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grief

/ɡriːf/

Translation

n [c, u]
pena
dolor
pesar
good grief! (inform)
¡hala!
Good grief! You were supposed to arrive tomorrow!
¡Hala! ¡Pero si ibas a llegar mañana!
to come to grief (inform)
fracasar
sufrir un infortunio
to give sb grief (inform)
regañar a alguien
echar la bronca a alguien
(Definition of grief n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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