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terrible

terrible

adjective teh-RREE-bleh Less Common

Also means

dreadful

Usage Note

Terrible is invariable for gender (same form for masculine and feminine: un accidente terrible / una tormenta terrible) because it ends in -e. It intensifies naturally with absolutamente or verdaderamente. Colloquially terror shares the root; the adverb terriblemente is also common.

Examples

"Fue un accidente terrible."

Natural Translation

It was a terrible accident.

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