Spanish English Dictionary

español - English

basura in English:

1. trash trash


That pile of papers is important, and the other pile is trash.
Don't throw trash here.
In retrospect, it may seem obvious that we shouldn't have been burning our trash so close to our house.
I accidentally threw an expensive knife into the trash.
If you throw trash on the road, you have to pay a fine of up to 500 dollars.
I wish people would stop throwing away empty cans and other trash along the path up the mountain.
Ever since he broke up with her she's been talking trash about him to all her friends.
Concerning this issue, I feel that the trash media only report biased information.
There's no use for plastic supermarket bags aside from putting trash in them.
The new 'Transformers' movie is trash.
throw trash on the ground, Litter (U). Every time I visit the beach it is covered in trash.
He trashed my house because he was looking for money.
She trashed mayor in a newspaper and now she has to apologize to him.
Yesterday, Scotland trashed Russia.
my apartment's been totally trashed

English word "basura"(trash) occurs in sets:

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2. garbage garbage


Put the garbage outside.
He had gone there to help garbage workers strike peacefully for better pay and working conditions.
In the city, large quantities of garbage are being produced every day.
The boy I saw searching through the garbage can said that he had not eaten anything for four days.
Getting rid of garbage has become a major headache for the authorities.
His tasks range from digging wells to getting rid of garbage.
They collect our garbage every Monday.
The next morning, Dima got out of the dumpster, but only to realize that all of his clothes now smelled like garbage.
I want my life to amount to more than just consuming products and generating garbage.
We will soon most likely be charged for garbage disposal by how much of it there is.
Garbage harbors vermin.
Attention is focussed on the potential for growth of the personal and industrial use garbage compactor market in relation to trends in law.
Moreover it's difficult to get rubbish out for garbage day because the collection time is too early.
Seagulls cause all types of disturbances by cackling loudly, spreading guano, tearing up garbage bags and attacking to get food.
After the party, her parents were shocked to see how much garbage people had left on the floor.

English word "basura"(garbage) occurs in sets:

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3. litter


Our city has serious litter problems.
Fines for dropping litter
These days you can't walk down the street without seeing people dropping litter.
He dropped his keys in the litter during our trip to the forest.
I hate when people leave litter in the park.
litter tray
The toddler littered the dining table with all his crayons, papers and toys.
even a dog doesn’t leave its litter
My golden retriever has a litter of six offspring
People drop paper, empty bottles and cans on the ground, so there is a lot of litter in our cities.
About two percent of fast-food packaging ends up as litter.
Don't drop litter - put it in a bin! Anyone caught dropping litter will be fined.
It's time we changed cat litter. The smell starts developing!
śmiecić, zaśmiecać, Der.: litter (n)
Picking up litter and dutifully putting it in the rubbish bins.

English word "basura"(litter) occurs in sets:

Everyday Life

4. junk


Tom has accumulated a lot of junk.
The antiques my father left when he died turned out to be nothing but worthless junk.
It's junk. Throw it away.
Instead of eating real food, we just ate junk food all day.
I hate myself for not having the will power to quit eating junk food.
I've gotta junk this junk.
Junk bond dealers left the market riding on a pillow of air.
People ask me 'why would you want to cherish a piece of junk like that?' But this little beauty means the world to me.
junk food
Barry had so much old junk in his house, he decided to hold a garage sale to get rid of some of it.
Most of the emails he gets are junk mail from people trying to sell things.
We ought to ​clear out this ​cupboard - it's ​full of junk.
Improvement is therefore necessary, and we are also improving the protection of privacy and security, as in the case of junk mail.
a load of old junk
Those who send in old junk they don't use anymore will, without exception, receive a present.

5. litter's



English word "basura"(litter's) occurs in sets:

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