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espantoso

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adjective
  1. ghastly, gruesome, dreadful, awful, godawful, horrific, horrendous, horrible, terrible
  2. frightful, frightening, scary, fearful, terrifying, shocking
  3. hideous, appalling, atrocious, horrid

Forms

adjective

masculine singularespantoso
feminineespantosa
masculine pluralespantosos
feminine pluralespantosas

Used in the library

  • El olor del redil en agosto es espantoso y necesario.The smell of the fold in August is dreadful and necessary.B1Otra vez, por favor (12) — Once more, please (12) (B1)
  • El tiempo de marzo fue espantoso y el de abril perfecto.March's weather was dreadful and April's perfect.B1Otra vez, por favor (5) — Once more, please (5) (B1)
  • El olor de la oficina en agosto es espantoso y se aguanta.The office's smell in August is dreadful and is put up with.B1Otra vez, por favor (20) — Once more, please (20) (B1)

Other ways to say it

  • aterradorterrifying
  • atrozatrocious; horrible
  • horrendohorrendous, horrific, dreadful, awful
  • horriblehorrible (causing horror); horrible (very bad)
  • horripilantehorrifying, shocking; ghastly, grisly
  • horrorosohorrible
  • terribleterrible, awful, horrible (very bad); appalling (shocking, causing consternation)
  • terroríficoterrifying, scary (causing fear)

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