hermoso

adj.

1 beautiful, fair, handsome, good-looking.

2 beautiful, arresting.

3 beautiful, nice-sounding.

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hermoso

► adjetivo

1 (gen) beautiful, lovely

■ una mujer hermosa a beautiful woman

■ hace un día hermoso it's a lovely day

2 (hombre) handsome

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(f. - hermosa)

adj.

1) beautiful

2) lovely

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ADJ

1) (=bello) beautiful, lovely

la casa tiene un hermoso jardín — the house has a beautiful o lovely garden

un día hermoso — a beautiful o lovely day

2) (=robusto, saludable)

¡qué niño tan hermoso! — what a fine-looking boy!

seis hermosos toros — six magnificent bulls

3) (=grande) nice and big

el coche tiene un maletero muy hermoso — the car has a nice big boot, the car's boot is nice and big

me sirvió una hermosa porción de queso — she gave me a nice big chunk of cheese

4) (=noble)

un hermoso gesto — a noble gesture

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-sa adjetivo

a) (bello) beautiful, lovely

b) (magnífico) splendid

c) (lozano, corpulento) big and healthy, bonny (BrE)

d) (noble) noble

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= beautiful, comely [comelier -comp., comeliest -sup.], handsome [handsomer -comp., handsomest -sup.], lovely [lovelier - comp., loveliest -sup.].

Ex. The store was gutted and rebuilt, according to his specifications, into a beautiful, modern facility, decorated in vibrant hues and furnished with the latest Herman Miller offerings.

Ex. He went in the tavern wearing an eye patch, crying 'ahoy, matey!' and eying the comely wenches.

Ex. All these novels are about young women meeting handsome men, at first disliking them and then discovering that they love them, with the inescapable 'happy ending' which means matrimony in these cases.

Ex. The article 'Lovely idea, but unlovely pricing' criticizes the pricing level of a new service aimed at research scientists in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnology companies.

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-sa adjetivo

a) (bello) beautiful, lovely

b) (magnífico) splendid

c) (lozano, corpulento) big and healthy, bonny (BrE)

d) (noble) noble

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= beautiful, comely [comelier -comp., comeliest -sup.], handsome [handsomer -comp., handsomest -sup.], lovely [lovelier - comp., loveliest -sup.].

Ex: The store was gutted and rebuilt, according to his specifications, into a beautiful, modern facility, decorated in vibrant hues and furnished with the latest Herman Miller offerings.

Ex: He went in the tavern wearing an eye patch, crying 'ahoy, matey!' and eying the comely wenches.

Ex: All these novels are about young women meeting handsome men, at first disliking them and then discovering that they love them, with the inescapable 'happy ending' which means matrimony in these cases.

Ex: The article 'Lovely idea, but unlovely pricing' criticizes the pricing level of a new service aimed at research scientists in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnology companies.

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hermoso -sa

adjective

1 (bello) beautiful, lovely

un hermoso poema a beautiful poem

2 (grande, magnífico) splendid

le sirvieron una hermosa porción de pastel they gave her a generous o (colloq) lovely big piece of cake

un hermoso ejemplar de esta especie a fine o splendid example of this species

¡qué manzanas tan hermosas! what lovely apples!

3 (lozano, corpulento) big and healthy, bonny (BrE)

¡qué hermoso está este niño! what a bonny o a big healthy child he is!

su novia es bien hermosota (AmL); his girlfriend is a great big healthy-looking girl (colloq), his girlfriend is a strapping o a big, bonny lass (BrE colloq)

4 (noble) ‹acción/gesto› noble

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hermoso

◊ -sa adjetivo

a) (bello) beautiful, lovely

b) (magnífico) splendid

c) (lozano, corpulento) big and healthy, bonny (BrE)

d) (noble) noble

hermoso,-a adjetivo
1 (bello) beautiful, lovely: la historia tuvo un hermoso final, the story had a happy ending
2 (grande, espléndido) fine: nos comimos un pollo bien hermoso, we ate a huge chicken
'hermoso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bella
- bello
- hermosa
- serrana
- serrano
- precioso
English:
beautiful
- fair
- lovely
- view
- luxuriant
- shapely

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hermoso, -a adj

1. [bello] [paisaje, paseo, mujer] beautiful, lovely;

[hombre] handsome;

¡qué atardecer más hermoso! what a beautiful o lovely sunset!

2. [grande]

la casa tiene un salón muy hermoso the house has a nice big living-room;

cazaron un hermoso ejemplar they caught a really big one;

¡qué melones más hermosos! what lovely big melons!

3. [noble] kind;

fue un gesto muy hermoso it was a very kind gesture

4. Fam [sano, fuerte] strapping;

[gordo, grande] plump;

el bebé está muy hermoso he's a real bouncing baby;

con lo que come no me extraña que esté tan hermoso it doesn't surprise me that he's so plump, considering how much he eats

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hermoso

adj beautiful

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hermoso, -sa adj

bello: beautiful, lovely

♦ hermosamente adv

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hermoso adj beautiful