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1 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 -
2 жалък
1. (окаян) pitiful, pitiable, wretched, miserable, piteous, lamentable, deplorable, книж. sorryжалък коптор a wretched hovelжалък вид a wretched appearance, a pitiful sight, ( за изражение на лицето) a pathetic airжалък съм cut a poor/a sorry figureжалка картина/гледка a pitiful/sorry/deplorable sightжалки останки pitiful remains, remnantsжалки опити pitiful attemptsжалка сума a paltry/miserable sumвлача жалко съществувание lead a dog's lifeв жалко състояние in a sorry/bad plight, in a pitiful condition, разг. in a sorry/nice/fine/sad pickle, in a pretty mess2. (презрян) contemptible, despicable, abject, mean, wretched, miserableжалък страхливец a contemptible/a despicable/an abject/a mean cowardжалко същество a wretched/mean creatureтолкова си жалък! you are so low/contemptible!* * *жа̀лък,прил., -ка, -ко, -ки 1. ( окаян) pitiful, pitiable, wretched, miserable, piteous, lamentable, deplorable, книж. sorry; (за изражение на лицето) pathetic; в \жалъкко състояние in a sorry/bad plight, in a pitiful condition, разг. in a sorry/nice/fine/sad pickle, in a pretty mess; влача \жалъкко съществувание lead a dog’s life; lead a life circumscribed by poverty; \жалъкка сума paltry/miserable sum; \жалъкки останки pitiful remains, remnants; \жалъкък съм cut a poor/a sorry figure; имам \жалъкък вид look wretched;2. ( презрян) contemptible, despicable, abject, mean, wretched, miserable; толкова си \жалъкък! you are so low/contemptible!* * *abject: an жалък coward - жалък страхливец; beggarly; deplorable; despicable ; miserable {mizxrxbxl}; niggardly ; parsimonious piteous; pitiable: a жалък sight - жалка гледка; poor ; scummy ; wretched* * *1. (окаян) pitiful, pitiable, wretched, miserable, piteous, lamentable, deplorable, книж. sorry 2. (презрян) contemptible, despicable, abject, mean, wretched, miserable 3. ЖАЛЪК вид a wretched appearance, a pitiful sight, (за изражение на лицето) а pathetic air 4. ЖАЛЪК коптор a wretched hovel 5. ЖАЛЪК страхливец a contemptible/a despicable/ an abject/a mean coward 6. ЖАЛЪК съм cut a poor/a sorry figure 7. в жалко състояние in a sorry/bad plight, in a pitiful condition, разг. in a sorry/nice/fine/sad pickle, in a pretty mess 8. влача жалко съществувание lead a dog's life 9. жалка картина/гледка a pitiful/sorry/deplorable sight 10. жалка сума a paltry/miserable sum 11. жалки опити pitiful attempts 12. жалки останки pitiful remains, remnants 13. жалко същество a wretched/mean creature 14. имам ЖАЛЪК вид look wretched 15. толкова си ЖАЛЪК! you are so low/contemptible! -
3 лачуга
1. shackнас выселили, а нашу лачугу снесли — we were evicted and our shack was shaken down
2. hovel; hut -
4 жалкий
1. ( возбуждающий сострадание) pitiful, pitiableжалкое зрелище — pitiful / sorry sight
иметь жалкий вид — be a sorry sight; cut* a poor figure
жалкие слова — pathetic / heart-rending words
2. ( ничтожный) poor, wretchedжалкие гроши — trifling sum sg.; (о вознаграждении и т. п.) pittance sg.
3. ( презренный) miserable / abject cowardжалкая роль — poor / wretched part
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5 жалкий
1) ( возбуждающий сострадание) pitiful, pitiable; patheticжа́лкая улы́бка — pitiful smile
жа́лкое зре́лище — pitiful / sorry sight
представля́ть собо́й жа́лкое зре́лище — present a sorry spectacle
име́ть жа́лкий вид — be a sorry sight; cut a poor figure
жа́лкие слова́ — pathetic / heart-rending words
2) (плохой, невзрачный) poor, wretchedжа́лкая оде́жда — wretched / shabby clothes pl
жа́лкая лачу́га — wretched hovel
жа́лкие гроши́ — trifling sum sg; (о вознаграждении и т.п.) pittance sg
жа́лкое подо́бие (рд.) — poor exuse (for), a makeshift substitute (for)
3) ( презренный) miserableжа́лкий трус — miserable / abject coward
жа́лкая роль — poor / wretched part
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6 жалкая лачуга
1) General subject: beggarly hovel, wretched hovel2) Architecture: miserable hovel -
7 HREYSI
* * *n.1) = hreysar;2) cave, den (skríða í hreysi).* * *n. and hreysar, f. pl., Fms. v. 70, Jb. 211, N. G. L. i. 14, 431; [Ivar Aasen rös; cp. Dunmail Raise (i. e. Dunmail’s Cairn) in Westmoreland]:— a heap of stones (= Icel. urð), where wild beasts abide, Hým. 35; holt ok hreysar, Fms. v. 70; hölkn eða hreysar, Jb. 211; hangar eðr hreysar, N. G. L. i. 14, 431; þeir drógu í burt líkama hans ok reyrðu í hreysi nokkuru, Fms. vii. 227; skríða í hreysi, to slink into a den, Hkv. 1. 33, Lv. 61; í hreysum eðr holum, Bárð. 168; liggja í hreysum, Fms. vi. 425; þú liggr þá í hreysum eðr fylgsnum, viii. 157, Konr. 22.2. in mod. usage = a poor wretched cottage, a hovel.COMPDS: hreysiköttr, hreysivísla. -
8 elend
I Adj.1. (unglücklich, beklagenswert) miserable, wretched, pitiable; ein elendes Leben führen live a life of misery2. (ärmlich) poverty-stricken; elende Hütte oder Baracke hovel; in elenden Verhältnissen leben live in wretched conditions ( oder dire poverty)3. (krank) (very) unwell; jemandem ist / wird elend (übel) s.o. is feeling / begins to feel very unwell; elend aussehen look dreadful; sich elend fühlen feel terrible ( oder wretched)4. pej. (gemein) despicable5. nur attr.; umg. Durst, Hunger etc. (stark): terribleII Adv.1. miserably; elend zugrunde gehen come to a wretched end; elend verhungern die of slow (and painful) starvation2. umg. (sehr) dreadfully; es tut elend weh it’s terribly sore, it hurts dreadfully ( oder like hell Sl.); es ist elend kalt it’s absolutely freezing* * *das Elendaffliction; woefulness; misery; calamitousness; sordidness; squalor; unhappiness; distress; poverty; want; wretchedness* * *['eːlɛnt]nt - (e)s[-dəs] no pl (= Unglück, Not) misery, distress; (= Verwahrlosung) squalor; (= Armut) poverty, penuryein Bild des Élends — a picture of misery/squalor
ins Élend geraten — to fall into poverty, to be reduced to penury, to become destitute
im (tiefsten) Élend leben — to live in (abject) misery/squalor/poverty
(wie) ein Häufchen Élend (inf) — (looking) a picture of misery
da kann man das heulende Élend kriegen (inf) — it's enough to make you scream (inf)
es ist ein Élend mit ihm (inf) — he makes you want to weep (inf), he's hopeless
es ist ein Élend,... (inf) — it's heartbreaking...
See:→ lang* * *1) (not feeling well: He was a bit off-colour the morning after the party.) off-colour2) miserably3) (very poor in quantity or quality: The house was in a miserable condition.) miserable4) ((something that causes) unhappiness: the misery of the fatherless children; Forget your miseries and come out with me!) misery5) (used in annoyance: This wretched machine won't work!) wretched* * *<-[e]s>[ˈe:lɛnt]nt kein pl (Not) misery [or distress]es gibt ja so viel \Elend auf dieser Welt there is so much misery in the worldins \Elend geraten to become destitute, to fall into poverty, form to be reduced to penuryim [bitteren/schrecklichen] \Elend leben to live in [abject] poverty [or squalor] [or misery]jdn/sich selbst ins \Elend stürzen to plunge sb/oneself into misery [or poverty]da kann man das heulende \Elend kriegen it's enough to make you screames ist einfach ein \Elend mit ihm he makes you want to scream [or he is hopeless]* * *das; Elends1) (Leid) misery; wretchedness; s. auch Häufchen2) (Armut) misery; destitution* * *A. adj1. (unglücklich, beklagenswert) miserable, wretched, pitiable;ein elendes Leben führen live a life of misery2. (ärmlich) poverty-stricken;Baracke hovel;in elenden Verhältnissen leben live in wretched conditions ( oder dire poverty)3. (krank) (very) unwell;jemandem ist/wird elend (übel) sb is feeling/begins to feel very unwell;elend aussehen look dreadful;sich elend fühlen feel terrible ( oder wretched)4. pej (gemein) despicableB. adv1. miserably;elend zugrunde gehen come to a wretched end;elend verhungern die of slow (and painful) starvation2. umg (sehr) dreadfully;es ist elend kalt it’s absolutely freezing* * *das; Elends2) (Armut) misery; destitution* * *nur sing. n.calamitousness n.distress n.(§ pl.: distresses)misery n.squalor n.unhappiness n.woefulness n.wretchedness n. -
9 Elend
I Adj.1. (unglücklich, beklagenswert) miserable, wretched, pitiable; ein elendes Leben führen live a life of misery2. (ärmlich) poverty-stricken; elende Hütte oder Baracke hovel; in elenden Verhältnissen leben live in wretched conditions ( oder dire poverty)3. (krank) (very) unwell; jemandem ist / wird elend (übel) s.o. is feeling / begins to feel very unwell; elend aussehen look dreadful; sich elend fühlen feel terrible ( oder wretched)4. pej. (gemein) despicable5. nur attr.; umg. Durst, Hunger etc. (stark): terribleII Adv.1. miserably; elend zugrunde gehen come to a wretched end; elend verhungern die of slow (and painful) starvation2. umg. (sehr) dreadfully; es tut elend weh it’s terribly sore, it hurts dreadfully ( oder like hell Sl.); es ist elend kalt it’s absolutely freezing* * *das Elendaffliction; woefulness; misery; calamitousness; sordidness; squalor; unhappiness; distress; poverty; want; wretchedness* * *['eːlɛnt]nt - (e)s[-dəs] no pl (= Unglück, Not) misery, distress; (= Verwahrlosung) squalor; (= Armut) poverty, penuryein Bild des Élends — a picture of misery/squalor
ins Élend geraten — to fall into poverty, to be reduced to penury, to become destitute
im (tiefsten) Élend leben — to live in (abject) misery/squalor/poverty
(wie) ein Häufchen Élend (inf) — (looking) a picture of misery
da kann man das heulende Élend kriegen (inf) — it's enough to make you scream (inf)
es ist ein Élend mit ihm (inf) — he makes you want to weep (inf), he's hopeless
es ist ein Élend,... (inf) — it's heartbreaking...
See:→ lang* * *1) (not feeling well: He was a bit off-colour the morning after the party.) off-colour2) miserably3) (very poor in quantity or quality: The house was in a miserable condition.) miserable4) ((something that causes) unhappiness: the misery of the fatherless children; Forget your miseries and come out with me!) misery5) (used in annoyance: This wretched machine won't work!) wretched* * *<-[e]s>[ˈe:lɛnt]nt kein pl (Not) misery [or distress]es gibt ja so viel \Elend auf dieser Welt there is so much misery in the worldins \Elend geraten to become destitute, to fall into poverty, form to be reduced to penuryim [bitteren/schrecklichen] \Elend leben to live in [abject] poverty [or squalor] [or misery]jdn/sich selbst ins \Elend stürzen to plunge sb/oneself into misery [or poverty]da kann man das heulende \Elend kriegen it's enough to make you screames ist einfach ein \Elend mit ihm he makes you want to scream [or he is hopeless]* * *das; Elends1) (Leid) misery; wretchedness; s. auch Häufchen2) (Armut) misery; destitution* * *1. (Leid) misery;aus tiefstem Elend from the depths of misery;wie das leibhaftige Elend aussehen umg look like death warmed up (US over), look (utterly) wretched;er bekam das heulende Elend umg he got the miseries, he just went to pieces;da könnte man das heulende Elend kriegen umg it’s enough to make you weepsoziales Elend social hardship;ins Elend geraten be reduced to poverty;bringen plunge into poverty (and distress)3. umg, fig:* * *das; Elends2) (Armut) misery; destitution* * *nur sing. n.calamitousness n.distress n.(§ pl.: distresses)misery n.squalor n.unhappiness n.woefulness n.wretchedness n. -
10 kućerak
m hovel, sl dump; (small) wretched house* * *• hut
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