terrible

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terrible
[ˈterɪbəl]
adjetivo
1horrible, terrible (shocking); horroroso(a) (of poor quality)
  • I'm terrible at French -> se me da muy mal or fatal el francés (español de España)

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terrible [te-ra-bol]
adjetivo
1Terrible, pavoroso, espantoso, horroroso (horrific).
  • I feel terrible -> me encuentro muy mal
2Tremendo, grande, desmedido, desmesurado.
  • What a terrible shame! -> ¡qué lástima más grande

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terrible [ˈterəbl]
adjective
1 (very unpleasant) [+experience, accident, disease] terrible; espantoso
He collapsed to the ground and died in front of us. I cannot forget that terrible [experience] Prison life, he told me, was terrible When they told me my child was dead, it was terrible ...the terrible [pain] of angina Tens of thousands more suffered terrible [injuries] in the world's worst industrial disaster He appeared happy and relieved, as if a terrible tragedy had been narrowly averted it was a terrible accident There was a terrible [drought] in 1989 ...the terrible [frost] of April 1991 AIDS is a terrible [disease] I've got a terrible headache The [pain] was terrible
it was a terrible thing to have happened era terrible que hubiese sucedido algo así
/Everybody sees the terrible things which are happening in the world,/ but rather than saying "Oh, what can I do about it" they should make a stand I have known her for 11 years. /She was a lovely person. It's a terrible thing/
it was a terrible thing to see era horrible verlo; the terrible thing is that I've lost it lo peor de todo es que lo he perdido
it can have the most terrible consequences Joyriding is not simply a crime of theft but one which can have the most terrible [consequences]is not simply a crime of theft but one which
2 (informal) (very bad) [+weather, food] horrible; espantoso
The house was in a terrible [condition] The [food] was terrible
her French is terrible habla fatal el francés; habla un francés espantoso; "what was it like?" — "terrible!" —¿qué tal fue? —¡espantoso!
I'm terrible at cookingat se me da fatal la cocina; (informal)
I'm terrible at remembering names se me da fatal recordar (los) nombres; soy malísimo para recordar (los) nombres
I've got a terrible coldcold tengo un resfriado espantoso
I've had a terrible day at the officeday he tenido un día malísimo horrible en la oficina;or
to feel terriblefeel (guilty, ill) sentirse fatal muy mal;or
I feel terrible, I should never have told him I feel terrible. It was all my fault I still feel terrible about the idea of getting him admitted to a geriatric ward If you drink a glass you're fine. But if you drank three bottles then you'd feel terrible At the end of the game he was feeling terrible, with headaches and sickness
to look terriblelook (ill) tener muy mal aspecto
Are you all right? You look terrible.
she looked terrible in that trouser suit ese traje pantalón le quedaba fatal
I've got a terrible memorymemory tengo una memoria malísima
I've made a terrible mistakemistake he cometido un terrible error
you sound terrible, is something wrong?sound ¡vaya tono!, ¿pasa algo?
we had a terrible timetime lo pasamos fatal
I have had a terrible [time], I have been crying for months The Seventies was a terrible [time] for music
3 (informal) (as intensifier) (great) [+pity, shame] verdadero
It will be a terrible [pity] if this should happen it was a terrible shame
I've been a terrible foolfool he sido un verdadero imbécil
the garden is in a terrible messmess el jardín está hecho un verdadero desastre
it was it came as a terrible shockorshock fue un golpe terrible
he's having terrible trouble with his homeworktrouble le está costando horrores un montón hacer los deberes;or (informal)

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terrible
adjective
1 terrible (tremendo)
2 terrifying (aterrador)

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terrible [ter-ree’-blay]
adjective
1 Terrible, dreadful, ferocious, horrible.
2 Rude, unmannerly.
3 Immense, very large.

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terrible
adjetivo
terrible; awful

Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

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