbəl] adj: atroz, horrible, terribleadj.• espantable adj.• fatal adj.• medroso, -a adj.• pésimo, -a adj.• terrible adj.'terəbəla) ( very bad) <movie/singer/weather> espantoso, atroz, malísimo, fatal (Esp fam)to feel terrible — ( ill) sentirse* or encontrarse* pésimo or muy mal; (guilty, ashamed) sentirse* muy mal
that's terrible! — qué terrible!, qué horror!
['terǝbl]ADJ1) (=very unpleasant) [experience, accident, disease] terrible, espantoso2) * (=very bad) [weather, food] horrible, espantosoher French is terrible — habla fatal el francés, habla un francés espantoso
"what was it like?" - "terrible!" — -¿qué tal fue? -¡espantoso!
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I'm terrible at cooking — se me da fatal la cocina *I'm terrible at remembering names — se me da fatal recordar (los) nombres, soy malísimo para recordar (los) nombres
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I've had a terrible day at the office — he tenido un día malísimo or horrible en la oficina•
you sound terrible, is something wrong? — ¡vaya tono!, ¿pasa algo?•
he's having terrible trouble with his homework — le está costando horrores or un montón hacer los deberes ** * *['terəbəl]a) ( very bad) <movie/singer/weather> espantoso, atroz, malísimo, fatal (Esp fam)to feel terrible — ( ill) sentirse* or encontrarse* pésimo or muy mal; (guilty, ashamed) sentirse* muy mal
that's terrible! — qué terrible!, qué horror!
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((of things or people) to become better or worse: His fortunes have taken a turn for the better; Her health has taken a turn for the worse.) mejorar/empeorar; volverse mejor/peor; dar un giro para mejor/peorworse adj adv peortr[wɜːs]1 (comp of bad) peor1 (comp of badly) peor; (more intensely) más1 lo peor\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLthe worse for drink borracho,-ato get worse empeorarto get worse and worse ir de mal en peorto go from bad to worse ir de mal en peorto make matters worse para colmo de desgracias, por si fuera pocoworse luck! ¡mala suerte!worse still lo que es peor, peor aúnto feel worse: sentirse peorfrom bad to worse: de mal en peorto get worse: empeorarworse n: estado m peorto take a turn for the worse: ponerse peorso much the worse: tanto peoradj.• peor adj.adv.• peor adv.
I wɜːrs, wɜːsthe play wasn't very good, but I've seen worse — la obra no era muy buena, pero las he visto peores
he couldn't have phoned at a worse time — no podía haber llamado en peor momento or en un momento menos oportuno
he could've been hurt or worse — podría haber resultado herido, o podría haberle pasado algo peor
Grandad has got worse since he's been in hospital — el abuelo se ha puesto peor desde que está en el hospital
things are getting worse and worse — las cosas van de mal en peor, las cosas están cada vez peor
if you scratch it, it'll only make it worse — si te rascas, es peor
to make things worse, it started snowing — por si fuera poco, empezó a nevar
what was worse was that... — peor aún fue que...
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[wɜːs]he's taken a turn for the worse — se ha puesto peor, ha empeorado
1.ADJ (compar)of bad; peor•
it could be worse — podría ser peor•
it's even worse than we'd predicted — es todavía peor de lo que habíamos pronosticadomy eyesight is getting worse — mi vista va a peor, cada vez veo peor, cada vez tengo peor vista
to get worse and worse — ponerse cada vez peor, ir de mal en peor
things will get worse before they get better — las cosas empeorarán antes de que se les vea la punta
it gets worse — (preparing sb for bad news) lo peor no es eso
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to make sth worse — empeorar algoit'll only make matters or things worse — sólo empeorará las cosas
and, to make matters worse,... — y, para colmo de desgracia,...
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he appeared none the worse for his ordeal — no parecía desmejorado a pesar de su terrible experiencia•
there's nothing worse than... — no hay nada peor que...•
to be worse off — (lit, fig) estar peor•
it's like last time, only worse — es como la última vez, solo que peor•
to be the worse for drink — ir cargado de copas *bad, bark, better, wear•
what was worse — para colmo (de males)2.ADV (compar)of badly; peorI sang worse than he did or than him — yo cantaba peor que él
you could or might do worse than give her a call — sería aconsejable que la llamarás
3.Nturnthere was worse to come, worse was to come — lo peor todavía estaba por verse, aún quedaba lo peor
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I [wɜːrs, wɜːs]the play wasn't very good, but I've seen worse — la obra no era muy buena, pero las he visto peores
he couldn't have phoned at a worse time — no podía haber llamado en peor momento or en un momento menos oportuno
he could've been hurt or worse — podría haber resultado herido, o podría haberle pasado algo peor
Grandad has got worse since he's been in hospital — el abuelo se ha puesto peor desde que está en el hospital
things are getting worse and worse — las cosas van de mal en peor, las cosas están cada vez peor
if you scratch it, it'll only make it worse — si te rascas, es peor
to make things worse, it started snowing — por si fuera poco, empezó a nevar
what was worse was that... — peor aún fue que...
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he's taken a turn for the worse — se ha puesto peor, ha empeorado
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adverb visiblementetr['vɪzɪblɪ]1 visiblementevisibly ['vɪzəbli] adv: visiblemente'vɪzəbliadverb visiblementehe was visibly thinner — estaba visiblemente más delgado
['vɪzǝblɪ]ADV visiblementemany were visibly moved by what they saw — muchos estaban visiblemente emocionados por lo que habían visto
he was visibly shaken by his ordeal — estaba visiblemente afectado por la terrible experiencia vivida
* * *['vɪzəbli]adverb visiblementehe was visibly thinner — estaba visiblemente más delgado
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terrible */*/*/ — UK [ˈterəb(ə)l] / US adjective 1) making you feel very upset or afraid Her mother s sudden death came as a terrible shock. He s been through a terrible ordeal. A few minutes later there was a terrible scream. That s a terrible thing to say about… … English dictionary
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