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scrap Meaning in Spanish (scrap significado en español)

nounretazo, chatarra
verbdescartar
retazo in English:scrap
Phonetic:ˈretaso
Plural: scraps
Gender:Masculino
Quick Answer • Resumen

El significado de scrap en español es retazo, chatarra, descartar. (Un trozo o cantidad pequeña de algo, especialmente uno que queda después de que la mayor parte se ha utilizado.)

Definitions of Scrap

  1. 1
    noun
    retazo

    A small piece or amount of something, especially one that is left over after the greater part has been used.

    Un trozo o cantidad pequeña de algo, especialmente uno que queda después de que la mayor parte se ha utilizado.

  2. 2
    noun
    chatarra

    Waste material, especially metal, collected and reprocessed or sold for recycling.

    Material de desecho, especialmente metal, recogido y reprocesado o vendido para reciclaje.

  3. 3
    verb
    descartar

    To discard or abandon something that is no longer useful or wanted.

    Desechar o abandonar algo que ya no es útil o deseado.

Example Sentences

“She wrote the note on a scrap of paper.”

Ella escribió la nota en un retazo de papel.

“The old car was sold for scrap.”

El viejo coche se vendió como chatarra.

“They decided to scrap the project.”

Decidieron descartar el proyecto.

Synonyms (Sinónimos)

In Spanish:

trozodesperdiciodesechar

Antonyms (Antónimos)

In Spanish:

conservarguardar

In English:

wholeentirety

Inflected Word Forms

past tensescrapped
present participlescrapping
nounscrapbook
pluralscraps
adjectivescrappy

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

scrap of papercollocation

A very small piece of paper.

scrap metalcollocation

Metal that is no longer useful and is sold for recycling.

scrap heapcollocation

A pile of discarded items or a situation where something is considered worthless.