Plural: wastes

1. desperdiciar, derrochar, desaprovechar, malgastar, arrojar por la ventana, desbaratar, despilfarrar, dilapidar, malbaratarse, tirar por la ventana, echar por la ventana, malmeter; Synonyms: squander, waste away, fling away, fritter away, gamble away, lavish, fiddle away, frivol away; Spend extravagantly. ; Use inefficiently or inappropriately. ; Spend thoughtlessly; throw away.
She wasted the money, Ella desaprovechó el dinero.
Waste not, want not.
Waste heat.
Waste a joke on an unappreciative audience.
He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends.
You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree.


2. desaprovechar; Synonyms: miss, pass up, lose, pass by, take no advantage of; Spend thoughtlessly; throw away.
He wasted the opportunity, El desaprovechó la oportunidad.
He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends.
You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree.

[ + ] Quips, Quotes & Proverbs

A man who dares to waste an hour of time has not discovered the value of life. Charles Robert Darwin Un hombre que se atreve a malgastar una hora de su tiempo no ha descubierto el valor de la vida. Charles Robert Darwin Each of us is given a pocketful of time to spend however we may. We use what we will. We waste what we will. But we can never get back a day. Roger Wilcox Cada uno de nosotros recibe un bolsillo lleno de tiempo para gastar de cualquier forma que podamos. Desperdiciamos lo que deseamos. Roger Wilcox




3. debilitar, extenuar; Synonyms: weaken, debilitate, sap, undermine, devitalize, drag down, enervate, enfeeble, unstring; Cause to grow thin or weak.
The treatment emaciated him.


4. destruir, desbaratar, echar a perder, averiar, devastar, malograr; Synonyms: destroy, destruct, shatter, smash, cause the ruin of, end, rack up, tear down; Devastate or ravage.
The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion.


5. arrastrar a la ruina; Synonyms: ruin, bring ruin upon, bring to ruin, drag down, lay waste, mess up, raze; Reduce to ruins.; Reduce to bankruptcy.

1. desperdicio, pérdida, derroche, despilfarro, gastadero, desaprovechamiento, dispendio; Synonyms: squandering, wastage, dissipation, wastefulness, loss, spoilage, wasting, extravagance, thriftlessness, dilapidation; Useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly. ; The trait of wasting resources.
If the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste.
Mindless dissipation of natural resources.
A life characterized by thriftlessness and waste.
The wastefulness of missed opportunities.


2. desperdicio, basura, desechos, desperdicios, materia de desperdicio, material de desecho, residuos, ripio; Synonyms: garbage, litter, rubbish, trash, remains, throw-out, dross, offal; Any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted.
They collect the waste once a week.
Much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers.


3. uso abusivo de la propiedad, daños negligentes a la propiedad; Synonyms: damage to property due to negligence; Damage to property due to negligence. ; Reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect.
4. desgaste; Synonyms: attrition, wearing away; The act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction.; A wearing down to weaken or destroy. ; Erosion by friction.

1. desperdiciado; Synonyms: gone to waste, wasted, ill-spent
2. residual; Synonyms: leftover, residual, residuary; Not used up.

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