English to Spanish Translation of the word severe

1. (=serious) [problem, consequence, damage] grave, serio [injury, illness] grave [defeat, setback, shortage] serio [blow, reprimand] fuerte, duro [pain, headache] fuerte

·I suffered from severe bouts of depression

·padecía profundas or serias depresiones

·many families suffered severe [hardship] as a consequence

·muchas familias sufrieron enormes penurias a consecuencia de ello

·we have been under severe [pressure] to cut costs

·nos han presionado mucho para reducir gastos

·to suffer a severe [loss] of blood

·sufrir gran pérdida de sangre

·severe [losses]

(finance) enormes or cuantiosas pérdidas feminine plural

2. (=harsh) [weather, conditions, winter] duro, riguroso [cold] extremo [storm, flooding, frost] fuerte

3. (=strict) [person, penalty] severo [discipline] estricto

·I was his severest critic

·yo era su crítico masculineánoun severo

·to be severe [with] somebody

·ser severo con somebody, someone

4. (=austere) [person, appearance, expression] severo, adusto [clothes, style] austero [hairstyle] (de corte) serio [architecture] sobrio

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged and Audio Headword Pronunciation (Spanish) 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co Ltd. 1971,1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992,1993,1996,1997,2000,2003,2005.

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