wretched in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for wretched in the English»Spanish Dictionary

wretched [Am ˈrɛtʃəd, Brit ˈrɛtʃɪd] ADJ

1. wretched (abject, pitiable):

wretched existence/creature

desdichado

wretched existence/creature

desgraciado

they live in wretched poverty

viven en la más absoluta miseria

2. wretched (very bad) inf:

wretched weather

horrible

wretched weather

espantoso

to feel wretched

sentirse muy mal

what wretched luck!

¡qué perra suerte! inf

I can't get this wretched knot undone

no puedo desatar este condenado or maldito nudo inf

be quiet, (you) wretched child!

¡cállate de una vez, condenado! inf

Translations for wretched in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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misérrimo (misérrima)

wretched

aporreado (aporreada)

wretched

arrastrado (arrastrada)

wretched

arrastrado (arrastrada) (desgraciado)

wretched

indecente

wretched

infeliz vida

wretched

miserable vivienda

wretched

endemoniado (endemoniada) niño

wretched attr

estos endemoniados zapatos me aprietan mucho

these wretched o darned shoes are far too tight inf

condenado (condenada)

wretched inf

este condenado catarro me tiene harta

I'm fed up with this wretched o damn cold

el condenado de tu hermano

that wretched brother of yours inf

wretched in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for wretched in the English»Spanish Dictionary

wretched [ˈretʃɪd] ADJ

1. wretched (miserable, pitiable):

wretched life, person

desdichado, -a

to be in a wretched state

estar en un estado lamentable

to be in a wretched state house, conditions

miserable

2. wretched (despicable):

wretched

despreciable

3. wretched (expressing annoyance):

my wretched car's broken down again!

¡este maldito coche se me ha vuelto a estropear!

4. wretched (very bad, awful):

wretched weather

horrible

to feel wretched (sick)

estar muy mal

to feel wretched (depressed)

estar muy abatido

Translations for wretched in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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abyecto (-a)

wretched

rascuache

wretched

arrastrado (-a)

wretched

traer una vida arrastrada

to have a wretched life

desastrado (-a)

wretched

roto (-a)

wretched

llevar una vida perra

to lead a wretched life

llevar una vida miserable

to lead a wretched existence

wretched Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be in a wretched state

estar en un estado lamentable

to be in a wretched state house, conditions

miserable

my wretched car's broken down again!

¡este maldito coche se me ha vuelto a estropear!

to feel wretched (sick)

estar muy mal

to feel wretched (depressed)

estar muy abatido

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

His aim was to educate and instruct teachers and to improve their wretched material circumstances.

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Members of the grenadier regiment had seen the crown prince appearing late in a wretched state, which greatly angers his father.

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The club entered the league half-way through the season and continued their wretched run of form.

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His contribution to 1525 was marginal, apart from its result in leading himself and his scanty band of followers to a wretched death.

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Interestingly, there was no significant difference in the average attendance from the previous wretched season.

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All the people outside the order they called as a gang of unlucky and wretched people, without proper understanding of life.

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Some of them are tolerable, some middling, others wretched.

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I am quite appalled at that wretched hound, miscalled statesman, throwing the country into a state of turmoil.

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Both of them ignore this as a wretched part of the social outlook.

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This wretched idea disappears rather soon when the whole orchestra is playing, but it simply can not be included in the pianoforte reduction.

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