comfortable

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cómodo

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comfortable
[ˈkʌmfətəbəl]
adjetivo
1cómodo(a) (bed, chair)
  • to be comfortable -> estar cómodo(a) (person)
  • the patient is comfortable -> el paciente no sufre demasiados dolores
  • to make oneself comfortable -> ponerse cómodo(a)
  • to feel comfortable -> sentirse a gusto, sentirse cómodo(a)
  • I wouldn't feel comfortable accepting that money -> no me sentiría bien si aceptara ese dinero
2holgado(a) (majority, income)
  • to be in comfortable circumstances -> estar en una situación holgada or desahogada

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comfortable [kom-for-ta-bol]
adjetivo
1Agradable, cómodo, consolador, consolatorio, consolante, dulce.
2Cómodo (chair/clothes); confortable, cómodo (house, room).
  • I’m not very comfortable in this dress -> no estoy muy cómoda con este vestido
  • Make yourself comfortable! -> ¡ponte cómodo
  • To feel comfortable with somebody -> sentirse cómodo o a gusto con alguien
3Bueno (income). (Medicina)
  • A comfortable lifestyle -> una vida desahogada
4Amplio, holgado (margin, majority).
sustantivo
5Bufanda. (Estados Unidos)
(Med.) Estable. Cómodo (at ease).

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comfortable [ˈkʌmfətəbl] ?
adjective
1 (physically) [+chair, shoes, position] cómodo; [+room, house, hotel] confortable; cómodo; [+temperature] agradable
are you comfortable, sitting there? ¿estás cómodo sentado ahí?; you don't look very comfortable no pareces estar muy cómodo; I'm not comfortable in these shoes no estoy voy cómodo con estos zapatos;or to make o.s. comfortable ponerse cómodo
2 (mentally, emotionally) cómodo; a gusto
I'm not comfortable I don't feel comfortable at formal dinnersor no me siento cómodo a gusto en las cenas formales;or she wasn't comfortable about giving him the keys no se sentía a gusto dejándole las llaves; to feel comfortable with sb/sth sentirse cómodo a gusto con algn/algo;or he came closer to the truth than was comfortable se acercó de manera inquietante a la verdad
I am not very comfortable about it He did not feel comfortable with strangers He liked me and I felt comfortable with him Nervous politicians might well feel more comfortable with a step-by-step approach
3 (financially) [+income] bueno; suficiente; [+life, lifestyle] holgado
he's comfortable está en buena posición económica
4 (easy) [+lead, majority, margin] amplio; holgado
a comfortable job un buen empleo; un empleo cómodo y bien pagado; he was elected with a comfortable majority fue elegido por una amplia mayoría; fue elegido por una mayoría holgada
she was a comfortable winner of the women's event
to have a comfortable win over sb vencer a algn fácilmente
The Government went on to secure a comfortable majority of 22 votes Arsenal should have won by a comfortable margin they wanted to get their boys into nice comfortable jobs ...a comfortable teaching job at a university
5 (Med) estable
he was described as comfortable in hospital last night anoche el hospital describió su condición como estable
to be comfortable The two survivors are in hospital, where they are said to be comfortable

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