bleak

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbliːk/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/blik/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(blēk)

Inflections of 'bleak' (adj):
bleaker
adj comparative
bleakest
adj superlative
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Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
bleak adj (empty, stark)lóbrego/a adj
  lúgubre adj mf
 The rooms at this hotel are bleak but cheap.
 La habitaciones de este hotel son lóbregas, pero baratas.
bleak adj figurative (prospect: grim, joyless)desolador/a adj
  desalentador/a adj
 The financial future of the company looked bleak.
 El futuro financiero de la empresa se presentaba desolador.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
bleak adj (raw, cold)crudo/a adj
 Frank planned to stay inside all day to avoid the bleak winter weather.
 Frank planeó quedarse en casa todo el día para evitar el crudo frío invernal.
bleak n (type of fish)mújol nm
  albur nm
 The bleak is silvery, with colourless fins.
 El mújol es plateado, con aletas descoloridas.
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'bleak' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
austere - desolate - gaunt - grim - wintry
Spanish:
breque - desesperanzador - lóbrego - chungo - deprimente - feo - oscuro - páramo

Collocations: [marinated] bleak fillets, went fishing for bleak, [caught, fished] bleak in the river, more...

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