ugly in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for ugly in the English»Spanish Dictionary

ugly <uglier, ugliest> [Am ˈəɡli, Brit ˈʌɡli] ADJ

1. ugly (not pretty):

ugly person/face/clothes

feo

the ugly sisters

las hermanastras (de Cenicienta)

2. ugly (unpleasant, threatening):

ugly news

inquietante

ugly news

alarmante

ugly wound/gash

feo

ugly sin/crime

horrible

he has an ugly temper

tiene muy mal genio

the sky looks ugly

(el tiempo) se está poniendo feo

an ugly customer inf

un tipo peligroso or de cuidado inf

ugly duckling N

ugly duckling

patito m feo

I.plug-ugly [Am ˈpləɡ ˈəɡli, Brit] ADJ inf

plug-ugly (very ugly)

feísimo

plug-ugly (with criminal features)

patibulario

II.plug-ugly [Am ˈpləɡ ˈəɡli, Brit] N Am inf

plug-ugly

matón m

plug-ugly

gorila m inf

plug-ugly

guarura m Mex

Translations for ugly in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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malencachado (malencachada)

ugly

malón (malona)

ugly

feúra (persona fea)

ugly person

feúra (cosa fea)

ugly thing

avocastro

ugly mug inf

careto

ugly mug sl

charamusca

ugly woman

pajarraco

big, ugly bird

ugly in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for ugly in the English»Spanish Dictionary

ugly <-ier, iest> [ˈʌg·li] ADJ

1. ugly (not attractive):

ugly

feo, -a

ugly

macaco, -a Arg, Mex, Cuba, Chile

to be ugly as sin

ser más feo que Picio

2. ugly (angry):

ugly mood

peligroso, -a

ugly look

repugnante

3. ugly (violent):

ugly

violento, -a

to turn ugly

ponerse violento

4. ugly (harsh):

ugly

desagradable

ugly story

fastidioso, -a

ugly truth

terrible

ugly weather

horroroso, -a

ugly clouds

amenazante

ugly rumors

calumnias f pl

ugly duckling N

ugly duckling

patito m feo

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to be as ugly as sin

ser más feo que Picio

he is not ugly

no es feo

not so ugly as that

no tan feo como eso

Translations for ugly in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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fiero (-a)

ugly

macaco (-a)

ugly

feo (-a)

ugly

feo (-a)

ugly man m

feo (-a)

ugly woman f

feo (-a)

ugly child mf

era así de feo

he was that ugly

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

When she was in her village, she hated filthy and ugly things.

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One was as a glamorous wicked witch, and another as a conventionally ugly wicked witch.

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The critic noted how restrained and guarded the author was in showing the ugly sides of the main heroine's character.

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This main plaza originally was rectangular, but later made square because the earlier version was considered to be ugly.

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It is ugly and gives me a headache.

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But the fact is, once out of the bottle, the reengineering genie quickly turned ugly.

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Its logo was a cartoon embodiment of an ugly kid wearing a backwards baseball hat and giving the finger.

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And even though the catfighting goes over the top, the notion that a passionate female friendship can turn ugly in a heartbeat is, sadly, realistic.

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In this essay, he sentimentally upholds gas lamps against electric lights, describing electric light as that ugly blinding glare and a lamp for a nightmare.

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But we turned back to the ugly business at hand.

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