to waste one's youth

сгубить свою молодость — to waste one's youth

в молодости — early in life

не первой молодости — not in one's first youth, getting on in years

по молодости лет — being young and inexperienced

убивать молодость — to waste one's youth

сгубить себя — ruin oneself

сгубить свою молодость — waste one's youth

убивать молодость — waste one's youth

убить надежды на успех — dash / destroy every hope of success

сгуби́ть себя́ — ruin oneself

сгуби́ть свою́ мо́лодость — waste one's youth

уби́ть наде́жды на успе́х — dash / destroy every hope of success

убива́ть вре́мя — kill (the) time

убива́ть мо́лодость — waste one's youth

уби́ть его́ ма́ло! — hanging it's too good for him!

сгубить свою молодость — to waste one's youth

algunas algas son aprovechadas en medicina — some algae are used in medicine

no quiso aprovechar su oferta — he chose not to take up their offer

vamos a aprovechar este espacio para hacer un armario — we are going to use this space for a wardrobe

aproveché que tenía la tarde libre para ir de compras — I took the opportunity of having an afternoon off to go shopping

quiero aprovechar esta oportunidad para agradecerles a todos su apoyo — I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their support

hemos movido los muebles para aprovechar mejor el espacio — we moved the furniture to make better use of the space

sabe aprovechar muy bien su atractivo — he knows how to make the most of his good looks

tú que eres soltera, aprovecha y disfruta — make the most of the fact that you're single and enjoy yourself

salió a pasear y aprovechó para hacer unas compras — he went out for a walk and took the opportunity to do some shopping

aprovecha para pedirles el dinero que te deben — take the opportunity to ask them for the money they owe you

en ese curso no aprovechamos nada — we didn't get anywhere with that course

aprovecha tu juventud — make the most of your youth

no aprovechan los recursos que tienen — they don't fully exploit the resources at their disposal

dinero/tiempo bien aprovechado — money/time well spent

es espacio mal aprovechado — it's a waste of space

voy a aprovechar que hace buen tiempo para... — I'm going to take advantage of the good weather to...

aprovecho la ocasión para decirles que... — I would like to take this opportunity to tell you that...

aproveché los restos para... — I used the leftovers to...

éstas todavía se pueden aprovechar — these can still be put to good use

no tira nada, todo lo aprovecha — she doesn't throw anything away, she makes use of everything

aproveché para venir a verte — I thought I'd take the opportunity to come and see you

que aproveche! — enjoy your meal, bon appétit

aprovechen ahora, que no tienen niños — make the most of it now, while you don't have children

aprovecharse de algo/alguien — to take advantage of something/somebody, to exploit something/somebody

aprovecha tu juventud — make the most of your youth

no aprovechan los recursos que tienen — they don't fully exploit the resources at their disposal

dinero/tiempo bien aprovechado — money/time well spent

es espacio mal aprovechado — it's a waste of space

voy a aprovechar que hace buen tiempo para... — I'm going to take advantage of the good weather to...

aprovecho la ocasión para decirles que... — I would like to take this opportunity to tell you that...

aproveché los restos para... — I used the leftovers to...

éstas todavía se pueden aprovechar — these can still be put to good use

no tira nada, todo lo aprovecha — she doesn't throw anything away, she makes use of everything

aproveché para venir a verte — I thought I'd take the opportunity to come and see you

que aproveche! — enjoy your meal, bon appétit

aprovechen ahora, que no tienen niños — make the most of it now, while you don't have children

aprovecharse de algo/alguien — to take advantage of something/somebody, to exploit something/somebody

hay varias maneras de hacerlo — there are various ways of doing it

eso no es manera de tratar a un animal — that's not the way to treat an animal, that's no way to treat an animal

de una manera u otra — (in) one way or another

¡llovía de una manera! — it was really pouring down!

¡nunca he visto nevar de esta manera! — I've never seen it snow like this!

no hubo manera de convencerla — there was no convincing her, there was no way we could convince her

lo hice a mi manera — I did it my way

a mi manera de ver, tenemos dos opciones — the way I see it, we have two options

manera de ser, es su manera de ser — that's the way she is

cada uno tiene una manera de ser — everyone has their own character

me contestó de muy mala manera — he answered me very rudely

de ninguna manera deben paralizarse las obras — on no account must the work stop

no quiero de ninguna manera implicarla en esto — I don't want to involve her in this in any way

no se parece de ninguna manera a lo que habíamos imaginado — it's nothing like we had imagined

¡de ninguna manera! — certainly not!, no way!

los jóvenes entienden el mundo de otra manera — young people see the world in a different way

las cosas podrían haber sido de otra manera — things could have been different

no podía ser de otra manera — it couldn't be any other way

de otra manera, no es posible entender su actitud — otherwise, it's impossible to understand his attitude

dicho de otra manera — in other words, to put it another way

• de manera que — [antes de verbo] so; [después de verbo] so that

¿de manera que esto no te gusta? — so you don't like this?

lo hizo de manera que nadie se dio cuenta — he did it so that nobody noticed

buenas maneras — good manners

se lo dije con buenas maneras — I told him politely

malas maneras — bad manners, rudeness

con muy malas maneras — very rudely

otra manera de valentía — another kind of courage

las diferentes maneras de Picasso — Picasso's different styles

yo lo hago a mi manera — I do it my way, I have my own way of doing it

¿qué manera de comer es ésa? — that's no way to eat your food

comimos de una manera...! — you should have seen the amount we ate!

qué manera de malgastar el dinero! — what a waste of money!

no saldrás a la calle vestida de esa manera ¿no? — you're not going out dressed like that, are you?

se puede ir vestido de cualquier manera — you can dress however you want

de alguna manera tendré que conseguirlo — I'll have to get it somehow (or other)

de una manera u otra habrá que terminarlo — it'll have to be finished one way or another

no hay/hubo manera — it is/it was impossible

a manera de — by way of

se levantó el sombrero a manera de saludo — he lifted his hat in greeting

yo lo hago a mi manera — I do it my way, I have my own way of doing it

¿qué manera de comer es ésa? — that's no way to eat your food

comimos de una manera...! — you should have seen the amount we ate!

qué manera de malgastar el dinero! — what a waste of money!

no saldrás a la calle vestida de esa manera ¿no? — you're not going out dressed like that, are you?

se puede ir vestido de cualquier manera — you can dress however you want

de alguna manera tendré que conseguirlo — I'll have to get it somehow (or other)

de una manera u otra habrá que terminarlo — it'll have to be finished one way or another

no hay/hubo manera — it is/it was impossible

a manera de — by way of

se levantó el sombrero a manera de saludo — he lifted his hat in greeting

aliorum fructus in terra est, aliorum et extra,

alii in corde, alii in cerebro dixerunt animi esse sedem et locum,

eo in rostris sedente suasit Serviliam legem Crassus,

qui sunt cives in eadem re publica,

facillimam in ea re publica esse concordiam, in qua idem conducat omnibus,

T. Labienus ex loco superiore, quae res in nostris castris gererentur, conspicatus,

quod si in scaena, id est in contione verum valet, etc.,

in foro palam Syracusis,

plures in eo loco sine vulnere quam in proelio aut fuga intereunt,

tulit de caede, quae in Appia via facta esset,

in via fornicata,

vigebat in illa domo mos patrius et disciplina,

in domo furtum factum ab eo qui domi fuit,

nupta in domo,

copias in castris continent,

cum in angusto quodam pulpito stans diceret,

se ac suos in vehiculo conspici,

malo in illa tua sedecula sedere, quam in istorum sella curuli,

sedere in solio,

Albae constiterant, in urbe opportuna,

Sometimes, also, with names of places: omnes se ultro sectari in Epheso memorat mulieres,

heri aliquot adolescentuli coiimus in Piraeo,

navis et in Cajeta est parata nobis et Brundisii,

complures (naves) in Hispali faciendas curavit,

caesos in Marathone ac Salamine,

in Berenice urbe Troglodytarum,

in his poeta hic nomen profitetur suum,

Thales, qui sapientissimus in septem fuit,

peto ut eum complectare, diligas, in tuis habeas,

in perditis et desperatis,

omnia quae secundum naturam fiunt, sunt habenda in bonis,

dolor in maximis malis ducitur,

justissimus unus in Teucris,

cecidere in pugna ad duo milia... in his quatuor Romani centuriones,

in diis et feminae sunt,

sedere in equo,

quid legati in equis,

sedere in leone,

in eo flumine pons erat,

in herboso Apidano,

in digitis,

castra in limite locat,

ipse coronam habebat unam in capite, alteram in collo,

oleae in arbore,

Caesaris in barbaris erat nomen obscurius,

in ceteris nationibus, Cels. praef. 1: qui in Brutiis praeerat,

in juvenibus,

nutus in mutis pro sermone est,

in veste candida,

in calceis,

in insignibus,

in tunicis albis,

in Persico et vulgari habitu,

in lugubri veste,

in Tyriis,

in Cois,

homines in catenis Romam mittere,

duas legiones in armis,

in armis hostis,

quae in ore atque in oculis provinciae gesta sunt (= coram),

in oculis provinciae,

in oculis omnium,

divitiae, decus, gloria in oculis sita sunt,

Julianus in ore ejus (Vitellii) jugulatur,

in populorum institutis aut legibus,

in illis libris qui sunt de natura deorum,

in Timaeo dicit,

epistula, in qua omnia perscripta erant,

perscribit in litteris, hostes ab se discessisse,

in Thucydide orbem modo orationis desidero,

in Herodoto omnia leniter fluunt,

libri oratorii diu in manibus fuerunt,

philosophi quamcunque rem habent in manibus,

quam spem nunc habeat in manibus, exponam,

rem habere in manibus,

neque mihi in manu fuit Jugurtha qualis foret,

postquam nihil esse in manu sua respondebatur,

quod ipsorum in manu sit,... bellum an pacem malint,

inter manus),

quorum epistulas in manu teneo,

in manu poculum tenens,

coronati et lauream in manu tenentes,

in animo esse,

in animo habere,

lex est ratio insita in natura,

in memoria sedere,

tacito mutos volvunt in pectore questus,

quanta auctoritas fuit in C. Metello!

erat in eo summa eloquentia, summa fides,

in omni animante est summum aliquid atque optimum, ut in equis,

si quid artis in medicis est,

nibil esse in morte timendum,

in eo enim loco res sunt nostrae, ut, etc.,

quo in loco, etc.: cum ex equitum et calonum fuga, quo in loco res essent, cognovissent,

videtis, quo in loco res haec siet, Ter Phorm. 2, 4, 6: quod ipse, si in eodem loco esset, facturus fuerit,

non in eo esse Carthaginiensium res, ut Galliam armis obtineant,

cum res non in eo esset, ut Cyprum tentaret,

feci ego istaec itidem in adulescentia,

in tempore hoc,

in hoc tempore,

in tali tempore,

in diebus paucis,

in brevi spatio,

in qua aetate,

in ea aetate,

in omni aetate,

in aetate, qua jam Alexander orbem terrarum subegisset,

qua (sc. Iphigenia) nihil erat in eo quidem anno natum pulchrius,

nihil in vita se simile fecisse,

in tota vita inconstans,

ni pedites equitesque in tempore subvenissent,

spreta in tempore gloria interdum cumulatior redit,

rebellaturi,

atque adeo in ipso tempore eccum ipsum obviam,

sic enim mihi in praesentia occurrit,

vestrae quidem cenae non solum in praesentia, sed etiam postero die jucundae sunt,

id quod unum maxime in praesentia desiderabatur,

haec ad te in praesenti scripsi, ut, etc.,

fit, ut distrahatur in deliberando animus,

vitiosum esse in dividendo partem in genere numerare,

quod in litteris dandis praeter consuetudinem proxima nocte vigilarat,

ne in quaerendis suis pugnandi tempus dimitteret,

in agris vastandis incendiisque faciendis hostibus,

in excidenda Numantia,

cum in immolanda Iphigenia tristis Calchas esset,

qui magno in aere alieno majores etiam possessiones habent,

se in insperatis repentinisque pecuniis jactare,

Larinum in summo timore omnium cum armatis advolavit,

So freq., of qualities or states of mind: summa in sollicitudine ac timore Parthici belli,

torpescentne dextrae in amentia illa?

hunc diem perpetuum in laetitia degere,

in metu,

in voluptate,

alicui in amore esse,

alicui in amoribus esse,

res in invidia erat,

num... Diogenem Stoicum coegit in suis studiis obmutescere senectus?

mirificam cepi voluptatem ex tua diligentia: quod in summis tuis occupationibus mihi tamen rei publicae statum per te notum esse voluisti,

So freq., of business, employment, occupations, etc.: in aliqua re versari,

similia iis, quae in consilio dixerat,

in certamine armorum atque in omni palaestra quid satis recte cavetur,

agi in judiciis,

tum vos mihi essetis in consilio,

in actione... dicere,

in quo tum magistratu forte Brutus erat,

in eo magistratu pari diligentia se praebuit,

in ea ipsa causa fuit eloquentissimus,

qui non defendit nec obsistit, si potest, injuriae, tam est in vitio, quam, etc.,

etsi hoc quidem est in vitio, dissolutionem naturae tam valde perhorrescere,

non sunt in eo genere tantae commoditates corporis,

an omnino nulla sit in eo genere distinctio,

Drusus erat de praevaricatione absolutus in summa quatuor sententiis,

et in omni summa, ut mones, valde me ad otium pacemque converto,

but, in summa, sic maxime judex credit, etc.,

horum (juvenum) inductio in parte simulacrum decurrentis exercitus erat: ex parte elegantioris exercitii quam militaris artis,

quod mihi in parte verum videtur,

patronorum in parte expeditior, in parte difficilior interrogatio est,

hoc facere in eo homine consueverunt,

in furibus aerarii,

Achilles talis in hoste fuit,

in hoc homine saepe a me quaeris, etc.,

suspectus et in morte matris fuit,

qui praesentes metuunt, in absentia hostes erunt, = absentes,

non solum in eodem sensu, sed etiam in diverso, eadem verba contra,

aliter voces aut eaedem in diversa significatione ponuntur,

Sallustius in significatione ista non superesse sed superare dicit,

stips non dicitur in significatione trunci,

semper in significatione ea hortus,

cum exitus haud in facili essent, i. e. haud faciles,

adeo moderatio tuendae libertatis in difficili est,

in obscuro esse, Liv. praef. § 3: in dubio esse,

dum in dubiost animus,

in integro esse,

in incerto esse,

in obvio esse,

in tuto esse,

videre te in tuto,

in aequo esse,

in expedito esse,

in proximo esse,

in aperto esse,

in promisco esse,

in augusto esse,

in incerto haberi,

in levi habitum,

in incerto relinquere,

v. Zumpt, Gram. § 398): influxit non tenuis quidam e Graecia rivulus in hanc urbem,

in Ephesum advenit,

in Epirum venire,

ibo in Piraeeum, visamque, ecquae advenerit in portum ex Epheso navis mercatoria,

non enim hoc ut oppido praeposui, sed ut loco,

se contulisse Tarquinios, in urbem Etruriae florentissimam,

remigrare in domum veterem e nova,