escombros

escombros

► nombre masculino plural

1 rubble sing, debris sing

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SMPL (=basura) rubbish sing , garbage (EEUU) sing ; [de obra, edificio] debris sing , rubble sing ; (Min) slag sing

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masculino plural rubble

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= rubble, debris, wreckage, builders' rubble, construction debris, building debris.

Ex. The article 'Rubble with a cause: earthquake preparedness in California' assesses the impact in academic libraries in California of 2 major earthquakes.

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

Ex. The wreckage of a Venetian galleon and its cargo were found on the seabed near the islet of Gnalic in Dalmatia.

Ex. It was found that someone had dumped a load of builders' rubble down a manhole blocking the sewer and causing havoc.

Ex. As part of his guilty plea, he admitted that he discharged the construction debris in the barrels and buckets overboard into San Diego Harbor.

Ex. No person shall throw any waste, building debris or vehicle scrap into the public domain or defile the public domain.

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* vertedero de escombros = landfill site, landfill.

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masculino plural rubble

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= rubble, debris, wreckage, builders' rubble, construction debris, building debris.

Ex: The article 'Rubble with a cause: earthquake preparedness in California' assesses the impact in academic libraries in California of 2 major earthquakes.

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

Ex: The wreckage of a Venetian galleon and its cargo were found on the seabed near the islet of Gnalic in Dalmatia.

Ex: It was found that someone had dumped a load of builders' rubble down a manhole blocking the sewer and causing havoc.

Ex: As part of his guilty plea, he admitted that he discharged the construction debris in the barrels and buckets overboard into San Diego Harbor.

Ex: No person shall throw any waste, building debris or vehicle scrap into the public domain or defile the public domain.

* vertedero de escombros = landfill site, landfill.

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escombros

mpl

rubble

lo encontraron entre los escombros they found him among the rubble

tras el bombardeo la ciudad quedó reducida a escombros the bombing left the city in ruins o reduced the city to rubble

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escombros sustantivo masculino plural
rubble
escombros mpl rubble, debris sing
'escombros' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
contenedor
- verter
- remover
English:
debris
- rubble
- skip
- Dumpster
- pull

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escombros

mpl rubble sg