basurero

m.

1 dustman, refuse collector (British), garbage man, garbage collector (United States) (person).

2 rubbish dump (British), garbage dump (United States).

3 garbage can, wastebasket, trash can, refuse bin.

4 dump yard, dump, dumping place, garbage dump.

5 garbage collector, refuse collector, trash collector, garbage man.

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basurero

► nombre masculino

1 (persona) dustman, US garbage man

2 (lugar) tip, rubbish dump

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basurero, -a

1.

SM / F (=persona) dustman/dustwoman, garbage collector (EEUU)

2. SM

1) (=vertedero) rubbish dump; (Agr) dung heap

2) LAm (=cubo) litter bin, trash can (EEUU)

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-ra masculino, femenino

1) (persona) garbage collector (AmE), dustman (BrE)

2) basurero masculino

a) (vertedero) garbage dump (AmE), rubbish dump o tip (BrE)

b) (Chi, Méx) (recipiente) trash can (AmE), dustbin (BrE)

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-ra masculino, femenino

1) (persona) garbage collector (AmE), dustman (BrE)

2) basurero masculino

a) (vertedero) garbage dump (AmE), rubbish dump o tip (BrE)

b) (Chi, Méx) (recipiente) trash can (AmE), dustbin (BrE)

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basurero¹

¹ = trash dump, dumping ground, rubbish dump.

Ex: City workers carried out orders to burn some of the library books, while others were buried with the aid of a bulldozer; the remaining books were loaded on trucks and hauled away to trash dumps on the outskirts of the city.

Ex: Although national parks are perceived as pristine areas, many are dumping grounds for hazardous materials - everything from industrial toxins to unexploded munitions.

Ex: Nothing is left except debris and there remains nothing to salvage: only to bulldoze, clear and throw into rubbish dumps.

basurero²

² = nightman [nightmen, -pl.], binman, dustbin man, dustman, rubbish collector, garbage collector, trash collector.

Ex: In England, this job fell to the nightmen, who came after dark to cart the city waste into the countryside for fertilizer.

Ex: A man who blocked in a rubbish lorry with his car in a dispute over waste collection was allegedly hit on the head and sworn at by a binman.

Ex: I know a few guys that are dustbin men and it is bloody hard work for a average of £6.50 an hour.

Ex: Though my old man's a dustman he's got a heart of gold.

Ex: Life as a rubbish collector is not easy in a big city like Shanghai.

Ex: Garbage collectors need to be physically fit, capable of driving trucks and happy to work long hours.

Ex: Gringo was a hard worker as a trash collector, and believes handling large amounts of poop and trash help build his character.

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basurero -ra

masculine, feminine

A (persona) (masculine) refuse collector (frml), garbage collector (AmE), dustman (BrE); (feminine) refuse collector (frml), garbage collector (AmE), dustwoman (BrE)

B

basurero masculine

1 (vertedero) garbage dump (AmE), rubbish dump o tip (BrE)

2 (Chi, Méx) (recipiente) trash can (AmE), dustbin (BrE)

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basurero

◊ -ra sustantivo masculino, femenino

1 (persona) garbage collector (AmE), dustman (BrE)
2

a)

◊ basurero sustantivo masculino (vertedero) garbage dump (AmE), rubbish dump o tip (BrE)

b) (recipiente) (Chi, Méx) trash can (AmE), dustbin (BrE)

basurero sustantivo masculino
1 (oficio) dustman, refuse collector, US garbage collector
2 (vertedero) (rubbish) dump, (refuse) tip, US garbage dump
'basurero' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
basural
- tiradero
English:
dustman
- garbage man
- refuse dump
- bin
- dust
- garbage
- trash

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basurero, -a

♦ nm,f

[persona] Br dustman, refuse collector, US garbage man, garbage collector

♦ nm

1. [vertedero] Br rubbish dump, US garbage dump

2. RP, Ven [contenedor] Br dustbin, US garbage o trash can

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basurero

m garbage collector, Br

dustman

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basurero, -ra n

: garbage collector

basurero nm, Mex : garbage can

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basurero n

1. (persona) dustman [pl. dustmen]

la huelga de basureros the dustmen's strike

2. (vertedero) tip / dump

el basurero municipal the municipal tip