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triste

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sad

[sæd]

adjetivo

1 triste (unhappy, depressing)

to become sad -> entristecerse
to make somebody sad -> entristecer a alguien

2 lamentable, penoso(a) (familiar) (pathetic)

sad [sæd][sad]

adjetivo

1 Triste, lúgubre, pensativo, melancólico (sorrowful, mournful).

2 Infausto, lastimoso, calamitoso.

3 Malo, perverso, cruel, funesto.

4 Obscuro, sombrío o triste en el color. (Antiguo)

5 (Fam.) Travieso, malicioso, dispuesto a hacer diablura

sustantivo

6 Pesado, indigesto; se dice del pan. (Provincia) (n)

7 Malo, pobre, de inferior calidad. (n)

Sad news -> noticias infaustas o funestas
To grow -> entristecerse
To make -> entristecerse, afligir
A sad fellow -> diablillo, hombre malicioso; un pícaro

sad [sæd]

adjective

sadder (comparative)saddest (superlative)

1 (unhappy) [+person, eyes, smile] triste

I'm sad that I won't be able to play football any more estoy triste porque no voy a poder volver a jugar al fútbol; me entristece no poder volver a jugar al fútbol

we were sad about at the news of her illnessaboutorat nos entristeció nos apenó enterarnos de su enfermedad;or

to become sadbecome entristecerse; ponerse triste

to feel sadfeel sentirse triste; estar triste

to grow sadgrow entristecerse; ponerse triste

to be sad at heartheart estar profundamente triste; tener el corazón oprimido

to make sb sadmake entristecer poner triste a algn;or

he left a sadder and a wiser manwiser cuando se marchó era un hombre escarmentado

2 (distressing) [+story, occasion, loss] triste; [+news] malo; triste

it is my sad duty to inform you that ...duty tengo el penoso deber de informarle de que ...

the sad fact truth is that ...factortruth la triste realidad es que ...

how sad!how ¡qué triste!; ¡qué pena!

it is sad to see such expertise wastedsee es lamentable da pena ver tanta pericia echada a perder;or

it was a sad sightsight era una triste escena

I have some sad news for you

3 (deplorable) [+situation, state of affairs] lamentable; penoso

it's a sad businessbusiness es un asunto lamentable

a sad mistakemistake un error lamentable

sad to saysay lamentablemente

nobody can work out how to change this sad situation It's a sad [state of affairs] when people are afraid to go out at night.

4 (informal) (pathetic) [+performance, attempt, joke] penoso

what sad people they must be if they have to complain about a little innocent funpeople si se quejan de que la gente lo pase bien un rato es realmente como para tenerles pena

he made a sad attempt to be funny/make a joke out of it he made a sad attempt to act the part of Lear he cracked a few sad jokes that nobody laughed at and went into his speech

modifier

sad sack (informal) (n) (US) inútil; (informal) (m)

Position of "triste"Position of "triste"

You should generally put triste after the noun when translating sad in the sense of "unhappy", and before the noun in the sense of "distressing":

tristesad

He always seemed a sad little boy Siempre pareció un niño triste;Siempre pareció un niño triste

... the sad reality ... ... la triste realidad ...;... la triste realidad ...

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