waste Significado & definición

Significado de waste en español

• 0 a bad use of something useful, such as time or money -- desperdicio, pérdida

  • Meetings are a waste of time.

  • They throw away loads of food – it’s such a waste.

• 1 things that are not wanted -- desechos

  • household waste

• 2 to use too much of something or use something badly -- desperdiciar, malgastar

  • Why waste your money on things you don’t need?

• 3 Waste material is no longer needed and can be got rid of. -- de desecho

  • waste paper

• 4 a bad or careless use -- desperdicio [ masculine, singular ]

  • The film was a complete waste of money/time. La película fue una completa pérdida de dinero/tiempo.

  • All the young lives lost at war – it’s such a waste. Todas las vidas de jóvenes perdidas en la guerra – menudo desperdicio.

  • tons of energy going to waste se desperdician toneladas de energía

• 5 sth useless that is left after you have used a product, material, etc. -- residuo [ masculine, singular ]

  • discarded plastic and other waste desecho plástico y otros residuos

  • nuclear waste residuos nucleares

• 6 to use more than is needed or acceptable -- gastar

  • Turn out the lights so we don’t waste energy. Apaga las luces para no gastar energía.

  • You’re wasting your money on that car. Estás tirando tu dinero en ese coche.

• 7 not understood or appreciated by sb -- no comprendido/ida

  • The beauty of the performance was wasted on my brother. Mi hermano no supo apreciar la belleza de la actuación.

• 8 to do without delay -- no perder ni un minuto

  • They wasted no time in denying the report. No perdieron ni un minuto en negar el informe.