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  • 181 brutalidad

    f.
    1 brutality.
    2 brutal act.
    3 stupid action, stupid act, asininity.
    4 stupidity, idiocy, asininity.
    * * *
    1 (crueldad) brutality
    2 (necedad) stupid thing
    3 (cantidad) tremendous amount
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=cualidad) brutality
    2) (=acción)
    3) (=estupidez) stupidity
    4) *

    me gusta una brutalidad — I think it's great, I love it

    * * *
    a) ( violencia) brutality, savageness
    b) (acto, dicho)

    qué brutalidad, pegarle así a la pobre criatura! — what a brute, hitting the poor child like that!

    qué brutalidad, preguntarle eso! — how insensitive can you get, asking him a question like that!

    * * *
    = brutality, savagery.
    Ex. Nazi ideas and brutality were evident to all even at the time, as was the fact that they were rising to power.
    Ex. Is there any ambiguity in this phrase which can excuse the ALA's failure to defend Cuba's independent libraries from the savagery being inflicted upon them?.
    * * *
    a) ( violencia) brutality, savageness
    b) (acto, dicho)

    qué brutalidad, pegarle así a la pobre criatura! — what a brute, hitting the poor child like that!

    qué brutalidad, preguntarle eso! — how insensitive can you get, asking him a question like that!

    * * *
    = brutality, savagery.

    Ex: Nazi ideas and brutality were evident to all even at the time, as was the fact that they were rising to power.

    Ex: Is there any ambiguity in this phrase which can excuse the ALA's failure to defend Cuba's independent libraries from the savagery being inflicted upon them?.

    * * *
    1 (violencia) brutality, savageness
    2
    (acto, dicho): ¡qué brutalidad, pegarle así a la pobre criatura! what a brutish thing to do, hitting the poor child like that
    ¡qué brutalidad, decírselo así de golpe! how insensitive can you get, just telling him out of the blue like that!
    3 ( fam)
    (cantidad exagerada): hizo una brutalidad de comida he prepared tons o loads of food ( colloq)
    * * *

    brutalidad sustantivo femenino
    brutality, savageness
    brutalidad sustantivo femenino brutality
    ' brutalidad' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    barbarie
    English:
    barbarity
    - brutality
    * * *
    1. [cualidad] brutality;
    con brutalidad brutally
    2. [acción] atrocity;
    las brutalidades cometidas por el ejército the atrocities committed by the army
    3. [tontería] stupid thing;
    decir brutalidades to talk nonsense
    4. Fam [gran cantidad]
    * * *
    f brutality
    * * *
    crueldad: brutality

    Spanish-English dictionary > brutalidad

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