- bochornoso
- adj.1 shameful, embarrassing, humiliating.2 sultry, scorching, muggy.* * *bochornoso► adjetivo1 (sofocante) hot, sultry, muggy2 figurado (vergonzoso) disgraceful, shameful* * *(f. - bochornosa)adj.1) close2) shameful, embarrassing* * *ADJ1) [tiempo, día] close *, stuffy *2) (=vergonzoso) degrading, shameful
es un espectáculo bochornoso — it is a degrading spectacle, it is a shameful sight
* * *-sa adjetivo1) <tiempo> sultry, muggy; <calor> stickyhacía un día bochornoso — it was a close o muggy day
2) <espectáculo/situación> embarrassing* * *= mortifying, sultry [sultrier -comp., sultriest -sup.], embarrassing.Ex. He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.Ex. The day was sultry, and some of the party, being parched with thirst, left the line of march, and scrambled down the bank of the river to drink.Ex. This is highly embarrassing for the innocent reader and for the apologetic library staff.----* de un modo bochornoso = shamefully.* fracaso bochornoso = embarrassing failure.* * *-sa adjetivo1) <tiempo> sultry, muggy; <calor> stickyhacía un día bochornoso — it was a close o muggy day
2) <espectáculo/situación> embarrassing* * *= mortifying, sultry [sultrier -comp., sultriest -sup.], embarrassing.Ex: He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.
Ex: The day was sultry, and some of the party, being parched with thirst, left the line of march, and scrambled down the bank of the river to drink.Ex: This is highly embarrassing for the innocent reader and for the apologetic library staff.* de un modo bochornoso = shamefully.* fracaso bochornoso = embarrassing failure.* * *bochornoso -saadjectiveA ‹tiempo› sultry, muggy; ‹calor› stickyhacía un día bochornoso it was a close o muggy dayB ‹espectáculo/situación› embarrassing* * *
bochornoso◊ -sa adjetivo
1 ‹tiempo› sultry, muggy;
‹calor› sticky;◊ hacía un día bochornoso it was a close o muggy day
2 ‹espectáculo/situación› embarrassing
bochornoso,-a adjetivo
1 (caluroso) sultry, close, muggy
(sofocante) stifling
2 fig (vergonzoso) shameful, embarrassing
'bochornoso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bochornosa
- cargado
English:
clammy
- close
- muggy
- sticky
- sultry
* * *bochornoso, -a adj1. [tiempo] stifling, muggy2. [vergonzoso] embarrassing* * *bochornosoadj1 tiempo sultry2 figembarrassing* * *bochornoso, -sa adj1) embarazoso: embarrassing2) : hot and muggy
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.