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repulsive

  • 1 factor repulsivo

    • repulsive factor

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > factor repulsivo

  • 2 fuerza repulsiva

    • repulsive force
    • repulsiveness

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > fuerza repulsiva

  • 3 repulsivo

    adj.
    repulsive, disgusting, abominable, nauseating.
    m.
    1 repulsive person, scuzz, creep, unpleasant person.
    2 repellent, repulsive factor.
    * * *
    1 repulsive, revolting
    * * *
    ADJ disgusting, revolting
    * * *
    - va adjetivo < persona> ( físicamente) repulsive, revolting; ( moralmente) repugnant; < olor> disgusting, revolting
    * * *
    = repulsive, rebarbative, icky [ickier -comp., ickiest -sup.], creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.].
    Ex. A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.
    Ex. The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.
    Ex. Neck buffs and balaclava's get the most icky, because you're usually breathing against them, and they tend to get a bit moist.
    Ex. Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.
    * * *
    - va adjetivo < persona> ( físicamente) repulsive, revolting; ( moralmente) repugnant; < olor> disgusting, revolting
    * * *
    = repulsive, rebarbative, icky [ickier -comp., ickiest -sup.], creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.].

    Ex: A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.

    Ex: The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.
    Ex: Neck buffs and balaclava's get the most icky, because you're usually breathing against them, and they tend to get a bit moist.
    Ex: Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.

    * * *
    1 ‹persona› (físicamente) repulsive, revolting, repellent; (moralmente) repugnant, repellent
    2 ‹olor› disgusting, revolting
    * * *

    repulsivo
    ◊ -va adjetivo ‹ persona› ( físicamente) repulsive, revolting;


    ( moralmente) repugnant;
    ‹ olor› disgusting, revolting
    repulsivo,-a adjetivo
    1 (físicamente) disgusting, repulsive, revolting
    2 (moralmente) repugnant
    ' repulsivo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    asquerosa
    - asqueroso
    - repulsiva
    - vomitiva
    - vomitivo
    - inmundo
    English:
    repellent
    - repulsive
    * * *
    repulsivo, -a adj
    1. [asqueroso] repulsive
    2. Fís repulsive
    * * *
    adj repulsive, disgusting
    * * *
    repulsivo, -va adj
    : repulsive
    * * *
    repulsivo adj repulsive / revolting

    Spanish-English dictionary > repulsivo

  • 4 repelente

    adj.
    1 repulsive (desagradable, repugnante).
    2 repellent.
    m.
    insect repellent.
    * * *
    1 repellent, repulsive
    \
    niño,-a repelente irónico little know-all
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=repulsivo) repellent, repulsive
    2) * (=sabelotodo)
    2.
    SM repellent, insect repellent
    * * *
    I
    2) < persona> repulsive, repellent; < niño> obnoxious
    II
    masculino insect repellent
    * * *
    = repellent, repulsive, obnoxious, rebarbative, aversive, creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], creep.
    Ex. But, in the main, I find it often boring and sometimes repellent.
    Ex. A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.
    Ex. During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex. The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.
    Ex. In fact, weeding aversive staff tend to spend a lot more time complaining about having nothing on the shelves.
    Ex. Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.
    Ex. The main character, Tom Johnson, realizes that no girls go out with creeps like him so he quickly changes and buys a guitar and learns how to play one.
    ----
    * repelente contra insectos = insect repellent.
    * repelente de insectos = insect repellent.
    * repelente de mosquitos = mosquito repellent.
    * * *
    I
    2) < persona> repulsive, repellent; < niño> obnoxious
    II
    masculino insect repellent
    * * *
    = repellent, repulsive, obnoxious, rebarbative, aversive, creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], creep.

    Ex: But, in the main, I find it often boring and sometimes repellent.

    Ex: A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.
    Ex: During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex: The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.
    Ex: In fact, weeding aversive staff tend to spend a lot more time complaining about having nothing on the shelves.
    Ex: Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.
    Ex: The main character, Tom Johnson, realizes that no girls go out with creeps like him so he quickly changes and buys a guitar and learns how to play one.
    * repelente contra insectos = insect repellent.
    * repelente de insectos = insect repellent.
    * repelente de mosquitos = mosquito repellent.

    * * *
    A
    (que ahuyenta): una loción repelente a repellent
    B ‹persona› repulsive, repellent, horrible; ‹niño› horrible, obnoxious
    insect repellent
    * * *

    repelente adjetivo ‹ persona› repulsive, repellent;
    ‹ niño› obnoxious
    ■ sustantivo masculino
    insect repellent
    repelente
    I sustantivo masculino
    1 (para insectos) repellent
    2 fam (persona redicha) affected person
    (sabelotodo) know-all
    II adjetivo
    1 (repugnante) repulsive, repellent
    2 fam (insoportable, intratable) unbearable, obnoxious
    (redicho) affected: es la niña repelente de la clase, she's the class know-all
    ' repelente' also found in these entries:
    English:
    icky
    - repellent
    - repellant
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. Fam [niño]
    es un niño repelente he's a disgusting little goody-goody
    2. [odioso] disgusting
    3. [de insectos] repellent
    ♦ nm
    repelente (contra insectos) insect repellent
    * * *
    I adj
    1 fig
    repellent, repulsive
    2 fam
    niño horrible
    II m repellent
    * * *
    : repellent, repulsive
    : repellent
    repelente de insectos: insect repellent
    * * *
    repelente1 adj
    1. (sabelotodo) know all
    2. (repulsivo) revolting
    1. (para insectos) repellent
    2. (persona) know all

    Spanish-English dictionary > repelente

  • 5 repugnante

    adj.
    disgusting.
    f. & m.
    loathsome person, repulsive person.
    * * *
    1 repugnant, repulsive, disgusting, revolting
    * * *
    adj.
    repugnant, disgusting
    * * *
    ADJ disgusting, revolting
    * * *
    adjetivo < olor> disgusting, revolting; < crimen> abhorrent, repugnant; < persona> ( físicamente) repulsive, revolting; ( moralmente) repugnant
    * * *
    = filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], rank, repellent, revolting, repulsive, obnoxious, disgusting, rebarbative, abhorrent, minging, gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], gruesome, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], icky [ickier -comp., ickiest -sup.], creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], loathsome.
    Ex. Printing houses -- apart from the few that had been built for the purpose rather than converted from something else -- were generally filthy and badly ventilated.
    Ex. And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.
    Ex. But, in the main, I find it often boring and sometimes repellent.
    Ex. This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex. A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.
    Ex. During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex. I find it disgusting but I guess that's human nature.
    Ex. The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.
    Ex. He debates what should the librarian's attitude be to materials considered personally abhorrent.
    Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex. Janell has always had a soft spot in her heart for animals most people might find gross.
    Ex. We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.
    Ex. Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex. Neck buffs and balaclava's get the most icky, because you're usually breathing against them, and they tend to get a bit moist.
    Ex. Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.
    Ex. It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.
    * * *
    adjetivo < olor> disgusting, revolting; < crimen> abhorrent, repugnant; < persona> ( físicamente) repulsive, revolting; ( moralmente) repugnant
    * * *
    = filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], rank, repellent, revolting, repulsive, obnoxious, disgusting, rebarbative, abhorrent, minging, gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], gruesome, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], icky [ickier -comp., ickiest -sup.], creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], loathsome.

    Ex: Printing houses -- apart from the few that had been built for the purpose rather than converted from something else -- were generally filthy and badly ventilated.

    Ex: And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.
    Ex: But, in the main, I find it often boring and sometimes repellent.
    Ex: This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex: A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.
    Ex: During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex: I find it disgusting but I guess that's human nature.
    Ex: The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.
    Ex: He debates what should the librarian's attitude be to materials considered personally abhorrent.
    Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex: Janell has always had a soft spot in her heart for animals most people might find gross.
    Ex: We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.
    Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex: Neck buffs and balaclava's get the most icky, because you're usually breathing against them, and they tend to get a bit moist.
    Ex: Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.
    Ex: It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.

    * * *
    1 ‹olor› disgusting, revolting
    2 ‹crimen› abhorrent, repugnant
    3 ‹persona› (físicamente) repulsive, revolting, repellent; (moralmente) repugnant
    * * *

    repugnante adjetivo ‹ olor› disgusting, revolting;
    ‹ crimen› abhorrent, repugnant;
    ‹ persona› ( físicamente) repulsive, revolting;
    ( moralmente) repugnant
    repugnante adjetivo
    1 (físicamente) disgusting, revolting, repulsive
    2 (moralmente) repugnant
    ' repugnante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    repelente
    - asco
    English:
    abhorrent
    - disgusting
    - loathsome
    - obnoxious
    - offensive
    - repugnant
    - revolting
    - foul
    - nauseating
    - repulsive
    * * *
    1. [sabor, olor] disgusting, revolting
    2. [acción, comportamiento] disgusting
    * * *
    adj disgusting, repugnant
    * * *
    : repulsive, repugnant, revolting
    * * *
    repugnante adj revolting

    Spanish-English dictionary > repugnante

  • 6 repeler

    v.
    1 to repel.
    2 to repulse, to disgust.
    3 to charge down.
    * * *
    1 (rechazar) to repel, repulse
    2 (idea) to reject; (ataque) to repel
    3 (repugnar) to disgust, repel
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ enemigo] to repel, repulse, drive back
    2) (=rechazar)

    la pared repele la pelota — the wall sends the ball back, the ball bounces off the wall

    3) [+ idea, oferta] to reject
    4) (=repugnar) to repel, disgust
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <ataque/agresión> to repel, repulse (frml)
    2) ( rechazar) to resist
    2.
    repeler vi (+ me/te/le etc)
    * * *
    = repel, repulse, fight off, roll back, send + Nombre + packing, force back, turn off, fend off.
    Ex. Some grease had been transferred to the surface of the stone and the grease was repelling the rain water.
    Ex. Leforte blew forth a long breath, as if trying to repulse the oppressive heat of the September morning.
    Ex. These pillboxes were originally built to help fight off a Nazi invasion.
    Ex. Some Russia specialists say President Putin is rolling back liberal economic and political reforms ushered in by his predecessor.
    Ex. Those who hold this view argued that the state government lacks the political will to send them packing for good.
    Ex. Then tears began to well in her eyes and the trembling of her breath showed that she was forcing back a lump in her throat.
    Ex. In the last presidential election voters said they were turned off by leaders who waffled.
    Ex. During the rutting season, they are used to fend off other males in an attempt to gather a harem of females to breed with.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <ataque/agresión> to repel, repulse (frml)
    2) ( rechazar) to resist
    2.
    repeler vi (+ me/te/le etc)
    * * *
    = repel, repulse, fight off, roll back, send + Nombre + packing, force back, turn off, fend off.

    Ex: Some grease had been transferred to the surface of the stone and the grease was repelling the rain water.

    Ex: Leforte blew forth a long breath, as if trying to repulse the oppressive heat of the September morning.
    Ex: These pillboxes were originally built to help fight off a Nazi invasion.
    Ex: Some Russia specialists say President Putin is rolling back liberal economic and political reforms ushered in by his predecessor.
    Ex: Those who hold this view argued that the state government lacks the political will to send them packing for good.
    Ex: Then tears began to well in her eyes and the trembling of her breath showed that she was forcing back a lump in her throat.
    Ex: In the last presidential election voters said they were turned off by leaders who waffled.
    Ex: During the rutting season, they are used to fend off other males in an attempt to gather a harem of females to breed with.

    * * *
    repeler [E1 ]
    vt
    A ‹ataque/agresión› to repel, repulse ( frml)
    B (rechazar) to resist
    una tela que repele el agua a water-resistant o water-repellent fabric
    repele el fuego it is fire-resistant
    C ( Fís) to repel
    ■ repeler
    vi
    (+ me/te/le etc):
    las serpientes me repelen I find snakes repellent o repulsive
    me repele su actitud paternalista I find his paternalistic attitude repellent, I can't stand his paternalistic attitude
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    repeler ( conjugate repeler) verbo transitivo ‹ataque/agresión› to repel, repulse (frml)
    verbo intransitivo (+ me/te/le etc):
    ◊ las serpientes me repelen I find snakes repellent o repulsive

    repeler verbo transitivo
    1 (causar desagrado, asco) to disgust: me repelen sus métodos, his methods make me sick
    2 (un ataque) to repel, repulse
    3 Fís to repel

    ' repeler' also found in these entries:
    English:
    drive off
    - repel
    - repulse
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [ataque] to repel
    2. [sustancia]
    una tela que repele las manchas a stain-resistant fabric;
    el poste repelió el balón the ball was kept out by the post
    3. [repugnar] to repulse, to disgust;
    ese olor me repele I find that smell disgusting o repulsive
    * * *
    v/t repel
    * * *
    1) : to repel, to resist, to repulse
    2) : to reject
    3) : to disgust
    el sabor me repele: I find the taste repulsive

    Spanish-English dictionary > repeler

  • 7 repugnancia

    f.
    1 disgust.
    2 repugnance, dislike, disgust, distaste.
    * * *
    1 repugnance, disgust, loathing
    * * *
    noun f.
    repugnance, disgust
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=asco) disgust, repugnance; (=aversión) aversion (hacia, por to)
    2) (=desgana) reluctance
    3) [moral] repugnance
    4) (Fil) opposition, incompatibility
    * * *

    siento repugnancia por or hacia las culebras — I can't stand snakes, I have an aversion to snakes

    me da repugnancia ver cómo le miente — it's horrible o it makes me sick the way he's always lying to her

    * * *
    = disgust, distaste, revulsion.
    Ex. I gave him a look of scorn and disgust, but he merely laughed at me.
    Ex. Some detractors cite political reasons for this, for example the apparent scarcity of public funds and taxpayers' distaste for anything 'governmental'.
    Ex. As part of the worldwide revulsion against the fierce crackdown of peaceful dissidents now occurring in Cuba, the U.S. Congress has voted 414-0 to condemn the Cuban government for raiding 22 libraries.
    ----
    * con repugnancia = disgustedly.
    * * *

    siento repugnancia por or hacia las culebras — I can't stand snakes, I have an aversion to snakes

    me da repugnancia ver cómo le miente — it's horrible o it makes me sick the way he's always lying to her

    * * *
    = disgust, distaste, revulsion.

    Ex: I gave him a look of scorn and disgust, but he merely laughed at me.

    Ex: Some detractors cite political reasons for this, for example the apparent scarcity of public funds and taxpayers' distaste for anything 'governmental'.
    Ex: As part of the worldwide revulsion against the fierce crackdown of peaceful dissidents now occurring in Cuba, the U.S. Congress has voted 414-0 to condemn the Cuban government for raiding 22 libraries.
    * con repugnancia = disgustedly.

    * * *
    me causa repugnancia I find him repellent o repulsive o repugnant
    siento auténtica repugnancia por or hacia las culebras I really loathe o can't stand snakes, I have an aversion to snakes, I find snakes repulsive
    la repugnancia que sentí cuando me tocó the revulsion I felt when he touched me
    el atentado causó repugnancia en todo el país the whole country felt abhorrence o repugnance o revulsion at the attack
    me da repugnancia ver cómo le hace la pelota al jefe it's revolting o it's horrible o it makes me sick the way he's always crawling to the boss
    * * *

    repugnancia sustantivo femenino:
    ◊ me causa repugnancia I find him repulsive o repugnant;

    siento repugnancia hacia las culebras I find snakes repulsive
    repugnancia sustantivo femenino
    1 (física) disgust, loathing, repugnance: siente repugnancia por los ratones, she has an aversion to mice
    2 (moral) revulsion, repugnance

    ' repugnancia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    hígado
    - invencible
    - náusea
    - asco
    - puf
    - uf
    English:
    disgust
    - distaste
    - repugnance
    - revulsion
    * * *
    [asco] disgust;
    me da o [m5] produce repugnancia I find it disgusting;
    sentir repugnancia hacia algo to find sth disgusting
    * * *
    f disgust, repugnance
    * * *
    : repugnance

    Spanish-English dictionary > repugnancia

  • 8 asqueroso

    adj.
    loathsome, repugnant, nauseating, filthy.
    m.
    creep, unpleasant person, scuzz.
    * * *
    1 (sucio) dirty, filthy
    2 (desagradable) disgusting, revolting, foul
    3 (que siente asco) squeamish
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (sucio) filthy person, revolting person
    2 (que siente asco) squeamish person
    * * *
    (f. - asquerosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=repugnante) disgusting, revolting; [condición] squalid; (=sucio) filthy
    2) (=de gusto delicado) squeamish
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    1)
    a) <libro/película> digusting, filthy
    b) <olor/comida/costumbre> disgusting, revolting
    2)
    a) (fam) (malo, egoísta) mean (colloq), horrible (BrE colloq)
    b) ( lascivo)
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino
    1) ( sucio)
    2) (fam) (malo, egoísta) meany (colloq)
    * * *
    = filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], revolting, foul [fouler -comp., foulest -sup.], repulsive, disgusting, grungy, squalid, minger, minging, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], appalling, mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.], icky [ickier -comp., ickiest -sup.], yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.], creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], creep, lowdown.
    Ex. Printing houses -- apart from the few that had been built for the purpose rather than converted from something else -- were generally filthy and badly ventilated.
    Ex. This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex. Well, we non-smokers also like to put our feet up and relax, too; but we have to breathe in their foul fumes = Pues bien, a nosotros los no fumadores también nos gusta poner los pies en alto y relajarnos pero tenemos que respirar su repugnante humo.
    Ex. A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.
    Ex. I find it disgusting but I guess that's human nature.
    Ex. It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex. Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex. His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.
    Ex. Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.
    Ex. Neck buffs and balaclava's get the most icky, because you're usually breathing against them, and they tend to get a bit moist.
    Ex. I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.
    Ex. Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.
    Ex. The main character, Tom Johnson, realizes that no girls go out with creeps like him so he quickly changes and buys a guitar and learns how to play one.
    Ex. The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    1)
    a) <libro/película> digusting, filthy
    b) <olor/comida/costumbre> disgusting, revolting
    2)
    a) (fam) (malo, egoísta) mean (colloq), horrible (BrE colloq)
    b) ( lascivo)
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino
    1) ( sucio)
    2) (fam) (malo, egoísta) meany (colloq)
    * * *
    = filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], revolting, foul [fouler -comp., foulest -sup.], repulsive, disgusting, grungy, squalid, minger, minging, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], appalling, mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.], icky [ickier -comp., ickiest -sup.], yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.], creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], creep, lowdown.

    Ex: Printing houses -- apart from the few that had been built for the purpose rather than converted from something else -- were generally filthy and badly ventilated.

    Ex: This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex: Well, we non-smokers also like to put our feet up and relax, too; but we have to breathe in their foul fumes = Pues bien, a nosotros los no fumadores también nos gusta poner los pies en alto y relajarnos pero tenemos que respirar su repugnante humo.
    Ex: A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.
    Ex: I find it disgusting but I guess that's human nature.
    Ex: It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex: His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.
    Ex: Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.
    Ex: Neck buffs and balaclava's get the most icky, because you're usually breathing against them, and they tend to get a bit moist.
    Ex: I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.
    Ex: Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.
    Ex: The main character, Tom Johnson, realizes that no girls go out with creeps like him so he quickly changes and buys a guitar and learns how to play one.
    Ex: The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.

    * * *
    asqueroso1 -sa
    A
    1 ‹libro/película› digusting, filthy
    2 ‹olor/comida/costumbre› disgusting, revolting, horrible
    el baño estaba asqueroso de sucio the bath was absolutely filthy
    ¡mira qué asquerosas tienes las manos! look at the state of your hands! ( colloq), look how filthy your hands are!
    B ( fam) (malo, egoísta) mean ( colloq), horrible ( BrE colloq)
    préstamelo, no seas asqueroso let me borrow it, don't be so mean o horrible
    asqueroso2 -sa
    masculine, feminine
    A
    (sucio): es un asqueroso he's disgusting, he's a filthy pig ( colloq)
    B ( fam) (malo, egoísta) meany ( colloq)
    es un asqueroso, no me quiere prestar la bici he's so mean, o he's such a meany, he won't lend me his bike
    * * *

     

    asqueroso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    1
    a) ‹libro/película› digusting, filthy

    b) ‹olor/comida/costumbre› disgusting, revolting


    2 ( lascivo):
    ◊ ¡viejo asqueroso! you dirty old man!

    asqueroso,-a
    I adj (sucio) filthy
    (repulsivo) revolting, disgusting
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino disgusting o filthy o revolting person
    ' asqueroso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    asquerosa
    - pequeña
    - pequeño
    - asquiento
    English:
    creepy
    - disgusting
    - filthy
    - foul
    - gross
    - icky
    - nasty
    - revolting
    - scummy
    - sickening
    - squalid
    - vile
    - yukky
    - creep
    - lousy
    - sickly
    * * *
    asqueroso, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [que da asco] disgusting, revolting;
    una película asquerosa a revolting film;
    tu cuarto está asqueroso your room is filthy;
    es un cerdo asqueroso he's a disgusting pig
    2. [malo] mean;
    no seas asqueroso y devuélvele el juguete don't be so mean and give her the toy back
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [que da asco] disgusting o revolting person;
    es un asqueroso he's disgusting o revolting
    2. [mala persona] mean person;
    es un asqueroso, no me quiso prestar dinero he's so mean, he wouldn't lend me any money
    * * *
    I adj
    1 ( sucio) filthy
    2 ( repugnante) revolting, disgusting
    II m, asquerosa f creep
    * * *
    asqueroso, -sa adj
    : disgusting, sickening, repulsive
    * * *
    1. (repugnante) disgusting
    ¡qué perro más asqueroso! what a disgusting dog!
    2. (sucio) filthy [comp. filthier; superl. filthiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > asqueroso

  • 9 abominable

    adj.
    abominable.
    el abominable hombre de las nieves the abominable snowman
    * * *
    1 abominable, loathsome
    \
    el abominable hombre de las nieves the abominable snowman
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo abominable
    * * *
    = repulsive, unspeakable, abhorrent, detestable, loathsome.
    Ex. A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.
    Ex. The article 'My life and hard times: a tale of unspeakable horrors' is a light hearted account of the author's experiences as a part time indexer.
    Ex. He debates what should the librarian's attitude be to materials considered personally abhorrent.
    Ex. He then made the comment that our soldiers are fighting ' detestable murderers and scumbags'.
    Ex. It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.
    * * *
    adjetivo abominable
    * * *
    = repulsive, unspeakable, abhorrent, detestable, loathsome.

    Ex: A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.

    Ex: The article 'My life and hard times: a tale of unspeakable horrors' is a light hearted account of the author's experiences as a part time indexer.
    Ex: He debates what should the librarian's attitude be to materials considered personally abhorrent.
    Ex: He then made the comment that our soldiers are fighting ' detestable murderers and scumbags'.
    Ex: It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.

    * * *
    abominable
    el abominable hombre de las nieves the Abominable Snowman
    * * *

    abominable adjetivo
    abominable
    abominable adjetivo abominable: el abominable hombre de las nieves, the Abominable Snowman
    su concepto de las mujeres es absolutamente abominable, he has an absolutely abominable concept of women
    ' abominable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    execrable
    - nefanda
    - nefando
    English:
    abominable
    - hideous
    * * *
    abominable;
    el abominable hombre de las nieves the abominable snowman
    * * *
    adj abominable
    * * *
    aborrecible: abominable

    Spanish-English dictionary > abominable

  • 10 repulsivo

    • abominable
    • disgusting
    • execrable
    • icky
    • nauseate
    • nauseatingly
    • noiseproof
    • noisy
    • repulsive
    • repulsive factor
    • repulsive person
    • sickening

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > repulsivo

  • 11 apasionamiento

    m.
    1 passion, enthusiasm.
    con apasionamiento passionately
    2 rousing, stirring.
    * * *
    1 passion, enthusiasm
    * * *
    SM (=entusiasmo) passion, enthusiasm; (=fervor) vehemence, intensity
    * * *
    masculino passion
    * * *
    = gush, ardour [ardor, -USA].
    Ex. Uncritical gush is as repulsive as dry compulsion = El arrebato falto de sentido crítico es tan repugnante como la obsesión seca.
    Ex. 'Hello, Tom!' said the director, greeting him enthusiastically, as he rounded his desk to shake hands, which he did with unrestrained ardor.
    * * *
    masculino passion
    * * *
    = gush, ardour [ardor, -USA].

    Ex: Uncritical gush is as repulsive as dry compulsion = El arrebato falto de sentido crítico es tan repugnante como la obsesión seca.

    Ex: 'Hello, Tom!' said the director, greeting him enthusiastically, as he rounded his desk to shake hands, which he did with unrestrained ardor.

    * * *
    passion
    habló con apasionamiento del tema he spoke passionately about it
    defendió su postura con apasionamiento he defended his position passionately, he made a passionate defense of his position
    describió la situación sin ningún apasionamiento he described the situation dispassionately o unemotionally
    * * *
    passion, enthusiasm;
    con apasionamiento passionately
    * * *
    m passion

    Spanish-English dictionary > apasionamiento

  • 12 arrebato

    m.
    1 fit, outburst (arranque).
    2 rage, fury (furia).
    3 rapture.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: arrebatar.
    * * *
    1 (arranque) fit, outburst
    * * *
    noun m.
    outburst, fit
    * * *
    SM (=ira) rage; (=éxtasis) ecstasy, rapture
    * * *
    a) ( arranque) fit

    un arrebato de ira/pasión — a fit of anger/passion

    b) ( éxtasis) ecstasy, rapture
    * * *
    = outburst, flush, gush, burst, spurt.
    Ex. Laura Carpozzi, head of the circulation department, heard the checker's outburst and espied the bottleneck in the stream of traffic.
    Ex. I wonder if this is not altogether unrelated to the fact that this stage immediately precedes puberty, during the last flush of childhood, after which young people commonly go through a period of disenchantment with adults.
    Ex. Uncritical gush is as repulsive as dry compulsion = El arrebato falto de sentido crítico es tan repugnante como la obsesión seca.
    Ex. Fueled by inspiration, coffee and Benzedrine, Kerouac sat down at his typewriter and -- in one burst of creative energy -- wrote the novel that would make him the voice of his generation in just 20 days.
    Ex. Consistent productivity is the goal of any supervisor -- not brief spurts of effort followed by a reduction of activities.
    ----
    * arrebato de cólera = angry outburst, fit of rage, fit of anger.
    * arrebato de ira = angry outburst.
    * arrebato de + Nombre = fit of + Nombre.
    * * *
    a) ( arranque) fit

    un arrebato de ira/pasión — a fit of anger/passion

    b) ( éxtasis) ecstasy, rapture
    * * *
    = outburst, flush, gush, burst, spurt.

    Ex: Laura Carpozzi, head of the circulation department, heard the checker's outburst and espied the bottleneck in the stream of traffic.

    Ex: I wonder if this is not altogether unrelated to the fact that this stage immediately precedes puberty, during the last flush of childhood, after which young people commonly go through a period of disenchantment with adults.
    Ex: Uncritical gush is as repulsive as dry compulsion = El arrebato falto de sentido crítico es tan repugnante como la obsesión seca.
    Ex: Fueled by inspiration, coffee and Benzedrine, Kerouac sat down at his typewriter and -- in one burst of creative energy -- wrote the novel that would make him the voice of his generation in just 20 days.
    Ex: Consistent productivity is the goal of any supervisor -- not brief spurts of effort followed by a reduction of activities.
    * arrebato de cólera = angry outburst, fit of rage, fit of anger.
    * arrebato de ira = angry outburst.
    * arrebato de + Nombre = fit of + Nombre.

    * * *
    un arrebato de ira/pasión a fit of anger/passion
    le dio un arrebato y se puso a dar patadas he flew into a rage and started kicking them, he blew his top and started kicking them ( colloq)
    2 (éxtasis) ecstasy, rapture
    * * *

    Del verbo arrebatar: ( conjugate arrebatar)

    arrebato es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    arrebató es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    arrebatar    
    arrebato
    arrebatar ( conjugate arrebatar) verbo transitivo ( quitar) to snatch
    arrebato sustantivo masculino
    a) ( arranque) arrebato de algo fit of sth;



    arrebatar verbo transitivo
    1 (arrancar) to snatch, seize
    2 fig (cautivar, apasionar) to captivate, fascinate
    arrebato sustantivo masculino outburst, fit
    ' arrebato' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acceso
    - arranque
    English:
    outburst
    - rash
    - snatch away
    - burst
    - flush
    - out
    * * *
    1. [arranque]
    lo tiró por la ventana de un arrebato o [m5] en un arrebato de cólera he threw it out of the window in a fit of rage;
    en un arrebato de generosidad in a fit of generosity;
    2. [furia] rage, fury;
    con arrebato in fury, enraged
    3. [éxtasis] ecstasy
    4. RP [robo] bag-snatching
    * * *
    m fit;
    arrebato de cólera fit of rage
    * * *
    arranque: fit, outburst

    Spanish-English dictionary > arrebato

  • 13 baba

    f.
    2 slime.
    3 froth, foam.
    * * *
    1 (de animal, adulto) spittle, saliva; (de niño) dribble
    2 (de caracol, babosa) slime
    \
    tener mala baba to have a bad temper
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=saliva) [de adulto] spittle, saliva; [de niño] dribble; [de perro] slobber

    echar baba — to drool, slobber; [niño] to dribble

    mala baba — * (=malhumor) bad temper; (=mal genio) nasty character

    2) (=mucosidad) [en nariz] mucus; [de caracol] slime, secretion
    3) Col, Ven small crocodile
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( de niño) dribble, drool (AmE)
    b) ( de adulto) saliva

    caérsele a alguien la baba por or con alguien — to drool over somebody

    c) (de perro, caballo) slobber
    2) ( de caracol) slime; ( de cactus) sap
    * * *
    = slime, drool.
    Ex. One cannot infer from the sexist analogies of slime and holes the claim that woman occupies an inferior ontological status.
    Ex. The film offers a repulsive creature whose croaks and drools recall the demonic child in The Exorcist, instead of the feral but relatively articulate person that Morrison created.
    ----
    * caérsele la baba por = go + gaga (over).
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( de niño) dribble, drool (AmE)
    b) ( de adulto) saliva

    caérsele a alguien la baba por or con alguien — to drool over somebody

    c) (de perro, caballo) slobber
    2) ( de caracol) slime; ( de cactus) sap
    * * *
    = slime, drool.

    Ex: One cannot infer from the sexist analogies of slime and holes the claim that woman occupies an inferior ontological status.

    Ex: The film offers a repulsive creature whose croaks and drools recall the demonic child in The Exorcist, instead of the feral but relatively articulate person that Morrison created.
    * caérsele la baba por = go + gaga (over).

    * * *
    A
    1 (de niño) dribble, drool ( AmE)
    2 (de adulto) saliva
    caérsele a algn la baba con or por algn: se le cae la baba con su nieta he dotes on o he's besotted with his granddaughter
    estar pegado con babas ( Col fam) «botón» to be about to fall off, be hanging off
    el proyecto estaba pegado con babas the plan didn't really hang together properly o ( AmE colloq) was stuck on with spit
    3 (de perro, caballo) slobber
    B
    1 (de caracol) slime
    * * *

    baba sustantivo femenino
    a) ( de niño) dribble, drool (AmE)


    caérsele a algn la baba por or con algn to drool over sb
    c) (de perro, caballo) slobber;

    ( de caracol) slime
    baba sustantivo femenino dribble
    ♦ Locuciones: caérsele la baba: se le cae la baba con su bebé, he dotes on his baby
    ' baba' also found in these entries:
    English:
    dribble
    - drool
    - slime
    - spittle
    * * *
    baba nf
    1. [saliva] [de niño] dribble;
    [de adulto] spittle, saliva; Fam
    caérsele la baba a alguien: se le cae la baba con su nieta she absolutely dotes on her granddaughter;
    se le cae la baba escuchando a Mozart he's in heaven when he's listening to Mozart;
    Fam
    tener mala baba to be a real o Br a nasty piece of work
    2. [saliva] [de animal] slobber
    3. [de caracol] slime
    4. [de planta] sap
    * * *
    f drool, dribble;
    se le caía la baba fam he was drooling fam
    ( con over);
    * * *
    baba nf
    1) : spittle, saliva
    2) : dribble, drool (of a baby)
    3) : slime, ooze
    * * *
    baba n (de niño) dribble

    Spanish-English dictionary > baba

  • 14 demoníaco

    adj.
    diabolic, demoniac, demonic, demoniacal.
    * * *
    1 demoniacal, demonic, possessed by the devil
    * * *
    - ca, demoniaco -ca adjetivo demonic, demoniac
    * * *
    Ex. The film offers a repulsive creature whose croaks and drools recall the demonic child in The Exorcist, instead of the feral but relatively articulate person that Morrison created.
    * * *
    - ca, demoniaco -ca adjetivo demonic, demoniac
    * * *

    Ex: The film offers a repulsive creature whose croaks and drools recall the demonic child in The Exorcist, instead of the feral but relatively articulate person that Morrison created.

    * * *
    demonic, demoniac
    * * *
    demoniaco, -a, demoníaco, -a adj
    devilish, diabolic
    * * *
    adj demonic

    Spanish-English dictionary > demoníaco

  • 15 diabólico

    adj.
    diabolical, demoniacal, demonic, devilish.
    * * *
    1 diabolic, devilish, diabolical
    * * *
    ADJ [palabras, rito] diabolic, satanic; (=malvado) diabolical; (=muy difícil) fiendishly difficult
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo ( del diablo) diabolic, satanic; < persona> evil; <plan/intenciones> devilish, fiendish
    * * *
    = demonic, hellish, diabolical, diabolic.
    Ex. The film offers a repulsive creature whose croaks and drools recall the demonic child in The Exorcist, instead of the feral but relatively articulate person that Morrison created.
    Ex. The movie novel is about a trio of small-town guys who come across a wrecked plane containing a bag full of what they presume to be 'dirty money' and decide to hold onto it, with predictably hellish consequences.
    Ex. This scene is appropriate in relation to the center panel, which shows the diabolical influence of lust.
    Ex. The triptych as a whole reflects late Medieval obsession with demons and witches, and with the diabolic 'power of women' to corrupt man.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo ( del diablo) diabolic, satanic; < persona> evil; <plan/intenciones> devilish, fiendish
    * * *
    = demonic, hellish, diabolical, diabolic.

    Ex: The film offers a repulsive creature whose croaks and drools recall the demonic child in The Exorcist, instead of the feral but relatively articulate person that Morrison created.

    Ex: The movie novel is about a trio of small-town guys who come across a wrecked plane containing a bag full of what they presume to be 'dirty money' and decide to hold onto it, with predictably hellish consequences.
    Ex: This scene is appropriate in relation to the center panel, which shows the diabolical influence of lust.
    Ex: The triptych as a whole reflects late Medieval obsession with demons and witches, and with the diabolic 'power of women' to corrupt man.

    * * *
    1 (del diablo) diabolic, satanic
    2 ‹persona› evil; ‹plan/intenciones› devilish, fiendish, evil
    * * *

    diabólico
    ◊ -ca adjetivo ( del diablo) diabolic, satanic;


    ‹ persona› evil;
    ‹plan/intenciones› devilish, fiendish
    diabólico,-a adjetivo
    1 diabolical, satanic, evil
    2 terrible: hace un viento diabólico, it's awfully windy
    3 complicated: tienes una escritura diabólica, your handwriting is awful
    ' diabólico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    diabólica
    English:
    devilish
    - diabolic
    - diabolical
    - fiendish
    - evil
    * * *
    diabólico, -a adj
    1. [del diablo] diabolic
    2. [muy malo] evil, diabolical;
    tiene una mente diabólica she has an evil mind
    3. [difícil] fiendishly difficult
    * * *
    adj diabolical
    * * *
    diabólico, -ca adj
    : diabolical, diabolic, devilish

    Spanish-English dictionary > diabólico

  • 16 efusividad

    f.
    effusiveness.
    * * *
    1 effusiveness
    * * *
    * * *
    = outburst, gush.
    Ex. Laura Carpozzi, head of the circulation department, heard the checker's outburst and espied the bottleneck in the stream of traffic.
    Ex. Uncritical gush is as repulsive as dry compulsion = El arrebato falto de sentido crítico es tan repugnante como la obsesión seca.
    ----
    * hablar emotivamente y con efusividad = gush about.
    * * *
    = outburst, gush.

    Ex: Laura Carpozzi, head of the circulation department, heard the checker's outburst and espied the bottleneck in the stream of traffic.

    Ex: Uncritical gush is as repulsive as dry compulsion = El arrebato falto de sentido crítico es tan repugnante como la obsesión seca.
    * hablar emotivamente y con efusividad = gush about.

    * * *
    efusión f A. (↑ efusión)
    * * *
    effusiveness

    Spanish-English dictionary > efusividad

  • 17 efusión

    f.
    1 effusion, gush, outpouring.
    2 effusion, escape of fluid.
    * * *
    1 (derramamiento) effusion, pouring out
    2 figurado effusiveness, warmth
    \
    con efusión figurado effusively
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=derramamiento) [de sentimientos] outpouring; [de sangre] shedding

    efusión de sangre — bloodshed, shedding of blood

    2) [de persona] [gen] effusion, outpouring; [en el trato] warmth, effusiveness; pey gushing manner
    * * *
    femenino ( entusiasmo) effusiveness, warmth
    * * *
    = outpouring, outflow, gush.
    Ex. This tremendous outpouring of titles is one reason why British publishing has such a highly esteemed place in the world.
    Ex. A dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus holding off the next ice age.
    Ex. Uncritical gush is as repulsive as dry compulsion = El arrebato falto de sentido crítico es tan repugnante como la obsesión seca.
    ----
    * con efusión = effusively.
    * * *
    femenino ( entusiasmo) effusiveness, warmth
    * * *
    = outpouring, outflow, gush.

    Ex: This tremendous outpouring of titles is one reason why British publishing has such a highly esteemed place in the world.

    Ex: A dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus holding off the next ice age.
    Ex: Uncritical gush is as repulsive as dry compulsion = El arrebato falto de sentido crítico es tan repugnante como la obsesión seca.
    * con efusión = effusively.

    * * *
    A (entusiasmo) effusiveness, warmth
    B ( Med) effusion
    * * *

    efusión sustantivo femenino
    1 (alegría, afecto) affection, feeling: recibió a sus amigos con gran efusión, she welcomed her friends very warmly
    2 Fis effusion
    * * *
    1. [cordialidad] effusiveness, warmth
    2. Formal [de sangre] effusion
    * * *
    f effusiveness;
    con efusión effusively
    * * *
    efusión nf, pl - siones
    1) : effusion
    2) : warmth, effusiveness
    3)
    con efusión : effusively

    Spanish-English dictionary > efusión

  • 18 exorcista

    f. & m.
    exorcist.
    * * *
    1 exorcist
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ
    2.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino exorcist
    * * *
    Ex. The film offers a repulsive creature whose croaks and drools recall the demonic child in The Exorcist, instead of the feral but relatively articulate person that Morrison created.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino exorcist
    * * *

    Ex: The film offers a repulsive creature whose croaks and drools recall the demonic child in The Exorcist, instead of the feral but relatively articulate person that Morrison created.

    * * *
    exorcist
    * * *

    exorcista mf exorcist
    * * *
    exorcist
    * * *
    m/f exorcist

    Spanish-English dictionary > exorcista

  • 19 graznido

    m.
    1 caw, cawing.
    2 squawk, cackling, quack, croak.
    * * *
    1 (de cuervo) caw, croak
    2 (de oca) honk
    3 (de pato) quack
    * * *
    SM [de cuervo] croak; [de ganso] cackle; [de pato] quack
    * * *
    masculino ( del cuervo) caw; ( del ganso) honk; ( del pato) quack
    * * *
    = croak, quack.
    Ex. The film offers a repulsive creature whose croaks and drools recall the demonic child in The Exorcist, instead of the feral but relatively articulate person that Morrison created.
    Ex. 'A duck's quack doesn't echo' is a much quoted scientific myth.
    * * *
    masculino ( del cuervo) caw; ( del ganso) honk; ( del pato) quack
    * * *
    = croak, quack.

    Ex: The film offers a repulsive creature whose croaks and drools recall the demonic child in The Exorcist, instead of the feral but relatively articulate person that Morrison created.

    Ex: 'A duck's quack doesn't echo' is a much quoted scientific myth.

    * * *
    (del cuervo) caw, cawing, croak, croaking; (del ganso) honk, honking; (del pato) quack, quacking
    * * *

    graznido sustantivo masculino ( del cuervo) caw;
    ( del ganso) honk;
    ( del pato) quack
    graznido m (sonido desagradable) squawk: me molesta el graznido de las aves, the squawking of the birds disturbs me
    (de un pato) quack
    (de un cuervo) caw
    ' graznido' also found in these entries:
    English:
    croak
    - quack
    - squawk
    * * *
    1. [de cuervo] caw, cawing;
    [de ganso] honk, honking; [de pato] quack, quacking;
    el pato dio un graznido the duck gave a quack
    2. [de personas] squawk, squawking
    * * *
    m de cuervo cawing; de pato quacking; de ganso honking
    * * *
    : cawing, honking, quacking, squawking

    Spanish-English dictionary > graznido

  • 20 hediondo

    adj.
    stinking, stinky, bad-smelling, evil-smelling.
    * * *
    1 (apestoso) stinking, foul-smelling, smelly
    2 figurado (asqueroso) filthy, repulsive
    3 figurado (molesto) annoying
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=maloliente) stinking, foul-smelling
    2) (=asqueroso) repulsive
    3) (=sucio) filthy
    4) (=obsceno) obscene
    5) (=inaguantable) annoying, unbearable
    * * *
    - da adjetivo ( fétido) foul-smelling, stinking
    * * *
    = stinking, smelly [smellier -comp., smelliest -sup.], malodourous [malodorous, -USA], rotting, reeking, putrid, noisome.
    Ex. And no matter how set everyone is to have a good time, it is difficult to do more than make the cheerful best of things if the picnic is held, for some crazy reason, on a stinking garbage dump in pouring rain.
    Ex. This article looks at the question of the appropriate treatment by librarians of homeless people, sometimes smelly and mentally disturbed, in the library.
    Ex. Today's sewage nutrients, dyes and toxic or malodorous substances which can be degraded only with difficulty or very slowly.
    Ex. He is a modernist abandoning himself to romanticism and finding beauty in rotting corpses and reeking cities.
    Ex. He is a modernist abandoning himself to romanticism and finding beauty in rotting corpses and reeking cities.
    Ex. Social conventions can influence the labeling of odors, especially those that have putrid, rancid, urinous or sweaty qualities.
    Ex. The bags may be used as an inner skin to a rubbish bin, to stop wet and noisome remains from sticking to the inside of the container.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo ( fétido) foul-smelling, stinking
    * * *
    = stinking, smelly [smellier -comp., smelliest -sup.], malodourous [malodorous, -USA], rotting, reeking, putrid, noisome.

    Ex: And no matter how set everyone is to have a good time, it is difficult to do more than make the cheerful best of things if the picnic is held, for some crazy reason, on a stinking garbage dump in pouring rain.

    Ex: This article looks at the question of the appropriate treatment by librarians of homeless people, sometimes smelly and mentally disturbed, in the library.
    Ex: Today's sewage nutrients, dyes and toxic or malodorous substances which can be degraded only with difficulty or very slowly.
    Ex: He is a modernist abandoning himself to romanticism and finding beauty in rotting corpses and reeking cities.
    Ex: He is a modernist abandoning himself to romanticism and finding beauty in rotting corpses and reeking cities.
    Ex: Social conventions can influence the labeling of odors, especially those that have putrid, rancid, urinous or sweaty qualities.
    Ex: The bags may be used as an inner skin to a rubbish bin, to stop wet and noisome remains from sticking to the inside of the container.

    * * *
    1 (fétido) foul-smelling, stinking
    2 ( fam) (repugnante) disgusting, revolting
    * * *

    hediondo
    ◊ -da adjetivo ( fétido) foul-smelling, stinking

    hediondo,-a adjetivo foul-smelling

    ' hediondo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    hedionda
    English:
    stinking
    * * *
    hediondo, -a adj
    1. [pestilente] stinking, foul-smelling
    2. Formal [insoportable] unbearable
    * * *
    adj stinking, foul-smelling
    * * *
    hediondo, -da adj
    maloliente: foul-smelling, stinking

    Spanish-English dictionary > hediondo

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