hopeless

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hopeless

[ˈhəʊplɪs]

adjetivo

1. desesperanzado(a), sin esperanza (without hope) (person); desesperado(a) (situation)

it's hopeless! -> ¡es inútil!
a hopeless cause -> una causa perdida

2. malísimo(a) (familiar) (very bad)

to be hopeless at maths/cooking -> ser nulo(a) or un(a) negado(a) para las matemáticas/la cocina (español de España)

hopeless [joup-les]

adjetivo

1. Desesperado, desahuciado, desesperanzado.

hopeless [ˈhəʊplɪs]

adjective

1 (impossible) [+task] imposible; [+attempt] vano

he made one last hopeless attempt to enter the burning house her hopeless attempts at salvaging their relationship The task isn't entirely hopeless

[+cause] perdido

It seemed a hopeless cause, despite his determination to save the club from relegation

[+situation, position] desesperado

The club are in a hopeless situation The British position appeared hopeless

[+love] imposible

his attempt to swim the river was hopeless from the beginning su tentativa de cruzar el río a nado estaba condenada al fracaso desde el principio; it's hopeless! ¡es inútil!

a hopeless case (person) un caso perdido

he's a hopeless case! es un caso perdido; no tiene remedio; the doctor says it is a hopeless case el médico dice que no tiene salvación; el médico lo ha desahuciado

a hopeless drunk un borracho empedernido

to be (in) a hopeless mess or muddle [+room] estar hecho un desastre; [+plans] estar muy embrollado; [+person] estar hecho un lío

a hopeless romantic un romántico incorregible

2 (despairing) [+cry] de desesperación; [+grief] desesperado

With a hopeless sigh, Dolly turned away. He had not heard her cry before in this uncontrolled, hopeless way I walked away in an agony of hopeless grief and pity...

to feel hopeless sentirse desesperanzado; she gave a hopeless sigh suspiró desesperada

Pupils feel hopeless about job prospects

3 (not competent)

he's completely hopeless es un inútil (informal); she's a hopeless manager como jefa es una nulidad or es penosa (informal); the buses round here are hopeless los autobuses de por aquí son un desastre

to be hopeless at sth to be hopeless at doing sth

to be hopeless at (doing) sth: he's hopeless at football es un desastre jugando al fútbol; es una nulidad para el fútbol (informal); I was hopeless at school era un negado or una nulidad para los estudios (informal); I'm hopeless at maths/cooking soy un negado para las matemáticas/la cocina

I'm hopeless at making pastry/telling jokes

I'd be hopeless at working for somebody else yo no serviría para trabajar para otros