roto

adj.

broken, cracked, broken-down, bust-up.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: romper.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: rotar.

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roto

► nombre masculino

1 (agujero) hole, tear

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roto

► participio pasado

1→ {{link=romper}}romper

► adjetivo

1 (gen) broken

2 (tela, papel) torn

3 (gastado) worn out

4 (andrajoso) tattered, in tatters, ragged

5 (cansado) tired

► nombre masculino roto

1 (agujero) hole, tear

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FRASEOLOGÍA

con el corazón roto figurado heartbroken

servir igual para un roto que para un descosido figurado to be a jack of all trades

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(f. - rota)

adj.

1) broken

2) ripped, torn

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roto, -a

1.

PP de romper

2. ADJ

1) (=partido, destrozado) [juguete, mueble, cristal, puerta] broken

tengo la pierna rota — I've broken my leg, I've got a broken leg

2) (=rasgado) [tela, papel] torn

la bolsa está rota — the bag is torn

tienes rota la manga del vestido — the sleeve of your dress is ripped o torn

la cuerda estaba rota por los extremos — the rope was frayed at the ends

3) (=estropeado) [lavadora, televisor] broken; [coche, motor] broken down

4) [zapato] worn, worn-out

5) (=destrozado) [persona] broken; [vida] shattered

estar roto de cansancio — to be exhausted, be worn-out

6) †† (=libertino) debauched, dissipated

7) Chile * (=de clase baja) common, low-class; (=maleducado) rude

3. SM / F

1) (=persona chilena)

a) Perú, Bol * Chilean, Chilean person

b) Chile

el roto chileno — the average Chilean

2) Chile

*

a) (=pobre) pleb *

b) (=persona) guy * /woman

es una rota con suerte — she's a lucky woman

el rotito quería que le pagáramos el viaje — the cheeky devil wanted us to pay for his trip *

c) (=maleducado)

esta rota no sabe comportarse a la mesa — she's so rude o such a pig **, she doesn't know how to behave at the dinner table

4.

SM (=agujero) [en pantalón, vestido] hole

te has hecho un roto en la manga — you've got a hole in your sleeve

- valer o servir lo mismo para un roto que para un descosido

- nunca falta un roto para un descosido

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I

-ta adjetivo

1)

a) <camisa> torn, ripped; <zapato> worn-out

b) <vaso/plato> broken

c) <papel> torn

me devolvió el libro roto — the book was falling apart when he gave it back to me

d) <pierna/brazo> broken

2) (RPl) <televisor/heladera> broken; <coche> broken down

3) (Chi fam & pey)

a) <barrio/gente> lower-class (pej), plebby (colloq & pej)

b) (mal educado) rude

II

-ta masculino, femenino

1) (Chi)

a) (fam) (individuo) (m) man, guy (colloq); (f) woman, girl (colloq)

b) (fam & pey) (de clase baja) pleb (colloq & pej)

c) (fam & pey) (mal educado)

es una rota, nunca saluda — she's so rude, she doesn't even say hello

2) (Per fam) (chileno) Chilean

3) roto masculino (Esp) (agujero) hole

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= torn, broken, tatty [tattier -comp., tattiest -sup.], tear, in tatters.

Ex. Torn pages may be repaired by using special transparent tapes obtainable from library suppliers.

Ex. Just as Ivan finds that by taking pleasure in finding and managing to keep a broken and discarded hacksaw blade he makes survival possible and beats Stalin and his jailors at heir own game.

Ex. Putting books on show is a way of making recommendations by, as it were, remote control and anything tatty, botched-up and sloppily makeshift should be avoided.

Ex. The best concentration of PVA solutions for restoring is 8 per cent for mending tears and suturing cuts.

Ex. Israeli bombardment leaves telecom infrastructure in tatters.

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* blanco roto = off-white.

* con el corazón roto = broken-hearted.

* familia rota = broken home.

* hueso roto = broken bone.

* letra rota o a medio imprimir = broken letter.

* pagar los platos rotos = carry + the can, pick up + the pieces.

* palabras + caer en + saco roto = words + fall on + deaf ears.

* promesa rota = broken promise.

* recoger los platos rotos = pick up + the pieces, sort out + the mess.

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I

-ta adjetivo

1)

a) <camisa> torn, ripped; <zapato> worn-out

b) <vaso/plato> broken

c) <papel> torn

me devolvió el libro roto — the book was falling apart when he gave it back to me

d) <pierna/brazo> broken

2) (RPl) <televisor/heladera> broken; <coche> broken down

3) (Chi fam & pey)

a) <barrio/gente> lower-class (pej), plebby (colloq & pej)

b) (mal educado) rude

II

-ta masculino, femenino

1) (Chi)

a) (fam) (individuo) (m) man, guy (colloq); (f) woman, girl (colloq)

b) (fam & pey) (de clase baja) pleb (colloq & pej)

c) (fam & pey) (mal educado)

es una rota, nunca saluda — she's so rude, she doesn't even say hello

2) (Per fam) (chileno) Chilean

3) roto masculino (Esp) (agujero) hole

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= torn, broken, tatty [tattier -comp., tattiest -sup.], tear, in tatters.

Ex: Torn pages may be repaired by using special transparent tapes obtainable from library suppliers.

Ex: Just as Ivan finds that by taking pleasure in finding and managing to keep a broken and discarded hacksaw blade he makes survival possible and beats Stalin and his jailors at heir own game.

Ex: Putting books on show is a way of making recommendations by, as it were, remote control and anything tatty, botched-up and sloppily makeshift should be avoided.

Ex: The best concentration of PVA solutions for restoring is 8 per cent for mending tears and suturing cuts.

Ex: Israeli bombardment leaves telecom infrastructure in tatters.

* blanco roto = off-white.

* con el corazón roto = broken-hearted.

* familia rota = broken home.

* hueso roto = broken bone.

* letra rota o a medio imprimir = broken letter.

* pagar los platos rotos = carry + the can, pick up + the pieces.

* palabras + caer en + saco roto = words + fall on + deaf ears.

* promesa rota = broken promise.

* recoger los platos rotos = pick up + the pieces, sort out + the mess.

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roto¹ -ta

adjective

A

1 ‹camisa› torn, ripped; ‹zapato› worn-out

2 ‹vaso/plato› broken

3 ‹papel› torn

le presté el libro y me lo devolvió roto I lent him the book and it was falling apart when he gave it back, I lent him the book and he gave it back all battered

4 ‹pierna/brazo› broken

5 (del dolor) ‹familia/compañero› devasted, heart-broken

B (RPl) ‹televisor/heladera› broken; ‹coche› broken down

C (Chi fam pey)

1 ‹barrio/gente› lower-class (pej), plebby (colloq pej)

2 (mal educado) rude

roto² -ta

masculine, feminine

A (Chi)

1 (fam) (individuo) (masculine) man, guy (colloq); (feminine) woman, girl (colloq)

al Caribe el rotito, la suerte que tiene the lucky devil's off to the Caribbean (colloq)

2 (fam pey) (de clase baja) pleb (colloq pej)

3 (fam pey)

(mal educado): es una rota, nunca saluda she's so rude, she doesn't even say hello

Compuesto:

roto chileno

masculine (Chi fam) average Chilean man

B (Per fam) (chileno) Chilean

C

roto masculine (Esp) (agujero) hole

tienes un roto en la camisa you've got a hole o tear o rip in your shirt

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Del verbo romper: (conjugate romper)

roto es:

el participio

Del verbo rotar: (conjugate rotar)

roto es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

rotó es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
romper    
rotar    
roto
romper (conjugate romper) verbo transitivo
1

a) ‹loza/mueble› to break;

‹ventana› to break, smash;
‹lápiz/cuerda› to break, snap

b) ‹hoja/póster› (rasgar) to tear;

(en varios pedazos) to tear up

c) ‹camisa› to tear, split

2

a) ‹silencio/monotonía› to break;

‹tranquilidad› to disturb

b) ‹promesa/pacto› to break;

‹relaciones/compromiso› to break off
verbo intransitivo
1

a) [olas] to break

b) (liter) [alba] to break;

◊ al roto el día at daybreak, at the crack of dawn

c) (empezar):

◊ rompió a llorar/reír she burst into tears/burst out laughing

2 [novios] to break up, split up;
roto CON algn ‹con novio› to split o break up with sb;
roto CON algo ‹con el pasado› to break with sth;
‹con tradición› to break away from sth
romperse verbo pronominal

a) [vaso/plato] to break, smash, get broken o smashed;

[papel] to tear, rip, get torn o ripped;
[televisor/ascensor] (RPl) to break down

b) [pantalones/zapatos] to wear out

c) (refl) ‹brazo/pierna› to break

rotar (conjugate rotar) verbo transitivo/intransitivo
to rotate
rotarse verbo pronominal (en trabajo) to work on a rota system;

◊ rotose para hacer algo to take it in turns to do sth

roto 1 -ta adjetivo
1

a) ‹camisa› torn, ripped;

‹zapato› worn-out

b) ‹vaso/plato/brazo› broken

c) ‹papel› torn;

◊ me devolvió el libro roto the book was falling apart when he gave it back to me

d) (RPl) ‹televisor/heladera› broken;

‹coche› broken down
2 (Chi fam & pey)

a) ‹barrio/gente› lower-class (pej), plebby (colloq & pej)

b) (mal educado) rude

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
1 (Chi)

a) (fam & pey) (de clase baja) pleb (colloq & pej)

b) (fam & pey) (mal educado):

◊ es una rota, nunca saluda she's so rude, she doesn't even say hello

2 (Per fam) (chileno) Chilean
roto 2 sustantivo masculino (Esp) (agujero) hole
romper
I verbo transitivo
1 to break
(un cristal, una pieza de loza) to smash, shatter
(una tela, un papel) to tear (up): rompió el contrato en pedazos, he tore the contract into pieces
2 (relaciones, una negociación) to break off
3 (una norma) to fail to fulfil, break
(una promesa, un trato) to break
4 (el ritmo, sueño, silencio) to break
II verbo intransitivo
1 (empezar el día, etc) to break: al cabo de un rato rompió a hablar, after a while she started talking
rompió a llorar, he burst into tears
2 (poner un fin) to break [con, with]: he roto con el pasado, I've broken with the past
(relaciones de pareja) rompieron hace una semana, they broke up a week ago ➣ Ver nota en break
rotar
I verbo intransitivo
1 (alrededor de un eje) to rotate
2 (en un trabajo o función) to take it in turns
II vtr Agr to rotate
roto,-a
I adjetivo
1 broken
(una camisa, un papel) torn
2 (una persona) worn-out: estaba roto del esfuerzo, he was all worn out from the exertion
II sustantivo masculino tear, hole: tengo un roto en el abrigo, I have a tear in my coat
'roto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
consiguientemente
- estropearse
- jodida
- jodido
- polvo
- romper
- romperse
- rota
- saco
- tripa
- quebrado
English:
admit
- break
- broken
- bust
- crack
- deaf
- flagstone
- fragment
- his
- sweep up

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roto, -a

♦ participio

ver romper

♦ adj

1. [partido, rasgado] broken;

[tela, papel] torn; [zapato] worn out

2. [estropeado] broken

3. [deshecho] [vida] destroyed;

[corazón] broken

4. Fam [exhausto] Br shattered, US tuckered-out;

la carrera me dejó roto I was Br shattered o US tuckered-out after the race

5. Chile Fam Pey [ordinario] common

6. Chile Fam Pey [pobre] penniless

♦ nm,f

Chile Fam

1. [tipo] guy;

[mujer] woman

2. Pey [trabajador] worker

3. Pey [persona ordinaria] pleb, Br oik

♦ nm

Esp [en tela] tear, rip;

tengo un roto en el calcetín there's a hole in my sock;

Comp

Fam

vale o [m5]sirve lo mismo para un roto que para un descosido [persona] he can turn his hand to all sorts of different things

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roto

I part → romper

II adj pierna etc broken; (hecho añicos) smashed; tela, papel torn

III m, rota f Chi

one of the urban poor

IV m en prenda de vestir tear, rip;

valer o

servir lo mismo para un roto que para un descosido fig fam be useful for lots of things

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roto pp romper

roto, -ta adj

1) : broken

2) : ripped, torn

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roto¹ adj

1. (en general) broken

mi reloj está roto my watch is broken

2. (papel, tela) torn

esta camisa está rota this shirt is torn

3. (persona, ropa, zapatos) worn out

llegó roto a casa he arrived home worn out

roto² n tear

tiene un roto en el pantalón you've got a tear in your trousers