accidentado

adj.

1 uneven, rugged, up-and-down.

2 victim of an accident.

3 full of unforeseen obstacles.

f. & m.

accident victim, victim of an accident.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: accidentar.

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accidentado

► participio pasado

1→ {{link=accidentarse}}accidentarse

► adjetivo

1 (persona) injured

2 (con incidentes) eventful, agitated

■ vida accidentada stormy/troubled life

3 (terreno) uneven, rough, bumpy

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 casualty, accident victim

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(f. - accidentada)

adj.

1) rough, uneven

2) troubled, eventful

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accidentado, -a

1. ADJ

1) [terreno] rough, uneven

2) (=turbado) [vida] troubled, eventful; [historial] variable, up-and-down; [viaje] eventful

3) (Med) injured

4) Caribe (Aut) broken down; LAm euf (=giboso) hunchbacked

2.

SM / F accident victim, casualty

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I

-da adjetivo

1)

a) <viaje> eventful; <historia> turbulent; <carrera/pasado> checkered* (before n); <vida> troubled

b) <terreno> rough, rugged; <costa> broken

2) <persona> hurt, injured

II

-da masculino, femenino

llevaron a los accidentados al hospital — those injured o hurt in the accident were taken to hospital

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= rugged, hilly [hillier -comp., hilliest -sup.], chequered [checkered, -USA].

Ex. Due to their lighter weight optical-fibre cables can be suspended to form aerial cables in the rugged countryside of Wales where the laying of ducts would be prohibitively expensive.

Ex. Having entered the next state and a highway off the turnpike, he was amazed by the extraordinary flatness of the land, especially in contrast to the hilly terrain he had grown up with back home.

Ex. An appraisal of the reforms following the report suggests that local councillors' workload has increased, and community councils have had a chequered career, although local authorities generally are stronger.

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* historia accidentada = chequered history.

* pasado accidentado = chequered history, chequered past.

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I

-da adjetivo

1)

a) <viaje> eventful; <historia> turbulent; <carrera/pasado> checkered* (before n); <vida> troubled

b) <terreno> rough, rugged; <costa> broken

2) <persona> hurt, injured

II

-da masculino, femenino

llevaron a los accidentados al hospital — those injured o hurt in the accident were taken to hospital

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= rugged, hilly [hillier -comp., hilliest -sup.], chequered [checkered, -USA].

Ex: Due to their lighter weight optical-fibre cables can be suspended to form aerial cables in the rugged countryside of Wales where the laying of ducts would be prohibitively expensive.

Ex: Having entered the next state and a highway off the turnpike, he was amazed by the extraordinary flatness of the land, especially in contrast to the hilly terrain he had grown up with back home.

Ex: An appraisal of the reforms following the report suggests that local councillors' workload has increased, and community councils have had a chequered career, although local authorities generally are stronger.

* historia accidentada = chequered history.

* pasado accidentado = chequered history, chequered past.

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accidentado¹ -da

adjective

A

1 ‹viaje› eventful, full of incident

la accidentada historia española de este período the troubled o turbulent history of Spain during this period

su accidentada carrera diplomática his checkered (AmE) o (BrE) chequered diplomatic career

2 ‹terreno/camino› rough, rugged; ‹costa› broken

B ‹persona› hurt, injured

no hubo ningún pasajero accidentado none of the passengers was hurt

accidentado² -da

masculine, feminine

los accidentados fueron trasladados al hospital those injured o hurt in the accident o the injured were taken to hospital

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Del verbo accidentar: (conjugate accidentar)

accidentado es:

el participio

accidentado

◊ -da adjetivo

1

a) ‹viaje› eventful;

‹historia› turbulent;
‹carrera/pasado› checkered^{(conjugate checkered)} (before n);
‹vida› troubled

b) ‹terreno› rough, rugged;

‹costa› broken
2 ‹persona› hurt, injured
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino:

◊ llevaron a los accidentados al hospital those injured o hurt in the accident were taken to hospital

accidentado,-a
I adjetivo
1 (irregular, montañoso) uneven, hilly
2 (agitado, complicado) eventful: tuvimos una cena muy accidentada, we had a most eventful supper
II sustantivo masculino y femenino casualty, accident victim

'accidentado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
accidentada
- escarpada
- escarpado
- relieve
English:
hilly
- rugged
- ruggedness
- checkered

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accidentado, -a

♦ adj

1. [vida] turbulent;

[viaje, fiesta] eventful

2. [terreno, camino] rough, rugged

3. [vehículo]

el avión accidentado the plane involved in the crash

♦ nm,f

injured person;

los accidentados the people injured in the accident

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accidentado

I adj

1 terreno, camino uneven, rough

2 viaje eventful

3

:

personas accidentadas people who have had an accident;

el vehículo accidentado the vehicle involved in the accident

II m, accidentada f casualty

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accidentado, -da adj

1) : eventful, turbulent

2) : rough, uneven

3) : injured

accidentado, -da n

: accident victim

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accidentado adj (terreno) rugged