Spree in spanish
pronunciation: xueɹ̩gɑ part of speech: noun
spree = exceso, desproporción, disipación, profusión.
Example: Although it is entertaining to note the extravagant purchases of the very rich, many stories do little beyond documenting sprees of consumption.more:
» drinking spree = borrachera, juerga, mona.
Example: Three teenagers have been found guilty of killing a schoolgirl after a drinking spree.» go on + a killing spree = empezar a matar a lo loco, empezar a matar a todo el mundo, empezar a matar a diestro y siniestro.
Example: It is a very odd movie about an expectant mother who goes on a killing spree because her unborn baby is telling her to.» go on + a shooting spree = empezar a disparar a lo loco, empezar a disparar a todo el mundo, empezar a disparar a diestro y siniestro.
Example: A plumber who went on a shooting spree that left five people dead at a bar shot and killed himself when police surrounded his apartment and ordered him to surrender.» go on + a spending spree = despilfarrar el dinero, derrochar el dinero, gastar dinero sin ton ni son, gastar dinero a lo loco, gastar dinero a diestro y siniestro.
Example: During the nineties, perhaps in celebration of their seeming success in making loads of money in stocks, consumers went on a spending spree.» go (out) on + a drinking spree = salir de borrachera, irse de borrachera, salir de juerga, irse de juerga.
Example: A British woman holidaying in Benidorm in Spain was arrested for abandoning her nine-year-old twin sons to go on a drinking spree.» killing spree = matanza indiscriminada.
Example: The author recounts the cross-country killing spree of Mickey and Mallory, a couple who owe something to Marlon Brando, James Dean, and Bonnie and Clyde.» shooting spree = matanza indiscriminada.
Example: The last chapter discusses the increasing lethality of school violence, such as shooting sprees.» shopping spree = compra desaforada.
Example: What he actually brings home from his shopping spree is dependent on further factors, such as the actual availability of the goods or his resources.» spending spree = despilfarro de dinero, derroche de dinero.
Example: The industry spending sprees of the mid-90s are gone.