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rígido — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dour adjective Stern, unfriendly, and serious in manner or expression.
  • grim adj Bleak, gloomy, or discouraging.
  • rigid adj Stiff and not easily bent.
  • severe adjective Very bad, intense, or extreme.
  • starch noun A carbohydrate found in foods like potatoes, rice, and grains, used by the body for energy.
  • stern adjective Serious and strict in manner; harsh or severe.
  • stiff adjective Rigid; not easily bent or moved.

Senses

rígido is used for these senses in English:

  • dour Stern, harsh and forbidding.
  • grim Rigid and unrelenting.
  • hard-and-fast (idiomatic, of rules, etc) strictly maintained; not subject to variation
  • severe Strict or harsh.
  • starch Stiff; precise; rigid.
  • stiff (of an, object) Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.
  • stiff (figurative, of, _, policies and rules and their application and enforcement) Inflexible; rigid.

dour — full definition

  1. adjective Stern, unfriendly, and serious in manner or expression.
  2. adjective Gloomy or grim.

grim — full definition

  1. adj Bleak, gloomy, or discouraging.
  2. adj Stern, harsh, or unyielding in expression or manner.

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