terror

terror, pavor

Sensación de miedo muy intenso.

En inglés sencillo: A very strong feeling of fear.

• His eyes were full of terror.
• We fled in terror when the roof collapsed.
• Have you ever felt such sudden terror?

Cómo se usa: in terror (She stared at the snake in terror.)

Sinónimos: fear, dread, fright

Expresiones frecuentes: in terror, sheer terror, filled with terror

terrorismo, terror

Violencia o amenazas utilizadas para asustar a la gente y conseguir objetivos políticos.

En inglés sencillo: Violence or threats used to frighten people and achieve political aims.

• The group used terror to silence opponents.
• Several people died in the terror attack.
• The government promised to end the campaign of terror.

Sinónimos: terrorism

Expresiones frecuentes: war on terror, terror attack, campaign of terror

diablillo, trasto

Persona, especialmente un niño, que se porta mal y causa muchos problemas.

En inglés sencillo: Someone, especially a child, who behaves badly and causes a lot of trouble.

• My little brother is a terror.
• Those two terrors hid all my shoes.
• Was she always such a terror at school?

Sinónimos: troublemaker, rascal

Expresiones frecuentes: a little terror, a real terror, such a terror

terror, azote

Persona o cosa que provoca mucho miedo a los demás.

En inglés sencillo: A person or thing that makes people feel very afraid.

• That beast was a terror.
• The pirate became the terror of the coast.
• She wrote about the terrors of the deep sea.

Cómo se usa: the terror of somewhere (The huge dog was the terror of the village.)

Sinónimos: menace, scourge

Expresiones frecuentes: terror of somewhere, a real terror, terrors of something

muy estricto, temible

Describe a un profesor muy estricto que suspende a muchos alumnos.

En inglés sencillo: Describing a teacher who is very strict and gives many students failing grades.

• We have a terror teacher this year.
• Our terror math teacher failed half the class.
• Students avoid taking courses with that terror professor.

Sinónimos: strict, fearsome

Antónimos: lenient

Expresiones frecuentes: terror teacher, terror math teacher, terror professor