desguace

m.

1 scrapping (acción) (de automóviles).

2 scrap yard.

3 wreaker's yard, breaker's yard.

4 taking down, pulling down, shipbreaking, breaking-up.

5 knacker's yard for ships.

pres.subj.

1^st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: desguazar.

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desguace

► nombre masculino

1 (de barco) breaking up; (coche) car breaking, scrapping

2 (lugar) breaker's yard, scrapyard

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SM

1) (=despiece) [de barco] breaking-up, scrapping; [de coche] scrapping

2) (=lugar) scrapyard, breaker's yard

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masculino (de barco) scrapping, breaking up; (de avión, coche) scrapping

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= junkyard, scrapyard.

Ex. He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.

Ex. The gang used the vehicle numbers from written-off cars found in scrapyards in Belgium.

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* de desguace = written-off.

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masculino (de barco) scrapping, breaking up; (de avión, coche) scrapping

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= junkyard, scrapyard.

Ex: He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.

Ex: The gang used the vehicle numbers from written-off cars found in scrapyards in Belgium.

* de desguace = written-off.

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desguace

masculine

1 (de un barco) scrapping, breaking up; (de un avión, coche) scrapping

2 (Esp) (lugar) wrecker's yard (AmE), scrapyard (BrE)

mi pobre coche ya está para el desguace my poor car's ready for the breaker's yard o scrapyard

3

(Ven) (destrucción): el ejército hizo desguace en las filas enemigas the army wreaked havoc on the enemy lines

hicieron desguace con la comida (fam); they polished off (all) the food

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Del verbo desguazar: (conjugate desguazar)

desguacé es:

1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

desguace es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
desguace    
desguazar
desguazar (conjugate desguazar) verbo transitivo
to scrap
desguace sustantivo masculino scrapping: el coche quedó para el desguace, the car ended up in the scrapyard
desguazar vtr (una embarcación) to break up
Auto to scrap
'desguace' also found in these entries:
English:
scrap yard
- scrapheap
- scrap

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desguace nm

1. [acción] [de automóviles] scrapping;

[de buques] breaking (up);

esa camioneta está para el desguace this van is for the scrapheap;

material de desguace scrap

2. [depósito] scrapyard

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desguace

m MAR, AUTO scrapping;

estar para el desguace be ready for the scrapheap