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impossible

UK: /ɪmˈpɒs.ɪ.bl̩/ US: /-ˈpɑː.sə-/

Translation

adj
imposible
insufrible
intolerable
an impossible situation
una situación intolerable
(una persona)She's impossible!
¡Ella me supera!
(Definition of impossible adj from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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