Significado de awful en inglés
awfulawful1 /ˈɔːfəl $ ˈɒː-/ adjective 
Ver todas las traducciones1very bad or unpleasantmuy malo o desagradable SYN terrible: 
The weather was awful.El tiempo era horrible. He is a pretty awful driver.Es un conductor bastante pésimo. That fridge smells awful.Ese refrigerador huele fatal. The last six months have been awful for her.Los últimos seis meses han sido terribles para ella. I’ve stopped believing most of what he says. Isn’t that awful?He dejado de creer la mayor parte de lo que dice. ¿No es horrible? I’m sure Suzy is dead but the awful thing is not knowing how it happened.Estoy seguro de que Suzy está muerta, pero lo terrible es no saber cómo ocurrió.► see thesaurus at bad, horrible2[only before noun] spokenoral used to emphasize how much or how good, bad etc something isse usa para enfatizar en qué medida o qué tan bueno, malo, etc. es algo: An awful lot of people (=a large number of people) died in the war.En la guerra murió muchísima gente (=un gran número de personas). He made me feel an awful fool.Me hizo sentir un tremendo tonto.3look/feel awful to look or feel illtener mala apariencia o sentirse mal: She’s lost a lot of weight and she looks awful.Ha adelgazado mucho y tiene muy mala apariencia.4literaryliterario making you feel great respect or fearque inspira gran respeto o temor—awfulness noun [uncountable]GRAMMARGRAMÁTICAAwful is not used with ‘very’. You say: · It was a really awful experience. ✗Don’t say: It was a very awful experience.Grammar guide ‒ ADJECTIVESAwful no se usa con "very". Se dice: · It was a really awful experience. ✗No digas: It was a very awful experience.Guía gramatical — ADJETIVOS
Ver todas las traducciones1very bad or unpleasantmuy malo o desagradable SYN terrible: The weather was awful.El tiempo era horrible. He is a pretty awful driver.Es un conductor bastante pésimo. That fridge smells awful.Ese refrigerador huele fatal. The last six months have been awful for her.Los últimos seis meses han sido terribles para ella. I’ve stopped believing most of what he says. Isn’t that awful?He dejado de creer la mayor parte de lo que dice. ¿No es horrible? I’m sure Suzy is dead but the awful thing is not knowing how it happened.Estoy seguro de que Suzy está muerta, pero lo terrible es no saber cómo ocurrió.► see thesaurus at bad, horrible2[only before noun] spokenoral used to emphasize how much or how good, bad etc something isse usa para enfatizar en qué medida o qué tan bueno, malo, etc. es algo: An awful lot of people (=a large number of people) died in the war.En la guerra murió muchísima gente (=un gran número de personas). He made me feel an awful fool.Me hizo sentir un tremendo tonto.3look/feel awful to look or feel illtener mala apariencia o sentirse mal: She’s lost a lot of weight and she looks awful.Ha adelgazado mucho y tiene muy mala apariencia.4literaryliterario making you feel great respect or fearque inspira gran respeto o temor—awfulness noun [uncountable]GRAMMARGRAMÁTICAAwful is not used with ‘very’. You say: · It was a really awful experience. ✗Don’t say: It was a very awful experience.Grammar guide ‒ ADJECTIVESAwful no se usa con "very". Se dice: · It was a really awful experience. ✗No digas: It was a very awful experience.Guía gramatical — ADJETIVOS