severe

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/sɪˈvɪər/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/səˈvɪr/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(sə vēr′)

Inflections of 'severe' (adj):
severer
adj comparative
severest
adj superlative
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
severe adj (very bad, intense)fuerte adj mf
  serio/a adj
  severo/a adj
 Josh was suffering from severe flu and had to go home.
 Josh tenía una gripe muy fuerte y se tuvo que ir a casa.
severe adj (serious, stern)serio/a adj
  grave adj mf
 Ellen's severe manner can make people rather nervous.
 La actitud tan seria de Ellen puede hacer que mucha gente se sienta nerviosa.
severe adj (expression: serious)severo/a adj
  grave adj mf
  de pocos amigos loc adj
 When Sean got home at two in the morning, he found his mother waiting for him with a severe look on her face.
 Cuando Sean volvió a casa a las dos de la mañana, se encontró a su madre esperándole con un rostro muy severo.
 Paula siempre tiene cara de pocos amigos. Por eso, nunca le hablo.
severe adj (harsh)duro/a adj
 The UK has been experiencing severe weather this month, with strong winds and heavy rain.
 El Reino Unido ha estado experimentando un tiempo muy duro este mes, con fuertes vientos y lluvias.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
severe adj (austere)austero/a adj
  sobrio/a adj
 Geraldine has rather severe taste in clothes.
 Geraldine tiene un gusto bastante austero en lo que a ropa se refiere.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
severe test n (ordeal, extreme trial)prueba extrema nf + adj
 Spending the winter in the mountains was a severe test of their determination.
 Pasar el invierno en las montañas fue una prueba extrema a su determinación.
  dura prueba adj + nf
 Pasar el invierno en las montañas fue una dura prueba a su determinación.
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'severe' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
a hard one - acute - acute pain - aggravated assault and battery - agony - anaphylactic shock - astringent - austere - austerity - bad - bad cold - beat to a pulp - blackwater fever - blast - body blow - body pain - brute - caning - catch hell - chest pain - cluster headache - critical condition - croup - depth - devastating attack - draconian - drastic - ease off - easy - endogenous depression - excessive - flagellation - gale warning - get worse - gross negligence - hard - hard case - hard-edged - harsh - heavy-handed - heavy-handedly - in agony - intemperate - kwashiorkor - lacing - licking - marasmus - migraine - mitigate - mitigating
Spanish:
inclemente - rígido - riguroso - estricto - rudo - severo - craso - cacoquimia - catón - cólico miserere

Collocations: a severe [warning, alert], a severe [thunderstorm, tornado] [warning], severe weather [alerts, warnings, conditions], more...

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