- perdición
- f.1 doom, ruin, downfall, total ruin.2 perdition, going astray.* * *perdición► nombre femenino1 (moral) undoing, ruin■ estas amistades lo van a llevar a la perdición those friends will be the ruin of him2 (daño) harm, ruin■ el tabaco es mi perdición smoking will be the end of me* * *SF (Rel) perdition; (fig) undoing, ruin
fue su perdición — it was his undoing
será mi perdición — it will be the ruin of me
* * *femenino ruinel alcohol será su perdición — drink will be his ruin o downfall o undoing
el chocolate es mi perdición — I just can't resist chocolate
* * *= downfall, undoing, perdition, labefaction.Ex. What this time will be the cause of his slapstick downfall?.Ex. At the dinner party, eating nearly proved the undoing of Peter, who ran the danger of becoming a pie himself.Ex. Shakespeare thereby indicates that blind idealism, like blind cynicism, may lead the soul to perdition.Ex. The natural result of this labefaction is the Delaware neonate killing by a freshman couple.----* ser la salvación o la perdición de Algo = make or break.* * *femenino ruinel alcohol será su perdición — drink will be his ruin o downfall o undoing
el chocolate es mi perdición — I just can't resist chocolate
* * *= downfall, undoing, perdition, labefaction.Ex: What this time will be the cause of his slapstick downfall?.
Ex: At the dinner party, eating nearly proved the undoing of Peter, who ran the danger of becoming a pie himself.Ex: Shakespeare thereby indicates that blind idealism, like blind cynicism, may lead the soul to perdition.Ex: The natural result of this labefaction is the Delaware neonate killing by a freshman couple.* ser la salvación o la perdición de Algo = make or break.* * *perdiciónfeminineruinel alcohol será su perdición drink will be his ruin o downfall o undoingel chocolate es mi perdición I just can't resist chocolate* * *
perdición sustantivo femenino
ruin
'perdición' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
antro
- ruina
English:
astray
- doom
- downfall
- lust
- ruin
- destruction
- down
* * *perdición nfruin, undoing;esos amigos van a ser tu perdición those friends will be the ruin of you* * *perdiciónf downfall* * *perdición nf, pl -ciones : perdition, damnation
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.