grief

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈgriːf/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/grif/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(grēf )

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
grief n (sorrow)pena nf
  dolor nm
  aflicción nf
 After the fire the whole town was gripped by grief and sorrow.
 Después del incendio todo el pueblo estaba azotado por pena y tristeza.
grief n (trouble)problema nm
  inconveniente nm
 Peter told the little boy "Let me know if that bully gives you any grief."
 Peter le dijo al niño "Avísame si ese bravucón se trae problemas."
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
grief n (upsetting occasion) (figurado)dolor de cabeza nm + loc adj
 Her daughter's tantrums were always a grief to Irene.
 Los caprichos de su hija siempre fueron un dolor de cabeza para su madre.
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Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
come to grief v expr (end in misfortune)dar al traste loc verb
  irse al traste loc verb
  irse a pique loc verb
  echar a pique loc verb
good grief interj informal (disbelief)¡Santo cielo! loc interj
  ¡Increíble! interj
  ¡No puedo creerlo! loc interj
 "Good grief! Ben's finally managed to pass his driving test!"
 ¡Santo cielo! ¡Ben finalmente aprobó su examen de conducir!
good grief,
Good grief! interj		 informal (exasperation)¡por el amor de Dios! interj
 "Good grief! We must have been here for at least half an hour and still haven't been served."
 ¡Por el amor de Dios! Ya llevamos aquí media hora y todavía no nos han servido.
grief counselor (US),
grief counsellor (UK) n		 (bereavement therapist)psicoterapeuta especializado en duelo, psicoterapeuta especializada en duelo loc nm, loc nf
  tanatólogo, tanatóloga nm, nf
grief-stricken,
grief stricken adj		 (grieving)de luto adj
Note: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun.
 I tried to console my grief-stricken mother, but nothing I did seemed to help.
 Intenté consolar a mi madre de luto, pero nada parecía ayudar.
in grief adv (when mourning the death of [sb])de duelo loc adv
 He never recovered from his wife's death and eventually killed himself in grief.
 Nunca se recuperó de la muerte de su esposa y finalmente se suicidó estando de duelo.
  mientras estaba en duelo, durante el duelo, mientras duró su duelo loc adv
 Nunca se recuperó de la muerte de su esposa y finalmente se suicidó mientras estaba en duelo.
mad with grief adj (intensely distressed by [sb]'s death)sin consuelo adj
wallow in your grief v expr (dwell on the loss of [sb] or [sth])autocompadecerse⇒ v prnl
 Everyone dies, so you can't keep wallowing in your grief.
 Todo el mundo muere, así que no puedes continuar autocompadeciéndote.
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'grief' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
bereavement - broken heart - choke back tears - desolation - devastated - grievous - gut - lament - outpouring - pine away - ruth - sore heart - stricken - tragically
Spanish:
desolación - sofoco - amargor - ¡En la torre! - afligido - amargura - atribulado - caracoles - caramba - cuita - desconsuelo - dolor - duelo - enlutado - escozor - pesadumbre - quebranto - tristeza

Collocations: go to grief counseling, am full of grief over, how to [deal with, handle] grief, more...

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