pretty

bonito

bastante

pretty(prih-di)

adjective

1. (beautiful)

a. bonito

Look at that pretty girl with her mother.

Mira a esa niña bonita con su madre.

b. lindo

The moon is so bright and pretty tonight.

La luna es tan brillante y linda esta noche.

c. guapo (person)

All the girls in the band are so pretty.

Todas las chicas del grupo son muy guapas.

d. hermoso

Your dress is so pretty, where did you get it?

Tu vestido está hermoso, ¿dónde lo conseguiste?

e. mono

Fiona's little girl is very pretty.

La niñita de Fiona es muy mona.

adverb

2. (considerably)

a. bastante

It turns out it is pretty hard.

Resulta que es bastante duro.

transitive verb

3. (to adorn; used with "up")

a. emperejilar

I can't stand seeing such young girls all prettied up as if they were models.

No me gusta nada ver a niñas tan jóvenes todas emperejiladas como si fueran modelos.

b. emperifollar

Alice is still upstairs prettying herself up for prom.

Alice aún está arriba emperifollándose para el baile de fin de curso.

c. engalanar

We're going to pretty up the garden and have the wedding reception there.

Vamos a engalanar el jardín y hacer la boda allí.

pretty

adjective

1. (person, thing)

a. bonito(a)

b. lindo(a)

(Latin America)

it's not a pretty sightes un espectáculo lamentable

2. (colloquial)

a.

to cost a pretty pennycostar un riñón

adverb

3. (fairly)

a. bastante

they're pretty much the sameson poco más o menos lo mismo

4. (colloquial)

a.

to be sitting prettyencontrarse en una situación ventajosa

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pretty [ˈprɪtɪ]

adjective

prettier (comparative)prettiest (superlative)

1 (attractive) [+dress, object, baby] bonito; mono (informal); lindo; (LAm) [+girl] bonito; guapo; lindo; (LAm) [+name, smile] bonito; lindo; (LAm)

what a pretty hat! ¡qué sombrero más bonito!; ¡qué sombrero más mono! (informal); ¡qué monada de sombrero! (informal)

a pretty girl she proved that she was more than just a pretty [face] clever men soon get tired of someone who's just a pretty face

I'm not just a pretty face you know para que te enteres, no soy tonta

it'll cost you a pretty penny te va a costar un ojo de la cara or un dineral

it was not a pretty sight no era nada agradable de ver

she was as pretty as a picture era preciosa

the garden was as pretty as a picture el jardín era de foto

pass

2 (large) [+sum] bonito (informal); importante

3 bueno

a pretty mess you've got us into! ¡en vaya or menudo or buen lío nos has metido! (informal)

adverb

bastante

he got pretty cross se enfadó bastante; I have a pretty fair or good idea who did it estoy casi seguro de quién lo hizo; it sounds pretty far-fetched to me me parece bastante inverosímil; she got pretty good marks sacó unas notas bastante buenas

pretty damn or damned quick bien pronto

he's pretty damn stupid es bien estúpido

it's pretty much the same es mas o menos igual; es prácticamente lo mismo

he goes there pretty nearly every day va allí casi or prácticamente todos los días

pretty well

I'm pretty well finished ya casi he terminado; that's pretty well everything eso es todo más o menos

sit

noun

(as excl)

gee up, my pretty! (to horse) ¡arre, caballito!; I'll get you, my pretty! (threatening) ¡de mí no te escapas, preciosa or bonita!

Show me ze vay to ze morgue, my pretty!