triste

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

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

"triste" en el foro de Respuestas

P: Lesson 1.1 - Estoy triste
R: An administrator will answer your question probably soon. The website is experiencing some problems after a serious crash. All will be fixed soon, please…
P: Ha hecho te triste.
R: Hola Eddy,that sounds far better,gracias.I 've posted the line following the above,which goes[for now,anyway];with the sun so bright and the flowers blooming,why…
P: estare contigo cuando triste estar
R: Lazarus has a nice thread about pronunciation. [http://www.spanishdict.com/answers/100209/spanish-alphabet-how-do-letters-sound][1] As for what these…
P: What dose this mean "Las Noche Triste"
R: If this is homework, do your own research. [Do not read this if this is homework][1] [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Noche_Triste
P: Sadness/Ponerse triste y melancólico
R: I don't think that *¿Qué causas tristeza?* is exactly what you want to express, Izanoni -- not only not to mean *What causes you to be sad?*, but even…
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