dread

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
dread n	(fear)	temor nm
		pavor nm
		terror nm
	A feeling of dread settled over Robert when he heard noises in the empty house.
	Un sentimiento de temor se apoderó de Roberto cuando escuchó ruidos en la casa vacía.
dread [sth]⇒ vtr	(feel daunted by)	sentirse intimidado por loc verb
		sentirse amedrentado por loc verb
		sentirse amilanado por loc verb
	I'm dreading tonight's party. I won't know anybody there.
	Me siento intimidado por la fiesta de hoy. No conozco a nadie.
dread doing [sth] v expr	(feel daunted by doing)	temer⇒ vi
		tener miedo de loc verb
	I always dread giving speeches.
	Siempre temo dar discursos.
dread [sth] vtr	(fear greatly)	temer a vtr + prep
		tenerle miedo a loc verb
	Many people dread death.
	Mucha gente le teme a la muerte.
dreads npl	informal (hairstyle: dreadlocks)	rastas nfpl
	(CU)	drelos nmpl
	Rastafarians wear their hair in dreads.
	Los rastafaris llevan el pelo en rastas.

Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
dread to think v expr	(find unpleasant to imagine)	no querer ni pensar loc verb
		no querer ni imaginar loc verb
	"Daisy's married someone she's only just met? I wonder how that's going to turn out." "I dread to think."
dread to think what/how/who v expr	(find unpleasant to imagine)	no querer ni pensar loc verb
		no querer ni imaginar loc verb
	I dread to think how the victim's family must be feeling.
	No quiero ni pensar cómo se debe sentir la familia de la víctima.

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Spanish:

Collocations: a [sense, sensation, feeling] of dread, [lived, waited, sat] in dread, the dread of being [late, singled out, picked on], more...

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