pathetic in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for pathetic in the English»Spanish Dictionary

pathetic [Am pəˈθɛdɪk, Brit pəˈθɛtɪk] ADJ

1. pathetic (pitiful):

pathetic sight/moan/gesture

patético

pathetic poverty/misery

conmovedor

pathetic poverty/misery

lastimoso

pathetic poverty/misery

digno de lástima

2. pathetic (feeble, inadequate) inf:

what a pathetic excuse!

¡qué excusa más pobre!

his jokes are pathetic

sus chistes son pésimos

a pathetic performance

una pésima actuación

a pathetic performance

una actuación que daba pena

you're pathetic!

¡me sacas de quicio!

don't be so pathetic!

¡no seas tan pusilánime!

pathetic fallacy N U

pathetic fallacy

falacia f patética

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he's a pathetic excuse for a man

no merece llamarse hombre

Translations for pathetic in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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patético (patética)

pathetic

falacia patética

pathetic fallacy

es un guitarrista de morondanga

he's a pathetic o lousy guitarist

¡qué chiste más pobre!

what a pathetic o terrible joke! inf

¿qué se habrán creído?, ofrecernos esa miseria

what do they take us for, offering us such a pathetic amount?

el quiero y no puedo con ese quiero y no puedo inspiran hasta lástima

it's rather pathetic how they're always trying to be something they aren't

pathetic in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for pathetic in the English»Spanish Dictionary

pathetic [pə·ˈθet̬·ɪk] ADJ

1. pathetic (arousing sympathy):

pathetic

conmovedor(a)

a pathetic sight

una escena lastimosa

2. pathetic (arousing scorn):

pathetic

patético, -a

a pathetic performance

una pésima actuación

Translations for pathetic in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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patético (-a)

pathetic

su último libro da lástima

his/her latest book is pathetic

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It brings out his evil side; where he doesn't care about anyone but himself and to think that humans are pathetic and should be cleansed.

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But power supply condition is pathetic (approximately 8 to 10 hrs/day) like in the rest of the state.

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All that is left for the believer to do is to be his pathetic petitioner, to behave as a pauper or slave...

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He is very uncreative and is a poor, pathetic music conductor.

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This is stated as pathetic, but the reader is put into a mood in which one would not try to alter it...

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The idea of being alone is used by the speaker as being the pathetic alternative to marrying and having a family.

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The climactic ending of the mime may signify not a pathetic defeat, but a conscious rebellion, mans deliberate refusal to obey.

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We worked at a pathetic village miserable huts and dirty.

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Iris could be pathetic, sympathetic and a tyrant.

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Initially presented as a comic, even pathetic figure, he becomes increasingly formidable, powerful and ultimately sinister as the novels progress.

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