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implacable

relentless

adjective eem-plah-KAH-bleh Rare

Also means

implacable

Usage Note

Implacable is gender-invariant and means something — or someone — that cannot be appeased or stopped. The plural is implacables. Unlike despiadado ('merciless'), implacable emphasises inescapability rather than cruelty: the sun can be implacable, a deadline can be implacable. The related verb aplacar means 'to appease' or 'to calm'.

Examples

"El calor de agosto es implacable en el sur."

Natural Translation

The August heat is relentless in the south.

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