- suplicio
- m.torture (also figurative).es un suplicio it's torture¡qué suplicio! what a life!* * *suplicio► nombre masculino1 (castigo) torture2 (dolor) pain3 figurado torment* * *SM1) (=tortura) torture; ( Hist) (=ejecución) punishment, execution2) (=tormento) torment, torture
suplicio de Tántalo — ordeals of Tantalus
es un suplicio tener que escucharle — it's torture having to listen to him
* * *masculinoa) (tortura) torturees un verdadero suplicio — (fam) it's absolute torture o a real nightmare (colloq)
b) (castigo) punishment* * *= torture.Ex. It collects information about torture and spreads it to organisations and individuals, mainly health service personnel and researchers.----* sufrir un suplicio = agonise over [agonize, -USA].* * *masculinoa) (tortura) torturees un verdadero suplicio — (fam) it's absolute torture o a real nightmare (colloq)
b) (castigo) punishment* * *= torture.Ex: It collects information about torture and spreads it to organisations and individuals, mainly health service personnel and researchers.
* sufrir un suplicio = agonise over [agonize, -USA].* * *supliciomasculine1 (tortura) torturees un verdadero suplicio (fam); it's absolute torture o a real nightmare (colloq)la espera fue un suplicio the wait was real torture o a terrible ordeal2 (castigo) punishment3 (ejecución) execution* * *
suplicio sustantivo masculinoa) (tortura) tortureb) (castigo) punishment
suplicio sustantivo masculino
1 (tortura) torture
2 fam fig (muy molesto, fastidioso) torment, ordeal
'suplicio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
calvario
English:
torment
* * *suplicio nm1. [tortura] torture2. Fam [molestia] torture;es un suplicio it's torture;¡qué suplicio! what a nightmare o pain!;estos niños son un auténtico suplicio these children are a real pain in the neck* * *supliciom figtorment, ordeal* * *suplicio nmtormento: ordeal, torture
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.