basura
trash
Reviewed by: David WestfallCofounder
The waste you throw away
Encoding Strategies:
mnemonic
visual
base
low, worthless
+
-ura
noun suffix
Basura means trash and sounds like the English word base0, since what sits at the bottom of the pile is the most worthless.
basura
trash, garbage, rubbish, litter
The waste you throw away, the trash at the bottom of the bin.
Hay basura por todo el parque después del conciertoThere is trash all over the park after the concert
El camión de la basura pasa los martes por la mañanaThe garbage truck comes by on Tuesday mornings
trash can, garbage can, bin (container)
The container that trash goes into, named after what fills it.
Tira ese envase en la basuraThrow that container in the trash can
La basura de la cocina ya está llenaThe kitchen garbage can is already full
garbage, trash, junk (quality)
Describes something as "trash," meaning it's worthless in quality.
Esa película es una basura y perdimos dos horasThat movie is garbage and we lost two hours
Como demasiada comida basura entre semanaI eat too much junk food during the week
scum, trash, piece of filth (insult)
When you call a person "trash," you mean they're worthless as a person.
El que abandonó a ese perro es una basuraWhoever abandoned that dog is scum
No me hables de él, esa gente es basuraDo not talk to me about him, those people are trash