La Palabra Del Día "estrepitoso"
estrepitoso ( eh-streh-pee-TOH-soh )
(adjective) noisy, deafening; resounding
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Examples:
1: Las olas hicieron un ruido estrepitoso al chocar contra la roca.
The waves made a deafening sound as they crashed against the rock.
2: El discurso fue un fracaso estrepitoso.
The speech was a resounding failure.
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¿Es porque quantas personas hablan mientras los cortos se muestren que el sonido siempre está estrepitoso?
Is it because so many people talk while the movie previews are shown that the sound is always deafening?
The sound of the symphony orchestra is deafening and resounding. El sonido de la orquesta sinfónica es estrepitoso.
El acto del payaso fue un éxito estrepitoso.
The clown's act was a resounding success.
No hay nada que sea tan estrepitoso y molesto como alguien que habla en un móvil en el tren o autobús.
There is nothing that is as deafening and annoying as someone talking on a mobile on the train or bus.
Nuestro equipo de fútbol sufrió un fracaso estrepitoso hace poco.
Our football team suffered a dismal failure recently.
Si tienes que tocar cerca de la batería puede ser estrepitoso.
If you have to play next to the drum set it can be deafening.
Hay veces cuando la música que sale de las caseteras de los carros de los jóvenes es estrepitosa.
There are times when the music that comes out of young people's car boom boxes is deafening.
La ventaja de sufrir las fallas estrepitosas es que eventualmente se dejan oír.
The advantage of suffering deafening failures is that eventually you cease to hear them.
Me encantaba tocar en una banda de rock estrepitoso, pero a menudo se nos dijeron que bajara el volumen. La mayoría de las veces no escuchamos.
I loved playing in a deafening rock band, but we were often told to turn down the volume. Most of the time we didn't listen.
Muchas maquinas hacen un ruido estrepitoso y por eso los trabajadores que usarlas tienen que llevar orejeras.
Many machines make a deafening noise and so the workers who use them have to wear earmuffs.
Hubo un golpe estrepitoso cuando un barco carguero chocó con un destructor de la Armada estadounidense cerca de Japón, pero más interesante es que nadie reportó la colisión por una hora, y aún más interesante es que el destructor no pudo evitarlo.
There was a deafening crash when a cargo ship collided with an American Navy destroyer near Japan, but more interesting is that no one reported the collision for an hour, and even more interesting is that the destroyer was not able to evade it.
Me encantan los dichos del otrora PM de Inglaterra. He aquí otro: "La democracia es la peor forma de gobierno, con la exepción de todas las otras que se han estrenado."
I love the witticisms of the former English PM. Here's another: "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all others that have been tried."
