crueldad

/kɾwelˈdad/, [kɾwel̪ˈd̪að̞]

cruelty


Noun crueldad f (plural crueldades)

  1. cruelty

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Examples
  • Su salvaje crueldad hacia el pueblo de Dios iba más allá de ser espeluznante, lo que resultó en el alzamiento Macabeo.

    Their savage cruelty against God's people was beyond horrific, resulting in the Maccabean uprising.

  • Él fue tratado con gran crueldad.

    He was treated with great cruelty.

  • La justicia sin misericordia es crueldad, la misericordia sin justicia es la madre de la disolución.

    Justice without mercy is cruelty; mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution.

  • La crueldad es el primer atributo de Dios.

    Cruelty, it's the first attribute of God.

  • La crueldad humana no tiene límites.

    Human cruelty has no limits.

  • La chica estaba a merced de su crueldad.

    The girl was at the mercy of his cruelty.

  • El carácter oligárquico del Commonwealth inglés moderno no recae, como en muchas oligarquías, en la crueldad del rico sobre el pobre. Ni siquiera recae en la benevolencia del rico sobre el pobre. Recae en la perenne e inagotable generosidad del pobre hacia el rico.

    The oligarchic character of the modern English commonwealth does not rest, like many oligarchies, on the cruelty of the rich to the poor. It does not even rest on the kindness of the rich to the poor. It rests on the perennial and unfailing kindness of the poor to the rich.

  • Ella dejó de comer carne después de leer un libro sobre la crueldad contra los animales.

    She gave up eating meat after reading a book about cruelty to animals.

  • Lo reprobaron por su crueldad a los animales.

    They condemned him for his cruelty to animals.


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