doom

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈduːm/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/dum/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(do̅o̅m)

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
doom n (person: death)muerte nf
 The knight faced the dragon, sure he was looking his doom in the eye.
 El caballero se enfrentó al dragón seguro de estar mirando a la muerte a los ojos.
doom n (terrible fate)fatalidad nf
  maldición nf
  destino nm
 Sisyphus's doom was to spend eternity rolling a rock up a mountain.
 La fatalidad de Sísifo era pasarse la eternidad empujando una roca montaña arriba.
doom n (failure)ruina nf
  destrucción nf
 Poor financial management led to the company's doom.
 Una mala gestión financiera llevó a la ruina de la compañía.
doom [sb/sth] to [sth] vtr + prep often passive (condemn to [sth])condenar a vtr + prep
  sentenciar a vtr + prep
 A poor education system doomed the children to a life of low-paid work.
 We are doomed to continue making the same mistakes.
 Un sistema de educación pobre condena a los niños a una vida de trabajo mal pago.
doom [sb/sth] vtr often passive (to death or terrible fate)condenar a vtr + prep
  condenar vtr
 The child was doomed from the moment of his birth.
 El niño estaba condenado desde el momento de su nacimiento.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
doom and gloom,
gloom and doom
n
informal (pessimistic outlook)pesimismo nm
  fatalismo nm
  (AR: coloquial)mala onda loc nom f
 The news on TV these days is nothing but doom and gloom.
doom [sb/sth] to failure v expr often passive (cause to fail)condenar al fracaso loc verb
 Not having the right people for the job doomed the project to failure.
doom-monger,
prophet of doom
n
(pessimistic person)catastrofista n común
  fatalista n común
doomscroll,
doom-scroll
vtr
(compulsively read bad news)leer malas noticias compulsivamente loc verb
doomscrolling,
doom-scrolling
n
(compulsively reading bad news)hábito de leer malas noticias nm + loc adj
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Spanish:

Collocations: [impending, inevitable, sudden] doom, a [prophet, bearer] of doom, is [destined, heading] for doom, more...

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