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numbing

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(num′ing)

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Principal Translations
Inglés	Español
numbing adj	(causing lack of physical sensation)	entumecedor adj
The dentist gave the patient a numbing injection before filling her tooth.
numbing adj	(causing bored stupor)	adormecido adj
Parents often worry about the numbing effect of TV on their children.

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Principal Translations
Inglés	Español
numb adj	(without feeling)	entumecido/a adj
dormido/a adj
adormecido adj
(figurado)	anestesiado adj
When Kate woke up, her arm was completely numb because she had been lying on it.
Cuando Kate despertó, tenía el brazo completamente entumecido porque se había dormido sobre él.
numb adj	(paralyzed)	paralizado adj
(figurado)	dormido/a adj
After she broke her back, Kate's legs were permanently numb.
Después de romperse la espalda, las piernas de Kate quedaron paralizadas.
numb to [sth] adj + prep	figurative (desensitized)	insensible ante, insensible a adj + prep
(figurado)	cegado a adj + prep
(figurado)	bloqueado ante adj + prep
City people often become numb to the suffering of the homeless.
Los citadinos a menudo se vuelven insensibles ante el sufrimiento de los indigentes.
numb [sth/sb]⇒ vtr	(make numb)	entumecer⇒ vtr
adormecer⇒ vtr
(con medicamento)	anestesiar⇒ vtr
Note: Ante complemento directo de persona debe usarse la preposición «a».
The dentist numbed my mouth before he began working on my teeth.
El dentista entumeció mi boca antes de empezar a trabajar en mis dientes.
numb [sb]⇒ vtr	figurative, often passive (desensitize to emotion)	insensibilizar a alguien vtr + prep
The trauma of his childhood experiences has numbed him.
El trauma de sus experiencias de la infancia lo insensibilizó.
numb [sb] to [sth] vtr + prep	figurative, often passive (desensitize to effects of [sth])	insensibilizar a alguien ante algo vtr + prep
It's arguable that action movies numb us to the true effects of violence.
Podría sostenerse que las películas de acción nos insensibilizan ante los efectos de la violencia en la vida real.

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Compound Forms: numbing \|
Inglés	Español
mind-numbing adj	(very boring)	bodrio adj
embole adj
aburrido/a adj
The students sighed and stared out of the window as the teacher's mind-numbing presentation dragged on.

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'numbing' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:

In the English description:

anesthetic - anesthetizing - deadening - epidural anesthesia - topical anesthetic

Spanish:

mortífero

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