bust

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bust
[bʌst]
sustantivo
1busto (m) (of woman)
  • bust measurement -> medida (f) de busto
2busto (m) (statue)
adjetivo
1(familiar) (broken)
  • to be bust -> estar estropeado(a) or escacharrado(a) (español de España)
  • to go bust -> quebrar (bankrupt)
verbo transitivo (pt & pp bust or busted)
2estropear (break), escacharrar (español de España)
3trincar, empapelar (arrest)

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bust [bast]
sustantivo
1Busto, estatua que representa medio cuerpo humano hasta el pecho (sculpture).
2El pecho, particularmente el de mujer (bosom).
3Caída, descalabro (collapse).
adjetivo
  • To go quebrar -> irse a la bancarrota, fundirse (bankrupt)
  • It’s a gold medal or o la medalla de oro o nada (games) -> (GB) Roto, estropeado
  • Bust down -> degradar (demote)
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1Romperse, estropearse, sonar (object, machine). (n)
va. (Coloq,) Romper (break).(SL.) Agarrar, trincar (raid/ person); hacer una redada en (premises).(Coloq,) Dejar sin un centavo, o sin blanca, o sin un quinto (bankrupt). Darle un puñetazo a (punch).(Sl.)

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bust [bʌst]
noun
1 (Art) busto; (m)
2 (bosom) pecho; (m)
modifier
bust measurement (n) talla de pecho; (f)
bust [bʌst]
adjective
1 (informal) (broken) estropeado; escacharrado; (Esp) (informal)
2 (informal) (bankrupt)
to go bust [+business] quebrar; irse a pique; (informal) [+person] arruinarse
noun
1 (Police) (very_informal) (raid) redada; (f)
...6 tons of cocaine seized last week in Panama's biggest drugs bust
2 (US) (informal) (failure) pifia; (informal) (f)
verb:transitive
1 (informal) (break) destrozar; escacharrar; (Esp) (informal)
to bust a gut (very_informal) echar los bofes; (informal)
to bust one's ass (US) (vulgar) ir de culo; (very_informal)
2 (Police) (very_informal) (arrest) agarrar; trincar; (Esp) (informal) (raid) hacer una redada en
the police busted him for drugs la policía lo agarró por cuestión de drogas; la policía lo trincó por cuestión de drogas; (Esp) (informal) the police busted the place la policía hizo una redada en el local
3 especially (US) (informal) (demote) [+police officer] degradar
verb:intransitive
(informal) romperse; estropearse
New York or bust! ¡o Nueva York o nada!
It's Monte Carlo or bust for these two middle-aged rally novices
bust up (informal)
verb:transitive:plus_adverb
[+marriage, friendship] romper
verb:intransitive:plus_adverb
[+friends] reñir; pelearse
to bust up with sb (quarrel) reñir pelearse con algn;or (break up) romper con algn
Their romance led to him busting up with girlfriend Jane McEvoy

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Verb Conjugation for "bust"

Imperative
  • bust
  • you bust
  • he/she busts
  • we bust
  • you bust
  • they bust
Preterite
  • I busted
  • you busted
  • he/she busted
  • we busted
  • you busted
  • they busted
Present Continuous
  • I am busting
  • you are busting
  • he/she is busting
  • we are busting
  • you are busting
  • they are busting
Present Perfect
  • I have bust
  • you have bust
  • he/she has bust
  • we have bust
  • you have bust
  • they have bust
Past Continuous
  • I was busting
  • you were busting
  • he/she was busting
  • we were busting
  • you were busting
  • they were busting
Past Perfect
  • I had bust
  • you had bust
  • he/she had bust
  • we had bust
  • you had bust
  • they had bust
Future
  • I will bust
  • you will bust
  • he/she will bust
  • we will bust
  • you will bust
  • they will bust
Future Perfect
  • I will have bust
  • you will have bust
  • he/she will have bust
  • we will have bust
  • you will have bust
  • they will have bust
Future Continuous
  • I will be busting
  • you will be busting
  • he/she will be busting
  • we will be busting
  • you will be busting
  • they will be busting
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been busting
  • you have been busting
  • he/she has been busting
  • we have been busting
  • you have been busting
  • they have been busting
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been busting
  • you will have been busting
  • he/she will have been busting
  • we will have been busting
  • you will have been busting
  • they will have been busting
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been busting
  • you had been busting
  • he/she had been busting
  • we had been busting
  • you had been busting
  • they had been busting
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