nasty

Inflections of 'nasty' (adj):

Inflectionsnastynnpl

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
nasty adj	(person: spiteful, cruel)	desagradable, despreciable adj mf
		malo/a adj
		cruel adj mf
	Mary was a nasty person who started rumors about all kinds of people.
	María era una persona desagradable que empezaba rumores sobre todo tipo de gente.
nasty adj	(comment: spiteful)	desagradable adj mf
		molesto/a adj
		despreciable adj mf
	Kelsey's friend spread nasty rumors about her.
	La amiga de Kelsey empezó rumores sobre ella.
nasty adj	(smell, odor: unpleasant)	repugnante adj mf
		asqueroso/a adj
		desagradable adj mf
	The garbage had a nasty odor coming from it.
	La basura tenía un olor repugnante.
nasty adj	(accident, illness: bad)	terrible adj mf
		feo/a adj
	My elderly mother had a nasty fall and broke her hip.
	Mi madre anciano tuvo una terrible caída y se rompió la cadera.
nasty adj	mainly US (condition: dirty)	sucio/a adj
		desagradable adj
	Kyle lived in a nasty apartment in the bad part of town.
	Kyle vivía en un sucio apartamento en la parte fea del pueblo.

Additional Translations
Inglés		Español
nasty adj	figurative, slang (obscene, sexual) (sexual, coloquial)	cochino/a adj
	(sexual, coloquial)	sucio/a adj
		indecente adj mf
	Fred told his friend that his girlfriend was really nasty in bed.
	Fred le dijo a su amigo que su novia era muy cochina en la cama.
nasty adj	mainly US, slang (sports: throw, etc.: formidable)	tremendo/a adj
		impresionante adj mf
	Sarah threw a nasty fastball.
	Sarah tiró una bola tremenda.

Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
a piece of work, a real piece of work, also UK: a nasty piece of work n	figurative, informal (unpleasant, difficult person) (coloquial, irónico)	joya, joyita nf
	(coloquial)	mal bicho loc nom m
	Tommy's a real piece of work; I heard he blamed his mistake on the boss.
	That woman is a nasty piece of work; she's been making her neighbours' lives hell for years.
	Tommy es una joyita: escuché que culpó a su jefe del error que cometió.
	Esa mujer es un mal bicho: les ha hecho la vida imposible a sus vecinos por años.
do the nasty v expr	slang (have sex) (coloquial)	echar un polvo loc verb
have a nasty look about him/her/it n	informal (look unpleasant, bad)	tener mala cara loc verb
	I don't trust that guy; he's got a nasty look about him.
	No confío en ese tipo, tiene mala cara.
nasty job n	(unpleasant task) (coloquial)	fastidio nm
		trabajo desagradable nm + adj mf
		trabajo asqueroso nm + adj
	Cleaning the bathroom is a nasty job, but it must be done weekly.
	Unclogging a toilet is a nasty job, but someone has to do it.
	Limpiar el baño es un fastidio, pero debe hacerse una vez por semana.
nasty piece of work n	UK, informal, figurative (malicious person) (coloquial, irónico)	joya, joyita nf
	(coloquial)	mal bicho loc nom m
	That woman is a nasty piece of work.
	Esa mujer es una joyita.
		translation unavailable

'nasty' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:

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Collocations: [have, got] a nasty [rash, cut, boil, burn], had a nasty [accident, crash, surprise], [had, took, suffered] a nasty fall, more...

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