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1. adjective1) ((not usually of boys and men) pleasing or attractive: a pretty girl/tune/picture/dress.) bonito, lindo2) (used jokingly: This is a pretty mess!) buen
2. adverb(rather: That's pretty good; He's pretty old now.) bastante- prettily- prettiness
- pretty much the same
- alike
- pretty well
pretty1 adj bonitowhat a pretty dress! ¡qué vestido más bonito!pretty2 adv bastantetr['prɪtɪ]1 (girl, baby) bonito,-a, guapo,-a, mono,-a; (thing) bonito,-a mono,-a■ what a pretty little girl! ¡qué niña más bonita!1 bastante■ I'm pretty sure estoy bastante seguro,-a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLpretty much más o menospretty well casipretty ['prɪt̬i] adv: bastante, bienit's pretty obvious: está bien claroit's pretty much the same: es más o menos iguala pretty girl: una muchacha guapawhat a pretty dress!: ¡qué vestido más lindo!adj.• bello, -a adj.• bonito, -a adj.• curro, -a adj.• guapo, -a adj.• hermoso, -a adj.• lindo, -a adj.• majo, -a adj.• mono, -a adj.• precioso, -a adj.adv.• algo adv.
I 'prɪtiadjective -tier, -tiest <girl/baby> bonito, guapo, lindo (AmL); <eyes/smile/name> bonito, lindo (AmL); <blouse/dress> bonito, lindo (AmL)it wasn't a pretty sight — no era nada agradable or (AmL tb) lindo de ver
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I pretty soon realized that... — tardé bien or muy poco en darme cuenta de que...
you have to be pretty stupid to believe that! — hay que ser bien or muy tonto para creerse eso!
['prɪtɪ]they lost pretty well every game — perdieron casi or prácticamente todos los partidos
1. ADJ(compar prettier) (superl prettiest)1) (=attractive) [dress, object, baby] bonito, mono *, lindo (LAm); [girl] bonito, guapo, lindo (LAm); [name, smile] bonito, lindo (LAm)what a pretty hat! — ¡qué sombrero más bonito!, ¡qué sombrero más mono! *, ¡qué monada de sombrero! *
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I'm not just a pretty face you know — para que te enteres, no soy tonta2) * (=large) [sum] bonito *, importante3) iro buenoa pretty mess you've got us into! — ¡en vaya or menudo or buen lío nos has metido! *
2.ADV bastanteI have a pretty fair or good idea who did it — estoy casi seguro de quién lo hizo
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it's pretty much the same — es mas o menos igual, es prácticamente lo mismo•
he goes there pretty nearly every day — va allí casi or prácticamente todos los díassit 1., 1)•
pretty well, I'm pretty well finished — ya casi he terminado3.gee up, my pretty! — (to horse) ¡arre, caballito!
I'll get you, my pretty! — (threatening) ¡de mí no te escapas, preciosa or bonita!
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I ['prɪti]adjective -tier, -tiest <girl/baby> bonito, guapo, lindo (AmL); <eyes/smile/name> bonito, lindo (AmL); <blouse/dress> bonito, lindo (AmL)it wasn't a pretty sight — no era nada agradable or (AmL tb) lindo de ver
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I pretty soon realized that... — tardé bien or muy poco en darme cuenta de que...
you have to be pretty stupid to believe that! — hay que ser bien or muy tonto para creerse eso!
they lost pretty well every game — perdieron casi or prácticamente todos los partidos
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2 PDQ
abr.abreviatura de: Pretty Damn Quick -> por la vía rápida, rapidito (familiar) -
3 pdq
ADV ABBR= pretty damn(ed) quick en un santiamén *
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