impresionante

adj.

1 amazing, astonishing (asombroso, extraordinario).

2 impressive, awful, affecting, awe-inspiring.

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impresionante

► adjetivo

1 (admirable) impressive

■ una actuación impresionante an impressive performance

2 (impactante) powerful; (inquietante) disturbing

■ un impresionante documental sobre los crímenes de guerra a powerful documentary on war crimes

3 (sorprendente) astonishing, amazing

■ me ocurrió algo realmente impresionante something really astonishing happened to me

4 familiar (gen) incredible; (negativamente) terrible; (enorme) tremendous

■ había unas olas impresionantes there were some tremendous waves

■ hace un calor impresionante it's terribly hot

■ tiene una fuerza impresionante he's incredibly strong

■ la vista desde arriba era impresionante the view from the top was breathtaking

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adj.

impressive

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ADJ

1) (=maravilloso) [edificio, acto] impressive; [espectáculo] striking

2) (=conmovedor) moving, affecting

3) (=espantoso) shocking

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adjetivo <éxito/cantidad/paisaje> amazing, incredible; <accidente> horrific

la caída del dólar fue impresionante — the dollar suffered a dramatic fall

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= dazzling, formidable, impressive, striking, awe-inspiring, awe-inspiring, imposing, breathtaking, bedazzling, astonishing, spectacular, awesome, towering.

Ex. It was a grand day, one of those dazzling spectacular blue and gold days of early fall.

Ex. 'It's up to you to see that things are done,' she defended herself, somewhat nervous and abashed by his formidable stare.

Ex. Given such an impressive array of advantages it may seem surprising that conventional subject indexes to the literature continue to be produced.

Ex. A very striking example of this is the fact that in all our rules there is the provision that anonymous publications should be entered under the author when known.

Ex. Some of the books recently published in the field of automotive engineering can perhaps best be described as awe-inspiring.

Ex. Some of the books recently published in the field of automotive engineering can perhaps best be described as awe-inspiring.

Ex. Today's imposing array of courses is seen as a worthy monument to the efforts of those who have given so much to education for librarianship.

Ex. This breathtaking building is 213 meters long and has over 300 windows.

Ex. He is a skillful raconteur, his writing is wonderfully entertaining and his message is controversial, bedazzling, savvy, disquieting... yet optimistic.

Ex. It asserts that the answer to the problems relating to the astonishing growth of great research libraries lies in large-scale interlibrary cooperation.

Ex. There were some quite spectacular success stories reported of SLIS exporting their IT talents to the rest of the institution.

Ex. In the sometimes frenetic push towards the somewhat awesome concept of Universal Bibliographic Control (UBC), the library needs of the nonscholar are easily overlooked.

Ex. We will stop along the way to visit towering forests, waterfalls and scenic lakes.

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* de un modo impresionante = impressively.

* paisaje impresionante = breathtaking scenery.

* vista impresionante = breathtaking view.

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adjetivo <éxito/cantidad/paisaje> amazing, incredible; <accidente> horrific

la caída del dólar fue impresionante — the dollar suffered a dramatic fall

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= dazzling, formidable, impressive, striking, awe-inspiring, awe-inspiring, imposing, breathtaking, bedazzling, astonishing, spectacular, awesome, towering.

Ex: It was a grand day, one of those dazzling spectacular blue and gold days of early fall.

Ex: 'It's up to you to see that things are done,' she defended herself, somewhat nervous and abashed by his formidable stare.

Ex: Given such an impressive array of advantages it may seem surprising that conventional subject indexes to the literature continue to be produced.

Ex: A very striking example of this is the fact that in all our rules there is the provision that anonymous publications should be entered under the author when known.

Ex: Some of the books recently published in the field of automotive engineering can perhaps best be described as awe-inspiring.

Ex: Some of the books recently published in the field of automotive engineering can perhaps best be described as awe-inspiring.

Ex: Today's imposing array of courses is seen as a worthy monument to the efforts of those who have given so much to education for librarianship.

Ex: This breathtaking building is 213 meters long and has over 300 windows.

Ex: He is a skillful raconteur, his writing is wonderfully entertaining and his message is controversial, bedazzling, savvy, disquieting... yet optimistic.

Ex: It asserts that the answer to the problems relating to the astonishing growth of great research libraries lies in large-scale interlibrary cooperation.

Ex: There were some quite spectacular success stories reported of SLIS exporting their IT talents to the rest of the institution.

Ex: In the sometimes frenetic push towards the somewhat awesome concept of Universal Bibliographic Control (UBC), the library needs of the nonscholar are easily overlooked.

Ex: We will stop along the way to visit towering forests, waterfalls and scenic lakes.

* de un modo impresionante = impressively.

* paisaje impresionante = breathtaking scenery.

* vista impresionante = breathtaking view.

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impresionante

adjective

‹éxito› amazing, incredible; ‹accidente› horrific

había una vista impresionante desde el hotel there was a spectacular o an amazing view from the hotel

había una cantidad impresionante de gente there was an amazing o incredible number of people there

la caída del dólar fue impresionante the dollar's fall was dramatic

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impresionante adjetivo ‹éxito/cantidad/paisaje› amazing, incredible;
‹accidente› horrific
impresionante adjetivo
1 (admirable) impressive, striking: contemplamos un paisaje impresionante, we contemplated the astonishing landscape
(sobrecogedor) shocking: sufrió un impresionante accidente, she had a horrific accident
2 (intensificador) fue una metedura de pata impresionante, it was a terrible blunder
tengo unas ganas impresionantes de verte, I can hardly wait to see you
'impresionante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ciega
- ciego
- conquistar
- espectáculo
- formidable
- imponente
- cantidad
English:
awe-inspiring
- awesome
- breathtaking
- effective
- imposing
- impressive
- impressively
- mighty
- spectacular
- stunning
- towering
- awe
- breath
- cool

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impresionante adj

1. [asombroso, extraordinario] amazing, astonishing;

tuvo un éxito impresionante it was amazingly successful

2. [conmovedor] moving;

era impresionante verlos sufrir it was terrible to watch them suffer

3. [maravilloso] impressive;

una puesta de sol impresionante an impressive o spectacular sunset

4. [grande] enormous;

hace un frío impresionante it's absolutely freezing

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impresionante

adj impressive

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impresionante adj

: impressive, incredible, amazing

♦ impresionantemente adv

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impresionante adj

1. (admirable) impressive

una impresionante obra de ingeniería an impressive work of engineering

2. (sorprendente) amazing / incredible

un gol impresionante an amazing goal

3. (muy grande) terrible

la impresionante crisis económica the terrible recession

tengo un frío impresionante I'm freezing