savagery

savagery
noun salvajismo
savagery
tr['sævɪʤrɪ]
noun
1 (cruel act) salvajada; (cruelty) crueldad nombre femenino, brutalidad nombre femenino
savagery ['sævɪʤri, -ʤəri] n, pl -ries
1) ferocity: ferocidad f
2) wildness: salvajismo m
savagery
n.
• fiereza s.f.
• salvajada s.f.
• salvajería s.f.
• salvajismo s.m.
'sævɪdʒri
mass noun (ferocity - of attack, blow) ferocidad f, violencia f; (- of criticism) ferocidad f, fiereza f; (- of cuts, reductions) severidad f, lo salvaje
['sævɪdʒrɪ]
N
1) (=violence) [of attack, blow] ferocidad f , violencia f ; [of criticism] saña f , ferocidad f

the sheer savagery of war — el puro salvajismo or la pura brutalidad de la guerra

2) (=primitiveness) salvajismo m , estado m salvaje
3) (=drastic nature) [of cuts, reductions] radicalidad f , carácter m drástico
* * *
['sævɪdʒri]
mass noun (ferocity - of attack, blow) ferocidad f, violencia f; (- of criticism) ferocidad f, fiereza f; (- of cuts, reductions) severidad f, lo salvaje

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