nasty

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asqueroso

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nasty

[ˈnɑːstɪ]

adjetivo

1desagradable (taste, experience, person); malintencionado(a) (remark); repugnante (book, film, crime); desagradable (shock); espinoso(a), peliagudo(a) (problem)

a nasty accident -> un accidente grave
a nasty cut -> una herida muy fea
a nasty fall -> una mala caída
to be nasty to somebody -> ser antipático(a) con alguien
to turn nasty -> ponerse feo(a) (situation, weather)
hiding her clothes was a really nasty thing to do -> esconderle la ropa fue una broma demasiado pesada
his behavior left (me with) a nasty taste in the mouth (sentido figurado) -> su comportamiento me dejó muy mal sabor de boca
you've got a nasty mind! -> ¡qué mal pensado eres!
he's a nasty piece of work -> es un elemento de cuidado (británico)

nasty [nas-ti]

adjetivo

1Sucio, puerco.

2Sucio, obsceno, deshonesto, hablando de acciones o palabra

sustantivo

3Impuro, sórdido. (Familiar) (m)

4Desagradable; de aquí, tempestuoso; lodoso, cenagoso. (Familiar) (m)

nasty [ˈnɑːstɪ]

adjective

nastier (comparative)nastiest (superlative)

1 (unpleasant) [+situation, experience, surprise] desagradable; [+taste, smell] desagradable; repugnante

This place has a very nasty [smell] ...sipping water afterwards will help get rid of the nasty taste

[+habit, weather] desagradable; feo; malo

it was a nasty businessbusiness fue un asunto desagradable

I've got a nasty feeling that ...feeling tengo la horrible sensación de que ...

history has a nasty habit of repeating itselfhabit la historia tiene la mala costumbre de repetirse

he had a nasty shockshock se llevó un susto terrible

...the divorce negotiations were a nasty business then they had to go about the nasty business of identifying the body investigative journalism can be a nasty business sometimes he has some nasty habits the affair left (him with) a nasty [taste] in his mouth ...most people were left with a nasty taste in their mouths

the situation turned nastyturned la situación se puso fea

the situation turned nasty when one of the protesters tried to break through the police barricade the weather [turned] nasty

taste

2 (serious) [+accident] serio; grave

...he was involved in a nasty accident when knocked down by a motor vehicle

[+cut, wound] feo

My little granddaughter caught her heel in the spokes of her bicycle-it was a very nasty wound

[+infection] fuerte

Lili had a nasty chest infection

[+disease] peligroso

Rats carry very nasty [diseases]

a nasty case ofcase un caso grave de

a nasty case of food poisoning

she had a nasty fallfall tuvo una mala caída

3 (difficult) [+question] difícil

he didn't like having to deal with Paxman's nasty questions

[+bend, junction] peligroso

you'd better slow down, there's a nasty bend coming up

[+problem] complicado

...a nasty and still developing problem This presented a nasty problem to Mayor Lindsay

there was one nasty moment when ...moment se produjo un momento de tensión cuando ...

4 (spiteful) [+person, remark] cruel; desagradable

...my girlfriends have taken to making nasty remarks

[+joke] de mal gusto; grosero

That damned Farrel made some nasty jokes about Mr. Lane

a nasty-looking individual un individuo mal encarado

Mummy is so nasty to me when Daddy isn't here I want us to be friends. Why must she be so nasty to me? ...he's one of the family so we mustn't be nasty to him

he's a nasty piece of workpiece of work es un canalla; (informal)

to be nasty to sbto ser cruel con algn

don't be nasty to your little brother no seas malo con tu hermanito

a nasty tricktrick una mala jugada

he turned nasty and started to shoutturned se puso agresivo y empezó a gritar

she never said a nasty [word] about anybody

noun

(informal)

there were a few hidden nasties in my bill había unas cuantas sorpresas desagradables en mi cuenta

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