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stuffing

  • 21 comer a dos carrillos

    familiar to gobble up, devour
    * * *
    to stuff o.s. *, stuff one's face *
    * * *
    (v.) = stuff + Posesivo + face
    Ex. We got stuck waiting for a train back for almost two hours, so we sat in a country pub in the arse of nowhere, stuffing our faces and playing dominoess.
    * * *
    (v.) = stuff + Posesivo + face

    Ex: We got stuck waiting for a train back for almost two hours, so we sat in a country pub in the arse of nowhere, stuffing our faces and playing dominoess.

    Spanish-English dictionary > comer a dos carrillos

  • 22 compartimento superior

    (n.) = overhead bin, overhead locker
    Ex. He had a tough time lugging his lumpy, oversized travelbag onto the plane and stuffing it in the overhead bin.
    Ex. All cabin baggage must fit under the seat in front or in the overhead lockers.
    * * *
    (n.) = overhead bin, overhead locker

    Ex: He had a tough time lugging his lumpy, oversized travelbag onto the plane and stuffing it in the overhead bin.

    Ex: All cabin baggage must fit under the seat in front or in the overhead lockers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > compartimento superior

  • 23 costar mucho trabajo

    (v.) = have + a tough time, have + a hard time
    Ex. He had a tough time lugging his lumpy, oversized travelbag onto the plane and stuffing it in the overhead bin.
    Ex. Scholars are going to have a hard time finding that reference.
    * * *
    (v.) = have + a tough time, have + a hard time

    Ex: He had a tough time lugging his lumpy, oversized travelbag onto the plane and stuffing it in the overhead bin.

    Ex: Scholars are going to have a hard time finding that reference.

    Spanish-English dictionary > costar mucho trabajo

  • 24 curdo

    adj.
    Kurdish.
    m.
    1 Kurd, member of the Islamic people dwelling in Kurdistan.
    2 Kurdish, Kurdish language.
    * * *
    1 Kurdish
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 Kurd
    * * *
    curdo, -a
    1.
    2.
    SM / F Kurd
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    1) (Geog) Kurdish
    2) (Ven fam) ( borracho) curda I
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    1) (Geog) Kurd
    2) (Ven fam) ( borracho) curda II 1)
    * * *
    = Kurdish, Kurd.
    Ex. To gauge the full impact on the BNB one must add to these Arabic publications half a dozen books in Kurdish.
    Ex. In the January election, the Kurds dealt with the problem of being a relatively small minority in the province by stuffing the ballot boxes.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    1) (Geog) Kurdish
    2) (Ven fam) ( borracho) curda I
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    1) (Geog) Kurd
    2) (Ven fam) ( borracho) curda II 1)
    * * *
    = Kurdish, Kurd.

    Ex: To gauge the full impact on the BNB one must add to these Arabic publications half a dozen books in Kurdish.

    Ex: In the January election, the Kurds dealt with the problem of being a relatively small minority in the province by stuffing the ballot boxes.

    * * *
    curdo1 -da
    A ( Geog) Kurdish
    B ( Ven fam) (borracho) curda1 (↑ curda (1))
    curdo2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    A ( Geog) Kurd
    B ( Ven fam) (borracho) curda2 mf A. (↑ curda (2))
    * * *

    curdo,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino Kurd
    ' curdo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    curda
    * * *
    curdo, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [de Curdistán] Kurdish
    2. Ven Fam [de alcohol o drogas] off one's face;
    siempre lo ven curdo whenever they see him he's off his face
    ♦ nm,f
    [persona] Kurd
    ♦ nm
    [lengua] Kurdish
    * * *
    I adj Kurdish
    II m, curda f Kurd

    Spanish-English dictionary > curdo

  • 25 curtir

    v.
    1 to tan (piel).
    El sol curtió su piel The sun tanned his skin.
    2 to harden (person).
    3 to inure, to harden.
    El sol curtió el barco The sun inured the boat.
    * * *
    1 (piel) to tan
    2 figurado (acostumbrar) to harden, toughen
    1 (por el sol) to get tanned
    2 figurado (acostumbrarse) to become hardened
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ cuero] to tan
    2) [+ piel] to tan, bronze
    3) (=acostumbrar) to harden, inure
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <cuero/pieles> to tan
    2)
    a) <rostro/piel> sol to tan and harden
    b) < persona> vida/sufrimientos to harden
    2.
    curtirse v pron ( por el sol) to become tanned (and hardened); (por el viento, el tiempo) to become weather-beaten
    * * *
    = curry, tan.
    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. Olga works for one full year with great courage and independence trapping ground squirrels and gathering materials needed to tan, dye, and sew furs to make a parka for her husband.
    ----
    * curtir cuero = dress + leather.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <cuero/pieles> to tan
    2)
    a) <rostro/piel> sol to tan and harden
    b) < persona> vida/sufrimientos to harden
    2.
    curtirse v pron ( por el sol) to become tanned (and hardened); (por el viento, el tiempo) to become weather-beaten
    * * *
    = curry, tan.

    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: Olga works for one full year with great courage and independence trapping ground squirrels and gathering materials needed to tan, dye, and sew furs to make a parka for her husband.
    * curtir cuero = dress + leather.

    * * *
    curtir [I1 ]
    vt
    A ‹cuero/pieles› to tan
    B ‹rostro/piel›
    el sol le había curtido la piel the sun had left his skin tanned and hardened
    una mujer curtida por los sufrimientos a woman hardened by suffering
    lo curtieron a palos (CS fam); they gave him a beating
    (por el sol) to become tanned (and hardened); (por el viento, el tiempo) to become weather-beaten
    * * *

    curtir verbo transitivo
    1 (cuero) to tan
    2 figurado (avezar) to harden, toughen
    ' curtir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cuero
    English:
    tan
    - weather
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [cuero] to tan
    2. [piel] to weather
    3. [persona] to harden
    * * *
    v/t tan; fig
    harden
    * * *
    curtir vt
    1) : to tan
    2) : to harden, to weather

    Spanish-English dictionary > curtir

  • 26 darse un atracón

    (v.) = make + a pig of + Reflexivo, pig out (on), stuff + Posesivo + face
    Ex. Whoever it was, notice that the one who made a pig of himself ruined the meal for everyone at the table.
    Ex. Dieting Americans discover they can't pig out on low-carb foods and still lose weight.
    Ex. We got stuck waiting for a train back for almost two hours, so we sat in a country pub in the arse of nowhere, stuffing our faces and playing dominoess.
    * * *
    (v.) = make + a pig of + Reflexivo, pig out (on), stuff + Posesivo + face

    Ex: Whoever it was, notice that the one who made a pig of himself ruined the meal for everyone at the table.

    Ex: Dieting Americans discover they can't pig out on low-carb foods and still lose weight.
    Ex: We got stuck waiting for a train back for almost two hours, so we sat in a country pub in the arse of nowhere, stuffing our faces and playing dominoess.

    Spanish-English dictionary > darse un atracón

  • 27 de baja calidad

    (adj.) = poor in detail, low-grade [lowgrade], low-quality, third rate [third-rate], low-end, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.]
    Ex. This process is slow and the resulting picture is poor in detail.
    Ex. The amount of stuffing in the balls was varied to suit the nature of the work; large, soft balls with weak ink were used for low-grade work; small, hard balls and strong ink for work of better quality.
    Ex. Low-quality information can be downright misleading or distorted.
    Ex. The quality of the material published has often been regarded as second or third rate, a criticism less justified today.
    Ex. Therefore real time interaction is feasible on both low-end and high-end machines.
    Ex. Wilensky has argued that 'the good, the mediocre and the trashy are becoming fused in one massive middle mush' and that 'intellectuals are increasingly tempted to play to mass audiences'.
    * * *
    (adj.) = poor in detail, low-grade [lowgrade], low-quality, third rate [third-rate], low-end, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.]

    Ex: This process is slow and the resulting picture is poor in detail.

    Ex: The amount of stuffing in the balls was varied to suit the nature of the work; large, soft balls with weak ink were used for low-grade work; small, hard balls and strong ink for work of better quality.
    Ex: Low-quality information can be downright misleading or distorted.
    Ex: The quality of the material published has often been regarded as second or third rate, a criticism less justified today.
    Ex: Therefore real time interaction is feasible on both low-end and high-end machines.
    Ex: Wilensky has argued that 'the good, the mediocre and the trashy are becoming fused in one massive middle mush' and that 'intellectuals are increasingly tempted to play to mass audiences'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de baja calidad

  • 28 de calidad inferior

    (adj.) = low-grade [lowgrade], substandard [sub-standard], low-end
    Ex. The amount of stuffing in the balls was varied to suit the nature of the work; large, soft balls with weak ink were used for low-grade work; small, hard balls and strong ink for work of better quality.
    Ex. I was in for yet another of those numerously produced fantasies in which a pubescent child gets involved with underworld beings that are substandard versions of Le Guin's 'The Wizard of Earthsea' or peritonitic spinoffs from the detritus of ill-digested Tolkien.
    Ex. Therefore real time interaction is feasible on both low-end and high-end machines.
    * * *
    (adj.) = low-grade [lowgrade], substandard [sub-standard], low-end

    Ex: The amount of stuffing in the balls was varied to suit the nature of the work; large, soft balls with weak ink were used for low-grade work; small, hard balls and strong ink for work of better quality.

    Ex: I was in for yet another of those numerously produced fantasies in which a pubescent child gets involved with underworld beings that are substandard versions of Le Guin's 'The Wizard of Earthsea' or peritonitic spinoffs from the detritus of ill-digested Tolkien.
    Ex: Therefore real time interaction is feasible on both low-end and high-end machines.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de calidad inferior

  • 29 demasiado grande

    adj.
    too big, jumbo, over-sized, oversize.
    * * *
    (adj.) = overgrown, oversized
    Ex. Deregulation compelled the energy utility business to restructure its inwardly directed culture and its overgrown and rivalrous internal services function.
    Ex. He had a tough time lugging his lumpy, oversized travelbag onto the plane and stuffing it in the overhead bin.
    * * *
    (adj.) = overgrown, oversized

    Ex: Deregulation compelled the energy utility business to restructure its inwardly directed culture and its overgrown and rivalrous internal services function.

    Ex: He had a tough time lugging his lumpy, oversized travelbag onto the plane and stuffing it in the overhead bin.

    Spanish-English dictionary > demasiado grande

  • 30 desenredar

    v.
    1 to untangle (hilos, pelo).
    2 to sort out (asunto).
    3 to clear up, to disentwine, to disentangle, to extricate.
    El detective desenreda misterios The detective clears up mysteries.
    4 to ravel.
    La tejedora desenreda los hilos The knitter ravels the threads.
    * * *
    1 to untangle, disentangle
    1 to get out (de, of), extricate oneself (de, from)
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ pelo, lana] to untangle, disentangle
    2) [+ dificultad, problema] to straighten out
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <pelo/lana> to untangle, disentangle; < lío> to straighten out, sort out
    2.
    desenredarse v pron (refl)
    * * *
    = unravel, tease out, untangle, disentangle.
    Ex. Patents abstracting is a special skill, involving not only a technical knowledge, but also a facility for unravelling the special legalistic jargon in which patents abound.
    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. Once this relationship is untangled, it becomes possible to represent a document by a sequential data stream which can be readily stored in a file.
    Ex. Most fleece is carded between two brushes to disentangle and align the fiber.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <pelo/lana> to untangle, disentangle; < lío> to straighten out, sort out
    2.
    desenredarse v pron (refl)
    * * *
    = unravel, tease out, untangle, disentangle.

    Ex: Patents abstracting is a special skill, involving not only a technical knowledge, but also a facility for unravelling the special legalistic jargon in which patents abound.

    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: Once this relationship is untangled, it becomes possible to represent a document by a sequential data stream which can be readily stored in a file.
    Ex: Most fleece is carded between two brushes to disentangle and align the fiber.

    * * *
    desenredar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹pelo/lana› to untangle, disentangle
    2 ‹lío› to straighten out, sort out
    1 ( refl):
    desenredarse el pelo to get the knots out of one's hair, to untangle one's hair
    2 (de una situación difícil) to free oneself, extricate oneself
    * * *

    desenredar ( conjugate desenredar) verbo transitivo ‹pelo/lana› to untangle, disentangle;
    ‹ lío› to straighten out, sort out
    desenredarse verbo pronominal ( refl) ‹ pelo› to get the knots out of
    desenredar verbo transitivo to untangle, disentangle
    ' desenredar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    disentangle
    - unravel
    - untangle
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [hilos, ovillo, pelo] to untangle
    2. [asunto, historia, lío] to sort out;
    [problema] to resolve
    * * *
    v/t
    1 untangle
    2 situación confusa straighten out, sort out
    * * *
    : to untangle, to disentangle

    Spanish-English dictionary > desenredar

  • 31 destripar

    v.
    1 to disembowel (sacar las tripas a) (animal, persona).
    2 to rip open.
    3 to crush down, to squash, to crush.
    María destripó las galletas Mary crushed down the cookies.
    * * *
    1 (quitar las tripas) to disembowel; (pescado) to gut
    2 (cosa) to tear open, cut open
    3 figurado (despachurrar) to crush, squash
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=quitar tripas a) [+ animal] to gut; [+ persona] to disembowel
    2) [+ chiste, cuento] to spoil
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <res/ave/caza> to gut, disembowel
    b) (fam) ( matar)
    * * *
    = disembowel, gut.
    Ex. Ravitch contends that political correctness has disemboweled the literary material taught in schools.
    Ex. When white fish are gutted at sea, washed and iced, they have white flesh on landing because they have had time to bleed.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <res/ave/caza> to gut, disembowel
    b) (fam) ( matar)
    * * *
    = disembowel, gut.

    Ex: Ravitch contends that political correctness has disemboweled the literary material taught in schools.

    Ex: When white fish are gutted at sea, washed and iced, they have white flesh on landing because they have had time to bleed.

    * * *
    destripar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹res/ave/caza› to gut, disembowel
    2 ( fam)
    (matar): el toro destripó al caballo the bull ripped the horse's guts out
    3 ( fam); ‹chiste/película› to ruin, spoil
    * * *

    destripar verbo transitivo
    1 (sacar las tripas) to gut, disembowel
    2 (sacar el interior) to remove the stuffing from: ha destripado el colchón, he has removed the stuffing from the mattress
    3 (estropear) spoil: ¡no me destripes el chiste!, don't spoil my joke!
    ' destripar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    disembowel
    * * *
    1. [sacar las tripas a] [ave, res, conejo] to disembowel;
    [pescado] to gut;
    el asesino destripaba a sus víctimas the murderer disembowelled his victims
    2. [colchón, muñeca] to rip open;
    [radio, juguete, aparato] to take apart
    3. [película, historia, chiste] to ruin, to spoil
    * * *
    v/t
    1 animal gut
    2 cosa tear open

    Spanish-English dictionary > destripar

  • 32 difícil

    adj.
    difficult, tough, arduous, cumbersome.
    Un trabajo difícil [duro] A stiff job.
    * * *
    1 difficult, hard
    2 (improbable) unlikely
    ■ es difícil que nos encontremos allí it's unlikely that we'll meet there, we're unlikely to meet there
    * * *
    adj.
    difficult, hard
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=complicado) [problema] difficult; [tiempos, vida] difficult, hard; [situación] difficult, delicate

    me resulta muy difícil decidir — I find it very hard to decide, I have great difficulty in deciding

    2) [persona] difficult
    3) * [cara] ugly
    * * *
    1)
    a) [ser] <problema/situación> difficult; < examen> hard, difficult

    me fue muy difícil decírselo — it was very hard o difficult for me to tell him

    resulta difícil evaluar las pérdidas — it is difficult o hard to put a figure on the losses

    difícil de + inf — difficult o hard to + inf

    b) [estar] (fam)
    2) [ser] ( poco probable) unlikely

    es posible pero lo veo difícil — it's possible, but I don't think it's very likely

    3) [ser] <persona/carácter> difficult
    * * *
    = arduous, demanding, difficult, intractable, laborious, painful, taxing, tough [tougher -comp., toughest -sup.], thorny [thornier -comp., thorniest -sup.], delicate, tortuous, hardscrabble, obstinate, bumpy, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], uphill, problematic, problematical, hard [harder -comp., hardest -sup.].
    Ex. Plays and music performances put on by staff and children require less arduous preparation than a full-length public performance.
    Ex. It is clear to me that they face a professional role that will be far more complicated and far more demanding that the one we have known.
    Ex. It's already difficult to find a lot of these things as it is, but it would be absolute irresponsibility to go to a title-main entry.
    Ex. Unfortunately, these factors simultaneously make the resolution of the situation more intractable.
    Ex. The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.
    Ex. The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.
    Ex. It is difficult to remember the special interests of more than a few people, and hence rather taxing to provide SDI manually to more than a handful of users.
    Ex. As educators, then, we need to ask ourselves some very tough questions -- some to which we would rather not hear the answers.
    Ex. The article 'The comfortable pew is a thorny throne' reviews the technological, political, philosophical, professional and educational issues associated with filtering access to information.
    Ex. Despite the incompetence of most eighteenth-century block-makers, woodcuts never quite disappeared, and they returned to favour in the delicate form called 'wood-engraving' at the end of the hand-press period.
    Ex. The promulgation of Community law represents the culmination of an often tortuous legal process whose main features are laid down in the Treaty of Rome.
    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. It is not wise, by the way, to approach the author by telephone for this puts him on the spot and he may refuse simply in self-defense and especially if you happen to butt in when he is struggling with an obstinate chapter in a new book.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The big bumpy shift: digital music via the Internet'.
    Ex. Predicting the future is dicey.
    Ex. Promoters of this tax will have an uphill fight and the cultural objections will be very great.
    Ex. This attitude is based on the waste bin decision process widely used in political and educational organisations, which tend to have open-ended goals, problematic preferences, hazy technology, and poor feeback.
    Ex. The manufacture of these high-density chips is problematical.
    Ex. The amount of stuffing in the balls was varied to suit the nature of the work; large, soft balls with weak ink were used for low-grade work; small, hard balls and strong ink for work of better quality.
    ----
    * ahorrar para cuando lleguen tiempos difíciles = save for + a rainy day.
    * algo muy difícil = a tough sell.
    * aprender de la forma más difícil = learn + the hard way.
    * aunque parezca difícil = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.
    * cuestión difícil = poser.
    * de difícil solución = intractable.
    * de la forma más difícil = the hard way.
    * difícil de aceptar = hard to swallow.
    * difícil de agradar = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].
    * difícil de complacer = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].
    * difícil de comprender = difficult to understand.
    * difícil de conseguir = hard to come by, difficult to come by.
    * difícil de contentar = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].
    * difícil de descifrar = cryptic.
    * difícil de distinguir = indistinguishable.
    * difícil de encontrar = hard-to-find.
    * difícil de entender = cryptic.
    * difícil de gestionar = unmanageable.
    * difícil de gestionar + Adjetivo = unmanageably + Adjetivo.
    * difícil de hacer = hard to do.
    * difícil de localizar = irretraceable.
    * difícil de manejar = clumsy [clumsier -comp., clumsiest -sup.], unwieldy.
    * difícil de masticar = chewy [chewier -comp., chewiest -sup.].
    * difícil de obtener = hard to come by, difficult to come by.
    * difícil de seguir = heavy going.
    * difícil de sustituir = hard to replace.
    * difícil de tratar = unruly.
    * empezar por lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.
    * en circunstancias difíciles = under difficult circumstances.
    * en condiciones difíciles = under difficult conditions.
    * encontrar Algo demasiado difícil = be out of + Posesivo + league.
    * encontrar Algo difícil = have + a hard time, have + a tough time.
    * encontrar difícil de explicar = be hard put to explain.
    * encontrar difícil + Infinitivo = find it hard to + Infinitivo.
    * encontrar muy difícil = be hard-pushed to.
    * en épocas difíciles = in times of need.
    * enfrascado en lo más difícil = in at the deep end.
    * enfrascar a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end.
    * enfrascarse en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end, jump in at + the deep end, plunge in at + the deep end.
    * en tiempos difíciles = in times of need.
    * hacer difícil = make + it + difficult, make + difficult.
    * hacerlo difícil de + Infinitivo = make + it + hard to + Infinitivo.
    * mecanismo de reducción de situaciones difíciles = threat-reduction mechanism.
    * meter a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end.
    * meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.
    * meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end, jump in at + the deep end.
    * metido en lo más difícil = in at the deep end.
    * muy difícil de traducir = defy + translation.
    * por muy difícil que parezca = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.
    * pregunta difícil = poser.
    * pregunta difícil de responder = awkward-to-handle enquiry.
    * problema difícil = poser.
    * problema difícil de resolver = tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack, brain tickler.
    * resultar difícil de conseguir = prove + elusive.
    * ser Algo demasiado difícil para = be in over + Posesivo + head, be out of + Posesivo + depth.
    * ser difícil = be a stretch.
    * ser difícil de bregar = be a (real) handful.
    * ser difícil de conseguir = be hard to get.
    * ser difícil de creer = beggar + belief.
    * ser difícil de encontrar = be hard to find.
    * ser difícil de lograr = be hard to get.
    * ser difícil de superar = take + some beating.
    * ser muy difícil = be hard-pushed to.
    * situación difícil = hardship.
    * tarea difícil = hard task.
    * tarea muy difícil = uphill struggle.
    * tenerlo difícil = not be easy.
    * tiempos difíciles = embattled time(s).
    * * *
    1)
    a) [ser] <problema/situación> difficult; < examen> hard, difficult

    me fue muy difícil decírselo — it was very hard o difficult for me to tell him

    resulta difícil evaluar las pérdidas — it is difficult o hard to put a figure on the losses

    difícil de + inf — difficult o hard to + inf

    b) [estar] (fam)
    2) [ser] ( poco probable) unlikely

    es posible pero lo veo difícil — it's possible, but I don't think it's very likely

    3) [ser] <persona/carácter> difficult
    * * *
    = arduous, demanding, difficult, intractable, laborious, painful, taxing, tough [tougher -comp., toughest -sup.], thorny [thornier -comp., thorniest -sup.], delicate, tortuous, hardscrabble, obstinate, bumpy, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], uphill, problematic, problematical, hard [harder -comp., hardest -sup.].

    Ex: Plays and music performances put on by staff and children require less arduous preparation than a full-length public performance.

    Ex: It is clear to me that they face a professional role that will be far more complicated and far more demanding that the one we have known.
    Ex: It's already difficult to find a lot of these things as it is, but it would be absolute irresponsibility to go to a title-main entry.
    Ex: Unfortunately, these factors simultaneously make the resolution of the situation more intractable.
    Ex: The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.
    Ex: The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.
    Ex: It is difficult to remember the special interests of more than a few people, and hence rather taxing to provide SDI manually to more than a handful of users.
    Ex: As educators, then, we need to ask ourselves some very tough questions -- some to which we would rather not hear the answers.
    Ex: The article 'The comfortable pew is a thorny throne' reviews the technological, political, philosophical, professional and educational issues associated with filtering access to information.
    Ex: Despite the incompetence of most eighteenth-century block-makers, woodcuts never quite disappeared, and they returned to favour in the delicate form called 'wood-engraving' at the end of the hand-press period.
    Ex: The promulgation of Community law represents the culmination of an often tortuous legal process whose main features are laid down in the Treaty of Rome.
    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: It is not wise, by the way, to approach the author by telephone for this puts him on the spot and he may refuse simply in self-defense and especially if you happen to butt in when he is struggling with an obstinate chapter in a new book.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'The big bumpy shift: digital music via the Internet'.
    Ex: Predicting the future is dicey.
    Ex: Promoters of this tax will have an uphill fight and the cultural objections will be very great.
    Ex: This attitude is based on the waste bin decision process widely used in political and educational organisations, which tend to have open-ended goals, problematic preferences, hazy technology, and poor feeback.
    Ex: The manufacture of these high-density chips is problematical.
    Ex: The amount of stuffing in the balls was varied to suit the nature of the work; large, soft balls with weak ink were used for low-grade work; small, hard balls and strong ink for work of better quality.
    * ahorrar para cuando lleguen tiempos difíciles = save for + a rainy day.
    * algo muy difícil = a tough sell.
    * aprender de la forma más difícil = learn + the hard way.
    * aunque parezca difícil = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.
    * cuestión difícil = poser.
    * de difícil solución = intractable.
    * de la forma más difícil = the hard way.
    * difícil de aceptar = hard to swallow.
    * difícil de agradar = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].
    * difícil de complacer = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].
    * difícil de comprender = difficult to understand.
    * difícil de conseguir = hard to come by, difficult to come by.
    * difícil de contentar = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].
    * difícil de descifrar = cryptic.
    * difícil de distinguir = indistinguishable.
    * difícil de encontrar = hard-to-find.
    * difícil de entender = cryptic.
    * difícil de gestionar = unmanageable.
    * difícil de gestionar + Adjetivo = unmanageably + Adjetivo.
    * difícil de hacer = hard to do.
    * difícil de localizar = irretraceable.
    * difícil de manejar = clumsy [clumsier -comp., clumsiest -sup.], unwieldy.
    * difícil de masticar = chewy [chewier -comp., chewiest -sup.].
    * difícil de obtener = hard to come by, difficult to come by.
    * difícil de seguir = heavy going.
    * difícil de sustituir = hard to replace.
    * difícil de tratar = unruly.
    * empezar por lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.
    * en circunstancias difíciles = under difficult circumstances.
    * en condiciones difíciles = under difficult conditions.
    * encontrar Algo demasiado difícil = be out of + Posesivo + league.
    * encontrar Algo difícil = have + a hard time, have + a tough time.
    * encontrar difícil de explicar = be hard put to explain.
    * encontrar difícil + Infinitivo = find it hard to + Infinitivo.
    * encontrar muy difícil = be hard-pushed to.
    * en épocas difíciles = in times of need.
    * enfrascado en lo más difícil = in at the deep end.
    * enfrascar a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end.
    * enfrascarse en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end, jump in at + the deep end, plunge in at + the deep end.
    * en tiempos difíciles = in times of need.
    * hacer difícil = make + it + difficult, make + difficult.
    * hacerlo difícil de + Infinitivo = make + it + hard to + Infinitivo.
    * mecanismo de reducción de situaciones difíciles = threat-reduction mechanism.
    * meter a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end.
    * meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.
    * meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end, jump in at + the deep end.
    * metido en lo más difícil = in at the deep end.
    * muy difícil de traducir = defy + translation.
    * por muy difícil que parezca = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.
    * pregunta difícil = poser.
    * pregunta difícil de responder = awkward-to-handle enquiry.
    * problema difícil = poser.
    * problema difícil de resolver = tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack, brain tickler.
    * resultar difícil de conseguir = prove + elusive.
    * ser Algo demasiado difícil para = be in over + Posesivo + head, be out of + Posesivo + depth.
    * ser difícil = be a stretch.
    * ser difícil de bregar = be a (real) handful.
    * ser difícil de conseguir = be hard to get.
    * ser difícil de creer = beggar + belief.
    * ser difícil de encontrar = be hard to find.
    * ser difícil de lograr = be hard to get.
    * ser difícil de superar = take + some beating.
    * ser muy difícil = be hard-pushed to.
    * situación difícil = hardship.
    * tarea difícil = hard task.
    * tarea muy difícil = uphill struggle.
    * tenerlo difícil = not be easy.
    * tiempos difíciles = embattled time(s).

    * * *
    A
    1 [ SER] ‹problema/tema/situación› difficult
    el examen fue muy difícil the exam was very hard o difficult
    es un problema difícil it's a tricky o difficult problem
    corren tiempos difíciles para nuestra economía this is a difficult time for our economy
    con tu actitud me lo estás poniendo más difícil you're not making it any easier for me o you're making it harder for me by being like that
    no creo que gane, lo tiene muy difícil I don't think she'll win, she's in a difficult position
    me fue muy difícil decírselo it was very hard o difficult for me to tell him
    resulta difícil evaluar las pérdidas it is difficult o hard to put a figure on the losses
    cada vez se hace más difícil encontrar un buen empleo it is becoming more and more difficult o it's becoming harder and harder to get a good job
    difícil DE + INF difficult o hard to + INF
    mi madre es muy difícil de complacer my mother is very hard o difficult to please
    2 [ ESTAR] ( fam):
    está la cosa difícil things are pretty difficult o tricky ( colloq)
    B [ SER]
    (poco probable): es posible pero lo veo difícil it's possible, but I think it's unlikely o I don't think it's very likely
    difícil QUE + SUBJ:
    va a ser muy difícil que acepte it's very unlikely that he'll accept
    veo difícil que gane I doubt if she'll win, I think it's unlikely that she'll win
    C [ SER] ‹persona/carácter› difficult
    un niño difícil a difficult child
    * * *

     

    difícil adjetivo
    1
    a) ‹problema/situación› difficult;

    ‹ examen› hard, difficult;
    ◊ me fue muy difícil decírselo it was very hard o difficult for me to tell him;

    es difícil de hacer/entender it's difficult o hard to do/understand
    b) ‹persona/carácter› difficult

    2 ( poco probable) unlikely;

    veo difícil que gane I doubt if she'll win
    difícil adjetivo
    1 (que cuesta trabajo o esfuerzo intelectual) difficult, hard
    difícil de explicar, difficult to explain
    difícil de soportar, hard to bear
    2 (improbable) unlikely: es difícil que suceda, it is unlikely that that will happen
    3 (una persona) difficult
    ' difícil' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amarre
    - cañón
    - compaginación
    - concienciarse
    - delicada
    - delicado
    - despreocuparse
    - disyuntiva
    - engorrosa
    - engorroso
    - escabrosa
    - escabroso
    - escala
    - espinosa
    - espinoso
    - estrechamiento
    - gustar
    - harta
    - harto
    - hueso
    - impronunciable
    - insensible
    - judicatura
    - lance
    - mas
    - onerosa
    - oneroso
    - papelón
    - respirar
    - sí
    - tocha
    - tocho
    - viabilidad
    - arrecho
    - caprichoso
    - contentar
    - costar
    - creer
    - duro
    - epopeya
    - especial
    - esperar
    - esquivo
    - fregado
    - hacer
    - ingrato
    - jodido
    - malabarismo
    - mancha
    - manchar
    English:
    arduous
    - around
    - awkward
    - beating
    - choose
    - climb
    - concentrate
    - cumbersome
    - desperately
    - difficult
    - distance
    - dodgy
    - elusive
    - embark
    - folly
    - for
    - gap
    - grammar
    - hard
    - hard-won
    - housekeeper
    - immensely
    - injustice
    - lean
    - mess
    - problematic
    - problematical
    - realize
    - replacement
    - ruggedness
    - scramble
    - shake off
    - situation
    - so
    - sticky
    - stiff
    - surely
    - think ahead
    - to
    - tough
    - tricky
    - trying
    - agonizing
    - deep
    - demanding
    - going
    - increasingly
    - keep
    - likely
    - plight
    * * *
    1. [complicado] difficult;
    va a ser difícil encontrar un sitio abierto a estas horas it's going to be difficult o hard to find anywhere that's open at this time;
    son tiempos difíciles these are difficult times;
    pasaron por una situación difícil they went through a difficult period;
    no es difícil imaginar lo que pasó it's not difficult o hard to imagine what happened;
    es una pregunta difícil de responder it's a difficult question to answer;
    hacerse difícil: se hace difícil entender por qué lo hizo it's difficult to understand why she did it;
    se me hace difícil acostumbrarme a madrugar I can't get used to getting up early;
    ponérselo difícil a alguien to make things difficult for sb;
    no me lo pongas difícil don't make things difficult o hard for me;
    serle difícil a alguien: le va a ser muy difícil encontrar trabajo it's going to be very difficult for him to find a job, he's going to find it very difficult to get a job;
    tener difícil algo: tiene muy difícil encontrar trabajo it's very difficult o hard for him to find work
    2. [improbable] unlikely;
    puede ser, aunque me parece difícil maybe, but I think it's unlikely;
    es difícil que ganen they're unlikely to win;
    no es difícil que ocurra it could easily happen
    3. [rebelde] difficult, awkward;
    es un niño muy difícil he's a very awkward o difficult child;
    tener un carácter difícil to be an awkward person, to be difficult to get on with
    * * *
    adj
    1 difficult;
    ponerlo difícil a alguien make it difficult for s.o.;
    difícil de decir hard o difficult to say
    :
    es difícil que venga he’s unlikely to come, it’s unlikely that he’ll come
    * * *
    : difficult, hard
    * * *
    1. (en general) difficult
    2. (improbable) unlikely [comp. unlikelier; superl. unlikeliest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > difícil

  • 33 dilucidar

    v.
    to elucidate.
    * * *
    1 to elucidate, clear up, throw light on
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=aclarar) [+ asunto] to elucidate, clarify; [+ misterio] to clear up
    2) [+ concurso] to decide
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <asunto/cuestión> to clarify, elucidate (frml); <enigma/misterio> to solve, clear up
    * * *
    = elucidate, untangle, plumb + the depths of, bring + clarity (to), tease out, clear up.
    Ex. An abstract may also serve to elucidate an unclear title.
    Ex. Once this relationship is untangled, it becomes possible to represent a document by a sequential data stream which can be readily stored in a file.
    Ex. The article has the title 'Mapping the unmappable: plumbing the depths of cross-file and cross-system navigation'.
    Ex. A woman suspected to have lost her virginity is made to undergo a series of medical examinations to bring clarity to her situation.
    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. What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    ----
    * dilucidar una apuesta = settle + bet.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <asunto/cuestión> to clarify, elucidate (frml); <enigma/misterio> to solve, clear up
    * * *
    = elucidate, untangle, plumb + the depths of, bring + clarity (to), tease out, clear up.

    Ex: An abstract may also serve to elucidate an unclear title.

    Ex: Once this relationship is untangled, it becomes possible to represent a document by a sequential data stream which can be readily stored in a file.
    Ex: The article has the title 'Mapping the unmappable: plumbing the depths of cross-file and cross-system navigation'.
    Ex: A woman suspected to have lost her virginity is made to undergo a series of medical examinations to bring clarity to her situation.
    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: What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    * dilucidar una apuesta = settle + bet.

    * * *
    dilucidar [A1 ]
    vt
    ‹asunto/cuestión› to clarify, elucidate ( frml); ‹enigma/misterio› to solve, clear up
    * * *

    dilucidar verbo transitivo explain, elucidate: no conseguimos dilucidar lo que quiso decir con aquello, we can't figure out what she meant by that
    ' dilucidar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    elucidate
    - plumb
    * * *
    [asunto, problema] to clarify;
    tratan de dilucidar qué pasó they are trying to clarify what happened
    * * *
    v/t clarify
    * * *
    : to elucidate, to clarify

    Spanish-English dictionary > dilucidar

  • 34 eliminar + Nombre

    (v.) = clear of + Nombre
    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.
    * * *
    (v.) = clear of + Nombre

    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.

    Spanish-English dictionary > eliminar + Nombre

  • 35 empacar

    v.
    1 to pack.
    Ella empacó su ropa para el viaje She packed his clothes for the trip.
    2 to bale (agriculture).
    3 to bottle (envasar) (en tarros). (Mexican Spanish)
    4 to pack up, to pack away.
    Ella empacó los vestidos She packed up her dresses.
    5 to pack in bales, to make into a pack, to bale.
    Allan empaca heno Allan packs hay in bales.
    6 to pack with stuffing, to pack.
    María empacó la porcelMaría Mary packed the porcelain with stuffing.
    7 to pack in a box, to pack in boxes, to box.
    Allan empaca regalos Allan packs gifts in a box.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) esp LAm [gen] to pack; And, Méx (=embalar) to package
    2) (Agr) to bale
    2.
    VI Méx (=hacer las maletas) to pack
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( empaquetar) to pack
    b) <algodón/heno> to bale
    c) (AmL) < maleta> to pack
    2.
    empacar vi to pack
    3.
    empacarse v pron
    1) ( empecinarse) to dig one's heels in, refuse to budge
    2) (Col, Méx fam) < comida> to wolf down (colloq); < libros> to polish... off (colloq), to devour (colloq)
    * * *
    = bale.
    Ex. Alfalfa hay, cut and baled for fodder, is a source of protein that rivals or surpasses soybeans.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( empaquetar) to pack
    b) <algodón/heno> to bale
    c) (AmL) < maleta> to pack
    2.
    empacar vi to pack
    3.
    empacarse v pron
    1) ( empecinarse) to dig one's heels in, refuse to budge
    2) (Col, Méx fam) < comida> to wolf down (colloq); < libros> to polish... off (colloq), to devour (colloq)
    * * *
    = bale.

    Ex: Alfalfa hay, cut and baled for fodder, is a source of protein that rivals or surpasses soybeans.

    * * *
    empacar [A2 ]
    vt
    1 (empaquetar) to pack
    empezó a empacar los libros he started packing the books, he started putting the books into boxes ( o crates etc)
    2 ‹algodón/heno› to bale
    3 ( AmL) ‹maleta› to pack
    ■ empacar
    vi
    ( AmL) to pack, get packed
    A (empecinarse) to dig one's heels in, refuse to budge
    B (Col, Méx fam) ‹comida› to wolf down ( colloq), to guzzle ( colloq); ‹libros› to polish … off ( colloq), to devour ( colloq)
    * * *

    empacar ( conjugate empacar) verbo transitivo

    b) ‹algodón/heno› to bale

    c) (AmL) ‹ maleta› to pack

    verbo intransitivo
    to pack
    empacar
    I verbo transitivo (empaquetar) to pack
    II verbo intransitivo LAm (hacer la maleta) to pack up
    ' empacar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    pack
    - packing
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [empaquetar] to pack
    2. Agr to bale
    3. Méx [envasar] [en tarros] to bottle;
    [en latas] to can, Br to tin
    ♦ vi
    Am to pack (one's bags)
    * * *
    v/t & v/i L.Am.
    pack
    * * *
    empacar {72} vt
    1) empaquetar: to pack
    2) : to bale
    : to pack

    Spanish-English dictionary > empacar

  • 36 en el culo del mundo

    Ex. We got stuck waiting for a train back for almost two hours, so we sat in a country pub in the arse of nowhere, stuffing our faces and playing dominoes.
    * * *

    Ex: We got stuck waiting for a train back for almost two hours, so we sat in a country pub in the arse of nowhere, stuffing our faces and playing dominoes.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en el culo del mundo

  • 37 en el quinto coño

    Ex. We got stuck waiting for a train back for almost two hours, so we sat in a country pub in the arse of nowhere, stuffing our faces and playing dominoes.
    * * *

    Ex: We got stuck waiting for a train back for almost two hours, so we sat in a country pub in the arse of nowhere, stuffing our faces and playing dominoes.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en el quinto coño

  • 38 en el quinto pino

    Ex. We got stuck waiting for a train back for almost two hours, so we sat in a country pub in the arse of nowhere, stuffing our faces and playing dominoes.
    * * *

    Ex: We got stuck waiting for a train back for almost two hours, so we sat in a country pub in the arse of nowhere, stuffing our faces and playing dominoes.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en el quinto pino

  • 39 encontrar Algo difícil

    (v.) = have + a hard time, have + a tough time
    Ex. Scholars are going to have a hard time finding that reference.
    Ex. He had a tough time lugging his lumpy, oversized travelbag onto the plane and stuffing it in the overhead bin.
    * * *
    (v.) = have + a hard time, have + a tough time

    Ex: Scholars are going to have a hard time finding that reference.

    Ex: He had a tough time lugging his lumpy, oversized travelbag onto the plane and stuffing it in the overhead bin.

    Spanish-English dictionary > encontrar Algo difícil

  • 40 horrible

    adj.
    1 horrifying, terrifying.
    2 terrible, awful (muy malo).
    3 horrible, hideous (muy feo).
    * * *
    1 horrible, dreadful, awful
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=espantoso) [accidente, crimen, matanza] horrific
    2) (=feo) [persona, objeto, ropa, cuadro] hideous
    3) (=malo, perverso) horrible

    ¡qué hombre tan horrible! — what a horrible man!

    4) (=insoportable) terrible

    hizo un calor horrible — it was terribly hot, the heat was terrible

    la conferencia fue un rollo horrible — * the lecture was a real drag *

    * * *
    a) <accidente/muerte> horrible, horrific
    b) ( feo) < persona> hideous, ugly; <camisa/adorno> horrible, hideous
    c) < tiempo> terrible, awful
    d) ( inaguantable) unbearable
    * * *
    = horrid, lousy [lousier -comp., lousiest -sup.], unsightly, revolting, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unpleasant, awful, terrible, crummy [crummier -comp., crummiest -sup.], hideous, shocking, horrible, dreadful, heinous, frightening, yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.], pathetic.
    Ex. The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.
    Ex. I want to react, though, to your description of lousy catalogers.
    Ex. He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    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. 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. And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
    Ex. These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.
    Ex. She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called 'one-upmanship'.
    Ex. One librarian bluntly wondered about the ethics of sending ' crummy looking books with information that is incorrect or obsolete to the needy (because) everyone should have access to good material'.
    Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex. The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex. Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex. The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex. There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.
    Ex. No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
    Ex. I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.
    Ex. Unfortunately, the quality of the debate on the other side is pathetic.
    ----
    * horrible, espantoso, de puta pena = awful.
    * morir una muerte horrible = suffer + a horrible death, die + a horrible death.
    * tener una muerte horrible = die + a horrible death, suffer + a horrible death.
    * tener un aspecto horrible = look + shit.
    * * *
    a) <accidente/muerte> horrible, horrific
    b) ( feo) < persona> hideous, ugly; <camisa/adorno> horrible, hideous
    c) < tiempo> terrible, awful
    d) ( inaguantable) unbearable
    * * *
    = horrid, lousy [lousier -comp., lousiest -sup.], unsightly, revolting, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unpleasant, awful, terrible, crummy [crummier -comp., crummiest -sup.], hideous, shocking, horrible, dreadful, heinous, frightening, yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.], pathetic.

    Ex: The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.

    Ex: I want to react, though, to your description of lousy catalogers.
    Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    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: 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: And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
    Ex: These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.
    Ex: She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called 'one-upmanship'.
    Ex: One librarian bluntly wondered about the ethics of sending ' crummy looking books with information that is incorrect or obsolete to the needy (because) everyone should have access to good material'.
    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex: The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex: Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex: The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex: There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.
    Ex: No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
    Ex: I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.
    Ex: Unfortunately, the quality of the debate on the other side is pathetic.
    * horrible, espantoso, de puta pena = awful.
    * morir una muerte horrible = suffer + a horrible death, die + a horrible death.
    * tener una muerte horrible = die + a horrible death, suffer + a horrible death.
    * tener un aspecto horrible = look + shit.

    * * *
    1 (trágico, espantoso) ‹accidente/muerte› horrible, horrific
    2 (feo) ‹persona› hideous, ugly; ‹camisa/adorno› horrible, hideous
    3 (malo) ‹tiempo› terrible, awful, dreadful
    4
    (inaguantable): ¡qué calor más horrible! it's terribly o unbearably hot!
    * * *

     

    horrible adjetivo
    a) ‹accidente/muerte› horrible, horrific

    b) ( feo) ‹ persona› hideous, ugly;

    ‹camisa/adorno› horrible, hideous
    c) ‹ tiempo› terrible, awful


    horrible adjetivo horrible, dreadful, awful
    ' horrible' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amanecer
    - horrendo-a
    - infame
    - pestazo
    - antipático
    - calor
    - cargante
    - mal
    - malo
    - odioso
    - pereza
    - perro
    - pinche
    - tocar
    - tufo
    English:
    awful
    - cat
    - dreadful
    - hideous
    - hole
    - horrible
    - horrid
    - it
    - manage
    - mind
    - nasty
    - shocking
    - thought
    - wretched
    - abominable
    - crummy
    - foul
    - ghastly
    - revolting
    - rotten
    - sickly
    - vile
    * * *
    1. [terrorífico] horrific, terrifying;
    un accidente horrible a horrific accident
    2. Fam [muy malo] appalling, awful;
    nos hizo un tiempo horrible we had terrible o awful weather
    3. Fam [muy feo] horrible, hideous;
    tiene un novio horrible she's got a horrible-looking o hideous boyfriend;
    ese vestido le queda horrible that dress looks horrible o hideous on her
    4. Fam [muy grande]
    tengo un frío horrible I'm absolutely freezing;
    ¡qué frío más horrible! it's absolutely freezing!;
    tengo un hambre horrible I'm ravenous o starving
    * * *
    adj horrible, dreadful
    * * *
    : horrible, dreadful
    * * *
    1. (en general) awful / terrible
    2. (accidente) horrific

    Spanish-English dictionary > horrible

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