throw away, lose, overlook
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A friend in an email said "If you are only looking for diamonds you end up throwing away rubies and emeralds."
The troubling phrase for me is "throwing away." I believe that he meant discard without recognizing the value.
The dictionaries and translators suggest several words/phrases such as tirar, botar, desperdiciar, desechar, descartar and several others.
Which has the shade of meaning that I want?
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updated Feb 16, 2013
posted by ejs385
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I'd use either "tirar" or "desechar" to mean throwing/tossing away in this context.
updated Feb 17, 2013
edited by --Mariana--
posted by --Mariana--
