junk [dʒʌŋk]
noun
1 (worthless things) trastos viejos; (m) cacharros; (informal) (m) (bric-à-brac) cachivaches; (m) (cheap goods) baratijas; (f) (things thrown away) desperdicios; (m) desechos; (m) (iron) chatarra; (f) 2 (informal) (rubbish) porquería; (f) the play is a lot of junk la obra es una chapuza porquería;or this umbrella is a piece of junk este paraguas es una porquería; he eats nothing but junk no come más que porquerías; he talks a lot of junk no dice más que tonterías
verb:transitive
(informal) [+object] tirar; tirar a la basura; [+idea, theory etc] desechar Consumers will not have to junk their old cassettes to use the new format The Socialists junked dogma when they came to office in 1982
modifier
junk bond (n) bono basura; (m)
junk dealer (n) vendedoravendedora de objetos usados;a vendedora (m) (f)
junk food (n) comida basura; (f)
junk heap (n) to end up on the junk heap terminar en el cubo de la basura
junk mail (n) propaganda por correo; (f)
junk room (n) trastero; (m)
junk shop (n) tienda de objetos usados; (f)
