dreaded in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for dreaded in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.dread [Am drɛd, Brit drɛd] VB trans

dread

tenerle terror a

dread

tenerle pavor a

I dread going to the dentist

le tengo terror or pavor al dentista

I dread to think what might have happened

no quiero ni pensar en lo que podría haber pasado

I dread to think what might have happened

me horroriza pensar en lo que podría haber pasado

the dreaded moment finally came

finalmente llegó el tan temido momento

II.dread [Am drɛd, Brit drɛd] N U

dread

terror m

dread of sth I have a dread of spiders

les tengo terror or horror a las arañas

he was or stood in dread of his father

su padre lo atemorizaba or aterraba

he was or stood in dread of his father

le tenía terror a su padre

we lived in constant dread of discovery/being deported

vivíamos temiendo constantemente que nos descubrieran/deportaran

to be filled with dread

estar aterrorizado

my greatest dread is dying of cancer

lo que más me aterra es morir de cáncer

III.dread [Am drɛd, Brit drɛd] ADJ liter attr

dread

pavoroso

dread

aterrador

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I've got the dreaded lurgy again

estoy apestado otra vez inf

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los exámenes me producen horror

I have an absolute horror o dread of exams

temer castigo/reacción/desenlace

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dreaded in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for dreaded in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.dread [dred] VB trans

dread

temer

I dread to think ...

me da miedo pensar...

II.dread [dred] N no pl

dread

terror m

to fill sb with dread

aterrorizar a alguien

III.dread [dred] ADJ liter

dread

aterrador(a)

dread N

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dread (dreadlock)

rasta f

Translations for dreaded in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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rasta (pelo) f

dread

dreaded Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

I dread to think ...

me da miedo pensar...

to fill sb with dread

aterrorizar a alguien

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The dreaded vinegar and tomato ketchup shower awaits you!

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He dreaded the brutality and ignorance of the mob as much as he despised the avarice and ennui of the upper class.

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I share joint custody, and dreaded dinnertime like a storm cloud brewing all day.

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Debates are about style, comportment, authority, the occasional zinger and the dreaded gaffe.

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As a result, the process was feared, dreaded, and often went unmentioned in diaries from the period.

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Turns out the baked potato, our go-to easy dinner, has been helping us fight off the dreaded lurgy.

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Dickens wrote of it that it was dreaded by even the most dauntless highwaymen and bearable only to toads and rats.

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Its dreaded name soon became a byword for the largely unspoken horrifying events known or presumed to taken place within its walls.

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It's the most dreaded day of the year, particularly for tech bloggers who have to be extra-watchful for spurious rumours and chancers' product announcements.

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It wasn't that they just disliked the loss of summer freedom and the coming regimentation of classes, they literally dreaded the return to school.

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