La Palabra Del Dia: "tremendo"
tremendo ( treh-mehn'-doh )
adjective ( tremendous, huge; dreadful )
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Examples:
1: Acaba de tocar tierra un relámpago tremendo.
A huge lightning bolt just hit the ground.
2: El entrenador era conocido por su mal humor tremendo.
The coach was well-known for his dreadful bad humor.
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Cuando un miembro regular de la comunidad SpanishDict deja de comunicarse por una cantidad prolongada de tiempo, empiezo a pensar cosas tremendas: Ellos se aburren con nosotros? ¿Están de vacaciones? ¿Están muertos? Así que por favor, infórmenos amablemente antes de morir.
When a regular member of the SpanishDict community stops communicating for a protracted amount of time, I begin to think of dreadful things: They got bored with us? They are on vacation? Are they dead? So please kindly inform us before you die.
Haciéndose el muerto (playing possum)
Caitlyn Jenner, la famosa transgénera, se llevaba un disgusto tremenda cuando perdió la oportunidad conseguir el hombre de sus sueños.
Caitlyn Jenner, the transgender celebrity, was terribly upset when she missed the opportunity to get the man of her dreams.
La pérdida de un jugador debido a una lesión fue un tremendo golpe para el equipo.
The loss of the player due to an injury was a tremendous blow to the team.
¿Cómo puedes exigir que haga eso? ¡Qué tremendo!
How can you demand that I do that? It’s outrageous!
(Perdón no pude encontrar foto. Sorry, I couldn’t find a picture)
Empezó a llover a mares pero el verdadero protagonista era el viento. Los pescadores a bordo del atunero se pusieron nerviosos cuando vieron las olas tremendas a la vez que el motor del barco se les estropeó. Al capitán le hubiera gustado llamar a la guardia costera pero no había señal. No querían morir por la tremenda.
The rain started to bucket down but the real enemy was the wind. The fishermen aboard the tuna-'fish trawler became nervous when they saw the huge waves at the same time as the engine packed it in. The captain would have liked to call the Coastguard, but there was no mobile signal. They didn't want to come to a sticky end.
These guys are dreadful, none did his homework!
Estos chicos son tremendos, ¡ninguno hizo su tarea!
Normalmente, después de ducharme, voy a la cama y escoge escojo el conjunto allí para vestirme, pero a veces no hay ropa, y tengo que aventurarme a entrar al armario y a seleccionar alguna ropa por mí mismo. En estos días mi esposa me dice que he cometido un error tremendo y no, no es posible mezclar ropa de un equipo deportivo con la de otro. Bueno, la verdad es que en casi la mitad de las veces me dice que le la he sorprendido por elegir algo que funciona bien.
Normally, after showering myself, I go to the bed and choose the outfit there to dress myself in, but sometimes there are no clothes, and I have to venture into the closet and select some clothes for myself. On those day my wife tells me that I have committed a ghastly error and no, it isn't possible to mix clothes from one sports team with that of another. Okay, the truth is that almost half the time she tells me that I have surprised her by choosing something that works well.
Sorry, I cannot find any pictures where anyone was proud enough of their mismatch to post it on the internet:
Sé que mi estudio de español ha hecho una tremenda impresión cuando sueño sobre la palabra 'correr.'
I know my study of Spanish has made a tremendous impression when I dream about the word 'correr.'
Has cometido un tremendo error. / You’ve made a terrible mistake.
Esa noticia me produce una tremenda satisfacción. / That piece of news gives me tremendous pleasure.
No sabemos donde va a llevar esta migración tremenda de nuestra época, pero de todos modos hará un cambio tremendo en el mundo.
We do not know where we are taken by this tremendous migration of our time, but by all means it will lead to a tremendous change in the world.
El 27 de marzo de 1964, Alaska sufrió un terremoto tremendo. Con una magnitud de 9,3, era el más poderoso jamás registrado en América del Norte.
On March 27, 1964, Alaska endured a terrible earthquake. At magnitude 9.3, it was the most powerful ever recorded in North America.
Un terremoto fuerte, magnitud 8,3, hoy golpeó a Chile.
Today a strong earthquake, magnitude 8.3, hit Chile.
Mi amigo perdió el vuelo. Me llevé un disgusto tremendo.
My friend missed the flight. I was terribly upset.
Una tremenda granizada sorprendió ayer a los automovilistas en la carretera.
Yesterday, a tremendous hailstorm surprised motorists on the road.
Thank you, jenny, annie! 
Cada diciembre celebramos la temporada con una fiesta tremenda.
Every December we celebrate the season with a tremendous party.
A ella no le gustaba caminar por el bosque en la noche porque tenía miedo de un monstruo tremendo que vivía allí.
She didn't like to walk through the woods at night because she was afraid of the dreadful monster which lived there.
