dirt [dɜːt]
dirt(
duhrt
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (loose earth or soil)
a. la tierra (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
I have dirt under my fingernails from working on the farm all day long.Tengo tierra debajo de las uñas por trabajar todo el día en la granja.
2. (filth)
a. la suciedad (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
We need to get all the dirt out of the kitchen before we cook.Hay que sacar toda la suciedad de la cocina antes de cocinar.
b. la mugre (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
His catcher's mitt is so old it has permanent dirt stains.Su guante de béisbol está tan viejo que tiene manchas permantes de mugre.
c. el lodo (M) (wet earth)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Leave your wet bike outside so you don't track dirt all over the floor.Deja tu bici mojada afuera para que no vayas dejando lodo en el piso.
3. (colloquial) (someone or something worthless)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. la porquería (F) (colloquial)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
You're dirt. Get out of here!Eres una porquería. ¡Lárgate!
4. (colloquial) (something obscene)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. la cochinada (F) (colloquial)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
What is that dirt you're looking at?¿Qué es esa cochinada que ves?
b. las porquerías (F) (colloquial)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
His mom caught him watching dirt on her tablet.Su mamá lo cogió viendo porquerías en su tablet.
5. (colloquial) (compromising information)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. la inmundicia (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Nixon dug deep for some dirt on Kennedy.Nixon buscó exhaustivamente algo de inmundicia sobre Kennedy.
c. el cotilleo (M) (colloquial) (Spain)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Spain
She called her sister to get the dirt on their brother's affair.Llamó a su hermana para ponerse al tanto del cotilleo de la aventura de su hermano.
dirtNoun
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (mud, dust)
a. la suciedad(F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
to treat somebody like dirttratar a alguien como a un trapo
dog dirtexcremento de perro
2. (soil)
a. la tierra(F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
dirt roadpista de tierra
3. (colloquial)
a. (scandal)
to dig for dirt on somebodybuscar material comprometedor acerca de alguien
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