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echar a pique

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
echar a pique loc verb	figurado (arruinar, destruir)	go to ruin v expr
		deteriorate⇒, degenerate⇒ vi
		go downhill vi + adv
	(informal)	go to pot v expr
	El hotel se echó a pique en la temporada baja.
	The hotel went to ruin in the off-season.
echar a pique loc verb	(barco: hundir)	scuttle⇒ vtr
	(deliberately)	sink⇒ vtr
	Los marineros echaron a pique el barco para que los piratas no consiguieran apoderarse del tesoro.
	The sailors scuttled the ship so that the pirates could not get hold of the treasure.

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