pale

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpeɪl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/peɪl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(pāl)

Inflections of 'pale' (adj):
paler
adj comparative
palest
adj superlative
Inflections of 'pale' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
pales
v 3rd person singular
paling
v pres p
paled
v past
paled
v past p
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
pale adj (light in colour)pálido/a adj
  tenue adj
 The room is painted in pale shades.
 A pale moon hangs low in the sky.
 La habitación está pintada en tonos pálidos.
pale adj (complexion: pallid)pálido/a adj
  blanquecino/a adj
 Harriet had lost a lot of blood and was very pale.
 Harriet había perdido mucha sangre y estaba muy pálida.
pale adj (skin: light or white)pálido/a adj
 Alfie has very pale skin and has to be careful not to get sunburn.
 Alfie tiene la piel muy pálida y debe tener cuidado de no quemarse con el sol.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
pale adj figurative (inferior)mediocre adj
  insulso/a adj
  burdo/a adj
 Mick's attempt at writing poetry was a pale effort.
 El intento de Mick de escribir poesía fue un esfuerzo mediocre.
pale adj (weak, faint) (figurado)pálido/a adj
  débil adj
 A dim bulb cast a pale light over the room.
 Una lámpara tenue daba una luz pálida a toda la habitación.
pale n (enclosed area)cercado nm
  vallado nm
pale n (fence post)reja nf
 A fence made of pales stretched around the field.
 Una cerca de rejas se extendía por el campo.
pale n (limit, bounds)límite nm
 Unfortunately, this case is outside the pale of my jurisdiction.
 Lamentablemente este caso está fuera del límite de mi jurisdicción.
pale⇒ vi (become pale, go white) (literal)palidecer⇒ vi
 Alan paled when he heard the bad news.
 Alan palideció cuando se enteró de las malas noticias.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
beyond the pale adj figurative (unacceptable)totalmente inaceptable, pasar de la raya, pasar de castaño a oscuro expr
deathly pale adj figurative (face: very pale)lívido/a adj
  mortalmente pálido loc adj
  blanco como la pared loc adj
  completamente pálido loc adj
go beyond the pale v expr figurative (be or do [sth] unacceptable)pasarse de la raya, superar los límites de lo aceptable expr
greenfly,
pale chrysanthemum aphid n		 (plant pest)pulgón nm
pale ale n (light-colored beer)ale clara grupo nom
  ale pálida grupo nom
pale blue n (light blue) (color)azul pálido loc nom m
Note: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun
pale blue,
pale-blue adj		 (light blue) (color)azul pálido loc adj
pale imitation,
pale copy n		 (inferior copy of [sth])pobre copia, burda imitación, copia pobre loc nom f
  pobre imitación, burda imitación loc nom f
pale in comparison v expr figurative (seem inferior to [sth]) (con otra cosa)palidecer en comparación loc verb
 Anna's husband is out of work and two of her sons are in jail; when I think about her life, my problems pale in comparison.
pale skin n (white complexion)piel pálida nf + adj
  piel blanca nf + adj
  palidez nf
 In Victorian times, it was fashionable to have pale skin.
 En la era victoriana, era popular tener la piel pálida.
pale-faced adj (frightened, shocked) (asustado)pálido/a adj
turn pale vi (go white: from shock, etc.)perder el color loc verb
 The bad news from home made her turn pale.
 Cuando supo las malas noticias perdió el color.
  ponerse pálido loc verb
  palidecer⇒, empalidecer⇒ vi
  ponerse lívido loc verb
  ponerse blanco loc verb
very pale adj (complexion: white)muy blanco loc adj
 Due to his very pale complexion he had to protect himself from the sun.
 Debido a su piel muy blanca tenía que protegerse del sol.
  muy pálido loc adj
 Debido a su piel muy pálida tenía que protegerse del sol.
very pale adj (faded, light)muy suave loc adj
 They painted their shutters a very pale shade of green that looked almost yellow.
  pálido/a adj
 Pintaron las contraventanas de un verde pálido.
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'pale' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
alabaster - albino - almond - aqua - aquamarine - ashen - ashy - baby blue - beige - biscuit - blanch - blench - bloodless - champagne - change color - clair de lune - cream - deathly pale - delicate - dusty - etiolated - fair - fair skin - flageolet - flesh color - ghastly - ghostly - go white - honeydew - IPA - lemon yellow - light - light blue - light brown - light green - light-coloured - lily-white - lose color - magnolia - mauve - mint green - pallid - pallor - pampas grass - pastel - pastel blue - pastel color - pasty - peaked
Spanish:
empalidecer - jincho - jipato - lechoso - paliducho - blanco - claro - difuminado - palidecer - pálido - desteñido - blanquecino - cadavérico - cerveza rubia - demudar - descolorido - lívido - rosicler - tener la cara blanca

Collocations: [hammer, put] nails in the pale, [decorate, finish off] the fence with pales, a [fence, gate] made of pales, more...

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