cruelty

crueldad

Conducta que hace sufrir a personas o animales sin preocuparse por su dolor.

En inglés sencillo: Behaviour that hurts people or animals without caring about their pain.

• His cruelty frightened the children.
• She reported cruelty to animals.
• The prisoners suffered years of cruelty.

Cómo se usa: cruelty to someone/something (The law protects animals from cruelty to them.)

Sinónimos: brutality, inhumanity

Antónimos: kindness, compassion

Expresiones frecuentes: cruelty to animals, extreme cruelty

crueldad, atrocidad

Acción que causa dolor o sufrimiento a una persona o animal sin ninguna consideración por quien lo sufre.

En inglés sencillo: An action that causes pain or suffering without concern for the person or animal hurt.

• That punishment was a terrible cruelty.
• She could never forget the cruelties of war.
• He described several cruelties committed against prisoners.

Sinónimos: atrocity

Expresiones frecuentes: a terrible cruelty, an act of cruelty