peste - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Nouns

guff [coll.] (Scot.)	la peste
plague   - disease	la peste
smell   - bad odour	la peste
pong (Brit.) [coll.] [hum.]	la peste [fig.]
stench	la peste [fig.]
stink	la peste [fig.]
putrid smell	la peste [fig.]
reek	la peste [fig.]
blight [fig.]	la peste [fig.]
bunch   - number of things	la peste [fig.]
pile   - heap of things	la peste [fig.] [coll.]   - abundancia de cosas
epidemic [MED.]	la peste
avian influenza [MED.][ZOOL.]	peste aviaria   [Veterinary Medicine]
bird flu [coll.] [MED.][ZOOL.]	peste aviaria   [Veterinary Medicine]

Verbs

to curse  | cursed, cursed |	echar pestes
to eff and blind	echar pestes
to rail at so. (or: sth.)  | railed, railed |	echar pestes contra algo (or: alguien)
to rail against so. (or: sth.)  | railed, railed |	echar pestes contra algo (or: alguien)
to inveigh against so. (or: sth.)  | inveighed, inveighed | [form.]	echar pestes contra algo (or: alguien)

Phrases / Collocations

to swear  | swore, sworn |   - use rude words	echar pestes
to foam at the mouth	echar pestes
to rant  | ranted, ranted |	echar pestes contra algo (or: alguien)

Orthographically similar words

ester, paste, pease, pest, pester, pestle, Peter, peter, piste

este, Este, éster, Oeste, oeste, Peter, poste

Related search terms

epidemia, fetidez, tufo, hedor, tufarada, hediondez, pestilencia, plaga