Pesadilla in english
Nightmare
pronunciation: naɪtmer part of speech: noun
pronunciation: naɪtmer part of speech: noun
In gestures
pesadilla = nightmare ; bête noire ; bugbear ; bugaboo.
Example: Catalogue maintenance in a large union catalogue based on cards or slips was a nightmare, and it was very labour-intensive to maintain such catalogues at more than one location.Example: If one spots the bête noir, one signals for immediate replacement or alerts the others to stay out of sight.Example: Babies eating pasties has, for a long time now, been a bugbear of mine.Example: Chemistry and mathematics were like a bugaboo for me but physics always captured my interest.more:
» de pesadilla = nightmarish .
Example: It was the drugs that made me mad: Jane was anorexic, but the treatment prescribed pushed her over the edge for 22 nightmarish years.» pesadilla de + Nombre, la = bane of + Nombre, the ; curse of + Nombre, the .
Example: This process has become a source of frustration and time-consuming, bureaucratic manoeuvering which appears to be the bane of acquisitions librarians everywhere. Example: The curse of professionalism is its tendency to distract the specialist's attention from his basic function by concentrating his thinking on a multiplicity of details.