Ello no ha sido una sorpresa total, ni es un desastre total por ahora, Europa puede seguir funcionando de la misma forma destartalada como ha hecho hasta ahora.

This has not come as a total surprise, nor is it a total disaster because for the time being, Europe can continue to function in the same ramshackle way as it has done so far.

Y sí, debemos mejorar la salud estructural del sector: buena higiene, no más transporte destartalado y poner fin a la política de subsidios que potencia en exceso el traslado de animales.

And yes, we must improve the structural health of the sector: good hygiene, no more ramshackle transport and an end to subsidy policy that gives too much encouragement to the movement of animals.

destartalado(also: raquítico, desvencijado, desmoronadizo, enclenque)

rickety {adj.}

destartalado

clapped-out {adj.} [Brit.] [coll.] (machine)

destartalado(also: de mala muerte, ruinoso)

rundown {adj.}

destartalado(also: gastado, gastada, raído, raída)

shabby {adj.}

destartalado(also: desordenado, astroso, desaseado, greñudo)

untidy {adj.}

CONTEXT EXAMPLES

Context examples for "destartalado" in English(!) These sentences come from external sources & may not be accurate. Therefore, we are not responsible for their content.

un edificio de aspecto destartalado

a scruffy-looking building

Nosotros, en el Reino Unido, podemos darle las gracias al cielo de haber mantenido nuestra propia moneda y no formar parte del tren al ralentí destartalado de la eurozona.

We in Britain can thank heaven that we kept our own currency and are not part of the euro zone's slow-motion train wreck.

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