empeorar

empeorar
v.
1 to make worse.
2 to get worse, to deteriorate.
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empeorar
► verbo intransitivo
1 to worsen, deteriorate
► verbo transitivo
1 to make worse
■ has empeorado la situación you've made the situation worse
► verbo pronominal empeorarse
1 to get worse
■ su estado de salud se ha empeorado his health has got worse
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verb
to worsen
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1.
VT to make worse, worsen
2.
VI
See:
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1.
verbo intransitivo salud to deteriorate, get worse; tiempo/situación to get worse, worsen
2.
empeorar vt to make ... worse
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= aggravate, become + worse, deteriorate, worsen, take + an unfortunate turn, get + worse, go from + bad to worse, bring out + the worst in, flare up, inflame, grow + worse, take + a turn, take + a turn for the worse, fuel, exacerbate.
Ex. This situation has been severely aggravated by the sudden withdrawal of nearly a decade of federal largesse toward education and education-related activities.
Ex. There were no respondents who did not think that the situation could become worse in the future.
Ex. But the relationship between the source of most of the shared cataloging data, the Library of Congress, and nonresearch libraries shows signs of deteriorating rather than improving.
Ex. There were fears that opening on holidays would worsen the overall quality of the service provided and lead to higher staff turnover.
Ex. If events take an unfortunate turn and a dismissal action must be initiated, the supervisor must make certain that the applicable personnel rules and procedures have been followed.
Ex. Reports confirm that what seems bad now is going to get worse.
Ex. This reawakening brought a determination to help make atomic energy a positive factor for humanity but things have gone from bad to worse re genuine disarmament.
Ex. Although there are some bad stepparents in the real world, becoming a stepmother or stepfather does not inevitably bring out the worst in people.
Ex. There will always be conflicts that flare up suddenly and call for a rapid response.
Ex. Focuses on two areas, economics and race, and argues that government policy has done much to inflame the conflict.
Ex. As we all know, the situation has only grown worse since then.
Ex. All went well, and with the addition of two new people, computer science took a turn.
Ex. This new virus has taken a turn for the worse with some variations now able to infect PCs without any user intervention.
Ex. This is in line with recent trends in the historical sciences generally fuelled by the feeling that in the past historians did not pay enough attention to what is, after all, the majority of humanity.
Ex. They exist in manual systems, and as we have already pointed out, they are only exacerbated by automated systems.
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* cosas + empeorar = things + get worse, things + get rough.
* empeorar las cosas = make + matters + worse, add + salt to the wound, make + things worse, add + salt to injury, add + insult to injury, rub + salt in the wound.
* empeorar la situación = make + things worse.
* empeorar una situación = exacerbate + situation, aggravate + situation.
* empeorar un conflicto = exacerbate + conflict.
* empezar a empeorar = hit + the skids, be on the skids.
* estar empeorando = be in decline.
* para empeorar las cosas = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.
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1.
verbo intransitivo salud to deteriorate, get worse; tiempo/situación to get worse, worsen
2.
empeorar vt to make ... worse
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= aggravate, become + worse, deteriorate, worsen, take + an unfortunate turn, get + worse, go from + bad to worse, bring out + the worst in, flare up, inflame, grow + worse, take + a turn, take + a turn for the worse, fuel, exacerbate.

Ex: This situation has been severely aggravated by the sudden withdrawal of nearly a decade of federal largesse toward education and education-related activities.

Ex: There were no respondents who did not think that the situation could become worse in the future.
Ex: But the relationship between the source of most of the shared cataloging data, the Library of Congress, and nonresearch libraries shows signs of deteriorating rather than improving.
Ex: There were fears that opening on holidays would worsen the overall quality of the service provided and lead to higher staff turnover.
Ex: If events take an unfortunate turn and a dismissal action must be initiated, the supervisor must make certain that the applicable personnel rules and procedures have been followed.
Ex: Reports confirm that what seems bad now is going to get worse.
Ex: This reawakening brought a determination to help make atomic energy a positive factor for humanity but things have gone from bad to worse re genuine disarmament.
Ex: Although there are some bad stepparents in the real world, becoming a stepmother or stepfather does not inevitably bring out the worst in people.
Ex: There will always be conflicts that flare up suddenly and call for a rapid response.
Ex: Focuses on two areas, economics and race, and argues that government policy has done much to inflame the conflict.
Ex: As we all know, the situation has only grown worse since then.
Ex: All went well, and with the addition of two new people, computer science took a turn.
Ex: This new virus has taken a turn for the worse with some variations now able to infect PCs without any user intervention.
Ex: This is in line with recent trends in the historical sciences generally fuelled by the feeling that in the past historians did not pay enough attention to what is, after all, the majority of humanity.
Ex: They exist in manual systems, and as we have already pointed out, they are only exacerbated by automated systems.
* cosas + empeorar = things + get worse, things + get rough.
* empeorar las cosas = make + matters + worse, add + salt to the wound, make + things worse, add + salt to injury, add + insult to injury, rub + salt in the wound.
* empeorar la situación = make + things worse.
* empeorar una situación = exacerbate + situation, aggravate + situation.
* empeorar un conflicto = exacerbate + conflict.
* empezar a empeorar = hit + the skids, be on the skids.
* estar empeorando = be in decline.
* para empeorar las cosas = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.

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empeorar [A1 ]
vi
«salud» to deteriorate, get worse; «tiempo/situación» to get worse, worsen
■ empeorar
vt
to make … worse
su intervención no ha hecho más que empeorar las cosas his intervention has only made things worse
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empeorar (conjugate empeorar) verbo intransitivo [salud] to deteriorate, get worse;
[tiempo/situación] to get worse, worsen
verbo transitivo
to make … worse
empeorar
I verbo intransitivo to get worse: el tiempo empeoró durante la noche, the weather got worse during the night
II verbo transitivo to make worse: manténte al margen, no empeores las cosas, stick to the sidelines, you'll only make things worse
'empeorar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
degradar
English:
aggravate
- decline
- fail
- fuel
- grow
- turn
- worse
- worsen
- deteriorate
- go
- only
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empeorar
♦ vi
[enfermo, tiempo, conflicto] to get worse, to deteriorate
♦ vt
to make worse;
sólo consiguió empeorar las cosas she only managed to make things worse
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empeorar
I v/t make worse
II v/i deteriorate, get worse
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empeorar vi
: to deteriorate, to get worse
empeorar vt
: to make worse
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empeorar vb to get worse / to deteriorate
el tiempo ha empeorado y hace mucho frío the weather's got worse and it's very cold

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