bust

romper

Romper algo o hacer que deje de funcionar.

En inglés sencillo: To break something or make it stop working.

• I busted my phone.
• The pressure busted a pipe.
• Did you bust the lock?

Sinónimos: break, damage

Expresiones frecuentes: bust something open, bust a pipe, bust a window

detener, arrestar

Dicho de la policía, atrapar a alguien y llevárselo por un delito.

En inglés sencillo: If police do this to someone, they catch them and take them away for a crime.

• Police busted the dealer.
• She was busted for stealing a car.
• They busted three men during the raid.

Cómo se usa: bust someone for something (Police busted him for selling drugs.)

Sinónimos: arrest

Antónimos: release

Expresiones frecuentes: bust someone for something, bust a dealer

desmentir, refutar

Demostrar que una idea que mucha gente cree es falsa.

En inglés sencillo: To show that a widely believed idea is wrong.

• These facts bust an old myth.
• Her research busted several common myths.
• Can this experiment bust the belief?

Sinónimos: disprove, debunk

Expresiones frecuentes: bust a myth, bust the belief

busto

Estatua que representa solo la cabeza, los hombros y la parte superior del pecho de una persona.

En inglés sencillo: A statue showing only a person’s head, shoulders, and upper chest.

• A marble bust stood on the shelf.
• The museum displays busts of famous writers.
• She made a bronze bust of her father.

Cómo se usa: bust of someone (They displayed a bust of the poet.)

Expresiones frecuentes: marble bust, bust of someone, bronze bust

busto, pecho

Los senos de una mujer o la medida alrededor del pecho en su parte más ancha.

En inglés sencillo: A woman’s breasts, or the measurement around her chest at its widest point.

• The dress is tight across the bust.
• Measure your bust before ordering a bra.
• This jacket suits a fuller bust.

Sinónimos: chest

Expresiones frecuentes: bust size, bust measurement, full bust

redada

Operación de la policía para atrapar delincuentes, a menudo entrando en un edificio.

En inglés sencillo: An action by police to catch criminals, often by entering a building.

• Three people were arrested in the bust.
• Police seized weapons during a major bust.
• The drug bust followed months of investigation.

Sinónimos: raid

Expresiones frecuentes: drug bust, police bust, major bust

en quiebra, arruinado

Sin dinero suficiente para pagar las deudas.

En inglés sencillo: Unable to pay debts because there is no money left.

• The company went bust.
• Several small shops are now bust.
• His business went bust after losing its biggest customer.

Cómo se usa: go bust (The firm went bust last year.)

Sinónimos: bankrupt, broke

Antónimos: solvent

Expresiones frecuentes: go bust, be bust