WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| degradado nm | (color: gradiente) | gradient n |
| | El degradado del cielo al atardecer pasaba del amarillo al púrpura. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| degradar⇒ vtr | (privar de honores) | demote⇒ vtr |
| | | reduce in rank v expr |
| | Degradaron al coronel por apoyar el golpe de estado. |
| | The colonel was demoted for supporting the coup d'etat. |
| degradar vtr | (desgastar cualidades) | degrade⇒, corrode⇒, erode⇒ vtr |
| | | harm⇒ vtr |
| | La contaminación degrada los monumentos históricos de la ciudad. |
| | Contamination degrades (or: corrodes) the historical monuments in the city. |
| degradar vtr | (humillar) | humiliate⇒, embarrass⇒ vtr |
| | El profesor degradó al alumno delante de toda la clase por los resultados obtenidos en los exámenes. |
| | The professor humiliated (or: embarrassed) the student in front of the whole class because of his exam results. |
| degradar vtr | (transformar sustancia) | break down vtr phrasal sep |
| | La lactasa en una enzima que degrada la lactosa. |
| | Lactase is an enzyme that breaks down lactose. |
| degradarse⇒ v prnl | (desgastarse, estropearse) | deteriorate⇒ vi |
| | La capa de barniz de la ventana se ha ido degradando a lo largo del tiempo. |
| | The layer of coating on the window has deteriorated over time. |
| degradarse v prnl | (rebajarse, envilecerse) | degrade yourself, lower yourself vtr + refl |
| | No te degrades suplicándole, por favor. |
| | Don't degrade yourself (or: lower yourself) by begging him, please. |