lastre

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lastre
masculine noun
1ballast (peso)
  • soltar lastre -> to discharge ballast
2burden (estorbo)

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lastre [lahs’-tray]
noun
1Rough stones used to ballast ships or build walls. (m)
2Ballast, a freight put at the bottom of ships to keep them steady, lastage. (m)
  • Lastre grueso -> heavy ballast
  • Lastre lavado -> washed ballast
  • Ir en lastre -> to go in ballast
3Weight, motive, judgment. (m)

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lastre
sustantivo:masculino
1 (Náutica) (Técnica) ballast
en lastre (Náutica) in ballast
2 (inconveniente) burden
3 (sentido común) good sense; good judgment
4 (S. Cone) (muy_familiar) (comida) grub; (familiar) chow; (EEUU) (muy_familiar)

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