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destartalado
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destartalado(
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tahr
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)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
Mariano vendió su camioneta destartalada y compró un flamante coche nuevo.Mariano sold his dilapidated truck and bought a brand-new car.
b. shabby
Creo que deberíamos tirar este viejo aparador destartalado.I think we should throw out this shabby old dresser.
c. ramshackle
No te subas a ese andamiaje. Se ve destartalado y puede venirse abajo.Don't get on that scaffolding. It looks ramshackle and may collapse.
d. run-down
Nos refugiamos en una casucha destartalada en el bosque.We took shelter in a run-down shack in the forest.
e. beat-up (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Armando manejaba un coche destartalado que hacía mucho ruido.Armando drove a beat-up car that made a lot of noise.
f. clapped-out (colloquial) (United Kingdom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
Nadie va a robar mi auto. Es un Fiat destartalado.Nobody would steal my car. It's a clapped-out Fiat.
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