neglect

neglect
ni'ɡlekt
1. verb
1) (to treat carelessly or not give enough attention to: He neglected his work.) descuidar, desatender
2) (to fail (to do something): He neglected to answer the letter.) no cumplir con

2. noun
(lack of care and attention: The garden is suffering from neglect.) descuido, dejadez
neglect1 n desatención / descuido
he was accused of neglect of his children lo acusaron de desatención a sus hijos
neglect2 vb descuidar
you have been neglecting this garden, all the flowers are dead has descuidado este jardín, todas las flores han muerto
neglect
tr[nɪ'glekt]
noun
1 (of thing) descuido, desatención nombre femenino, abandono
■ the house was in a state of neglect la casa estaba totalmente descuidada, la casa se encontraba en un estado de abandono
2 (of duty) incumplimiento
transitive verb
1 (not take care of) tener abandonado,-a, desatender
■ I've been neglecting my friends recently tengo abandonados a mis amigos
2 (fail to attend to) descuidar
■ with so much sport you've been neglecting your academic work con tanto deporte tienes los estudios muy descuidados
3 (forget to do) olvidar
■ she neglected to lock the safe olvidó cerrar la caja con llave
neglect [nɪ'glɛkt] vt
1) : desatender, descuidar
to neglect one's health: descuidar la salud
2) : no cumplir con, faltar a
to neglect one's obligations: faltar uno a sus obligaciones
he neglected to tell me: omitió decírmelo
neglect n
1) : negligencia f, descuido m, incumplimiento m
through neglect: por negligencia
neglect of duty: incumplimiento del deber
2)
in a state of neglect : abandonado, descuidado
neglect
n.
• abandono s.m.
• descuido s.m.
• inobservancia s.f.
• negligencia s.f.
• omisión s.f.
v.
• abandonar v.
• arrimar v.
• arrinconar v.
• arrumbar v.
• desatender v.
• descuidar v.
• enmohecer v.
• no hacer caso de v.
• omitir v.

I nɪ'glekt
transitive verb
a) (leave uncared-for) \<\<family/child\>\> desatender*; \<\<house/health\>\> descuidar

he neglected his appearance — dejó de arreglarse, se abandonó

b) (not carry out) \<\<duty/obligations\>\> desatender*, no cumplir con; \<\<studies/business\>\> descuidar

he neglected to inform the authorities — (frml) faltó a su deber de informar a las autoridades


II
mass noun (lack of care) abandono m; (negligence) negligencia f

the garden has fallen into neglect — el jardín está muy abandonado or descuidado

[nɪ'ɡlekt]
1.
N (=carelessness) descuido m ; (=negligence) negligencia f ; (in appearance) dejadez f ; [of rules, duty] incumplimiento m ; (=neglected state) abandono m ; (towards others) desatención f

the garden was in a state of neglect — el jardín estaba muy descuidado or abandonado

the plants had died of neglect — las plantas se habían muerto de no cuidarlas

2. VT
1) [+ obligations] descuidar, desatender; [+ duty] no cumplir con, faltar a; [+ friends, family] desatender; [+ opportunity] desperdiciar, desaprovechar; [+ work, garden] descuidar
2) (=omit)

to neglect to do sth — omitir hacer algo

they neglected to mention this fact — omitieron mencionar este hecho, no mencionaron este hecho

* * *

I [nɪ'glekt]
transitive verb
a) (leave uncared-for) \<\<family/child\>\> desatender*; \<\<house/health\>\> descuidar

he neglected his appearance — dejó de arreglarse, se abandonó

b) (not carry out) \<\<duty/obligations\>\> desatender*, no cumplir con; \<\<studies/business\>\> descuidar

he neglected to inform the authorities — (frml) faltó a su deber de informar a las autoridades


II
mass noun (lack of care) abandono m; (negligence) negligencia f

the garden has fallen into neglect — el jardín está muy abandonado or descuidado


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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