terrible in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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terrible [Am ˈtɛrəb(ə)l, Brit ˈtɛrɪb(ə)l] ADJ

1. terrible (very bad):

terrible movie/singer/weather
espantoso
terrible movie/singer/weather
atroz
terrible movie/singer/weather
malísimo
terrible movie/singer/weather
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it will look terrible if we don't go
quedará muy mal que no vayamos
to feel terrible (ill)
sentirse or encontrarse pésimo or muy mal
to feel terrible (guilty, ashamed)
sentirse muy mal
she had (a) terrible toothache
tenía un terrible dolor de muelas
that's terrible!
¡qué terrible!
that's terrible!
¡qué horror!
you're making a terrible mistake
estás cometiendo un tremendo or terrible error
the terrible thing is …
lo peor del caso es que …
she's a terrible one for exaggerating
es muy exagerada
you're terrible!
¡qué malo eres!

enfant terrible <pl enfants terribles [ˌɑːnfɑːn teˈriːblə, ˌɒnfɒn teˈriːblə]> [Am ˌɑnfɑn tɛˈribl(ə), Brit ˌɒ̃fɒ̃ tɛˈriːbl(ə)] N

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terrible in the PONS Dictionary

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terrible Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be in a terrible way
estar terriblemente mal
in a terrible condition
en un estado deplorable
since his wife died he looks terrible
desde la muerte de su mujer está muy estropeado
it's not just terrible quality but it's expensive too
tras de ser de pésima calidad es caro
it's a terrible shame that ...
es una desgracia que... +subj
the death of his son was a terrible blow for him
la muerte de su hijo fue un mazazo para él
you look terrible with that tie on
me da horror verte con esta corbata
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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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She drives to school with a terrible hangover and crashes her car.
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The havoc created by the rats was terrible and very little of the grain was harvested.
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Visually, the group displays a terrible understanding of fashion-sense and have dated hairstyles.
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A third bombardment followed, just as intense, the terrible noise blotting out the sound of the women praying.
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They are phoned by a strange woman who warns them that they are in terrible danger, but confused and frightened, they ignore her warning.
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This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.
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However, it also got negative reviews from viewers, due to the show having terrible animation and half-naked, ugly-looking characters.
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Serge became gravely ill at the end of 1934 and spent time in a hospital under terrible conditions.
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The online magazine however derided the graphics as the low point of the game, pointing to the terrible draw distance and building textures.
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I hope nothing terrible has happened to her.
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