Miedo in english
Fear
pronunciation: fɪr part of speech: noun, verb
pronunciation: fɪr part of speech: noun, verb
In gestures
miedo = fear ; horror ; trepidation ; scare ; fright ; funk ; dread ; wussiness.
Example: Many respondents confessed to well-justified fears that if they lose their existing specialists, the 'cut and squeeze' method of reducing establishments would not allow them to replace such staff.Example: In recent years, then, there has been much less scaremongering about the imagined horrors of drowning in a sea of paper.Example: This trepidation is somewhat quieted when students discover the abundance of bibliographical guides that list and describe reference works.Example: These stories are sometimes treated inaccurately, creating health scares and misinformation.Example: The article is entitled 'Children's fright reactions to television news'.Example: Generally speaking, however, what can paralyze some people is fear, creating the potential to fail out of sheer funk.Example: Forecasting techniques should be viewed not with skepticism and dread but with hope and a positive attitude.Example: So, anyway, I now have a new appreciation for this song and for Jackson Browne in particular, despite his wussiness.more:
» afrontar + Posesivo + miedos = face + Posesivo + demons ; confront + Posesivo + demons .
Example: When her attempt at a normal life goes up in smoke, she must come to terms with her half-blood nature and face her demons. Example: The film is about one woman who finds the courage to confront her demons and make peace with her past.» cagarse de miedo = shit + bricks ; shit ; have + kittens ; shit + Reflexivo .
Example: Such kids need to be locked in bathrooms with rabid dogs, those who don't bite but are loud enough to make them shit bricks. Example: The film is scary enough to keep you on your toes but not scary enough to make you shit your pants. Example: The person sitting next to me was obviously a nervous flier and she had kittens when the locker above her flew open mid-flight!. Example: He recalls asking her how she felt about meeting the Prince, and she told him that she was shitting herself because she was so nervous.» coger miedo = scare + Reflexivo .
Example: A child with a vivid imagination can really scare herself with frightening images.» con miedo = fearfully ; afraid ; frightened .
Example: But we are not then acting quite so much out of blindness or inarticulateness; we are selfishly or fearfully or wilfully trying to short-circuit what we know underneath to be more nearly the true state of things. Example: The mother, a little afraid and expecting the worst, was unsettled, despite all her efforts to be open-minded, by her preconceptions not only about the drug but about the rights and wrongs of the position she had put herself into. Example: Astounded and frightened by those shimmering tears, Leforte repeated her questions: 'Bernice... Please... Is anything wrong? Can I help?'.» controlar + Posesivo + miedos = control + Posesivo + demons .
Example: She wishes she could control her demons, instead of having her demons control her, she's lost, alone.» cosas que dan miedo = things that go bump in the night .
Example: The article has the title 'Things that go bump in the night: net newbies are maturing -- and making things scary for the traditionals'.» disipar el miedo = assuage + fear .
Example: But the real challenge to get it started is first to find the measures that can assuage the fear of the first-world nations.» dominar el miedo = conquer + Posesivo + fear(s) ; beat + Posesivo + fear(s) .
Example: A lot of dogs are fearful of going up and down the stairs and, as a responsible and considerate dog owner, you should help your dog conquer his or her fears. Example: A pensioner who had never been on a plane before has finally beaten her fear of flying -- and even got her hands on the cockpit controls.» encogerse de miedo = cower [Intentar pasar desapercibido por temor o por falta de personalidad] ; cringe ; cringe with + fear .
Example: The stereotype of a librarian i a 'fussy old woman of either sex, myopic and repressed, brandishing or perhaps cowering behind a date-stamp and surrounded by an array of notices which forbid virtually every human activity'. Example: That Dennis! When I think of him, I... well ... to put it frankly, cringe. Example: With his eerie green eyes and ferocious and deadly fangs and claws you just cringe with fear every time the big cat comes on the screen.» enfrentar + Posesivo + miedos = confront + Posesivo + demons ; face + Posesivo + demons .
Example: The film is about one woman who finds the courage to confront her demons and make peace with her past. Example: When her attempt at a normal life goes up in smoke, she must come to terms with her half-blood nature and face her demons.» enfrentarse a + Posesivo + miedos = face + Posesivo + demons ; confront + Posesivo + demons .
Example: When her attempt at a normal life goes up in smoke, she must come to terms with her half-blood nature and face her demons. Example: The film is about one woman who finds the courage to confront her demons and make peace with her past.» entrar miedo = become + jittery .
Example: As the 1992 unification of the European Community looms, East European countries are becoming jittery and apprehensive about the implications for them.» esconderse de miedo = cower [Intentar pasar desapercibido por temor o por falta de personalidad] .
Example: The stereotype of a librarian i a 'fussy old woman of either sex, myopic and repressed, brandishing or perhaps cowering behind a date-stamp and surrounded by an array of notices which forbid virtually every human activity'.» estar blanco de miedo = be white with fear .
Example: He was white with fear and shaking like a leaf.» estar muerto de miedo = be scared stiff ; be frightened to death ; be petrified of ; be terrified ; be scared to death .
Example: Students hate numbers; they are scared stiff of numbers. Example: However there are a number of reports out there of people being frightened to death by ghosts. Example: Instead, it has involved coming to terms with being gay and with not being petrified of someone finding out that he is gay. Example: Americas are suckers for being terrified, it is very sad. Example: A Texas woman tearfully told jurors Monday that she was 'scared to death' and held against her will by her employer after being drugged and sexually assaulted.» estar pálido de miedo = be pale with fear .
Example: Her face was pale with fear and her steps were rapid, as if there was some invisible rapist after her.» estar temblando de miedo = be frightened to death ; be scared to death .
Example: However there are a number of reports out there of people being frightened to death by ghosts. Example: A Texas woman tearfully told jurors Monday that she was 'scared to death' and held against her will by her employer after being drugged and sexually assaulted.» expresar miedo = express + fear .
Example: This fear was expressed by publishers and booksellers when the first lending libraries were established and by and large it has proved to be unfounded.» hacer frente a + Posesivo + miedos = confront + Posesivo + demons ; face + Posesivo + demons .
Example: The film is about one woman who finds the courage to confront her demons and make peace with her past. Example: When her attempt at a normal life goes up in smoke, she must come to terms with her half-blood nature and face her demons.» infundir miedo = instil + fear .
Example: Christiane Northrup, an obstetrician with 20 years of clinical and medical teaching experience, discusses how the medical profession has instilled fear of our bodies and of illness.» meter miedo = frighten ; scare ; put + the wind up + Nombre .
Example: What frightens me about OCLC is the fact that I am disturbed by the integrity of their kind of cataloging. Example: 'Punch' satirised the opponents more cruelly: 'Here is an institution doomed to scare the furious devotees of laissez faire'. Example: This will put the wind up her as you could take them to the tribunal for this kind of behaviour and win.» miedo a la muerte = fear of death ; thanatophobia .
Example: The fear of death is a common cause and effect of anxiety, and even those without anxiety often experience this fear in some ways. Example: Necrophobia and thanatophobia are allied maladies, one being the fear of dead bodies and the other the fear of death itself.» miedo a las arañas = fear of spiders .
Example: Humans may be born with a fear of spiders and snakes, healthy phobias that up the odds of survival in the wild.» miedo a las culebras = fear of snakes .
Example: Humans may be born with a fear of spiders and snakes, healthy phobias that up the odds of survival in the wild.» miedo a las serpientes = fear of snakes .
Example: Humans may be born with a fear of spiders and snakes, healthy phobias that up the odds of survival in the wild.» miedo a las tablas = stage fright .
Example: The author discusses the art of storytelling for librarians, focusing on controlling stage fright and selecting stories.» miedo a la tecnología = techno-fear [technofear] .
Example: Issues and barriers to be dealt with include profit motives, teleliteracy and technofear.» miedo al escenario = stage fright .
Example: The author discusses the art of storytelling for librarians, focusing on controlling stage fright and selecting stories.» miedo al fracaso = fear of failure .
Example: These women have many things in common but the one that stood out the most was them overcoming their fear of failure.» miedo a lo desconocido = fear of the unknown .
Example: Another snag was the existence of entrenched divergent cataloguing habits among the multinational staff, not to mention their fear of the unknown = Otro problema era la existencia de hábitos de catalogación divergentes y ya arraigados entre el personal multinacional, por no mencionar su miedo hacia lo desconocido.» miedo al ordenador = computer anxiety .
Example: A staff development programme on computer technology at the University of Missouri provided the opportunity to study computer anxiety and other factors related to resistance to computers.» miedo a volar = fear of flying .
Example: It's not a new phobia, aviophobia, but a fear of flying can take over lives meaning holidays and business trips abroad are out of the question.» miedo continuo = nagging fear .
Example: Less measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence -- a nagging fear that America's decline is inevitable, and that the next generation must lower its sights = Less measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence -- a nagging fear that America's decline is inevitable, and that the next generation must lower its sights.» miedo de las arañas = fear of spiders .
Example: Humans may be born with a fear of spiders and snakes, healthy phobias that up the odds of survival in the wild.» miedo de los muertos = necrophobia ; fear of dead bodies ; fear of the dead .
Example: Necrophobia and thanatophobia are allied maladies, one being the fear of dead bodies and the other the fear of death itself. Example: Necrophobia and thanatophobia are allied maladies, one being the fear of dead bodies and the other the fear of death itself. Example: Necrophobia, or the fear of the dead, is a concept that has been present in Greek culture since the Neolithic period.» miedo escénico = stage fright .
Example: The author discusses the art of storytelling for librarians, focusing on controlling stage fright and selecting stories.» miedo hacia lo desconocido = fear of the unknown .
Example: Another snag was the existence of entrenched divergent cataloguing habits among the multinational staff, not to mention their fear of the unknown = Otro problema era la existencia de hábitos de catalogación divergentes y ya arraigados entre el personal multinacional, por no mencionar su miedo hacia lo desconocido.» miedo mortal = mortal fear .
Example: As I have a mortal fear of dentists this would have put me in a cold sweat.» miedo nuclear = nuclear fear .
Example: In a world divided by ideology, by trade barriers, by military threats and nuclear fears, we librarians are not powerless.» morirse de miedo = scare + Nombre + to death .
Example: Things get a little harder when Dean himself gets infected by the heebie-jeebies and starts to scare himself to death -- literally.» mostrar miedo = show + fear .
Example: Critics of the digital world show fear of depersonalization, inauthenticty, subjugation to the mechanical and the substitution of quantity over quality.» no hacer Algo por miedo = wimp out (on) ; wimp ; chicken out (on/of) ; funk ; lose + Posesivo + bottle .
Example: The main reason he wimped out was that he had a cheap bike that didn't gear properly, and made it extremely hard to bike efficiently. Example: He regards David Jull's unwillingness to take up such a proposal as an early indication that John Howard and his colleagues are wimping. Example: So basically they are chickening out of the debate. Example: Although he did not admit it, I could see that he funked going out there alone. Example: She is alleged to have said she intended to leave home but at the last minute 'lost her bottle' .» no tener sentido del miedo = have + no sense of fear .
Example: I have walked in civilized cultures where women have no sense of fear, where they can walk alone at night knowing their gender does not make them a target.» palidecer de miedo = turn + pale with fear .
Example: His teeth chattered, and he turned pale with fear.» pasárselo de miedo = have + a whale of a time ; have + a great time ; have + the time of + Posesivo + life ; have + a ball ; live it up ; have + a field day ; have + a blast .
Example: She was having a whale of a time, spoilt rotten by her friends, and so enamoured of the beach that she wanted to stay there for ever. Example: The author describes a three-day outing to Wales in which he hiked, camped, participated in rock climbing and abseiling, and had a great time. Example: We had her out with 2 other dogs and she had the time of her life playing. Example: We had a ball at the weekend event, especially while hanging out with friends such as Willis. Example: She's traveled the world, from helping orphans in Hawaii to living it up in Nepal. Example: We had a field day buying all sorts of nice things for her and came out with some very heavy bags. Example: We are having a blast here but like all good things it must come to an end.» ponerse blanco de miedo = turn + white with fear .
Example: Paul turned white with fear and hid his head beneath the bed sheets.» ponerse pálido de miedo = turn + pale with fear .
Example: His teeth chattered, and he turned pale with fear.» por miedo = out of fear .
Example: She had a coterie of friends in Hollywood and New York who were always bowing and scraping to her for decades out of fear.» por miedo a = for fear of/that .
Example: It is therefore often hard to escape the grip of the official phraseology for fear that, in doing so, the meaning of the material will be altered or lost.» por miedo de = for fear of/that .
Example: It is therefore often hard to escape the grip of the official phraseology for fear that, in doing so, the meaning of the material will be altered or lost.» que da miedo = scary [scarier -comp., scariest -sup.] .
Example: The very term 'outsourcing' is seen by many cataloguing departments as a scary word.» retirarse por miedo = wimp out (on) ; wimp ; chicken out (on/of) ; funk ; lose + Posesivo + bottle .
Example: The main reason he wimped out was that he had a cheap bike that didn't gear properly, and made it extremely hard to bike efficiently. Example: He regards David Jull's unwillingness to take up such a proposal as an early indication that John Howard and his colleagues are wimping. Example: So basically they are chickening out of the debate. Example: Although he did not admit it, I could see that he funked going out there alone. Example: She is alleged to have said she intended to leave home but at the last minute 'lost her bottle' .» sembrar el miedo = spread + fear .
Example: The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.» sentir miedo = be in fear ; feel + frightened .
Example: Balzac not only presented the appearance, but reinforced it with the appropriate manner, of the severe 'pater familias' of whom most of the staff was in awe and in fear. Example: We even react as though it were all happening to us by feeling sad or happy, frightened or angry, amused or scandalized, and so on.» sentirse con miedo = feel + frightened .
Example: We even react as though it were all happening to us by feeling sad or happy, frightened or angry, amused or scandalized, and so on.» sin miedo = with confidence ; fearlessly ; unafraid .
Example: The advice is to chill out most artefacts with confidence, although coating on wood may crackle a little bit by -50 degrees centigrade. Example: Knowing that he was up against a large enemy force, he fearlessly rode to the head of his troops to calm them before sending them into battle. Example: Freedom is to stand alone, unattached and unafraid, free in the understanding of desire which breeds illusion.» superar el miedo = overcome + Posesivo + fear ; conquer + Posesivo + fear(s) ; beat + Posesivo + fear(s) .
Example: These women have many things in common but the one that stood out the most was them overcoming their fear of failure. Example: A lot of dogs are fearful of going up and down the stairs and, as a responsible and considerate dog owner, you should help your dog conquer his or her fears. Example: A pensioner who had never been on a plane before has finally beaten her fear of flying -- and even got her hands on the cockpit controls.» temblar de miedo = shake in + Posesivo + boots ; quake in + Posesivo + boots ; quake with + fear ; quake with + fright ; tremble in + Posesivo + boots ; shake with + fear ; shake with + fright ; tremble with + fright ; tremble with + fear .
Example: Small potatoes now, but back then, the shy girl in me was shaking in her boots, so much so that you could actually see the microphone shaking. Example: In all likelihood she is quaking in her boots, terrified that you will think she's too stupid or inexperienced to be worth your time. Example: She has made people quake with fear and roar with laughter since 1986, when her first horror novel hit bookstores. Example: She sprang to the door, flung it open, and disappeared, leaving the husband and wife dumfounded and quaking with fright. Example: Her knees knocked and her feet trembled in her boots, but she looked him straight in the eye. Example: I can still remember sitting in the dentist chair shaking with fear. Example: Rebran felt his soul shaking with fright when he looked into those cold azure eyes. Example: His legs were beginning to tremble with fright and felt as though they were not going to support him much longer. Example: What is it about bats that make us tremble with fear?.» tener miedo = be afraid ; be in fear ; frighten .
Example: I am afraid I shall disappoint again, for this book is not a polemical document, nor is it even a personal view of community information. Example: Balzac not only presented the appearance, but reinforced it with the appropriate manner, of the severe 'pater familias' of whom most of the staff was in awe and in fear. Example: What frightens me about OCLC is the fact that I am disturbed by the integrity of their kind of cataloging.» tener miedo a = be scared of ; be fearful of .
Example: I'm not scared of the computer, nor do I believe AACR has done any injustice to traditional cataloging practice. Example: A lot of dogs are fearful of going up and down the stairs and, as a responsible and considerate dog owner, you should help your dog conquer his or her fears.» tener miedo a Alguien = regard + Nombre + with fear .
Example: The Persian and the Siamese regarded him with fear.» tener miedo hasta de su (propia) sombra = be afraid of + Posesivo + own shadow .
Example: Fear of change, fear of moving, fear of leaving a bad marriage -- this woman's probably afraid of her own shadow = Miedo al cambio, miedo a mudarse, miedo a dejar un mal matrimonio; esta mujer tiene probablemente miedo hasta de su propia sombra.» vencer el miedo = face + Posesivo + fears ; conquer + Posesivo + fear(s) ; overcome + Posesivo + fear ; beat + Posesivo + fear(s) .
Example: By gathering up courage to face their fears, international contractors operating in China may begin to detect new possibilities of doing business there. Example: A lot of dogs are fearful of going up and down the stairs and, as a responsible and considerate dog owner, you should help your dog conquer his or her fears. Example: These women have many things in common but the one that stood out the most was them overcoming their fear of failure. Example: A pensioner who had never been on a plane before has finally beaten her fear of flying -- and even got her hands on the cockpit controls.» vivir con miedo = live in + fear (of) ; be afraid of + Posesivo + own shadow .
Example: Our area has been like a war-zone for the last six weeks and our pensioners live in fear of the children they fought to defend. Example: Fear of change, fear of moving, fear of leaving a bad marriage -- this woman's probably afraid of her own shadow = Miedo al cambio, miedo a mudarse, miedo a dejar un mal matrimonio; esta mujer tiene probablemente miedo hasta de su propia sombra.