La Palabra Del Día "espantoso"
espantoso
horrifying
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Write sentences at least 5 words long, but don't write a paragraph either. Write your Spanish sentence, but include the English translation as well. Make the corrections suggested by other users and moderators in the comments section (try not to use personal pronouns unless absolutely necessary). Use your own words! (Don't use a translator, copy from a book, use song lyrics, etc.) Please keep political, religious or personal statements to a minimum. This is a practice game..
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Examples
1: ¿En verdad vas a ir a la fiesta con esa máscara espantosa?
Are you really going to wear that horrifying mask to the party?
2: El artista es famoso por las criaturas espantosas que pinta.
The artist is famous for the horrifying creatures he paints.
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Disfruto de una buena película de terror sobrenatural pero las películas de casquería no me atraen. No son entretenidas; son espantosas.
I enjoy a good supernatural horror movie, but slasher films do not appeal to me. They're not entertaining; they're horrifying.
(Does anyone know a better Spanish term for "slasher film"?)
Su español era realamente espantoso.
His spanish was truly frightful.
“¿Hablar de espantoso? Al intentar aterrizar una noche lluviosa en Atlanta, se me fueron el altímetro y el ve-locímetro, y tenía que confiar en mi experiencia de la vieja escuela.”
“Talk about scary (hairy)? While trying to land at Atlanta on a rainy night, my altimeter and airspeed indicators went out on me and I had to rely on my old school flying experience.”
El pintor Hyeronimus Bosch de los Países Bajos es famoso de su pintura espantosa, que aún ahora parece de ser muy moderna .
The painter Hieronymus Bosch of the Netherlands is famous for his horrifying paintings, which even now seem to be very modern.
Oí un grito espantoso de mi marido en el dormitorio. No le gustan las arañas.
I heard a horrifying shout from my husband in the bedroom. He does not like spiders.
La cantidad de maldad que es capaz de la gente es espantoso.
The amount of evil that people are capable of is horrifying.
The recent massacre in the media is sad and horrific. La masacre reciente en los medios está triste y espantosa.
Ha tenido una vida espantosa. / He has had a dreadful life.
Los chavales tenían un hambre espantosa. / The kids were starving.
Me entraron unas ganas espantosas de llorar. / I felt an overwhelming desire to cry.
Nuestros invitados estaban horrorizados por lo que veían como nuestras tradiciones espantosas.
Our guests were appalled by what they saw as our horrifying traditions.
Ayer tenía un frío espantoso.
Yesterday I was chilling
En inglés alguna cosa espantosa puede describirse como levantar el pelo se te pone el pelo de punta.
In English something horrifying can be described as hair raising.
Mucho gente ve un torbellino como espantoso pero lo veo como lindo.
Many people see a whirlwind as frightening but I see it as cute.
