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1 miseries of war
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2 miseria
f.1 poverty (pobreza).2 misfortune (desgracia).3 meanness.4 baseness, wretchedness (vileza).5 pittance (poco dinero).le pagan una miseria they pay him next to nothing6 extreme poverty, poverty, grinding poverty, abjectedness.7 meager quantity, very small amount, peanuts, pittance.8 hardship.* * *1 (pobreza) extreme poverty2 (desgracia) misery, wretchedness3 (tacañería) meanness* * *noun f.1) misery2) poverty* * *SF1) (=pobreza) poverty, destitution2) (=insignificancia)3) (=tacañería) meanness, stinginess4) † (=parásitos) fleas pl, lice pl* * *1) ( pobreza) poverty, destitution2) ( cantidad insignificante) miserable amount, paltry amount3) ( desgracia) misfortuneestar a la miseria — (RPl fam) to be in a bad way (colloq)
llorar miseria(s) — (CS fam) to complain about not having any money
* * *= destitution, penury, pittance, squalor, sordidness, poverty, chump change.Ex. In sociology, fire appears twice in the energy facet; Y:4351 denotes fire as a cause of destitution, while Y:831 denotes fire as an item of social equipment, used for cooking etc.Ex. The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.Ex. The article 'Devastating an industry for a pittance of revenue' states the irrefutable case against taxing books and learned journals.Ex. The article 'Private affluence and public squalor?' discusses the implications for libraries and information if public services are forced to open up their markets to free trade and thereby to private companies.Ex. The author makes the most of the sordidness of the first sexual encounters of the protagonist, Stella, and the tawdriness of the theater company where she finds her first job.Ex. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.Ex. The trick is they don't plan on paying their artists more than chump change in royalties.----* en la miseria = down-and-out, in chapter 11, penniless.* hundirse en la miseria = sink into + depression, sink into + poverty.* miseria absoluta = grinding misery.* miseria más absoluta = abject poverty.* pasar miseria = the wolves + be + at the door.* salir de la miseria = haul + Reflexivo + out of + Posesivo + bog.* vivir en la miseria = live in + squalor, walk + the streets of misery, live in + penury.* * *1) ( pobreza) poverty, destitution2) ( cantidad insignificante) miserable amount, paltry amount3) ( desgracia) misfortuneestar a la miseria — (RPl fam) to be in a bad way (colloq)
llorar miseria(s) — (CS fam) to complain about not having any money
* * *= destitution, penury, pittance, squalor, sordidness, poverty, chump change.Ex: In sociology, fire appears twice in the energy facet; Y:4351 denotes fire as a cause of destitution, while Y:831 denotes fire as an item of social equipment, used for cooking etc.
Ex: The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.Ex: The article 'Devastating an industry for a pittance of revenue' states the irrefutable case against taxing books and learned journals.Ex: The article 'Private affluence and public squalor?' discusses the implications for libraries and information if public services are forced to open up their markets to free trade and thereby to private companies.Ex: The author makes the most of the sordidness of the first sexual encounters of the protagonist, Stella, and the tawdriness of the theater company where she finds her first job.Ex: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.Ex: The trick is they don't plan on paying their artists more than chump change in royalties.* en la miseria = down-and-out, in chapter 11, penniless.* hundirse en la miseria = sink into + depression, sink into + poverty.* miseria absoluta = grinding misery.* miseria más absoluta = abject poverty.* pasar miseria = the wolves + be + at the door.* salir de la miseria = haul + Reflexivo + out of + Posesivo + bog.* vivir en la miseria = live in + squalor, walk + the streets of misery, live in + penury.* * *A (pobreza) poverty, destitutionvivir sumido en la más absoluta miseria to live in abject povertyB(cantidad insignificante): gana una miseria she earns a pittancemira la miseria que me diste look at the miserable o paltry o measly amount you gave me ( colloq)C (desgracia) misfortunelas miserias de la guerra the miseries of warestar/quedar a la miseria ( RPl fam): el auto quedó a la miseria the car was a write-off o was wrecked o ( AmE) was totaled ( colloq)está a la miseria he's in a very bad way o in a terrible state ( colloq)* * *
miseria sustantivo femenino
1 ( pobreza) poverty, destitution
2 ( cantidad insignificante) miserable amount, paltry amount;
3 ( desgracia) misfortune;
miseria sustantivo femenino
1 (pobreza) extreme poverty: sobrecogía la miseria de sus aposentos, I was moved by the extreme poverty of her living conditions
2 (cantidad despreciable) pittance, miserable amount: vendí la casa por una miseria, I sold the house for a pittance
3 (más en pl) (desgracias, penalidades) miseries: ¡cuánta miseria se reflejaba en sus rostros!, what misery was reflected in their faces!
' miseria' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sordidez
- villa
English:
bread line
- chicken
- misery
- peanut
- penury
- pittance
- plunge
- poverty
- squalor
- starvation
- untold
- wake
- want
- wretchedness
- abject
- down
- shantytown
* * *miseria nf1. [pobreza] poverty;viven en la miseria they live in poverty3. [tacañería] meanness4. [vileza] baseness, wretchedness5. [poco dinero] pittance;le pagan una miseria he gets paid a pittance, they pay him next to nothing;CSur Famllorar miseria to plead poverty6. CompRP Fama la miseria: es alérgica y está a la miseria she's allergic and she's in a really bad way;después de tantos días sin agua, esa planta quedó a la miseria after so many days without water the plant was in a real state o half dead* * *f1 poverty2 fig ( sufrimiento) misery* * *miseria nf1) pobreza: poverty2) : misery, suffering3) : pittance, meager amount* * * -
3 miseria
miseria sustantivo femenino 1 ( pobreza) poverty, destitution 2 ( cantidad insignificante) miserable amount, paltry amount; 3 ( desgracia) misfortune;
miseria sustantivo femenino
1 (pobreza) extreme poverty: sobrecogía la miseria de sus aposentos, I was moved by the extreme poverty of her living conditions
2 (cantidad despreciable) pittance, miserable amount: vendí la casa por una miseria, I sold the house for a pittance
3 (más en pl) (desgracias, penalidades) miseries: ¡cuánta miseria se reflejaba en sus rostros!, what misery was reflected in their faces! ' miseria' also found in these entries: Spanish: sordidez - villa English: bread line - chicken - misery - peanut - penury - pittance - plunge - poverty - squalor - starvation - untold - wake - want - wretchedness - abject - down - shantytown -
4 бедствия войны
1) General subject: calamity of war, hardships of war, miseries of war2) Diplomatic term: scourge of war3) Makarov: dogs of war, the dogs of war -
5 misery
noun1) Elend, dasmake somebody's life a misery — jemandem das Leben zur Qual machen
put somebody out of his misery — (fig.) jemanden nicht länger auf die Folter spannen
miseries — Elend, das; Nöte
2) (coll.): (discontented person)misery[-guts] — Miesepeter, der (ugs. abwertend)
* * *['mizəri]plural - miseries; noun((something that causes) unhappiness: the misery of the fatherless children; Forget your miseries and come out with me!) das Elend* * *mis·ery[ˈmɪzəri, AM -ɚi]nto live in \misery im Elend [o in Not] lebena picture of \misery ein Bild des Jammers3. (strain)5.▶ to make sb's life a \misery jdm das Leben zur Qual [o Hölle] machen▶ to put an animal out of its \misery ein Tier von seinen Leiden erlösen* * *['mIzərɪ]nshe looked the picture of misery — sie war ein Bild des Jammers
a life of misery — ein erbärmliches or jämmerliches or elendes Leben
to make sb's life a misery — jdm das Leben zur Qual or zur Hölle machen
* * *misery [ˈmızərı] s1. auch pl Elend n, pl auch (Seelen)Qualen pl:everyone to their own misery jedem sein eigenes, selbstverschuldetes Elend;live a life of misery ein erbärmliches Leben führen;make sb’s life a misery jemandem das Leben zur Hölle oder Qual machen;put an animal out of its misery ein Tier von seinen Qualen erlösen;put sb out of their misery umg jemanden erlösen, jemanden nicht länger auf die Folter spannen2. umg Miesepeter m:you old misery!* * *noun1) Elend, dasput somebody out of his misery — (fig.) jemanden nicht länger auf die Folter spannen
miseries — Elend, das; Nöte
2) (coll.): (discontented person)misery[-guts] — Miesepeter, der (ugs. abwertend)
* * *n.Elend nur sing. n.Erbärmlichkeit f.Jammer - m.Jämmerlichkeit f.Not ¨-e f. -
6 Misere
f; -, -n dreadful situation, plight* * *die Miseremisery* * *Mi|se|re [mi'zeːrə]f -, -n(von Leuten, Wirtschaft etc) plight; (von Hunger, Krieg etc) misery, miseries plin einer Misére stecken — to be in a terrible or dreadful state; (Mensch) to be in a mess, to have run into trouble
jdn aus einer Misére herausholen — to get sb out of trouble or a mess
das war eine einzige Misére — that was a real disaster
es ist eine Misére, wie/dass... —
es ist die Misére des Alltags, dass... — it is one of life's hardships that...
* * *Mi·se·re<-, -n>[miˈze:rə]f (geh) dreadful stateeine finanzielle \Misere a dreadful financial statedie jetzige politische \Misere the wretched state of current politicseine soziale \Misere serious social difficulties [or plight]mit jdm/etw ist es eine \Misere sb/sth is a disaster[tief] in der \Misere stecken to be in [deep] trouble [or a [real] mess]* * *die; Misere, Miseren (geh.) wretched or dreadful state* * ** * *die; Misere, Miseren (geh.) wretched or dreadful state -
7 κακότης
A badness:I of moral character, baseness, cowardice, Il.2.368, 13.108, Od.24.455; ἀτιμίη καὶ κ. Tyrt.10.10;κ. καὶ δειλία Th.5.100
; οὐδεμιῇ κ. λειφθῆναι τῆς ναυμαχίης not through cowardice, Hdt.7.168.2 wickedness, vice,τείσασθαι Ἀλέξανδρον κακότητος Il.3.366
, cf. Hes.Op. 287, Democr.178;κακότητος ἄπειροι Emp.112.3
;κακότητ' ἀσκεῖν A.Pr. 1066
(anap.); ἄνευ κακότητος [ συμφορά] Antipho6.1: pl., Emp.145.II of condition, evil case, distress, misery,ἐκφυγέειν κακότητα Od.5.414
, cf. 290, 379, 397, Pi.P.2.35, Hdt.2.128, 6.67, S.El. 236 (lyr.); esp. in war,Τρῶες ἀνέπνευσαν κακότητος Il.11.382
, cf. 12.332, Hdt.8.109, etc.: pl., distresses, miseries, Alc.59, E.Fr. 303 codd. (lyr.); αἱ ἐντὸς κ. Pl.Ax. 366a.III of quality, badness,τῶν οὔρων Hp.Epid.3.10
: pl., bad qualities, Id.Acut.57.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > κακότης
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