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English to Spanish Dictionary

wastes Meaning in Spanish (wastes significado en español)

noundesperdicios
verbdesperdicia
Sinónimos:residuosbasuramalgastar
desperdicios in English:wastes
Phonetic:desˈpeɾðisjos
Plural: wastes
Gender:Masculino
Quick Answer • Resumen

El significado de wastes en español es desperdicios, desperdicia. (Materiales no deseados o inutilizables, sustancias o subproductos que se descartan.)

Definitions of Wastes

  1. 1
    noun
    desperdicios

    Unwanted or unusable materials, substances, or by-products that are discarded.

    Materiales no deseados o inutilizables, sustancias o subproductos que se descartan.

  2. 2
    verb
    desperdicia

    Uses or spends something carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose, often referring to resources like time or money.

    Usa o gasta algo sin cuidado, de forma extravagante o sin propósito, a menudo refiriéndose a recursos como tiempo o dinero.

Example Sentences

business

“The factory produces a lot of industrial wastes.”

La fábrica produce muchos residuos industriales.

casual

“He wastes his talent by not practicing enough.”

Él desperdicia su talento por no practicar lo suficiente.

casual

“The restaurant wastes a lot of food every day.”

El restaurante desperdicia mucha comida cada día.

Synonyms (Sinónimos)

In Spanish:

residuosbasuramalgastar

Antonyms (Antónimos)

In Spanish:

ahorrarconservar

Inflected Word Forms

infinitivewaste
past participlewasted
nounwaste
nounwastage
adjectivewasteful

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

waste of timecollocation

An activity that is not worth the time spent on it.

go to wasteexpression

To be unused or thrown away when it could have been used.

waste not, want notidiom

If you don't waste things, you will always have enough.