| Principal Translations |
| write-off n | (finance: cancellation of bad debt) | cancelación nf |
| | | condonación nf |
| write-off n | (accounting: tax deduction) | deducción nf |
| write-off n | UK, informal ([sth]: cannot be salvaged) | desastre nm |
| | (vehículo) | siniestro total loc nom m |
| | Olga's mobile phone was a write-off after she dropped it in the bath. |
| | El móvil de Olga era un desastre después de que se le cayera en la bañera. |
| | | pérdida total nf + adj mf |
| write-off n | UK, informal (wrecked car) | cacharro nm |
| | | chatarra nf |
| | Deirdre's car was a write-off after the accident. |
| | El coche de Deirdre era un cacharro después del accidente. |
Locuciones verbales
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write [sth] off,
write off [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (record as total loss) | declarar siniestro total loc verb |
| | | desgravar⇒ vtr |
| | We're going to have to write off the warehouse that burnt down. |
| | Vamos a tener que declarar siniestro total la bodega que se quemó. |
write [sb] off,
write off [sb] vtr phrasal sep | figurative, informal (consider a failure) | dar por perdido loc verb |
| | Even though he did so poorly on the exam, I wasn't going to write him off completely. |
| | Aun cuando le fue muy mal en el examen, no lo iba a dar por perdido completamente. |
write [sth] off,
write off [sth] vtr phrasal sep | UK, informal (car, vehicle: completely wreck) (coloquial, figurado) | fundir⇒ vtr |
| | Brian had an accident and he wrote his car off. |
| | Brian tuvo un accidente y fundió el auto. |
| | | destrozar⇒ vtr |
| | | destruir⇒ vtr |
| | Brian tuvo un accidente y destrozó el auto. |
write [sth] off,
write off [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative, informal (discount, dismiss) | ignorar⇒, descartar⇒ vtr |
| | We can certainly write off his opinion: he never knows what he's talking about! |
| | Ciertamente, podemos ignorar su opinión: nunca sabe de qué está hablando. |
| write off for [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (send, apply for [sth]) | mandar a pedir loc verb |
| | Joe wrote off for the skin cream he'd seen advertised in a magazine. |
| | Joe mandó a pedir la crema que había visto en la revista. |