waste

(Inglés)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
2. (countable, uncountable) Excrement or urine.
3. (countable, uncountable) A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
4. (countable, uncountable) A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
5. (countable, uncountable) A large tract of uncultivated land.
6. (countable, historical, uncountable) The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
7. (countable, uncountable) A vast expanse of water.
8. (countable, uncountable) A disused mine or part of one.
9. (countable, uncountable) The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
10. (countable, uncountable) Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
11. (countable, uncountable) Gradual loss or decay.
12. (countable, uncountable) A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
13. (countable, rare, uncountable) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".
14. (countable, uncountable) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
15. (countable, uncountable) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.

Adj

Useless and contemptible.

Adj

1. (archaic) Uncultivated, uninhabited.
2. Barren; desert; empty.
3. Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
4. Superfluous; needless.
5. Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
6. Unfortunate; disappointing.

Verb

1. (transitive) To devastate; to destroy.
2. (transitive) To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly; to dissipate.
3. (slang, transitive) To kill; to murder.
4. (transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
5. (intransitive) To gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
6. (intransitive) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
7. To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/weɪst/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: wast

Cognado con alto alemán antiguo: wuosti

Cognado con alemán: wüst

Cognado con Old Saxon: wōsti

Cognado con inglés antiguo: wēste

Heredado de inglés medio: wasten

Cognado con francés: gâter

Cognado con inglés medio: westen

Cognado con inglés: weest

Cognado con alto alemán antiguo: wuostan

Cognado con alemán: wüsten

Cognado con inglés antiguo: wēstan

In summary

From Middle English wast, waste (“a waste”, noun), from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French wast, waste (“a waste”), from Frankish *wōstī (“a waste”), from Proto-Germanic *wōstaz, *wōstuz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“empty, wasted”).

Conceptos

malgastar

desperdiciar

basura

residuo

derrochar

derroche

despilfarro

desperdicios

despilfarrar

gastar

devastar

desperdicio

desechos

desierto

🏜️

desecho

asesinar

perder

desaprovechar

agotar

acabar

derramar

escombros

inmundicia

destrozar

despilforrar

residuos

asolar

malbaratar

consumir

fumarse

malograr

cintura

matar

🔪🩸👤

hojarasca

fraccionar

expulsar

esparcir

escombro

echar

baldío

dispendioso

demoler

dañar

verter

detrito

vaciar

uso

carecer

consumirse

costumbre

Sinónimos

squander

garbage

🗑️

rubbish

loss

refuse

trash

destroy

spend

spoil

squandering

dissipate

consume

damage

desert

🏜️

lose

ruin

scrap

extravagance

wastefulness

use up

debris

wasteland

devastate

ravage

kill

🔪🩸👤

decay

barren

dissipation

lavish

desolate

spoilage

litter

leftovers

wastage

wild

eliminate

useless

wilderness

misuse

dregs

wasteful

diminish

destruction

do in

junk

injury

knock off

wasting

exhaust

emaciate

Traducciones

gaspiller

verschwenden

sprecare

Abfall

vergeuden

spreco

Müll

gaspillage

Verschwendung

verkwisten

déchet

lixo

🗑️

sperperare

afval

verspillen

Oraciones

They certainly did not waste it either .

Ciertamente tampoco lo desperdiciaron.

Fly by night and you waste little time .

Volar por la noche y pierdes poco tiempo.

There may also be pollution control or waste treatment facilities or equipment .

También puede haber un control de la contaminación o las instalaciones o equipos de tratamiento de residuos.

The rainforests are depleted , we turned the planet into a waste ground .

Las selvas tropicales se agotan, convertimos el planeta en un terreno de desecho.