awful

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awful
[ˈɔːfʊl]
adjetivo
1horrible, espantoso(a) (death, weather)
  • an awful lot (familiar) -> muchísimo, un montón
  • an awful lot of people -> un montón de gente, harta gente (Am salvo RP)

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awful [ou-fol]
adjetivo
1Tremendo; digno de respeto y reverencia.
2Amedrentado, atemorizado.
3Temible, funesto, horroroso, espantoso, terrible (appalling), atroz, horrible (ugly).
4Muy malo, muy grande, enorme, tremendo (tremendous), horrendo. (Familiar) (m)
  • An awful lot -> un montón, muchísimo
  • How awful! -> ¡qué horror

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awful [ˈɔːfəl] ?
adjective
1 (dreadful) [+weather] horrible; espantoso; [+clothes, crime] horroroso; espantoso; [+smell, dilemma] terrible
what awful weather! ¡qué tiempo más horrible espantoso!;or
an awful smell of paint what a relief to get out of those awful clothes some of his crimes are too awful to describe some of their offences are so awful they would chill the blood I couldn't stand London - bloody awful place!
we met and I thought he was awful le conocí y me cayó fatal
even if the weather is awful there's plenty to do it was just awful
you are awful! (wicked) ¡qué malo eres!; ¡qué mala idea tienes!
said semi-jokily to sb who has just said sth uncomplimentary about this woman :Si es encantadora
to feel awfulfeel (embarrassed, guilty) sentirse fatal; (ill) encontrarse sentirse fatal;or
I felt awful about what had happened me sentía fatal por lo que había ocurrido
I hardly slept at all and felt pretty awful
I have an awful feeling something's going to happenfeeling tengo la terrible sospecha de que va a pasar algo
how awful!how ¡qué horror!
how awful for you! ¡qué mal rato habrás pasado!
to look awfullook tener muy mal aspecto
you look awful, are you feeling all right? tienes muy mala cara tienes muy mal aspecto, ¿te encuentras bien?;or
/I looked awful/ and felt quite shaky
for one awful moment I thought I'd broken itmoment ¡fue horrible! por un momento pensé que se me había roto
it was an awful [shock] finding him
it smells awfulsmells huele fatal
prices have gone up something awfulsomething (very_informal) los precios han subido cosa mala; (informal)
the truck rattled something awful
they beat him up something awful (very_informal) le dieron una tremenda paliza
it [tastes] awful
what an awful thing to happen!thing ¡qué cosa tan horrible terrible!;or
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 truthtruth supe la amarga verdad
2 (bad, poor)
his English is awful habla inglés fatal
3 (awesome) imponente; tremendo
the awful sight of the volcano erupting we heard the awful roar of their men as they rushed into battle they made their name in deeds of awful glory
4 (informal) (as intensifier)
there were an awful lot of people había un montón de gente; (informal) I've got an awful lot of work to do tengo un montón de trabajo; (informal) 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!; (informal) it seems an awful waste parece un desperdicio terrible
I thought it an awful waste of money
adverb
especially (US) (informal)
ten years is an awful long time diez años es un montón de tiempo; (informal) it's an awful long way to go está lejísimo; it's awful cold outside fuera hace un frío horroroso; (informal)

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