surprised

surprised
adjective (showing or feeling surprise: his surprised face; I'm surprised (that) he's not here; You behaved badly - I'm surprised at you!; I wouldn't be surprised if he won.) sorprendido
surprised adj sorprendido
surprised
tr[sə'praɪzd]
adjective
1 (person) sorprendido,-a; (look) de sorpresa
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to be surprised sorprenderse, llevarse una sorpresa
■ I'm surprised to see you here! ¡me sorprende verte aquí!
■ I'm surprised (that) Julie passed me sorprende que Julie haya aprobado
■ I wouldn't be surprised if it rained no me extrañaría que lloviese
■ I'm surprised at you! ¡me sorprendes!
surprised
adj.
• sorprendido, -a adj.
sə'praɪzd
adjective <look> sorprendido, de sorpresa

to be surprised: I've never been so surprised in my life! nunca en la vida me había llevado una sorpresa así; don't be surprised if he doesn't like it no te sorprenda si no le gusta; to be surprised AT something/somebody: I'm surprised at John missing a meeting me extraña or me sorprende que John haya faltado a la reunión; well, I'm surprised at you, Laura bueno, Laura, me sorprendes; she was surprised at how easy it was le sorprendió lo fácil que era; I'm surprised (that) ... me sorprende or me extraña que ... (+ subj); to be surprised to + INF: I was very surprised to hear of your engagement — me sorprendió mucho enterarme de tu compromiso

[sǝ'praɪzd]
ADJ [look, expression, smile] de sorpresa

he was surprised to hear that ... — se sorprendió or quedó sorprendido al enterarse de que ...

I was rather surprised to see Martin there — me sorprendió bastante ver a Martin allí, me quedé bastante sorprendido al ver a Martin allí

they were surprised that she hadn't told them about her new job — se sorprendieron de que no les hubiera dicho nada de su nuevo trabajo

• I was surprised at his ignorance — me sorprendió su ignorancia, me quedé sorprendido de lo ignorante que era

I'm surprised at you! — ¡me sorprendes!

• he was surprised how good the food tasted — se sorprendió de lo buena que estaba la comida, se quedó sorprendido de lo buena que estaba la comida

you'd be surprised how many people have difficulty reading — te sorprenderías de la cantidad de gente que tiene problemas para leer, te quedarías sorprendido si supieras la cantidad de gente que tiene problemas para leer

• don't be surprised if he doesn't recognize you — no te sorprendas si no te reconoce

I wouldn't be surprised if he won — no me sorprendería que ganara

surprise
* * *
[sə'praɪzd]
adjective <look> sorprendido, de sorpresa

to be surprised: I've never been so surprised in my life! nunca en la vida me había llevado una sorpresa así; don't be surprised if he doesn't like it no te sorprenda si no le gusta; to be surprised AT something/somebody: I'm surprised at John missing a meeting me extraña or me sorprende que John haya faltado a la reunión; well, I'm surprised at you, Laura bueno, Laura, me sorprendes; she was surprised at how easy it was le sorprendió lo fácil que era; I'm surprised (that) ... me sorprende or me extraña que ... (+ subj); to be surprised to + INF: I was very surprised to hear of your engagement — me sorprendió mucho enterarme de tu compromiso


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