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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