keen

aficionado, entusiasta

Muy interesado en algo o que lo disfruta mucho.

En inglés sencillo: Very interested in something or liking it a lot.

• I'm keen on football.
• She has always been a keen reader.
• Are you keen on cooking?

Cómo se usa: keen on something (My sister is keen on photography.); keen on doing something (He is keen on growing his own vegetables.)

Sinónimos: interested, enthusiastic

Antónimos: uninterested

Expresiones frecuentes: keen on something, keen football fan, keen gardener

deseoso, entusiasta

Muy interesado y con muchas ganas de hacer algo.

En inglés sencillo: Very interested and eager to do something.

• She's keen to learn.
• They were keen to join our team.
• He showed a keen interest in the new project.

Cómo se usa: keen to do something (They are keen to help with the project.); keen on something (I'm keen on the idea of a walking holiday.)

Sinónimos: eager, enthusiastic, interested

Antónimos: reluctant, uninterested

Expresiones frecuentes: keen to learn, keen interest, keen on something

estupendo, genial

Muy bueno o agradable.

En inglés sencillo: Very good or pleasing.

• That's a keen little car!
• Your new jacket looks keen.
• We thought the whole party was really keen.

Sinónimos: great, excellent, swell

Antónimos: bad

Expresiones frecuentes: keen idea, really keen, keen little car

mordaz, acerbo

Duro y amargo, de una manera que hiere o critica con fuerza a alguien.

En inglés sencillo: Harsh and bitter in a way that strongly hurts or criticizes someone.

• His speech was full of keen sarcasm.
• Her keen satire exposed the leaders' selfishness.
• The review offered keen criticism of the government's failures.

Sinónimos: biting, cutting, bitter, caustic

Expresiones frecuentes: keen satire, keen sarcasm, keen criticism

plañir, lamentarse

Llorar con tristeza y en voz alta, especialmente por la muerte de alguien.

En inglés sencillo: To cry loudly and sadly, especially because someone has died.

• A woman began to keen.
• They keened for the dead through the night.
• She was keening beside her son's grave.

Cómo se usa: keen for someone (The women keened for their lost children.); keen over someone (She keened over her husband's body.)

Sinónimos: wail, lament

Expresiones frecuentes: keen for someone, keen over someone

lamento fúnebre, plañido

Llanto largo y triste por alguien que ha muerto, especialmente en la tradición irlandesa.

En inglés sencillo: A long, sad cry made for someone who has died, especially in Irish tradition.

• A keen rose from beside the coffin.
• The women began a traditional keen for the dead.
• Her long keen filled the quiet room.

Sinónimos: wail, lament

Expresiones frecuentes: mournful keen, traditional keen, raise a keen