Thursday, February 4, 2016

Palabras curiosas: ESCALOFRIANTE (spine-chilling, blood curdling, horrific)





[Spanish]
ESCALOFRIANTE: algo que nos causa escalofrios, ya sea por miedo o porque es una cosa horrible.


Era escalofriante andar en la oscuridad de la noche
It was spine-chilling walking in the darkness of the night

El final de la película fue escalofriante
The ending of the film was hair-raising

Es una historia escalofriante
It's a blood-curdling story




[English]
ESCALOFRIANTE: is something that gives you the shivers, because it is frightening, horrible or terrifying.

"Espeluznante" and "escalofriante" are synonims. There is an entry for espeluznante in this blog.









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