keen(
kin
)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
I didn't know you were so keen on soccer. We should go to a game!No sabía que eras entusiasta del fútbol. ¡Deberíamos ir a un partido!
John's a keen advocate for animals.John es un entusiasta defensor de los animales.
2. (interested)
c. interesado
We're keen to know how much they're asking for the house.Estaríamos interesados en saber cuánto piden por la casa.
3. (intense)
a. grande
Jonas has a keen interest in Chinese history and culture.Jonas siente un gran interés por la historia y la cultura china.
b. vivo (desire or interest)
The president expressed a keen interest to be introduced to you.El presidente expresó un vivo interés por conocerla a usted.
e. reñido (competition)
For years there has been a keen competition between both companies.Durante años, ha existido una reñida competencia entre ambas empresas.
4. (sharpened)
b. filoso (Latin America)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
Use the keenest knife to cut the meat.Para cortar la carne, utiliza el cuchillo más filoso.
c. filudo (Latin America)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
Careful! That penknife is very keen!¡Ten cuidado! Esa navaja es muy filuda.
5. (piercing)
a. cortante
The wind at the top of the mountain was really keen.En la cima de la montaña hacía un viento muy cortante.
6. (acute)
a. agudo
You need very keen eyes to spot these diminutive creatures.Se necesita una vista muy aguda para detectar a estas criaturas diminutas.
c. penetrante (mind)
His keen mind makes him an excellent researcher.Su mente penetrante hace de él un excelente investigador.
d. perspicaz (observer)
She was a keen observer of life, and, as such, an excellent writer.Era una perspicaz observadora de la vida, y, como tal, una excelente escritora.
a. competitivo (prices)
We aim at offering keen prices along with quality.Nuestro objetivo es ofrecer precios competitivos sin dejar de lado la calidad.
8. (colloquial) (old-fashioned) (excellent) (United States)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
A word or phrase that is seldom used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another decade, (e.g., cat, groovy).
Regionalism used in the United States
a. genial (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
At ten, she already played a keen game of tennis.Con diez años, ya jugaba genial al tenis.
b. chévere (colloquial) (Latin America)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
The party was keen.La fiesta estuvo chévere.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
9. (old-fashioned) (lament)
A word or phrase that is seldom used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another decade, (e.g., cat, groovy).
a. el lamento (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
It was terribly sad listening to the widow's keen at the church.Era tristísimo escuchar el lamento de la viuda en la iglesia.
b. el plañido (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Only the keen of the women pierced the silence.Solo el plañido de las mujeres penetraba el silencio.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
10. (to wail)
a. lamentarse
His brothers were keening at the cemetery.Sus hermanos se lamentaban en el cementerio.
b. plañir
Several women in black kept keening while walking behind her coffin.Varias mujeres vestidas de negro no dejaban de plañir mientras caminaban detrás del féretro.
11. (to mourn)
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