hopeless

hopeless
adjective
1) (not likely to be successful: It's hopeless to try to persuade him; a hopeless attempt; The future looks hopeless.) inútil
2) ((with at) not good: I'm a hopeless housewife; He's hopeless at French.) negado
3) (unable to be stopped, cured etc: The doctors considered the patient's case hopeless; He's a hopeless liar/idiot.) caso perdido, imposible, irremediable
hopeless adj
1. inútil / desesperado / imposible
it has disappeared, it's hopeless to go on looking ha desaparecido, es inútil seguir buscando
2. negado
I am hopeless at maths soy negado para las mates
hopeless
tr['həʊpləs]
adjective
1 desesperado,-a
2 familiar (useless) inútil
he's hopeless at sports es negado para los deportes
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
it's hopeless es imposible
a hopeless case un caso perdido
hopeless ['ho:pləs] adj
1) despairing: desesperado
2) impossible: imposible
a hopeless case: un caso perdido
hopeless
adj.
desahuciado, -a adj.
desesperado, -a adj.
desesperanzado, -a adj.
imposible adj.
incurable adj.
rematado, -a adj.
sin remedio expr.
'həʊpləs, 'həʊplɪs
adjective
1) (allowing no hope) <situation> desesperado; <love> sin esperanzas, imposible; <task> imposible

he's a hopeless case — \<\<pupil\>\> no tiene remedio; \<\<patient\>\> está desahuciado

2) (incompetent, inadequate) (colloq)

you're hopeless! — eres un inútil!

as an interviewer, she's absolutely hopeless — como entrevistadora, es una nulidad

the train service on this line is hopeless — el servicio de trenes en esta línea es desastroso or es un desastre

to be hopeless AT something — ser* negado para algo

['hǝʊplɪs]
ADJ
1) (=impossible) [task] imposible; [attempt] vano; [cause] perdido; [situation, position] desesperado; [love] imposible

his attempt to swim the river was hopeless from the beginning — su tentativa de cruzar el río a nado estaba condenada al fracaso desde el principio

it's hopeless! — ¡es inútil!

a hopeless case(=person) un caso perdido

he's a hopeless case! — es un caso perdido, no tiene remedio

the doctor says it is a hopeless case — el médico dice que no tiene salvación, el médico lo ha desahuciado

a hopeless drunk — un borracho empedernido

to be (in) a hopeless mess or muddle[room] estar hecho un desastre; [plans] estar muy embrollado; [person] estar hecho un lío

a hopeless romantic — un romántico incorregible

2) (=despairing) [cry] de desesperación; [grief] desesperado

to feel hopeless — sentirse desesperanzado

she gave a hopeless sigh — suspiró desesperada

3) * (=not competent)

he's completely hopeless — es un inútil *

she's a hopeless manager — como jefa es una nulidad or es penosa *

the buses round here are hopeless — los autobuses de por aquí son un desastre

to be hopeless at (doing) sth: he's hopeless at football — es un desastre jugando al fútbol, es una nulidad para el fútbol *

I was hopeless at school — era un negado or una nulidad para los estudios *

I'm hopeless at maths/cooking — soy un negado para las matemáticas/la cocina

I'd be hopeless at working for somebody else — yo no serviría para trabajar para otros

* * *
['həʊpləs, 'həʊplɪs]
adjective
1) (allowing no hope) <situation> desesperado; <love> sin esperanzas, imposible; <task> imposible

he's a hopeless case — \<\<pupil\>\> no tiene remedio; \<\<patient\>\> está desahuciado

2) (incompetent, inadequate) (colloq)

you're hopeless! — eres un inútil!

as an interviewer, she's absolutely hopeless — como entrevistadora, es una nulidad

the train service on this line is hopeless — el servicio de trenes en esta línea es desastroso or es un desastre

to be hopeless AT something — ser* negado para algo


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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