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1 sórdido
adj.1 sordid, wicked, depraved, seamy.2 dingy.* * *► adjetivo1 (sucio) squalid, sordid2 (mezquino) mean* * *ADJ1) (=sucio) dirty, squalid2) (=inmoral) sordid3) [palabra] nasty, dirty* * *- da adjetivo <lugar/ambiente> squalid; <asunto/libro> sordid* * *= sordid, seamy [seamier -comp., seamiest -sup.], seedy [seedier -comp., seediest -sup.], squalid.Ex. By preserving and ensuring access to the sordid history told in the tales of the tobacco industry documents, there is hope that as a nation we will not allow a repeat of the mistakes and misdeeds of the past.Ex. In general, the writer explains, crimes are depicted in such a way that they are associated with seamy characters who have little regard for conventional morality.Ex. The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').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.----* sórdida realidad = shabby reality.* * *- da adjetivo <lugar/ambiente> squalid; <asunto/libro> sordid* * *= sordid, seamy [seamier -comp., seamiest -sup.], seedy [seedier -comp., seediest -sup.], squalid.Ex: By preserving and ensuring access to the sordid history told in the tales of the tobacco industry documents, there is hope that as a nation we will not allow a repeat of the mistakes and misdeeds of the past.
Ex: In general, the writer explains, crimes are depicted in such a way that they are associated with seamy characters who have little regard for conventional morality.Ex: The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').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.* sórdida realidad = shabby reality.* * *sórdido -da1 (sucio) dirty, squalid, sordid2 ‹asunto/libro› sordid* * *
sórdido◊ -da adjetivo ‹lugar/ambiente› squalid;
‹asunto/libro› sordid
sórdido,-a adjetivo
1 (pobre, mísero) squalid
un lugar sórdido y oscuro, a dark and squalid place
2 (inmoral, indecente, escandaloso) sordid
el libro narra la sórdida vida de un violador, the book is about the sordid existence of a rapist
' sórdido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
escabrosa
- escabroso
- sórdida
- truculenta
- truculento
- antro
English:
seamy
- seedily
- seedy
- sleazy
- sordid
- squalid
* * *sórdido, -a adj1. [miserable] squalid2. [obsceno, perverso] sordid* * *adj sordid* * *sórdido, -da adj: sordid, dirty, squalid -
2 sórdido
• depraved• dingy• slummy• sordid• wicked -
3 antro
m.1 dive, dump (informal pejorative).un antro de depravación a den of iniquity2 seedy bar, den of iniquity, licentious place.3 cavern, cave.4 antrum, chamber, cavity in an organ of the body, antre.5 cavity in a bone, body cavity found especially in a bone.* * *1 (caverna) cavern2 (tugurio) dump, hole, dive\antro de perdición den of vice* * *SM (=cueva) cavern; (=local) pey * dive ** * *masculino ( local sórdido) dive (colloq)* * *= leper colony.Ex. Without data protection legislation the UK could become the leper colony of unsafe information with companies in other countries refusing to transmit valuable data into the UK.* * *masculino ( local sórdido) dive (colloq)* * *= leper colony.Ex: Without data protection legislation the UK could become the leper colony of unsafe information with companies in other countries refusing to transmit valuable data into the UK.
* * *antro de perdición den of iniquity* * *
antro sustantivo masculino ( local sórdido) dive (colloq);
antro m pey (local público) dump, hole
' antro' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ratonera
- tugurio
English:
den
- dive
- hole
- joint
* * *antro nmFam Pey dive, dump;ese bar es un antro de mala muerte that bar is a dive o dump;Humun antro de perdición a den of iniquity* * *m famdive fam, dump fam* * *antro nm1) : cave, den2) : dive, seedy nightclub -
4 sórdida
adj.1 sordid, dirty (sucio), filthy.2 licentious, impure, indecent, scandalous.* * *
sórdido,-a adjetivo
1 (pobre, mísero) squalid
un lugar sórdido y oscuro, a dark and squalid place
2 (inmoral, indecente, escandaloso) sordid
el libro narra la sórdida vida de un violador, the book is about the sordid existence of a rapist
' sórdida' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sórdido
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5 cutre
adj.1 cheap and nasty (de bajo precio, calidad). (peninsular Spanish)2 shabby, dingy.3 tight, stingy (tacaño).4 down-at-heel, shabby.5 in bad shape.6 mean, stingy.f. & m.Scrooge, miser.* * *► adjetivo1 (tacaño) mean, stingy* * ** * *= seedy [seedier -comp., seediest -sup.], cheapo, shabby [shabbier -comp., shabbiest -sup.].Ex. The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').Ex. I just put the DVD in my cheapo DVD player connected to my TV and it played without a hitch.Ex. Behind the shabby desk was a rather shabby man, with a tired and indecisive face.* * ** * *= seedy [seedier -comp., seediest -sup.], cheapo, shabby [shabbier -comp., shabbiest -sup.].Ex: The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').
Ex: I just put the DVD in my cheapo DVD player connected to my TV and it played without a hitch.Ex: Behind the shabby desk was a rather shabby man, with a tired and indecisive face.* * *el bar es un poco cutre the bar is a bit of a dive o is pretty seedy ( colloq)es un chico de lo más cutre he's terribly shabby o down-at-heel(s)* * *
cutre adj fam
1 (de mala calidad) shabby, grotty, seedy
2 (tacaño) stingy
' cutre' also found in these entries:
English:
seedily
- seedy
- tatty
* * *cutre adjEsp Fam1. [de bajo precio, calidad] cheap and nasty, crummy2. [sórdido] shabby, dingy;un garito cutre a sleazy nightclub3. [tacaño] tight, stingy* * *adj famshabby, dingy -
6 escabroso
adj.1 rough, steep, rude, harsh.2 risqué, bordering on impoliteness.* * *► adjetivo1 (desigual) uneven, rough2 figurado (carácter) harsh, rude4 figurado (indecente) indecent, coarse, crude* * *ADJ1) (=irregular) [terreno] rough, rugged; [superficie] uneven2) [sonido] harsh3) [problema] difficult, tough, thorny4) [chiste] risqué, blue, salacious frm* * *- sa adjetivo1) < terreno> rugged, rough2) <asunto/problema/tema> thorny, tricky; <escena/relato> shocking* * *= rugged, gory [gorier -comp., goriest -sup.], lurid.Ex. Due to their lighter weight optical-fibre cables can be suspended to form aerial cables in the rugged countryside of Wales where the laying of ducts would be prohibitively expensive.Ex. Nowadays, the gory process of 'blood doping' in athlectics has been replaced by genetic engineering.Ex. At the end of the day, there may be only a thin line that separates news from advertisements, as one travels from the lurid to the ridiculous.* * *- sa adjetivo1) < terreno> rugged, rough2) <asunto/problema/tema> thorny, tricky; <escena/relato> shocking* * *= rugged, gory [gorier -comp., goriest -sup.], lurid.Ex: Due to their lighter weight optical-fibre cables can be suspended to form aerial cables in the rugged countryside of Wales where the laying of ducts would be prohibitively expensive.
Ex: Nowadays, the gory process of 'blood doping' in athlectics has been replaced by genetic engineering.Ex: At the end of the day, there may be only a thin line that separates news from advertisements, as one travels from the lurid to the ridiculous.* * *escabroso -saA ‹terreno› rugged, roughB1 ‹asunto/problema› thorny, tricky2 ‹escena/relato› shocking; ‹detalles› lurides un tema escabroso it's a delicate subjectno lleves a los niños, es una película escabrosa don't take the children, the movie isn't suitable for them* * *
escabroso◊ -sa adjetivo
‹escena/relato› shocking
escabroso,-a adjetivo
1 (terreno) rough
2 (difícil de abordar, incómodo) tricky, distasteful
detalles escabrosos, lurid details
3 (sórdido, obsceno) crude
' escabroso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
escabrosa
English:
lurid
- raunchy
- rough
- rugged
* * *escabroso, -a adj1. [abrupto] rough2. [por obsceno] [tema] unpleasant;[detalles] lurid;contiene imágenes bastante escabrosas it contains some fairly crude images3. [difícil] awkward, thorny* * *adj1 terreno rough2 problema tricky3 relato indecent* * *escabroso, -sa adj1) : rugged, rough2) : difficult, tough3) : risqué -
7 escandaloso
adj.1 very noisy, noisy, strepitous, too noisy.2 outrageous, outraging, offensive, disgraceful.3 shocking, scandalous.* * *► adjetivo1 scandalous, shocking, outrageous2 (alborotado) noisy, rowdy* * *(f. - escandalosa)adj.1) shocking, scandalous2) outrageous3) noisy* * *ADJ1) (=sorprendente) [actuación] scandalous, shocking; [delito] flagrant; [vida] scandalous2) (=ruidoso) [risa] hearty, uproarious; [niño] noisy3) [color] loud* * *- sa adjetivoa) < conducta> shocking, scandalous; < ropa> outrageous; < película> shocking; < vida> scandalous; < color> loud* * *= scandalous, monstrous, boisterous, shocking, raucous, a monster of a, rumbustious, juicy [juicier -comp., juiciest -sup.], loudmouth.Ex. The article ' SCANdalous behaviour' examines the possible uses of hand-held OCR scanners as a means of converting graphics (illustrations etc) into machine readable form.Ex. Bogardus privately resolved that nothing would induce her to assent to this monstrous possibility.Ex. These comedies, especially the seven he created in his glory years, lurch breathlessly in every direction, simultaneously sophisticated and boisterous, urbane and philistine.Ex. The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.Ex. This is an important point which has been poorly neglected in this lively and, at times, raucous debate.Ex. Hurricane Rita became a monster of a storm as it gathered strength over the Gulf of Mexico.Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.Ex. The book 'If Looks Could Kill' is a juicy, tell-all, insider's look at the true world of fashion.Ex. In that respect, if, in fact, some people may think of her as a ' loudmouth' or 'showboat' or 'jerk,' it could be good for women's soccer.----* de forma escandalosa = outrageously.* de manera escandalosa = outrageously.* muy escandaloso = highly visible.* * *- sa adjetivoa) < conducta> shocking, scandalous; < ropa> outrageous; < película> shocking; < vida> scandalous; < color> loud* * *= scandalous, monstrous, boisterous, shocking, raucous, a monster of a, rumbustious, juicy [juicier -comp., juiciest -sup.], loudmouth.Ex: The article ' SCANdalous behaviour' examines the possible uses of hand-held OCR scanners as a means of converting graphics (illustrations etc) into machine readable form.
Ex: Bogardus privately resolved that nothing would induce her to assent to this monstrous possibility.Ex: These comedies, especially the seven he created in his glory years, lurch breathlessly in every direction, simultaneously sophisticated and boisterous, urbane and philistine.Ex: The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.Ex: This is an important point which has been poorly neglected in this lively and, at times, raucous debate.Ex: Hurricane Rita became a monster of a storm as it gathered strength over the Gulf of Mexico.Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.Ex: The book 'If Looks Could Kill' is a juicy, tell-all, insider's look at the true world of fashion.Ex: In that respect, if, in fact, some people may think of her as a ' loudmouth' or 'showboat' or 'jerk,' it could be good for women's soccer.* de forma escandalosa = outrageously.* de manera escandalosa = outrageously.* muy escandaloso = highly visible.* * *escandaloso -sa1 ‹conducta› shocking, scandalous, disgraceful; ‹ropa› outrageous; ‹película› shocking; ‹vida› scandalous; ‹color› loud2 (ruidoso) ‹persona› noisy; ‹risa› loud, outrageous; ‹griterío› noisy* * *
escandaloso◊ -sa adjetivo
‹ ropa› outrageous;
‹ película› shocking;
‹ vida› scandalous
‹ risa› loud, uproarious
escandaloso,-a adjetivo
1 (ruidoso) noisy, rowdy
2 (inmoral) scandalous, shameful
' escandaloso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
escandalosa
- sórdida
- sórdido
- gamberrismo
English:
disorderly
- outrageous
- raucous
- rowdy
- scandalous
- shocking
* * *escandaloso, -a♦ adj1. [inmoral] outrageous, shocking;se vio envuelto en un asunto escandaloso he got caught up in a scandalous business2. [ruidoso] very noisy;¡mira que eres escandaloso! what a racket you make!♦ nm,fvery noisy o loud person;son unos escandalosos they're terribly noisy people* * *adj1 ( vergonzoso) scandalous, shocking2 ( ruidoso) noisy, rowdy* * *escandaloso, -sa adj1) : shocking, scandalous2) ruidoso: noisy, rowdy3) : flagrant, outrageous♦ escandalosamente adv* * *escandaloso adj2. (indignante) scandalous / shocking -
8 indecente
adj.1 indecent.2 miserable, wretched (indigno).f. & m.indecent person.* * *► adjetivo1 (impúdico) indecent; (indecoroso) improper2 (indigno) miserable; (cochambroso) filthy3 (vil) wretched* * *adj.* * *ADJ1) [persona] (=falto de decencia) indecent; (=obsceno) obscene¡indecente! — you brute!
2) (=asqueroso) filthy* * *Iadjetivo <persona/vestido> indecent; <película/lenguaje> obsceneIImasculino y femenino rude o shameless person* * *= filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], indecent, abject, abjected, obscene.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. The passage of the Exon bill would make criminal the sending of obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent data over the Net = La aprobación de la ley Exon haría que fuese un delito el envío a través de Internet de información obscena, lujuriosa, lasciva, inmoral o indecente.Ex. Her art works incorporate such abject materials as dirt, hair, excrement, dead animals, menstrual blood and rotting food in order to confront taboo issues of gender and sexuality.Ex. In this study of sapphism in the British novel, Moore often directs our attention to the periphery of sapphic romances, when an abjected body suffers on behalf of the stainless heroine.Ex. Prompt responses are required to bomb threats and reports of such dangerous or criminal conduct as sprinkling acid on chairs or clothing, mutilating books, tampering with the card catalog, or obscene behavior.----* exposición indecente = indecent exposure.* * *Iadjetivo <persona/vestido> indecent; <película/lenguaje> obsceneIImasculino y femenino rude o shameless person* * *= filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], indecent, abject, abjected, obscene.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: The passage of the Exon bill would make criminal the sending of obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent data over the Net = La aprobación de la ley Exon haría que fuese un delito el envío a través de Internet de información obscena, lujuriosa, lasciva, inmoral o indecente.Ex: Her art works incorporate such abject materials as dirt, hair, excrement, dead animals, menstrual blood and rotting food in order to confront taboo issues of gender and sexuality.Ex: In this study of sapphism in the British novel, Moore often directs our attention to the periphery of sapphic romances, when an abjected body suffers on behalf of the stainless heroine.Ex: Prompt responses are required to bomb threats and reports of such dangerous or criminal conduct as sprinkling acid on chairs or clothing, mutilating books, tampering with the card catalog, or obscene behavior.* exposición indecente = indecent exposure.* * *1 ‹persona› indecent; ‹vestido› indecent; ‹película/lenguaje› obscene2 (miserable) wretched, miserablerude o shameless person* * *
indecente adjetivo ‹persona/vestido› indecent;
‹película/lenguaje› obscene
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
rude o shameless person
indecente adjetivo
1 (obsceno, inmoral) indecent
2 (intolerable) dreadful: llegó a casa a una hora indecente, he arrived home very late
' indecente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sórdida
- sórdido
- deshonesto
- guarro
English:
filthy
- immodest
- improper
- indecent
- rude
- suggestive
* * *indecente adj1. [impúdico] indecent2. [indigno] miserable, wretched* * *adj indecent; película obscene* * *indecente adj: indecent, obscene* * *indecente adj1. (inmoral) indecent -
9 inmoral
adj.immoral.* * *► adjetivo1 immoral* * *ADJ immoral* * *Iadjetivo immoralIImasculino y femenino* * *= filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], immoral, unethical, licentious, unsavoury [unsavory, -USA].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. We might all easily agree that LITERATURE, immoral is not particularly descriptive of, and an anachronistic euphemism for, PORNOGRAPHY.Ex. Librarians are more likely than vendors to engage in unethical behaviour.Ex. The reviewer, focusing on questions of methodology, finds the book often wide of its mark and the method historically licentious.Ex. Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.----* comportamiento inmoral = immoral conduct.* conducta inmoral = immoral conduct.* * *Iadjetivo immoralIImasculino y femenino* * *= filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], immoral, unethical, licentious, unsavoury [unsavory, -USA].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: We might all easily agree that LITERATURE, immoral is not particularly descriptive of, and an anachronistic euphemism for, PORNOGRAPHY.Ex: Librarians are more likely than vendors to engage in unethical behaviour.Ex: The reviewer, focusing on questions of methodology, finds the book often wide of its mark and the method historically licentious.Ex: Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.* comportamiento inmoral = immoral conduct.* conducta inmoral = immoral conduct.* * *immoraleres un inmoral you have no morals* * *
inmoral adjetivo
immoral
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino:
inmoral adjetivo immoral
su conducta inmoral, her immoral conduct
' inmoral' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
escandalosa
- escandaloso
- indecente
- sinvergüenza
- sórdida
- sórdido
- sucia
- sucio
English:
immoral
- unethical
* * *inmoral adjimmoral* * *adj immoral* * *inmoral adj: immoral* * *inmoral adj immoral -
10 mísero
adj.1 churchy, mass loving, fond of going to church.2 applied to a priest who says mass very often.* * *► adjetivo1 miserable■ ¡oh, mísero de mí! woe is me!► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 miser* * *ADJ1) (=tacaño) mean, stingy; (=avaro) miserly2) [sueldo] miserable, paltry3) (=vil) vile, despicable4) [lugar, habitación] squalid, wretched5) (=desdichado) wretched* * *- ra adjetivoa) ( pobre) miserableen un mísero cuartucho — in a miserable o squalid hovel
b) (delante del n) ( escaso) miserable, measly* * *= hardscrabble, miserable, penurious, skimpy [skimpier -comp., skimpiest -sup.].Ex. And so, from its hardscrabble beginnings to immediate time, Wexler has lead a varied existence, changing from shipping point for fruit to resting place for travelers = Y por lo tanto, desde sus comienzos difíciles hasta el presente, Wexler ha llevado una vida variada, pasando de ser un centro de recepción y envío de fruta a un lugar de descanso para los viajeros.Ex. Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.Ex. The article is entitled 'Periodicals: proliferation, pricing and the penurious librarian'.Ex. Often times new graduate job-seekers produce skimpy resumes because they fail to include all of their relevant experience.* * *- ra adjetivoa) ( pobre) miserableen un mísero cuartucho — in a miserable o squalid hovel
b) (delante del n) ( escaso) miserable, measly* * *= hardscrabble, miserable, penurious, skimpy [skimpier -comp., skimpiest -sup.].Ex: And so, from its hardscrabble beginnings to immediate time, Wexler has lead a varied existence, changing from shipping point for fruit to resting place for travelers = Y por lo tanto, desde sus comienzos difíciles hasta el presente, Wexler ha llevado una vida variada, pasando de ser un centro de recepción y envío de fruta a un lugar de descanso para los viajeros.
Ex: Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.Ex: The article is entitled 'Periodicals: proliferation, pricing and the penurious librarian'.Ex: Often times new graduate job-seekers produce skimpy resumes because they fail to include all of their relevant experience.* * *mísero -ra1 (pobre) miserableviven en un mísero cuartucho they live in a miserable o squalid o wretched hovel2 ( delante del n) (escaso) miserable, measlyel mísero sueldo que me pagan the miserable o paltry o measly salary they pay me, the pittance they pay me* * *
mísero◊ -ra adjetivo
miserable
mísero,-a adjetivo miserable
' mísero' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
mísera
- sórdida
- sórdido
English:
miserable
- paltry
* * *mísero, -a adj1. [pobre, desdichado] wretched, miserable;vive en una mísera choza he lives in a miserable hovel;no nos ofreció ni un mísero vaso de vino she didn't even offer us a measly o miserable glass of wine2. [tacaño] mean, stingy* * *adj2 sueldo miserable;ni un mísero dólar not a miserable dollar* * *mísero, -ra adj1) : wretched, miserable2) : stingy3) : paltry, meager -
11 oscuro
adj.1 dark, obscure, dim, darkish.2 sullen, dark.3 brunette, brunet, black-a-vised, dark.* * *► adjetivo1→ link=obscuro obscuro* * *(f. - oscura)adj.1) dark2) obscure* * *ADJ1) (=sin luz) dark¡qué casa tan oscura! — what a dark house!
2) [color, cielo, día] dark3) [texto, explicación] obscure4) (=sospechoso)oscuras intenciones — dubious intentions, sinister intentions
5) (=incierto) [porvenir, futuro] uncertain6) (=poco conocido) obscure* * *- ra adjetivo1)a) <calle/habitación> darkb) <color/ojos/pelo> dark2)a) < intenciones> dark; < asunto> dubiousb) ( poco claro) <significado/asunto> obscurec) ( poco conocido) <escritor/orígenes> obscure* * *= black [blacker -comp., blackest -sup.], dark [darker -comp., darkest -sup.], darkling, dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], obscure, murky [murkier -comp., murkiest -sup.], dusky.Ex. Thoughts of this sort kept running about like clockwork mice in his head, while the murmur of chatter filled the room and outside dusk had yielded to black night.Ex. Input fields for passwords be dark to prevent other close the terminal from seeing, and perhaps copying the input.Ex. I surmise that Slake will start in the hard-edged reality of modern urban life before sliding ineluctably into the darkling land of Hereafter.Ex. The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.Ex. Examples are generally poor or obscure (often in Latin or German).Ex. There are extraordinary uncertainties in the murky future of higher education and to change the character of our library at this stage would be too extreme a measure.Ex. The film centers on a non-white secretary who believes that her dusky kin and non-Nordic features prevent her boss from returning her affections.----* azul oscuro = deep blue.* callejón oscuro = dark alley.* claroscuro = light-and-shade.* cuarto oscuro de fotografía = photographic darkroom.* de color verde oscuro = bottle green.* dejar a oscuras = cut out + light.* de pelo oscuro = dark-haired.* en un pasado oscuro y lejano = in the dim and distant past.* marrón oscuro = dark brown.* oscuro como boca de lobo = pitch-black, pitch-dark.* traje oscuro de rayas = pinstripe(d) suit.* un pasado oscuro = a dark past.* volverse oscuro = turn + dark.* * *- ra adjetivo1)a) <calle/habitación> darkb) <color/ojos/pelo> dark2)a) < intenciones> dark; < asunto> dubiousb) ( poco claro) <significado/asunto> obscurec) ( poco conocido) <escritor/orígenes> obscure* * *= black [blacker -comp., blackest -sup.], dark [darker -comp., darkest -sup.], darkling, dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], obscure, murky [murkier -comp., murkiest -sup.], dusky.Ex: Thoughts of this sort kept running about like clockwork mice in his head, while the murmur of chatter filled the room and outside dusk had yielded to black night.
Ex: Input fields for passwords be dark to prevent other close the terminal from seeing, and perhaps copying the input.Ex: I surmise that Slake will start in the hard-edged reality of modern urban life before sliding ineluctably into the darkling land of Hereafter.Ex: The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.Ex: Examples are generally poor or obscure (often in Latin or German).Ex: There are extraordinary uncertainties in the murky future of higher education and to change the character of our library at this stage would be too extreme a measure.Ex: The film centers on a non-white secretary who believes that her dusky kin and non-Nordic features prevent her boss from returning her affections.* azul oscuro = deep blue.* callejón oscuro = dark alley.* claroscuro = light-and-shade.* cuarto oscuro de fotografía = photographic darkroom.* de color verde oscuro = bottle green.* dejar a oscuras = cut out + light.* de pelo oscuro = dark-haired.* en un pasado oscuro y lejano = in the dim and distant past.* marrón oscuro = dark brown.* oscuro como boca de lobo = pitch-black, pitch-dark.* traje oscuro de rayas = pinstripe(d) suit.* un pasado oscuro = a dark past.* volverse oscuro = turn + dark.* * *oscuro -raA1 ‹calle/habitación› darkson las cuatro de la tarde y ya está oscuro it's only four o'clock and it's dark alreadyla oscura y triste celda the gloomy cellun cuartucho oscuro a dim little room2 ‹color/tono/ropa› dark; ‹ojos/pelo/piel› darkvestía de oscuro she was wearing dark clothesB1 (sospechoso, turbio) ‹intenciones› dark; ‹asunto› dubioussu oscuro pasado her murky pastaún quedan puntos oscuros sobre su desaparición there are still some unanswered questions o some things that seem suspicious regarding his disappearance2 (poco claro) ‹significado/asunto› obscure3 (poco conocido) ‹escritor/orígenes› obscure* * *
oscuro◊ -ra adjetivo
1
2
‹ asunto› dubious
oscuro,-a adjetivo
1 (el día, un color) dark: siempre viste de oscuro, she always wears dark clothing
una oscura mañana de invierno, a dark winter morning
2 (un asunto, una idea) obscure
3 (sospechoso, turbio) shady, suspect: hay algo oscuro en su pasado, there's a shady element in his past
4 (el porvenir) uncertain
' oscuro' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
negra
- negro
- oscura
- parda
- pardo
- pasada
- pasado
- sórdida
- sórdido
- tenebrosa
- tenebroso
- color
- ennegrecer
- marrón
- moreno
- morocho
- obscuro
- prieto
English:
assailant
- black
- dark
- darken
- darkroom
- deep
- dim
- dusky
- gloomy
- gun down
- joke
- murky
- obscure
- shadowy
- still
- pin
- pitch-black
- time
* * *oscuro, -a, obscuro, -a adj1. [sin luz] dark;nos quedamos a oscuras we were left in darkness o in the dark;Figen este tema estoy a oscuras I'm ignorant about this subject;¡qué oscura está esta habitación! this room is very dark!;una casa oscura y lúgubre a dark and gloomy house2. [nublado] overcast;se quedó una tarde oscura the afternoon turned out overcast3. [color, traje, piel, pelo] dark4. [poco claro] obscure, unclear;palabras de oscuro sentido words whose meaning is unclear5. [incierto] uncertain, unclear;tiene un origen oscuro it's of uncertain origin6. [intenciones, asunto] shady7. [porvenir, futuro] gloomy8. [de poca relevancia] obscure, minor;un oscuro funcionario a minor official* * *adj1 dark;a oscuras in the dark2 figobscure* * *oscuro, -ra adj1) : dark2) : obscure3)a oscuras : in the dark, in darkness* * *oscuro adj1. (en general) dark2. (poco conocido) obscure -
12 pobre
adj.1 poor (necesitado).2 poor (desdichado).¡pobre hombre! poor man!¡pobre de mí! poor me!pobre de aquél que se atreva a comerse mi ración woe betide anyone who dares to eat my portion3 poor (mediocre, defectuoso).4 poor (escaso).una dieta pobre en proteínas a diet with a low protein contentesta región es pobre en recursos naturales this region lacks natural resourcesf. & m.1 poor person (sin dinero, infeliz).los pobres the poor, poor people¡el pobre! poor thing!la pobre está siempre luchando por dar de comer a sus hijos the poor woman is forever struggling to keep her children fed2 beggar (mendigo).* * *► adjetivo1 (gen) poor2 (infeliz) poor■ ¡ojalá estuviera aquí tu pobre padre! if only your dear father were here now!■ ¡ay, pobre de mí, que vieja estoy ya! poor old me, I'm getting old!1 (con poco dinero) poor person; (mendigo) beggar2 (infeliz) poor thing■ la pobre se cree que le van a devolver el dinero the poor thing thinks she is going to get her money back\no salir de pobres familiar to be condemned to eternal poverty* * *adj.1) poor2) weak* * *1. ADJ1) [persona, familia, barrio] poor2) (=escaso) poor3) [indicando compasión] poor¡pobre hombre! — poor man!, poor fellow!
¡pobre Francisco! — poor old Francisco!
¡pobre de mí! — poor me!
¡pobre de él! — poor man!, poor fellow!
¡pobre de ti si te pillo! — you'll be sorry if I catch you!
pobre diablo — poor wretch, poor devil
2. SMF1) (=necesitado) poor person; (=mendigo) beggarlos pobres — the poor, poor people
un pobre pedía dinero — a beggar o poor man was asking for money
2) [indicando compasión] poor thing* * *I1)a) <persona/barrio/nación> poor; < vestimenta> poor, shabbyb) ( escaso) < vocabulario> poor, limitedpobre EN algo: aguas pobres en minerales — water with a low mineral content
d) < tierra> poor2) (delante del n) ( digno de compasión) poorpobrecito, tiene hambre — poor little thing, he's hungry
pobre de ti si lo tocas! — if you touch it, you'll be for it
•IImasculino y femenino1) ( necesitado) poor person, pauper (arch)sacar de pobre — (fam) to make... rich
salir de pobre — (fam) to get somewhere in the world
2) ( expresando compasión) poor thing•* * *= poor [poorer -comp., poorest -sup.], weak [weaker -comp., weakest -sup.], denuded, penurious, impoverished, impecunious, down-and-out, destitute, pauper.Ex. Examples are generally poor or obscure (often in Latin or German).Ex. Problems arise from weak or outmoded structuring of subjects in the schedules of DC.Ex. Which is a more effective location is a question that can be explored, but we do need to avoid the situation faced by other in situations developed in past ages, like the Church of England, whose physical plant (the church buildings) is over-provided for the denuded rural areas and under-provided for the city.Ex. The article is entitled 'Periodicals: proliferation, pricing and the penurious librarian'.Ex. Many books contain inaccuracies and generalisations about Africa, perpetuating stereotypes e.g. that of the malnourished, impoverished African.Ex. Despite its impecunious state and lack of a home until 1928, the UK Library Association remained confident about the future of libraries and librarianship.Ex. The story is based on an overheard conversation between a well-meaning librarian and a down-and-out old man seeking validation for his unpublished poetry.Ex. The clarity of his drawings contrasts sharply with the total alienation in which he lived as a destitute mental patient with a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia.Ex. Gavarni's illustrations of waifs, paupers, and beggars were later published separately, with captions added by the artist.----* aprendizaje pobre en inteligencia = knowledge-sparse learning.* asilo de pobres = almshouse.* barrio de los pobres = lower town.* barrios pobres del centro de la ciudad = inner city.* estilo pobre = impoverished style.* excusa muy pobre = lame excuse.* los más pobres + Nombre = the poorest + Nombre.* pariente pobre = poor relation.* pobre en información = info-poor.* pobre en recursos = resource-poor.* pobre hombre = poor fellow.* pobres = have-nots.* pobres en información = information have-nots.* pobres en información, los = information-poor, the.* pobres en tecnología, los = technical poor, the.* pobres, los = poor, the.* pobre verbalmente = verbally impoverished.* pretexto muy pobre = lame excuse.* ricos y los pobres, los = haves and the have-nots, the.* * *I1)a) <persona/barrio/nación> poor; < vestimenta> poor, shabbyb) ( escaso) < vocabulario> poor, limitedpobre EN algo: aguas pobres en minerales — water with a low mineral content
d) < tierra> poor2) (delante del n) ( digno de compasión) poorpobrecito, tiene hambre — poor little thing, he's hungry
pobre de ti si lo tocas! — if you touch it, you'll be for it
•IImasculino y femenino1) ( necesitado) poor person, pauper (arch)sacar de pobre — (fam) to make... rich
salir de pobre — (fam) to get somewhere in the world
2) ( expresando compasión) poor thing•* * *= poor [poorer -comp., poorest -sup.], weak [weaker -comp., weakest -sup.], denuded, penurious, impoverished, impecunious, down-and-out, destitute, pauper.Ex: Examples are generally poor or obscure (often in Latin or German).
Ex: Problems arise from weak or outmoded structuring of subjects in the schedules of DC.Ex: Which is a more effective location is a question that can be explored, but we do need to avoid the situation faced by other in situations developed in past ages, like the Church of England, whose physical plant (the church buildings) is over-provided for the denuded rural areas and under-provided for the city.Ex: The article is entitled 'Periodicals: proliferation, pricing and the penurious librarian'.Ex: Many books contain inaccuracies and generalisations about Africa, perpetuating stereotypes e.g. that of the malnourished, impoverished African.Ex: Despite its impecunious state and lack of a home until 1928, the UK Library Association remained confident about the future of libraries and librarianship.Ex: The story is based on an overheard conversation between a well-meaning librarian and a down-and-out old man seeking validation for his unpublished poetry.Ex: The clarity of his drawings contrasts sharply with the total alienation in which he lived as a destitute mental patient with a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia.Ex: Gavarni's illustrations of waifs, paupers, and beggars were later published separately, with captions added by the artist.* aprendizaje pobre en inteligencia = knowledge-sparse learning.* asilo de pobres = almshouse.* barrio de los pobres = lower town.* barrios pobres del centro de la ciudad = inner city.* estilo pobre = impoverished style.* excusa muy pobre = lame excuse.* los más pobres + Nombre = the poorest + Nombre.* pariente pobre = poor relation.* pobre en información = info-poor.* pobre en recursos = resource-poor.* pobre hombre = poor fellow.* pobres = have-nots.* pobres en información = information have-nots.* pobres en información, los = information-poor, the.* pobres en tecnología, los = technical poor, the.* pobres, los = poor, the.* pobre verbalmente = verbally impoverished.* pretexto muy pobre = lame excuse.* ricos y los pobres, los = haves and the have-nots, the.* * *A1 ‹persona/barrio/vivienda› poor; ‹vestimenta› poor, shabby; ‹nación› poorsomos muy pobres we are very poorlos sectores más pobres de la población the poorest o the most deprived sectors of the population2 (escaso) poor, limitedtiene un vocabulario muy pobre she has a very poor o limited vocabularypobre EN algo:aguas pobres en minerales water with a low mineral content3 (mediocre) ‹examen/trabajo› poor; ‹salud› poor, badindica una comprensión pobre de la obra it shows a poor understanding of the workun argumento bastante pobre a rather weak argumentsu actuación en el festival fue bastante pobre his performance at the festival was fairly mediocre o rather poor¡qué chiste más pobre! what a pathetic o terrible joke! ( colloq)4 ‹tierra› poorB ( delante del n) (digno de compasión) poortu pobre padre your poor fatherpobrecito, tiene hambre poor little thing, he's hungryse está quedando ciego, pobrecillo he's going blind, poor thing o poor man o poor devil¡pobre de mí! poor (old) me!¡pobre de ti si vuelves a tocarlo! if you touch it again, you'll be for it!, I wouldn't like to be in your shoes if you touch it againun pobre desgraciado a poor devilCompuesto:(infeliz) poor devil; (necesitado) poor soulA (necesitado) poor person, pauper ( arch)los pobres the poorse le acercó un pobre pidiendo limosna a poor beggar came up to her asking for moneysacar de pobre ( fam); to make … richsalir de pobre ( fam); to get somewhere in the worldnunca saldrás de pobre con ese hombre you'll never get rich o get on o get anywhere with him ( colloq)B (expresando compasión) poor thingla pobre está siempre sola the poor thing's always on her ownel pobre se está quedando sordo the poor thing o the poor man o the poor devil is going deafla pobre de la abuela está muy enferma poor grandmother's very illCompuesto:( Bib):los pobres de espíritu the poor in spirit* * *
pobre adjetivo
1
‹ vestimenta› poor, shabby
‹ salud› poor, bad;
‹ argumento› weak
2 ( delante del n) ( digno de compasión) poor;
pobre, tiene hambre poor thing, he's hungry;
¡pobre de mí! poor (old) me!
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino ( necesitado) poor person, pauper (arch);
pobre
I adjetivo poor: su vocabulario es muy pobre, his vocabulary is very poor
II mf poor person
los pobres, the poor
' pobre' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
barriada
- bendita
- bendito
- desgraciada
- desgraciado
- infeliz
- miserable
- necesitada
- necesitado
- neurona
- papelón
- pedazo
- quebrantar
- sórdida
- sórdido
- suburbio
- ángel
- desdichado
- malo
English:
bargain for
- bargain on
- down-and-out
- effort
- flimsy
- pauper
- poor
- shabby
- sod
- thing
- yet
- feeble
- hand
- impoverished
- lame
- low
- pathetic
- penniless
- skimpy
* * *♦ adj1. [necesitado] poor;un país pobre a poor country;Fammás pobre que las ratas as poor as a church mouse2. [desdichado] poor;el pobre bebé estaba llamando a su mamá the poor little baby was calling for its mother;¡pobre hombre! poor man!;¡pobre de mí! poor me!;pobre de aquél que se atreva a comerse mi ración woe betide anyone who dares to eat my portion;pobre de ti como te dejes engañar por sus encantos God help you if you fall for her charms3. [mediocre, defectuoso] poor;utilizó un razonamiento muy pobre the arguments she gave were very weak o poor4. [escaso] poor;utiliza un léxico muy pobre she has a very poor vocabulary;una dieta pobre en proteínas a diet lacking in protein;esta región es pobre en recursos naturales this region lacks natural resources5. [poco fértil] poor♦ nmf1. [sin dinero] poor person;los pobres the poor, poor people2. [infeliz]¡el pobre! poor thing!;la pobre está siempre luchando por dar de comer a sus hijos the poor woman is forever struggling to keep her children fed;el pobre no consigue aprobar el examen the poor thing just can't seem to pass the exam3. [mendigo] beggar* * *pobre hombre poor man;¡pobre de mí! poor me!II m/f poor person;los pobres the poor* * *pobre adj1) : poor, impoverished2) : unfortunate¡pobre de mí!: poor me!3) : weak, deficientuna dieta pobre: a poor dietpobre nmf: poor personlos pobres: the poor¡pobre!: poor thing!* * *pobre1 adj poorpobre2 n2. (desgraciado) poor thing¡pobrecito! poor little thing! -
13 truculento
adj.truculent, savagely brutal, cruel, unmerciful.* * *► adjetivo1 (cruel) cruel2 figurado (excesivo) sensationalistic* * *ADJ gruesome, horrifying* * *- ta adjetivo horrifying, gruesome* * *= gruesome, macabre.Ex. We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.Ex. In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.* * *- ta adjetivo horrifying, gruesome* * *= gruesome, macabre.Ex: We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.
Ex: In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.* * *truculento -tahorrifying, gruesome* * *
truculento,-a adj (sangriento) cruel, bloodthirsty
(sórdido) squalid
' truculento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
truculenta
- morboso
English:
grisly
- gruesome
* * *truculento, -a adjgruesome* * *adj horrifying* * *truculento, -ta adj: horrifying, gruesome -
14 violador
m.1 transgressor, infringer, ravisher, transgressor of the law.2 rapist, sex fiend.* * *► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (de leyes etc) violator1 rapist————————1 rapist* * *violador, -a1.SM rapist2.SM/ F violator, offender (de against)* * *- dora masculino, femeninoa) (de ley, acuerdo) violatorb) ( de persona) rapist* * *= abuser, violator, rapist.Ex. The article 'Are you a user or an abuser?' urges librarians and borrowers to use the library with restraint.Ex. In the past teachers and lecturers have been the most flagrant violators of the author's copyright.Ex. Hundreds of prisoners, including murderers, rapists and robbers, have absconded from open prisons since 1999.* * *- dora masculino, femeninoa) (de ley, acuerdo) violatorb) ( de persona) rapist* * *= abuser, violator, rapist.Ex: The article 'Are you a user or an abuser?' urges librarians and borrowers to use the library with restraint.
Ex: In the past teachers and lecturers have been the most flagrant violators of the author's copyright.Ex: Hundreds of prisoners, including murderers, rapists and robbers, have absconded from open prisons since 1999.* * *masculine, feminine1 (de una ley, un acuerdo) violator2* * *
violador◊ - dora sustantivo masculino, femenino
violador m (agresor sexual) rapist
' violador' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sórdida
- sórdido
English:
rapist
* * *violador, -ora nm,f1. [de persona] rapist2. [de ley, derechos] violator* * *m rapist* * *: violator, offenderviolador nm: rapist -
15 escabrosa
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16 truculenta
adj.&f.truculent, fierce.* * *
truculento,-a adj (sangriento) cruel, bloodthirsty
(sórdido) squalid
См. также в других словарях:
sordido — / sɔrdido/ o / sordido/ agg. [da lat. sordĭdus, der. di sordes sporcizia, grettezza ]. 1. [che suscita disgusto e repulsione per la sporcizia che vi è: un antro s. ; una s. latrina ] ▶◀ disgustoso, immondo, laido, lercio, lordo, lurido, sozzo,… … Enciclopedia Italiana
sórdido — sórdido, da adjetivo 1. (antepuesto / pospuesto) Que es muy pobre y sucio: ambiente sórdido, habitación sórdida, sórdida compañía. 2. Que es moralmente muy reprobable: negocios sórdidos, conductas sórdidas … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
sórdido — sórdido, da adjetivo 1) sucio. 2) impuro, indecente, indecoroso, impúdico. ≠ decente. 3) mezquino, avaro, miserable … Diccionario de sinónimos y antónimos
sórdido — adj. 1. Muito sujo. = IMUNDO, PORCO 2. Que provoca nojo ou repugnância. = ASQUEROSO, NOJENTO, REPUGNANTE 3. Que tem baixos valores morais ou éticos. = BAIXO, IGNÓBIL, TORPE, VIL 4. Que é bajulador ou servil. = SABUJO 5. Que gosta muito de… … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
sórdido — sórdido, da (Del lat. sordĭdus). 1. adj. Que tiene manchas o suciedad. 2. Impuro, indecente o escandaloso. 3. Mezquino, avariento. 4. Med. Dicho de una úlcera: Que produce supuración icorosa … Diccionario de la lengua española
sórdido — (Del lat. sordidus.) ► adjetivo 1 Que está sucio o es muy pobre: ■ su celda era un cuchitril sórdido. SINÓNIMO miserable 2 Que es deshonesto o escandaloso. SINÓNIMO indecente inmoral 3 Que es tacaño. SINÓNIMO … Enciclopedia Universal
sordido — sòr·di·do, sór·di·do agg. CO 1. di qcs., che suscita profondo disgusto e repulsione; sporco, degradato: bettola sordida | di qcn., lurido, sudicio, trasandato nell aspetto: un tipo sordido Sinonimi: laido, lurido, sudicio. Contrari: pulito. 2a.… … Dizionario italiano
sordido — {{hw}}{{sordido}}{{/hw}}agg. 1 Sporco, sozzo (anche fig.): un sordido vizio. 2 (fig.) Avaro, spilorcio: un sordido strozzino. ETIMOLOGIA: dal lat. sordidus, da sordes ‘sporcizia’ … Enciclopedia di italiano
sórdido — {{#}}{{LM S36360}}{{〓}} {{SynS37266}} {{[}}sórdido{{]}}, {{[}}sórdida{{]}} ‹sór·di·do, da› {{《}}▍ adj.{{》}} {{<}}1{{>}} Pobre, mísero y sucio. {{<}}2{{>}} Lo que se considera impuro, indecente o escandaloso. {{★}}{{\}}ETIMOLOGÍA:{{/}} Del latín… … Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos
sordido — pl.m. sordidi sing.f. sordida pl.f. sordide … Dizionario dei sinonimi e contrari
sórdido — da á. Sucio, mezquino … Diccionario Castellano