ditch

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.
2. A raised bank of earth and the hedgerow on top.

Verb

1. To discard or abandon.
2. To deliberately crash-land an airplane on water.
3. To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.
4. To dig ditches.
5. To dig ditches around.
6. To throw into a ditch.

Verb

Alternative form of deech

Conceptos

zanja

cuneta

foso

acequia

canal

acuaducto

arroyo

trinchera

canalizar

gavia

zanjar

presa

amarar

reguera

acueducto

dejar

abandonar

abrir trincheras

abrir una zanja

abrir zanjas

chocar

deshacerse

destruir

dejar plantado

plantar

hacer pellas

agujero excavado

excavación

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/dɪt͡ʃ/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle English dich, from Old English dīċ (“trench, moat”) from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz (compare Swedish dike, Icelandic díki, West Frisian dyk (“dam”), Dutch dijk (“dam”), German Teich (“pond”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, set up”) (compare Latin fīgō (“to affix, fasten”), Lithuanian diegti (“to prick; plant”), dýgsti (“to geminate, grow”)). Doublet of dike.