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misery

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈmɪzəri/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈmɪzəri/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(miz′ə rē)

Inflections of 'misery' (n): npl: miseries

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Inglés	Español
misery n	(feeling of unhappiness)	pena nf
tristeza nf
Richard's friends threw him a party to distract him from his misery.
Los amigos de Richard le organizaron una fiesta para distraerlo de su pena.
misery n	(situation)	miseria nf
The government was oppressive, and the people lived in misery.
El gobierno era opresivo, y la gente vivía en la miseria.

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Additional Translations
Inglés	Español
misery n	UK (person: cause suffering) (figurado)	dolor de cabeza loc nom m
(figurado)	desgracia nf
Sarah complained to her friend that her son was such a misery.
Sarah se lamentó ante su amiga de que su hijo era un dolor de cabeza para ella.
misery n	(situation: cause)	desgracia nf
The earthquake was a misery to all the people in the area.
El terremoto fue una desgracia para toda la gente de la zona.

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Compound Forms:
Inglés	Español
misery loves company expr	([sb] unhappy likes unhappy people)	desgracia compartida, menos sentida expr
mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos expr
put [sb/sth] out of his/her/its misery v expr	(kill [sb/sth]) (eufemismo)	terminar con el sufrimiento loc verb
(eufemismo)	poner a dormir loc verb
sacrificar⇒ vtr
matar⇒ vtr
The dog was so ill that the vet said it would be kinder to put him out of his misery.
El perro estaba muy enfermo y el veterinario dijo que sería mejor terminar con su sufrimiento.
put [sb] out of his/her misery v expr	figurative (finally give an answer, etc.) (figurado)	terminar con el sufrimiento de loc verb
The judges finally put the contestants out of their misery by announcing the winner.

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'misery' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:

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hell

Spanish:

laceria - desgracia - miseria - remate - escozor - hundir en la miseria - traer por la calle de la amargura - miserable

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Synonyms: sadness, unhappiness, despair, desolation, sorrow, more...

Collocations: a [life, decade, generation] of misery, [abject, complete, total] misery, [home, job, family] miseries, more...

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