- escabroso
- adj.1 rough, steep, rude, harsh.2 risqué, bordering on impoliteness.* * *escabroso► adjetivo1 (desigual) uneven, rough■ terreno escabroso rough terrain2 figurado (carácter) harsh, rude3 figurado (difícil) tough, difficult4 figurado (indecente) indecent, coarse, crude* * *ADJ1) (=irregular) [terreno] rough, rugged; [superficie] uneven2) [sonido] harsh3) [problema] difficult, tough, thorny4) [chiste] risqué, blue, salacious frm* * *-sa adjetivo1) <terreno> rugged, rough2) <asunto/problema/tema> thorny, tricky; <escena/relato> shocking* * *= rugged, gory [gorier -comp., goriest -sup.], lurid.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. Nowadays, the gory process of 'blood doping' in athlectics has been replaced by genetic engineering.Ex. At the end of the day, there may be only a thin line that separates news from advertisements, as one travels from the lurid to the ridiculous.* * *-sa adjetivo1) <terreno> rugged, rough2) <asunto/problema/tema> thorny, tricky; <escena/relato> shocking* * *= rugged, gory [gorier -comp., goriest -sup.], lurid.
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Ex: Nowadays, the gory process of 'blood doping' in athlectics has been replaced by genetic engineering.Ex: At the end of the day, there may be only a thin line that separates news from advertisements, as one travels from the lurid to the ridiculous.* * *escabroso -saadjectiveA ‹terreno› rugged, roughB1 ‹asunto/problema› thorny, tricky2 ‹escena/relato› shocking; ‹detalles› lurides un tema escabroso it's a delicate subjectno lleves a los niños, es una película escabrosa don't take the children, the movie isn't suitable for them* * *
escabroso◊ -sa adjetivoa) ‹terreno› rugged, roughb) ‹asunto/problema/tema› thorny, tricky;
‹escena/relato› shocking
escabroso,-a adjetivo
1 (terreno) rough
2 (difícil de abordar, incómodo) tricky, distasteful
detalles escabrosos, lurid details
3 (sórdido, obsceno) crude
'escabroso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
escabrosa
English:
lurid
- raunchy
- rough
- rugged
* * *escabroso, -a adj1. [abrupto] rough2. [por obsceno] [tema] unpleasant;[detalles] lurid;contiene imágenes bastante escabrosas it contains some fairly crude images3. [difícil] awkward, thorny* * *escabrosoadj1 terreno rough2 problema tricky3 relato indecent* * *escabroso, -sa adj1) : rugged, rough2) : difficult, tough3) : risqué
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.