OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 7194

waste

/weɪst/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
acribaduras • ahechadura • ahechaduras • basura • desecho • desechos • desperdicio • echaduras
Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
excremento • heces
Excrement or urine.
The cage was littered with animal waste.
andurrial • baldío • descampado • erial • páramo • terreno baldío • yermo
A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
The pampas of Argentina and the chilly wastes of Patagonia, like the prairies and deserts of North America, were largely shunned by Spanish settlers until the 1870s.
We went down accordingly into the waste, and began to make our toilsome and devious travel towards the eastern verge.
baldío • descampado • erial • páramo • terreno baldío • yermo
A large tract of uncultivated land.
derroche • desperdicio • despilfarro • prodigalidad • pérdida
The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
Her life seemed a waste.
That was a waste of time!
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📚 verb • entry_id 7195

waste

/weɪst/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
desaprovechar • desperdiciar • malgastar
To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly; to dissipate.
I like this place, / And willingly could waste my time in it.
We wasted millions of dollars and several years on that project.
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