desolate

desierto, deshabitado

Donde no vive nadie ni hay personas.

En inglés sencillo: Empty of people, with nobody living there.

• They reached a desolate village.
• The island was desolate after everyone left.
• We walked through desolate streets without seeing anyone.

Sinónimos: deserted, uninhabited

Antónimos: inhabited

Expresiones frecuentes: desolate village, desolate island, desolate streets

yermo, estéril

Donde casi no hay plantas, animales ni otros seres vivos.

En inglés sencillo: Having almost no plants, animals, or other living things.

• Nothing grew on the desolate plain.
• They crossed a desolate landscape of rock and sand.
• The hillside looked desolate without any trees or grass.

Sinónimos: barren, lifeless

Antónimos: fertile, lush

Expresiones frecuentes: desolate landscape, desolate wasteland, desolate plain

desolador, triste

Que parece vacío, triste y poco acogedor.

En inglés sencillo: Looking empty, sad, and unpleasant.

• The empty park looked desolate.
• Rain made the railway station seem desolate.
• A cold wind swept across the desolate scene.

Sinónimos: bleak, dreary, dismal

Antónimos: cheerful

Expresiones frecuentes: desolate scene, desolate view, look desolate

desolado, desconsolado

Que siente una tristeza extrema, soledad y falta de esperanza.

En inglés sencillo: Feeling extremely sad, lonely, and without hope.

• She felt desolate after he left.
• His death left the family desolate.
• Even among friends, he remained utterly desolate.

Sinónimos: heartbroken, forlorn, hopeless

Expresiones frecuentes: feel desolate, desolate heart, utterly desolate

devastado, arruinado

Tan dañado o descuidado que no se puede habitar ni utilizar.

En inglés sencillo: So badly damaged or neglected that people cannot live there or use it.

• The house stood desolate after the fire.
• War had left the town desolate.
• They found only desolate buildings with collapsed roofs.

Sinónimos: ruined, devastated

Expresiones frecuentes: desolate ruins, desolate house, desolate town

devastar, asolar

Destruir un lugar o causarle daños muy graves.

En inglés sencillo: To destroy a place or damage it very badly.

• War desolated the valley.
• The invading army desolated several villages.
• A great fire had desolated the once prosperous city.

Sinónimos: devastate, ravage, lay waste to

Expresiones frecuentes: desolate a city, desolate the land

desolar

Hacer que alguien se sienta extremadamente triste, solo y sin esperanza.

En inglés sencillo: To make someone feel extremely sad, lonely, and without hope.

• The news desolated her.
• His sudden departure desolated the whole family.
• Years of loss had desolated her heart.

Sinónimos: devastate, break someone’s heart

Expresiones frecuentes: desolate someone’s heart, desolate someone utterly

abandonar

Dejar un lugar o una cosa y dejar de ocuparse de ellos.

En inglés sencillo: To leave a place or thing behind and stop caring for it.

• The settlers desolated their homes and departed.
• Worshippers had desolated the old shrine.
• The villagers desolated the settlement when the wells ran dry.

Sinónimos: abandon, forsake

Expresiones frecuentes: desolate a home, desolate a shrine