dreadful in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for dreadful in the English»Spanish Dictionary

dreadful [Am ˈdrɛdfəl, Brit ˈdrɛdfʊl, ˈdrɛdf(ə)l] ADJ

dreadful news/experience/weather:

dreadful

espantoso

dreadful

terrible

dreadful

atroz

stop that dreadful racket!

¡deja de hacer ese ruido tan espantoso!

how dreadful for you!

¡qué horror! ¡pobrecito!

I feel dreadful about not having helped

me siento muy mal por no haber ayudado

you look dreadful

tienes muy mala cara

penny dreadful N Brit

penny dreadful

libro o revista sensacionalista

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the only bar was a dreadful hellhole

el único bar que había era un antro horrible

Translations for dreadful in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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pésimo (pésima)

dreadful

del cocol inf (muy mal)

dreadful

¿cómo van las cosas? — del cocol

how are things? — dreadful o terrible

horrible tiempo

dreadful

atroz

dreadful Brit

tremendo (tremenda)

dreadful

se hallan en una situación tremenda

they're in a terrible o dreadful situation

tiene una letra fatídica inf

his handwriting is appalling o dreadful inf

horroroso (horrorosa) película/novela

dreadful

dreadful in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for dreadful in the English»Spanish Dictionary

dreadful [ˈdredfəl] ADJ

1. dreadful (terrible):

dreadful

atroz

dreadful mistake

terrible

dreadful atrocity

espantoso, -a

2. dreadful (of very bad quality):

dreadful

fatal

3. dreadful (very great):

dreadful

horroroso, -a

I feel dreadful about it

me da mucha pena

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to be in a dreadful plight

estar en una terrible situación

Translations for dreadful in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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pésimo (-a)

dreadful

morrocotudo (-a)

dreadful

espectáculo deplorable

dreadful scene

horrísono (-a)

dreadful

temeroso (-a)

dreadful

despachurras todos los chistes

you're dreadful at telling jokes

de mil demonios

dreadful

de miedo

dreadful

dreadful Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

I feel dreadful about it

me da mucha pena

to be in a dreadful plight

estar en una terrible situación

this report is a dreadful piece of work

este informe está hecho con los pies inf

the weather is dreadful — absolutely!

hace un tiempo horroroso — ¡desde luego!

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

However, those dreadful records netted them high picks in the draft.

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In fact, it's dreadful, but it's a special kind of dreadful - the kind designed to appeal to intelligent people on principle...

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He finished his first novel at 16, which he describes as dreadful.

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To those who fully admit the immortality of the human soul, the destruction of our world will not appear so dreadful.

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Rituals to please these spirits were held during feasts and other occasions like planting and harvest season, drought and in times of dreadful epidemics.

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Major recurring themes in the work include loneliness and the dreadful feeling of loss when someone dear dies.

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He avoided television, which he called a dreadful fire that burns with lightning speed.

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The trial begins, presided over by a judge who makes dreadful jokes throughout.

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So dreadful are they that one might be forgiven for thinking there must be something to them.

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The emperor refuses and a dreadful war begins.

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