pesadilla

f.

1 nightmare (also figurative).

2 intensely distressing event, terrible situation.

3 bete noire.

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pesadilla

► nombre femenino

1 nightmare

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noun f.

nightmare

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SF

1) (=mal sueño) nightmare, bad dream

una experiencia de pesadilla — a nightmarish experience

2) (=tormento) nightmare

ha sido la pesadilla de todos — it has been a nightmare for everybody

ese equipo es nuestra pesadilla — that is our bogey team

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femenino

a) (sueño) nightmare, bad dream

b) (situación) nightmare

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= nightmare, bête noire.

Ex. Catalogue maintenance in a large union catalogue based on cards or slips was a nightmare, and it was very labour-intensive to maintain such catalogues at more than one location.

Ex. If one spots the bête noir, one signals for immediate replacement or alerts the others to stay out of sight.

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* de pesadilla = nightmarish.

* la pesadilla de = the bane of.

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femenino

a) (sueño) nightmare, bad dream

b) (situación) nightmare

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= nightmare, bête noire.

Ex: Catalogue maintenance in a large union catalogue based on cards or slips was a nightmare, and it was very labour-intensive to maintain such catalogues at more than one location.

Ex: If one spots the bête noir, one signals for immediate replacement or alerts the others to stay out of sight.

* de pesadilla = nightmarish.

* la pesadilla de = the bane of.

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pesadilla

feminine

1 (sueño) nightmare, bad dream

2 (situación) nightmare

al final su matrimonio era una pesadilla by the end his marriage had become a nightmare

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pesadilla sustantivo femenino

a) (sueño) nightmare, bad dream

b) (situación) nightmare;

◊ de pesadilla ‹viaje/visión› nightmare (before n)

pesadilla sustantivo femenino nightmare, bad dream
'pesadilla' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
horrendo-a
- auténtico
English:
dream
- nightmare

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pesadilla nf

1. [sueño] nightmare

2. [angustia] nightmare

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pesadilla

f nightmare

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pesadilla nf

: nightmare

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pesadilla n nightmare