Basura in english
Trash
pronunciation: træʃ part of speech: noun
pronunciation: træʃ part of speech: noun
In gestures
basura1 = rubbish ; junk ; litter ; garbage ; trash ; refuse.
Example: Science fiction may be so obviously rubbish that one is tempted to dismiss the whole product as rubbish.Example: All the librarian has is a pile of useless junk which people have given to the library instead of throwing out.Example: Indeed, she was delighted to forsake the urban reality of steel and glass, traffic and crime, aspirin and litter, for the sort of over-the-fence friendliness of the smaller city.Example: Some individuals are satisfied with a 50% 'hit' rate because they feel they can more quickly weed out the 'garbage' than they could compile the needed bibliography by hand.Example: For one thing, the librarian cannot really understand why his clients read 'trash' or books of ephemeral value.Example: It is the responsibility of the householder to ensure the refuse is bagged securely.more:
» alcantarillado y basura = sanitation .
Example: The council as one of their austerity measures had issued a moratorium on all hiring except for 'absolutely essential services' which they described as police, fire, and sanitation.» arrojar a la basura = trash .
Example: Sending weeded books to be trashed or to paper recycling centers were two other common options.» basura espacial = space debris ; space junk ; space waste ; orbital debris .
Example: With just some minor adjustments to the operation of the radar, it can be used to detect orbiting satellites and space debris. Example: The chances of you being hit by a piece of space junk stands at 1-in-21 trillion. Example: China has abruptly scrapped plans for an international governmental meeting next week on how to deal with hazardous space waste. Example: Posing an occasional threat to Earth, orbital debris and meteoroids are a significant problem to NASA's spacecraft.» basura industrial = industrial waste .
Example: The main accent is on primary raw materials, with particular emphasis on the extraction and use of uranium, and on the recycling of municipal and industrial wastes.» basura urbana = municipal waste .
Example: The main accent is on primary raw materials, with particular emphasis on the extraction and use of uranium, and on the recycling of municipal and industrial wastes.» bolsa de basura = bin liner [Vacía] ; bin bag [Vacía] ; rubbish bag [Generalmente llena] ; garbage bag [Generalmente llena] .
Example: The article 'You Might as Well Use a Bin Liner!' presents practical advice on storing the written work generated by students. Example: The jury heard pieces of cooked human flesh were found in his kitchen and in a bin bag. Example: Rubbish bags should contain only normal household waste and must not include sharp objects, hot ashes, liquids, or dangerous objects. Example: The police are asking anyone 'missing' two large garbage bags filled with freshly-cut marijuana found on the side of the highway to call their office.» buscar entre la basura = scavenge .
Example: These include watching out for people scavenging through discarded materials and making sure that deleted files on floppy disks are truly erased.» camión de la basura = garbage truck ; rubbish truck ; rubbish lorry ; dustcart [dust cart] ; trash truck .
Example: Over half of the garbage trucks in Reykjavik are actually powered by methane that is siphoned from the landfill. Example: Two English tourists have been killed after the driver of a rubbish truck driver lost control of his vehicle and crashed on to the pavement. Example: A man who blocked in a rubbish lorry with his car in a dispute over waste collection was allegedly hit on the head and sworn at by a binman. Example: Tributes were today being paid to a teenage binman knocked down and killed by his own dustcart. Example: Last week, at one of these ungated crossings a trash truck was hit by a freight train.» comida basura = junk food .
Example: Junk food at slumber parties is a time-honored tradition.» con basura por el suelo = littered .
Example: The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').» contenedor de basura = rubbish skip ; waste container .
Example: Spurred by press comments on dumping of withdrawn library books in rubbish skips, Birkerd Library requested the Ministry of Culture's permission to sell withdrawn materials. Example: Spent cartridges must be collected in waste containers designated for this purpose.» contenedor de basura con ruedas = wheelie bin [Tambien escrito wheely bin] .
Example: Fire crews have tackled a blaze that saw two wheelie bins go up in smoke.» contenedor de la basura = dumpster .
Example: Trashing books, however, was recognized to be a perilous undertaking, something to be done 'quietly,' 'under the cover of darkness,' and 'in a locked dumpster' because discarded materials have occasionally been 'returned by dumpster rats who cannot bear to see books thrown away'.» correo basura = junk mail ; spam [En Internet, correo que se recibe principalmente debido a que un pirata de las redes han suscrito sin permiso al usuario en cuestión a muchas listas de correo] ; junk e-mail .
Example: Despite the hype surrounding the World Wide Web, e-mail remains the most commonly used element of the Internet, but has begun to be suffer from the junk mail problem. Example: Spam is any electronic message mass-posted on the Internet that forces itself on people who would not otherwise choose to receive it. Example: Recent statistics about the volume of junk e-mail are so astounding as to leave any reasonable person gobsmacked.» cubo de la basura = waste bin ; trashcan [trash can] ; dustbin [dust bin] ; rubbish bin ; trash bin ; garbage can .
Example: This attitude is based on the waste bin decision process widely used in political and educational organisations, which tend to have open-ended goals, problematic preferences, hazy technology, and poor feeback. Example: The article 'You can never own too many trashcans' comments on the problems of finding enough space to house the University of California Division of Library Automation installations. Example: Databases which should be gold mines degenerate into dustbins, and inter-departmental strife tears apart the organization's commitments. Example: The bags may be used as an inner skin to a rubbish bin, to stop wet and noisome remains from sticking to the inside of the container. Example: In a trash bin, he found the inedibles: fragile little calf legs with tiny cleft hooves. Example: Two boys said they were shooting at a garbage can but ended up hitting a 61-year-old delivery driver instead, police say.» eliminación de basura = waste disposal .
Example: Local authorities carry out functions conferred on them by Acts of Parliament; for example, the provision of public amenities such as libraries, museums, swimming pools and car parks, waste collection and disposal, and the promotion of tourism.» mendigo que rebusca en la basura = dumpster rat .
Example: Trashing books, however, was recognized to be a perilous undertaking, something to be done 'quietly,' 'under the cover of darkness,' and 'in a locked dumpster' because discarded materials have occasionally been 'returned by dumpster rats who cannot bear to see books thrown away'.» persona que tira basura al suelo = litterbug ; litter lout .
Example: I have to wonder at the thought process of litterbugs (those who carelessly toss their garbage anywhere they choose). Example: Some draconian laws have been put in place to punish litter louts and heaven help you if you are caught selling chewing gum.» pordiosero de la basura = scavenger .
Example: They attacked their enemies as 'corrupt scavengers who fattened themselves on the lifeblood of the commonwealth'.» punto de recogida de basura = rubbish tip ; community recycling centre .
Example: After around 12 years of planning and legal challenges, construction of Orange's multi-million dollar regional rubbish tip is starting. Example: Camberley residents will be able to visit their local community recycling centre later in the day when new extended opening hours are trialled.» reciclador de basura = waste picker .
Example: We therefore have to strike the right balance if we are not to deprive the waste pickers of their income.» recogedor de basura = waste picker .
Example: We therefore have to strike the right balance if we are not to deprive the waste pickers of their income.» recogida de basura = waste collection ; garbage collection ; refuse removal ; refuse collection ; rubbish collection .
Example: Local authorities carry out functions conferred on them by Acts of Parliament; for example, the provision of public amenities such as libraries, museums, swimming pools and car parks, waste collection and disposal, and the promotion of tourism. Example: If the library is not to come in a poor second to such 'basic' or 'essential' services as police and garbage collection, the library's services must also be regarded as 'essential'. Example: There will be a skeleton staff to ensure that services like power and refuse removal are maintained throughout the festive season holidays. Example: There are no changes to scheduled refuse collections for the next month. Example: As a last resort, put excess recycling in your rubbish bags and we'll take it away with your next weekly rubbish collection.» recolector de basura = waste picker .
Example: We therefore have to strike the right balance if we are not to deprive the waste pickers of their income.» sacar la basura = take out + the garbage [También take the garbage out] ; put out + the rubbish [También put the rubbish out] ; take out + the rubbish [También take the rubbish out] ; put out + the garbage [También put the garbage out] .
Example: Who else is going to flip the burgers, clean the resistant bomb-proof windows of the glitzy mile-high skyscrapers -- also take out the garbage, wash the dishes, park the cars, sweep up the papers in the parks?. Example: Who wants to live with someone who has never peeled a potato or put out the rubbish?. Example: There are better ways to clean than sweeping everything under the rug or wishing for a fairy godmother to come take out the rubbish. Example: Why don't men hear a request to put out the garbage while they're reading a newspaper?.» tirar a la basura = junk ; bin .
Example: I had a motherboard with a lot of bad capacitors so I decided to junk it instead of repairing. Example: Over 80% of smokers said they would bin their cigarette butts if suitable bins were available.» tirar basura al suelo = litter .
Example: Many smokers do not believe that littering their cigarette butts has an environmental impact or is inappropriate behavior.» tratar a Alguien como (si fuese) basura = treat + Nombre + like dirt ; treat + Nombre + like shit .
Example: The system had treated my grandfather like dirt and kept him tugging his forelock at those whose only virtue was to have been born to wealthier familes. Example: Don't treat her like shit just because you know you've got her head over heels.» vertedero de basura = landfill site [ vez rellenos se cubren de tierra para volverlos a su estado natural] ; landfill [Especialmente grandes huecos productos de excavaciones que una vez rellenos se cubren de tierra para volverlos a su estado natural] .
Example: Much waste is still deposited in landfill sites around the world with material that can produce biogas for industry or dometic use. Example: Republicans are so empty-headed, they wouldn't make a good landfill.» vertedero de basura municipal = municipal landfill .
Example: More than 4 million poultry died or were culled in a 2002 outbreak in Virginia, and the carcasses were disposed of in municipal landfills.» vertedero de basuras = garbage dump .
Example: And no matter how set everyone is to have a good time, it is difficult to do more than make the cheerful best of things if the picnic is held, for some crazy reason, on a stinking garbage dump in pouring rain.basura2 = dross ; schlock ; shit ; hogwash ; cruft ; swill ; tripe ; codswallop ; hogswallop ; rubbish ; tat.
Example: They do have the problem, however, of being able to sort out the nuggets of literary gold from amongst the torrents of published dross.Example: Adolescents should be allowed such pleasant means of escaping reality and there's no reason why libraries can't accommodate a little schlock.Example: Until your skin gets use to it, it will itch but non-scented talcum powder will help, just make sure you don't inhale any of that shit.Example: The film proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the official story is hogwash and that all the evidence points towards an inside job.Example: This cruft doesn't harm the system, it merely takes up some space.Example: All of this crap is just swill that they feed the public.Example: I write romance which everybody knows is just tripe compared to literary fiction.Example: The oft-implied idea that sport can change the world for the better is largely a load of codswallop.Example: When it comes to wine tasting some people think all the swirling, sniffing and slurping is just a bunch of pretentious hogswallop.Example: The whole article is not all rubbish -- it raises some pertinent points as well.Example: The joy of being forty eight is that its soooo much easier to ignore all that tat that's in the shops.