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1 weed out
(to remove (things which are unwanted) from a group or collection.) desherbar, escardarv.• escardar v.v + o + adv, v + adv + oa) ( Hort) quitar, arrancar*b) \<\<errors/items\>\> eliminar; \<\<applicants\>\> eliminar, descartarVT + ADV [+ plant] arrancar; (fig) eliminar* * *v + o + adv, v + adv + oa) ( Hort) quitar, arrancar*b) \<\<errors/items\>\> eliminar; \<\<applicants\>\> eliminar, descartar -
2 weed out
v.1 descartar (sentido figurado) (people, applications); eliminar (mistakes)2 descalificar.3 desyerbar, desmalezar, limpiar de hierbas, limpiar de rastrojos.4 desarraigar.5 escarbar. -
3 to weed out
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4 weed
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1. noun(any wild plant, especially when growing among cultivated plants or where it is not wanted: The garden is full of weeds.) mala hierba
2. verb(to remove weeds (from): to weed the garden.) escardar, desherbar- weed out
weed1 n mala hierbaweed2 vb quitar las malas hierbas / desherbartr[wiːd]3 familiar (tobacco) tabaco, el fumar nombre masculino; (marijuana) hierba, maría, hachís nombre masculino1 escardar1 escardarweed ['wi:d] vt1) : desherbar, desyerbar2)to weed out : eliminar, quitarweed n: mala hierba fv.• desherbar v.• escardar v.• sachar v.n.• cigarrillo s.m.• cizaña s.f.• mala hierba s.f.• ropa de luto s.f.weed* (Drugs)n.• hierba* (Drogas) s.f.• yerba* (Drogas) s.f.wiːd
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1) ( Hort)a) c hierbajo m, mala hierba f, yuyo m (RPl), maleza f (AmL)b) u ( aquatic growth) algas fpl2) u ( marijuana) (sl) hierba f (arg), monte m (AmC, Col, Ven fam)3) c ( feeble person) (BrE colloq) alfeñique m
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transitive verb deshierbar, desherbar*, desmalezar* (AmL), sacar* los yuyos de (RPl)
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vi deshierbar, desherbar*, desmalezar* (AmL), sacar* los yuyos (RPl)Phrasal Verbs:- weed out[wiːd]1. N1) mala hierba f, hierbajo m ; (=waterweed) alga f2) * (=person) pelele * m3)the weed * — hum (=tobacco) el tabaco
4) * (=marihuana) hierba * f5)(widow's) weeds — ropa f de luto
2.VT [+ flowerbed] desherbar3.VI desherbar- weed out* * *[wiːd]
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1) ( Hort)a) c hierbajo m, mala hierba f, yuyo m (RPl), maleza f (AmL)b) u ( aquatic growth) algas fpl2) u ( marijuana) (sl) hierba f (arg), monte m (AmC, Col, Ven fam)3) c ( feeble person) (BrE colloq) alfeñique m
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transitive verb deshierbar, desherbar*, desmalezar* (AmL), sacar* los yuyos de (RPl)
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vi deshierbar, desherbar*, desmalezar* (AmL), sacar* los yuyos (RPl)Phrasal Verbs:- weed out -
5 eliminar
eliminar ( conjugate eliminar) verbo transitivo ‹ párrafo› to delete, remove (Dep) to eliminate, knock out
eliminar verbo transitivo to eliminate ' eliminar' also found in these entries: Spanish: acabar - cortar - descalificar - michelín - quitar - sonda - terminar - tranquilizar English: cut out - debug - eliminate - face - hit list - knock out - liquidate - obliterate - remove - weed - cut - delete - do - knock - take - zap -
6 selective
- tivadjective (having the power of choice and using it, especially carefully: She is very selective about clothes.) selectivotr[sɪ'lektɪv]1 (specific) selectivo,-a; (not general) parcial2 (discriminating, choosy) exigente, selectivo,-a■ she's very selective about the people she goes out with es muy selectiva con la gente con quien sale\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLselective service SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL servicio militar obligatorioselective [sə'lɛktɪv] adj: selectivoadj.• selectivo, -a adj.sɪ'lektɪva) <control/recruitment> selectivo; < reporting> parcialselective education — sistema que emplea un procedimiento selectivo para la admisión de alumnos en determinadas escuelas
selective service — (AmE) servicio m militar obligatorio, conscripción f (AmL)
b) ( discriminating)[sɪ'lektɪv]to be selective: he's fairly selective about who he mixes with — elige or escoge mucho sus amistades
1.ADJ selectivo2.CPDselective breeding N — cría f selectiva
selective memory N — memoria f selectiva
* * *[sɪ'lektɪv]a) <control/recruitment> selectivo; < reporting> parcialselective education — sistema que emplea un procedimiento selectivo para la admisión de alumnos en determinadas escuelas
selective service — (AmE) servicio m militar obligatorio, conscripción f (AmL)
b) ( discriminating)to be selective: he's fairly selective about who he mixes with — elige or escoge mucho sus amistades
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7 to pull up
1 (draw up) subir, levantar; (plant, weed) arrancar2 (scold) regañar1 (bus, car) detenerse, parar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto go (out) on the pull salir a ligarto pull a face hacer una muecato pull a fast one (on somebody) hacer una mala jugada a alguiento pull a gun on somebody amenazar a alguien con una pistolato pull one's socks up figurative use espabilarse, poner un poco de empeñoto pull one's weight hacer su parte del trabajoto pull somebody's leg tomar el pelo a alguiento pull strings tocar teclasto pull the wool over somebody's eyes engañar a alguiento pull up one's roots desarraigarse -
8 malo
malo
◊ -la adjetivo [The form mal is used before masculine singular nouns]1 un mal amigo a bad friend; una mala caída a bad fall; soy muy malo para los números I'm very bad with figures; ¡qué mala suerte or (fam) pata! what bad luck!, how unlucky!; lo malo es que … the thing o trouble is that …; las malas compañías bad company; mala hierba weed; malos tratos ill-treatment; es malo tomar tanto sol it's not good to sunbathe so much; tienes mala cara or mal aspecto you don't look well estar de malas ( de mal humor) (fam) to be in a bad mood; ( con mala suerte) (esp AmL) to be unlucky;◊ más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer better the devil you know (than the devil you don't)2 [ser] ‹ persona› ( en sentido ético) nasty; ( travieso) naughty;◊ ¡qué malo eres con tu hermano! you're really horrible o nasty to your brother;no seas mala, préstamelo don't be mean o rotten, lend it to me (colloq); una mala mujer a loose woman; una mujer mala a wicked o an evil woman; lo hizo a or con mala idea he did it deliberately o to be nasty; mala palabra (esp AmL) rude o dirty word; dicen las malas lenguas que … (fam) there's a rumor going around that …, people are saying that …; hacerse mala sangre to get upset; ver tb leche 3 3 [estar]◊ el pescado/queso está malo the fish/cheese has gone bad, that fish/cheese is off (BrE)■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (leng infantil o hum) baddy (colloq)
malo,-a
I adjetivo ➣ mal
1 bad: he tenido un día muy malo, I've had a bad day
2 (perverso) wicked, bad (desobediente, travieso) naughty: es una mala persona, he's wicked
préstame el coche, no seas malo, lend me your car, don't be so mean
3 (espectáculo, libro, etc) bad, poor: es un argumento muy malo, it's a feeble argument
4 (dañino) harmful: es malo para ti que él lo sepa, it's bad for you that he knows it
tenemos que arrancar las malas hierbas, we'll have to pull out the weeds
5 (enfermo) ill, sick
6 (alimentos) rotten: se puso mala la carne, the meat went bad
II m,f fam el malo, the baddy o villain Locuciones: estar de malas, to be in a bad mood
por las malas, by force ' malo' also found in these entries: Spanish: abominable - ínfima - ínfimo - mal - mala - peor - quina - redundar - santita - santito - antología - chimbo - en - endiablado - fatal - fondo - igualmente - pata - pichanga - sangre English: abominable - abysmal - bad - baddy - devil - evil - good - half - ill - lean - low - mean - nasty - off - poor - rotten - shocking - spiteful - thick - up - villain - wicked - wrong - your - corny - crummy - indulgence - lame - naughty - paltry - ropey - severe - trashy - unkind
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