terrific

terrific
tə'rifik
adjective
1) (marvellous; wonderful: a terrific party.) fantástico, maravilloso, fabuloso
2) (very great, powerful etc: He gave the ball a terrific kick.) tremendo
terrific adj estupendo / fantástico
a terrific party una fiesta estupenda
terrific
tr[tə'rɪfɪk]
adjective
1 (wonderful) fabuloso,-a, estupendo,-a
2 (huge) tremendo,-a
terrific [tə'rɪfɪk] adj
1) frightful: aterrador
2) extraordinary: extraordinario, excepcional
3) excellent: excelente, estupendo
terrific
adj.
• bestial adj.
• bruto, -a adj.
• estupendo, -a adj.
• garrafal adj.
• imponente adj.
• macanudo, -a adj.
• morrocotudo, -a adj.
• sobado, -a adj.
• terrorífico, -a adj.
• tremendo, -a adj.
tə'rɪfɪk
adjective
a) (enormous) (colloq) <crash/speed> tremendo, increíble; <argument> espantoso
b) (very good) (colloq) <party/cook> estupendo, genial (fam), de miedo (fam); <idea/news/car> estupendo, bárbaro (fam), fantástico (fam)

they had a terrific time — lo pasaron fenomenal or (Esp tb) pipa (fam)

(that's) terrific! — genial! (fam), fenomenal! (fam), chévere! (AmL exc CS fam)

(oh) terrific! — (iro) (pues) qué bien! (iró)

[tǝ'rɪfɪk]
ADJ
1) (=very great) [explosion, problem, disappointment] tremendo, enorme; [pain, noise, heat] terrible, tremendo

a terrific amount of money — una enorme cantidad de dinero

2) * (=excellent) [idea, news, person] genial *, estupendo

terrific! — ¡genial!, ¡estupendo!

• we had terrific fun — nos lo pasamos estupendamente or fenomenal *

• to do a terrific job — hacer un trabajo estupendo or fantástico *

• you look terrific! — ¡estás guapísimo/a!

she looked terrific in a leotard — estaba sensacional en mallas

• terrific stuff! — ¡estupendo!, ¡fenomenal!

• to have a terrific time — pasárselo estupendamente or fenomenal *

* * *
[tə'rɪfɪk]
adjective
a) (enormous) (colloq) <crash/speed> tremendo, increíble; <argument> espantoso
b) (very good) (colloq) <party/cook> estupendo, genial (fam), de miedo (fam); <idea/news/car> estupendo, bárbaro (fam), fantástico (fam)

they had a terrific time — lo pasaron fenomenal or (Esp tb) pipa (fam)

(that's) terrific! — genial! (fam), fenomenal! (fam), chévere! (AmL exc CS fam)

(oh) terrific! — (iro) (pues) qué bien! (iró)


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