Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

nightmarish

Spanish translation:

espeluznante

Added to glossary by Carmen Hernaiz
Jan 12, 2007 00:45
17 yrs ago
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English term

nightmarish

English to Spanish Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
"while in the schoolyard I remember myself as a burgeoning personality and feel answer its nightmarish sincerity, oppressive and claustrophobic, but energetic and openly candid though completely inaccurate...."

Right now, I'm using pesada, but its not quite right:

mientras en el patio escolar me recuerdo como una personalidad incipiente y siento de nuevo su pesada sinceridad, opresiva y claustrofóbica pero energética y abiertamente cándida aunque completamente inexacta


Any other suggestions?

Thanks in advance....
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Jan 12, 2007 01:37: Henry Hinds changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"

Discussion

Henry Hinds Jan 12, 2007:
As a whole it does not make much sense, but maybe I'm from a different generation.

Proposed translations

+4
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Selected

espeluznante

Yo diría "su espeluznante sinceridad"

De hecho, espeluznante es una de las definiciones que da el Collins para nightmarish.



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Note added at 1 hora (2007-01-12 02:39:36 GMT)
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nightmarish adj

de pesadilla, espeluznante
Peer comment(s):

agree patricia scott
6 hrs
Gracias, Patricia
agree Rafael Molina Pulgar
10 hrs
Gracias, Rafa
agree Cándida Artime Peñeñori
11 hrs
Gracias, Cándida
agree Claudia Luque Bedregal
13 hrs
Gracias, clb
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "camen, gracias una buena solucion... brian"
+1
42 mins

de pesadilla

otra alternativa
Example sentence:

siento de nuevo su sinceridad de pesadilla

Peer comment(s):

agree Maica B
0 min
¡Muchas gracias Mai_k!
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+1
51 mins

que parece una pesadilla/terrorífico,-a

Más opciones:

"...su sinceridad que parece una pesadilla/que me horroriza/que me angustia/angustiosa/terrorífica..."


Maica :)
Peer comment(s):

agree cele321 : su terrorífica sinceridad
56 mins
Gracias! :)
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