maltrecho

adj.

wretched, ruined, in very bad condition, in very bad shape.

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maltrecho

► adjetivo

1 (persona) battered, wrecked

2 (cosa) damaged, destroyed

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ADJ

1) [objeto] battered, knocked-about

las maltrechas arcas de la organización — the organization's depleted coffers

2) [persona] (=herida) injured; (=agotada) worn out

dejar maltrecho a algn — to leave sb in a bad way

los maltrechos líderes del partido — the beleaguered party leaders

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-cha adjetivo [ESTAR] in a bad way (colloq)

lo dejaron muy maltrecho — they left him in a bad way

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= battered, ruined, ramshackle.

Ex. Seventeenth-century English printing was abysmally poor, and there are few books that were not set in ill-cast, battered type, clumsily arranged and carelessly printed in brown ink on shabby paper.

Ex. The beach is a ruined landscape, eerily quiet, save for the hum of mechanical diggers searching for yet more corpses.

Ex. The ramshackle village clings like a limpet to the cliffs.

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-cha adjetivo [ESTAR] in a bad way (colloq)

lo dejaron muy maltrecho — they left him in a bad way

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= battered, ruined, ramshackle.

Ex: Seventeenth-century English printing was abysmally poor, and there are few books that were not set in ill-cast, battered type, clumsily arranged and carelessly printed in brown ink on shabby paper.

Ex: The beach is a ruined landscape, eerily quiet, save for the hum of mechanical diggers searching for yet more corpses.

Ex: The ramshackle village clings like a limpet to the cliffs.

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maltrecho -cha

adjective

[ ESTAR]:

lo dejaron muy maltrecho they left him in a bad way (colloq)

las arcas maltrechas del ayuntamiento the depleted coffers of the town hall

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maltrecho

◊ -cha adjetivo: lo dejaron muy maltrecho they left him in a bad way

maltrecho,-a adjetivo in a terrible state, battered

'maltrecho' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
baldada
- baldado
- maltrecha
English:
dent
- battered

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maltrecho, -a adj

1. [física, moralmente] battered;

sus maltrechas rodillas no aguantaron el ritmo his battered knees couldn't withstand the pace;

el divorcio lo dejó maltrecho the divorce left him in a sorry state

2. [dañado] damaged;

la maltrecha economía del país the country's battered economy;

la posición del presidente ha quedado maltrecha tras el escándalo the president has been left with a shakier hold on power after the scandal

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maltrecho

adj cosa damaged;

dejar maltrecho persona, salud weaken, damage;

quedar maltrecho de persona, salud be weakened, be damaged

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maltrecho, -cha adj

: battered, damaged