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blight

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈblaɪt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/blaɪt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(blīt)

WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2024:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
blight n (plant disease)plaga nf
  roya nf
  (enfermedad de la vid)mildiú nf
  (enfermedad de la vid)mildiu nm
 The potatoes have blight this year.
 Las papas han tenido plagas este año.
blight n figurative (urban decay)deterioro urbano loc nom m
 Urban blight is forcing people out to the suburbs.
 El deterioro urbano está empujando a la gente hacia los suburbios.
blight n figurative (cause of ruin, scourge)desgracia nf
  maldición nf
  infortunio nm
 His expensive tastes were the blight of their marriage.
 Los gustos caros de él fueron la desgracia de su matrimonio.
 Los gustos caros de él fueron la maldición de su matrimonio.
blight [sth] vtr figurative, often passive (ruin)arruinar vtr
  echar a perder loc verb
 The abuse he received as a young boy blighted the rest of his life.
 El abuso que recibió de niño arruinó el resto de su vida.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2024:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
fire blight (plant disease) (Erwinia amylovora)fuego bacteriano loc nom m
late blight (plant pathology)tizón tardío loc nom m
  mildiu nm
leaf blight n (plant disease)tizón nm
potato blight n (fungal disease affecting potatoes)mildiu de la papa loc nom m
 The potato blight in Ireland in the 1840s caused a massive famine, and many Irish people emigrated to the U.S.
 Esta oración no es una traducción de la original. El mildiu de la papa, también conocido como tizón tardío, es causado por las esporas de Phytophtora infestans.
spur blight n (plant pathology)añublo nm
  tizón nm
twig blight (plant pathology)plaga nf
urban blight n US (city: crumbling, etc.)deterioro de la edificación nm + loc adj
 The city's downtown has gone from suffering from urban blight to becoming a cultural center.
 El centro de la ciudad ha pasado de sufrir el deterioro de la edificación a convertirse en un centro cultural.
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Collocations: [potato] blight, a [tree, plant] blighted by [fungus, an infestation], the [vines, potatoes] suffered blight, more...

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