Feo in english
Ugly
pronunciation: ʌgli part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: ʌgli part of speech: adjective
In gestures
feo = ugly ; unsightly ; nasty ; unlovely ; minging ; nasty looking ; shanky .
Example: This is not to say that the library should be cluttered with ugly signs; all notices should be carefully contrived and aesthetically pleasing.Example: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.Example: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.Example: The article 'Lovely idea, but unlovely pricing' criticizes the pricing level of a new service aimed at research scientists in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnology companies.Example: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.Example: It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.Example: It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.more:
» feo con avaricia = as ugly as sin .
Example: Not only was his wife as ugly as sin, and twice as evil, but had a voracious appetite for spending cash as though it was going out of fashion.» grotescamente feo = grotesquely ugly .
Example: In all three novels, a love-stricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.» las cosas + ponerse feas = things + get rough .
Example: Because the fact is that even earlier in life Aremis Slake had often escaped into the subway when things got rough above ground.» más feo que Picio = as ugly as sin .
Example: Not only was his wife as ugly as sin, and twice as evil, but had a voracious appetite for spending cash as though it was going out of fashion.» patito feo = ugly duckling .
Example: In many a society a girl without a prominent bustline is treated as an ugly duckling, freakish or even asexual.» Patito Feo, el = Ugly Duckling, the .
Example: The article 'The Ugly Duckling: experimental design for decision making' argues that one basic tool for evaluating the effects of change in libraries is the experimental comparison.» ponerse feo = turn + ugly .
Example: How do I deal with my spouse now that my divorce has turned ugly?.» tocar bailar con la más fea = get + the shit(tty) end of the stick ; get + the short end of the stick ; get + a raw deal ; get + a hard bargain .
Example: No matter how you look at it you are getting the shit end of the stick. Example: Statistics show that women usually get the short end of the stick when their marriages break up. Example: Boys are getting a raw deal because the education system dramatically favours girls, a leading academic has warned. Example: So, anyway, we ended up paying $6,300 for the new piano and got a hard bargain for the old one.» vieja fea = old hag ; old bag ; old crone ; old bat .
Example: On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them. Example: Feminists prior to her were the old bags, the women that were so ugly you couldn't stand to look at them. Example: About this time several of the old crones of the tribe offered their ribald advice on how the new couple should conduct themselves off in the forest together. Example: The other day some crazy old bat stole both my house keys and car keys.