- repentino
- adj.sudden, quick, unexpected, abrupt.* * *repentino► adjetivo1 sudden* * *(f. - repentina)adj.sudden* * *ADJ1) (=súbito) sudden; (=imprevisto) unexpected; [curva, vuelta] sharp2)
tener repentina compasión — frm to be quick to pity
* * *-na adjetivo sudden* * *= abrupt, sudden, midstream.Ex. There were abrupt fluctuations in his output from one week to the next.Ex. This situation has been severely aggravated by the sudden withdrawal of nearly a decade of federal largesse toward education and education-related activities.Ex. For my first example, let me take the problem of midstream changes in series, using as the guinea pig the series 'Advances in Experimental Social Psychology'.----* aumento repentino = upsurge.* crecimiento repentino = growth spurt.* éxito repentino = overnight success.* fuego repentino = flash fire.* * *-na adjetivo sudden* * *= abrupt, sudden, midstream.Ex: There were abrupt fluctuations in his output from one week to the next.
Ex: This situation has been severely aggravated by the sudden withdrawal of nearly a decade of federal largesse toward education and education-related activities.Ex: For my first example, let me take the problem of midstream changes in series, using as the guinea pig the series 'Advances in Experimental Social Psychology'.* aumento repentino = upsurge.* crecimiento repentino = growth spurt.* éxito repentino = overnight success.* fuego repentino = flash fire.* * *repentino -naadjectivesuddenfue una muerte repentina she died very suddenly, it was a sudden death* * *
repentino◊ -na adjetivo
sudden
repentino,-a adjetivo sudden
'repentino' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bajón
- flechazo
- fulminante
- repentina
- súbito
English:
abrupt
- appendicitis
- overnight
- snap
- sudden
- suddenness
- surge
- sharp
* * *repentino, -a adjsudden;su muerte repentina sorprendió a todos her sudden death surprised everybody* * *repentinoadj sudden* * *repentino, -na adj: sudden♦ repentinamente adv* * *repentino adj sudden
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.