horror
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el horror(
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)A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
1. (fear)
2. (atrocious)
b. awful
Ese restaurante es un horror. Está sucio, la comida sabe mal y, para rematar, es caro.That is an awful restaurant. It's dirty, the food tastes bad, and to top it all, it's expensive.
c. dreadful
Es un horror de hombre. Me hierve la sangre nada más verlo.What a dreadful man! Just seeing him makes my blood boil.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
3. (colloquial) (a lot)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
Había un horror de peces varados en la playa.There was a tremendous amount of fish stranded on the beach.
Había un horror de pizza en la fiesta.There was an awful lot of pizza at the party.
los horrores
A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
4. (barbarity)
a. atrocities
No hay país que no haya cometido horrores.There aren't any countries that haven't committed atrocities.
b. horrors
Los horrores de la guerra lo dejaron en un estado de choque por diez años después del conflicto.The horrors of the war left him in a state of shock for ten years after the conflict ended.
c. terrible things
El entrenador fue sorprendido hablando horrores de su equipo.The coach was caught saying terrible things about his team.
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