English translation of '¡Qué lástima!'
¡qué lástima!
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lástima
feminine noun
1. (= pena) pity ⧫ shame
es una lástima it’s a pity or shame
es lástima que ... it’s a pity or shame that ... ⧫ it’s too bad that ...
dar lástima:
toda esta pobreza me da mucha lástima such poverty makes me really sad
es tan desgraciado que da lástima he’s so unhappy I feel really sorry for him or I really pity him
es una película tan mala que da lástima it’s a pathetic film ⧫ it’s an awful film ⧫ it’s such a pathetically bad film
¡qué lástima!:
—hemos perdido —¡qué lástima! “we’ve lost” — “what a shame! or what a pity! or that’s too bad!”
¡qué lástima de hombre! isn’t he pitiful?
sentir lástima de algn, tener lástima de algn to feel sorry for sb
2. (= escena lastimosa) pitiful sight
estar hecho una lástima to be in a sorry or dreadful state
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