| Principal Translations |
| discharge n | (bodily emission) | secreción nf |
| | There was a lot of discharge from the wound. |
| | Había mucha secreción de la herida. |
| discharge n | (firing of a gun) | disparo nm |
| | | descarga nf |
| | Senior officers are investigating the discharge of the police officer's weapon. |
| | Los oficiales superiores están investigando el disparo del arma del oficial de policía. |
| discharge n | (release from military service) | licenciamiento nm |
| | | licencia nf |
| | The soldier's discharge came from her commanding officer. |
| | El licenciamiento de la soldado fue ordenado por su comandante. |
| discharge n | (termination of employment) | despido nm |
| | Robert found it difficult explaining the reasons for his discharge to potential new employers. |
| | A Robert le resultó difícil explicar las razones de su despido a sus nuevos potenciales empleadores. |
| discharge n | (patient: release from hospital) | alta nf |
| Note: Ante sustantivo femenino que empieza con "a" o "ha" tónica se usan artículos masculinos. |
| | Following her discharge, Irene was visited daily at her home by a midwife. |
| | Después del alta, una partera visitaba a Irene todos los días en casa. |
| discharge n | ([sth] being released) (líquidos) | vertido nm |
| | (gases) | emisión nf |
| | Campaigners are protesting against the discharge that is flowing into the river. |
| | Los activistas están protestando contra el vertido que llega al río. |
| discharge n | (release of [sth]) (líquidos) | vertido nm |
| | (gases) | emisión nf |
| | Campaigners are protesting against the discharge of waste into the river. |
| | Los activistas protestan contra el vertido de desechos en el río. |
| discharge n | (release of electricity) | descarga nf |
| | The discharge from the electrical cable gave Bill a shock. |
| | La descarga del cable eléctrica le dio un calambre a Bill. |
| discharge [sth]⇒ vtr | (fire: a gun) | disparar⇒ vtr |
| | The soldier discharged his weapon. |
| | El soldado disparó su arma. |
| discharge [sb]⇒ vtr | often passive (release from hospital) | dar de alta a loc verb |
| | The doctor discharged the patient as soon as she was well enough to go home. |
| | El doctor dio de alta a la paciente tan pronto como estuvo lo suficientemente bien para irse a casa. |
| discharge [sb] vtr | (release from military service) (militar) | licenciar a vtr + prep |
| | The commanding officer discharged the soldier. |
| | El comandante licenció al soldado. |
| discharge [sb] vtr | (fire from a job) | echar a vtr + prep |
| | | despedir a vtr + prep |
| | The director discharged her assistant when she caught him stealing the petty cash. |
| | La directora despidió a su secretario cuando lo encontró robando de la caja chica. |
| discharge [sb] vtr | (release from prison) | liberar a, librar a vtr + prep |
| | | poner en libertad a loc verb |
| | (coloquial) | soltar a vtr + prep |
| | The authorities discharged the prisoner. |
| | Las autoridades liberaron al prisionero. |
| | Las autoridades pusieron en libertad al prisionero. |
| | Las autoridades soltaron al prisionero. |
| discharge [sth]⇒ vtr | (release: electricity) | descargar⇒ vtr |
| | The battery discharged electricity. |
| | La batería descargó electricidad. |
| discharge [sth] vtr | (carry out: duties) | cumplir con vtr + prep |
| | Julian is a good employee who has always discharged his duties to a very high standard. |
| | Julian es un buen empleado que siempre ha cumplido con sus obligaciones de manera intachable. |
| discharge [sth] vtr | (pour out) (líquidos) | verter⇒ vtr |
| | | emitir⇒ vtr |
| | | despedir⇒ vtr |
| | The tanker was discharging thousands of gallons of oil into the sea. |
| | El petrolero estaba vertiendo miles de galones de petróleo al mar. |
| Additional Translations |
| discharge [sb] from [sth] vtr + prep | (release from military service) (militar) | dar de baja a alguien de loc verb |
| | | licenciar a alguien de loc verb |
| | The commanding officer discharged the soldier from military service. |
| | El comandante dio de baja al soldado del servicio militar. |
| discharge [sb] from [sth] vtr + prep | (release from prison) | liberar a alguien de loc verb |
| | | librar a alguien de loc verb |
| | (coloquial) | soltar a alguien de loc verb |
| | The parole board discharged the man from prison. |
| | La junta de libertad condicional liberó al hombre de la prisión. |
| discharge n | (pouring forth of fluid) | vertido nm |
| | The discharge of sewage into rivers causes pollution. |
| | El vertido de aguas residuales en los ríos causa contaminación. |
| discharge n | (fluid: volume of flow) | descarga nf |
| discharge [sb]⇒ vtr | (dismiss: a juror) | liberar a vtr + prep |
| | The judge discharged one of the jury members because he knew the defendant. |
| | El juez liberó a uno de los miembros del jurado porque conocía al acusado. |
| discharge [sth]⇒ vtr | (unload) | descargar⇒ vtr |
| | The workers on the dock were discharging the ship. |
| | Los trabajadores del muelle descargaron el barco. |
| discharge [sth] vtr | (pay off: a debt) | cancelar⇒ vtr |
| | | pagar⇒ vtr |
| | | liquidar⇒ vtr |
| | With this final payment, Linda has discharged her debt. |
| | Con este pago final, Linda ha cancelado su deuda. |
| | Con este pago final, Linda ha pagado su deuda. |
| | Con este pago final, Linda ha liquidado su deuda. |