This initiative will make victims stronger and will help them to cut ties with their illegal past as soon as they have severed relations with the criminal network.

Esta iniciativa hará más fuertes a las víctimas y les ayudará a cortar las ataduras con su pasado ilegal tan pronto como hayan cercenado las relaciones con la red delictiva.

to sever(also: to cut off)

segar {v.t.} [poet.] (cabeza, miembro)

severe {adjective}

severe(also: hard, harsh, stern, strict)

severo {adj. m}

Know that Allah is severe in punishment, but that Allah is also Forgiving, Merciful.

Sabed que Dios es severo en el castigo --y que Dios es indulgente, dispensador de gracia.

Allah has prepared for them a severe punishment; surely what they do is evil.

Dios les ha preparado un severo castigo [en la Otra Vida].

Once you have made a mistake, the punishment is that much more severe.

Una vez se ha cometido un error, el castigo es tanto más severo.

severe(also: beefy, heavy, hefty, powerful)

fuerte {adj. m/f}

Twelve vessels sank or ran aground here during a severe storm.

Durante una fuerte tormenta, se hundieron o encallaron un total de doce buques.

Oxycodone is a strong opioid agonist used to treat severe pain.

La oxicodona es un agonista opiáceo fuerte usado para tratar el dolor intenso.

This puts the private temporary work agencies at a severe disadvantage.

Esto sitúa al sector privado de las empresas de trabajo temporal en una fuerte desventaja.

severe(also: abrupt, acerbic, coarse, harsh)

áspero {adj. m}

severe(also: grueling, harsh, rigorous, strict)

riguroso {adj. m}

Some areas must prepare themselves for severe drought and higher temperatures.

Algunas áreas deben prepararse para soportar sequías rigurosas y temperaturas más altas.

It is true that at first reading we were quite severe with the Commission about the reform.

Es cierto que en primera lectura habíamos sido bastante rigurosos con la Comisión en lo atinente a la reforma.

The more severe the winter the greater the certainty that the Russian Federation will turn off the gas supply to European countries.

Cuando más riguroso es el invierno, mayor es la certeza de que la Federación de Rusia cortará el abastecimiento de gas a los países europeos.

severe(also: austere, harsh, rigid)

austera {adj. f}

severe(also: austere)

adusto {adj.} (persona, expresión)

severe

agudo {adj.} (crisis)

There is no evidence that barbiturate therapy in patients with acute severe head injury improves outcome.

No hay evidencias de que los barbitúricos mejoren los resultados de los pacientes con lesión cerebral por trauma agudo.

This finding was especially pronounced in severe acute asthma.

Este hallazgo fue especialmente más pronunciado en el asma aguda grave.

However, its role in patients with severe acute asthma is uncertain.

No obstante, su papel en los pacientes con asma aguda grave es incierto.

severe

crudo {adj.} (invierno, clima)

severe(also: hard, tough)

recio {adj.} (intenso)

severe(also: austere, dour, grim, astringent)

austero {adj.}

severe(also: tight, firm, rigid, severe)

estricto {adj.}

The language is hardly suggestive of uniformly severe enforcement.

El lenguaje es poco sugerente del estricto cumplimiento de carácter uniforme.

He is subject to very severe, cruel and unusual restrictions on his liberty.

Su libertad está sujeta a restricciones muy estrictas, crueles e inusuales.

One of my colleagues said that we are being too severe on Romania.

Una diputada ha comentado que estamos siendo demasiado estrictos con Rumanía.

severe(also: large, man-sized, good-sized, bulky)

grande {adj.}

This is particularly distressing for them now that the crisis is so severe.

Ahora que la crisis es tan grande, es doloroso aquí y allí.

Unemployment costs a great deal of money and puts severe stress on social expenditure.

Asimismo, el desempleo tiene un coste muy elevado que ejerce grandes presiones al gasto social.

However, I have severe reservations as regards talking about a European social model at all.

Sin embargo, tengo grandes reservas con respecto a la noción misma de un modelo social europeo.

severe(also: serious, staid, dire, authoritative)

serio {adj.}

Any such ban would impose severe limitations, especially in viticulture.

Cualquier prohibición de ese tipo impondría serias limitaciones, sobre todo a la viticultura.

These are examples of the fishery sector facing severe problems due to over-exploitation.

Estos son ejemplos de los serios problemas a los que se enfrenta el sector pesquero causados por la sobreexplotación.

I feel that the time has come for more severe measures to be taken against the monstrous junta in Burma.

Creo que ha llegado el momento de adoptar medidas más serias contra la monstruosa Junta de Birmania.

severe(also: testing, hard-boiled, heavy, stiff)

duro {adj.}

That is a severe judgement on all the members of the Commission.

Es un duro juicio sobre todos los miembros de la Comisión.

However, I must make a severe criticism of the European Union Solidarity Fund.

Pero he de hacer una crítica dura contra el Fondo de Solidaridad.

Confidence in politics suffered a severe dent.

La confianza en la política recibió un duro golpe.

severe(also: bad, intemperate, unkind)

inclemente {adj.}

severe(also: testing, hard-boiled, heavy, stiff)

duro {adj.}

That is a severe judgement on all the members of the Commission.

Es un duro juicio sobre todos los miembros de la Comisión.

However, I must make a severe criticism of the European Union Solidarity Fund.

Pero he de hacer una crítica dura contra el Fondo de Solidaridad.

Confidence in politics suffered a severe dent.

La confianza en la política recibió un duro golpe.

severe(also: problematic, tricky, cussed, wheezy)

difícil {adj.}

Fishing communities are currently undergoing a difficult period, marked by severe deterioration in fish stocks.

Las comunidades pesqueras pasan actualmente por un período difícil, caracterizado por un grave deterioro de las poblaciones de peces.

Turkey went through an extremely difficult period earlier this year with a severe constitutional crisis and high political tensions.

Este año Turquía ha atravesado un período muy difícil en el que se ha producido una grave crisis constitucional y han aflorado fuertes tensiones políticas.

Under difficult conditions, and despite battling against a severe headwind, a very good result has genuinely been achieved with this report.

En condiciones difíciles y a pesar de sufrir un fuerte viento en contra, se ha alcanzado un resultado realmente muy bueno con este informe.

severe(also: tight, firm, rigid, severe)

estricto {adj.}

The language is hardly suggestive of uniformly severe enforcement.

El lenguaje es poco sugerente del estricto cumplimiento de carácter uniforme.

He is subject to very severe, cruel and unusual restrictions on his liberty.

Su libertad está sujeta a restricciones muy estrictas, crueles e inusuales.

One of my colleagues said that we are being too severe on Romania.

Una diputada ha comentado que estamos siendo demasiado estrictos con Rumanía.

severe

grave {adj. m/f} [med.]

Lip service is insufficient in the face of such a severe humanitarian crisis.

La palabrería vacía es insuficiente ante una crisis humanitaria tan grave.

There was no significant effect on the rates of pneumothorax, severe ROP, or NEC.

No hubo efecto significativo en las tasas de neumotórax, RP grave o ECN.

That is not just a sign of severe incompetence in European policy.

Esto es más que un signo de grave incompetencia en materia de política europea.

to sever {transitive verb}

to sever(also: to cut, to cut down, to cut off, to cut out)

cortar {v.t.}

We believe that the planned text was sufficiently clear to avoid severing links.

Nos parece que el texto previsto era suficientemente claro para no cortar los lazos.

At the same time, all Hamas's financial lines need to be severed.

Al mismo tiempo hay que cortar todas las líneas de financiación de Hamás.

to sever sth

cortar algo a cercén

to sever(also: to break, to break off, to break up, to bust up)

romper {vb}

I call for the European Union to continue to pursue a sustainable foreign policy with Russia and not to sever relations.

Pido a la Unión Europea que siga desempeñando una política exterior continuada con Rusia y que no rompa las relaciones.

First of all, at Member-State level, where I share the position that it is more sensible to talk about such topics than to sever relations.

En primer lugar, como Estado miembro, donde comparto la postura de que es más razonable hablar de dichos temas que romper las relaciones.

Such a philosophy severs the cultural roots that were in place before the transition, when a person’s value was not measured by their capacity for consumption.

Esta filosofía rompe las raíces culturales que existían antes de la transición, cuando el valor de una persona no se medía por su capacidad de consumo.

to sever {intransitive verb}

to sever(also: to stave in, to snap, to burst, to bust)

romperse {vb}

All forms of professionalism need to be abolished, all ties between companies and sport need to be severed and mass amateur sport needs to be strengthened.

Debe abolirse toda forma de profesionalismo, deben romperse los lazos entre las empresas y el deporte y hay que fortalecer el deporte aficionado de masas.

to sever(also: to curdle, to intersect, to saw, to shut off)

cortarse {vb}

SYNONYMS

Synonyms (English) for "severeness":

severeness

asperity- austereness- badness- grimness- hardship- rigor- rigorousness- rigour- rigourousness- severity

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