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"Pale" is an adjective which is often translated as "pálido", and "offensive" is an adjective which is often translated as "ofensivo". Learn more about the difference between "pale" and "offensive" below.
pale(
peyl
)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
1. (pallid)
2. (light)
a. claro
I wear pale color clothes because they compliment my skin tone.Uso ropa de color claro porque va con mi tono de piel.
3. (not bright)
4. (imitation)
a. burdo
This is but a pale imitation of the real Spanish cured ham.Esto no es más que una burda imitación del auténtico jamón serrano español.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
a. no ser nada
The costs of reducing emissions pale beside the risks the world faces.Los costes de reducir emisiones no son nada comparados con los riesgos que afronta el planeta.
b. resultar insignificante
My accomplishments pale in comparison to the champion's.Mis logros resultan insignificantes comparados con los del campeón.
c. palidecer
A new stock market crash would make our current economic problems pale into insignificance.Un nuevo crac bursátil haría palidecer nuestros actuales problemas económicos.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
offensive(
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sihv
)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
1. (derogatory)
a. ofensivo
She found his insensitive comments offensive.Le parecieron ofensivos sus comentarios insensibles.
b. insultante
You should maybe change the wording of your title. Somebody might find it offensive.Tal vez debas cambiar el título. Alguien podría encontrarlo insultante.
2. (abhorrent)
a. desagradable
The scent of durian is so offensive that it has been banned from public transportation.El olor del durián es tan desagradable que está prohibido llevarlo en el transporte público.
3. (military)
a. ofensivo
If we had better organized our offensive strategy, we would've won the last battle.Si hubiéramos organizado mejor nuestra estrategia ofensiva, habríamos ganado la última batalla.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. la ofensiva (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
They launched an offensive to get back the soldiers who had been captured.Lanzaron una ofensiva para rescatar a los soldados que habían sido capturados.
