WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| run [sb/sth] down vtr phrasal sep | informal (disparage) | menospreciar⇒ vtr |
| | | desprestigiar. desacreditar⇒ vtr |
| Note: Ante complemento directo de persona debe usarse la preposición «a». |
| | Mark's girlfriend is always running him down; she never says anything nice about him. |
| | La novia de Mark siempre lo menosprecia: nunca dice cosas buenas sobre él. |
run [sb/sth] down,
run down [sb/sth] vtr phrasal sep | (hit with a vehicle) | atropellar a vtr + prep |
| | A man was injured when a car thief ran him down and sped off. |
| | El hombre resultó herido cuando un ladrón lo atropelló y se fue. |
run down,
run-down adj | informal (decrepit, dilapidated) | deteriorado/a adj |
| | | en ruinas loc adj |
| Note: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| | The shack by the river was old and run down. |
| | La choza junto al río era vieja y estaba deteriorada. |
run down,
run-down adj | informal (person: exhausted) | agotado/a, exhausto/a adj |
| | (coloquial) | hecho polvo loc adj |
| Note: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| | Well, Doctor, I've been feeling listless and run down recently. |
| | Bueno doctor, últimamente me vengo sintiendo lánguido y bastante agotado. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
rundown,
run-down n | informal (summary) | resumen nm |
| | George asked his assistant for a rundown before the meeting. |
| | Jorge le pidió un resumen a su asistente antes de la reunión. |
rundown,
run-down n | (company: decrease in productivity) | reducción de la productividad nf + loc adj |
| | | reducción de la actividad nf + loc adj |
| | Decreased sales have lead to a rundown in the company. |
| | La disminución de las ventas ha causado una reducción de la productividad en la compañía. |
'run down' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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