bendito

∗ ≈

blessed

∗ adjective

bendito, -a
adjective
1holy (santo); blessed (alma)
  • ¡bendito, -a sea Dios! (informal figurative) -> thank goodness!
2lucky (dichoso)
3blessed (para enfatizar)
  • ya está otra vez con esa bendita historia -> there he goes again with the same blessed story!
masculine or feminine noun
4simple soul
  • dormir como un bendito, -a -> to sleep like a baby

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bendito [ben-dee’-to, tah]
adjective
1Sainted, blessed.
2Simple, silly.
  • Es un bendito -> he is a simpleton
  • El bendito -> a prayer which begins with this word
3Happy, lucky, 4.
  • ¡Benditos los ojos que te ven¡ -> lucky eyes to be looking at you
noun
4Sa (m)
interrogative & past participle
5(fig.) Simple soul, good soul.
  • Es un bendito -> he's a good kind person
6(Cono Sur) Player.
7(Cono Sur) Native hut (cabaña).
past participle
8Past participle of BENDECIR

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benditoa bendita
adjetivo
1 [+persona, casa] blessed; [+santo] saintly; [+agua] holy
¡benditos los ojos que te ven! you're a sight for sore eyes!; ¡bendita la madre que te parió! what a daughter for a mother to have!; ¡bendito sea Dios! thank goodness!
venderse como pan bendito to sell like hot cakes
2 (irónico) (maldito) blessed
3 (dichoso) happy; (afortunado) lucky
4 (de pocas luces) simple; simple-minded
sustantivo:masculino
femenino
1 (santo) saint
2 (bobo) simpleton; simple soul
es un bendito he's so sweet
dormir como un bendito to sleep like a log
sustantivo:masculino
1 (S. Cone) (oración) prayer
2 (hornacina) wayside shrine
3 (cabaña) native hut

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