harshly

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈhɑːrʃli/

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
harshly adv (unfairly)injustamente adv
 They were dealt with very harshly for a trivial offence.
 Se los trató muy injustamente por una ofensa trivial.
harshly adv (sternly, severely)severamente adv
  duramente adj
  con dureza loc adv
 He disciplined the children harshly and sent them to bed.
 Castigó a los chicos severamente y los mandó a la cama.
harshly adv (unpleasantly)desagradablemente adv
  de manera desagradable loc adv
  de forma desagradable loc adv
 I never approached him again after he spoke to me so harshly.
 Nunca me volví a acercar a él después de que me habló tan desagradablemente.
harshly adv (roughly)ásperamente adv
 The car bounced harshly across the dirt road.
 El auto rebotó ásperamente a través de la sucia ruta.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
treat [sb] harshly vtr + adv (be unfair or unkind to [sb])tratar mal a loc verb
  ser severo con loc verb
  tratar con crudeza a, tratar con dureza a loc verb
  (coloquial)pasarse con v prnl + prep
 The teacher treated her students very harshly when she screamed at them for talking during the lecture.
 La profesora trataba mal a los alumnos cuando les gritaba por hablar durante la clase.
 La profesora era severa con los alumnos cuando les gritaba por hablar durante la clase.
 La profesora se pasaba con los alumnos cuando les gritaba por hablar durante la clase.
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'harshly' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
be cruel to be kind - blast - brutalize - bucket - censorious - clobber - come under fire - condemnable - crucify - ease up on - give a hard time - give a piece of your mind - glare - glaring - glaringly - grind - grindingly - hack apart - hard - hardly - launch an attack - maul - pull apart - pummel - punish - rail - rigorously - rip apart - roast - savagely - scathe - searing - severely - sharply - slam - tear down - tear into - tear to pieces - tear to shreds - under fire - unmercifully - vituperative
Spanish:
acerbamente - severidad - a las patadas - broncamente - desagradablemente - duramente - fustigar - recio


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