dreadful

dreadful
adjective
1) (terrible: a dreadful accident.) terrible
2) (very bad or annoying: What dreadful children!) terrible
dreadful adj terrible / espantoso
there's been a dreadful mistake ha habido un terrible error
the weather was dreadful hizo un tiempo espantoso
dreadful
tr['dredfʊl]
adjective
1 (shocking) terrible, espantoso,-a, atroz
2 familiar (awful) fatal, horrible, malísimo,-a
■ how dreadful! ¡qué horror!
dreadful ['drɛdfəl] adj
1) dread: pavoroso
2) terrible: espantoso, atroz, terrible
♦ dreadfully adv
dreadful
adj.
• desagradable adj.
• espantoso, -a adj.
• medroso, -a adj.
• temeroso, -a adj.
• temible adj.
• terrible adj.
'dredfəl
adjective <news/experience/weather> espantoso, terrible

how dreadful for you! — qué horror! pobrecito!

I feel dreadful — me siento pésimo or (fam) fatal

I feel dreadful about not having helped — me siento muy mal por no haber ayudado

you look dreadful — tienes muy mala cara

['dredfʊl]
ADJ [crime, sight, suffering] espantoso; [news, accident, experience] espantoso, terrible; [disease, person, noise] terrible; [night, moment, place] horrible; [book, film] pésimo; [weather, conditions] pésimo, fatal (Sp) *; [situation, mistake] horroroso, terrible

how dreadful! — ¡qué horror!

he is a dreadful coward — es un cobarde asqueroso

a dreadful business — un asunto horroroso

• I feel dreadful! — (=ill) ¡me encuentro muy mal!, ¡me encuentro fatal! (Sp) *; (=ashamed) ¡qué vergüenza me da!, ¡qué pena me da! (LAm), me da muchísima vergüenza or (LAm) pena

I feel dreadful about forgetting his birthday — me siento fatal por haber olvidado su cumpleaños *

• to look dreadful — (=ill) tener mala cara *; (=unattractive) [person] estar horrible, tener una pinta horrorosa *; [thing] quedar horroroso

I look dreadful in this hat — estoy horrible con este sombrero, tengo una pinta horrorosa con este sombrero *

that brown wallpaper looks dreadful — ese papel pintado marrón queda horroroso

* * *
['dredfəl]
adjective <news/experience/weather> espantoso, terrible

how dreadful for you! — qué horror! pobrecito!

I feel dreadful — me siento pésimo or (fam) fatal

I feel dreadful about not having helped — me siento muy mal por no haber ayudado

you look dreadful — tienes muy mala cara


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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