Ditch in spanish
Zanja
pronunciation: θɑnxɑ part of speech: noun
pronunciation: θɑnxɑ part of speech: noun
In gestures
ditch1 = acequia, cuneta, zanja, fosa.
Example: The speciments were collected from different types of habitats, such as streams, springs, ditches, dams, swamps, wells and ponds.more:
» as a last ditch = como último recurso.
Example: Quite often these babies are saved as a last ditch to provide these parents with a family.» dig + a ditch = cavar una zanja.
Example: It was a huge space with hundreds of workers, some digging ditches, some mixing cement, some laying bricks and one chiseling a piece of marble into a statue.» drainage ditch = zanja, cuneta.
Example: It was found that 73.6% of the wetlands were lost due to the construction of drainage ditches and levees.» irrigation ditch = acequia.
Example: Recent changes in rice fields and irrigation ditches to increase production has led to a decrease in fish diversity.» last ditch = último recurso, última oportunidad.
Example: As an attorney, Ray Dix represented death row inmates in their last ditch to stay alive.» last-ditch attempt = último intento, intento desesperado.
Example: With his back against the wall, he might judge that he had little choice but to use his weapons of mass destruction in a last-ditch attempt to save his country.» last-ditch effort = último esfuerzo, esfuerzo desesperado.
Example: In a last-ditch effort to avert disaster, Jack appeals to Davy Jones' thirst for vengeance.» road(side) ditch = cuneta, cuneta de la carretera, cuneta del camino.
Example: A man was badly injured after he dozed off and drove his motorbike into a roadside ditch early this morning.ditch2 = abandonar, desechar, rechazar, dejar en la cuneta, dejar en bragas.
Example: It is time that higher education institutions accepted the wisdom of collaboration and ditched, once and for all, the rhetoric of competition = Ya es hora de que las instituciones de enseñanza superior acepten la colaboración y rechacen, de una vez por todas, la competitividad.