monster

a frightening imaginary creature in stories and films, often with horns and a tail

monstruo, criatura fantástica

Collocations scary monster · monster movie

• The children were scared of the monster under their bed.

  Los niños tenían miedo del monstruo debajo de su cama.

a person who is extremely unpleasant or cruel, especially one who does very bad things

monstruo humano, ser malvado

Collocations evil monster · monster of a person

• He's a real monster, abusing his children like that.

  Es un verdadero monstruo, maltratando así a sus hijos.

an enemy character in a video game or computer game

enemigo en un juego de video, monstruo del juego

Collocations video game monster · game enemy

• The player must defeat the final boss, a giant monster.

  El jugador debe derrotar al jefe final, un monstruo gigante.

an organism that is very different from other organisms of the same type and often has unusual features or abilities

organismo extraño, criatura rara

Collocations scientific monster · strange organism

• Scientists discovered a new species of sea monster.

  Los científicos descubrieron una nueva especie de monstruo marino.