weeds

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Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
weeds, widow's weeds npl	(mourning clothes)	ropa de luto nf + loc adj
	The woman dressed in weeds for a month after her husband passed away.

Additional Translations
Inglés		Español
weeds npl	informal, dated (clothing)	ropa nf
	The peasants wore weeds made from rough burlap.

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
weed n	often plural (unwanted plant)	maleza nf
		mala hierba loc nom f
		yuyo nm
		hierbajo nm
	This garden's full of weeds.
	Este jardín está lleno de maleza.
weed n	uncountable, slang (drug: marijuana)	mariguana, marihuana nf
	(coloquial)	hierba nf
	(MX)	mota nf
	(ES)	maría nf
	Do you want to buy some weed? He sat in his rocking chair smoking his weed.
	¿Quieres comprar algo de mariguana?
the weed n	informal (tobacco)	tabaco nm
		cigarrillo nm
		cigarro nm
	Don is addicted to the weed; he smokes 40 a day.
	Don es adicto al tabaco, fuma 40 cigarrillos por día.
weed [sth]⇒ vtr	(pull weeds)	desmalezar⇒ vtr
		escardar⇒ vtr
	Can you help me weed the garden?
	¿Me ayudas a desmalezar el jardín?
weed [sth/sb]⇒ vtr	figurative (eliminate)	depurar⇒ vtr
	(figurado)	desmalezar⇒ vtr
	We need to weed all the poor performers from the company.
	Necesitamos depurar la compañía de malos actores.

Additional Translations
Inglés		Español
weed n	(seaweed)	alga nf
		planta acuática nf + adj
	He put some weeds in his aquarium, to great effect.
	Puso algunas algas en el acuario que producían un gran efecto.
	Puso algunas plantas acuáticas en el acuario que producían un bonito efecto.

Locuciones verbales weed \| ~~weeds~~
Inglés		Español
weed [sb] out, weed out [sb] vtr phrasal sep	figurative (remove [sb] unwanted)	deshacerse de v prnl + prep
		hacer limpieza de loc verb
	Why don't you weed out the poor performers by raising performance standards?
	¿Por qué no te deshaces de los malos actores elevando el estándar de actuación?
weed out [sth], weed [sth] out vtr phrasal sep	figurative (eradicate [sth])	sacar⇒ vtr
		arrancar⇒, extirpar⇒ vtr
	We're not going to weed out all the bad influences by stopping the free flow of information.
	No vamos sacar las malas influencias obstruyendo el libre fluir de la información.

Compound Forms: weeds \| weed
Inglés		Español
be in deep weeds v expr	figurative (be in trouble) (coloquial, figurado)	estar hasta el cuello expr
		estar en problemas loc verb
		estar en apuros loc verb
be deep in the weeds, be deep into the weeds v expr	figurative (deal with [sth] in detail)	ser meticuloso loc verb
		tratar en detalle loc verb
get deep in the weeds, get deep into the weeds v expr	figurative (start to deal with [sth] in detail) (figurado)	meterse con v prnl + prep
		comprometerse con v prnl + prep

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