crueldad

f.

1 cruelty.

2 act of cruelty.

3 cruel act, cruelty.

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crueldad

► nombre femenino

1 cruelty

2 (dureza) harshness, severity

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noun f.

cruelty

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SF

1) (=cualidad) cruelty

tratar a algn con crueldad — to treat sb cruelly

2) (=acción) cruelty

¡es una crueldad! — that's so cruel!, it's such a cruel thing to do o say!

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femenino cruelty

los trataban con crueldad — they treated them cruelly

eso es una crueldad — that's cruel

- crueldad mental

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= cruelty, callousness, ruthlessness, inhumanity.

Ex. Cruelty TO CHILDREN is quite clearly child abuse.

Ex. Lack of proper self-evaluation may explain both their callousness and their imprudence = La falta de una autoevaluación adecuada puede explicar su insensibilidad e imprudencia.

Ex. Aggression and ruthlessness are inappropriate in this context: the librarian must be sensitive to the realities of power and influence and be able to present library issues in a manner that demonstrates their importance to the academic community.

Ex. Humanism is seen as the last best way to combat inhumanity & injustice.

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femenino cruelty

los trataban con crueldad — they treated them cruelly

eso es una crueldad — that's cruel

- crueldad mental

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= cruelty, callousness, ruthlessness, inhumanity.

Ex: Cruelty TO CHILDREN is quite clearly child abuse.

Ex: Lack of proper self-evaluation may explain both their callousness and their imprudence = La falta de una autoevaluación adecuada puede explicar su insensibilidad e imprudencia.

Ex: Aggression and ruthlessness are inappropriate in this context: the librarian must be sensitive to the realities of power and influence and be able to present library issues in a manner that demonstrates their importance to the academic community.

Ex: Humanism is seen as the last best way to combat inhumanity & injustice.

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crueldad

feminine

1 (cualidad) cruelty

es difícil imaginar la crueldad con que los trataban it's hard to imagine just how cruelly they were treated

2 (acción) cruelty

las crueldades cometidas durante la guerra the cruelties o atrocities committed during the war

es una crueldad privar a estos animales de su libertad it's cruel o it's cruelty to deprive these animals of their freedom

Compuesto:

crueldad mental

mental cruelty

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crueldad sustantivo femenino
cruelty;

◊ eso es una crueldad that's cruel;

crueldad mental mental cruelty
crueldad sustantivo femenino cruelty

'crueldad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acusar
- sadismo
- saña
English:
ASPCA
- cruelty
- dearly
- heartlessness
- viciously
- wanton
- inhumanity

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crueldad nf

1. [de persona, acción] cruelty;

mostró una crueldad inusitada he displayed extraordinary cruelty

2. [acción cruel] act of cruelty;

es una crueldad abandonar animales it's cruel to abandon animals

3. [del clima] harshness

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crueldad

f cruelty

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crueldad nf

: cruelty

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crueldad n cruelty