desechos

m.pl.

waste matter, leavings, debris, junk.

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desechos

► nombre masculino plural

1 waste sing, rubbish sing

■ desechos radioactivos radioactive waste

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garbage

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(n.) = junk, detritus, scraps

Ex. All the librarian has is a pile of useless junk which people have given to the library instead of throwing out.

Ex. I was in for yet another of those numerously produced fantasies in which a pubescent child gets involved with underworld beings that are substandard versions of Le Guin's 'The Wizard of Earthsea' or peritonitic spinoffs from the detritus of ill-digested Tolkien.

Ex. Jays are reluctant to leave the shelter of woodlands although, on occasions, they become bold, visiting garden bird tables for scraps.

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(n.) = junk, detritus, scraps

Ex: All the librarian has is a pile of useless junk which people have given to the library instead of throwing out.

Ex: I was in for yet another of those numerously produced fantasies in which a pubescent child gets involved with underworld beings that are substandard versions of Le Guin's 'The Wizard of Earthsea' or peritonitic spinoffs from the detritus of ill-digested Tolkien.

Ex: Jays are reluctant to leave the shelter of woodlands although, on occasions, they become bold, visiting garden bird tables for scraps.

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desechos mpl (basura) waste, rubbish US garbage
(residuos) waste sing
desechos industriales, industrial waste
desechos radiactivos, radioactive waste
'desechos' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desperdicio
- basura
English:
dregs
- scrapheap
- waste
- debris
- flotsam

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desechos

mpl waste sg

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desechos npl

1. (basura) waste

2. (sobras) leftovers