rubbish

rubbish
noun
1) (waste material; things that have been or are to be thrown away: Our rubbish is taken away twice a week; (also adjective) a rubbish bin/bag.) basura, desperdicios
2) (nonsense: Don't talk rubbish!) tonterías, chorradas
rubbish n
1. basura
throw away all that rubbish tira toda esa basura
Se dice rubbish en inglés británico, en inglés americano se suele decir trash
2. tonterías
don't talk rubbish no digas tonterías
rubbish
tr['rʌbɪʃ]
noun
1 (refuse) basura
2 familiar (thing) birria, porquería
3 (nonsense) tonterías nombre femenino plural
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
rubbish bin cubo de la basura
rubbish dump vertedero, basurero
rubbish ['rʌbɪʃ] n
: basura f, desechos mpl, desperdicios mpl
rubbish
interj.
• tonteríasg interj.
n.
• basura s.f.
• broza s.f.
• cascajo s.m.
• cascote s.m.
• desperdicio s.m.
• desperdicios s.m.pl.
• disparate s.m.
• escombro s.m.
• hojarasca s.f.
• maula s.f.
• paja s.f.
• sobra s.f.
• tontería s.f.
• zafra s.f.
• ñaque s.m.

I 'rʌbɪʃ
mass noun
a) (refuse) basura f

household rubbish — residuos mpl domésticos; (before n) <bag> de or para la basura

rubbish bin — (BrE) cubo m or (CS) tacho m or (Méx) bote m or (Col) caneca f or (Ven) tobo m de la basura

rubbish dump o tip — (BrE) vertedero m (de basuras), basurero m, basural m (AmL)

b) (junk) (colloq) porquerías fpl (fam)
c) (nonsense) (colloq) tonterías fpl, estupideces fpl, chorradas fpl (Esp fam), pavadas fpl (RPl fam)

to talk rubbish — decir* estupideces (or tonterías etc)


II
transitive verb (BrE) poner* por los suelos
['rʌbɪʃ]
1. N
1) basura f
2) * (fig) (=goods, film etc) basura f , birria f , porquería f ; (spoken, written) tonterías fpl , disparates mpl

he talks a lot of rubbish — no dice más que tonterías

the book is rubbish — la novela es una basura

2.
ADJ

to be rubbish at sth — (Brit) * (=useless) no tener ni idea de algo *, ser un negado * or (Sp) > un manta en algo *

3.
VT * poner por los suelos
4.
CPD

rubbish bag N — bolsa f de basura

rubbish bin N — (Brit) cubo m de la basura, basurero m

rubbish chute N — rampa f de la basura

rubbish collection N — recogida f de basuras, recolección f de la basura

rubbish dump, rubbish heap, rubbish tip N — basurero m , vertedero m , basural m (LAm)

* * *

I ['rʌbɪʃ]
mass noun
a) (refuse) basura f

household rubbish — residuos mpl domésticos; (before n) <bag> de or para la basura

rubbish bin — (BrE) cubo m or (CS) tacho m or (Méx) bote m or (Col) caneca f or (Ven) tobo m de la basura

rubbish dump o tip — (BrE) vertedero m (de basuras), basurero m, basural m (AmL)

b) (junk) (colloq) porquerías fpl (fam)
c) (nonsense) (colloq) tonterías fpl, estupideces fpl, chorradas fpl (Esp fam), pavadas fpl (RPl fam)

to talk rubbish — decir* estupideces (or tonterías etc)


II
transitive verb (BrE) poner* por los suelos

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