- siniestro
- adj.1 sinister, ominous.2 left-hand, left.3 sinister, evil.m.1 damage, loss.2 accident.* * *siniestro► adjetivo1 literal (izquierdo) left, left-hand2 (malo) sinister, ominous3 (funesto) fateful, disastrous► nombre masculino siniestro1 disaster, catastrophe (accidente) accident; (incendio) fire\FRASEOLOGÍAsiniestro total (coche) write-off————————siniestro► nombre masculino1 disaster, catastrophe (accidente) accident; (incendio) fire* * *(f. - siniestra)adj.1) sinister2) left* * *1. ADJ1) (=malintencionado) [intenciones, personaje] sinister; [mirada] evil2) (=desgraciado) [día, viaje] fateful; [coincidencia] unfortunate3) liter (=izquierdo) left2.SM (=desastre natural) disaster; (=accidente) accident
siniestro marítimo — disaster at sea
siniestro nuclear — nuclear disaster
siniestro total — total write-off
fue declarado siniestro total — it was declared a total write-off
* * *I-tra adjetivo1) (liter) <mano/lado> left (before n)2) <mirada/aspecto> sinister; <intenciones> sinister, evilIImasculino (frml) (accidente) accident; (causado por una fuerza natural) disaster, catastropheel coche fue declarado siniestro total — the car was declared a total wreck (AmE) o (BrE) a write-off
* * *I-tra adjetivo1) (liter) <mano/lado> left (before n)2) <mirada/aspecto> sinister; <intenciones> sinister, evilIImasculino (frml) (accidente) accident; (causado por una fuerza natural) disaster, catastropheel coche fue declarado siniestro total — the car was declared a total wreck (AmE) o (BrE) a write-off
* * *siniestro11 = disaster.Ex: This situation requires a very skilled information worker if total disaster is to be avoided.
* plan de recuperación tras un siniestro = disaster recovery, disaster recovery plan.* planificación contra siniestros = disaster planning, disaster preparedness plan, disaster preparedness planning.* planificación de recuperación tras siniestros = disaster recovery planning.* preparación contra siniestros = disaster preparedness.* simulacro de siniestro = disaster exercise drill.* siniestro total = write-off [writeoff].* tener un siniestro = suffer + disaster.siniestro22 = ominous, sinister, dark [darker -comp., darkest -sup.], spooky [spookier -comp., spookiest -sup.], spine-tingling, portentous.Ex: At first blush, nothing seemed particularly ominous about the formation of the ad hoc committee.
Ex: The selectman received this explanation in silence, but he fastened on the librarian a glance full of sinister meaning.Ex: The novel is disturbingly dark, violent, and filled with iconoclasm, despair, and paranoia = La novela es inquietantmente siniestra y violenta y está llena de iconoclasía, desesperación y paranoia.Ex: Records are even being sold with terrifying sounds designed to create a 'spooky' atmosphere at home.Ex: This is a spine-tingling collection of real haunted houses and spooky ghost stories.Ex: Before me stretched the portentous menacing road of a new decade.* de un modo siniestro = spookily.siniestro3* a diestro y siniestro = like there's no tomorrow.* repartir a diestro y siniestro = dish out.* * *siniestro1 -traadjectiveA (liter); ‹mano/lado› left (before n)B1 ‹mirada/aspecto› sinister; ‹intenciones› sinister, evil2 ‹día/encuentro› fatefulsiniestro2masculine(frml)(accidente) accident; (causado por una fuerza natural) disaster, catastropheacudió al lugar del siniestro she visited the scene of the accident ( o the disaster area etc)el coche fue declarado siniestro total the car was declared a total wreck (AmE) o (BrE) a write-off* * *
siniestro 1◊ -tra adjetivo ‹mirada/aspecto› sinister;
‹intenciones› sinister, evil
siniestro 2 sustantivo masculino (frml) (accidente) accident;
(causado por una fuerza natural) disaster, catastrophe
siniestro,-a
I adjetivo
1 (de aspecto malvado) sinister, evil
un juego siniestro, a wicked game
2 frml (del lado izquierdo) left
II m (accidente) disaster, catastrophe
'siniestro' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
diestra
- diestro
- siniestra
English:
dark
- ominous
- sinister
- splash about
- write off
- write-off
- area
- disaster
- write
* * *siniestro, -a♦ adj1. [malo] sinister2. [desgraciado] disastrous3. [izquierdo] left♦ nm1. [daño, catástrofe] disaster;[accidente de coche] accident; [incendio] fire; [atentado] terrorist attack2. [en seguros] lossCompsiniestro total total loss;mi taxi fue declarado siniestro total my cab was declared a total wreck o Br a write-off* * *siniestroI adj sinisterII m accident; (catástrofe) disaster* * *siniestro, -tra adj1) izquierdo: left, left-hand2) malvado: sinister, evilsiniestro nm: accident, disaster
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.