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1 havoc
'hævək(great destruction or damage: The hurricane created havoc over a wide area.) estragos, destruccióntr['hævək]1 estragos nombre masculino plural\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto play havoc with hacer estragos enhavoc ['hævək] n1) destruction: estragos mpl, destrucción f2) chaos, disorder: desorden m, caos mn.• destrozo s.m.• destrucción s.f.• estrago s.m.• ruina s.f.'hævəkmass nounto play havoc with something — trastocar* or desbaratar algo
['hævǝk]N estragos mplthis latest decision will cause havoc in the tourist industry — esta última decisión hará estragos or provocará grandes trastornos en el sector turístico
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to play havoc with, the recession is playing havoc with the government's balance sheets — la recesión está dando al traste con or haciendo estragos en los balances de ejercicio del gobiernothe weather played havoc with sporting fixtures this weekend — el mal tiempo arruinó los acontecimientos deportivos del fin de semana
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to wreak havoc — hacer estragosthe slugs are wreaking havoc in the garden — las babosas están arruinando or estropeando el jardín
stress can wreak havoc on the immune system — el estrés puede causar serios trastornos en el sistema inmunológico
* * *['hævək]mass nounto play havoc with something — trastocar* or desbaratar algo
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2 play havoc with
(to cause a lot of damage to: The storm played havoc with the farmer's crops.) hacer/causar estragos -
3 accidente
Del verbo accidentar: ( conjugate accidentar) \ \
accidenté es: \ \1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo
accidente es: \ \1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo
accidente sustantivo masculino 1 ( percance) accident; tener or sufrir un accidente to have an accident; accidente laboral industrial accident 2 ( hecho fortuito) coincidence; 3 ( del terreno) unevenness;
accidente sustantivo masculino
1 accident
tener un accidente laboral, to have an industrial accident
2 (casualidad) chance: nos conocimos por accidente, we met by chance
3 Geography accidentes geográficos, geographical features ' accidente' also found in these entries: Spanish: achacar - aviación - cadena - choque - cojera - enloquecer - error - estructural - fatal - filmación - geográfica - geográfico - impactante - importancia - impresionante - laboral - mortal - muerta - muerto - múltiple - presenciar - relativa - relativo - reliquia - renacer - responsable - simular - siniestra - siniestro - sufrir - tortazo - aparatoso - automovilístico - contratiempo - desaparecido - escena - herido - horrible - ignorar - impresión - mutilar - percance - prevenir - producir - punto - referente - responsabilizar - saber - salir - salvar English: accident - accidentally - avert - bad - blank out - by - cause - claim - come about - come through - come to - crash - critically - devastating - disfigure - divert - drop - escape - event - front-page - gruesome - have - himself - industrial - intoxicated - involve - little - meet - meet with - miraculously - nasty - only - outright - overlook - prevent - rail accident - report - road accident - shocking - slide - smash - traffic accident - transpire - blip - havoc - kill - work
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havoc — hav|oc [ hævək ] noun uncount a situation in which there is a lot of damage or destruction, or in which something cannot continue in its normal way because of problems: cause/create havoc (=cause a lot of damage or harm): Winter storms continued… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
havoc — noun VERB + HAVOC ▪ cause, create, play, wreak PREPOSITION ▪ havoc among ▪ The new tax could wreak havoc among smaller companies … Collocations dictionary
havoc — UK [ˈhævək] / US noun [uncountable] a situation in which there is a lot of damage or destruction, or in which something cannot continue in its normal way because of problems cause/create havoc: Winter storms continued to cause havoc for drivers.… … English dictionary
havoc — hav|oc [ˈhævək] n [U] [Date: 1400 1500; : Anglo French; Origin: Old French havot destruction, disorder ] a situation in which there is a lot of damage or a lack of order, especially so that it is difficult for something to continue in the normal… … Dictionary of contemporary English
havoc — 1. noun /ˈhæv.ək/ a) devastation b) mayhem 2. verb /ˈhæv.ək/ a) To pillage. To tear and havoc more than she can eat … Wiktionary
havoc — noun (U) a situation in which there is a lot of confusion or damage: cause/create havoc: The Wall Street Crash created havoc and ruin. | wreak havoc (on)/play havoc with (=to cause great harm by causing a confusing situation) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
havoc — /ˈhævək / (say havuhk) noun 1. devastation; ruinous damage. 2. Obsolete (a word used as the signal for pillage in warfare): to cry havoc. –verb (havocked, havocking) –verb (t) 3. to work havoc upon. –verb (i) 4. to work havoc. –phrase 5 …
cause — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 sb/sth that makes sth happen ADJECTIVE ▪ real, root, true, underlying ▪ the root cause of the problem ▪ deeper ▪ … Collocations dictionary
Havoc Heli — Picoo Z Caractéristiques techniques Picoo Z Hélicoptère indoor Vue avant du Picoo Z Moteur Électrique Dimensions … Wikipédia en Français
havoc — n. & v. n. widespread destruction; great confusion or disorder. v.tr. (havocked, havocking) devastate. Phrases and idioms: play havoc with colloq. cause great confusion or difficulty to. Etymology: ME f. AF havok f. OF havo(t), of unkn. orig … Useful english dictionary
create havoc — cause great destruction … English contemporary dictionary