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bestia

a adj
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1    (=bruto)
ese tío bestia le ha vuelto a pegar a su mujer      that brute o animal *   has been beating his wife again
no lo vayas a asustar ¡no seas bestia!      you're not going to frighten him, are you? don't be such such a brute o such an animal! *
los hinchas llegaron en plan bestia        (Esp)   the supporters came looking for trouble
MODISMOS poner a algn bestia        (Esp)
***   esa tía me pone bestia      I've really got the hots for her **

2    a lo bestia: un deporte parecido a la lucha libre pero más a lo bestia      a sport that's similar to wrestling but more rough
lo tuyo son mentiras a lo bestia      your lies are real whoppers *
todo lo haces a lo bestia      you make a mess of everything you do
hoy hemos entrenado a lo bestia      we trained really hard today
comimos a lo bestia      we really stuffed ourselves *  , we pigged out *
conducen a lo bestia      they drive like idiots
bebe a lo bestia      he drinks like a fish

3    (=ignorante)   thick *
es tan bestia que no sabe ni sumar      he's so thick he can't even add up *
¡anda, no seas bestia! ¡eso no puede ser verdad!      don't be an idiot! that can't be true!

4      (con admiración, asombro)    ¡qué bestia! ¡ha ganado todos los partidos!      she's amazing o incredible! she's won all the matches!
¡qué bestia! ¡se come cuatro huevos diarios!      it's amazing! she eats four eggs a day!
¡qué bestia eres, le has ganado al campeón!      what a star! you beat the champion!

b       smf
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(=bruto)
¡eres un bestia!      you're a brute!, you're an animal! *
el muy bestia se ha bebido media botella de whisky él solo      that animal drank half a bottle of whisky on his own *
es un bestia con el trabajo      he works like a dog *

c       sf     (Zool)   beast
MODISMOS ser una mala bestia      to be a nasty piece of work *
♦   bestia de arrastre   draught animal, draft animal   (EEUU)
♦   bestia de carga   beast of burden, pack animal
♦   bestia de tiro   draught animal, draft animal   (EEUU)
♦   bestia feroz, bestia salvaje   wild animal, wild beast
♦   bestia negra, bestia parda   bête noire

Translation Spanish - English Collins Dictionary

See also:

bestia, bestiada, negra, bestia de tiro

Collaborative Dictionary Spanish-English


¡eres un bestia!	exp.	you're a brute!
¡eres un bestia!	exp.	you're an animal!
comimos a lo bestia	exp.	we really stuffed ourselves
comimos a lo bestia	exp.	we pigged out
conducen a lo bestia	exp.	they drive like idiots
bebe a lo bestia	exp.	he drinks like a fish
esa tía me pone bestia	exp.	I've really got the hots for her
ser una mala bestia	exp.	to be a nasty piece of work	(MODISMOS)
los hinchas llegaron en plan bestia	exp.	the supporters came looking for trouble	[ES]
todo lo haces a lo bestia	exp.	you make a mess of everything you do
hoy hemos entrenado a lo bestia	exp.	we trained really hard today
es un bestia con el trabajo	exp.	he works like a dog
lo tuyo son mentiras a lo bestia	exp.	your lies are real whoppers
¡qué bestia! ¡ha ganado todos los partidos!	exp.	she's amazing {o} incredible! she's won all the matches!
¡qué bestia! ¡se come cuatro huevos diarios!	exp.	it's amazing! she eats four eggs a day!
no lo vayas a asustar ¡no seas bestia!	exp.	you're not going to frighten him, are you? don't be such such a brute {o} such an animal!
es tan bestia que no sabe ni sumar	exp.	he's so thick he can't even add up
¡qué bestia eres, le has ganado al campeón!	exp.	what a star! you beat the champion!
negro	nm.	black
merluza negra	nf.	Patagonian toothfish
dinero negro	nm.	black money	[BIZ]
bolsa negra	nf.	black market
peste negra	nf.	Black Death
negro cimarrón	exp.	runaway slave	[Hist.]
negro cimarrón	exp.	fugitive slave	[Hist.]
fletán negro	exp.	Greenland halibut
ponerse negro	exp.	to go brown
ponerse negro	exp.	tan
ponerse negro	exp.	to get cross
ponerse negro	exp.	cut up rough

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