borrar

v.

1 to rub out (British), to erase (United States) (with rubber/eraser).

borrar a algo/alguien del mapa (en ordenador)(en casete)(figurative) to wipe something/somebody off the map

2 to cross out.

3 to wipe, to dust (pizarra).

4 to erase.

el tiempo borró el recuerdo de aquel desastre with time, he was able to erase the disaster from his memory

5 to ignore (informal). (Mexican Spanish, River Plate)

6 to eliminate.

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borrar

► verbo transitivo

1 (lo escrito) to erase, rub out; (superficie) to clean

■ borra esa palabra rub out that word

■ borra la pizarra clean the blackboard

2 (cinta) to erase

3 INFORMÁTICA to delete

4 (tachar) to cross out, cross off

■ me han borrado de la lista they've crossed me off the list

5 (dar de baja) to cancel the membership of

■ si no paga la cuota lo borraremos del club if he doesn't pay the fee we'll cancel his membership

■ me he borrado del club de golf I've resigned from the golf club

► verbo pronominal borrarse

1 to disappear

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verb

to erase

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1. VT

1) (=hacer desaparecer)

a) [+ palabra, dibujo] [con goma] to rub out, erase; [con borrador] to rub off, clean off

la fecha había sido cuidadosamente borrada — the date had been carefully rubbed out o erased

borra lo que has puesto en la pizarra — rub off o clean off what you've put on the blackboard

bórralo con Tippex — white it out with Tipp-Ex ®, tippex it out

- borrar a algn/algo del mapa

b) [+ señal, mancha] to remove; [+ pintada] to clean off; [+ huellas] to wipe off, rub off

c) [+ mensaje, fichero] to delete, erase; [+ canción, película] to tape over, erase

he borrado todos los mensajes del contestador — I've erased o deleted all the messages on the answering machine

¿no habrás borrado el partido de fútbol? — you haven't taped over o erased the football match, have you?

d) [+ impresión] to wipe away, erase

he borrado de mi mente aquellas imágenes — I have wiped away o erased those images from my mind

consiguió borrar aquellos malos recuerdos — he managed to wipe away o erase all those painful memories

era como si se hubieran borrado 40 años de la historia — it was as if 40 years of history had been wiped clean o erased

no podía borrar de su cara las huellas del cansancio — he was unable to wipe away the signs of fatigue from his face

2) (=limpiar) [+ disquete, cinta] to erase; [+ pantalla] to clear

borrar la pizarra — to clean the blackboard

3) (=dar de baja a)

borrar a algn de — [+ clase, actividad] to take sb out of, remove sb from; [+ lista, curso] to take sb off, remove sb from

borró a los niños de la clase de natación — she took the children out of the swimming class, she removed the children from the swimming class

bórranos de la excursión del sábado — take us off the list for Saturday's outing, count us out of Saturday's outing *

4) (Fot) (=poner borroso) to blur

5) (Pol)

borrar a algn — euf to deal with sb, dispose of sb

2.

See:

borrarse

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) <palabra/dibujo> (con goma) to rub out, erase; (con líquido corrector) to white out, tippex out (BrE); (con esponja) to rub ... off; <pizarra> to clean; <huellas digitales> to wipe off

b) <cassette/disquete> to erase, wipe; <canción> to erase; <información/ficha> to delete, erase

c) <recuerdos/imagen> to blot out

d) <persona> (de lista, club)

la borraron de la lista — they took her (name) off the list

lo borramos del club porque nunca iba — we cancelled his club membership because he never went

2.

borrarse v pron

1)

a) inscripción/letrero to fade

se borró con la lluvia — the rain washed it away o off

b) temores/dudas to disappear; imagen/recuerdo to fade

se le borró la sonrisa — her smile vanished

c) persona (de club) to cancel one's membership, resign; (de clase) to drop out; (de lista) to cross one's name off a list

2) (Méx, RPl arg) (irse) to split (colloq)

yo me borro — I'm taking off (AmE), I'm off (BrE colloq)

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= delete, erase, obliterate, strike out, efface, blot out.

Ex. Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.

Ex. Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.

Ex. Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.

Ex. Dots placed under words or letters wrongly struck out by the corrector.

Ex. The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.

Ex. Las Vegas was once notorious for loose morals, fast living and financial transactions murky enough to blot out the desert sun.

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* borrar con la tecla de retroceso = backspace.

* borrar + Posesivo + huellas = cover up + Posesivo + tracks.

* borrar puliendo = buff out.

* borrar una imagen = eradicate + image.

* borrar un recuerdo = expunge + memory.

* goma de borrar = eraser, rubber.

* tecla de borrar = delete key.

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) <palabra/dibujo> (con goma) to rub out, erase; (con líquido corrector) to white out, tippex out (BrE); (con esponja) to rub ... off; <pizarra> to clean; <huellas digitales> to wipe off

b) <cassette/disquete> to erase, wipe; <canción> to erase; <información/ficha> to delete, erase

c) <recuerdos/imagen> to blot out

d) <persona> (de lista, club)

la borraron de la lista — they took her (name) off the list

lo borramos del club porque nunca iba — we cancelled his club membership because he never went

2.

borrarse v pron

1)

a) inscripción/letrero to fade

se borró con la lluvia — the rain washed it away o off

b) temores/dudas to disappear; imagen/recuerdo to fade

se le borró la sonrisa — her smile vanished

c) persona (de club) to cancel one's membership, resign; (de clase) to drop out; (de lista) to cross one's name off a list

2) (Méx, RPl arg) (irse) to split (colloq)

yo me borro — I'm taking off (AmE), I'm off (BrE colloq)

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= delete, erase, obliterate, strike out, efface, blot out.

Ex: Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.

Ex: Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.

Ex: Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.

Ex: Dots placed under words or letters wrongly struck out by the corrector.

Ex: The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.

Ex: Las Vegas was once notorious for loose morals, fast living and financial transactions murky enough to blot out the desert sun.

* borrar con la tecla de retroceso = backspace.

* borrar + Posesivo + huellas = cover up + Posesivo + tracks.

* borrar puliendo = buff out.

* borrar una imagen = eradicate + image.

* borrar un recuerdo = expunge + memory.

* goma de borrar = eraser, rubber.

* tecla de borrar = delete key.

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borrar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹palabra/dibujo› (con una goma) to rub out, erase; (con líquido corrector) to white out, tippex out (BrE); (con una esponja) to rub … off

borrar la pizarra to clean the blackboard

había borrado sus huellas digitales she had wiped off all trace of her fingerprints

deberían borrar esas pintadas de la pared they should remove o get rid of that graffiti on the wall

2 ‹cassette/disquete› to erase, wipe; ‹canción› to erase; ‹información/ficha› to delete, erase; (Inf) to wipe

3 ‹recuerdos/imagen› to blot out

recuerdos que quería borrar de su mente memories that he wanted to blot out o erase from his mind

el tiempo todo lo borra time is a great healer (set phrase)

4 ‹persona›

(de una clase, un club): la borraron de la lista they deleted her name from the list, they took her o her name off the list

la borré de la clase de ballet I took her out of ballet classes, I stopped her ballet lessons

lo borramos del club porque nunca quería ir we canceled his club membership because he never went

bórrame para lo del domingo (fam); count me out for Sunday (colloq)

■ borrarse

v pron

A

1 «inscripción/letrero» to fade

se borró con la lluvia the rain washed it away o off

2 «temores/dudas» to disappear

«imagen/recuerdo»: con los años se le borró el recuerdo de ese día over the years his memory of that day faded

al oír su voz se le borró la sonrisa when she heard his voice her smile vanished

no me acuerdo, se me ha borrado totalmente I can't remember, it's gone right out of my head

3 «persona» (de un club) to cancel one's membership, resign; (de una clase) to drop out

B (Méx, RPl arg) (irse) to split (colloq)

yo me borro I'm taking off (AmE colloq), I'm off (BrE colloq)

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borrar (conjugate borrar) verbo transitivo

a) ‹palabra/dibujo› (con goma) to rub out, erase;

(con líquido corrector) to white out, tippex out (BrE);
‹pizarra› to clean;
‹huellas digitales› to wipe off

b) ‹cassette/disquete› to erase, wipe

c) (Inf) ‹archivo› delete;

‹pantalla› to clear

d) ‹recuerdos/imagen› to blot out

borrarse verbo pronominal [inscripción/letrero] to fade;

◊ se borró con la lluvia the rain washed it away o off

borrar verbo transitivo
1 (con una goma) to erase, rub out
(una pizarra) to clean
2 Inform to delete

'borrar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
goma
- mapa
- obliterar
English:
blank out
- blot out
- delete
- efface
- erase
- eraser
- face
- obliterate
- rub off
- rub out
- rubber
- scrub
- wear away
- wipe
- wipe away
- wipe off
- wipe out
- blot
- clean
- rub
- wear
- zap

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borrar

♦ vt

1. [hacer desaparecer] [con goma] Br to rub out, US to erase;

[en casete] to erase;

Comp

borrar a algo/alguien del mapa to wipe sth/sb off the map

2. [la pizarra] to wipe, to dust

3. [tachar] to cross out

4. [de lista] to take off;

sus padres la borraron de clase de piano her parents stopped sending her to piano classes

5. Informát [archivo] to delete

6. [olvidar] to erase;

el tiempo borró el recuerdo de aquel desastre with time, she was able to erase the disaster from her memory;

intenta borrarla de tu cabeza try and put her out of your mind

7. Méx, RP Fam [no hacer caso a] to ignore;

me peleé con ella porque siempre me borraba I fell out with her because she always ignored me

♦ See also the pronominal verb borrarse

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borrar

v/t

1 erase

2 INFOR delete

3 pizarra clean

4 recuerdo blot out

5 huellas wipe off

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borrar vt

: to erase, to blot out

♦ See also the reflexive verb borrarse

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borrar vb

1. (con goma) to erase / to rub out [pt. & pp. rubbed]

borró lo escrito he rubbed out what he'd written

2. (de una lista) to cross off

lo borraron de la lista de invitados they crossed him off the guest list

3. (de pizarra, casete) to wipe off

borra eso la pizarra wipe that off the blackboard

4. (del ordenador) to delete

he borrado el archivo por error I've deleted the file by mistake