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1 washout
noun ((an idea, project, person etc which is) a complete failure: She was a complete washout as a secretary.) desastre, fracasotr['wɒʃaʊt]1 familiar fracasowashout ['wɔʃ.aʊt, 'wɑʃ-] n1) : erosión f (de la tierra)2) failure: fracaso mshe's a washout: es un desastren.• arriada s.f.['wɒʃaʊt]Nit was a washout — [match] se suspendió debido a la lluvia; [plan, party etc] fue un fracaso or desastre
you're a washout as a father! — ¡como padre eres un desastre!
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2 wash
woʃ
1. verb1) (to clean (a thing or person, especially oneself) with (soap and) water or other liquid: How often do you wash your hair?; You wash (the dishes) and I'll dry; We can wash in the stream.) lavar(se)2) (to be able to be washed without being damaged: This fabric doesn't wash very well.) lavarse3) (to flow (against, over etc): The waves washed (against) the ship.) chapotear; batir (contra)4) (to sweep (away etc) by means of water: The floods have washed away hundreds of houses.) arrastrar, llevarse
2. noun1) (an act of washing: He's just gone to have a wash.) baño; lavado2) (things to be washed or being washed: Your sweater is in the wash.) (estar para) lavar; (estar en la) colada3) (the flowing or lapping (of waves etc): the wash of waves against the rocks.) chapoteo4) (a liquid with which something is washed: a mouthwash.) enjuague; líquido (detergente, desinfectante, i2etc/i2)5) (a thin coat (of water-colour paint etc), especially in a painting: The background of the picture was a pale blue wash.) capa6) (the waves caused by a moving boat etc: The rowing-boat was tossing about in the wash from the ship's propellers.) remolinos; estela•- washable- washer
- washing
- washed-out
- washerwoman
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- washcloth
- wash-basin
- washing-machine
- washing-powder
- washing-up
- washout
- washroom
- wash up
wash1 n lavadowash2 vb lavar / lavarsewash your face, it's dirty lávate la cara, la tienes suciatr[wɒʃ]1 (act) lavado2 (laundry) ropa sucia, colada4 SMALLMEDICINE/SMALL enjuague nombre masculino5 (thin layer of paint) capa6 (swill) bazofia■ have you washed your hands? ¿te has lavado las manos?■ who's going to wash the dishes? ¿quién fregará los platos?2 (carry) llevar, arrastrar3 (flow against, flow past) lamer, besar4 (form by erosion) erosionar5 (cover thinly) bañar1 (gen) lavarse■ have you washed behind your ears? ¿te has lavado detrás de las orejas?2 (flow, lap) batir3 familiar (be believed) colar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be in the wash estar para lavar, estar en la coladato come out in the wash (turn out all right) salir biento wash one's dirty linen in public lavar los trapos sucios en públicoto wash one's hair lavarse la cabeza, lavarse el peloto wash one's hands of something/somebody desentenderse de algo/alguiento wash oneself lavarsewash house lavaderowash ['wɔʃ, 'wɑʃ] vt1) clean: lavar(se), limpiar, fregarto wash the dishes: lavar los platosto wash one's hands: lavarse las manos2) drench: mojar3) lap: bañarwaves were washing the shore: las olas bañaban la orilla4) carry, drag: arrastrar5)to wash away : llevarse (un puente, etc.)wash vi1) : lavarse (dícese de una persona o la ropa)the dress washes well: el vestido se lava bien2)wash n1) : lavado mto give something a wash: lavar algo2) laundry: artículos mpl para lavar, ropa f sucia3) : estela f (de un barco)v.• baldear v.• bañar v.• fregar v.• jabonar v.• lavar v.• lavar la ropa v.• moverse el agua v.n.• colada s.f.• estela s.f.• jabonado s.m.• lavación s.f.• lavado s.m.• lavadura s.f.• lavatorio s.m.• loción s.f.• movimiento de agua s.m.• ropa para lavar s.f.= Washington[wɒʃ]1. N1) (=act of washing)to give sth a wash — (gen) lavar algo
brush-upto give one's hands/face a wash — lavarse las manos/la cara
2) (in washing-machine) lavado m3) (=laundry) colada fyour jeans are in the wash — (=being washed) tus vaqueros se están lavando; (=with dirty clothes) tus vaqueros están con la ropa sucia
4) [of ship, plane] estela f5) [of paint, distemper] capa f; (Art) aguada f2. VT1) (=clean) [+ clothes, car] lavar; [+ floor] fregarto wash the dishes — fregar (los platos), lavar los platos
to wash one's hands/hair — lavarse las manos/el pelo
- wash one's hands of sth- wash one's hands of sblinen 1., 2)2) (=paint)4) (=sweep, carry) arrastrar3. VI1) (=have a wash) lavarse; (=wash the dishes) fregar; (=do the washing) lavar (la) ropa2) (=be washable) [fabric]will it wash? — ¿se puede lavar?
3) [sea, waves]small waves gently washed over the coral reef — las pequeñas olas bañaban suavemente el arrecife de coral
the oil washed ashore quite near here — el petróleo fue arrastrado a la orilla bastante cerca de aquí
4.CPDwash bag N — (US) neceser m
wash cycle N — ciclo m de lavado
wash house N — lavadero m
wash leather N — gamuza f
wash sale N — (US) venta f ficticia
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3 desastre
desastre sustantivo masculino disaster; tienes la habitación hecha un desastre your room is a shambles; vas hecha un desastre you look a real mess (colloq)
desastre sustantivo masculino
1 (desgracia, catástrofe) disaster: el libro narra los desastres de la guerra, the book is about war-time disasters
2 fig fam tu padre es un desastre, your father's just hopeless
3 fam (de mala calidad, mal organizado) el concierto fue un verdadero desastre, the concert was a complete flop ' desastre' also found in these entries: Spanish: acabose - calamidad - escabechina - organización - proporción - sentimental - sumar - total - zafarrancho - descalabro - ecológico English: dead loss - disaster - disastrous - loss - shambles - strike - unmitigated - utter - washout - absolute - disaster area - holocaust - hopeless - mess - responsibility - wash - way -
4 fracaso
Del verbo fracasar: ( conjugate fracasar) \ \
fracaso es: \ \1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
fracasó es: \ \3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativoMultiple Entries: fracasar fracaso
fracasar ( conjugate fracasar) verbo intransitivo to fail
fracaso sustantivo masculino failure
fracasar verbo intransitivo to fail
fracaso sustantivo masculino failure: el despegue del cohete fue un fracaso, the rocket lift-off was a failure ' fracaso' also found in these entries: Spanish: derrota - estrepitosa - estrepitoso - responsabilizar - sed - sentenciar - servir - contundente - destinado - naufragio - rotundo English: bomb - defeat - dismal - failure - flop - mainly - no-win - resounding - unmitigated - unqualified - washout - break - fiasco - why
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