ensuciar

v.

1 to (make) dirty.

ensuciar el nombre de alguien to sully somebody's name o reputation

2 to soil, to dirty, to foul, to mess up.

Ella ensucia la ropa She soils the clothes.

3 to litter.

Ese chico ensucia siempre That boy litters always.

4 to defame.

Ella ensució la reputación de María She defamed Ann's reputation.

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ensuciar

Conjugation model [CAMBIAR], like cambiar

► verbo transitivo

1 to dirty, make dirty

2 figurado (reputación etc) to tarnish, sully

► verbo intransitivo

1 familiar (evacuar) to mess oneself, soil oneself

► verbo pronominal ensuciarse

1 (mancharse) to get dirty

2 familiar (evacuar) to mess oneself, soil oneself

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verb

to dirty, soil

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1. VT

1) (=manchar) to get dirty, dirty

no me ensuciéis el suelo al entrar — don't get the floor dirty when you come in, don't dirty the floor when you come in

2) liter [+ reputación, nombre] to sully, soil liter

2.

See:

ensuciarse

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) <ropa/mantel> to get ... dirty, dirty, soil (frml)

lo vas a ensuciar todo de barro — you'll get mud everywhere

b) (liter) <honor/nombre> to sully, tarnish

2.

ensuciarse v pron

1)

a) falda/suelo to get dirty; (+ me/te/le etc)

que no se te ensucie — don't get it dirty

se me ensució el vestido de grasa — I got grease on my dress

b) (refl) persona to get dirty

no te ensucies los dedos — don't get your fingers dirty

2) (refl) (euf) (hacerse caca) to soil oneself (frml)

el bebé se ensució — the baby has a dirty diaper (AmE) o (BrE) nappy

3) (en asunto turbio) to get one's hands dirty

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= trash, dirty, soil, besmirch, foul, defile.

Ex. At the same time, the author takes issue with the view that the great libraries of America are being 'trashed' by the rush towards technology.

Ex. This is the way that the printing paper would be protected from being dirtied by anything on the bed of the press beyond the margins of the pages.

Ex. Bright new copies of an unknown book naturally excite more attention than old 'readers' soiled from overuse.

Ex. the gulag was an atrocious system of incarceration and forced labor that had little to do with correction, that poisoned society, and that besmirched Soviet communism.

Ex. For the past five years, large quantities of decaying algae have been fouling Lake Michigan shoreline.

Ex. No person shall throw any waste, building debris or vehicle scrap into the public domain or defile the public domain.

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* ensuciarse = get + grubby.

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) <ropa/mantel> to get ... dirty, dirty, soil (frml)

lo vas a ensuciar todo de barro — you'll get mud everywhere

b) (liter) <honor/nombre> to sully, tarnish

2.

ensuciarse v pron

1)

a) falda/suelo to get dirty; (+ me/te/le etc)

que no se te ensucie — don't get it dirty

se me ensució el vestido de grasa — I got grease on my dress

b) (refl) persona to get dirty

no te ensucies los dedos — don't get your fingers dirty

2) (refl) (euf) (hacerse caca) to soil oneself (frml)

el bebé se ensució — the baby has a dirty diaper (AmE) o (BrE) nappy

3) (en asunto turbio) to get one's hands dirty

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= trash, dirty, soil, besmirch, foul, defile.

Ex: At the same time, the author takes issue with the view that the great libraries of America are being 'trashed' by the rush towards technology.

Ex: This is the way that the printing paper would be protected from being dirtied by anything on the bed of the press beyond the margins of the pages.

Ex: Bright new copies of an unknown book naturally excite more attention than old 'readers' soiled from overuse.

Ex: the gulag was an atrocious system of incarceration and forced labor that had little to do with correction, that poisoned society, and that besmirched Soviet communism.

Ex: For the past five years, large quantities of decaying algae have been fouling Lake Michigan shoreline.

Ex: No person shall throw any waste, building debris or vehicle scrap into the public domain or defile the public domain.

* ensuciarse = get + grubby.

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ensuciar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹ropa/mantel› to get … dirty, dirty, soil (frml)

tenía las manos llenas de chocolate y me ensució la camisa her hands were covered in chocolate and she got it on my shirt o made a mess of my shirt

lo vas a ensuciar todo de barro you'll get mud everywhere, you'll get everything muddy

2 (liter); ‹honor/nombre› to sully, tarnish

■ ensuciarse

v pron

A

1 «falda/suelo» to get dirty

la fachada se ensucia mucho con el tráfico the front of the building gets very dirty o gets covered with dirt o grime from the traffic

(+ me/te/le etc): que no se te ensucie la camisa don't get your shirt dirty

se me ensució el vestido de grasa I got grease on my dress

mano¹ (↑ mano (1))

2 (refl) «persona» to get dirty

no te ensucies don't get dirty

no te ensucies los dedos don't get your fingers dirty

me ensucié todo el vestido de comida I got food all over my dress

no te vayas a ensuciar el traje nuevo don't get your new suit dirty

B (refl) (euf) (hacerse caca) to soil oneself (frml)

el bebé se había ensuciado the baby had a dirty diaper (AmE) o (BrE) nappy

C (en un asunto turbio) to get one's hands dirty

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ensuciar (conjugate ensuciar) verbo transitivo

a) ‹ropa/mantel› to get … dirty, dirty;

◊ lo vas a ensuciar todo de barro you'll get mud everywhere

b) (liter) ‹honor/nombre› to sully, tarnish

ensuciarse verbo pronominal

a) (refl) [persona] to get dirty;

◊ no te ensucies los dedos don't get your fingers dirty

b) [falda/suelo] to get dirty;

◊ que no se te ensucie don't get it dirty;

se me ensució el vestido de grasa I got grease on my dress
ensuciar verbo transitivo
1 to get dirty
2 (la reputación, fama) to tarnish: las calumnias ensuciaron su buen nombre, the slander tarnished his reputation
'ensuciar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
engrasar
- embetunar
- manchar
- pringar
English:
blot
- dirty
- foul
- litter
- mess
- mess up
- muck up
- muddy
- smear
- soil

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ensuciar

♦ vt

1. [manchar] to (make) dirty;

me ensuciaron los pantalones de grasa they got my trousers covered in grease;

excursionistas que ensucian el campo hikers who litter the countryside

2. [desprestigiar] to sully, to tarnish;

ensuciar el nombre de alguien to sully sb's name o reputation

♦ See also the pronominal verb ensuciarse

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ensuciar

v/t (get) dirty; fig

sully, tarnish

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ensuciar vt

: to soil, to dirty

♦ See also the reflexive verb ensuciarse

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ensuciar vb to get dirty