absolute
A. -adjective
1. (=complete, unqualified) [certainty, confidence, majority, need] absoluto [support] incondicional, total [refusal] rotundo [prohibition, command] terminante [proof] irrefutable [denial] rotundo, categórico [right] incuestionable
a. he'noun an absolute [beginner] = es un auténtico principiante
b. it'noun an absolute [fact] that ... = es indiscutible el hecho de que ...
c. the divorce was [made] absolute = concedieron el divorcio por sentencia firme
d. absolute [monopoly] = monopolio (m) total
e. it was the absolute [truth], I promise = era la pura verdad, se lo prometo
f. absolute [veto] = veto (m) total
2. (=unlimited) [power, monarch] absoluto
3. (=not relative) [value] absoluto
a. in absolute [terms] = en términos absolutos
b. the quest for absolute [truth] = la búsqueda de la verdad absoluta
4. (as intensifier) [liar, villain] redomado
a. the party was an absolute [disaster] = la fiesta fue un completo desastre
b. it'noun an absolute [disgrace] = es una auténtica vergüenza
c. it'noun the absolute [end]! = ¡es el colmo!
d. she wore an expression of absolute [hatred] = la expresiónoun de su cara estaba llena de odio
e. the man'noun an absolute [idiot] = es completamente idiota
f. it'noun absolute [rubbish]! = ¡es puro disparate!
5. (grammar) absoluto
B. -noun (philosophy)
a. [the] absolute = lo absoluto
C. -compound
·absolute alcohol -noun alcohol (m) puro
·absolute liability -noun (finance, law, legal) responsabilidad (f) total
·absolute pitch -noun (music) oído (m) absoluto
·to have absolute [pitch]
·tener oído absoluto
·absolute temperature -noun temperatura (f) absoluta
·absolute zero -noun cero (m) absoluto