Mr President, Commissioner, seeing one child die every minute in the developing world from whooping cough or from measles, when there is a vaccine, is heartbreaking.

– Señor Presidente, señor Comisario, ver morir cada minuto un niño en el Sur a causa de la tos ferina o del sarampión, cuando existe una vacuna, es desgarrador.

heartbreaking(also: disheartening, dispiriting, discouraging)

descorazonador {adj.}

This is unbelievable and a heartbreaking denial of the Burmese people's most basic human right.

Es increíble y también supone la denegación descorazonadora del derecho humano más básico al pueblo birmano.

The situation in Darfur deteriorates before our eyes, and it is heartbreaking how powerless we are in the face of such aggression.

La situación en Drafur se deteriora ante nuestros ojos y es descorazonador ver nuestra impotencia ante dicha agresión.

heartbreak {noun}

heartbreak(also: desolation, emptiness)

desolación {f}

heartbreak(also: uneasiness, desolation, distraction)

desconsuelo {m}

heartbreak(also: anxiety, dismay, sorrow, worry)

congoja {f}

heartbreak(also: misery, suffering, trial)

sufrimiento {m}

heartbreak(also: disappointment)

desengaño {m}

SYNONYMS

Synonyms (English) for "heartbreaking":

heartbreaking

grievous- heartrending

CONTEXT EXAMPLES

Context examples for "heartbreaking" in Spanish(!) These sentences come from external sources & may not be accurate. Therefore, we are not responsible for their content.

That explains why many of us found Nice heartbreaking.

Esto explica que muchos de nosotros hayamos encontrado Niza desesperante.

The results were heartbreaking.

Desesperantes fueron los resultados.

What is heart-breaking about Europe is that so few of its many leaders are prepared to risk their political career by standing or falling by the unification of Europe.

La miseria de Europa es que de los muchos que quieren dirigirla, hay muy pocos que estén dispuestos a unir su destino político con la unificación de Europa.

I shall therefore just conclude by saying that - like the previous speaker, Mr Blak - I too think it is heart-breaking to see the developments in Afghanistan.

Acabaré sólo diciendo que, al igual que dijo el anterior orador, el Sr. Blak, también pienso que observar la evolución en Afganistán resulta absolutamente desesperante.

It is heartbreaking for any family to lose a member through a road accident, but it is even more tragic and traumatic when the repatriation of a broken body is needed.

Para cualquier familia es terrible perder a un miembro en un accidente de carretera, pero todavía es más trágico y traumático si hay que repatriar un cadáver destrozado.

Behind the scenes, though, implementation is so slow and so heartbreaking for our fellow countrymen that it is necessary to find other means to force the hands of the Heads of State or Government.

Pero después, la aplicación es tan lenta y tan desesperante para nuestros conciudadanos que debemos encontrar otros medios para forzar a los Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno.

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