afear

v.

1 to make ugly, to scar.

afear a alguien su conducta to condemn somebody's behavior (criticar)

Su actitud afea sus facciones Her attitude makes her features ugly.

2 to reproach.

El profesor afea al copiador The teacher reproaches the copycat.

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afear

► verbo transitivo

1 to make ugly, disfigure

2 figurado (vituperar) to reproach

■ mi padre me afeaba la conducta my father reproached me for my behaviour

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VT

1) (=hacer feo) to make ugly, disfigure

los errores que afean el texto — the mistakes which disfigure the text

2) (=censurar) to condemn, censure

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) <persona> to make ... look ugly; <paisaje> to spoil

b) <conducta> to criticize

2.

afearse v pron to lose one's looks

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= disfigure, deface.

Ex. Whichever he chooses he will still have to sift out and categorize the numerous errors that disfigure all the early texts of the play.

Ex. Do not write or scribble in books or otherwise deface them.

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) <persona> to make ... look ugly; <paisaje> to spoil

b) <conducta> to criticize

2.

afearse v pron to lose one's looks

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= disfigure, deface.

Ex: Whichever he chooses he will still have to sift out and categorize the numerous errors that disfigure all the early texts of the play.

Ex: Do not write or scribble in books or otherwise deface them.

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afear [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹persona› to make … look ugly; ‹paisaje› to spoil

esos grandes hoteles que afean la costa those big hotels which spoil the coastline

los anteojos no lo afean glasses don't look bad on him

2 ‹conducta› to criticize

■ afearse

v pron

to lose one's looks

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afear (conjugate afear) verbo transitivo

a) ‹persona› to make … look ugly;

‹paisaje› to spoil

b) ‹conducta› to criticize

afearse verbo pronominal
to lose one's looks
afear verbo transitivo to make sb look awful: ese grano en la nariz le afea mucho, that spot on her nose makes her look awful
'afear' also found in these entries:
English:
disfigure

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afear

♦ vt

1. [volver feo] to make ugly;

ese peinado la afea that hairstyle doesn't do her any favours;

las líneas de alta tensión afean el paisaje power lines spoil the landscape

2. [criticar]

afear a alguien su conducta to condemn sb's behaviour

♦ See also the pronominal verb afearse

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afear

v/t

:

afear algo/a alguien make sth/s.o. look ugly

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afear vt

: to make ugly, to disfigure