stern

severo, estricto

Muy serio y estricto, sobre todo al exigir a otros que se comporten de cierta manera.

En inglés sencillo: Very serious and strict, especially when telling people how they must behave.

• Our teacher is stern.
• She gave the children a stern warning.
• His father spoke in a stern voice when he broke the rules.

Cómo se usa: stern with someone (The teacher was stern with students who arrived late.)

Sinónimos: strict, severe, firm

Antónimos: lenient, gentle

Expresiones frecuentes: stern teacher, stern warning, stern voice, stern look

adusto, severo

De aspecto muy serio o poco amable, que puede hacer que otros teman acercarse.

En inglés sencillo: Looking very serious or unfriendly, so that people may feel afraid to approach.

• His face looked stern.
• Her stern expression softened when she saw the baby.
• The portrait showed a man with stern features and dark eyes.

Sinónimos: grim, forbidding, severe

Antónimos: friendly, welcoming

Expresiones frecuentes: stern face, stern expression, stern features

popa

Parte posterior de un barco o una embarcación.

En inglés sencillo: The back part of a boat or ship.

• She stood at the stern.
• Water splashed over the stern of our boat.
• Both ships had wooden sterns.

Cómo se usa: stern of something (A flag flew at the stern of the boat.)

Sinónimos: aft, poop

Antónimos: bow

Expresiones frecuentes: the stern, at the stern, stern of something