Polyglot Dictionary

miserable

/miseˈɾaβle/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
miserables

Meaning

  1. wretch

    • Ese miserable nos engañó.

      That wretch cheated us.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

mísero

miserable and mísero are close synonyms for "wretch"; mísero is slightly more literary or poetic.

Practice

1 What does miserable mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ese ___ nos engañó.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches miserable?

noun

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