- infierno
- m.hell.su vida con él era un infierno her life with him was hellen el quinto infierno (informal) in the middle of nowhereirse al infierno (informal) to go down the tubes o the pan (British)mandar a alguien al infierno (informal) to tell somebody to go to hell¡vete al infierno! (informal) go to hell!pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: infernar.* * *infierno► nombre masculino1 hell\FRASEOLOGÍAestar en el quinto infierno to be in the back of beyondir al infierno to go to hellmandar a alguien al infierno to tell somebody to get lost¡vete al infieno! go to hell!, get lost!* * *noun m.hell* * *SM1) (Rel) hell
la ciudad era un infierno (de llamas) — the city was a blazing inferno
vivieron un infierno — they went through hell
¡vete al infierno! — * go to hell! *
2) (=lugar) [horrible] hellhole *; [ruidoso] madhouse ** * *masculinoa) hellvete al infierno! — (fam) go to hell! (sl)
estar en el quinto infierno — (fam) (en un lugar - aislado) to be in the back of beyond (colloq); (- lejano) to be miles away
b) (suplicio, sufrimiento)su vida es un infierno — her life is hell
c) (fam) (lugar - ruidoso) madhouse (colloq), bedlam (colloq); (- horrendo) hellhole (colloq)* * *= inferno, underworld, hell.Ex. He maintains that this evocation of the Inferno is apt because, though not a sodomite, Bulstrode can be seen in medieval terms as both a blasphemer and usurer.Ex. These clients seek services not as drug abusers nor as criminals, but as war refugees from an underworld of violence and emotional deprivation.Ex. According to Shakespeare's age, if she had agreed, she would have committed a mortal sin and been in danger of hell.----* fuego del infierno = St. Anthony's fire.* hacer que la vida sea un infierno = make + life hell.* pasar por el infierno = be to hell and back.* ser un infierno = be hell.* un auténtico infierno = a living hell.* * *masculinoa) hellvete al infierno! — (fam) go to hell! (sl)
estar en el quinto infierno — (fam) (en un lugar - aislado) to be in the back of beyond (colloq); (- lejano) to be miles away
b) (suplicio, sufrimiento)su vida es un infierno — her life is hell
c) (fam) (lugar - ruidoso) madhouse (colloq), bedlam (colloq); (- horrendo) hellhole (colloq)* * *= inferno, underworld, hell.Ex: He maintains that this evocation of the Inferno is apt because, though not a sodomite, Bulstrode can be seen in medieval terms as both a blasphemer and usurer.
Ex: These clients seek services not as drug abusers nor as criminals, but as war refugees from an underworld of violence and emotional deprivation.Ex: According to Shakespeare's age, if she had agreed, she would have committed a mortal sin and been in danger of hell.* fuego del infierno = St. Anthony's fire.* hacer que la vida sea un infierno = make + life hell.* pasar por el infierno = be to hell and back.* ser un infierno = be hell.* un auténtico infierno = a living hell.* * *infiernomasculine1 hell¡vete al infierno! (fam); go to hell! (sl)estar en el quinto infierno or en los quintos infiernos (fam) (en un lugar — aislado) to be out in the sticks o (AmE) the Boonies (colloq), to be in the back of beyond (colloq) (— lejano) to be miles away2(suplicio, sufrimiento): un infierno hellsu vida de casada se ha convertido en un infierno her married life has become hell3 (fam) (lugar — ruidoso) madhouse (colloq), bedlam (colloq); (— horrendo) hellhole (colloq)* * *
infierno sustantivo masculinoa) (en general) hell;◊ ¡vete al infierno! (fam) go to hell! (sl);
su vida es un infierno her life is hellb) (fam) (lugar — ruidoso) madhouse (colloq), bedlam (colloq);
(— horrendo) hellhole (colloq)
infierno sustantivo masculino
1 Rel hell
2 (calvario, sufrimiento) hell, inferno: pasó por un auténtico infierno, he went through sheer hell
♦ Locuciones: en el quinto infierno, at the back of beyond
familiar ¡vete al infierno!, go to hell!, get lost!
'infierno' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
antesala
- condenada
- condenado
English:
hell
- hellhole
- inferno
- underworld
- under
* * *infierno nm1. [en religión] hell;CompFam¡al infierno con…!: ¡al infierno con la fiesta! to hell with the party!;CompFamel quinto infierno: vive en el quinto infierno she lives in the back of beyond o in the middle of nowhere;tuvimos que ir hasta el quinto infierno para encontrar una farmacia we had to go miles to find a Br chemist's o US drugstore;CompFamirse al infierno to go down the tubes o Br the pan;Fam¡vete al infierno! go to hell!;CompFammandar a alguien al infierno to tell sb to go to hell2. [lugar de sufrimiento] hell;su vida con él era un infierno her life with him was hell;está habitación es un infierno, hace un calor horrible this room's an oven, it's baking hot* * *infiernom hell;vivir en el quinto infierno fig fam live in the back of beyond fam* * *infierno nm1) : hell2)el quinto infierno : the middle of nowhere* * *infierno n hell
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.