apolillado

adj.

moth-eaten, wormeaten, full of wormholes.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: apolillar.

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apolillado

► participio pasado

1→ {{link=apolillar}}apolillar

► adjetivo

1 moth-eaten

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ADJ moth-eaten

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-da adjetivo <ropa> moth-eaten; <madera> worm-eaten; <ideas> antiquated, fusty

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= moth-eaten, mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.].

Ex. He said: 'The outer shell of democracy is, no doubt, intact but it appears to be moth-eaten from inside'.

Ex. So, he cleaned the bird cage from top to bottom and threw out all the mothy bird seed.

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-da adjetivo <ropa> moth-eaten; <madera> worm-eaten; <ideas> antiquated, fusty

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= moth-eaten, mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.].

Ex: He said: 'The outer shell of democracy is, no doubt, intact but it appears to be moth-eaten from inside'.

Ex: So, he cleaned the bird cage from top to bottom and threw out all the mothy bird seed.

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apolillado -da

adjective

1 ‹ropa› moth-eaten; ‹madera› worm-eaten

la silla estaba toda apolillada the chair was worm-eaten o riddled with woodworm

2 ‹teorías/ideas› antiquated, fusty

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Del verbo apolillar: (conjugate apolillar)

apolillado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
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apolillar
apolillado

◊ -da adjetivo ‹ropa› moth-eaten;

‹madera› worm-eaten;
‹ideas› antiquated, fusty
apolillado,-a adjetivo
1 (estropeado por la polilla) moth-eaten
2 (quedarse anticuado) antiquated, moth-eaten, outdated: sus ideas están bastante apolilladas, his ideas are quite outdated
'apolillado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apolillada

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apolillado, -a adj

1. [ropa] moth-eaten

2. [sin usar]

tienes la máquina de coser apolillada your sewing machine is just gathering dust;

tengo los logaritmos un poco apolillados I'm a bit rusty on logarithms

3. [anticuado]

unos métodos apolillados dusty old methods

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apolillado

adj moth-eaten