chocante

adj.

1 puzzling.

2 shocking, shock, lurid, off-putting.

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chocante

► adjetivo

1 (divertido) funny

2 (sorprendente) surprising, striking, startling

3 (raro) strange, odd

4 (escandaloso) shocking, offensive

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ADJ

1) (=sorprendente) startling, striking

2) (=raro) odd, strange

lo chocante es que — the odd thing about it is that

3) (=escandaloso) shocking, scandalous

4) esp LAm (=pesado) tiresome; (=desagradable) offensive, unpleasant

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adjetivo

a) (que causa impresión)

su reacción me pareció chocante — I was shocked o taken aback by his reaction, his reaction shocked me

b) (en cuestiones morales) shocking

c) (Col, Méx, Ven fam) (desagradable) unpleasant

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* de un modo chocante = jarringly.

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adjetivo

a) (que causa impresión)

su reacción me pareció chocante — I was shocked o taken aback by his reaction, his reaction shocked me

b) (en cuestiones morales) shocking

c) (Col, Méx, Ven fam) (desagradable) unpleasant

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* de un modo chocante = jarringly.

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chocante

adjective

1

(que causa cierta impresión): una costumbre que a un extranjero le puede resultar chocante a custom that could come as a shock to a foreigner

su reacción me pareció chocante I was shocked o taken aback by his reaction, his reaction shocked me

2 (en cuestiones morales) shocking

me resulta chocante que se besen así en público I find it shocking the way they kiss in public like that

3 (llamativo) (fam):

tenía un vestido amarillo y verde muy chocante a la vista she was wearing a really loud yellow and green dress (colloq)

4 (Col, Méx, Ven fam) (desagradable) unpleasant

los empleados son muy chocantes the staff are very unpleasant o (colloq) are horrible

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chocante adjetivo

a) (que causa impresión):

◊ su reacción me pareció chocante I was shocked o taken aback by his reaction, his reaction shocked me

b) (en cuestiones morales) shocking

c) (Col, Méx, Ven) (desagradable) unpleasant

chocante adj (sorprendente) surprising, startling
(raro) strange, odd
'chocante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
escándalo

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chocante adj

1. [raro] odd, strange;

[sorprendente] startling; [escandaloso] shocking, scandalous;

viste con colores muy chocantes she wears really loud colours;

me resulta chocante verle tan contento I'm astonished to see him looking so happy;

resulta chocante oír hablar de derechos humanos a un sangriento dictador it's rather a shock to hear a bloodstained dictator talking about human rights;

lo chocante es que no lo descubriéramos antes the most worrying thing is that we didn't find out about it earlier

2. RP [impropio] inappropriate, unsuitable

3. Am Fam [antipático]

no la invitaron por chocante she wasn't invited because she's such a pain

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chocante

adj

1 (sorprendente) startling

2 que ofende shocking

3 (extraño) odd

4 L.Am. (antipático) unpleasant

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chocante adj

1) : shocking

2) : unpleasant, rude