gritty

Inflections of 'gritty' (adj):

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
gritty adj	(texture: rough)	arenoso/a adj
		áspero/a adj
	The gritty sandpaper worked well to remove the old paint from the wood.
	La arenosa lija sirvió bien para eliminar la vieja pintura de la madera.
gritty adj	figurative, informal (drama: tough)	crudo/a adj
	It's a gritty drama about the life of a New York police officer.
	Es un drama crudo sobre la vida de un policía de Nueva York.
gritty adj	figurative, informal (realistic, unidealized)	descarnado/a adj
		crudo/a adj
	This newspaper publishes a lot of gritty exposés of working-class life.
	Este periódico publica muchas revelaciones descarnadas sobre la vida de los trabajadores.
gritty adj	figurative, informal (courageous, determined)	valiente adj mf
		bravo/a adj
		resuelto/a adj
	The gritty soldier kept going despite the explosions.
	El valiente soldado siguió avanzando a pesar de las explosiones.

Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
the nitty-gritty n	informal (practical details) (figurado)	el grano nm
		el meollo del asunto expr
	Could we stop all this talk and get down to the nitty gritty, please?
	¿Podríamos dejarnos de charla e ir directamente al grano?
nitty-gritty adj	informal (detailed)	puntilloso/a adj
		detallado adk
nitty-gritty adj	informal (practical)	práctico/a adj
	Dan complained that he was always the one who had to do all the nitty-gritty stuff around the house.

'gritty' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:

Spanish:

Collocations: a gritty part of town, is a gritty [city, town, area], a gritty urban [landscape, setting], more...

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