awful

awful
'o:ful
adjective
1) (very great: an awful rush.) enorme, imponente; terrible, tremendo
2) (very bad: This book is awful; an awful experience.) horrible, horroroso
3) (severe: an awful headache.) terrible
•
- awfulness
awful adj terrible / horrible
awful
tr['ɔːfʊl]
adjective
1 (shocking) atroz, horrible
2 familiar (very bad) fatal, horrible, espantoso,-a
awful ['ɔfəl] adj
1) awesome: asombroso
2) dreadful: horrible, terrible, atroz
3) enormous: enorme, tremendo
an awful lot of people: muchísima gente, la mar de gente
awful
adj.
• espantoso, -a adj.
• horrendo, -a adj.
• impresionante adj.
• malísimo, -a adj.
• pavoroso, -a adj.
• terrible adj.

I 'ɔːfəl
adjective
1) (colloq)
a) <journey/weather/day> horrible, espantoso, atroz; <clothes> horroroso, espantoso; <joke/movie> malísimo, pésimo

it smells awful — huele muy mal

he's an awful man — es un repugnante

I know it sounds awful, but ... — te parecerá una barbaridad, pero ...

I felt awful — me sentía fatal or muy mal

for one awful moment I thought he had seen me — pasé un momento horrible or espantoso creyendo que me había visto

you are awful! — qué malo eres!

how awful! — qué horror!

b) (as intensifier)

she's an awful bore — es terriblemente aburrida

there were an awful lot of people there — había muchísima gente

he doesn't eat an awful lot — no come mucho

2) (terrible) (liter) <revenge/destruction> atroz

II
adverb (AmE colloq) (as intensifier)

I'm awful hot — tengo un calor espantoso

it's an awful long way to Tulsa — Tulsa está lejísimos

['ɔːfǝl]
1. ADJ
1) (=dreadful) [weather] horrible, espantoso; [clothes, crime] horroroso, espantoso; [smell, dilemma] terrible

what awful weather! — ¡qué tiempo más horrible or espantoso!

we met and I thought he was awful — le conocí y me cayó fatal

you are awful! — (=wicked) ¡qué malo eres!, ¡qué mala idea tienes!

• to feel awful — (=embarrassed, guilty) sentirse fatal; (=ill) encontrarse or sentirse fatal

I felt awful about what had happened — me sentía fatal por lo que había ocurrido

• I have an awful feeling something's going to happen — tengo la terrible sospecha de que va a pasar algo

• how awful! — ¡qué horror!

how awful for you! — ¡qué mal rato habrás pasado!

• to look awful — tener muy mal aspecto

you look awful, are you feeling all right? — tienes muy mala cara or tienes muy mal aspecto, ¿te encuentras bien?

• for one awful moment I thought I'd broken it — ¡fue horrible! por un momento pensé que se me había roto

• it smells awful — huele fatal

• prices have gone up something awful ** — los precios han subido cosa mala *

they beat him up something awful ** — le dieron una tremenda paliza

• what an awful thing to happen! — ¡qué cosa tan horrible or terrible!

the awful thing is that he thought we were joking — lo peor (del caso) es que él pensó que estábamos de broma

you said some pretty awful things — hiciste algunos comentarios muy hirientes

• I learned the awful truth — supe la amarga verdad

2) (=bad, poor)

his English is awful — habla inglés fatal

3) (=awesome) imponente, tremendo
4) * (as intensifier)

there were an awful lot of people — había un montón de gente *

I've got an awful lot of work to do — tengo un montón de trabajo *

it's an awful nuisance — es una molestia terrible

he's an awful bore — es terriblemente pesado

she's got an awful cheek! — ¡tiene una cara increíble! *

it seems an awful waste — parece un desperdicio terrible

2.
ADV
(esp US) *

ten years is an awful long time — diez años es un montón de tiempo *

it's an awful long way to go — está lejísimo

it's awful cold outside — fuera hace un frío horroroso *

* * *

I ['ɔːfəl]
adjective
1) (colloq)
a) <journey/weather/day> horrible, espantoso, atroz; <clothes> horroroso, espantoso; <joke/movie> malísimo, pésimo

it smells awful — huele muy mal

he's an awful man — es un repugnante

I know it sounds awful, but ... — te parecerá una barbaridad, pero ...

I felt awful — me sentía fatal or muy mal

for one awful moment I thought he had seen me — pasé un momento horrible or espantoso creyendo que me había visto

you are awful! — qué malo eres!

how awful! — qué horror!

b) (as intensifier)

she's an awful bore — es terriblemente aburrida

there were an awful lot of people there — había muchísima gente

he doesn't eat an awful lot — no come mucho

2) (terrible) (liter) <revenge/destruction> atroz

II
adverb (AmE colloq) (as intensifier)

I'm awful hot — tengo un calor espantoso

it's an awful long way to Tulsa — Tulsa está lejísimos


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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