English-Portuguese translations for nightmare

• pesadelo
  É o pior pesadelo da Irlanda do Norte. It is Northern Ireland's worst nightmare.
  Apanham um táxi e, de repente, tudo se transforma num enorme pesadelo.You take a taxi, it turns into a nightmare.
  Seria, a meu ver, um pesadelo jurídico. It would in my opinion be a legal nightmare.

Definition of nightmare

• A demon or monster, thought to plague people while they slept and cause a feeling of suffocation and terror during sleep
• Sleep paralysis
• A very bad or frightening dream
• Any bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying situation or experience that arouses anxiety, terror, agony or great displeasure

Synonyms

• succubus
• night hag

Examples

• I had a nightmare that I tried to run but could neither move nor breathe.
• Cleaning up after identity theft can be a nightmare of phone calls and letters.

Related words

• nightmarish
• have a nightmare
• American Nightmare