dear

querido, adorable

Que recibe mucho amor o cariño.

En inglés sencillo: Loved or liked very much.

• She is a dear friend.
• We visited our dear grandmother yesterday.
• What a dear little baby!

Sinónimos: beloved, much-loved

Expresiones frecuentes: dear friend, dear mother, dear little child

querido, preciado

Muy importante para alguien por el cariño o el interés que le tiene.

En inglés sencillo: Very important to someone because they love or care about it.

• This place is dear to me.
• He keeps everything he holds dear in that box.
• Their family traditions remained dear to them.

Cómo se usa: dear to someone (These old photographs are dear to my mother.); hold someone/something dear (She holds her childhood friends dear.)

Sinónimos: precious, cherished, treasured

Expresiones frecuentes: dear to someone, dear to me, hold something dear

caro

Que cuesta mucho dinero.

En inglés sencillo: Costing a lot of money.

• These apples are rather dear.
• The hotel was too dear for us.
• Is meat getting dearer here?

Cómo se usa: dear for something (The room is rather dear for a single night.)

Sinónimos: expensive, costly

Antónimos: cheap

Expresiones frecuentes: too dear, rather dear, dear for something

afectuoso, cariñoso

Que muestra amor, ternura o cariño.

En inglés sencillo: Showing warm love or affection.

• She greeted him with a dear embrace.
• He remembered the dear affection in her voice.
• The poem speaks of a mother’s dear tenderness.

Sinónimos: affectionate, loving, tender

Antónimos: cold

Expresiones frecuentes: dear embrace, dear affection, dear tenderness

cariño, querido

Palabra para dirigirse con cariño a alguien querido o a quien se quiere tratar amablemente.

En inglés sencillo: A word used when speaking to someone you love or want to treat kindly.

• Come here, dear.
• Would you like some tea, my dear?
• Thank you, dear, for helping me.

Sinónimos: darling, sweetheart, love

Expresiones frecuentes: hello dear, my dear, thank you dear

cielo, encanto

Persona muy amable que ayuda a los demás.

En inglés sencillo: A person who is very kind and helpful.

• You are such a dear.
• The nurse was a dear and brought me tea.
• Be a dear and open the window.

Sinónimos: sweetheart, angel

Expresiones frecuentes: a dear, such a dear, be a dear

vaya, caramba

Expresión que muestra preocupación, sorpresa, tristeza o disgusto.

En inglés sencillo: Used to show that you are worried, surprised, sad, or unhappy about something.

• Oh dear, I forgot my keys.
• Dear me, that sounds painful!
• Dear, dear! What a terrible mess.

Sinónimos: oh no, goodness

Expresiones frecuentes: oh dear, dear me, dear dear