a rabiar — meaning & examples
Language: es
Meanings:
- To a very great degree; excessively; intensely (used as an adverbial intensifier).
- Used to indicate abundance of a quality or action (e.g., greatly pleased, extremely painful, loudly applauded).
Examples
BetaEl perro ladraba a rabiar cuando escuchó el timbre de la puerta.
The dog was barking intensely when it heard the doorbell.
Los niños estaban jugando a rabiar en el parque toda la tarde.
The kids were playing wildly in the park all afternoon.
Después de la película, la gente a rabiar comentaba sobre la escena final.
After the movie, people were talking enthusiastically about the final scene.
En el concierto, la multitud cantaba a rabiar cada canción del grupo.
At the concert, the crowd sang intensely every song of the band.
- To be furious or to rage (used with verbs of motion or emotion, e.g., 'va a rabiar' = 'is going to be furious').
Examples
BetaCuando vio que le habían mentido, el jefe iba a rabiar y no paraba de gritar.
When he saw he had been lied to, the boss was furious and kept yelling.
Mi hermano va a rabiar cuando se entere que rompiste su videojuego.
My brother is going to be furious when he finds out you broke his video game.
Aunque intenté calmarla, ella iba a rabiar por la injusticia que sufrió.
Although I tried to calm her, she was raging because of the injustice she suffered.
Examples:
- ES: ¡Duele a rabiar!EN: Damn you!
- ES: Si él oye esto, va a rabiar como el diablo.EN: If he hears about this, he'll rage like Satan.
- ES: Con cuidado, doc. Duele a rabiar.EN: Be careful, doc. She's awful sore.
- ES: La Viuda y Luís van a rabiar de envidia.EN: The widow and Luís will be really jealous.
- ES: Y en el teatro, la gente aplaudía a rabiar.EN: And out there, the audience was applauding.
- ES: En cuanto oyó que estabas con Buddy, empezó a rabiar.EN: The minute he heard you were with Buddy, he starts to burn.
- ES: - Le he visto aplaudir a rabiar.EN: He'll give us a rave...
- ES: Y a mí, estas pepitas que brillan siempre me han gustado a rabiar.EN: I always had a weakness for shiny gold nuggets. I love them even more than I love land and land is gold...
- ES: Aburridos a rabiar".EN: Bored right out of our skulls. "
- ES: Así que me tranquilicé, el juego salió bien y todos aplaudieron a rabiar.EN: So, I took my time and made it work and everybody applauded like crazy.
- ES: Y de repente decides que yo no llevaba calcetines... el día anterior y empiezas a rabiar.EN: And the next thing I know... you decide about me not having socks on... the day before, and you throw a fit.
- ES: Tu padre, en paz descanse... te malcrió a rabiar por ser su única hija... y me tomó años hacerte entender un poco las cosas.EN: Your father, God rest his soul, spoiled you rotten for being an only child, and it's taken me years to shake some sense into you.
- ES: Mirad, lleno a rabiar.EN: The place is completely packed.
- ES: Cierto, cierto, es guapa a rabiar, te hace perder la cabeza, ies guapa a rabiar!EN: True, true. Pretty she is. Enough to turn your head.EN: True, true. Pretty she is. Enough to turn your head.
- ES: Ya sabía yo que mi música os gustaría a rabiar, así que espero ver muchas monedas en mi sombrero.EN: I knew you'd love my music, so I hope to see a lot of coins in my hat.
- ES: Él ha debido follarla por todos los sitios y a rabiar.EN: I bet he rammed through every hole, he really polished his acorn.
- ES: Demonios, se viene el invierno... será bastante frío... pellizcos a rabiar.EN: Hell, come winter... it get cold enough... the pinch'll get somethin' fierce.
- ES: - Me pica a rabiar.EN: Itches like crazy.
- ES: Como él se ría Otelo va a rabiar.EN: As he shall smile Othello shall go mad.
- ES: Pero tendréis la conciencia tranquila porque sois modernos, habéis aplaudido a rabiar una obra de izquierdas muy dura. ¡Durísima tío!EN: But your consciences will be at ease because you've strongly applauded a left-wing play, a hardcore one.
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