pretty

bonito

adjective

pretty
[?pr?t?]
adjetivo
1 bonito(a) (person, thing) , lindo(a) (Am)
  • it's not a pretty sight -> es un espectáculo lamentable
  • to cost a pretty penny (familiar) -> costar un riñón
adverbio
2 bastante (fairly)
  • they're pretty much the same -> son poco más o menos lo mismo
3 (familiar)
  • to be sitting pretty -> encontrarse en una situación ventajosa

pretty [pri-ti]
adjetivo
1 Lindo, bien parecido, bonito, moderadamente bello o hermoso (pretty, nice).
2 Afectado, lindo, hablando irónicamente.
3 Mediano, ni muy pequeño ni muy grande, pasadero; suficiente, bastante.
4 Agradable, dulce, encantador, precioso.
  • A pretty while -> un buen rato
  • A pretty penny -> un dineral, un buen pico
  • Pretty-pretty -> chuchería
adverbio
5 Algo, algún tanto, un poco.
  • Pretty well -> medianamente, tal cual, no mal, bastante bien
  • Pretty near -> bastante cerca, poco más o menos, a corta distancia

pretty [ˈprɪtɪ]
adjective
prettier (comparative)prettiest (superlative)
1 (attractive) [+dress, object, baby] bonito; mono; (informal) lindo; (LAm) [+girl] bonito; guapo; lindo; (LAm) [+name, smile] bonito; lindo; (LAm)
what a pretty hat! ¡qué sombrero más bonito!; ¡qué sombrero más mono!; (informal) ¡qué monada de sombrero!; (informal)
a pretty girl she proved that she was more than just a pretty [face] clever men soon get tired of someone who's just a pretty face
I'm not just a pretty face you knowface para que te enteres, no soy tonta
it'll cost you a pretty pennypenny (informal) te va a costar un ojo de la cara un dineral;or
it was not a pretty sightsight no era nada agradable de ver
she was as pretty as a picture era preciosa
the garden was as pretty as a picture el jardín era de foto
2 (informal) (large) [+sum] bonito; (informal) importante
3 (humorous) bueno
a pretty mess you've got us into! ¡en vaya menudo buen lío nos has metido!;oror (informal)
adverb
bastante
he got pretty cross se enfadó bastante; I have a pretty fair good idea who did itor estoy casi seguro de quién lo hizo; it sounds pretty far-fetched to me me parece bastante inverosímil; she got pretty good marks sacó unas notas bastante buenas
pretty damn damned quickdamnordamned (informal) bien pronto
he's pretty damn stupid (informal) es bien estúpido
it's pretty much the samemuch es mas o menos igual; es prácticamente lo mismo
he goes there pretty nearly every daynearly va allí casi prácticamente todos los días;or
pretty wellwell
I'm pretty well finished ya casi he terminado; that's pretty well everything eso es todo más o menos
noun
(as excl)
gee up, my pretty! (to horse) ¡arre, caballito!; I'll get you, my pretty! (threatening) ¡de mí no te escapas, preciosa bonita!;or
Show me ze vay to ze morgue, my pretty!

Verb Conjugation for "pretty"

Imperative
  • pretty
  • you pretty
  • he/she pretties
  • we pretty
  • you pretty
  • they pretty
Preterite
  • I prettied
  • you prettied
  • he/she prettied
  • we prettied
  • you prettied
  • they prettied
Present Continuous
  • I am prettying
  • you are prettying
  • he/she is prettying
  • we are prettying
  • you are prettying
  • they are prettying
Present Perfect
  • I have prettied
  • you have prettied
  • he/she has prettied
  • we have prettied
  • you have prettied
  • they have prettied
Past Continuous
  • I was prettying
  • you were prettying
  • he/she was prettying
  • we were prettying
  • you were prettying
  • they were prettying
Past Perfect
  • I had prettied
  • you had prettied
  • he/she had prettied
  • we had prettied
  • you had prettied
  • they had prettied
Future
  • I will pretty
  • you will pretty
  • he/she will pretty
  • we will pretty
  • you will pretty
  • they will pretty
Future Perfect
  • I will have prettied
  • you will have prettied
  • he/she will have prettied
  • we will have prettied
  • you will have prettied
  • they will have prettied
Future Continuous
  • I will be prettying
  • you will be prettying
  • he/she will be prettying
  • we will be prettying
  • you will be prettying
  • they will be prettying
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been prettying
  • you have been prettying
  • he/she has been prettying
  • we have been prettying
  • you have been prettying
  • they have been prettying
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been prettying
  • you will have been prettying
  • he/she will have been prettying
  • we will have been prettying
  • you will have been prettying
  • they will have been prettying
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been prettying
  • you had been prettying
  • he/she had been prettying
  • we had been prettying
  • you had been prettying
  • they had been prettying

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