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waste Meaning in Italian (waste significato in italiano)

nounspreco, rifiuti
verbsprecare
spreco in English:waste
Phonetic:sprek-o
Plural: wastes
Gender:Maschile
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Il significato di waste in italiano è spreco, rifiuti, sprecare. (Materiali indesiderati o inutilizzabili che vengono scartati dopo l'uso primario.)

Definitions of Waste

  1. 1
    noun(common)
    rifiuti

    Waste refers to unwanted or unusable materials that are discarded after primary use.

    Materiali indesiderati o inutilizzabili che vengono scartati dopo l'uso primario.

  2. 2
    verb(common)
    sprecare

    To waste means to use or spend something carelessly, inefficiently, or without achieving a useful purpose.

    Usare o spendere qualcosa con noncuranza, inefficienza o senza ottenere uno scopo utile.

  3. 3
    noun(common)
    spreco

    Waste can also refer to the act of squandering resources or time without any beneficial outcome.

    L'atto di sperperare risorse o tempo senza alcun esito benefico.

Example Sentences

“Don't waste food; there are many people who are hungry.”

Non sprecare cibo; ci sono molte persone che hanno fame.

“The factory produces a lot of industrial waste.”

La fabbrica produce molti rifiuti industriali.

“It's a waste of time arguing over small matters.”

È uno spreco di tempo discutere su piccole questioni.

Synonyms (Sinonimi)

In Italian:

scartoperditasperpero

In English:

squandermisusefritter awayrefusegarbage

Antonyms (Contrari)

In Italian:

risparmioguadagno

Inflected Word Forms

past tensewasted
present participlewasting
agent nounwaster
adjectivewasteful
adverbwastefully

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

waste of timecollocation

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

waste not, want notidiom

If you do not waste things, you will not be in need.

lay to wasteexpression

To completely destroy or devastate something.