infernal region

• Termo literário ou arcaico que designa o mundo subterrâneo, o inferno ou o reino dos mortos em diversas mitologias e tradições religiosas.

An archaic or literary term referring to the underworld, hell, or the realm of the dead in various mythologies and religious traditions.

1. Hell or the underworldC1formal

   A place of punishment and suffering after death, often associated with fire and demons in religious mythology.

   inferno

   • In many ancient texts, the infernal region is described as a place of eternal fire.
   • Dante's 'Inferno' vividly portrays the infernal region.
   • The hero descended into the infernal region to rescue his beloved.

2. A place of great sufferingC1formal

   Any place or situation characterized by extreme misery, torment, or chaos.

   Inferno

   • The war-torn city had become an infernal region of destruction.
   • Working in that toxic environment felt like an infernal region.
   • The drought turned the fertile valley into an infernal region of dust and despair.