rubbish

basura

Cosas que se tiran porque ya no se quieren o no se necesitan.

En inglés sencillo: Things you no longer want or need and throw away.

• Put the rubbish in the bin.
• They collect our rubbish on Mondays.
• We picked up rubbish along the beach.

Sinónimos: trash, garbage, waste

Expresiones frecuentes: rubbish bin, rubbish collection, throw away rubbish, household rubbish

tonterías, disparates

Ideas o afirmaciones absurdas, equivocadas o imposibles de creer.

En inglés sencillo: Ideas or statements that are silly, wrong, or impossible to believe.

• That story is rubbish.
• He talks rubbish about things he does not understand.
• The claim that cats cannot learn is complete rubbish.

Sinónimos: nonsense

Expresiones frecuentes: talk rubbish, complete rubbish, a load of rubbish

porquería, basura

Cosas de muy mala calidad o de escaso valor.

En inglés sencillo: Things that are badly made or have very little value.

• This shop sells rubbish.
• The toys I bought were cheap rubbish.
• Why waste money on that rubbish?

Sinónimos: junk, trash

Expresiones frecuentes: cheap rubbish, sell rubbish, a load of rubbish

malo, pésimo

De muy mala calidad, con muy poca habilidad o que resulta una experiencia muy mala.

En inglés sencillo: Very bad in quality, ability, or experience.

• The film was rubbish.
• I am rubbish at tennis.
• We had a rubbish day because everything went wrong.

Cómo se usa: rubbish at something (He is rubbish at remembering names.)

Sinónimos: awful, terrible, bad

Antónimos: great, excellent

Expresiones frecuentes: a rubbish day, rubbish at something, rubbish service

¡Tonterías!, ¡Qué disparate!

Se usa para afirmar con fuerza que algo es absurdo o falso.

En inglés sencillo: Used to say strongly that you think something is silly or untrue.

• Rubbish! That never happened.
• “You cheated.” “Rubbish! I followed every rule.”
• “Nobody likes your cooking.” “Rubbish! Everyone asked for more.”

Sinónimos: nonsense, balderdash

Expresiones frecuentes: absolute rubbish, utter rubbish, total rubbish

descalificar, criticar

Decir que una idea, un plan o un trabajo es malo o absurdo.

En inglés sencillo: To say that an idea, plan, or piece of work is bad or stupid.

• Please do not rubbish my idea.
• The minister rubbished the report yesterday.
• Critics have rubbished her latest film.

Sinónimos: dismiss, criticize

Expresiones frecuentes: rubbish an idea, rubbish a proposal, rubbish someone’s work