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3 Translation results for waste in Spanish

verb | noun | adjective

waste verb

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wasted, has wasted, is wasting, wastes
arrasar, arruinar, devastar; desperdiciar, despilfarrar, malgastar

Example sentences of
waste verb

  • •Don't waste water during the summer drought.
  • •He always wasted his money on useless gadgets.
  • •Turn off the lights so we don't waste electricity.
  • •I think he's just wasting my time.
  • •We can't afford to waste so much food.
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  • •We can't afford to waste this opportunity.
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Synonyms of
waste verb

squander, dissipate, fritter, consume, throw, ravage, devastate, sack, pillage, despoil, plunder, loot, ransack

Detailed synonyms for waste verb

1. Waste, squander, dissipate, fritter, consume, throw away significan gastar o utilizar inútilmente, o sin provecho o utilidad razonable o normal.
  • Waste suele indicar un gasto descuidado o despilfarrador <wasted her money on expensive clothes>, pero puede también indicar un gasto infructuoso o inútil <why waste time on this?>.
    antonyms: save, conserve
  • Squander recalca un gasto imprudente y derrochador que tiende a agotar los recursos <he felt he had squandered his life>.
  • Dissipate indica una pérdida como consecuencia de la extravagancia y suele indicar un agotamiento total de los recursos disponibles <realized they had dissipated all their resources>.
  • Fritter suele usarse con away, e indica el agotar uno sus recursos, poco a poco, en cosas sin importancia o un beneficio proporcionado <frittered away the entire afternoon>.
  • Consume puede indicar un gasto o desperdicio devorador <it took only ten minutes for the fire to consume the entire house>.
  • Throw away significa descartar o malgastar <she told him he had thrown away a great opportunity>.
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2. See: Ravage

waste noun

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wastes
derroche, desperdicio, despilfarro; basura, desechos, desperdicios; excremento

Example sentences of
waste noun

  • •The current system causes a lot of waste.
  • •We need to find ways to reduce unnecessary waste.
  • •These old computers are still useful. It seems like such a waste to throw them away.
  • •Any further investment would be a waste of valuable resources.
  • •The city oversees waste disposal contracts.
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Synonyms of
waste noun

excrement, misuse, rubbish

waste adjective

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yermo, baldío; de desecho; sobrante

Example sentences of
waste adjective

  • •waste acreage that was not fit for anything
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Synonyms of
waste adjective

barren, discarded, excess
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Phrasal verbs for waste

Reverse translation for waste

arrasar  - to level, to smooth, to devastate, to destroy, to fill to the brim 
arruinar  - to ruin, to wreck 
devastar  - to devastate 
desperdiciar  - to waste, to miss, to miss out on 
despilfarrar  - to squander, to waste 
malgastar  - to squander (resources), to waste (time, effort) 
derroche  - extravagance, waste 
desperdicio  - waste 
despilfarro  - extravagance, wastefulness 
basura  - garbage, waste, refuse, (brit.) rubbish 
desechos  - reject 
desperdicios  - waste 
excremento  - excrement 
yermo  - barren, deserted 
baldío  - fallow, uncultivated, useless, vain 
de desecho
sobrante  - remaining, superfluous