"desolar" in English

QUICK TRANSLATIONS

desolar {verb}

to desolate- to desolate

desolar {transitive verb}

to bereave- to devastate- to lay waste- to lay waste to

Translations & Examples Synonyms

TRANSLATIONS & EXAMPLES

desolar [desolando · desolado] {verb}

desolar(also: desconsolar)

to desolate [desolated · desolated] {v.t.} [poet.] (sadden)

Lamentablemente, para nosotros se ha visto confirmada la imagen desolada respecto de la administración y del control de los recursos que se han gastado allí.

Unfortunately, we were able to confirm the desolate situation regarding the administration and control of the funds distributed there.

Las zonas montañosas del Hindu Kush han quedado arrasadas, el desarrollo del turismo como actividad económica no es posible allí, y las zonas de montaña se están quedando cada vez más desoladas.

The mountainous areas of the Hindu Kush have been laid waste, tourism is impossible there as an economic activity, and the mountainous areas are becoming more and more desolate.

Sin embargo, también tenemos que luchar más intensamente contra las causas de la migración y de que tantas personas traten de resolver su situación huyendo de unos países de origen desolados.

However, we must also combat the causes of migration more intensively and the reasons prompting so many people to seek a remedy to their situation by fleeing from their desolate countries.

desolar(also: devastar)

to desolate [desolated · desolated] {v.t.} [poet.] (land, area)

Lamentablemente, para nosotros se ha visto confirmada la imagen desolada respecto de la administración y del control de los recursos que se han gastado allí.

Unfortunately, we were able to confirm the desolate situation regarding the administration and control of the funds distributed there.

The mountainous areas of the Hindu Kush have been laid waste, tourism is impossible there as an economic activity, and the mountainous areas are becoming more and more desolate.

Sin embargo, también tenemos que luchar más intensamente contra las causas de la migración y de que tantas personas traten de resolver su situación huyendo de unos países de origen desolados.

However, we must also combat the causes of migration more intensively and the reasons prompting so many people to seek a remedy to their situation by fleeing from their desolate countries.

desolar [desolando · desolado] {transitive verb}

desolar(also: desconsolar, afligir, privar)

to bereave [bereaved; bereft · bereaved; bereft] {v.t.}

desolar(also: devastar)

to devastate [devastated · devastated] {v.t.}

Me he sentido total y absolutamente desolada ante algunas de las historias que he oído durante el pasado año.

I have been totally and absolutely devastated by some of the stories I have heard over the last year.

Señor Presidente, señora Comisaria, queridos colegas, como gallego estoy hoy desolado, estoy abatido ante el panorama que tenemos delante de nosotros.

Mr President, Commissioner, honourable Members, as a native of Galicia I feel devastated. I am quite overcome by the spectacle unfolding before us.

Un terrible terremoto que ha desolado a la población y ha arrasado la ciudad, provocando miles de fallecidos y sembrando a su paso desolación, confusión y terror.

A terrible earthquake has devastated the population, sweeping across the city, claiming thousands of lives, and leaving on its path desolation, confusion, and terror.

desolar

to lay waste {vb} [poet.]

desolar

to lay waste to {vb} [poet.]

SYNONYMS

Synonyms (Spanish) for "desolar":

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