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waste
A. -noun
1. (=misuse) desperdicio (m), derroche (m)
·I hate waste
·odio el desperdicio or el derroche
·what a waste!
·¡qué desperdicio or derroche!
·her death is a terrible waste
·su muerte es una terrible pérdida
·there was no waste on that meat
·esa carne no tenía desperdicio
·an effort to locate and eliminate government waste
·una campaña para identificar y eliminar las áreas de ineficacia en el gobierno
·to [go to] waste
·echarse a perder, desperdiciarse
·it'noun a waste of money
·es dinero perdido, es tirar or derrochar el dinero
·it'noun a waste of time
·es una pérdida de tiempo
·it'noun a waste of effort
·es un esfuerzo inútil
·that man'noun a waste of space!
* ¡ese hombre es un inútil! *
2. (=rubbish) basura (f), desperdicios masculine plural
(=waste material, substance) desechos masculine plural, residuos masculine plural
·[household] waste
basura (f) doméstica
·[human] waste
excrementos masculine plural
·[nuclear] waste
desechos or residuos
·[toxic] waste
desechos or residuos
3. (=leftover material) material (m) sobrante
4. wastes
·the barren wastes of the Sahara
·las áridas y baldías inmensidades del Sáhara
B. -transitive verb
1. (=use inefficiently, squander)
[+water, electricity, gas] derrochar
[+money] malgastar, derrochar
[+time] perder
[+life] echar a perder
[+space, opportunity] desaprovechar, desperdiciar
[+food] desperdiciar, echar a perder
[+talent] desaprovechar
·I wasted a whole day on that journey
·perdí un día entero haciendo ese viaje
·don't waste your time trying to persuade her
·no pierdas el tiempo intentando persuadirla
·to waste no time in doing something
·no tardar en hacer algo
·don't waste your efforts on him
·no derroches tus esfuerzos or energías con él
·all my efforts were wasted
·todos mis esfuerzos fueron inútiles
·sarcasm is wasted on him
·con él el sarcasmo es inútil
·caviar is wasted on him
·no sabe apreciar el caviar
·nothing is wasted
·no se desperdicia nada, no se echa a perder nada
a. you're wasting your breath! ¡estánoun gastando saliva!
2. (=weaken)
[+muscles] atrofiar
·cancer was wasting his body
·el cáncer lo estaba consumiendo or debilitando
3. (United States) **
(=kill) cargarse *, liquidar *
C. -intransitive verb
1. ·waste not, want not
·quien no malgasta no pasa necesidades
2. waste away
D. -adjective
1. (=for disposal) [material] de desecho [gas, oil] residual
2. (=leftover) [paper, fabric] sobrante [heat] residual
3. (=unused) [ground] baldío, yermo
4. ·to [lay] waste
[+country, area, town] devastar, asolar
·to lay waste [to] something
·devastar algo, asolar algo
E. -compound
·waste disposal -noun (industrial) eliminaciónoun (f) de los desechos or residuos
a. [of household waste] eliminaciónoun (f) de la basura doméstica
(=device) waste disposal unit
·waste disposal unit -noun triturador (m) de basura
·waste heat -noun calor (m) residual
·waste management -noun tratamiento (m) de desechos, tratamiento (m) de residuos
·waste material -noun material (m) de desecho
·waste matter -noun (industrial) residuos masculine plural (from body) excrementos masculine plural
·waste paper -noun papel (m) de desecho
·waste pipe -noun tubería (f) de desagüe
·waste products -noun plural (industrial) residuos masculine plural (from body) excrementos masculine plural
·waste water -noun aguas feminine plural residuales
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged and Audio Headword Pronunciation (Spanish) 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co Ltd. 1971,1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992,1993,1996,1997,2000,2003,2005.
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