WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
weeds,
widow's weeds npl | (mourning clothes) | ropa de luto nf + loc adj |
| | The woman dressed in weeds for a month after her husband passed away. |
| Additional Translations |
| weeds npl | informal, dated (clothing) | ropa nf |
| | The peasants wore weeds made from rough burlap. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| weed n | often plural (unwanted plant) | maleza nf |
| | | mala hierba loc nom f |
| | | yuyo nm |
| | | hierbajo nm |
| | This garden's full of weeds. |
| | Este jardín está lleno de maleza. |
| weed n | uncountable, slang (drug: marijuana) | mariguana, marihuana nf |
| | (coloquial) | hierba nf |
| | (MX) | mota nf |
| | (ES) | maría nf |
| | Do you want to buy some weed? He sat in his rocking chair smoking his weed. |
| | ¿Quieres comprar algo de mariguana? |
| the weed n | informal (tobacco) | tabaco nm |
| | | cigarrillo nm |
| | | cigarro nm |
| | Don is addicted to the weed; he smokes 40 a day. |
| | Don es adicto al tabaco, fuma 40 cigarrillos por día. |
| weed [sth]⇒ vtr | (pull weeds) | desmalezar⇒ vtr |
| | | escardar⇒ vtr |
| | Can you help me weed the garden? |
| | ¿Me ayudas a desmalezar el jardín? |
| weed [sth/sb]⇒ vtr | figurative (eliminate) | depurar⇒ vtr |
| | (figurado) | desmalezar⇒ vtr |
| | We need to weed all the poor performers from the company. |
| | Necesitamos depurar la compañía de malos actores. |
| Additional Translations |
| weed n | (seaweed) | alga nf |
| | | planta acuática nf + adj |
| | He put some weeds in his aquarium, to great effect. |
| | Puso algunas algas en el acuario que producían un gran efecto. |
| | Puso algunas plantas acuáticas en el acuario que producían un bonito efecto. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
Locuciones verbales
weed | weeds |
weed [sb] out,
weed out [sb] vtr phrasal sep | figurative (remove [sb] unwanted) | deshacerse de v prnl + prep |
| | | hacer limpieza de loc verb |
| | Why don't you weed out the poor performers by raising performance standards? |
| | ¿Por qué no te deshaces de los malos actores elevando el estándar de actuación? |
weed out [sth],
weed [sth] out vtr phrasal sep | figurative (eradicate [sth]) | sacar⇒ vtr |
| | | arrancar⇒, extirpar⇒ vtr |
| | We're not going to weed out all the bad influences by stopping the free flow of information. |
| | No vamos sacar las malas influencias obstruyendo el libre fluir de la información. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
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