aguerrido

adj.

1 fierce, hardened.

2 inured to war, veteran.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: aguerrir.

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aguerrido

► participio pasado

1→ {{link=aguerrir}}aguerrir

► adjetivo

1 hardened

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ADJ hardened, veteran

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-da adjetivo <soldado> (valiente) brave, valiant; (experimentado) battle-hardened

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= tough [tougher -comp., toughest -sup.], gallant, hardened, battle-hardened.

Ex. As educators, then, we need to ask ourselves some very tough questions -- some to which we would rather not hear the answers.

Ex. This was an untenable state of affairs and he made a gallant effort to secure librarians and library boards from the possibility of such suits.

Ex. There is a shift from considering children as innocent victims to viewing them as hardened criminals on a par with adults who commit similar acts.

Ex. The Ethiopian soldiers fighting in Somalia are part of a much larger military force that is battle-hardened by major cross-border wars.

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-da adjetivo <soldado> (valiente) brave, valiant; (experimentado) battle-hardened

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= tough [tougher -comp., toughest -sup.], gallant, hardened, battle-hardened.

Ex: As educators, then, we need to ask ourselves some very tough questions -- some to which we would rather not hear the answers.

Ex: This was an untenable state of affairs and he made a gallant effort to secure librarians and library boards from the possibility of such suits.

Ex: There is a shift from considering children as innocent victims to viewing them as hardened criminals on a par with adults who commit similar acts.

Ex: The Ethiopian soldiers fighting in Somalia are part of a much larger military force that is battle-hardened by major cross-border wars.

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aguerrido -da

adjective

(lit)

A (valiente) valiant

logró vencer a su aguerrido oponente he succeeded in overcoming his valiant adversary

suspiraba por su apuesto y aguerrido príncipe she longed for her handsome and valorous prince

B ‹soldados/ejército› hardened, battle-hardened

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Del verbo aguerrir: (conjugate aguerrir)

aguerrido es:

el participio

aguerrido,-a adjetivo hardened, veteran
'aguerrido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aguerrida
English:
gallant

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aguerrido, -a adj

[experimentado] veteran;

soldados/tropas aguerridas battle-hardened soldiers/troops

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aguerrido

adj brave, valiant