creature

∗

creature
[ˈkriːtʃə(r)]
sustantivo
1criatura (f) (living being, animal)
  • he's a creature of habit -> es un animal de costumbres
  • the chairman is a creature of the government -> el presidente es un títere del Gobierno (instrument)
  • creature comforts -> (pequeños) placeres mpl de la vida

Copyright © 2006 Chambers Harrap Publishers Limited

creature [kri-char]
sustantivo
1Criatura, ente criado o creado.
2Criatura, voz de desprecio que a veces se aplica a una persona.
3Criatura, voz que expresa ternura o compasión.
  • Poor creature -> ¡pobrecito
4Criatura, hechura, el que debe a otro su elevación, empleo o fortuna; dependiente.
5Bestia, animal.
  • Our fellow-creatures -> nuestros semejantes
  • Creature comforts -> las cosas que confortan o refrescan el cuerpo

Velazquez® Spanish and English Dictionary. Copyright © 2007 by Velazquez® Press. All rights reserved.

creature [ˈkriːtʃəʳ]
noun
1 (gen) criatura; (f) (animal) animal; (m) (insect etc) bicho; (m)
2 (person)
pay no attention to that creature no hagas caso de esa individua; poor creature! ¡pobrecito!; wretched creature! ¡desgraciado!; creature of habit esclavoaesclava de la costumbre;a esclava (m) (f)
3 (pejorative) (dependent person) títere; (m)
modifier
creature comforts (n) comodidades (materiales); (f)

Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

Paid English to Spanish translation

Word of the Day: evidentemente

∗

evidently, plainly, clearly, obviously