triste

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sad

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triste
adjective
1 sad (persona)
  • no te pongas triste -> don't be sad
2 sad (que entristece) (noticia, suceso) ; gloomy, dreary (día, tiempo, paisaje) ; dull, dreary (color, vestido, luz)
  • es triste que… -> it's sad o a shame that…
  • ofrecen un triste espectáculo -> they present a sorry spectacle
3 (insignificante)
  • un triste sueldo -> a miserable salary
  • es un triste consuelo -> it's small consolation, it's cold comfort
  • ni un triste… -> not a single…
  • no tengo ni una triste radio -> I haven't even got a radio
4 poor (humilde)
  • un triste viejo -> a poor old man

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triste [trees’-tay]
adjective
1 Sorrowful, sad (estado), mournful (canción).
2 Gloomy (cuarto), dismal (paisaje), heavy, morose.
3 Abject, mean, low.
4 Dull, gloomy, sombre, murky.
5 Sorry, sad. (Figurative)
6 Poor (pobre). (Ante Meridian & Latin American) (m)
7 Shy (tímido). (Andes) (m)
  • Poner triste a uno -> to make somebody sad
  • Hizo un triste papel -> he cut a sorry figure
  • Su padre es un triste vigilante -> his father is just a poor old watchman

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triste
adjetivo
1 (entristecido) [+persona] sad; (desgraciado) miserable; [+carácter] gloomy; melancholy
poner triste a algn to make sb sad; make sb unhappy; make sb miserable
el invierno me pone triste
me puse muy triste cuando me enteré de la noticia I was very sad when I heard the news
2 (entristecedor) [+noticia, canción] sad; [+paisaje] dismal; desolate; [+cuarto] gloomy
3 (familiar) (mustio) [+flor] withered
4 (lamentable) sad; sorry
es triste verle así it is sad to see him like that; es triste no poder ir it's a pity shame we can't go;o hizo un triste papel he cut a sorry figure; la triste verdad es que ... the sad truth is that ...
5 (insignificante) miserable
no queda sino un triste penique there's just one miserable penny left; me dieron un triste trozo de pan para comer they gave me a miserable piece of bread for lunch
algún triste campesino su padre es un triste vigilante
6 (And) (tímido) shy; timid
sustantivo:masculino
(Latinoamérica) (canción) sad love song

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