amargar

v.

1 to spoil, to ruin.

amargar la vida a alguien to make somebody's life hell

2 to make bitter, to poison, to embitter, to vex.

Sus comentarios amargan a Elsa His comments make Elsa bitter.

La cáscara amarga la confitura The peel makes the candy bitter.

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amargar

Conjugation model [LLEGAR], like {{link=llegar}}llegar

► verbo intransitivo

1 (tener sabor amargo) to taste bitter

■ este pan amarga this bread tastes bitter

► verbo transitivo

1 (hacer amargo) to make bitter

2 figurado (disgustos etc) to embitter, make bitter

■ los disgustos le amargaron la existencia misfortunes made his life a misery

3 figurado (estropear) to spoil, ruin

■ la lluvia nos amargó el día the rain put a damper on our day

► verbo pronominal amargarse

1 (volverse amargo) to become bitter

2 figurado to become embittered, become bitter

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a nadie le amarga un dulce a gift is always welcome

amargar la existencia/vida a alguien to make somebody's life a misery

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1.

VT [+ comida] to make bitter, sour; [+ persona] to embitter; [+ ocasión] to spoil

amargar la vida a algn — to make sb's life a misery

a nadie le amarga un dulce — something's better than nothing

2.

VI to be bitter, taste bitter

3.

See:

amargarse

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1.

verbo transitivo <ocasión> to spoil; <persona> to make ... bitter

eso me amargó la tarde — that soured o spoiled my evening

2.

amargarse v pron to become bitter

no te amargues la existencia — (fam) don't get all uptight about it

te estás amargando pensando en eso — you're just upsetting yourself thinking about it

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* amargarse = go + sour, turn + sour, sour.

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1.

verbo transitivo <ocasión> to spoil; <persona> to make ... bitter

eso me amargó la tarde — that soured o spoiled my evening

2.

amargarse v pron to become bitter

no te amargues la existencia — (fam) don't get all uptight about it

te estás amargando pensando en eso — you're just upsetting yourself thinking about it

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* amargarse = go + sour, turn + sour, sour.

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amargar [A3 ]

vt

‹ocasión› to spoil; ‹persona› to make … bitter

eso me amargó la tarde that soured o spoiled my evening

la amarga pensar que lo ha perdido todo it makes her bitter o she feels bitter to think that she's lost everything

■ amargarse

v pron

to become bitter

se ha amargado con los años she's become bitter in her old age

no te amargues la existencia (fam); don't get all uptight about it

te estás amargando pensando en eso todo el tiempo you're just upsetting yourself thinking about that all the time

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amargar (conjugate amargar) verbo transitivo ‹ocasión/día› to spoil;
‹persona› to make … bitter
amargarse verbo pronominal
to become bitter;

◊ no te amargues la existencia (fam) don't get all uptight about it

amargar verbo transitivo
1 to make bitter
2 figurado to embitter, sour

'amargar' also found in these entries:
English:
embitter
- sour

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amargar

♦ vt

1. [alimento] to make bitter

2. [día, vacaciones] to spoil, to ruin;

amargar la vida a alguien to make sb's life a misery;

Comp

a nadie le amarga un dulce everyone enjoys a treat

♦ See also the pronominal verb amargarse

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amargar

v/t

1 día, ocasión spoil

2

:

amargar a alguien make s.o. bitter

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amargar {52} vt

: to make bitter, to embitter

amargar vi

: to taste bitter