inutilizar

v.

to disable, to put out of action.

esas cajas inutilizan la habitación de huéspedes those boxes are stopping us from using the guest room

Heavy rain blanked out all services Las lluvias inutilizaron los servicios.

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inutilizar

Conjugation model [REALIZAR], like realizar

► verbo transitivo

1 to render useless

2 (máquina) to put out of action

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1.

VT (=hacer inútil) [gen] to make useless, render useless; [+ mecanismo] to disable, put out of action; [+ sello] to cancel

el cañón quedó inutilizado — the cannon was put out of action

las carreteras han quedado inutilizadas — the roads have become unuseable

la mano derecha le quedó inutilizada — he lost the use of his right hand

2.

See:

inutilizarse

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verbo transitivo to make o render ... useless

inutilizaron el radar — they put the radar out of action

el brazo le quedó inutilizado — he lost the use of his arm

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= go out + the window.

Ex. The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.

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* inutilizarse = become + unusable.

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verbo transitivo to make o render ... useless

inutilizaron el radar — they put the radar out of action

el brazo le quedó inutilizado — he lost the use of his arm

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= go out + the window.

Ex: The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.

* inutilizarse = become + unusable.

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inutilizar [A4 ]

vt

to make o render … useless

lograron inutilizar el radar they succeeded in putting the radar out of action

el brazo le quedó inutilizado he lost the use of his arm

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inutilizar verbo transitivo to make o render useless: los ladrones inutilizaron el sistema de alarma, the robbers disabled the alarm system
'inutilizar' also found in these entries:
English:
disable
- cripple

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inutilizar vt

[máquina, dispositivo] to disable, to put out of action;

esas cajas inutilizan la habitación de huéspedes those boxes are stopping us from using the guest room

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inutilizar

v/t

:

inutilizar algo render sth useless

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inutilizar {21} vt

1) : to make useless

2) incapacitar: to disable, to put out of commission