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dying

/ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/

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verb

Morir

To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.

Examples :

"My grandfather is dying of cancer. "

Mi abuelo se está muriendo de cáncer.

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verb

Morir

To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).

Examples :

"My grandfather is dying of a heart condition. "

Mi abuelo se está muriendo de una afección cardíaca.

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verb

Anhelar, desear intensamente

To yearn intensely.

Examples :

"My brother is dying to go on vacation; he's been working so hard lately. "

Mi hermano anhela irse de vacaciones; ha estado trabajando muy duro últimamente.

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verb

Ser odiado, ser ignorado

To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.

Examples :

"The day our sister eloped, she died to our mother."

El día que nuestra hermana se fugó, fue como si muriera para nuestra madre.

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verb

Desesperanzarse, perder la esperanza

To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.

Examples :

"He died a little inside each time she refused to speak to him."

Murió un poco por dentro cada vez que ella se negaba a hablarle.

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verb

Estar mortificado, estar en shock

To be mortified or shocked by a situation.

Examples :

"When Sarah heard the news about her best friend's failing grade, she practically died. "

Cuando Sarah escuchó la noticia sobre la mala calificación de su mejor amiga, prácticamente se quedó en shock.

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verb

Morirse de risa o emoción

To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.

Examples :

"When I found out my two favorite musicians would be recording an album together, I literally planned my own funeral arrangements and died."

Cuando descubrí que mis dos músicos favoritos grabarían un álbum juntos, literalmente planeé mis propios arreglos funerarios y me morí de emoción.

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verb

Averiar, dejar de funcionar

(of a machine) To stop working, to break down.

Examples :

"My car died in the middle of the freeway this morning."

Mi coche se averió en medio de la autopista esta mañana.

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verb

Abortar, terminar

(of a computer program) To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).

Examples :

"The spreadsheet program died when I tried to open a very large file. "

El programa de hojas de cálculo se abortó cuando intenté abrir un archivo muy grande.

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verb

Morir, perecer

To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.

Examples :

"The old oak tree, weakened by years of drought, is dying. "

El viejo roble, debilitado por años de sequía, está muriendo.

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verb

Morir, desfallecer

To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.

Examples :

"My enthusiasm for school is dying; I'm feeling discouraged and weak about all my classes. "

Mi entusiasmo por la escuela está muriendo; me siento desanimado y débil por todas mis clases.

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verb

Morir, extinguirse

(often with "to") To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.

Examples :

"to die to pleasure or to sin"

morir al placer o al pecado

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verb

Desvanecerse, desaparecer

To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.

Examples :

"The intricate carvings on the old wooden desk were dying into the smooth, sloping surface. "

Las intrincadas tallas del viejo escritorio de madera se estaban desvaneciendo en la superficie lisa e inclinada.

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verb

Aguardentoso, desabrido

To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.

Examples :

"The wine had been left out in the sun all day, and it was now dying. "

El vino había estado al sol todo el día y ahora estaba aguardentoso.

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verb

No hacer reír, fracasar

(of a stand-up comedian or a joke) To fail to evoke laughter from the audience.

Examples :

"Then there was that time I died onstage in Montreal..."

Luego estuvo esa vez que no hice reír en el escenario de Montreal...

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verb

Teñir

To colour with dye, or as if with dye.

Examples :

"The artist was dying the fabric a vibrant blue for her new collection. "

La artista estaba tiñendo la tela de un azul vibrante para su nueva colección.

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noun

Morir, la muerte

The process of approaching death; loss of life; less precisely, death.

Examples :

"The dying of the old factory building was a sad event for the town. "

La muerte del antiguo edificio de la fábrica fue un evento triste para la ciudad.

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noun

Los moribundos

(with "the") Those who are currently expiring, moribund.

Examples :

"The battlefield was littered with the dead and dying."

El campo de batalla estaba lleno de muertos y moribundos.

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adjective

Moribundo, agonizante

Approaching death; about to die; moribund.

Examples :

"The dying dog was put out of his misery with a single shot!"

¡El perro moribundo fue liberado de su sufrimiento con un solo disparo!

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adjective

Moribundo, agonizante

Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end.

Examples :

"In the dying moments of daylight I glimpsed a sail on the horizon."

En los momentos agonizantes de la luz del día vislumbré una vela en el horizonte.

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adjective

Moribundo, agonizante

Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.

Examples :

"His dying words were of his mother."

Sus últimas palabras fueron sobre su madre.

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