1 (act) reparación (f); arreglo (m) she had taken her car in for repairs había llevado el coche al taller
it will cost a fortune in repairs the cost of repairs they demanded road repairs and new street lights a depressing view of road repairs and building works the council's budget for road repairs
to be beyond repair no tener arreglo
the car was beyond repair most of the damage is beyond repair the helicopter was found to be beyond repair their marriage is beyond repair to be [damaged]/[broken] beyond repair the buildings were damaged beyond repair in the attack
the chair is broken beyond repair la silla no tiene arreglo
his car was damaged beyond repair in the accident lungs damaged beyond repair in a gas attack during the war the original building was dilapidated beyond repair the company's credibility would be damaged beyond repair to [carry out] [make] repairs landlords will be obliged to [carry out] repairs we negotiated with the landlord to carry out the repairs they have ripped out the inside of the building to make repairs if you want to rent out the property you're going to have to make repairs many women know how to carry out repairs on their cars they stopped the launch in order to make repairs on the spacecraft's cracked fuel door hinges they shut down the mine for a day to make repairs to the ventilation system to [need] repair(s) to be in [need] of repair the building is in need of major repair there was damp everywhere and the roof was in need of repair owners of the Queen Mary say the ocean liner needs repairs costing £15 million her car needed repairs, I decided, not only body work he began buying furniture that needed repair to learn more through restoration work to be [under] repair a long stretch of the road was under repair the car's only five years old but for most of that time /it's been either broken down or under repair/
closed for repairs cerrado por obras; cerrado por reforma
(shoe) repairs while you wait arreglamos zapatos al momento; reparaciones de calzado en el acto
2 (state) to be in bad or poor repair be in a bad or poor state of repair estar en mal estado
many of the properties are in a poor state of repair the road was in bad repair in parts soldiers report low morale and equipment in bad repair the flat was in a poor state of repair an old terraced house in a very bad state of repair
to be in good repair be in a good state of repair estar en buen estado
the bicycle is in good repair are fences and guttering in good repair? to [keep] sth in good repair keeping a property in good repair can be costly clothes/roads kept in good repair a team of mechanics to keep the bicycles in good repair the monks of Ettal keep the abbey in good repair an infrastructure of roads which has to be kept in good repair
