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calvario

English translation: misery / hell

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Spanish term or phrase:calvario
English translation:misery / hell
Entered by: jenny morenos

17:42 Mar 10, 2020
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
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Spanish term or phrase: calvario
Hola a todos. Como traducir calvario aqui ? torture ? Gracias de antemano.

Aseinan , maltratan, hacen sufrir a los pavos . Ellos viven un calvario .
jenny morenos
France
misery / hell
Explanation:
Couple of options:

Their life is sheer misery / They go through hell
Selected response from:

Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 00:43
Grading comment
this is the best answer
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +9misery / hell
Robert Carter
5 +1Ordeal, affliction, calvary
Silvia Noriega
5Calvary
Jackie Hendler


  

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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
misery / hell


Explanation:
Couple of options:

Their life is sheer misery / They go through hell

Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 00:43
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 120
Grading comment
this is the best answer
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you very much for your help !! Diccionaries are seriously incomplete! Cause none of the translations of the severeal dictionnaries i use were right.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marie Wilson
1 min
  -> Thanks, Marie.
agree  David Pérez
39 mins
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agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: They go through hell.
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Muriel.
agree  Juan Jacob: Un calvario también leer cómo se escribe la pregunta.
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Juan.
agree  neilmac
12 hrs
  -> Thanks, Neil.
agree  Yvonne Gallagher
13 hrs
  -> Thanks, Yvonne.
agree  AllegroTrans
1 day 17 hrs
  -> Thanks, Chris.
agree  MollyRose
1 day 18 hrs
  -> Thanks, Molly.
agree  Daniel Hall
4 days
  -> Thanks, Daniel.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Ordeal, affliction, calvary


Explanation:
Explanation

Example sentence(s):
  • She managed to keep her sanity throughout the ordeal.

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Silvia Noriega
United States
Native speaker of: Spanish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you infinitely for your answer . That's so kind of you to have helped.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carolina Sempere
16 hrs
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1 day 22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Calvary


Explanation:
An experience of usually intense mental suffering
Literary meaning

Jackie Hendler
Uruguay
Local time: 03:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
Notes to answerer
Asker: thank you ery much for your help

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