sorprendido

adj.

surprised, amazed, astonished, startled.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: sorprender.

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ADJ surprised

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-da adjetivo surprised

me miró sorprendido — he looked at me in surprise

quedarse sorprendido — to be surprised

yo fui el primer sorprendido — nobody was more surprised than me; ver tb sorprender

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= startled, gobsmacked, astonished.

Ex. What with Consuelo Feng in tears and Bernice Washington very pale, and startled, all was incomprehensible.

Ex. Recent statistics about the volume of junk e-mail are so astounding as to leave any reasonable person gobsmacked.

Ex. 'Behind every successful woman there's an astonished man,' she added.

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* despertarse sorprendido = startle awake.

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-da adjetivo surprised

me miró sorprendido — he looked at me in surprise

quedarse sorprendido — to be surprised

yo fui el primer sorprendido — nobody was more surprised than me; ver tb sorprender

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= startled, gobsmacked, astonished.

Ex: What with Consuelo Feng in tears and Bernice Washington very pale, and startled, all was incomprehensible.

Ex: Recent statistics about the volume of junk e-mail are so astounding as to leave any reasonable person gobsmacked.

Ex: 'Behind every successful woman there's an astonished man,' she added.

* despertarse sorprendido = startle awake.

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sorprendido -da

adjective

surprised

me miró sorprendido he looked at me in surprise

se quedó muy sorprendido cuando se lo dije he was very surprised when I told him

yo fui el primer sorprendido it was news to me, nobody was more surprised than me

ver tb sorprender

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Del verbo sorprender: (conjugate sorprender)

sorprendido es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
sorprender    
sorprendido
sorprender (conjugate sorprender) verbo intransitivo
to surprise;

◊ me sorprende que no lo sepas I'm surprised you don't know

verbo transitivo (coger desprevenido) to surprise, catch … unawares;
nos sorprendió la lluvia we got caught in the rain
sorprenderse verbo pronominal
to be surprised
sorprendido -da adjetivo
surprised;
me miró sorprendido he looked at me in surprise;
ver tb sorprender
sorprender verbo transitivo
1 (conmover, maravillar) to wonder, marvel: la puesta en escena sorprendió al público, the audience was amazed by the production
2 (extrañar) to surprise: me sorprende que lo sepas, I'm surprised that you know it
3 (coger desprevenido) to catch unawares: la sorprendimos fumando, we caught her smoking
la tormenta nos sorprendió en la montaña, the storm caught us on the mountain
sorprendido,-a adjetivo surprised

'sorprendido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alucinada
- alucinado
- flagrante
- sorprendida
English:
surprised

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sorprendido, -a adj

surprised;

se quedó muy sorprendido cuando se lo conté he was very surprised when I told him;

el primer sorprendido fui yo nobody was more surprised than me

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sorprendido adj surprised