destrozo

m.

1 damage.

alguien tendrá que pagar los destrozos someone will have to pay for the damage

2 destruction, desolation, rout, ravage.

3 breakage, damage, wreckage.

pres.indicat.

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

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destrozo

► nombre masculino

1 (acción) destruction

2 (Often used in plural with the same meaning) (daño) damage

■ la lluvia causó grandes destrozos en el huerto the rain caused terrible damage in the orchard

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SM

1) (=acción) destruction

2) pl destrozos (=daños) havoc sing ; (=pedazos) debris sing

causar o provocar destrozos — to cause o wreak havoc (en in)

los destrozos causados por las inundaciones — the destruction caused by the flooding, the havoc wrought by the floods

los manifestantes provocaron numerosos destrozos — the demonstrators caused extensive damage

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masculino

las inundaciones han causado grandes destrozos — the floods have caused widespread damage

los destrozos causados por el temporal — the storm damage

los destrozos causados por la guerra — the ravages of war

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= defacement, smashing, ravages, rampage, decimation, rack and ruin, shambles.

Ex. Finally, a few copies of an edition seem generally to have slipped through with their cancellanda uncancelled, so that examples of the original settings may sometimes be found (occasionally slashed by the warehouse keeper's shears, deliberate defacement which escaped notice).

Ex. The traditional sacred silence has even been replaced by a wonderful and imaginative smashing of the 'sound barrier' between silent print and the world of activity.

Ex. Problems faced maybe entirely new ones, such as protecting the library's stock from the ravages of climate or of insects.

Ex. These nocturnal rampages by gangs of werewolves included chasing women, eating prodigiously, being splattered with mud, and caterwauling generally.

Ex. Over the past decades librarians have been variously outraged and resigned to budget cuts and spiralling prices, leading to the decimation of their holdings.

Ex. The policies that the Mugabe government have taken have lead the country to economic and political rack and ruin.

Ex. The article is entitled 'From shambles to showplace'.

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* causar destrozos = wreak + devastation.

* destrozo intencionado = mutilation.

* destrozo producido por las condiciones ambientales = environmental damage.

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masculino

las inundaciones han causado grandes destrozos — the floods have caused widespread damage

los destrozos causados por el temporal — the storm damage

los destrozos causados por la guerra — the ravages of war

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= defacement, smashing, ravages, rampage, decimation, rack and ruin, shambles.

Ex: Finally, a few copies of an edition seem generally to have slipped through with their cancellanda uncancelled, so that examples of the original settings may sometimes be found (occasionally slashed by the warehouse keeper's shears, deliberate defacement which escaped notice).

Ex: The traditional sacred silence has even been replaced by a wonderful and imaginative smashing of the 'sound barrier' between silent print and the world of activity.

Ex: Problems faced maybe entirely new ones, such as protecting the library's stock from the ravages of climate or of insects.

Ex: These nocturnal rampages by gangs of werewolves included chasing women, eating prodigiously, being splattered with mud, and caterwauling generally.

Ex: Over the past decades librarians have been variously outraged and resigned to budget cuts and spiralling prices, leading to the decimation of their holdings.

Ex: The policies that the Mugabe government have taken have lead the country to economic and political rack and ruin.

Ex: The article is entitled 'From shambles to showplace'.

* causar destrozos = wreak + devastation.

* destrozo intencionado = mutilation.

* destrozo producido por las condiciones ambientales = environmental damage.

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destrozo

masculine

las inundaciones han causado grandes destrozos en toda la zona the floods have caused widespread damage throughout the area

los destrozos causados por el temporal the storm damage, the destruction caused by the storm

los destrozos causados por la guerra the ravages of war

los niños hacen destrozos cuando los dejo solos the children wreck everything o cause havoc if I leave them on their own

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Del verbo destrozar: (conjugate destrozar)

destrozo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

destrozó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
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destrozo
destrozar (conjugate destrozar) verbo transitivo

a) (romper, deteriorar) ‹zapatos› to ruin;

‹cristal/jarrón› to smash;
‹juguete› to pull … apart;
‹coche› to wreck;
‹libro› to pull apart

b) ‹felicidad/matrimonio/vida› to wreck, destroy;

‹corazón› to break;

◊ tiene los nervios destrozados he's a nervous wreck

destrozarse verbo pronominal

a) (romperse) [zapatos] to be ruined;

[jarrón/cristal] to smash

b) ‹estómago/hígado› to ruin

destrozo sustantivo masculino: tb

◊ destrozos damage

destrozar verbo transitivo
1 (romper) to tear up, wreck, ruin
2 (una tela, un papel) to tear to shreds, rip up
3 (apenar, desgarrar) to shatter, devastate: me destroza verte así, it breaks my heart to see you this way
4 (los planes, la convivencia, etc) to ruin
destrozo sustantivo masculino
1 destruction 2 destrozos, damage sing

'destrozo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
carnicería
- estragos
- daño

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destrozo nm

damage;

alguien tendrá que pagar los destrozos someone will have to pay for the damage;

causar u [m5]ocasionar o [m5]provocar grandes destrozos to cause a lot of damage;

el perro y el gato hicieron un destrozo en el jardín the dog and the cat caused havoc in the garden;

¡vaya destrozo que te has hecho en la rodilla! you've made a real mess of your knee!

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destrozo nm

1) daño: damage

2) : havoc, destruction