Maldición in english
Damn
pronunciation: dæm part of speech: adjective, verb, adverb
pronunciation: dæm part of speech: adjective, verb, adverb
In gestures
maldición1 = bane ; jinx ; hoodoo ; damnation ; curse.
Example: The article is entitled 'Donation of books to libraries: bane or blessing'.Example: Most of the people interviewed saw marriage as the ideal relationship whereas some thought of it as a jinx.Example: For the Reds to win this one they have to overcome a hoodoo that is becoming quite imposing.Example: Sometimes, divorces are like family damnation repeating in the family tree of one family.Example: The region's natural resource wealth has long been both a blessing and a curse.more:
» echar una maldición = curse .
Example: The father, Old Brightwell, curses his daughter, Jane, for preferring the love of the smooth-tongued villain, Grandley, to that of her own parents.» levantar una maldición = lift + a curse .
Example: She has no faith in doctors, blames his paralysis on black magic and wishes to take him home so the curse can be lifted by faqirs.» maldición de los recursos, la = resource curse, the [Expresión usada para referirse a aquellos países que aun siendo ricos en recursos naturales son pobres en cuestiones sociales, educativas, económicas, etc] .
Example: Equatorial Guinea struck oil in 1995 and is usually cited as a textbook case of the resource curse -- or the paradox of plenty.» maldición + recaer = curse + descend upon .
Example: Watt suffered in generous measure from that curse which descends upon all bibliographers who are not severely self disciplined.» quitar una maldición = lift + a curse .
Example: She has no faith in doctors, blames his paralysis on black magic and wishes to take him home so the curse can be lifted by faqirs.maldición2 = curse ; swear word ; cuss word ; foul word ; cuss.
Example: Smothering an excusable curse, Modjeski asked: 'How much longer is Wade likely to be out?'.Example: Although publication of swear words was prohibited, their prevalence is indicated by the proverb: 'Speaking without swearing is like cabbage soup without tomato'.Example: Outside of school, we might pepper a sentence with a cuss word or two for emphasis, but in general swear words were not part of our vocabulary.Example: Those who let a foul word slip will be encouraged to deposit money into the cuss jar as penance.Example: I never heard a cuss from her mouth before.